Posting Grades to Brightspace from Gradescope

This document assumes:

• you have already linked your Gradescope course and Brightspace course;
• you have already created assignments in Gradescope; and
• the Gradescope assignments have been graded.

Brightspace Assignment Setup

1. In your Brightspace course, in the black navigation bar, choose Course Tools, then Assignments.  
2. Click the blue “New Assignment” button.
3. Give the assignment a name.
4. Enter a point value for the assignment.
5. The Due Date field is optional; entering a date here will place the assignment on the students’ calendar view within Brightspace only.
6. The Instructions field is optional; some instructors will leave this blank while others will enter a comment about the assignment being completed via Gradescope.
7. In the right side menu, select “Submission & Completion”.
8. Change the Submission Type drop-down to “On paper submission”.
9. A new drop-down appears below Submission Type labeled “Mark as completed”. Set this to “Automatically on evaluation”.
10. Click the blue “Save and Close” button.

The Brightspace portion of the setup is now complete.

Gradescope Assignment Setup

1. Navigate to your course in Gradescope and select the assignment you have created here that corresponds to the assignment you created in Brightspace above.
2. In the left side menu, click Settings.
3. Near the middle of the Edit Assignment screen that appears, locate “Brightspace Assignment” and click the “Link” button below that header.
4. A pop-up box should present you with a list of assignments available in Brightspace. Choose the assignment that corresponds to this Gradescope assignment and click the green “Link Assignment” button.
5. At the bottom of the Edit Assignment screen, click the green “Save” button.
6. In the left side menu, click Review Grades.^*
7. In the green bar at the bottom of the Review Grades screen, click the “Post Grades to Brightspace” button.

The Gradescope portion of the setup is now complete.