Stories from the Classroom
10 Grading Time Hacks
Episode Summary
We want to do meaningful and memorable work in our class, but a lot of times we don't have the time to plan those types of lessons. The burden of grading is often the culprit. Today, we explore 10 ways to cut your grading time in half.
Episode Notes
It's good to be doing the podcast again after some time off over the holidays! When I got back to school, I led a PD session for my colleagues on how to save time grading and thought it'd make for a valuable podcast.
TIMESTAMPS
- 0:00 - Intro
- 3:47 - Update on the podcast
- 6:17 - Why grading takes so long
- 7:28 - Hack 1 | Grade fewer things
- 10:23 - Hack 2 | Have shorter assessments
- 11:52 - Hack 3 | Skip written feedback
- 14:55 - Hack 4 | Batch your grading
- 16:58 - Hack 6 | Take assessment yourself (by hand)
- 19:05 - Hack 7 | Use copy & paste efficiently
- 21:55 - Hack 8 | Offer alternative assessments
- 24:28 - Hack 9 | Grade in class as they turn it in
- 27:40 - Hack 10 | Let tech do the grading for you
- 31:47 - TeamEdu newsletter
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