Gradescope: Deliver and Grade Assessments

Gradescope is a feedback and assessment tool that streamlines the grading process online.  Faculty can create and grade assignments and exams using Gradescope, and link them to their course in Canvas. The Gradescope grading and dynamic rubric-building workflow improves student learning and saves instructors time.

Gradescope allows instructors to grade a variety of assignments from exams and quizzes to online assignments. Gradescope works for many disciplines, and includes uploaded assignments such as lab reports, book problems, essay questions, programming assignments and more. Students can even hand-write or draw assignments and exams, then upload as pdf for grading.

When Gradescope is accessed through Canvas, faculty and students won't need to create or use a separate Gradescope password, because they will be authenticated via their Canvas credentials.

As a security best practice, Gradescope will release session timeout, which automatically logs out users after 25 minutes of inactivity. When a session has been idle for 20 minutes, there will be a warning that the session will expire with a 5-minute countdown. 

Resources:

Getting started with Gradescope

Linking Canvas assignments to Gradescope assignments.

Gradescope article on assignment types.

Gradescope article on submitting an assignment.

Gradescope article on grading submissions.

Gradescope article on syncing your canvas course roster.

Gradescope article on AI-Assisted Grading and Answer Groups.

Gradescope course workflow.

Gradescope Guides for Instructors.

For additional support, contact Gradescope Support or cfeti@sjsu.edu.