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Receiving and Returning Electronic Texts to and from
Students
Folders
It is strongly recommended that all
works submitted for a particular writing task be saved in a single folder,
probably called the name of the task. When you save your students’ work into
that folder, a lot of confusion can be avoided by using the individual’s name in
the name of the file can, e.g. kangaroos_chvojkova, saved in the folder called
Kangaroos. It is also handy to have a sub-folder called Marked which allows you
to keep you to-do documents separate from those done.
Health and Safety
For safety's sake, think carefully about
how you receive texts from students. Disks, and attached documents which allow Macros, can
carry viruses which can copy themselves onto your computer. The body text
of an email and documents saved as RTF or TXT are safer. So when saving a
document in word processor, go to Save As (F12) and choose Save as type
at the bottom of the dialogue box, and from the list of file types, choose Rich
Text Format (RTF). This advice holds for both students and teachers.
Also, you can copy uploaded documents
from a learning management system, such as Nicenet or Moodle.
In fact, Moodle allows assignments to be
annotated inline. As the Help button says: If this
option is selected, then the original submission will be copied into the
feedback comment field during grading, making it easier to comment inline (using
a different color, perhaps) or to edit the original text.
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