Digitize and Grade Assessments Online
Gradescope is a web application for electronic submission and online grading of assessments.
Gradescope can help reduce grading times and provide valuable insight into student learning.
General Gradescope Support
- If you use a bubble sheet for multiple-choice exams, please use the new template available here.
- You can find a short general Gradescope walkthrough video here. Please feel free to share with colleagues.
- A video with scanning tips and best practices.
- A video and an image map of keyboard shortcuts.
- Gradescope’s Get Started page has other helpful short videos.
- Gradescope’s Instructor help center for written documentation and frequently asked questions.
Blackboard Integration Help
- Learn more about how to Integrate with Blackboard
- Troubleshooting the Blackboard Integration
- Setting Up Gradescope in Blackboard Ultra (PDF)
- Troubleshooting Issues with Direct Login from Gradescope page (PDF)
To ensure a seamless experience with Gradescope for your students in the future, we highly recommend accessing it directly through Blackboard using the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) integration. This method offers several advantages, including:
- Single Sign-On: No need for separate logins—access Gradescope right from your Blackboard course.
- Roster Syncing: Your Blackboard roster can be linked using the sync roster button, reducing manual setup.
- Simplified Submission & Grading: Assignments and grades can be easily transferred between Blackboard and Gradescope.
Important:
Connecting to Gradescope through Blackboard is important. Persons without an email address assigned to their active directory credentials will not be able to log in to Gradescope directly because Gradescope requires an associated email address for identification. Note that non-matriculated students and guest accounts do not get email accounts associated with their active directory credentials and will not be able to login directly at Gadescope.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Student Experience
See Gradescopes’s Student Hub for information for student support.
Can you tell me about the student experience for Gradescope? Are there videos or resources that show what things are like for students?
Answer: Yes, here are some videos that cover all student workflows on Gradescope.
For Students: Viewing Feedback and Requesting Regrades
For Students: Submitting an Online Assignment
For Students: Submit Homework on the Gradescope Website
You may also find it helpful to read through our student help center here:
https://www.gradescope.com/help#help-center-section-student-workflow
When an instructor enrolls a student in a Gradescope course via Blackboard import, how is that student notified?
Answer: When the instructor syncs the roster from Blackboard to Gradescope, they’ll have an option to send an email notification to all imported students.
If you, the instructor, check this box, all students will receive an email with instructions on how to access Gradescope. If you don’t check the box, students won’t be notified, and the instructor can send the notification email later, once they’re ready to publish grades for the first assignment.
What do students see when an item is graded? How do they see feedback?
Answer: Viewing Your Grades and Feedback
Do students need to create a Gradescope account or is this all linked with Blackboard?
Answer: The preference is to link to Gradescope through the tools in Blackboard. Gradescope accounts are automatically created for each student when the instructor syncs the roster with Blackboard. So students do not need to register for accounts individually.
To log in directly on Gradescope, most students can use single sign-on by going to the Gradescope site, clicking Log In, selecting School Credentials, choosing “University of Rochester Account,” and then logging in with their Rochester Active Directory username and password. As long as their email address in Blackboard matches their account associated with the University, this login will match the Blackboard link.