Gradescope

Gradescope is integrated into Canvas, allowing instructors to grade various forms of assessments within the Gradescope interface and passing those grades back into the Canvas gradebook.

Key features of Gradescope:

  • Create rubrics on the fly while grading assessments.
  • Tag questions for analytical review.
  • Create multiple versions of "bubble-sheet" style exams and have them all graded automatically by Gradescope.
  • Instructors can scan and grade paper-based assessments in the Gradescope interface.
  • Students can submit homework through Gradescope, and instructors can grade the submissions in the Gradescope interface.
  • Reusable rubrics can be applied to any assessment.

How it works:

  1. Instructors create an Assignment or an Exam in Gradescope and link it to Canvas.
  2. Students complete the Assignment or Exam in Gradescope.
  3. Gradescope either grades the Exam automatically (Bubble-sheets) or the instructor grades each submission on the Assignments using Gradescope's powerful annotation and rubric tools.
  4. The grades are then posted into Canvas and sent to the appropriate column in the Gradebook.

 

Useful Links

Gradescope Support - Main webpage for Gradescope support documentation.

Using Gradescope with Canvas as an Instructor - You need to create a Gradescope instance of your Canvas course and then link the two of them together. This allows you to transfer student enrollments and grades back and forth between platforms.

Using Gradescope with Canvas as a Student - Students will need to go to Gradescope to see their feedback on Assignments and Exams. Their grades will be posted to Canvas, but they can go into Gradescope to find out why they obtained the grade they did. Students can also request a regrade if desired.

Missouri Online Gradescope Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

     

Gradescope can handle five major types of assessments:

  1. Exam/Quiz - standard paper-based forms that students fill out and turn in to the instructor.
  2. HW/Problem Sets - take-home assessments that students complete on their own notebook paper or scratch paper.
  3. Online - Similar to Canvas, instructors can create a variety of questions that students will then answer online in Gradescope. The features are a bit limited, but also different from Canvas. Some question types (e.g., multiple-choice) can be auto-graded.
  4. Bubble-Sheet - Similar to a Scantron exam, students fill in bubbles on the sheets handed out by instructors indicating their responses. These are scanned in by the instructor and graded automatically by Gradescope. Up to 5 different version of the answer key are possible.
  5. Programming Assignment - This takes a little more preparation than the other assignment types. Gradescope can grade programs automatically based on the type of code submitted. Details can be found in Gradescope's Autograder Documentation.

Although it's certain possible to get started on your own using Gradescope's documentation on Canvas, it's probably easier and quicker with a demonstration and walkthrough.

Contact the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence at cafe@mst.edu or 573-341-6713 if you'd like a personalized walkthrough of Gradescope.

We'll help you navigate any of the potential pitfalls when linking your Canvas course to Gradescope and help guide you in setting up your first assessment. 

Key Tips:

  • For worksheets/exams/quizzes, always have a "NAME" field and a "STUDENT ID" field. Gradescope uses these two fields to identify the owner of the submission and compares that against the Roster from Canvas.
  • Always use the Gradescope-provided bubble-sheet for any bubble-sheet exams. These have a QR code in each corner that identifies the page as a Gradescope bubble-sheet exam.
    • Make sure students fill in their Version! 

Rubrics are a powerful tool within Gradescope that allow you to quickly and efficiently grade large numbers of submissions while maintaining consistent standards during the grading process.

Gradescope has a detailed guide for creating and using Rubrics within their platform.