Dr Nauss wrote regarding marking emailed UG work
In this case, using the redline markup option found in many wordprocessors allows the instructor to "mark" the assignments.
Do I detect a cultural difference in the meaning of the word "mark" here? I mean it in the sense of "grading" I don't know what a "redline markup" is! My "marking" of a script simply involves typing comments in a distinctive colour (red) at appropriate places and attaching a grade to the work at the bottom. He goes on
Granted the turn-around time could be quick but I am skeptical of the overall advantages.
if you're looking for a saving in instructor's time then I doubt the use of paperless assignments can deliver on this - and you're tied to your desk too. But there are other advantages. For example return of work is guaranteed, work cannot go missing (well, not usually..!), Some sorts of plagiarism is easy to spot - (identical graphs with the same errors proliferated etc) there's no problem deciphering poor handwriting, students can't claim to have handed in work when they have not, submission of work is automatically date stamped by the emailing process and so on. Having said all that I don't use paperless assignments unless I'm actually teaching chemistry using computers in the first place. eg use of spreadsheets in chemistry, use of ChemWindows, molecular modelling etc. The process of extracting the files is quite tedious and the thought of 150 word processed first year experiment reports with bitmap graphics appearing on my hard drive is frightening! Richard Singer ----------------------------------------- Dr Richard Singer School of Applied Chemistry Kingston University Penrhyn Road Surrey KT1 2EE UK Tel 0181 547 2000 ext 2471 FAX 0181 547 7562 ----------------------------------------- ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver@ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@ic.ac.uk)