Gradescope Bubble Sheets: An Alternative to Scantron -

Getting started in Gradescope
Creating a Bubble Sheet Assignment

Gradescope's Bubble Sheets give instructors a way to create digital multiple-choice answer keys, quickly digitize and upload students' completed paper bubble sheets, and automatically grade them. When desired, instructors and TAs can collaborate on commenting on student work by developing and applying grading rubrics on a question by question basis across a population of students.

University of Maryland faculty can use Gradescope in two ways, via an ELMS-Canvas roster syncing integration or through a manual process of managing student enrollments within Gradescope itself.

Getting started in Gradescope

Follow the instructions in the Using Gradescope article to set up your Gradescope course.

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Creating a Bubble Sheet Assignment

Follow the instructions in Gradescope's Bubble Sheet Assignments article to:

Print or digitally distribute the bubble sheet template students will fill out with pencil or pen
Create a bubble sheet assignment
Set up answer keys against which your students' submissions will be automatically graded
Manage uncertain versions and marks on student submissions
"Manually grade" the student submissions (i.e. adjust the rubric associated with each question and provide detailed feedback to the students)
"Review Grades" (i.e. publish grades and manage regrade requests)
Post grades to the LMS (UMD's LMS is ELMS-Canvas)
View informative statistics and item analysis reports about an assignment

For a quick visual overview demonstrating the process of creating and managing bubble sheet assignments, watch Gradescope's Creating a Bubble Sheet Assignment video:

For an in-depth, step-by-step demonstration of every Bubble Sheet feature, watch the Gradescope for Multiple Choice workshop.

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Gradescope Bubble Sheets: An Alternative to Scantron

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Getting started in Gradescope

Creating a Bubble Sheet Assignment