I’m trying to find a better system that gets it checked quickly, but returns it quickly. I’m just looking for effort, not if they got it right. HW is for practice, it’s not a test.
If you saw a good system while in school, that would be good, too.
How many kids in your classes? How long is each class? How often is HW coming in? What subject?
What kind of homework? Are we talking about word problems, essays, small exercises where the equations are already written down?
Chemistry, very often word problems. No essays. Working out pre-printed problems. There is something to be completed most every day. Biggest class is about 25. 55 minute classes.
I always both gave and got those on paper. Is your total volume so large that when you don’t even check if they got it right (and, if they didn’t, what was the error) you can’t deal with that?
What are you doing with the work? Are you correcting mistakes and showing where errors occurred, or are you just making sure that they completed the assignment each day?
If feasible, it’s really nice to do it this way:
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Post answers to HW outside your door/somewhere in your room each morning. Be available to answer questions.
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At the start of class, kids put open HW on desk, walk up and down checking off on a roster that the HW was done. Record this in the gradebook later, but in a category that is weighted 0%. So there’s a record, but no penalty (so no copying).
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Talk about any problems that you saw repeatedly as you checked off HW.
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As often as time allows, give a very short quiz that is a question/portion of a question directly from the HW. Select a straightforward one. Possibly quiz different classes on different days, and on different questions.
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Collect and grade this.
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If you are giving multiple multiple step word problems every night, seriously reconsider how much HW you are assigning. That’s a great deal.