Use scorecards and rubrics

Steps

1. 1Open Settings > Rubric when you need to review or change rubric configuration.
2. 2Choose a template if you want to replace the current editable dimensions with Generic or a discipline-specific starting point.
3. 3Use consistent scoring standards across trainers.
4. 4Complete scorecards during manual or video reviews.
5. 5Review score changes before publishing feedback.
6. 6Use progress pages and trend charts to monitor each scored dimension over time.

Templates

• Rubric templates are available during barn creation and from Settings > Rubric.
• The Generic template is the default general-purpose rubric.
• Discipline templates are available for Hunter, Jumper, Equitation, Dressage, Eventing, Western, Trail, and Reining.
• Switching templates in Settings replaces the editable dimensions in the draft, including custom-added dimensions, but the saved rubric is not changed until Save Rubric is clicked.
• Existing reviews, scorecards, and progress snapshots keep their historical labels and scores when a template is applied later.

Custom dimensions

• Owners and managers can add, rename, remove, and weight rubric dimensions during barn creation or from Settings > Rubric.
• Overall Ride and Horse Care are core dimensions and cannot be removed.
• Horse Care looks at observable riding choices that support the horse during the work shown, such as tactful aids, appropriate pace, balance through turns and transitions, suitable release or contact, calm recovery from mistakes, and workload choices that fit the horse and rider context.
• Horse Care does not diagnose soreness, lameness, illness, tack fit, or medical concerns. MEGAN and trainers should note uncertainty when the video does not show enough evidence.
• Rubrics can include up to 20 total editable dimensions to support discipline templates while keeping scorecards usable for trainers, riders, and MEGAN.
• MEGAN scoring requests use the active editable dimension keys. When prior lesson context exists, MEGAN may also provide the system Improvement Since Last Lesson metric.
• Progress snapshots store dimension scores, labels, deltas, and score scale at the time the snapshot is created.
• Progress charts and summaries show custom dimensions when snapshot data contains those dimension scores.
• If a barn changes the rubric later, existing snapshots keep their stored labels and scores for historical context.

Good dimensions vs. weak dimensions

• A good dimension is observable, coachable, and specific enough that two trainers would usually understand it the same way. Examples: Rider Position, Balance & Stability, Horse Care, Consistency, or Communication.
• A good dimension should describe a skill or habit the rider can improve over time, not a one-time event or vague feeling.
• A weak dimension is too broad, subjective, duplicated, or hard to observe from a lesson review. Examples: Great Rider, Try Harder, Attitude, Everything, or Nice Horse.
• Avoid dimensions that overlap heavily. For example, if you already score Balance & Stability, adding Steady Seat may create confusion unless your barn defines a clear difference.
• Use weights to emphasize what matters most to your program. Use a zero weight for dimensions you want visible but not included in the weighted overall score.

Overall score

• BarnPage calculates the overall score from scored rubric dimensions using their configured weights.
• Dimensions with a weight of zero do not affect the weighted overall score.
• If only custom dimensions are scored, the overall score still uses the active rubric weights when possible.
• Improvement Since Last Lesson is a system progress metric, not an editable rubric dimension. It can be shown in progress views when prior lesson data exists, but it is not renamed, removed, weighted, or included in the rubric overall score.

Troubleshooting