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Friday, January 03, 2003
Electronic Grading: When the Tablet is Mightier than the Pen - Nira Herrmann and Jeffrey L. Popyack, Syllabus
Technological advances often seem to introduce as many obstacles as improvements. For instance, people seem to spend more time reading and writing electronic mail than they ever did with regular mail. Likewise, VCR use is sufficiently formidable to have inspired folk humor about how to program one. And so it is with grading assignments that have been submitted electronically. Electronic submissions of student assignments certainly provide many advantages for the faculty member and graders. For instance, they are easier to manage and keep track of than their paper counterparts, particularly as the number of submissions increases. Submissions can be time-stamped automatically and archived, thus minimizing the potential for disputes over lateness and lost assignments and/or grades. Furthermore, archives can help resolve issues involving academic dishonesty and/or plagiarism. Finally, paperless transactions are especially useful when the assignments must be distributed to multiple locations, such as to teaching assistants, graders, and plagiarism detection software.
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