How do I use my phone to scan student papers?

Last updated: October 15, 2026

🛑 There’s no Ed.ai mobile app to install anymore: you scan directly in your phone’s browser.

📲 Add papers with the Ed.ai mobile website

Added an assessment? Time to add your students’ papers to it.

đź§­ Step 1: open the paper import

Once your assessment is created, this screen appears.

Click “Add student papers”.

📌 Step 2: choose how to add papers

The next screen shows several import options.

👉 Choose the option:

🟣 “Scan your papers using your phone”

📱 Step 3, option 1: use the mobile website yourself

  • From your computer, open the QR code for your assessment.

    You can find this QR code by clicking “Add a paper” in the “Student papers” tab, then choosing “Scan your papers using your phone”.

  • Scan the QR code to open the mobile website in paper-scanning mode.

  • Scan your students’ papers with your smartphone, following the on-screen steps.

📱 Step 3, option 2: have your students scan their own papers

  • Turn on student paper submission (“Enable student paper submission”)

  • This shows a QR code you can project in class (and a share link you can send them).

    You can find this QR code by clicking “Add a paper” in the “Student papers” tab, then choosing “Have your students scan their own papers”.

  • Each student can now scan their own paper. Students don’t need an Ed.ai account beforehand, and they don’t have to sign in if they already have one.

  • The papers your students scan show up in the assessment as they come in.

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Ed.ai takes it from there!

  • You get an email as soon as the grading is ready.

  • The grading status updates automatically.

⏳ Grading takes under 30 minutes, and each paper shows when its grading will be ready: see Quelle différence entre le mode de correction rapide et le mode de correction approfondie ?

đź§­ Looking for a faster method for a big stack of papers?

👉 Guide pratique : scannez des copies avec votre scanner d’établissement