Let students know in your syllabus that your course will be using Gradescope and note what assignments will be used in Gradescope. It is also helpful to let students know it is free to them - UO has a contract and there is no extra cost to them. Below we offer sample syllabus language about Gradescope. Please update it to add which assignments you will use Gradescope for (homework, exams, essays, in-class worksheets, etc.).

Our Qualtrics survey that will create Canvas instructions for your course ask these seven questions. Most of the questions you already answered when planning to use Gradescope. In the survey, each question links to support if you are unsure about what to answer.

1. What types of assignments will you use Gradescope for?
2. How will you add students to your course in Gradescope?
3. Who will upload assignments to Gradescope (you or your students)?
4. Will you use programming/coding assignments with Gradescope?
5. Will you use Online Assignments in Gradescope (in place of Canvas quizzes)?
6. Will students ever submit group assignments?
7. Will students be able to request that you regrade their work in Gradescope?

The instructions created by Qualtrics survey include links to relevant information for students on Gradescope's website. Our instructions are also written so that copying-and-pasting them into Canvas should also make the page digitally accessible. 

You can also download the Gradescope Canvas Instructions as a word document. Pages 3 and 4 have sample text for the instructions and pages 1 and 2 have directions for updating the text for your course. 

If students are submitting work directly to Gradescope, before their first assignment with Gradescope talk about it in detail in class. Show them where to find directions for Gradescope in Canvas. Show students how to upload from a computer. Show them how to use the Gradescope App (if you can easily project a phone or tablet screen).

When using Gradescope for an assignment, you'll still have an assignment in Canvas. The Canvas assignment should have your instructions for the assignment and will include a link for students to submit it through Gradescope. We recommend adding a short reminder about how to use Gradescope in your Canvas assignment. 

Below are brief instructions that you can copy-and-paste into your Canvas assignments. There are slightly different instructions (and support links) based on what type of Gradescope format an assignment uses.

For these last two items (exam/quiz and bubble sheets), faculty will generally upload student work, not students. Include these directions in your Canvas assignments only if students are submitting work for themselves using these Gradescope formats.

For a first few Gradescope assignments, be flexible with student deadlines. Students often submit work at the last minute despite our warnings about it. Adding a new platform they need to learn will slow some students down and possibly delay getting their work submitted. Be flexible and allow time for them to fuss with Gradescope for the first few assignments. You may already have a late assignment policy, but we recommend you do not penalize a student's grade if their work is a little late (within reason) as they learn to use Gradescope.

In a Gradescope assignment, you can set up a late due date. Students can submit work after the official due date (and time) until the late due date. The submission will be labeled as late in Gradescope, but there is no grade penalty; it labeling just informative. If you wanted to add a penalty, you'd need to add it manually. This is the easiest way to have the official due date show up for the assignment, but still given flexibility for students figuring out the platform. 

You can manually add individual people to your course with their email address. Trying adding yourself as a student with a non-UO email address. Explore what students see in Gradescope, how they navigate it, and (most importantly) how they submit work in Gradescope. Explore both on a computer and with the Gradescope App. 

Check out some of these student-facing pages for more information:

• Submitting an assignment
• Using the mobile app
• Best practices for submitting an assignment