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# Scan the sheets

## Scan the sheets

You should be able to use any modern photocopier for the scanning. You need to set the output to be **pdf**.

You can scan the files in as many batches as you wish, as long as each pdf file generated is less than 40Mb in size. We would recommend batches of up to 100 pages, depending on file size.

Ideally scan each class group into one pdf for ease of administration.

|  For national tasks, we would recommend waiting until all scripts have been scanned before  uploading them all at once, as this helps our support team to check the uploaded scans efficiently.

Before uploading, open up the pdf files that you are going to upload and check that the scans are clear to read and not faint!

This can happen if pupils have written in pencil, for example. (If you have already uploaded the scans before detecting that they are faint, please go to the **Scan completed assessments & upload scans** link in the task and delete this upload). Try scanning the assessment sheets on a different setting, for example using 'pencil' setting, or changing the contrast, to try to make the writing as clear as possible.