Collecting work

Three routes in, and you can combine them on a single assignment: scan the paper exams yourself and let latecomers upload by code.

Instructor upload

Drag images or PDFs into the assignment. A multi-page PDF can hold several students’ work; pages are split and attributed. Formats include standard photo formats, PDFs, and iPhone HEIC images.

This is the most common path for a paper exam: scan the pile once, upload the file, grade.

Join codes: students without accounts

Each assignment can expose a 6-digit join code. Students go to ravengrader.com/join, enter the code, and upload their own work.

  • No student account. Students never register, and we never ask them for a password.
  • The code is the authorisation. Anyone holding it can submit to that assignment, so share it with your class rather than publishing it.
  • Useful for take-home work, remote submission, and makeups.
Because the code is the only credential, treat it like one. If a code leaks beyond your class, generate a new one.

Canvas

With the Canvas integration, students submit in Canvas as usual and their work appears in the RavenGrader assignment. Grades post back to the Canvas gradebook. See Canvas (LTI).

Returning graded work

Student feedback reports

Each graded submission has a private report page showing per-question rubric checks, points, and written feedback. Students open it from a link (no account needed) and can print it to PDF.

  • The link is unguessable and specific to that one submission.A student cannot reach anyone else’s work by editing the URL.
  • It renders live. Correct a score and the report reflects it the next time it is opened; nothing needs resending.

Gradebook and CSV

  • Canvas: grades post directly to the gradebook for LTI assignments.
  • CSV export: a Canvas-compatible file you can upload to any LMS that accepts one. Export becomes available once the assignment is fully graded, so a partial run cannot be mistaken for final marks.

A note on student data

Student coursework is processed on behalf of you and your institution. Students do not hold accounts and are not asked to agree to anything. Deletion and correction requests for a student’s records go through you or your institution rather than to us directly. Acting on them without institutional authorisation could itself breach FERPA.

Retention periods, deletion behaviour, and every third party involved in processing are set out in the Privacy Policy, Section 7.