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NesiciCoding edited this page Aug 12, 2026 · 3 revisions

Getting started

A five-minute, plain-language tour of Rubric Maker. No technical background needed.

1. Open the app

Browse to the app URL (self-hosted or the live test instance). You land on a landing page that summarises what the app can do.

📷 Screenshot placeholder: images/landing-page.png — the landing page hero with its feature cards.

2. First run (onboarding)

If you haven't used the app on this browser before, a short onboarding wizard asks for your role and, for teachers, school context. You can skip it — everything can be changed later in Settings.

📷 Screenshot placeholder: images/onboarding-welcome.png — the first onboarding step.

A one-time guided tour also walks you through the main screens. Skip it any time with the × button; it won't come back.

3. Find your way around

The sidebar has two tiers: an icon rail on the far left for the main areas (Overview, Assessments, Students, Insights, Library), and a sub-panel showing the pages inside the active area.

📷 Screenshot placeholder: images/two-tier-navigation.png — the two-tier sidebar.

The Dashboard (Overview) shows your rubrics, students, grades, and any classes that need attention.

4. Try it out

The fastest way to get a feel for the app:

  1. Go to Assessments → Rubrics → New rubric and build a small rubric with two criteria and four levels.
  2. Add a couple of students (Students → Add student).
  3. Grade one student and open Statistics to see the charts react.

Developers: a dev-only "Load sample data" button (Settings → Administration, visible only in npm run dev builds) populates classes, students, graded rubrics, tests, essays, and comment-bank entries for design review. It overwrites current data and never ships in production builds.

5. First real workflow

  1. Create a rubric — Assessments → Rubrics → New rubric. Give it a name, add criteria (rows) and performance levels (columns), and pick a scoring mode.
  2. Add students — Students → Add student, or import a class list from CSV.
  3. Grade — open the rubric, pick a student, click a level cell per criterion, add feedback, save.
  4. Export — Insights → Export to produce a PDF/Word report, or print directly from the rubric.

6. Going further

  • Sync & sharing — connect a Supabase backend for multi-device sync and colleague sharing: Supabase Sync.
  • Student portal — share a link/QR code so students can self-assess, submit essays, take tests, study flashcards, and message you: Student Portal.
  • Full tool reference — every feature explained: Features.

Stuck? Try the in-app Docs page (sidebar question-mark icon), or the FAQ.

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