e-grading
G. L. Seligmann (GUS@cas.unt.edu)
Thu, 11 Apr 1996 16:28:49 CST6CDT
Professors who allow their students to submit classwork
electronically are devising new ways to grade and edit papers.
"The old standby editing marks just don't work," says one
professor, who's devised a notation system using a series of
parentheses and brackets for use in the electronic environment.
Another professor just prints the homework out and marks it up
with a pen, old-fashioned-style. Some professors see a plus in
the ability to insert stock comments easily: "I suspect that
most anyone who has graded lower-division papers sometimes wishes
for a rubber stamp to address issues that arise over and over,"
says an assistant professor of philosophy at Oregon State
University. E-mail "allows me to put in a lot of commentary
without having to make redundant comments." But he still misses
grading papers at the breakfast table. (Chronicle of Higher
Education 12 Apr 96 x Edupage)