On Mar 6, 6:40pm, RICHARD SINGER wrote:

Dr Nauss wrote regarding marking emailed UG work

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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"...

No, no difference. We were basically referring to the same thing.

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.

I think this is an important point and coincides with with what I had previously stated - "Students may have to learn the software. They probably would need to become fairly adept at using it for attachments and such." Teaching the proper use of the computers and software would probably have to be a significant part of the course - at least for now.

the thought of 150 word processed first year experiment reports with bitmap graphics appearing on my hard drive is frightening!

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