[jayshua]

Most teachers I know vastly prefer to grade on paper rather than digitally. Easier to just circle sections and write comments with a pen than deal with the review features in a document editor. I suppose they could print them out themselves? Or require submission in both digital and paper? But why bother when you can just have the students submit in paper.

[dfinninger]

Anecdotally, most teachers I know prefer digital. Papers never get lost, fewer trees, less to carry, and (of course) https://www.turnitin.com

[mistercheph]

Spoken like a true salesman!

[mock-possum]

I mean I actually agree, it’s way easier to markup a sheet of paper (unless you’ve got a computer setup you’re comfortable with for the task) - but in that case they can print their own copies, and use their own word processors to count the student’s words. It’s crazy to make up all these extra hoops for students to jump through just because teachers can’t figure their shit out technologically, like it’s a running joke how far out of their way instructors will go to avoid the easily accessible technological solution for some processes.