Is Gradescope a Good Fit for My Course?

Gradescope offers a breadth of homework and exam grading and feedback resources, including bubble sheets, that support assessment in any discipline. Gradescope increases grading efficiency, consistency, and transparency via Optical Character Recognition (OCR), artificial intelligence (AI), dynamic rubrics, and the ability for multiple graders to work simultaneously.

Gradescope Advantages

Faster Grading

Hot keys allow you to quickly grade assignments
Apply dynamic rubrics to provide quick, detailed, and consistent feedback
Multiple graders can review submissions synchronously
Use OCR and AI to group and auto-grade submissions
Store and re-use rubric comments for assignments
Flexible and dynamic rubrics you can set up as you grade
Easily post grades directly to Canvas

Handwritten Work

Students can scan and upload their own handwritten assignments to Gradescope
Provide quick, sophisticated feedback on charts, graphs, long equations, and other handwritten student work
Use fixed-template assignments, OCR, and AI to auto-grade submissions
OCR and AI-assisted answer grouping for faster grading

Bubble Sheet Efficiencies

Bubble sheets can be scanned from the comfort of your home department
Quickly create multiple exam versions
Provide detailed student feedback
No special bubble sheet forms, blank bubble sheets may be printed by student or instructor
Grade bubble sheets with issues that would result in rejection by Scantron

Fairer Grading

Grade by question across submissions to improve consistency and experience of multiple graders
Choose to allow anonymous grading
Allow students to request regrades for your review
Automatically apply rubric updates across graded submissions

Detailed Analytics

Detailed item analysis of each question
Identify students who need additional support and inform improvements in course content and assessments

Will Gradescope Work in my Discipline?

Instructors from diverse disciplines find value in using Gradescope. Current departments using Gradescope include:

Agronomy

Animal Science

Chemical Engineering

College of Ag and Life Sciences

Computer Engineering

Computer Science

Economics

Electrical Engineering

English

Environmental Sciences

Geology

Industrial Engineering

Kinesiology

Marketing

Math

Physics

Psychology

Statistics

Supply Chain Management

Technology Systems Management