Organizing grading of discussion questions
If you are like me you have your students posting and responding to peers all of the time. I used to struggle with a way to stay organized on grading and responding to postings. I did not want to have to leave the DQ area and then go to the grading area. To stay on top of it I print out an excel of all of my students and set up the grading rubric right in the excel. That way I can just stay in the discussion area and just mark the students grade on my printed out excel grade book. On days the grades are due I just go into the grade book and I put in the grades. (Another use I have for this grade book is that I also can put in little notes on the student so that I always have access to that information without digging. If you have a short term memory like mine this proves a great place to put down vacations, issues, and requests from students.) To make the excel grade book...you can download your student information directly
Bottom line: I love technology but when it comes to grading discussion questions I tend to use the old fashioned handwritten grade book. I hope you find this helpful! :) If you want some tips on how to format your grade book or working with Excel let me know. I will can post tips on Excel here as well!
Thank you,
Jennifer Harr, RN, MSN
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