Syncing Assessment Data to Google Classroom

This article walks through syncing assessment results to Google Classroom as an assignment, explains what data is pushed, and covers re-running and troubleshooting syncs. It assumes your Google Classroom account is already connected — if it isn’t, see connecting your account to Google Classroom first.

Running a Sync

From the dashboard, click the Assessments main-navigation option.

Find the assessment you want to sync, click its action menu, and select Sync data. The Sync data option only appears once the assessment has scanned student responses associated with it.

A modal will open asking how you want to sync. Select Google Classroom sync. (You may see additional options depending on which other accounts you have connected.)

You’ll see a list of Google Classroom classes available to sync.

Select the class. You’ll then be taken to the assignment-selection view.

You have two options:

1. Select an existing assignment — pick one previously created through PaperScorer for this class, then click select to continue.
2. Create a new assignment — enter a title and click Continue. PaperScorer will create the assignment in Google Classroom as part of the sync.

Review the confirmation page — PaperScorer will show the assessment, class, and assignment about to be synced. If everything looks right, click Continue. The completed view shows real-time progress and you’ll receive an in-app alert when the job finishes; you don’t have to stay on the page.

What Gets Synced

The sync pushes the final assessment score for each student to their submission on the Google Classroom assignment:

• The assignment is created with a maximum point value matching the assessment’s total points.
• Each student’s score is set as both the draft grade and the assigned grade, so it’s immediately visible in Google Classroom (not held back as a draft).
• Only students who exist in both the PaperScorer class roster and the Google Classroom class roster will have scores pushed. Students with scanned sheets in PaperScorer but no matching Google Classroom record will be skipped.

Reviewing Sync Results

Once a sync completes, a View Sync Results button appears on the completion screen, taking you to the per-student status for that sync. You can also view past syncs at any time:

1. Open the assessment.
2. Click the Syncs tab on the assessment navigation.
3. The list shows every sync ever performed for this assessment (across all LMS providers), with success/failure/processing counts. Click into any row to see per-student detail.

📷 [SCREENSHOT NEEDED] — App capture: the assessment Syncs tab showing past sync jobs with provider icons and success counts.

Re-Syncing

You can re-run the sync at any time — for example, after correcting a scan, manually updating a score in PaperScorer, or adding new scanned sheets. To re-sync, follow the same Sync data flow and choose the same existing assignment from the assignment-selection step. Each student’s score is updated to the current PaperScorer value.

Troubleshooting Failed Syncs

If a sync fails or shows per-student errors, the Syncs tab will explain why. The most common causes:

• “Google Classroom course does not exist anymore” — the class was deleted or archived in Google Classroom. Reconnect to a different class or restore the class in Google Classroom.
• “Google Classroom course work does not exist anymore” — the assignment was deleted in Google Classroom. Create a new assignment via the sync flow.
• Missing permissions / re-authentication required — your Google Classroom connection is missing scopes, or the token was revoked. Disconnect and reconnect Google Classroom from your account settings, granting all requested permissions.
• Student not found — the student exists in PaperScorer but isn’t a member of the Google Classroom course. Add them to the Google Classroom class and re-sync.

If problems persist, contact PaperScorer support with the assessment name and the sync timestamp.