If you have any friends or relatives that are teachers, they’ll tell you that easily the most grueling part of the job is grading papers. If you’re an English or composition teacher, reading 20+ papers on the same material gets old fast.
Luckily, Google has provided a new tool for teachers to help make grading papers much easier. In a recent blog post, Google announced that Google Assignments now has features for collecting and grading homework.
These tools can also help make sure that the work you are receiving from students isn’t plagiarized, and it will also provide feedback to your students. It does this by using technology from Google Drive, Docs, and Search.
Google Assignments features
If that didn’t sell you on Google Assignments, maybe these cool features will:
- Create a “comment bank” so you don’t have to write/type out the same thing over and over again.
- Lock work once it’s turned in so students can’t make adjustments after the due date.
- Enable two-way commenting so students can ask questions based on your feedback.
- There is an autosave function, so there is very little risk of losing your progress.
- Attach files to student’s assignments.
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Read Now ►I’m sold! How do I get started?
You can sign up for the Google Assignments beta. However, in order to integrate with your school’s learning management system, you must sign up using your school-issued Google account.
Assignments is also part of G Suite for Education. If you have an account there, no setup is required.
Once you’re all signed up, you can get started! This can be a very valuable tool and a lifesaver for teachers around finals. Talk to the head of your department and see if your school can get started with Google Assignments!
