Assessment & Feedback

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

If you want to see how your Gradescope assignment will appear to students you can set up a test student account. Go into your Gradescope course and then to the Roster area. Click Add Students or Staff. Choose Single User. Enter the test user details on the Add User screen. You could call the user something like Test User –

By default students are able to submit Regrade requests for all published assignments, and this cannot be disabled at the system level, so you will have to apply the settings for each assignment. To disable regrade requests, go to the assignment you need to edit, click on Regrade Requests from the left sidebar then click Regrade Request Settings.

For exams, to be sure that students will not be able to view their marked papers, you can Hide all rubric items. This is not absolutely essential: as long as you never Publish grades in Gradescope, students will not be able to see how their work has been marked. However ticking  Hide all rubric items provides added protection

For both Homework/Problem set and Online assignments, you can set a time limit. See Giving students extra time. The timer starts once a student clicks ‘Start Assignment’, and they must then submit within the allotted time limit. When the time runs out Homework/Problem Set assignment If the student has not already submitted, then they will not