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I didn’t have a working printer when I was in school, and even if I had a working printer I would have probably never had paper or ink. I was unprepared, but I wasn’t entirely helpless. Keep in mind this was at a time when flash drives were luxury items and way before Google Docs. I had this method for handing in essays: type the paper, attach the Word doc in an email from one account to a separate email account, and finally print it out at the computer lab. Most of the time it worked…except when I would forget to attach the file and not realize it until after the 30 minute bus ride to campus.

Somebody at GradeMate must’ve heard me cursing my own foolishness, because storing files for your classes is one of their features (I don’t have an exact number on how much you can store, perhaps you might discover this during your own investigation and post a comment). Other useful features include managing your classes and setting up reminders, but the most useful by far is keeping track of your grades. That revelation shouldn’t make your mind explode – the site is called GradeMate, after all. You can add multiple assignments, exams, and projects, then set weight amounts and enter scores.

Take a moment to think about your students. Think about that student who obsesses over grades. What about the kid who can’t remember a due date to save her life? Or how about that student who was going to email himself his essay and print it out in the computer lab, but forgot to attach it to his email?
–NICK YINGLING

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