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- GRADESCAN
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- (Version 3.2)
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- USER'S GUIDE
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- FOR IBM PC, XT, AT, AND COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS
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- Developer: C. Robert Blum
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- Educational Consultant: Joan Barnett Blum
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- A Product of
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- CROFTON BINARY CONCEPTS
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- 1722 Golden Court
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- Crofton, Maryland 21114
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- (301) 261-3177
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- Copyright (C) 1989 by C. Robert Blum
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- NEEDED EQUIPMENT
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- IBM PC, XT, AT, or Compatible Computer
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- At least one disk drive
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- Printer (optional)
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- FILES REQUIRED FOR COMPLETE PROGRAM
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- README.DOC
- NOTICE.DOC
- REGISTER.DOC
- MANUAL.DOC
- GRDSCN.BAT
- GRDSCN.EXE
- CYA.BAT
- CYB.BAT
- CYC.BAT
- PRINTOPT.PRF
- INSTALL.BAT
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- CONGRATULATIONS
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- Your purchase of GRADESCAN will make your record keeping and
- grade computation much quicker and easier, giving you more time to
- devote to lesson planning, preparation of new instructional
- methods, counseling of students, and - who knows? - maybe even a
- little relaxation.
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- GRADESCAN was designed with the teacher in mind. It was
- developed by a former teacher, under the close guidance of his
- wife, who happens to be a very busy teacher. You don't have time
- to master a complicated computer program that taxes your patience
- and threatens destruction of your valuable records at every turn.
- You need a program that is so simple it can be used with full
- confidence the very first time. That's what GRADESCAN is all
- about. After using it for several weeks, you'll wonder how you
- ever got along without it. It is a professional product and will
- respond like commercially distributed software. Its user
- interface is so sophisticated that it does not require you to
- memorize arcane syntax or constantly think about the operation of
- the program while you are recording or examining grades. You will
- quickly discern that the low registration fee of this product
- ($25.00) is a delightful bargain in professionally developed
- software.
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- NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 3.0
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- Version 3.0 of GRADESCAN retains all the best features of
- Version 2.1. Furthermore, it is fully compatible with all the
- files you have created under Version 2.1. No conversion is
- necessary. A summary of the new features follows:
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- o Names of students can be alphabetized at the stroke of a key.
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- o Class averages can be listed in descending order by grade, with
- the overall class average appearing at the top of the screen.
- Naturally, they may also be listed alphabetically.
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- o The grades on any assignment can be listed in descending order,
- with the class average on the assignment appearing at the top
- of the screen.
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- o Multiple grades can be changed for any one student without
- returning to the roster between each change.
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- o Screen prompts have been changed in numerous places for
- clarity.
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- o Minor changes in the layout of screens and printed reports have
- been introduced to eliminate ambiguities.
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- o The program has been made faster and more compact.
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- VERSION 3.2
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- Version 3.0 was found to have problems with computations in
- several seldom-encountered situations. These problems resulted
- from unpredictable results in the rounding of decimals to the tens
- place. Version 3.2 corrects these problems so that computations
- are now reliable.
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- Additionally, Version 3.2 now detects situations in which
- users operating GRADESCAN from a floppy disk drive are attempting
- to use the GRADESCAN'S backup procedure without first copying
- COMMAND.COM to their program disk. The error is trapped and the
- user is informed on how to proceed.
- GETTING STARTED
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- Let's get one thing straight from the outset. You don't
- need this USER'S GUIDE unless you literally don't know how to turn
- on a computer. While we suggest you read through it quickly, you
- really can go right to the program and experiment for several
- minutes until you feel confident enough to insert your class
- records. It's that simple! HOWEVER, just for the record, here
- is how to "boot" the program (that's computer jargon for loading
- the program into the memory of your computer).
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- o Turn on the monitor.
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- o Turn on the computer and let it run until it completes
- its "power-on self test".
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- o MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF THE GRADESCAN PROGRAM DISK. DO IT
- NOW. Some of the procedures set forth below will alter
- or add material to the program disk. It is important
- that you have at least one unaltered copy of the program
- disk as a safeguard against loss.
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- INSTALLING GRADESCAN FOR USE ON A HARD DISK DRIVE
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- o Insert the GRADESCAN program disk in the floppy ("A")
- drive. At the ">" prompt, type "a:install" (without the
- quotation marks).
