What is
MagicMarking?
MagicMarking is a
marking system devised by Hilary Bower where the teacher inserts
appropriate comments in the students text. Students submit texts
in Microsoft Word documents for review, and their texts will be
"marked" by highlighting particular parts which need to
be improved and inserting comments.
OVERVIEW OF MagicMarking
written assignment assessment cycle
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Teacher corrects work, using microsoft word to insert
instructive/corrective comments, awards provisional grade
then returns work to student
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Student electronically submits word-processed first draft
of written work eg. by email or on floppy disk (or
uploading to the MagicMarking server)
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3. Student
reads comments, activates ‘track changes’, redrafts work and returns modified draft to teacher for
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TEACHER
COMPARES DRAFTS AND ADJUSTS FINAL GRADE
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Comments are added by the built in MS Word
operations, and can be stored in the AutoCorrect list and inserted using shortcuts.
The comments used
at present were mostly supplied by Hilary. Teachers using the
system can also add and customize their own comments.
[ Sample marked document ] [ Tutorial for teachers ] [ Tutorial for students ]
Comments to Hilary
Bower