Instructor Banks

April 2015

Grading: The Student’s PerspectiveWhy is it necessary for me to submit this assignment?

After I receive feedback, will I know how to complete all future assignments.

I don’t understand the feedback!

Should I question my grade?

Grading: The Instructor’s Perspective

If I post it, will they read it?

100 papers down, 200 more to go!

Is this feedback helping their progression?

On the path to scholarly writing!

Paper Rater

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After The Deadline

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Grammar Resources Paper Rater is a free online proofreading service with basic grammar and editing capabilities. 1Checker is a free online checker (requires registration) which checks your spelling and grammar and

enhances text readability. You can also download 1Checker software for free. After the Deadline offers a quick and helpful free online spelling, grammar and style check. They

also have free apps to download for a variety of platforms. VirtualWritingTutor is a free grammar checker that finds common spelling and grammar errors for

learners of English as a second language. It is quick and easy to use with good feedback. LanguageTool is a free online style and grammar proofreading service in more than 20 languages.

You can also download Language Tool software for free. Grammar Check offers a free spelling, style and grammar check. SpellCheckPlus has a free online grammar checking tool (limited to 250 words at a time). Proofread Bot checks the style and grammar of your text and gives you an extremely detailed report

(limited to one free proofreading of 600 words per week). Reverso online spellchecker checks grammar and spelling (limited to 600 characters). Ginger is a free online proofreader for up to 600 words. The online proofreader didn’t work for me for

some reason, but they have a fantastic free software to download which works across all text on your computer including emails.

http://www.grammarly.com/

Plagiarism: PlagTracker

PlagTracker

PlagTracker

PlagTracker

PlagTracker

PlagTracker

Top 10 FREE Plagiarism Detection Tools Anti-Plagiarism Anti-Plagiarism is a software designed to effectively detect and thereby prevent plagiarism. It is a versatile tool to deal with

World Wide Web copy-pasting information from the assignment of authorship. The goal of this program is to help reduce the impact of plagiarism on education and educational institutions. At present, it distributes free software to detect plagiarism. Checking documents in a format *.rtf, *.doc, *.docx, *.pdf

DupliChecker DupliChecker is a tool 100% free to use. Just copy-paste, or upload your essay, thesis, website content or articles, and click ‘search’, and you’ll get the analysis reports within seconds.

PaperRater Paper Rater offers three tools: Grammar Checking, Plagiarism Detection and Writing Suggestions. It is a free resource that isdeveloped and maintained by linguistics professionals and graduate students. It is absolutely free to use and it allows you to check for plagiarized parts in your students’ essays.

Plagiarisma.net Plagiarisma has a search box as well as a software download available for Windows. Users can also search for entire URLs and files in HTML, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, ODT and PDF formats.

PlagiarismChecker PlagiarismChecker.com makes it simple for educators to check whether a student's paper has been copied from the Internet. Users can also use the "Author" option to check if others have plagiarized their work online. It is very easy to use as it does not require any download or installation.

Plagium Plagium is a free plagiarism detection tool. It’s very easy to use. All you have to do is paste in the original portion of text (max 250 characters) and hit "search. It is available in six languages and an Alert feature is also available.

PlagTracker Plagtracker is another online plagiarism detection service that checks whether similar text content appears elsewhere on the web. It starts scanning all internet pages and more than 20 million academic works for any plagiarized copy. After scanning, you will receive a report with details about your work.

Viper Viper is a fast plagiarism detection tools with the ability to scan your document through more than 10 billion resources, such as academic essays and other online sources, offering side-by-side comparisons for plagiarism. It’s free and you can download it very easily. Just keep in mind that it requires a download. Just note that Viper is available to Microsoft Windows users only.

SeeSources SeeSources is an online, automatic and free plagiarism checker. Choose MS Word in the formats (.doc/ .docx) or HTML in the formats (.htm) or text (.txt) or text document (max. 300kB, 1000 words). With "Start Analysis" the source search begins. You will be updated about the progress continuously, search takes about 1 minute per document.

Plagiarism Detector Plagiarism Detector is a software especially designed keeping the growing content requirement over the internet in mind. Equally useful for teachers, students and website owners. It scans the documents and detects plagiarism and provides an instant report. Your content should not be in a specific format. You simply need to copy/paste your content in the provided window and press search button. This is it!

Comment BankIncorporate the feedback that you receive from these

resources, to create your own “Comment Bank”

Use your Comment Bank to provide qualitative feedback to your students (use it as a stand alone feedback, in the rubric, or in track changes along with the numeric grade)

Your Comment Bank may not be like TurnItIn’s QuickMark Drag-and-drop comments or other resources; however, as you build your Comment Bank, I believe that it can be used to provide effective feedback to your students.

Example Discussion Comment BankWeek 1: Discussion Feedback

Once again, I would like to welcome you to PY3150! You did an excellent job introducing yourself and discussing the personal application of psychology! I look forward to your discussions this quarter. Thank you for sharing! Grammar / Mechanics (10/10). Initial Post (50/50): Introduction (Y); Application of Psychology (Y). Peer Replies (40/40): Reply 1 (Y), Reply 2 (Y)

Prof. Banks

Example Essay Comment BankWeek 6 Essay:

You did a good job discussing Kyle's developmental stages regarding Erikson's theory, however you could have shared some information regarding his earlier stages of development based on Erikson's theory (if information was not provided on Kyle's earlier developmental stages, then you could have made an assumption on how you believe his developmental stages were, based on the information provided in his adulthood). You could also further extend your discussion by first defining each stage of Erikson's theory and then discussing how that stage was reflected on Kyle. Overall, you did a good job! Please let me know if you have any questions.Prof. Banks

10 Tips For More Efficient and Effective Grading

One and Done: Mention the error and explain how to correct it once.

Bank Comments: Keep a bank of comments about frequent errors students make and organize them in groups for easy access.

Frontload Feedback: Write comments students can apply to future assignments.

“Global Comments vs. Local Corrections: If a student has written the paper in the incorrect genre in his/her first draft, comment minimally on local-level issues, grammar, format, etc, and instead focus comments on global issues. For example, if the student writes a summary of a work, and the assignment asks for an analysis instead, then it is best to comment globally (Smith & Palenque, 2015).”

10 Tips Continued“KISS (Keep It Simple for Students): When making

grading a teachable moment, be sure comments do not become so convoluted as to impair learning (Smith & Palenque, 2015).”

Attitude and Approach: Make student learning the primary goal. According to Getzlaf, et al (2009) effective feedback is a mutual process involving both student and instructor.

Conscious Use of Comments: According to Getzlaf et al (2009), effective feedback is applicable to future situations.

10 Tips Continued “Avoid Surprises: Publish or distribute rubrics well in advance

of assignment due dates so that students know how their papers will be evaluated (Smith & Palenque, 2015).”

Less is More: Instructors should avoid the temptation to respond to everything that calls for adjustments or changes.

“Questions for Reflection: Consider inviting reflective, critical thinking and further conversation in a productive, scholarly exchange with the student. Instead of telling students what they did "wrong," ask them to rethink their approach. For example, consider using a phrase such as "What is the most interesting aspect of your essay?" Or "What would draw your attention to this topic, as a reader?" This way, the student is not only prompted to make more thoughtful revisions, but also is given tools to use when considering how to write a hook for future essays (Smith & Palenque).”

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Uhacz, A. (n.d.). How to Tell if a Website is Legit. Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/how_6396190_tell-website-legit.html