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How to grade lab reports quickly! I have the students submit lab reports electronically in MS Word. Then I use the “Review” tab to make comments in the margins. I use the autocorrect feature in word to enter 3-4 letter shortcuts that expand into an entire paragraph (limit 255 characters) after I hit enter. For example, entering the sequence ;fmt gives: “You want this document to be professional both in content and in appearance. Therefore, you need to pay attention to formatting, and have new sections begin in a place where they will not be cut off prematurely.” You can set this up by going to File-Options-Proofing-Auto Correct Options … and entering your shortcut. I precede mine with a semicolon so that the shortcut isn’t confused with another autocorrect abbreviation that Word is already using (also it’s on the keyboard and I don’t need to use the shift key). We use Office 365 at our school, so I have set up classroom OneNote notebooks for each student. Students copy/paste their original report into OneNote; I open it and grade it, save it as a pdf (so my editing cannot just be accepted by the student in their original document) in another folder, and then I copy/paste the pdf back into the student’s folder in OneNote. If I’ve asked the student to redo the report, then they make corrections and resubmit under a different file name. You don’t need to use Office 365 to make your grading easier. The autocorrect feature is the biggest time saver since you don’t need to retype the same comments over and over. The shortcuts that I use so far are as follows (please share your suggestions): ;int = You need to explain the physical significance of the intercept. ;slp = You need to explain the physical significance of the slope of the graph. ;equn = You need to learn how to use the “insert equation” feature in Word to write the equations. See me for help. ;con = In the conclusion, you need all four representations of the model: verbal, graphical, mathematical, and motion map. ;hd = Headers need to be in a larger font size, and placed above the body of the text (with no colon).
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How to grade lab reports quickly!
I have the students submit lab reports electronically in MS Word. Then I use the “Review” tab to make comments in the margins. I use the autocorrect feature in word to enter 3-4 letter shortcuts that expand into an entire paragraph (limit 255 characters) after I hit enter.
For example, entering the sequence ;fmt gives:
“You want this document to be professional both in content and in appearance. Therefore, you need to pay attention to formatting, and have new sections begin in a place where they will not be cut off prematurely.”
You can set this up by going to File-Options-Proofing-Auto Correct Options … and entering your shortcut. I precede mine with a semicolon so that the shortcut isn’t confused with another autocorrect abbreviation that Word is already using (also it’s on the keyboard and I don’t need to use the shift key).
We use Office 365 at our school, so I have set up classroom OneNote notebooks for each student. Students copy/paste their original report into OneNote; I open it and grade it, save it as a pdf (so my editing cannot just be accepted by the student in their original document) in another folder, and then I copy/paste the pdf back into the student’s folder in OneNote. If I’ve asked the student to redo the report, then they make corrections and resubmit under a different file name.
You don’t need to use Office 365 to make your grading easier. The autocorrect feature is the biggest time saver since you don’t need to retype the same comments over and over. The shortcuts that I use so far are as follows (please share your suggestions):
;int = You need to explain the physical significance of the intercept.
;slp = You need to explain the physical significance of the slope of the graph.
;equn = You need to learn how to use the “insert equation” feature in Word to write the equations. See me for help.
;con = In the conclusion, you need all four representations of the model: verbal, graphical, mathematical, and motion map.
;hd = Headers need to be in a larger font size, and placed above the body of the text (with no colon).
;dp = It shows a linear relationship, but it is not directly proportional since you have an intercept that is not negligible.
;rd = You need to include your raw data (or a picture of your raw data) as the last page of your lab report.
;redo = Please redo this lab report. Look through my comments, and if you have any questions then come and see me after school.
;graf = You need to learn how to properly copy and paste graphs from Logger Pro to Word. See me.
;eb = … if you make the changes noted below, you can earn back some points.
;fmt = You want this document to be professional both in content and in appearance. Therefore, you need to pay attention to formatting, and have new sections begin in a place where they will not be cut off prematurely.