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- o Remove the program disk from the floppy drive and file it
- away. We suggest you make a backup copy using the
- DISKCOPY command from your computer's Disk Operating
- System (DOS).
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- o Type "GRDSCN" (without the quotation marks) to begin the
- program. It does not matter whether you type upper case
- or lower case letters.
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- RUNNING GRADESCAN FROM A FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
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- o If you do not have a hard disk, you will have to run
- GRADESCAN from the floppy drive. The program disk will
- have to remain in the floppy drive throughout operation
- of the program, and your class files will be written to
- the program disk.
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- o At the prompt (">"), type "A:" (without the quotation
- marks) to log on to the "A" drive.
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- o Once you have logged on to the "A" drive you will again
- see the system prompt (">"). At the system prompt, type
- the word "GRDSCN" (without the quotation marks). This
- will invoke the program.
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- o GRADESCAN has an internal procedure which permits you to
- easily back up your class data to a floppy disk
- periodically. This procedure requires that you copy the
- file COMMAND.COM from your DOS disk to the GRADESCAN
- program disk. You must have you have two floppy drives
- to use this procedure. If you have only one floppy
- drive, you must use the DOS "COPY" command to
- periodically back up your files.
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- NOW, FOR A TEST DRIVE
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- We have included several sample classes on the program disk.
- If you're the impatient sort, this is a good time for you to try
- your wings. Unfortunately, once you do, you may no longer feel a
- need to read this manual. That's understandable and we'll forgive
- you!
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- After invoking the GRDSCN command you should be at the main
- menu. It has nine choices on it. Press "1" (SELECT CLASS), to
- bring up a submenu with three more choices. From the submenu,
- Press "2" (SELECT CLASS) and you will be given a list of several
- sample classes. Select one of these by entering the number. (Go
- ahead! Get it out of your system! Enter some key other than a 1,
- 2, or 3 so you can see what happens.) The class you selected will
- be loaded into memory and you can experiment with all aspects of
- the program without hurting a thing. Come to think of it, that
- might be the best way to learn this program. It will take all of
- about ten minutes to become thoroughly familiar with it.
- Meanwhile, back to the USER'S GUIDE...
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- THE MAIN MENU
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- Now you are ready to explore GRADESCAN in more depth. After
- you have entered the appropriate start-up commands at the system
- prompt (C > GRDSCN), you will be presented with the GRADESCAN logo
- screen. Press any key to invoke the Main Menu. The Main Menu
- looks like the following:
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- GRADESCAN
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- 1. SELECT CLASS
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- 2. ENTER ASSIGNMENTS
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- 3. ENTER GRADES
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- 4. EXAMINE DATA
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- 5. ADD NEW STUDENTS
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- 6. PRINT REPORTS
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- 7. SAVE DATA TO DISK
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- 8. FILE MAINTENANCE
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- 9. QUIT
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- ENTER THE NUMBER OF YOUR SELECTION:
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- Your use of the program is closely keyed to the Main Menu.
- You choose the option you need from the menu and proceed to the
- appropriate program module. In each module you will be guided by
- the prompts (that's computer jargon for instructions that appear
- on the screen) as to what to do. If you make a mistake by
- entering something unacceptable to the program, such as a letter
- when you should be entering a number, the program either lets you
- reenter the number or returns you to the menu. Either way, you
- get as many chances as you need to make the proper entry. And by
- the way, if you enter a module that you didn't mean to enter (by
- selecting the wrong option from the Main Menu), you can easily
- return to the menu. Now let's look at each of the menu options.
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- 1. SELECT CLASS
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- Before we talk about Option No. 1, it is necessary to
- say a special word about Option No. 7: "SAVE DATA TO DISK."
- NEWLY ENTERED DATA WILL BE LOST IF YOU EXIT THE PROGRAM OR CALL IN
- ANOTHER CLASS WITHOUT FIRST SAVING THE DATA TO DISK. Therefore,
- after you have entered new data for a class, or changed data
- already in the files, select Option No. 7 from the Main Menu to
- save all data from the current class to disk.
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- The data will be saved to the same disk on which you are running
- the program.
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- Now, for Option No. 1, selecting a class. Choosing this
- option from the Main Menu brings up a submenu that allows you to
- do one of the following:
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- 1. CREATE NEW CLASS
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- 2. SELECT CLASS
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- 3. RETURN TO MENU
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- The third option returns you to the Main Menu, in case you ended
- up in this module by mistake.
