Online Equity Rubric
What is the Peralta Online Equity Rubric?
The Peralta Equity Rubric is a research-based course (re)design evaluation instrument to help teachers make online course experiences more equitable for all students. The rubric’s criteria include: addressing students’ access to technology and different types of support (both academic and non-academic); increasing the visibility of the instructor’s commitment to inclusion; addressing common forms of bias (e.g., implicit bias, image and representation bias, interaction bias); helping students make connections (e.g., between course topics and their lives; with the other students); and following universal design for learning principles.
The Peralta Equity Team periodically reviews and revises the rubric to address feedback and updates to equity-related research. The current rubric (version 3.0, below) was launched in October 2020.
Why did the district create an Equity Rubric?
While most institutions value diversity, they often struggle to institutionalize practices that support inclusion and equity in online environments. When the Peralta Community College District’s Distance Education team could not find a rubric to support online course equity, it created the Peralta Online Equity Rubric.
How do you learn more about the Peralta Online Equity Rubric?
Below, you may either download the Online Equity Rubric or directly review it in your browser.
If you have comments or questions about the Equity Rubric, contact equity@peralta.edu
Below, please find 3 related resources: 1) the Peralta Equity Rubric, 2) a brief companion document, “Describing the Peralta Equity Rubric,” and 3) a bibliography of research used for the Peralta Equity Rubric
1) Peralta Equity Rubric
- Download Peralta Equity Rubric version 3.0 – October 2020 – PDF file
- Review the Peralta Equity Rubric in your browser –Peralta Online Equity Rubric - 3.0 Oct 2020
Review previous versions of the rubric:
- Download Peralta Equity Rubric version 2.0 – May 2019 – PDF file
- Download the Peralta Equity Rubric – version 1.6, January 2019 – PDF file
2) Describing the Peralta Equity Rubric
- Download “Describing the Peralta Equity Rubric” – October 2020 – PDF file
- Review “Describing the Peralta Equity Rubric” in your browser – Describing the Peralta Equity Rubric_Oct 2020
3) Bibliography of research used for the Peralta Equity Rubric
- Download bibliography of research used for Equity Rubric – October 2020 – PDF file
- Review bibliography in your browser –Peralta Equity Rubric - Research for Criteria - Oct 2020
Review previous versions of the bibliography: