Tonight I discovered that the grading rubric when using custom points counts as points possible the sum of the highest level of each criteria, which means that I have to create a level with the perfect score possible (maybe the "A range" instead of "A" as its label) so that the points calculate correctly. I was happy that the latest update to Desire2Learn's software finally allowed editing the feedback and points of the rubric grade.
Based on a lack of comment on this from students last semester (when I used the rubric with its cannot-be-edited flaw), I think it might be better just to write a grade for each of the criteria (they already have the rubric) and add additional comments as necessary.
I added a "perfect" level to each of the criteria so the points would work. I discovered also that by editing the overall feedback (within the rubric) to provide personal comments I save the students' grade page from becoming extended by all of those comments per item. They see all of the rubric details, including personal comments, when they view the feedback on the dropbox page.
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