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- The second option allows you to select from a list of existing
- classes. We will discuss it in a moment.
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- Use the first option, CREATE NEW CLASS, to enter your new classes
- into the program. You are permitted to have up to 17 classes.
- Selecting this option will bring up a prompt asking you for the
- name to be assigned to the class (i, e., the subject). GRADESCAN
- does not permit you to create a class without any students in it.
- Therefore, your next task will be to enter the names of the
- students. You may need to type the names in at the keyboard, but
- not necessarily: if you have entered other classes, you may have
- the same group of students for other subjects you teach. This is
- common in the elementary schools. For example, you may teach the
- same students for English and Mathematics, or perhaps you have the
- same students for all subjects. Therefore, GRADESCAN will allow
- you to use the names from another class that is already stored on
- disk. You will not have to type the names separately for each
- class. If grades have been entered for the class, these will not
- be brought forward into the new class. Only the names are
- transferred.
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- So, you will be presented with three options:
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- 1. ENTER NAMES FROM KEYBOARD
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- 2. ENTER NAMES FROM ANOTHER CLASS
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- 3. ABORT PROCESS - RETURN TO MENU
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- After you have entered the name of the subject, select the method
- you will use for entering the names of the students.
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- If you elect to enter the names from the keyboard, you will be
- presented with an input screen. You are allowed up to 50
- students, with up to 25 characters (letters, commas, blank spaces,
- etc.) per name. You may enter last names first or first names
- first - it doesn't matter. Also, you may include middle initials,
- or any other designators, as long as you stay within the limit of
- 25 characters. The program will not permit you to exceed the
- limit, so there is no need for you to count the number of
- characters used.
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- After you have entered the names, press [enter]. The program will
- then allow you to proceed or cancel the entire effort.
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- If you have made a mistake in one of the names that has already
- been entered, or if you entered a name that you didn't mean to
- enter, there is a way to correct it easily. We will discuss that
- under Option 4 of the Main Menu. Any of your entries in any part
- of the program can be easily revised or deleted.
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- To use the names from an established class in the class you are
- setting up, select the option worded as "ENTER NAMES FROM ANOTHER
- CLASS". A list of all established classes will come up on the
- screen. Pick the one you want to use and enter its number. The
- program will then duplicate the names into a class roster for the
- class you are establishing.
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- New classes will automatically be stored to disk as part of the
- process of establishing the class. No extra step is required.
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- Option 2, SELECT A CLASS, brings up a list of classes on file.
- Simply type in the number of the class you want to load into
- memory.
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- But one important thing here. THE CLASS CURRENTLY IN MEMORY
- WILL BE REPLACED BY THE NEW CLASS. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THE
- CURRENT CLASS TO DISK USING OPTION 7 FROM THE MAIN MENU. If
- you don't do this, any changes you have made to the data
- since you last saved the data to disk will be lost. All
- those grades you just entered over the past twenty minutes
- will not have been saved to disk. Of course, if you don't
- want to retain the new data, you would not save it to disk
- prior to calling a new class into memory.
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- 2. ENTER ASSIGNMENTS
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- Option No. 2 on the Main Menu allows you to enter a
- description of each assignment. The word "assignment" is used
- here in its broadest sense to include any task given to the
- student, whether it be an examination, test, quiz, homework,
- project, or report. You may enter up to 40 assignments during
- each grading period.
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- You must enter the assignment before going to Option No. 3 on the
- Main Menu, whereby the grade on the assignment is recorded.
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- You are permitted to describe up to 14 assignments at one time
- before entering the grades, but we recommend that you keep things
- manageable by entering assignments regularly so your work doesn't
- pile up (more than it already is).
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- Three types of information are required for entry of
- assignments:
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- DATE (mm/dd/yy)
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- DESCRIPTION (up to 40 characters)
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- WEIGHT (1 to 50)
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- NOTE ABOUT WEIGHTING FACTORS: The weighting of assignments
- requires special mention. Some assignments probably should count
- more than others. If you elect to weight a pop quiz with a
- weighting factor of 1, you probably want to assign a larger
- weighting factor to a major examination - 2,4,10, or whatever you
- may think the assignment is worth. GRADESCAN uses these weighting
- factors in calculating the student's average for all assignments.
