Getting Started

Install

You can install via Pypi:

pip install LatePenalty

Or alternatively, you can directly install from source

pip install git+https://github.com/scott-yj-yang/LatePenalty.git

How to use

View our tutorial:

Gradescope

nbgrader

FAQ

Why do LatePenalty Exist?

This module supports both gradescope and nbgrader. Gradescope is an interface where students can hand in their homework, programming assignments, and even exams. Gradescope does accept late submission after the official deadline, but it does not support well with the late penalty of late submission, according to the course policy. In other words, gradescope accepts late submission, but does nothing to disincentive the late submissions. LatePenalty applies late penalty for the late submissions when we publish grades from gradescope to canvas, with custom messages for students about the allowance of the penalty.

Why not use Post Grades to Canvas on Gradescope?

• No Late Penalty

Gradescope accepts late submissions from students, but the platform does not penalize late submissions. Post Grades to Canvas will post the raw score, shown on gradescope, to a specific assignment on canvas.

• No Support for Multiple Components of a Single Assignment

Gradescope’s Post Grades to Canvas is a one-to-one mapping from gradescope’s assignment to canvas’ assignment. In certain cases, where an assignment has multiple components (auto-graded notebook and handwritten math work), gradescope cannot combine the score to a single assignment. For example, let’s say we have an assignment called Assignment 1, which has two components - Assignment 1 - Autograder and Assignment 1 - Manual Grading on gradescope. This package will combine two assignments into one and sync the canvas grade

Late Policy

Some courses allow students to submit their work within a certain mercy period of time, also called slip days or slip hours. Once

In this module, we the package canvasapi to

How to set credentials

This package uses canvas API and its wrapper package canvasapi to post grades and comments to your target course’s assignment. To do that, you’ll have to provide the canvas credentials.

In order to interact with this software, you’ll have to create a credentials.json file that is in the following format:

{'GitHub Token': 'token', 'Canvas Token': 'token'}

Whenever you create an object, you will need to authenticate via this credentials.json file through providing the file path to the object initializer. It will test whether the credential you provided is authenticate or not.

How to obtain credentials

1. Login to Canvas
2. On the left menu bar, click Account -> Profile
3. At the profile page, click Settings
4. Scroll down, at Approved Integrations, click + New Access Token
5. Name it, set expire date, and copy to the credentials.json