Napa Valley College offers 40 different rubric examples (PDF) on a variety of topics. You might find helpful language in them to use in your own rubrics.

Consider using authentic assessments which ask students to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate their application of what they learn in your course. These assessments can also incorporate creative ways for students to express themselves. M More on authentic assessments.

In addition to normal word processing functionality there are two features that can assist faculty with giving students feedback on their assignments: Comments Suggestions Mode You and your students may also find the speech to text feature useful. Students can collaborate in real-time in Google docs, making it a powerful tool to accompany your synchronous … read more of Google Docs

In an online course, you will likely be delivering content via online resources in combination with or instead of a lecture format so you will need access to quality resources. Fortunately, a large variety of resources exist to help you find lesson materials, multimedia, activities, assessments and even entire textbooks that are openly licensed or … read more of Library & Open Ed Resources