When I taught at CSUN in the ESL program, I graded papers physically. Students would hand in their ESL papers and I would then sit at my desk with a stack of papers and grade with my green pen. I would use editing symbols that I give to students in their syllabus, and I would leave comments on how students can improve their verb tenses, grammar, essay structure, thesis statement and paragraph structure as well as their content.
For me, grading physically took a lot less time than grading digitally wtih track changes. I had a teaching colleague who used a digital pen to grade his papers electronically so he was able to grade in a similar manner as grading physically. There are many programs that use digital pens like Microsoft Surface or WACOM. I just wish I had the money to buy those programs!
For me, grading elecgtronically meant using track changes in Microsoft Word. It may take me 2 minutes to mark up a face to face paper, but a good 10 minutes to use track changes grading a similar paper with similar amount of errors.
I find, however, the way I grade either way to be rather similar. Here is an infographic on the differences and similarities I find grading both ways.
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