Seems to me that much of what we may (or may not) fret about in APA could be graded using automation. Double spacing, indents, word counts, italics in proper places, headings bold and not, etc… That is all stuff that is embedded in code in the Word (or whatever) file.
I've looked and not found any such animal. But, I do find some folks have done some work on customized comments for common APA errors… but they want too much money ($100/year/user) and Windows only. I found another that is similar, works on Macs, and is reasonably priced ($45 one time license). I'll have to create all the comments, but I don't find that a big negative because I'd want to reword a good number of what I saw in the too pricey one. The one I've found that I may buy (unless I hear that others have found better alternatives) is from 11Trees.com software. It is called Annotate! So, what are y'all aware of that is helpful for this kind of grading process? And, are you aware of an automated system for the strictly mechanical parts of APA? Paul Bernhardt Frostburg State University --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18987 or send a blank email to leave-18987-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
