Gradescope

Gradescope Overview (edited from a doc at Stanford)

Gradescope is an online platform for grading exams and homework. For each problem, you will be able to see clearly which rubric items your solution satisfied and any additional comments the grader has for you. Two important notes:

Assignments and exams will still be evaluated by people (TA or prof).
Gradescope has deadlines. If you miss a deadline for some reason, email your .pdf file to elizabeth.oneil at umb.edu, with explanation for lateness. The prof (or TA) can submit the .pdf, but also has to figure out the pages for it. That's your job (see point 3 below).

How do I get an account?

We'll set up the accounts based on the Wiser classlist (specifically its UMB emails) just after the add/drop period. Then you can try to login based on your UMB email, and click the "forgot password" button and follow the directions to verify your identity.

How do I actually upload my work?

For each assignment or exam, you must

Produce a legible PDF of your complete solutions to each problem (how? see next heading). Make sure your problems are clearly labeled! (Photographs of pages, displayed on the screen for example, can also be submitted.)
Upload the PDF to Gradescope by the deadline
Select the page(s) that contain the solution to each of the assigned problems. Note: Failure to do this finalizing step will mean that some or all of your problems will not be graded! The grader will simply not see your work and will give you a 0 on it. You can "reselect" pages after submission but before grading starts on an assignment.
An example of the PDF submission process is depicted in this helpful Youtube video.

How do I produce a PDF of my homework?

This does not mean you have to type up your solutions on a computer (though you are certainly free to do so). It just means you have to scan or otherwise capture your handwritten work and create a PDF from it.

You can edit HTML/text with Google Docs or Word or an HTML editor. I use BlueGriffon. Then there are online converters from HTML to pdf. Word and Google Docs can save work as pdf. They can both also incorporate images from files.
To scan your written homework, there are a number of mobile/tablet apps for various platforms recommended by Gradescope that will allow you to turn photos into multi-page PDFs. Note: GeniusScan is also available for iPhone and some may find it preferrable to Scannable.
Please try to avoid uploading unprocessed photographs of your work. It's not technically a problem, but it might lead to slow and timed-out uploads on your end, and so it is preferred that you use some kind of scanning app to process the images and produce smaller and more manageable files.
Of course, your scan will be of higher quality if you write your solutions up using a darker pencil or black/blue pen.

NOTE: Make sure to preview your scan before you upload it to Gradescope! You want to make sure that every bit of work is visible and readable so that the graders can provide accurate feedback on your solutions.

What if I notice an error in a solution or forgot a page of my assignment when I submitted it?

If the deadline has not passed, you can resubmit your homework as many times as you like. Here's how:

Go to Gradescope and click on the relevant assignment to view your submission.
In the bottom right hand corner of your browser, you should see a "resubmit" button. This will allow you to update your submission to correct the error you noticed.
Only your final submission will be graded.

NOTE: Choosing to resubmit your assignment will completely erase your old submission, so you will have to reupload your entire solution again. Gradescope does not currently allow you to just update a single question.

How do I see how I did on the assignment?

Once the submission deadline has past, your homework will be graded, typically within one week, and then your scores and graded submissions will be made available to you.

What if I think one of my problems was graded incorrectly?

Please understand that we can only grade what is visible in the submission.
If you think you deserve more points based on visible work in your original submission and the grader's rubric, there will be a process for addressing these concerns, use the Gradescope regrade request.