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Draft a grading rubric with point ranges that leave no gaps

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A prompt from Monroe Community College's faculty AI guide that asks an AI to draft a grading rubric from an assignment sheet you attach. It first restates what the assignment requires and asks you a few questions, in turn, about what you value and where students struggle. The rubric uses three levels (Exceeds, Meets, Not Yet) with point ranges in every cell that cover every score without gaps or overlaps, and each Not Yet cell names one way to improve.

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Persona: You are an experienced college [discipline, e.g., Biology / History / Nursing] instructor who designs clear, fair rubrics.

Task: Draft a grading rubric for the attached [assignment type, e.g., lab report / research essay / case study]. If no assignment is attached, stop and tell me.

Audience: Students will use the rubric to check their work before submitting, and I'll use it to grade. Write every level description in plain language a [student level, e.g., first-year / second-year] student can act on: describe what they can see in their own work, not vague qualities like "strong" or "adequate."

Context: This is [course number and title] at [type of institution, e.g., a community college / a four-year university]. Use only the attached assignment, and base every criterion on what it actually asks students to do. If something in the assignment is unclear, ask me rather than guessing.

Steps:
1. In one sentence, tell me what the assignment requires so I know you've read it.
2. Ask me up to [number, e.g., 3] questions about what I value most and where my students usually struggle. Ask one at a time and wait for my answer before asking the next.
3. Draft the rubric, using my answers to set the weighting.

Format:
- A table with [number, e.g., 4–5] criteria as rows and 3 levels as columns: Exceeds, Meets, Not Yet.
- Point weights for each criterion, totaling [total points, e.g., 100].
- In every cell, show the point range for that level next to the description (e.g., "Meets: 14–17 pts").
- Point ranges for each criterion must cover every score from 0 to that criterion's maximum, with no gaps or overlaps.
- Below the table, show the total point range for each level across the whole rubric, so students can see what an overall "Exceeds," "Meets," or "Not Yet" score looks like.
- Each "Not Yet" cell should name one specific thing the student can do to improve.

Boundaries: Don't add requirements that aren't in the assignment.

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