- If you assigned a weighting factor of 4 to the major examination,
- GRADESCAN will treat the examination as if the student received
- the grade on four assignments each having a weighting factor of 1.
- That is, the assignment counts four times as much as an assignment
- with a weighting factor of 1. This extra weight is reflected in
- the overall average for the student.
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- Although the display screen identifies the range of weighting
- factors as being 1 to 50, there may be occasions where you want
- to record a grade for students without having it count in their
- calculated average. There is a way to do this. Enter the weight
- as zero. GRADESCAN will accept the zero weight, but be careful
- when using it. Assignments with a zero weight will not count in
- the average.
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- When you have finished entering assignments, press [enter] and
- GRADESCAN will automatically bring you to Option No. 3 on the Main
- Menu: ENTER GRADES.
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- 3. ENTER GRADES
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- GRADESCAN accepts only those grades that are expressed as a
- percentage. You may exceed 100% if warranted (up to 999%).
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- Each student's name will appear on the screen and you will be
- prompted to record the grade for each assignment for the student
- before proceeding to the next student.
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- If a student was excused from an assignment, either temporarily or
- permanently, enter the letter "x" (either upper or lower case)
- instead of a grade. Grades recorded as "x" do not count in the
- average, but allow you to keep track of which students have work
- which must be made up. If the student makes up the work, you can
- enter the grade through the methods contained in Option No. 4 of
- the Main Menu, whereby data can be changed.
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- After all grades have been entered you will be prompted to press
- any key to return to the Main Menu. After entering grades, when
- you arrive at the Main Menu, it is time to store the new grades
- and assignments to disk. Select Option No. 7 from the Main Menu
- to save your new data to disk. If you select another class before
- having saved you data to disk, you will lose your data for the
- present class and have to reenter it!
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- 4. EXAMINE DATA
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- This module is the core of GRADESCAN. This is where
- GRADESCAN tells you what data has been recorded, informs you of
- the averages of your students, and allows you to revise data as
- required.
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- Selecting Option No. 4 brings to the screen a submenu containing
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- 1. SUMMARY AVERAGES
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- 2. ROSTER, GRADES
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- 3. ASSIGNMENTS
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- 4. LIST OF SUBJECTS
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- 5. RETURN TO MENU
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- We will look at each option in turn.
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- SUMMARY AVERAGES:
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- Now to really put the program through its paces. This is
- probably why you bought the program in the first place--to save
- you from the laborious task of averaging your grades.
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- This menu option produces summary averages on the screen for each
- student. It does not show you the individual grades on each task
- that went into that average. Option No. 2 from the submenu does
- that (and it also computes the average). With the current option
- you can view the averages on the screen at any time during the
- marking period.
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- Selecting Option No. 1, SUMMARY AVERAGES, brings up a submenu with
- the following options:
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- 1. SORTED BY NAME OF STUDENT
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- 2. SORTED BY AVERAGE
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- 3. SUBMENU
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- 4. MENU
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- Option No. 1 produces an average for each student in the class.
- The names will be alphabetical if the roster has been
- alphabetized.
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- Option No. 2 will show the overall class average at the top, and
- the average of each student in descending order by average.
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- You can generate a printed report of these summary averages using
- Option No. 6 from the Main Menu: PRINT REPORTS. Option No. 6
- will produce a submenu, of which one option will be the summary
- averages. The averages in the printed report are listed
- alphabetically.
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- ROSTER, GRADES:
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- This option from the submenu allows you to do more than just
- examine grades. It allows you to change two types of data: the
- names of the students, and the grades themselves.
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- A list of students in the class appears on the screen. Using the
- bottom-line menu on the screen, you indicate whether your want to
- examine the grades (E) or change the data (C). The only data on
- this screen that can be changed is the names of the students.
- Once you select an "E" or "C" the prompt will ask you to indicate
- the number of the student involved.
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- If you entered a "C" to change the data, you will be given the
- option of changing the student's name or deleting the student from
- the class. Deletion is a very permanent procedure. Make sure you
- have a record of this student's progress on hard copy or on a
- back-up disk before deleting the student.
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- If you entered an "E", you will be presented with the student's
- achievement on each assignment, along with a calculated average.
- Again, you will be presented with a bottom-line menu that allows
- you to change data (the data here is the student's grades). This
- is where we can correct erroneous grades or record the grades for
- assignments for which the student has been temporarily excused -
- the ones we entered an "x" for previously. Entering a "C" to
- change data allows us to carry out this procedure.
