What we grade
If it has a rubric or an answer key, it can be graded here.
Grading works the same way in every subject: you approve the standard, each submission is judged against it criterion by criterion, and you review the result.
Essays and reports
Arguments, analyses, reflections, case studies, and research papers, in any subject.
- Argumentative and analytical essays
- Case studies and reflections
- Research and term papers
- How it is graded
- Each rubric criterion is judged against what the student wrote, with the reason for the points given.
- Good to know
- Images and figures inside a paper are not read; the text is.
Short answers
Question sets and worksheets where each answer is a sentence or a paragraph.
- Reading and comprehension questions
- Homework question sets
- Discussion prompts
- How it is graded
- Make each question, or each group of questions, a criterion with its points and what a full answer contains.
- Good to know
- Answers must be typed in the submitted file.
Quizzes, exams, and multiple choice
Mixed papers with multiple choice, true or false, fill in the blank, and written questions.
- Multiple choice and true or false
- Fill in the blank
- Mixed exams with written questions
- How it is graded
- Give the answer key as the rubric, or attach it and mark it as the answer key. Answers are checked against the key you approved.
- Good to know
- Bubble sheets and other scanned answer forms cannot be read yet.
Math and problem solving
Worked solutions in math, statistics, physics, chemistry, economics, and accounting.
- Worked problems with steps shown
- Proofs and derivations
- Word problems
- How it is graded
- If your rubric gives points for method, the steps are graded as well as the final answer.
- Good to know
- Formulas must be typed, as text or with Word's equation editor. Handwritten or photographed work cannot be read yet.
Science and lab reports
Lab write-ups and scientific reports, from hypothesis and method to results and discussion.
- Lab reports
- Experiment write-ups
- Data tables submitted as CSV
- How it is graded
- Sections are judged against the rubric: whether the method is complete, the results reported, the conclusion supported.
- Good to know
- Graphs and photographs are not read; describe what they show in the text.
Programming and code
Programs and scripts judged by reading them against your rubric.
- Programming exercises
- Scripts with written explanations
- Algorithm and pseudocode questions
- How it is graded
- Code is read for what your rubric asks: whether it does the task as written, its structure, naming, and comments.
- Good to know
- Code is read, never run, so no tests are executed. Upload source files, a zip of a project, or a Jupyter notebook.
What it reads today
Typed work in PDF, Word (.docx), plain text, Markdown, CSV, source code, and Jupyter notebook files, uploaded one by one or as one zip of the whole class, including a Blackboard download. A student's several files are graded together as one submission.
What it cannot read yet
- Handwritten work, scans, and photographs
- Spreadsheets and slide decks
- Audio and video
- Running code or its tests