Bulk Export Google Classroom Student Submissions to PDF
Student submissions in Google Classroom are stored as copies in your Drive. When you need to review, print, or archive a full set of submissions, bulk exporting them to PDF is far faster than downloading each one individually. Open the assignment's submission folder in Drive and run the Docs to PDF extension to get all of them at once.
Finding the submission folder
In Google Drive, open the 'Classroom' folder. Find your course folder, then look for the assignment name. Inside it, you will see a subfolder for that assignment containing one file per student. Open that subfolder, select all submissions, and run the extension.
Naming of exported PDFs
Each PDF takes the name of the student's submitted file. If students named their files well, the PDFs are easy to identify. If not, you may need to rename files in Drive before the export to include the student's name.
Using PDFs for offline review
PDF copies of submissions are useful for review without internet access, for printing to annotate by hand, and for archiving after grades are submitted. They are also useful when you need to share student work with a department chair or parent and want to control editing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What if students submitted their work in formats other than Google Docs?
The extension only converts native Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Uploaded Word documents or PDFs in the submission folder are skipped.
Can I convert submissions from multiple assignments at once?
Not in a single batch. Each assignment has its own subfolder. Open each folder separately and run the export per assignment.
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