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- You can print hard-copy reports of the grades of the entire class
- or of individual students using Option No. 6 from the Main Menu.
- We will defer the instructions for printing until we discuss that
- option from the Main Menu.
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- The bottom-line menu allows you to return to the roster to select
- other students for examination of grades, or to return to the
- submenu or the Main Menu.
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- ASSIGNMENTS:
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- Selecting this option from the submenu brings up a screen
- displaying all assignments recorded to date. It shows the date,
- description, and weight associated with each assignment.
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- In the bottom line menu, you are given an option to list the
- grades for each student on any particular assignment. To do this,
- select "L" from the menu. You will then be asked to enter the
- number of the assignment you want to examine. Entering the number
- will produce a screen showing the class average on the assignment
- and the grade earned by each student on the assignment. The
- grades will be listed in descending order.
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- In the bottom-line menu, you are given the option of
- changing any of the data. To do this, enter a "C" at the prompt.
- You will then be given the option of changing the date,
- description, or weighting factor, or of deleting the assignment
- entirely.
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- You may choose to delete the assignment entirely, but if you do,
- you will erase any record of the grades earned by students on the
- assignment. These grades will no longer count in the students'
- averages.
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- Other prompts on the bottom-line menu allow you to return to the
- submenu or the Main Menu.
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- LIST OF SUBJECTS:
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- Selecting this option from the submenu brings up a list of
- all subjects on file.
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- Again, you are given the option of changing the data. To do so,
- enter a "C" at the bottom-line menu. You will then be given a
- choice of changing the name of the subject or deleting the class
- entirely from your records.
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- Other prompts on the bottom-line menu allow you to return to the
- submenu or the Main Menu.
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- 5. ADD NEW STUDENTS (and deleting students)
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- What about that new student who comes to your class from
- another school or the student who transfers in to your class from
- that of another teacher? This menu option does the trick. You
- may add students to the class at any time during the grading
- period, as long as you do not exceed the limit of 50 students per
- class.
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- All assignments entered before the addition of the new student
- will be automatically recorded for the new student as if he or she
- was excused. They will not be calculated in the student's
- average.
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- One additional point. Instead of wanting to add a student, what
- if you want TO DELETE A STUDENT. To delete a student, you need to
- bring up a roster of the class. To do this, use Option 4, EXAMINE
- DATA, from the main menu. From the submenu, select Option 2,
- GRADES. This will produce a roster of the class. From the bottom
- line menu, select "C", CHANGE DATA. This will produce a question
- asking whether you want to revise the student's name. Answering
- "no" will produce a question asking whether you want to delete the
- student entirely. Answering "yes" to this question will delete
- the student from the class.
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- 6. PRINTED REPORTS
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- This option produces a submenu with the following options
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- 1. GRADES, ENTIRE CLASS
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- 2. GRADES, ONE STUDENT
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- 3. SUMMARY AVERAGES
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- 4. ROSTER
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- 5. OPTIONS
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- 6. MENU
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- Naturally, the sixth option on the submenu will return you to the
- main menu at any time.
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- The fifth option allows you specify whether, in printing the
- grades for an entire class, you want to begin each student on a
- new page or print the records contiguously to save paper. The
- default is contiguous records.
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- Options 1 and 2 from this submenu permit you to produce those
- valuable reports from Option 4 on the Main Menu, showing the
- student's grade on each assignment and the average of all grades.
- You may want to distribute these to students at least once during
- the marking period to prevent any surprises at report card time
- ("but you never warned me"). They are also useful for
- parent-teacher conferences.
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- In printing the report of the GRADES FOR ONE STUDENT, you will be
- presented on screen with a roster of the students. Indicated the
- student whose grades are to be printed by using the EXAMINE GRADES
- option from the bottom-line menu (i.e., enter "E", then the number
- of the student). You are indeed examining the grades, only this
- time you are doing it on hard copy.
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- The option for a printed roster will give you a formatted
- spreadsheet on which you can record attendance, payment of fees,
- turn-in of books, or a myriad of other checklist items.
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- Have you found certain screens in GRADESCAN that you would
- like to print but which are not included among the options on the
- printing submenu. Simple! YOU CAN PRINT ANY SCREEN BY PRESSING
- THE SHIFT KEY (hold it down) AND PrtSc AT THE SAME TIME.
