Timesaving tips

To save yourself from having to write the same sentence over and over again, create a Word document with your most common comments and copy and paste them in. You can and should also use the rubric ones.

Make specific comments throughout and more general comments at the end. General comments give the student a sense of what went right or wrong and how they might improve their work in future. Sandwiching a positive comment, followed by a negative comment and ending with a positive comment is a good structure. Be professional and bear in mind the sort of comments that help you with your work.

To save you from having to remember which sources or cases you want to recommend and/or typing out the full references, create a Word document with a list of topics and some of the most important sources listed for each. This is also helpful if you want to evaluate whether your students have selected appropriate sources/cases or have missed important ones.