Gradescope vs Photomath
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Gradescope
Gradescope is an assessment and grading platform for online and in class courses that supports paper based exams, PDFs, bubble sheets, programming assignments, and online assignments, using question by question workflows, rubrics, and analytics to speed up consistent feedback.
Photomath
Camera based math solver that scans problems and shows step by step explanations with multiple methods and visual hints for faster learning.
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Key Features
Gradescope
- • Question by question grading: Navigate submissions one question at a time to stay consistent and reduce grading context switching
- • Dynamic rubrics: Build rubric items per question and apply feedback quickly while keeping point values adjustable when needed
- • Assignment type coverage: Grade paper exams and student uploaded PDFs and instructor uploaded PDFs and bubble sheets and online assignments
- • AI assisted answer groups: Group like answers for open response questions to review similar work together using the rubric
- • Programming support: Use autograders for immediate feedback or manually grade code with inline comments and scoring rubrics
- • Student workflows: Students upload PDFs or photos and can use a student mobile app for submission and viewing returned work
Photomath
- • Camera scan: Recognize handwritten and printed math with fast OCR and layout parsing
- • Step by step paths: Follow numbered steps with reasons to build understanding
- • Alternate methods: Compare different solution approaches when available
- • Visual aids: See graphs number lines and color cues for key transitions
- • Practice packs: Explore textbook style problems aligned to common curricula
- • History and bookmarks: Revisit previous scans to reinforce similar patterns
Use Cases
Gradescope
- → Midterm grading: Scan paper exams then grade question by question with a rubric so multiple TAs can work in parallel quickly
- → Homework review: Collect student uploaded PDFs and apply consistent rubric feedback with quick edits that update past work
- → Open response efficiency: Use answer groups to review like answers together for explanations and short essays at scale with less context switching
- → Bubble sheet scoring: Create an answer key then auto grade bubble sheets and confirm marks before releasing results to students
- → CS autograding: Run an autograder for programming assignments and provide immediate feedback while tracking scores per test
- → Anonymous grading: Enable anonymous workflows during grading to reduce bias and reveal names only after grading is finalized
Photomath
- → Check homework procedures before submitting
- → Study alternate methods to deepen conceptual understanding
- → Graph functions to visualize roots and intersections
- → Practice textbook style sets for upcoming quizzes
- → Review past mistakes by scanning similar problems again
- → Use hints to identify the next step not just the answer
Perfect For
Gradescope
instructors and professors, teaching assistants and graders, academic departments, instructional designers, assessment coordinators, IT and LMS admins, schools evaluating institutional licenses
Photomath
middle and high school students, college freshmen in remedial math, parents and tutors, adult learners returning to math who need clear guided explanations
Capabilities
Gradescope
Photomath
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