How to Grade and Review the Results of a Gradescope Bubble Sheet Test

Gradescope will automatically grade bubble sheet assignments as soon as answer sheets are uploaded. However, you will still need to review and confirm uncertain marks. Uncertain marks can occur when a student has crossed out or marked more than one answer, when an answer may have been bubbled too light, or other similar situations.

Quick steps

To access submissions for marking:

1. Open the relevant Canvas course and click on your Gradescope link to open the Gradescope Dashboard.
2. Click on the assignment from the Gradescope Dashboard.
3. Next, click Grade Submissions from the left menu panel.
   1. We recommend that you review marks on a question by question basis, which makes it easier to save your marking progress.
4. Click on the Uncertain marks link next to the relevant question to open a list of uncertain marks.
5. Gradescope will display a preview of all uncertain marks for the selected question.
6. Underneath the preview, an answer bubble will be completed, indicating what Gradescope assumes the student’s intended answer is. If Gradescope has incorrectly interpreted the student’s answer, you can click to select/deselect the assigned answer so it matches the student’s paper.
7. If staff need to access the full submission they can click on the View page icon.
8. Once answers are all checked, click Confirm All Marks.
9. You will return to the grading dashboard, where you can see that the marking has been updated.

Reviewing Grades

The review grades screen provides an overview of graded work. In this screen you can check grades, access statistical information on grading, download summary data and choose options to release grades to your students.

1. Navigate to your Gradescope course and click on the relevant assignment from the Gradescope Dashboard.
2. Next, click Review grades from the left menu panel.
3. You can use the search box to search for an individual by name or eID.
4. Click on an individual student name to view that student’s full submission.

Downloading Data

The Download Grades option provides a breakdown of student responses by question, summarising the student’s total score for the paper and points scored for each question.

The Download Responses option provides a full breakdown of student responses for each question (including what letter(s) they answered), alongside the correct response, question point weighting and points scored for each question.