PLATFORM | CANVAS | GRADESCOPE |
ASSESSMENT TYPE | (Classic) Quiz | Assignment (file upload) | Exam/Quiz | Homework/Problem Set |
INSTRUCTOR |
Set-up & Access | Log into Canvas and click into your Canvas course to create a new (Classic) Quiz. | Log into Canvas and click into your Canvas course to create a new Assignment. Make sure the submission type is set to file upload. | Submit a request form to the LT Hub to request for a Gradescope course.
Once set-up, you can access Gradescope from your Canvas course. | Submit a request form to the LT Hub to request for a Gradescope course.
Once set-up, you can access Gradescope from your Canvas course. |
Assessment creation & delivery | nstructor creates a quiz on Canvas and adds questions to the quiz. Instructor publishes the quiz and students will access it within Canvas. | Instructor creates an assignment in Canvas with the submission type set as “file upload”.
Instructor publishes the assignment and students will access it within Canvas. | Instructor creates a question template which students will print and write answers in a designated space or annotate on the document using their device (similar to filling out a worksheet). | Instructor lists out all the questions on a document. |
Question type(s) | Multiple choice, fill in the blanks, fill in multiple blanks, numeric answer, true/false, matching, multiple answers, multiple dropdown, formula, essay, file upload question | Can include any question type which students can answer on paper or annotate on the document using their device. | Can include any question type which students can answer on paper or annotate on the document using their device. | Can include any question type which students can answer on paper or annotate on the document using their device. |
Grading | - Automatic grading for questions that have a correct answer (e.g. multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blanks, etc.)
| - Can grade by rubric.
- View student’s submissions and grade directly in Speedgrader (supports annotations)
- Grade offline by downloading all submissions in bulk, annotate them, and re-upload to Canvas
| - Grade by question
- Grades by rubric (add additional rubric items as you grade)
- Rubric is shared across graders
- Supports positive and negative grading
- Can make changes to rubric and regarded retroactively
- Can group similar answers and grade as a group
- Students can request regrade
- Supports multiple graders
| - Grade by question
- Grades by rubric (add additional rubric items as you grade)
- Rubric is shared across graders
- Supports positive and negative grading
- Can make changes to rubric and regrade retroactively
- Can group similar answers and grade as a group
- Students can request regrade
- Supports multiple graders
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Providing feedback | - Provide general comments or question level comments (using Speedgrader)
- Supports automatic item level feedback based on correct/incorrect answers.
| - Provide general comments for the assignment or annotate directly on the document (using Speedgrader)
| - Include comments in rubric items.
- Annotate directly on the document
- Supports LaTeX in comments and rubric items
| - Include comments in rubric items.
- Annotate directly on the document
- Supports LaTeX in comments and rubric items
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Managing Student Submissions | - Can see who submitted and at what time.
- Can include late submission penalties (Note that there is only one penalty that applies globally to all assignments)
- Can see who has graded which assignment
| - Can see who submitted and at what time.
- Can include late submission penalties. (Note that there is only one penalty that applies globally to all assignments)
- Can see who has graded which assignment
| - Can see who submitted and at what time
- Can include late submission penalties
- Ability for instructor to submit on behalf of a student
| - Can see who submitted and at what time
- Can include late submission penalties
- Ability for instructor to submit on behalf of a student
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Accommodations | Time extensions for students with accommodations. | Time extensions for students with accommodations. | Time extensions for students with accommodations. | Time extensions for students with accommodations. |
Statistics/Results | - Overall quiz statistics for the whole class
- Question level statistics
- Student level statistics (only for Classic Quizzes)
- Students’ quiz results can be downloaded to Excel
| - Limited assignment statistics for the whole class (only shows average, minimum, and maximum score)
| - Overall quiz statistics for the whole class
- Question level statistics
- Add tags to questions and view question statistic by tags
| - Overall quiz statistics for the whole class
- Question level statistics
- Add tags to questions and view question statistic by tags
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Constraints | - Only multiple choice, true/false, and multiple answer question types have the option for regrading
- If multiple graders are grading the same quiz, they may override each others’ grades and comments
- If multiple “file upload” questions are displayed on the same page and students upload video files (or large files), the files will not upload successfully
- To view the files students have attached to “file upload” questions, the instructor must download the files
- Instructors cannot add time to New Quizzes attempts that are already in progress
| - Cannot grade by individual question.
- If multiple graders are grading the same assignment, it may override each others’ grades and comments.
| - Instructors need to distribute the exam template to students outside of Gradescope (e.g. email, post on Canvas, etc.)
| - Instructors need to distribute the exam questions to students outside of Gradescope (e.g. email, post on Canvas, etc.)
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STUDENT |
Submission process | Select or fill in their answers within the quiz on Canvas. | Write answers on paper (i.e. for math or chemistry equations) or type answers in a word doc (i.e. research paper). Upload file(s) to Canvas.
Students can re-submit up until the end date. | Print the assessment and write answers on the template or complete it online by annotating the template. Upload PDF to Gradescope.
Students can re-submit up until the due date. | Complete the assessment on paper or on the computer in a word doc. Upload PDF or image of answer to Gradescope. In Gradescope, identify answers for each question.
Students can re-submit up until the due date. |
Submission file type and size limits | - “File upload” question types can take a long time to upload, depending on network connection (~120 MB = 10 min)
| - Accepts media files, image files, PDF, docx, weblinks
- Size limit per upload is 500MB for media files, and 5GB other files
| - Only accepts PDF
- Can only submit one PDF file per assessment
| - Accepts images or PDF
- Instructors can only submit PDFs on behalf of students
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Constraints | - If an exam is timed, the timer continues running even if the student loses internet connection.
| | - Students need to have access to a printer to print the exam (unless they are annotating the exam document)
- Students may need to have access to a mobile device or printer that can scan their work to a PDF
- Low quality cameras make it difficult to scan clear images
- Submitting on mobile is possible but limited
| - Students need to have access to a mobile device or printer that can take pictures or scan their work
- Low quality cameras make it difficult to take clear images
- During submission, students have to tag their image/pdf uploads with the corresponding question number in the exam
- Submitting on mobile is possible but limited
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