What is possible with Gradescope?

Gradescope is an assessment tool. Instructors can use Gradescope to deliver and grade assignments, quizzes, and exams that are paper-based, fully online, or a combination of the two.  While some of Gradescope’s functionality duplicates the tools available in Brightspace, some features are distinctly different, most notably the ability to auto-grade paper exams using an answer sheet or rubric written by the instructor. Here is a great set of resources to get you started using Gradescope.

Here are the Gradescope assignment types:

1. Bubble Sheets (similar to scantrons) – Instructors create an answer key, scan, and upload students’ answer sheets to Gradescope, Bubble Sheets are auto-graded using the answer key, and grades are synched to Brightspace Grades. Learn more about Bubble Sheets on Gradescope’s documentation page.
2. Paper Exams – Instructors can automatically grade exams in Gradescope by uploading the exam and answer key to Gradescope, creating an answer key for auto-grading, and then synching grades to Brightspace Grades. Learn more about Quizzes/Exams on Gradescope’s documentation page.

Gradescope on UVM Knowledge Base