Live Feedback and Grading

Live WIP Feedback and Grading

Scribo originated feedback comes into Google Docs and out through messaging

Work in Progress is typically the ‘state’ of student writing tasks at any one time.The WIP ‘state’ becomes more final the closer the date gets to hand in. No matter any more. Teachers can 'drop into’ student work linked via Google Docs or Scribo Web at any time to leave feedback.

The concept of WIP opens up the workflow. Every student text is open for all types of feedback at all times. There is no Draft state that has to be managed and handed in, and back. Everything is Live.

If a teacher is using Google Docs, why use feedback in Scribo you ask?

Google Docs does a great job creating one on one feedback that's for sure. However, Google won't classify feedback into a type of feedback for analysis and it won't aggregate all of the feedback you give all students across the class. Google feedback is simply for one student, at a time. Scribo feedback flows back into Google feedback so the choice is yours.

In the Scribo Live panel, teachers open student work, create feedback on the text and exit. Teachers don't have to wait for ‘hand In’ or ‘draft submit’ from a student , they just get in there and give feedback. The student text is up to date within 10 seconds of where students are or could be live typing.

Students will see the comment live if they are working in the Google document or are in Scribo Web. All feedback given via Scribo is also updated into Google Commentary. Google picks up the Scribo feedback as document comments and emails to students so they know feedback is there for them to look at.

It’s the same with grading. Teachers can grade a draft as simply as giving it a Text A,B etc , a number X / Y or use a rubric. WIP grading can give a student an indication of where they are right now. Why wait for the big surprise. Grades can change on final submissions. Again it is an example of how flexible we have made the workflow.