Paper essay grader8/2/2023 ![]() ![]() Handwritten comments can be difficult for students to read and track. Recently, I caught up on grading when our family was on a car trip. Printed out essays and assignments can be taken anywhere. The older-aged me likes to get my eyes off of the screen, so reading on paper can help with any eye strain caused by the computer. I think it’s called visualization, but it certainly helps me get to the end. With a physical stack of papers, I can “see” how many are left and set goals to help me get through it. “Seeing” the end helps me to stay motivated when grading essays. Grading by hand also enables me to insert punctuation corrections more quickly. These kinds of marks are not easy to make when grading via Google. I find that I grade much faster on paper because I can quickly place checkmarks (which is a hooray moment) as well as circle items that need further attention (in lieu of writing out an entire comment). Let’s take a look at the “old-fashioned” way of grading- on paper! Our school Wi-Fi often goes out, and this can cause massive interruptions to everyone in the writing and grading processes. Grading online means being at the mercy of technology. Grading online makes me feel more inclined to mark everything… so ultimately takes me longer. Grading online requires a ton of computer screen time, which can be hard on the eyes. My students often tell me that there are too many comments or corrections, and they get cluttered up on the side margin, which can make feedback difficult to track. Using a Google Spreadsheet, you can attach a Goobric (Google rubric) to the assignment and quickly enter numerical values for each area of the rubric, which will automatically be printed at the bottom of each assignment when it’s returned to students. The teacher can dialogue with students via chats in comments about specific parts of the essay. Goobric even allows you to leave audio feedback and speak comments into a recorder for students. Typing is typically faster than writing comments by hand. You can make changes inside the document with tracking. The obvious pro here is that grading online SAVES PAPER and printer woes. When it comes to grading online, there are some clear advantages over hand-grading- but also some disadvantages. Let’s explore both ways! Online Pros and Cons But recently, I’ve started thinking through the pros and cons of grading online versus on paper… and I might be reverting back to good old hand-grading. Mostly, my eyes just get tired of reading words on a screen, so I will sometimes switch to grading essays on paper. If you are looking for more general tips on grading, check out this post on 8 Tips for More Effective Grading for ideas on specific strategies for grading quickly and efficiently.īut when it comes to deciding how I’m actually going to grade student essays, I let my eyes make the decision. ![]()
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