Gradescope Assignment

When accessing directly via the assignment from a Blackboard course, the assignment will open directly after clicking Launch from the pop out window. When submitting an assignment the options are to Submit images to answer questions individually or a single PDF for all. Don’t forget to assign your PDF pages to their corresponding question. This […]

Create A Gradescope Bubble Assignment In your assessment area set up a Gradescope Assignment from the Blackboard Build Content menu. When prompted Select A new Gradescope Assignment Select Bubble Sheet and click Next. You can now name the assignment as required. Choose who will upload the completed sheets. This is most likely going to be

How to manage “best out of” Gradescope exams and other assessments, where students can answer all of the questions, but are only the best x marks are counted. Example: Section A (compulsory) and Section B (best x answers out of y questions – e.g. best 2 out of 4). How can you adjust the total

How to manage the marks for Gradescope exams and other assessments where students can choose which questions to answer. e.g. Students answer 2 out of 4 questions. A mark will need to be entered in Gradescope for each question – including those not answered. If using Positive marking enter 0 for the unanswered questions. If

Introduction If you enrol external examiners onto a course with the External Examiner role, they should be able to access Gradescope assessments for that course, but you may need to edit their permissions in Gradescope – see Setting the external examiner’s permissions. The easiest way for them to access Gradescope is via a link on

Introduction Gradescope is an assessment tool which has been used since 2021 for exams and coursework in a limited number of subjects. Most Gradescope exams are of the ‘Homework / Problem Set’ type – students generally write their answers by hand on paper, then scan their work and upload it to Gradescope. A handful have been

e.g. exams where students answer 2 out of 4 questions. Marks can only be sent to Blackboard when Gradescope is showing grading is 100% complete. Therefore a mark has to be entered for each question – including those not answered. If using Positive marking enter 0 for the unanswered questions. If using Negative marking enter

When should I Sync the Roster? Synching the Roster updates the membership of a Gradescope course so that it matches the corresponding Blackboard course. You do not have to Sync the Roster in order for students to be able to submit to Gradescope – when they click on a Gradescope link in Blackboard their details

You can copy a Rubric from one question to another – in the same assignment, or in any assignment in any course where you are the Instructor. See the Gradescope guide Importing rubrics

You may wish to create your marking rubric before students have submitted. Create an Assignment When creating the Assignment under Create Your Rubric check the box Before student submission.  Set the Outline Once the Create Assignment button is clicked the Assignment Outline page will open. Set the Outline as usual. Create a Rubric When you