ReMarks is a software programme with which educators can annotate, collaborate and report on student electronic submissions. Of particular interest to educators should be the ReMarks XML Word 2007 integration plugin tool which appears to seamlessly integrate ReMarks into Word's menu bar.
The ReMarks toolbar includes the usual features you'd expect from a mark-up programme including the ability to highlight, insert comment boxes, and use a felt pen. More advanced tools that make this worth serious consideration are the Media Tools which allow you to insert voice annotations to documents, or Management Tools which allows you to PDF documents.
This programme is being endorsed by both the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) and by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. ReMarks is making the software freely available to all Australian university staff until 2011. You download a 60 day trial version of the software and then contact the company (with the supplied form) for a product key.
The programme is only available for PC (sorry fellow Macsters) and the website contain aseries of training videos to walk you through the processs. I'd be interested in hearing from people who try this out. to see if you think it's more useful than the usual track changes. The voice annotation inparticular will appeal to those marking online journals and the like.
webpage link: ReMarks Feedback Management Software
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