Back to School Prep

Start the school year with a grading workflow that saves your evenings.

Set up PaperScorer before the first bell. Build your test library, connect your LMS, and stop manual grading before it starts.

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Before the first bell

Three quick steps to have PaperScorer ready for your first quiz.

01

Create your free account

Sign up with your school email. 100 free scans included — no credit card.

02

Connect your LMS

Link Canvas, Google Classroom, Blackboard, or Brightspace. Grades will flow automatically.

03

Build your first test

Start with a simple bubble sheet template. Add standards alignment and question types as needed.

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Your first-week checklist

Work through these in any order. Most teachers knock them out during the first prep period.

  • Create a free PaperScorer account
  • Download the mobile app on your phone
  • Link your LMS (Canvas, Google Classroom, Blackboard, or Brightspace)
  • Sync your class roster from the LMS
  • Build a template for your most common quiz format
  • Print one test sheet and scan it as a test run
  • Tag questions to standards if you use SBG
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LMS integration quickstart

Connect once, and grades flow automatically all year. Pick your LMS to see the setup guide.

Canvas

Setup guide →

Google Classroom

Setup guide →

Blackboard

Setup guide →

Brightspace

Setup guide →

Back-to-school FAQs

When should I set up?

Ideally a week or two before classes start. That gives you time to connect your LMS, build a test template, and run a practice scan with the mobile app before you're in the middle of a real class.

Do I need admin involvement?

For Canvas Free for Teachers and Google Classroom, no — you can install the integration yourself. For institutional Canvas and Blackboard, your IT admin does a one-time tool registration. Forward them the setup guide; it takes about 15 minutes.

Can I import last year's tests?

You can reuse existing question papers — just have students answer on a PaperScorer bubble sheet alongside. No re-typing needed. Alternatively, build fresh templates and reuse them year to year.

What question types should I use?

Multiple choice covers 70-80% of most unit tests. PaperScorer also auto-grades true/false, yes/no, numeric response, matching, and ordering. For essays and short answer, you grade in a clean online interface after scanning.

What's the fastest way to learn it?

Create a free account, build a 5-question practice quiz, print one sheet, fill it out yourself, and scan with your phone. End-to-end in about 10 minutes. Once you've done that, you know the whole workflow.

Don't grade like it's 1995

Spend 30 minutes setting up now. Save hours every week for the rest of the year.

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