One of our users : a university educator : recently converted a 4-page Word exam paper into a Google Form. The document had 48 questions and 120 answer options. The conversion took under 2 minutes.
That number surprised us too, the first time we saw it. So here is exactly what happened and what it means for educators who are still digitising exam papers by hand.
The Document
A 4-page Word document. A past exam paper with 48 questions across multiple sections. Some multiple choice with four options. Some multi-select. Some open text. 120 answer options in total : the kind of document that, if you were building it in Google Forms manually, would take the better part of an afternoon.
This is the document that sits in every faculty's shared drive. The one that gets emailed around at the start of term. The one that was last edited in Word 2013 and has been photocopied so many times the formatting is slightly off. It exists at every university. And until recently, getting it into Google Forms meant one person sat down and typed it all in.
What Happened
NEW: Pirai AI now creates Google Forms directly in your Google Drive
After uploading, click Export to Google Forms. Pirai AI creates a native Google Form directly in your Google Drive via one-click OAuth. No Script Editor. No pasting. No running code. How the one-click export works.
Option A: One-click Export - Form Created Directly in Google Drive NEW
- 1Upload and select Google FormsUpload the .docx file to platform.piraiai.com and select Google Forms. Pirai AI reads the document structure and identifies all questions and answer options.
- 2Click Export to Google FormsClick Export to Google Forms. Sign in with Google when prompted.
- 3Grant permission - your form is readyGoogle shows a permission screen. Click Continue. Pirai AI creates a native Google Form directly in your Google Drive. A "Google Form Created" modal appears - click Open Google Form. All questions are in place.
Option B: Apps Script - No Drive Permissions Granted to Pirai AI
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1Upload and download the Apps Script Upload the .docx to platform.piraiai.com, select Google Forms. Pirai AI identifies all 48 questions and generates a complete Google Apps Script .txt file. Download it.
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2Paste into Google Forms Apps Script editor Open the .txt file, copy all. In Google Forms, go to three-dot menu > Apps Script. Delete default code. Paste your script.
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3Save and Run Click Save then Run. All questions appear with correct question types already applied. The form is ready to share with students.
Total time: under 2 minutes.
What This Means in Practice
| Manual entry | Pirai AI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48 questions, 120 options | 2-3 hours | Under 2 minutes |
| Question types set correctly | Manual for each one | Automatic |
| Answer options entered | 120 individual entries | 0 manual entries |
| Risk of transcription errors | High | None |
| Can reuse for next exam paper | Start from scratch | Upload and run again |
The Broader Point
Most universities have years of exam papers, question banks, and practice quizzes sitting in Word documents and PDFs. Digitising them into Google Forms has always been a manual task : one that gets assigned to a teaching assistant or left undone because nobody has the time.
The 2-minute conversion is not a special case. It is what happens every time a structured Word document goes through Pirai AI. The document size determines the accuracy of the output, not the speed. A 100-question paper takes the same 2 minutes as a 48-question one.
Question types converted from the exam paper
Pirai AI supports all 8 common Google Forms question types: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer (checkboxes), Matrix (multiple choice grid), Matrix Multiple Answer (checkbox grid), Single Line Text, Essay (paragraph), Dropdown, and Descriptive Block (section headers). For most exam papers, that covers everything.
Upload your exam paper or question bank. Your Google Form is ready in minutes.
Try Free for EducatorsPirai AI is widely used by university lecturers, teaching assistants, and academic researchers to convert paper-based quizzes, course evaluations, and validated instruments into Google Forms. Upload your Word or PDF document and get a complete Google Form in minutes.
Get Started
Upload your exam paper or question bank at platform.piraiai.com. Select Google Forms. Download the Apps Script. Paste and run. Free for academic users.
For the full step-by-step guide, see How to Convert a Word Document to Google Forms. For a comparison of all tools in this space, see Best Tools to Convert Documents to Google Forms (2026 Review). For other educator use cases, see Pirai AI for Educators.