That's just the way it is at some schools. And 95% of online
instructors get paid about that for a course - -it's not all
that low.
Many schools are now requiring 24 hour grading.
Most will check up on you to see what kinds of comments you're
writing.
Some forbid faculty from copy/pasting comments on multiple
papers.
They expect you to do the job which is provide students with
meaningful feedback and comments so they can learn from their
mistakes and do better on the next week's paper.
The reason for the fast turnaround is so students can use your
comments and corrections as they are working on their next
assignments.
You'll get the hang of it soon. I used to spend all night
doing that many papers but now I can grade and comment
extensively on a 5 page paper in about 10 minutes. So for 29
students, that's about 5 or 6 hours.
Oh and be sure to put as many comments on the good papers as
you do on the not-so-good papers. The people who check up on
your grading will be looking for that too.
Where are you teaching? I dont' take jobs at places like that
anymore.
On 1/05/08, rw wrote:
> I teach an online class with 29 students and the university
> expects me to grade papers within 24 hours. Since they only
> hire part-timers at $1100 a course, they know this is a
> "second job."
>
> Do you think this is the university's way of saying that I
> should mostly just give A's? I don't see how I can grade
> under these conditions except perhaps to write one sentence
> commentary per student and maybe two sentences when I'm not
> giving an A.
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