PaperGrade: How It Works — Printable Slide Deck
Create. Share. Grade. Discover.
How teachers turn the assessments they already use into online, automatically graded work — without student accounts.
What this presentation covers
For teachers, principals, curriculum leaders and CTE directors evaluating classroom assessment tools.
- The grading problem PaperGrade solves
- Two ways to create assignments
- The student experience, start to finish
- Grading, review and reports
- Privacy and teacher control
- How a school gets started
Paper assessments cost teachers hours every week
Today
- – Copy, hand out, collect and hand-grade stacks of paper
- – Existing worksheets and tests are stuck on paper
- – Feedback arrives days later
- – Results are hard to compare across classes
With PaperGrade
- ✓ Upload the assessments you already use
- ✓ Students answer on any device
- ✓ Supported questions grade instantly
- ✓ Every submission and report in one place
One platform, from first draft to final grade
Create
Upload existing assessments or build your own.
Share
Assign by classroom code, link or QR code.
Grade
Automatic grading with teacher review and PDF reports.
Start from the materials you already trust
PDF worksheets, textbook tests and answer keys become online assessments.
Upload
Add a PDF worksheet, test or answer key.
Convert
PaperGrade turns it into an online assessment.
Review
The teacher checks and edits every question.
Publish
Nothing reaches students until it is published.
Write original assignments in the editor
Multiple choice
Classic single-answer questions.
True / false
Quick checks for understanding.
Matching
Pairs with partial credit when grading.
More than quizzes
Reading lessons
Sections, links and pictures — and see who finished.
Pictures & diagrams
Attach blueprints, charts and drawings above questions.
Tap to zoom
Students zoom in on diagrams from any device.
Assign work the way your classroom runs
Classroom
Create a classroom for each class or section.
Code, link or QR
Share whichever is easiest for the room.
Open & close
Open or close each assignment whenever you choose.
Three steps. No student account.
Open
Scan a QR code, follow a link or type a classroom code.
Complete
Answer on a phone, Chromebook or tablet. Work saves as they go.
Submit
Supported questions grade; the student sees their score, not the answer key.
Less time grading. More time teaching.
- Supported questions grade instantly
- Partial credit on matching questions
- Every submission in one place
- Teacher review and name corrections
- Reuse assessments across classes and years
- Students get a grade summary only
Detailed results, privately delivered
Results view
See every student's score for an assignment.
Teacher PDF reports
Download detailed reports for records and meetings.
Private downloads
Reports are delivered through short-lived links.
AI Studio: describe the assignment you need
Labeled In Preview on papergrade.app.
Conversational drafting
In PreviewDescribe the topic, grade level and type of assignment.
Targeted edits
In PreviewAsk for changes and undo any of them.
Teacher approval
In PreviewNothing reaches students until the teacher publishes it.
More ways to teach, assess and share
Drawing & tracing
In PreviewStudents draw, trace and annotate technical diagrams.
Discover
In PreviewBrowse educational resources created by teachers.
Creator Classroom
In PreviewTeachers share their own resources with other educators.
Built for classrooms
No student accounts
Students join with a classroom code — nothing to sign up for.
Private by design
Reports are private and downloaded through short-lived links.
Teachers stay in control
Nothing reaches students until the teacher reviews and publishes it.
How schools use PaperGrade
Math review
Turn a fractions worksheet into an auto-graded check.
CTE theory quiz
Weld symbols or lab safety with diagrams and matching.
Reading lesson
Share a reading with pictures and see who finished.
Why it matters beyond one classroom
- Teachers reclaim grading time
- Existing curriculum is reused, not replaced
- No student logins for IT to manage
- Works on devices schools already own
- Consistent PDF records of results
- Teacher review before anything is published
Rolling out PaperGrade
Pilot
A few teachers convert one familiar assessment each.
Classrooms
Teachers set up classrooms and share codes.
Review
Compare grading time and student completion.
Expand
Grow to more departments.
PaperGrade at a glance
- Upload or build assessments
- Reading lessons with pictures and diagrams
- Share by code, link or QR
- No student accounts
- Automatic grading and PDF reports
- AI Studio and more tools In Preview
See PaperGrade with your own materials
Bring one worksheet or test you already use — we'll show it as an online, graded assignment.