G. L. Seligmann (AcadCore, x3399) wrote: > > 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.
I have my students file stories electronically. I use CAPs for corrections
rather than RED marks.
Another professor just prints the homework out and marks it up > with a pen, old-fashioned-style.
This is really dumb.
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.
This is silly
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)
I find I can provide comments much more quickly to students, so they can
get them before class the next time. It's a good system. I am a bit
nonplussed by the silly manner in which the above article is written.
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