Creating a Gradescope Bubble Sheet Exam
- A.J. Newman
Instructors and Teaching Assistants can create a bubble sheet exam through Gradescope which integrates into HuskyCT.
Instructions
1. Create the exam
You will need to create the Gradescope exam object in your course first.
In your course, navigate to the section under which you want to create the exam.
Select Add Content → Content Market → Gradescope Assignment.
Choose A new Gradescope assignment to create a new assignment, then select Link Assignment.
Under Assignment Types, select Bubble Sheet. Scroll down and select Next.
Give the assignment a name and select the additional options as appropriate. For a workflow similar to the legacy Scantron system, choose Instructor as the role uploading submissions.
After selecting Next, the Gradescope experience will close and return to the HuskyCT environment.
This module will be visible to students by default. If you do not want them to see it, be sure to change its visibility settings. You can learn more about module visibility here: Showing or Hiding Grades and Assessments in Ultra Course View
2. Create the answer key
The answer key is created within the online Gradescope environment. This is different than the legacy Scantron system which used a paper-based answer key.
Open the new Gradescope assignment that you previously created. It should open up automatically to the Answer Key creation screen.
Select the correct answer(s) for each question.
Once complete, select Save Answer Key.
Select question grading options
Using the ⚙️ icon next to each question, you can choose the number of points each question is worth, and how to score points if there are multiple correct answers.
Exact scoring (default): If there are multiple right answers, points will be earned only if every correct answer is selected.
Partial scoring: If there are multiple right answers, points will be earned based off of the number of correct answers (ex. on a 1 point question with two correct answers, selecting one correct answer will yield 0.5 points). If any wrong answer is selected, zero points will be awarded.
Either/Or scoring: If there are multiple correct answers, full points will be earned if any correct answer is picked. If any wrong answer is selected, zero points will be awarded.
Create multiple versions
You can create up to 5 versions of a bubble sheet exam. Select the Add Version button at the top of the page. This version will maintain its own scoring and points settings.
Next steps
Once you create the exam in HuskyCT, you are ready to administer it to your students.
To learn about the student experience of completing a Gradescope bubble sheet exam, check out this article: Filling out a Gradescope Bubble Sheet
Once the exam has been administered, you are ready to grade the submissions: Grading a Gradescope Bubble Sheet Exam