Convert uploaded files to Docs format

Convert uploaded files to Docs format in Google Docs — with three ready prompts, from the immediate task to the lasting pattern.

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3 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I hand the converted essays to graders, make them easy to review. Put the student name and…
Before I hand the converted essays to graders, make them easy to review. Put the student name and submission timestamp at the top of each converted doc, surface any conversion warnings in a one-line banner, convert large inline images to links to reduce scroll, and mark essays that lost tracked changes so graders know to check originals.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I converted fifty uploaded Word essays to editable documents and a handful lost tracked changes and…

Several converted docs lost tracked changes and comments

I converted fifty uploaded Word essays to editable documents and a handful lost tracked changes and reviewer comments. The graders rely on those annotations. I don’t know whether the original Word files used a feature that the converter strips or if my upload process corrupted them. Diagnose the likely cause and give the fastest way to restore or preserve those annotations so graders can start tomorrow morning.

Become — change the pattern

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Every term we batch-convert student Word submissions and repeatedly lose tracked changes and…

We repeatedly lose tracked changes when converting files each term

Every term we batch-convert student Word submissions and repeatedly lose tracked changes and reviewer comments, which forces me to re-sync originals and costs hours. Is this a conversion limitation, a submission practice, or an upload setting? Recommend a single policy change or checklist item that will stop this pain across the whole course team.

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