Gradescope Overview

Gradescope is an assignment submission, grading, and analytics platform that leverages AI and a logical workflow that makes grading more efficient and standardized. It is a Canvas integration that synchronizes course rosters and grades. Gradescope accepts scanned handwritten submissions for digital grading.

Advantages

Paperless submission: Student can scan and upload handwritten assignments directly to Gradescope.
Grouped-answer grading: Gradescope utilizes AI technology to group student answers for certain question types (multiple choice, math, and short answers). Once grouped, graders may grade submissions by group rather than by individual student.
Dynamic rubrics: Grading rubrics are created during the grading process and are shared across graders. Any updates to the rubric will apply to all submissions.
Regrade: Instructors can choose to allow students to request regrades for specific questions.
Grade by question: The interface presents student work by question to allow grading across the entire class.
Efficient meaningful feedback: Dynamic rubrics allow graders to save and reuse feedback comments to use on subsequent submissions. Tools are also available to annotate submitted work and add comments directly to an assignment.
Bubble-sheet grading: Scanned bubble-sheets are auto-graded and student scores posted to Canvas.
Detailed analytics: utilize student feedback and detailed item analysis of each question to identify students who need additional support and to inform improvements in course content and assessments.
Programing assignments: Gradescope can compile various types of code and auto grade based on whether or not the code compiles.

Disadvantages

Time: There is an initial time cost to learn Gradescope and set up your course using this platform.
AI limitations: To receive the full benefit from Gradescope's AI, assignments must be created using a template. If student submissions do not match the layout of the instructor template, the AI will fail.