Who can use this?
- Who: Teachers and co-teachers, each with their own Google account
- Plans: All plans
- Where: New Class > Import from Google Classroom, or Add student > Sync from Google Classroom
Limits and notes
- On Google’s permission screen, choose Select all. A partial grant is the single most common cause of failure, and the failure looks unrelated: imports and syncs stop working later.
- Connect with the Google account you teach from. A Google account already linked to a different GradingPal user is refused.
- Each teacher connects their own account. A co-teacher who hasn’t can sync through the owner’s connection for a while, but should connect their own.
Connect
1
Start from a class action
Select New Class and Import from Google Classroom, or on a class’s Students tab Add student > Sync from Google Classroom. Onboarding offers Connect Google Classroom too.
2
Read Before you connect
A dialog shows Google’s screen with the box ticked: “On the next Google screen, choose Select all so GradingPal can import your classes and keep rosters in sync.” Select I understand, connect.
3
On Google's screen, choose Select all
Tick Select all [1], then continue. Leaving any box unticked breaks importing and syncing.
How to tell it worked
You’re back in GradingPal on the import screen’s Select courses step, or the sync runs and toasts how many students it added. A class linked to Classroom shows Connected under Settings > Integrations and a small Classroom mark on its assignments.Reconnect
When the connection expires, a banner reads Reconnect Google Classroom to keep syncing, and a failed Drive-based submission offers Reconnect Google. Select it and choose Select all again. Reconnecting loses nothing: “Your existing classes stay exactly as they are.”If something goes wrong
Some permissions weren't granted
Some permissions weren't granted
You didn’t tick Select all. Reconnect from the banner or from the import screen and tick it.
That Google account is already linked to a different GradingPal user
That Google account is already linked to a different GradingPal user
Sign in to GradingPal with the account you teach from, then connect.
Google didn't complete the sign-in
Google didn't complete the sign-in
The window was closed or timed out. Start again from the same button.
Reconnected, but a submission still says it needs resubmitting
Reconnected, but a submission still says it needs resubmitting
The link to that file expired before you reconnected. Ask the student to turn it in again.
Related tasks
Opens GradingPal on the screen this page describes.
Last updated 19 September 2026