Please note that this section of the Gradescope support pages is currently under development.
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 the official Gradescope student guides.
Table of Contents:
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.)
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 settings, 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 below.
What types of submissions can be made?
There are a number of possible submission types depending on the assignment settings.
1. Variable-length submissions
The answers map span across a number of pages and may not be located in the same place on each page. Allows for work to be submitted as individual images or one PDF.
2. Fixed-length submissions (templated)
The answers must be fixed within particular locations on each page of the submitted document. Allows for work to be submitted on as one PDF.
3. Online Assignment submissions
The answers may be submitted through a mix of methods. This could be through entering answers online or uploading of images/files.
The answers may be submitted by drag and drop of code file(s) into Gradescope or submitted through the GitHub repository / Bitbucket repository.
Please Note: You will first need to link your account to submit from GitHub or Bitbucket if you have not already.
How to make a submission?
As there are various submission types it is important to remember that the steps to submit may differ. Although, there is some general guidance from Gradescope for file uploaded assignments.
Submitting a PDF
Select the assignment that you wish to submit a PDF to and a dialog box will appear to begin the uploading.
Click on ‘Submit PDF’ and then ‘Select PDF’ to located the correct file.
Once the file has been located and selected click on ‘Upload PDF’.
Depending on the assignment settings, you may then be asked to assign questions and pages. This can be done by matching the question on the left with the relevant PDF pages(s) on the right.
It is possible to assign multiple questions to the same page and multiple pages to one question by using the SHIFT key. Otherwise, the Assign Pages Sequentially button can be used if each question is on its own page within the PDF.
Then proceed to click on ‘Submit’ and view your submission. A message should appear indicating that the submission is successful and you should receive a confirmation email.
If required, it is possible to select the ‘Resubmit’ button (bottom right corner) and repeat the steps above if the due date has not yet passed or the time limit has not run out. Only the most recent submission will appear for grading.
2. Submitting individual images
3. Submitting an Online Assignment
4. Submitting code
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.
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What does the initial dialog box contain?
The dialog box will contain all the