I am doing online grading right now. It involves using my web cam when I remember to turn it on and my cell phone. Students log into the online conference room where I am and they call me on my phone. I pull up the paper so we can discuss it. I make comments on it, save the updated paper and upload it for the student to read later. By the end, the student’s paper is graded, and the student has received a lot of one-on-one feedback.
Plus, it ends me dreading the ungraded pile of papers that I tend to lug home and back to the office and home again — sometimes a dozen times — before I actually get around to grading them.
It is part of my effort to stay on top of my grading. It wasn’t my idea. I’m following the guidelines for someone else who struggled with grading. I am loving it so far, and I really enjoy talking to the students.
