How one management capstone supported 480 submissions with reviewable grading

A large final, taken over mid-semester

John Sanchez used Cartedo after taking on a large management course mid-semester.

The course needed a final assessment that could preserve the existing rubric and exam style while supporting approximately 480 submissions.

The challenge was timing. When a colleague in the Management department fell ill, Dr. Sanchez stepped in to take over the course mid-semester — leaving little room to build, align, and grade a large final assessment manually. Cartedo helped turn the final assessment into a simulation aligned with the course rubric and suitable for large-cohort grading.

The final became a simulation.

Cartedo helped convert the final assessment into a capstone-style simulation. Students worked through a management scenario, made decisions, and submitted responses scored against the existing rubric.

The instructor could review grading rationale and feedback without manually creating individualized comments from scratch for every submission.

From strategy lessons to workplace decisions

A high-pressure grading problem became manageable.

Cartedo helped support a large-course final assessment under time pressure. The strongest value was speed with alignment: the assessment could be built from existing course expectations, launched to a large cohort, and graded with reviewable rationale.

Anonymized student reflection themes.

Cartedo helped turn an urgent assessment need into a scalable capstone.

For professors managing large final projects or unexpected course transitions, the challenge is not only creating the task. It is aligning it, grading it consistently, and giving students meaningful feedback.

Cartedo helped make that possible.

The strongest signal wasn't just speed. It was that an urgent, unplanned course transition still produced a consistent, defensible assessment — one every student was measured against equally.