Do my students have to type their essays directly into Holt Online Essay Scoring?
No. Many students choose to compose their essays in a word-processing program and then copy and paste them into the Holt Online Essay Scoring interface. If students are importing their work from an e-mail program or across Mac and PC platforms, they should be sure that any special characters in the essay (such as em dashes, smart quotes, and ampersands) have been successfully translated before submitting the essay for scoring.