Handwritten Assignments

Students upload their handwritten texts in class. Seconds later, they get their score based on the rubric the teacher uploaded. Easy.

Asking students to handwrite their assignments has several advantages. Studies have linked handwriting with improved memory retention, deeper conceptual understanding, and greater brain connectivity.

However, evaluating handwritten work can be time-consuming.

Automated evaluation of handwritten text can save you time, provide a rich analysis that supports detailed feedback, and help you make more confident placement decisions.

Here’a more detailed look at the process.

The student opens the assignment page on their phone and selects “Add submission.” They then select “Upload a file” and use their phone’s camera to take a picture of their handwritten text.

The system immediately transcribes the student’s writing while preserving the original errors.

The student must review the transcription and confirm that it accurately reflects what they wrote. Once they are satisfied, they select “Save changes” to submit the text for evaluation.

In this example, the student wrote an introductory pen-pal letter to an English-speaking college student at another institution.

The teacher used a level-placement rubric rather than an achievement-scoring rubric to assess the student’s current proficiency level. Teachers can, of course, upload and use their own rubrics for many other types of assignments. This is simply one example.

The system highlighted the most noticeable errors and recommended placing the student at B1, the low-intermediate level.

You can also see where the student crossed out words. The system preserves these features of the original text for the teacher’s review and provides access to the uploaded photographs.

Let’s scroll through the feedback and examine the justification for the placement recommendation. As you can see, the analysis is thorough and detailed.

You can pause the video to read each section.

A complete analysis is available for the teacher to review before confirming the placement decision.

The teacher can also hide this feedback from the student through the assignment settings. This can help prevent students from attempting to manipulate or game the placement process.

After reviewing and confirming the results, the teacher can reveal the feedback so that the student understands the reasons for their level placement.

So, there you have it.

Labodanglais can transcribe handwritten work and evaluate either a student’s proficiency level or their academic progress. This can save teachers time and support important evaluation and placement decisions.

Visit Labodanglais.com to learn how you can use this feature—and many other useful tools—next semester.

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