<p>Do all professors require e-mailing assignments (papers) or do they require a hard copy, or a combination of e-mail and hard copy?</p>
<p>It really depends on the professor. I’ve had a class where the professor really strived for a “paperless” experience and all assignments were submitted electronically through the class BlackBoard page. He would email us back graded papers and mark them up using the commenting feature in Microsoft Word!</p>
<p>Other professors seem to own stock in paper companies or something, because they will photocopy <em>everything</em> that could possibly be of interest and insist on hard copies of all assignments. The freshman Writing 140 classes are especially paper-intensive because I believe you must submit two copies of every essay, along with printouts of all the materials and references you used.</p>
<p>There have been other discussions on this board as to whether a personal printer is really necessary. The library is open 24/7 and has pay-as-you-go printing, while some of the specialty labs within some departments have free printing you can take advantage of during the day.</p>