UpGrade Modules: Standalone Application for Multi-Topic Learnersourced Open-Ended Questions

Abstract

Open-ended assignments are popular throughout schools and universities worldwide [1]. However, it is tedious for instructors to grade open-ended assignments, and it is difficult for students to repeatedly practice them [1]. UpGrade enables automated and real-time feedback for open-ended assignments by generating scalable learning opportunities based on previous students’ solutions [1]. It is important that the student-facing side of UpGrade is easy to navigate, intuitive to use, and useful for feedback. To achieve all of these goals, UpGradeModules allows students to choose between several modules, each with a list of sections. These sections contain a handful of questions related to an overarching topic, which enables repetition for the open-ended assignments.