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August 2021 Announcement
Gradescope is now available for Bubble Sheet tests and assignments and is integrated into Brightspace. Gradescope has significantly more functionality than Scantrons and can be used for online assessments or in-person paper assessments. Faculty or TAs can print/scan the answer sheets or ITS can print/scan the Gradescope answer sheets through the ITS Help Desk.
The ITS Help Desk will help instructors and TAs transition to Gradescope. If an exam is given using Scantrons, ITS will be able to scan the exam and will help the instructor transition to Gradescope. (Updated) The Help Desk is unable to accommodate Scantron scanning. ALL paper exams must use the Gradescope answer sheets.
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What is Gradescope?
Gradescope is a feedback and assessment tool that dramatically reduces the pain and time associated with grading exams, homework, and other assignments. Gradescope is widely used for delivering 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.
A few highlights include:
- More quality and timely feedback, resulting in improved learning outcomes
- Dynamic rubrics that help streamline the tedious parts of grading while increasing grading consistency and decreasing bias
- Various assignment types ranging from fully online with many question types to handwritten, or a combination of the two
- AI-assisted grading which allows instructors to automatically group similar answers and grade all the answers in each group at once
Using Gradescope Integrated in Brightspace:
For a comprehensive guide on how Gradescope works when integrated with Brightspace, see the Instructor and student LMS Guides.
For Instructors: Get Started with GradeScope
Step 1: Access Gradescope from Brightspace
- Enter your course.
- Click on Course Tools in the course navigation.
- Click on “Gradescope”
Step 2: Create your Gradescope course
Step 3: Create an assignment
Step 4: Grade your assignment
Step 5: Return work to students
Gradescope for Remote Assessment
Getting Help with Gradescope
- For commonly asked questions, see our FAQ Page.
- Register for a weekly Gradescope Workshop hosted every Thursday @ 12pm ET
- Here is a recording of a Gradescope demo with chapters for easy navigation.
You can email help@gradescope.com with any questions you have.