There are three types of Gradescope assignments that work best when you’re giving an assignment where you’d like students to handwrite their answers: Online Assignments, Homework / Problem Set, and Exams / Quizzes. Here are the general steps you will take when using each assignment type.
Using Online Assignments
- Create an Online Assignment.
- Enter the assignment questions directly into Gradescope. Add File Upload fields to questions that require students to give drawn/handwritten answers.
- Have students work on the assignment in Gradescope and upload images/files of their drawn/handwritten answers to questions where you added a File Upload field. Students can upload files of any type.
- Have students submit in Gradescope when they are finished. Some types of questions (i.e. multiple choice and short answer questions) will be auto-graded, and you can grade the rest yourself on a rubric.
Using Homework / Problem Set
- Create a Homework/Problem Set Assignment
- Under Who will upload submissions?, "student" will be selected by default. Select “Allow students to view and download template” under Template Visibility.
- Upload a blank PDF of the assignment to Gradescope and use it to create an outline that gives submission and grading parameters.
- Have students download and print the assignment. They will see a link to download the assignment as soon as they open it.
- Have students handwrite or draw their answers on the printed assignment.
- Have students scan and upload their completed assignments to Gradescope.
Students can use the Gradesope Mobile App to scan and upload their handwritten assignments.
Using Exams / Quizzes
- Create an Exam / Quiz assignment
- Select “Student” under Who will upload submissions? Select “Allow students to view and download template” under Template Visibility.
- Upload a blank PDF of the assignment to Gradescope and use it to create an outline that gives submission and grading parameters.
- Have students download and print the assignment. They will see a link to download the assignment as soon as they open it.
- Have students handwrite or draw their answers on the printed assignment.
- Have students scan and upload their completed assignments to Gradescope.
Students can use the Gradesope Mobile App to scan and upload their handwritten assignments.