Connecting Your Account to Google Classroom

This article walks through connecting your Google Classroom account to your PaperScorer account, explains what permissions are requested and why, and covers common connection issues.

Starting the Connection

There are a few places in PaperScorer where you’ll be prompted to connect Google Classroom. This article shows the connection flow as part of creating a class.

From any page in the application, click the create button and select the Class option.

You’ll be presented with a modal to choose how to create the new class. Select the Google Classroom import option. (You may see additional options depending on which other accounts you have connected.)

Next, you’ll see information about connecting your Google Classroom account. (If your account is already connected, you’ll instead see the import-classes view — covered in a separate article.) When you’re ready, click Connect Google Classroom.

The next screen presents a list of Google accounts you’re already signed in to. Select the correct one. If the account you want isn’t shown, click Use another account and sign in — you’ll then be taken to the permissions screen.

Permissions Requested

The permissions screen lists what the PaperScorer Classroom Connector is requesting. Here is the list and why each is needed:

1. “Manage course work and grades for students in the Google Classroom classes you teach, and view the course work and grades for classes you administer” — lets PaperScorer create new assignments and post student grades when you sync assessment results back to Google Classroom.
2. “View your Google Classroom class rosters” — lets PaperScorer see the students in your classes so they can be imported.
3. “View your Google Classroom classes” — lets PaperScorer see your list of active classes so each class can be imported before its roster.
4. “View the email addresses of people in your classes” — lets PaperScorer match Google Classroom students to your existing PaperScorer student records by email, avoiding duplicates.

Once you’ve reviewed the requested permissions, click Allow to finish the connection. You’ll be redirected back to PaperScorer with your Google Classroom account connected.

Troubleshooting

I don’t see the Google consent screen pop up.

Your browser is likely blocking the popup. Check your browser’s popup blocker settings and explicitly allow popups from app.paperscorer.com , then try connecting again.

The wrong Google account is selected.

On the account-picker screen, click Use another account and sign in with the correct one. If your browser remembers the wrong account, sign out of Google entirely (or use a private/incognito window) and start the connection flow again.

I unchecked one of the permissions on the consent screen, and now things don’t work.

Google’s consent screen lets you grant scopes selectively, but PaperScorer needs all four to function. If you accidentally declined a scope, disconnect and reconnect, granting all requested permissions this time.

I see a 403 “insufficient authentication scopes” error when syncing.

Same root cause — some permissions weren’t granted at connection time. Disconnect and reconnect to grant them.

I’m using a personal Google account, but my classes are in a school Google Workspace account.

Your school’s administrator may need to allow third-party apps like PaperScorer for student/teacher accounts. Check with them if you see a “blocked by administrator” or “access denied” message during sign-in.

If problems persist, contact PaperScorer support with a screenshot of the error.