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Gradescope Research Guide

Gradescope is an software program integrated with D2L for grading online. This guide guide gives you step-by-step instructions on how to access and create with gradescope.

Elearn @ UCalgary Site

The team at ELearn @ Calgary have created a site to help instructors get started with Gradescope including: 

  • Accessing Gradescope Through Brightspace / D2L
  • Syncing Gradescope and D2L Rosters
  • Publishing Grades to D2L from Gradescope

Explore their page here. 

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Gradescope Articles for Further Support

Gradescope Assignment Types

Gradescope can suppport mulitple assignments. These are short descriptions of each assignment and further support on how to create the assignments from Gradescope. 

  • Online Assignment:(Recommended) Instructors create questions directly on Gradescope. Students will be able to log in and submit responses within the Gradescope interface. For online assignments, instructors will not need to create an outline and will choose from various response types when creating the assignment. See Creating an Online Assignment for a video guide on this type of assignment.
  • Exam/Quiz: This option is for templated assignments that are distributed via D2L or in the classroom. Students can download or print the template and upload their submission as a PDF. If printed, submissions can be scanned using Scannable (ios) or Genius (Android).
  • Homework/Problem Set: This option is for assignments that are not templated and may require more writing. Students can write their responses on notebook paper and take a photo of the submission using Scannable (ios) or Genius (Android) to upload as a PDF.
  • Programming Assignment: For this option, students submit code and instructors can automatically grade submissions with a custom written autograder and/or manually grade using the interface. If automatic grading is selected, instructors will need to upload an autograder as a second step in the assignment creation workflow. See Programming Assignments for more information.
  • Bubble Sheet: This option is for scantron-style assignments that are completely multiple choice. Submissions can be automatically graded after the creation of an answer key. Gradescope will flag any responses that are not clearly marked. See Bubble Sheet Assignments for more information.

Grading Tutorials

Below are videos from Gradescope to support grading assignments through their program, including grading simple questions, advanced grading techniques, and scanning materials into Gradescope for grading.

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