Rubrics are used to assess information literacy in a number of assignments, including annotated bibliographies, essays, and portfolios. Rubrics can be adapted to a variety of assignments in many subject areas and disciplines.
Rubrics are useful because they can be used for campus-wide assessment of information literacy. Data from rubrics can be tracked over a period of time to evaluate student learning. Rubrics are a reliable and objective method and focus on deep learning rather than individual skills.
Rubrics do take time and effort to develop, and have to be adapted to each new assignment. However, they are a way to adapt learning outcomes to an assignment over a variety of disciplines.
Potential program learning outcomes can be gleaned from the Knowledge Practices of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards, which are described in detail on this guide.