Rubrics are very helpful and easy to create.
Here is a brief procedure to creating rubrics:
Below are several links to aid in creating your own rubrics.
Decide on a particular assignment which would require subjective grading
Determine how many criteria/what needs to be graded and place them as the
Decide how many points to give under each criteria, this typically goes
from 4-5. The points form the column headers
In each cell, write characteristics of each level. Aviod adjectives like
"good"; rather try to use descriptions that are specific such as "formulas
not written" for a math assignment.
Put under the characteristics the possible consequences such as "Reader
cannot follow argument" as a result of missing formulas.