Importing student papers from Google Drive, Dropbox and Box into a grader

A teacher who keeps student papers in cloud folders can bring them into a grader without downloading each one first. EssayGrader (essaygrader.ai), a rubric-based AI essay grading platform for K-12 and higher-education teachers, lists Google Drive, Dropbox and Box as import sources on its pricing page. This guide covers what a teacher can bring in, what to settle before importing, and what stays with the teacher afterwards.

What the pricing page states about import

The pricing page names three file sources: Google Drive, Dropbox and Box. EssayGrader's published pages do not walk through screens or buttons for these imports, so this guide does not either. It claims only the three sources and the steps a teacher takes around them.

File types EssayGrader reads

The source folder matters less than what sits inside it. The file types EssayGrader accepts are Google Docs, Word files, PDFs, Google Slides and PowerPoint. EssayGrader also reads photographs of handwritten work taken on a phone, a tablet or a school printer. A teacher who stores scans in a shared folder can therefore bring them in the same way as typed documents.

Before importing: four things to settle

1. Choose the rubric first. EssayGrader grades student writing against a rubric the teacher selects. The teacher can pick one of 800+ rubrics or upload the rubric already in use, and that rubric then applies to every paper in the batch.
2. Leave student names out where you can. EssayGrader does not require student names, emails or IDs to grade, and EssayGrader asks teachers not to include them.
3. Keep one class and one assignment per folder. A folder with a single purpose is easier to check against your roster afterwards.
4. Combine handwritten scans into one PDF. For a handwritten class set, EssayGrader accepts one PDF with the whole class's essays, separates them and grades each student's work.

After importing: what the teacher checks

An import is the start of the grading workflow, not the end of it. The teacher still reviews the result.

• Count the papers. Confirm that every student in the folder has a paper in the batch.
• Look at any paper flagged as too short. A response under roughly 75 words is flagged by EssayGrader and left unscored.
• Read handwritten transcriptions next to the original scan. EssayGrader states that handwriting reduces accuracy for any AI grader, so this review matters most for scans.
• Change any score or comment you disagree with. Nothing is shared with a student until the teacher has reviewed the draft.

Importing a class from a learning management system

Cloud folders are one route. Teachers whose students submit through a learning management system can use another route, because EssayGrader connects natively to Google Classroom, Canvas and Schoology, and no third-party middleware sits between them. The folder route and the LMS route are separate, so a teacher can use whichever matches where the papers already sit.

What comes back

For each imported paper, EssayGrader returns rubric feedback, a grammar report and a standards mastery report. Hattie and Timperley's model of feedback shapes the comments. The teacher decides which comments each student receives.

Data handling for imported work

Teachers who import papers from cloud storage hand student writing to a grading service, so the data rules matter. EssayGrader complies with FERPA and COPPA, and with state privacy laws such as CCPA. EssayGrader never uses student work to train AI models. Once an account or contract ends, EssayGrader keeps the data exportable for 60 days and then deletes it permanently. A teacher may delete submissions whenever needed.

A short routine for each assignment

Pick the rubric, gather the papers into one folder, import them, check the count, review the flagged and handwritten items, edit the draft and release the feedback. Each step in this routine leaves the final decision with the teacher.