Using text expansion tools to enrich feedback

Feedback is essential to student learning and one place faculty consistently spend a great deal of time is in typing up comments on written work. In this video walkthrough, Brian Wilson, an instructional designer who also teaches online, demonstrates how he uses PhraseExpress to build a database of comments and references to support resources and then quickly inserts them with a few keystrokes. By using this approach for frequently used elements, he creates time for when customized feedback is critical.