Chapter 2 Autograder Conventions

The autograder infrastructure, or autograder system, is a set of R scripts that work together to implement the autograder – that is, to evaluate a student’s R-assignment and return question-specific feedback through the Gradescope platform.

Sometimes, the term “autograder” is used to refer to the entire system, but I will try to stick to this division throughout the manual.

WHY FOCUS ON JUST THE AUTOGRADER?

TAs primarily work on writing the autograder, while the Head TA handles the integration of the autograder and its infastructure with Gradescope.

A quick overview of the DGP.R file will also be provided, which every TA should review.

For implementation and testing details of the autograder, refer to the documenthow_to_create_an_autograder_2024.pdf.