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This guide will outline everything you need to know about as a student using the Gradescope assessment platform. Within the guide you will also find useful links to official Gradescope student guides.
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What is Gradescope?
Gradescope is an online assessment platform that supports the collection, grading and feedback process for paper-based, digital and code assessments. The platform supports various types of assessments (e.g. paper-based problem sets, programming assignments, quizzes etc.)
Understanding Timed Assignments
All Gradescope assignments can be set-up with a time limit except for Programming Assignments. There will be a set amount of time that you will have to upload files or enter answers to questions. This section covers what you need to know for a timed assignment on Gradescope.
How will you know if an assignment is timed?
When you first open an assignment, a dialog box will appear to notify you about time limits if the assignment has been set up as timed.
What does the initial dialog box contain?
The dialog box will contain all the
Understanding Gradescope Submission Types
Variable-length submissions
Fixed-length submissions (templated)
Online assignment submissions
Code submissions
How to access Gradescope?
All Gradescope assignments will be accessible through the relevant Gradescope activity link on the Moodle course page. There is no need to log into Gradescope separately.
To access the Gradescope assignment click on the activity link within the relevant Moodle course page. A new window will open where the Gradescope platform will appear.
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A list of all your assignments will appear in the Gradescope dashboard. On this list, you will see the status of the assignment, the release date, and the due date. If your instructor has enabled late submissions for the assignment, you’ll also see a late due date.
Click on the appropriate assignment to begin submitting your work.
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Warning: If you see an error message when trying to access a Gradescope assignment this might mean that the assignment has not been released to students yet.
How to submit an assignment to Gradescope?
Once you have accessed the correct assignment, depending on the assignment, you will then be asked to submit your assignment by uploading PDFs or images, link code repositories, or start answering questions online .
Timed Assignments: Ahead of submitting your work a dialog box may appear to inform you that the assignment is time limited. This means that only a certain amount of time has been assigned to complete the assignment. Read the information in the dialog box and only click Start Assignment when you are sure that you are ready to begin the assignment. See more detailed information on timed assignments above.