Gradescope

Gradescope by Turnitin logoImplementation Support - ITS Canvas@utlists.utexas.edu 
Technical Support: - help@gradescope.com

Did you know that Gradescope offers a Scantron-like assessment option? Get additional details here, Bubble Sheet Assignments. Note: Testing & Evaluation Services can help with more complex 10 answer sheets.

Gradescope is a feedback and assessment tool that dramatically reduces the pain and time associated with grading exams, homework, and other paper-based and/or hand-written assignments. Gradescope is widely used to deliver assessments remotely. It enables instructors and graders to give better and more timely feedback, resulting in improved learning outcomes. Dynamic rubrics help streamline the tedious parts of grading while increasing grading consistency. AI-assisted Grading allows instructors to automatically group similar answers and grade all the answers in each group at once. Gradescope also helps with grading programming assignments at scale and can automatically grade printed bubble sheets.

Check off your Beginning of Semester To-Do list with these Gradescope resources Links to an external site. 

 

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Getting Started with Gradescope

Enable Gradescope in Canvas

To activate Gradescope in your course, go to [Course] Settings > Navigation tab > locate Gradescope and click the three dots to Enable [1]. Then scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save [2].

Enable Gradescope in course

Note: If you have used Gradescope before, save time by duplicating your courses - Instructors can now save time at the start of a new term by duplicating previous courses Links to an external site. instead of re-creating assignments. This makes an identical copy with the same assignments, rubrics, and course settings within Gradescope. Do this before you get to Step 2: Link to your course(s) below and instead of 'New Gradescope Course,' select 'Existing Gradescope Course' and navigate to the new duplicated course.

 

Link to your course(s)

In the left sidebar of your course page, click Gradescope. This will launch Gradescope in Canvas or in a new tab, depending on your settings.

Once Gradescope launches, you'll see a dialog box with course-linking options. Choose to link to a new or existing Gradescope course, and then click Link Course to go to the Course Settings page.

Link to Canvas Course pop-up in Gradescope
  • New Gradescope users: At this point, a new Gradescope account will be created for you if you do not already have one associated with the email address (e.g., your school email) that you use in Canvas.
  • Existing Gradescope users: If you already have a Gradescope account under the email address that's associated with your Canvas account (e.g., your school email), a new Gradescope account will not be created for you, and clicking the Gradescope link in Canvas will take you to your existing account.

On the Course Settings page, you can update the course title, description, rubric types, and score bounds. Keep in mind that course title and description changes made here will only appear in Gradescope, not in Canvas.

When you're finished, click Update Course. Your course is now linked and your students can access this Gradescope course. Now, it's recommended that you sync your roster Links to an external site. and link your assignment Links to an external site.. 

 

What is Gradescope?

Instructors use Gradescope in remote, hybrid, and face-to-face courses. Learn about their experience Links to an external site. and how easy it is to get started - even in the middle of the term.

 

Common Assessment Workflows

Red alert light on grey baseGradescope Assignment Types Overview Links to an external site.Red alert light on grey base

Fully-online assessments (no paper)

    • If your assessments do not require drawing or handwriting, or you prefer your students work completely digitally, you can use an online assessment:
      • Include a mix of automatically graded and manually graded questions (with the normal Gradescope Rubric).
      • Students submit answers directly through Gradescope’s web interface.
      • Can be time limited, where students have a designated amount of time from the moment of opening the assignment to complete it. 
    • Learn more about Gradescope's Online Assignments (Beta) Links to an external site..

Student-uploaded paper-based assessments

    • If handwriting or drawing is important to your assessment, or you want to administer your existing paper-based exam remotely, there are two options:
      • If you can distribute paper copies or your students have printers, you can use a template-based assignment and have your students submit digitized copies.
      • If your students can’t print, you can allow them to upload freeform work on blank paper and simply designate where they responded to each question.
      • Submitting for students is easy. You can share the Submitting an Assignment Links to an external site. page, covering various assignment types in Gradescope.
    • If you have a bubble-sheet (multiple choice) assessment Links to an external site., you can provide paper bubble sheets that are automatically graded.

Programming Assignments Links to an external site., Writing Formulas and Equations (LaTeX) Links to an external site., Formatting Text (Markdown) Links to an external site., and more Assignment Workflow Links to an external site. information

 

What's New/What's Next

What's new in 2023:

 

What's Next - Gradescope Roadmap Links to an external site. 

 

Gradescope Help Center

FAQs - General, Instructor, and Student Links to an external site.

For Instructors

Sign up to receive Gradescope Newsletters - https://info.gradescope.com/newsletter-signup Links to an external site. 

 

For Students

 

Past Gradescope Webinars

Gradescope - Bubble Sheet Session  [UT Austin session]

This workshop will offer guidance on using Gradescope Bubble Sheets as a scantron replacement.   We will also cover the instructor workflow of using Gradescope integrated with Canvas.  

In this workshop you will learn how to:

  • digitally create answer key and change at any time as needed
  • scan student submissions via any scanner on campus
  • easily edit bubbling mistakes electronically and systematically  
  • provide quick scoring (including partial credit) on multiple choice and multiple select questions 
  • supply rich targeted feedback on multiple choice 
  • return graded work electronically with a few clicks

 

Session Resources

 

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