For instructors and TAs
Your syllabus, doing the math for every student.
DoreScore is a free Chrome extension Vanderbilt students use to see their grade in each class, weighted the way the syllabus says. They can see where they stand without writing to ask, and your course stays exactly as you built it.
What students see
- Their grade, from your syllabus. The scores Brightspace already shows them, weighted by your categories, drops and letter cutoffs.
- What the rest of the class takes. What they need on the final for each letter, worked out from the same plan.
- Everything due, in one list. Your Brightspace deadlines beside their other classes, so fewer things slip.
What it never touches
- Your course and gradebook stay unchanged. DoreScore runs in each student’s own browser and only reads what Brightspace already shows them. It doesn’t submit, post or change anything.
- Hidden grades stay hidden. A student sees nothing in DoreScore that Brightspace doesn’t already show them.
- Grades stay on the student’s computer. No account, no password, and no grades sent to DoreScore. If a student chooses AI reading, only the syllabus text is sent, never grades. The privacy page has the details.
- Your grade is the official one. DoreScore is an independent student project, not a Vanderbilt tool. It works out an estimate, and students are told so.
Get every student’s grade right
Send your syllabus and your class’s grading plan is added to the class library, checked by hand against it. From then on, every student in the class gets it automatically, with nothing to set up.
A syllabus that reads clearly
Students read grading sections closely, and so does DoreScore. These help both:
- Weights that add up to 100%, or a points total, in one table.
- How many of each, like “10 quizzes, lowest 2 dropped.”
- The letter cutoffs, including pluses and minuses.
- Extra credit, kept separate, with how much it can add.
- Brightspace names that match, so “Quiz 3” sits in a Quizzes category.
Questions instructors ask
Do I need to do anything?
No. Students install it themselves, and your course works as it always has. Sending your syllabus just makes sure the plan is right for everyone.
What if a student’s DoreScore grade doesn’t match mine?
Yours is the grade. Usually the plan is missing a rule, like a drop or a curve. Tell us what differs and the library’s plan gets fixed for the whole class.
Can I share DoreScore with my class?
Yes. Link students to dorescore.com. It’s free and works for any class on Brightspace.
I grade on a curve, or set cutoffs at the end of the term.
Say so in the syllabus or in your email. Until the final cutoffs are set, DoreScore uses Vanderbilt’s usual ones, and the class library’s plan notes that yours come later.