What You Can Do with the Writer's Grading and Grammar Assistant

If you teach online classes, or if you just want an easy way to link grammar rules into your students' compositions, then this is the tool for you!  I have created a Microsoft Word program that will utilize the "insert text" function of the software to allow you to place pre-selected comments and grammatical rules at appropriate places inside a student's paper.  In other words, when you find an error in reasoning or in mechanics, all you have to do is find the proper "rule" on the handy menu and "click" your mouse.  Voila!  The appropriate teacher's comment and link to the appropriate remediation rule will be inserted inside the text of the student's paper.  When you return the paper to the student, he/she will be able to read your comment and "click and go" to the online grammar handbook to see what he/she did wrong and do exercises or watch PowerPoint presentations to correct the errors.

How to Install and Use the

Writer's Grading and Grammar Assistant

Extract your Autotext Template (.dot) into this directory: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates (or whichever drive letter your Microsoft Word program is installed).

You must open your Microsoft Word program to an empty document.

1. Open the text version of the video tutorial #1 and the text version of video tutorial #2.

2. Print out both for better referencing.

3. Click on Tutorial #1 Installing the Autotext Template (and follow along with the print version).

4. Click on  Tutorial #2 Using the Autotext Template (and follow along with the print version).