Tools for Automated Grading?

Dont tempt me asks: "As all teachers and students are well aware, it is back to school time. As a math/computer teacher, I am constantly looking for ways to automate repetitive tasks. The one that seems to take up most of my time is grading. As is typical for us nerds, I find myself looking at handwritten tests and thinking 'there's gotta be a better way...' Since I can't find any related open-source projects, I have been thinking about creating one. I have been toying with the idea of using OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) to make my own scannable multiple choice tests. Is anyone doing this? If not, where would be a good place to start? In addition to teachers, this could be a useful technology for questionnaires, or other processes that require manual data entry."

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Ask Slashdot: Automated Homework

[mr_rattles]

Hi, I'm a CS student and always looking for ways to automate repetitive tasks. Is there any project out there that can do my work for me so that I don't have to?

Stairs method

[BortQ]

It works better for 'fluffy' subjects involving opinionated essay writing, but here's the method:

- Take all the submitted assignments and collect them in a big pile.
- Throw the pile down a flight of stairs.
- Everything that makes it to the bottom gets an A. For each step above the bottom take off 5% of the grade.
- That's it.

Re:Scantron

[Usquebaugh]

In my neighbourhood teachers and students are not allowed to have 'relations'.