> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gradingpal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Upload student work yourself > Get student files into an assignment from your device or Google Drive, one per student or as one scanned stack. export const updated_0 = "19 September 2026" export const page_0 = "/teachers/collect/upload-student-work" export const label_0 = "Open your dashboard in GradingPal, then pick the assignment" export const href_0 = "https://app.gradingpal.ai/teacher" export const who_0 = "Teachers and co-teachers" export const plans_0 = "All plans" export const where_0 = "An assignment's Submissions tab" * **Who:** {who_0} * **Plans:** {plans_0} * **Where:** {where_0} ### Limits and notes * Documents up to 100 MB each. Video and audio up to 250 MB each. A batch scan is one PDF up to 250 MB. * One assignment can't mix documents with video or audio. * Every submission you upload counts toward your monthly limit, whichever route it takes. * You can upload for any assignment, including one where students normally submit themselves. **Video and audio assignments** accept media files only and don't offer Batch Scan. ## Upload files for the class Open the assignment. On its **Submissions** tab, select **Upload submission** at the top right. If the assignment has no work yet, the **Upload student work** button in the bar at the top opens the same dialog. Keep **Individual files** \[1] for one file per student; you can add many at once. If you scanned the whole class into one PDF, choose **Batch Scan** instead and GradingPal splits it into one submission per student. Drag the files into the dialog, or select **Your device** or **Google Drive**. The dialog states the size limit and warns you if a file can't be graded in this assignment. Select **Upload N files**, or **Upload & split** for a batch scan. The button reads **Uploading…** until the files are in. **Match submissions** opens on its own. Each row shows the file, the name GradingPal detected and a confidence pill. Check the rows that say **Verify** or **Low**, fix any that say **Needs student** by choosing the student from the dropdown, then select **Confirm & grade N**. Grading starts right away. ## Paper and multi-page work * **A stack for the whole class:** scan it into one PDF, every student's pages together and in order, and choose **Batch Scan**. [Split one scan into many submissions](/teachers/collect/batch-scan) * **Several pages or photos from one student:** combine them into one PDF before uploading. Uploaded as separate files, each page becomes its own submission, and matching won't let two files share a student, so they end up as **Needs student**. * **Double-sided tests:** scan both sides, in page order. * **Names:** put the student's name on the first page, or in the file name. That's where matching looks. * **Quizzes and worksheets:** set up the assignment with the blank handout first. The student work comes after, once the questions exist. * **Scanners:** any scanner or phone scanning app that makes a PDF works. A normal resolution reads better and stays under the size limit. [A scan or handout was not read](/teachers/fix/scans-and-handwriting) has more advice. ## Upload for one student To add or replace one student's work, find their row on the **Submissions** tab. On a **Missing** row, select **Upload work**. The dialog is titled **Upload work for** and the student's name, takes one file, and its button reads **Upload & grade**. There's no matching step; grading starts as soon as the file is in. On a row that says **Can't grade** because the file itself is the problem, the row offers **Replace file**. It opens the same one-file dialog. ## When a Classroom turn-in didn't arrive For an assignment collected through Google Classroom, the **Submissions** tab has an **Import from Classroom** button next to **Upload submission**. It lists work students turned in on Classroom that isn't in GradingPal yet, and importing starts grading straight away. ## How to tell it worked Each uploaded row moves from **Submitted** to **AI grading**, then to **Needs review** when the AI finishes. The bar at the top of the assignment reads **Grading N of M…** while it runs, then **Review N grades**. To leave the page while it works, select **Notify me when done** in the toolbar and your browser will tell you. ## If something goes wrong The message names the rule: "Documents must be under 100 MB", "Video & audio must be under 250 MB", "A batch scan must be under 250 MB", or "That file type can't be graded in this assignment". Scan at a lower resolution, split the file, or convert it to PDF and try again. "Upload either documents or video/audio, not both." Remove one kind. Media and documents can't be graded together in one assignment. GradingPal couldn't tell whose work it is. Select **Assign** on that row and pick the student. You're past your monthly limit and the account can't take more work right now. Nothing you already uploaded is lost. Add capacity or upgrade, then upload again. ## Related tasks * [What each status means](/teachers/collect/statuses) * [Set up an assignment with Instant](/teachers/create/instant-setup) * [Review and approve grades](/teachers/review/review-grades) * The assignment workspace has a guided tour. Open the menu beside the main button and select **Take a tour**. Opens GradingPal on the screen this page describes.

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