Gather student assignments without the inbox chaos
Create an upload request and share one link with your class. Students submit their documents directly to your WeTransfer workspace, and you get an email notification each time something arrives. No email attachments, no chasing submissions, no sorting through threads.
Request once, receive from anyone
Collecting assignments from a full class usually means wading through a flood of email attachments, misnamed files, and late submissions scattered across different threads. WeTransfer upload requests give you a dedicated link you can drop into a course page, learning management system, or email to students. When a student clicks it, they can upload their essays, reports, presentations, or any other document straight to your workspace. You can preview PDFs and common document formats right in the browser before downloading, so scanning submissions takes no effort at all. Both you and your students need a free WeTransfer account, and creating your first request takes just a couple of minutes.
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FAQs
All your questions answered.
From the WeTransfer homepage, click Request Files, give your request a title such as the assignment name or course code, add any submission instructions you want students to see, and share the generated link. You can post it in your course portal, paste it into an announcement email, or add it to a syllabus document. Every time a student uploads through that link, you get an email notification so you always know when a new submission has come in.
Students can send you any file type through an upload request, including Word documents, PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and text files. WeTransfer doesn't convert or compress files, so whatever a student uploads arrives exactly as they saved it. You can preview PDFs and common Office formats directly in your browser before downloading, which makes it easy to scan through submissions without pulling every file to your machine.
One link works for everyone. You create a single upload request and share it with your entire class, and each student uploads their assignment through the same link independently. Their submissions appear separately in your Received panel, so you can view and manage each one on its own. You get a separate email notification for each upload, making it easy to keep track of who has submitted.
Yes, students need a free WeTransfer account to upload files through a request. Creating one is straightforward: they sign up with an email address, or via Google, Apple, or Slack, and the whole process takes under a minute. There is no paid plan required on their end, and they don't need to download any software since everything runs in the browser.
Yes. When creating an upload request you can add a title and a written description, which is a good place to include guidance like accepted file formats, naming conventions, or a submission deadline. Students see these instructions when they open the link, before they upload anything. Keeping instructions clear up front reduces back-and-forth and helps you receive files in a consistent format from the start.