This semester I am doing my first grading of papers submitted electronically.
What I'm doing is what occurred to me to be sensible, using the comments
feature of Word to make notes and attaching a grade rubric table to the end of
the paper that I fill with the points earned.
However, I can
Last month I gave a presentation at a regional conference on grading
electronically. The handout from that presentation is now available in ToPIX:
http://teachpsych.pbworks.com/Grading-Papers.
I have a Tablet, and I used to use it to grade papers, but I finally gave up on
it, and now just
I haven't used the pen tablet technology, but my gut reaction is to resist
the temptation to continue the habit of written marginal notes. Now if the
tablet technology will convert your scrawl into readable typed text . . . .
I might revise my opinion. :-)
My reasons are driven mainly by my
I actually grade using audio feedback. It actually takes less time than
using Word Markup. I also found students have a less negative reaction
to the amount of feedback they get, especially on research methods lab
reports. Of course I no longer can start with the print is a lovely font
:)
I use
Thanks, Sue. You're amazing. I just downloaded PhraseExpress. Now I'll
never have to type this again:
In American English (but not, interestingly, in British/Canadian English),
*all* periods and commas go *inside* quotation marks, even if, as in this
case, it doesn't seem to fit.
Beth Benoit
I agree on all counts; my handwriting is also horrible and my typing very
fast--my hands can't keep up with my thoughts but my fingers can.
I also have had the problem with accept all changes. Just this semester, I had
a student who had written in a citation by noting the title of the paper. I
My last post of the day. =)
There are 3 versions of Phrase Express. The freeware version and the v7
Easy version are the same. The freeware version was made for personal
use. If it detects certain phrases that appear too 'business' focused,
the program will start to give you pop-ups
Some subscribers to TIPS and AERA-TEP-SIG128 might be interested in a
post Re: Less Than Positive Review of Inquiry Based Learning [Hake
(2010)]. The abstract reads:
ABSTRACT: Sharon Begley (2010), in her provocative Newsweek article
Second-Class
