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Re: Speed Grading
Posted by rw on 1/13/08
I don't really want to say where... If you don't cut-and-paste at all, how do you do 5 papers in 10
minutes? Fortunately, out of 29 students only 9 turned in their first
essay on time (in spite of weekly e-mails reminding them what is
due that week), so maybe the grading will be easier than I
expected. The one or two that trickle in per day aren't bad to
grade. RW > That's just the way it is at some schools. And 95&37; 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.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Speed Grading, 1/05/08, by rw.
- Re: Speed Grading, 1/05/08, by no you are expected to write substantive comments.
- Re: Speed Grading, 1/13/08, by rw.
- Re: Speed Grading, 1/14/08, by LOL I know what you mean! .
- Re: Speed Grading/ how does one get online jobs?, 1/17/08, by sm.
- Re: Speed Grading/ how does one get online jobs?, 1/20/08, by rw.
- Re: Speed Grading/ how does one get online jobs?, 1/20/08, by rw.
- Re: how many classes , 3/14/08, by ~VP~.
- Re: how many classes , 3/26/08, by bernoulli.
- Re: how many classes , 4/04/08, by ~VP~.
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