The Tufts Department of Computer Science use a homemade software called "provide" (Professor Alva Couch wrote it) It is a simple online grading utility. This program allows simple submission and online grading of electronic assignment submissions in Computer Science and Computer Engineering courses. It is specifically designed to be easy to use by graduate students working on their own, to leverage faculty resources and decrease faculty workload in managing grades. In production in EECS, not publicly distributed (1998-present).

Assignments can be graded manually or automatically. The Intro to CS and Data Structure instructor usually write an automatic grader for assignments. Programming style is graded manually. For algorithm, graphics, and theory assignments, students submit them via provide. The TA then grade the assignments, put in the grades, and students run a command "progress" to see their grade of their assignment. Many students say that the process work quite effectively.