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Who can use this?

  • Who: Teachers and co-teachers
  • Plans: All plans
  • Where: The class's Students tab, under Add student

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Limits and notes

  • The join code and the invite link are the class’s. There is one per class, never per assignment.
  • A student added without an email can be graded, but can’t receive feedback or an invitation until an email is added.
  • On a class imported from Google Classroom, adding students by hand is off by default. Turn on Allow manual student enrollment under Settings > Integrations first.

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The six ways in

Open the class, select the Students tab, then Add student.

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Import a roster

1

Open Import students

Select Import CSV / Excel. The Import students dialog has three tabs: Upload file, Paste roster and Manual.
2

Add the students

Drop a CSV or Excel file, or paste names and emails one per line and select Parse roster. The review table shows First, Last and Email for each row; fix anything the reader got wrong.
3

Add, and invite

Select Add N students. To send each student with an email an invitation at the same time, tick Send invite to students with an email first.

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What a student receives

An invitation email from hello@mail.gradingpal.ai with a link to join the class. The row shows Invited until they sign in, then Active. Students who join by code or link appear as Active at once. A student with no email shows Add email in amber; the tab’s banner offers Invite all once emails are in.

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Students, on their side

Students join at the join page with the code, or by opening the invite link, and sign in with Google or an emailed link. Send them Join a class, which is written for them.

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How to tell it worked

The Students tab lists them with a status: Active, Invited, Not invited, Invite expired, or Not joined for Classroom students who haven’t signed in yet. The class Overview checklist ticks Add your students.

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If something goes wrong

The class came from Google Classroom and manual enrolment is off. Turn on Allow manual student enrollment under Settings > Integrations.
“Google doesn’t share their email with us.” Add those students by hand.
The code may have been reset; Reset code stops old codes and links working. Show them the current one from Show join code.
Open the row’s menu, select Edit info, fix it, and tick Send a new invitation. Once a student has signed in, their email is managed by their own account.
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Last updated 19 September 2026

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