Transcript Powerpoint: How to Have a Paperless Classroom

How to Have a
Paperless Classroom
SOME
PRACTICAL IDEAS
from
Allison Smith, English
Use E-mail (with Attachments):
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For class distribution lists
To deal with absent students
For reminders (what’s due, what to
read,…)
For students to contact each other (for
revision, editing, group work)
Use MS Power Point:
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For lecture material in class
To post lectures on web sites or WebCT
To email missed materials to absent
students
To highlight important information
To provide handouts (have students print
out before coming to class)
Use WebCT:
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Announcements
Syllabus and other Course Documents
Handouts
Video Clips
Assignments
Discussion Board
Use the Discussion Board:
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For student discussion with each other
For answers to posted questions (and
subsequent discussion)
For shared journals, informal writing, and
other class assignments
Use Scanning:
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For handouts from supplemental texts
For samples of assignments from
previous classes
To send back a graded paper (when the
student gives you one in non-digital form)
Use Web Sites:
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Create your own
(http://www2.latech.edu/~asmith/Engl575/
575atoc.html)
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Link to others
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Have students create their own for
assignments
Be digitally based:
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State clearly on syllabus
Use computer classrooms when available
Have students use university labs
Have students turn in assignments
digitally (on disk, through email
attachments, as web sites, through
Blackboard attachments, …)
A Special Mention about DigitallyBased Classes:
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Less to carry around!
Can utilize plagiarism programs (like
http://www.turnitin.com)
Can use over-write software programs
(like Word, Word Perfect, …)
Saves paper
Saves time (spent making copies)
Saves money
Use Over-Write Software:
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For digital office hour comments
For revision workshops
For editing workshops
For digital tests and assignments
For grading papers
MS Word Over-Writing:
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View, Toolbars, Reviewing (for over-write
menu)
Insert comments (use New Comment button)
Write comments (choose font, color, size in
Show, Options)
Delete (by using Backspace, Delete, or
Control X on keyboard) and leave comment
Highlight (use Highlight on formatting menu)
Use Sample Student Paper:
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Try inserting a comment in a comment
box
Try just typing in a comment
Try deleting something and then adding a
comment
Try highlighting
Contact me:
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Allison Smith, English Department
[email protected]
Phone: 904-8266
Office: PH 328B