self assessment

Question

I have set an assignment on Teams and I have attached the rubric.

I would like students to use the rubric to self assess using rubric before submitting their assignment

Answer 1

Hi @Jenny Lacey (Staff), 

Thanks for your question, this is a really good use of rubrics and something a lot of teachers try to build into their assignments. 

The rubric feature in Teams is mainly designed as a teacher grading tool. It allows you to attach clear criteria and levels to an assignment so students can understand expectations, and then you use that same rubric to assess their work after submission. Students can open the assignment and view the rubric, but they can’t interact with it (for example, they can’t select levels or complete it themselves inside Teams before submitting). 

If you still want to use your rubric to support self‑assessment, it just needs a small workaround. I recommend using the rubric as a downloadable document. Teams allows you to download the rubric and give it to students as a working document. You can follow these steps:

• Navigate to assignment > click on the three dots next to the assignment name > Edit 

• Inside your assignment, choose the Rubic you created

• Download it as a Word or Excel file. 

 

• Attach the file in the assignment and change permission to "Students edit their own copy". 

• Ask them to highlight or annotate the level they believe they achieved and add comments. 
• Require them to submit this alongside their assignment.   

If you find students skip it, you can: 

• Make the self‑assessment part of the grade (even a small percentage) 
• Or state that work without it will be returned 

For your reference: Create and manage grading rubrics in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support   

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If you just want students to complete a self‑assessment, the built‑in option that works best in Teams is Microsoft Forms. It gives you a simple way to ask reflection questions and make them required, so students have to complete the self‑assessment before they can submit the form. 

For detailed instruction, you can refer to Assign quizzes to students through Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support 

• In your quiz, add your self‑assessment questions similar to your Rubic form.
• For each question, switch on "Required" so students must answer everything. 

You can run this in two ways:

Option 1: Ask students to complete both 

• Set your normal assignment (e.g. essay, project) 
• Also assign the Forms self‑assessment 
• Ask students to complete both 

You might want to say: “Please submit your work and complete the self‑assessment form. Work will only be marked once both are done.” 

Option 2 : Use the form as the assignment 

• Put your task instructions in the form 
• Add a final question asking students to upload their work 

In this setup, the form becomes the assignment, and students complete the self‑assessment as part of it. 

Important note:  

• Teams does not have a way to force students to complete a self‑assessment before submitting a file 
• Forms can require answers, but it does not automatically link to a separate assignment submission 
• If you use both an assignment and a form, you will need to check both before marking 
• If you use the form as the assignment, file uploads are more basic than standard assignment submissions 
• Students may need clear instructions so they understand that both parts are required 

I hope the suggestions help. Please feel free to reach out if you’d like help setting it up or adapting it for your class.

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Answer 2

Thanks,

In the end I added the rubric as an excel file that students could edit their own copy. They highlighted the cells and submitted along with their work.

It would be nice if there could be a self-assess function as an option for assignments.

Answer 3

Microsoft Teams rubrics are designed for teacher grading and feedback; the context only describes rubrics being attached to assignments and then used by educators when reviewing submitted work. Students can view the rubric before and after grading, but there is no described feature that allows students to fill in or submit a rubric-based self-assessment within the assignment workflow itself.

A practical workaround based on the available features is:

1. Attach the rubric to the assignment as usual so students can see the criteria before working.
2. In the assignment instructions, explicitly tell students to use the rubric to guide their work and self-check before turning in.
3. Optionally, add a separate question or file in the assignment asking students to describe how they think they meet each rubric criterion (a manual self-assessment), which they submit along with their work.
4. After submission, use the rubric in the grading view to provide official scores and feedback.

The documented flow remains: teacher creates/attaches rubric → student views rubric → teacher uses rubric to grade and return work.

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References:

• Create and manage grading rubrics in Microsoft Teams
• Remote teaching and learning in Microsoft 365 Education