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- 7. SAVE DATA TO DISK
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- NEWLY ENTERED DATA WILL BE LOST IF YOU EXIT THE PROGRAM OR
- CALL IN ANOTHER CLASS WITHOUT FIRST SAVING THE DATA TO DISK.
- Therefore, after you have entered new data for a class, or changed
- data already in the files, select Option No. 7 from the Main Menu
- to save all data from the current class to disk.
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- The data will be saved to the same disk on which you are running
- the program.
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- 8. FILE MAINTENANCE
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- Selecting this option brings up a submenu with the following
- additional options:
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- 1. BACK UP ALL CLASSES
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- 2. SET UP NEXT MARKING PERIOD
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- 3. ERASE ALL CLASSES
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- 4. MENU
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- Option 1 should be used frequently. Once you have suffered a
- disaster you will understand that. EVERY COMPUTER USER HAS HAD AT
- LEAST ONE DISASTER FROM FAILURE TO BACK UP HIS OR HER WORK.
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- If you are running GRADESCAN from a hard disk, back up your files
- to a floppy disk in Drive A or Drive B (if you have a Drive B).
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- If you are running GRADESCAN from a floppy disk, back up your
- files to a floppy disk in the unused disk drive. In order to use
- GRADESCAN'S internal backup procedure to copy files from one
- floppy to another, you must first have copied the file COMMAND.COM
- from your DOS disk to the GRADESCAN program disk.
-
- If you are running GRADESCAN from a computer that has no hard
- drive and only one floppy drive, you will not be able to use
- Option No. 8 from the Main Menu. You will have to use make your
- copies by exiting the program and using the DOS "COPY" OR
- "DISKCOPY" commands.
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- When making back-up copies, we recommend that you devote a
- complete floppy disk to the back-up files. At any rate, do not
- mix GRADESCAN files with other files having a ".DAT" file
- extension. If GRADESCAN finds insufficient space on the
- destination disk when making the back-up copy, it will erase all
- the ".DAT" files it has written to the destination disk, along
- with all other ".DAT" files already on the destination disk. For
- this reason, we recommend that you devote one floppy disk to
- GRADESCAN back-ups and not place any other files on that floppy
- disk.
-
- Option 2 allows you to set up your files for the next
- marking period. It performs two tasks:
-
- o It makes a back-up copy of all your class files.
-
- o It purges all assignments and grades from you class
- files so you can enter new assignments during the new
- grading period.
-
- Its operational procedures are identical to those for making
- back-up copies.
-
- Option 3 erases all your class files. This is a complete
- erasure and no trace of the data is left: not the subject,
- student names, assignments, or grades.
-
- o Use this option to erase the practice files that came
- with the program, or to erase all files after the
- school year is completed.
-
- o Using Option 1, make a copy of the files before you
- erase them. This will prevent you from losing class
- records or practice files that you might want to
- refer to in the future.
-
-
- 9. QUIT
-
- This option allows you to exit from the program. Make sure
- you SAVE ALL NEW DATA before exiting from the program.
-
-
- CHANGING YOUR DATA
-
-
- Although we have discussed how to make corrections and
- revisions to data entries in our discussion of the individual menu
- topics, special mention is necessary so that the user understands
- the approach taken by the program in permitting easy modifications
- and revisions to previous entries.
-
- The gateway to all data revisions is Option 4 on the Main Menu.
- Option 4 permits you to examine data. That data may be in the
- form of summary averages, grades, assignments, or names of
- subjects. Although you entered the data through one of the other
- menu options, if you need to revise it you must do so through Menu
- Option 4. The forms which these changes may take are described
- below:
-
-
- - Correcting the names of students or deleting students
-
- Select Option 2 (GRADES) from the submenu. Select
- "Change Data" from the bottom-line menu. This will allow
- you to correct the student's name or delete the student
- from the class roster.
-
- - Correcting grades (including the entry of make-up grades
- when the student was previously excused from an
- assignment
-
- Again, select Option 2 (GRADES) from the submenu, but
- this time, select "Examine Grades" from the bottom-line
- menu. You will be prompted to identify which student's
- grades you want to examine. After you respond to this
- prompt, you will be presented with the grades. From the
- bottom-line menu of this screen, select "Change Data".
- You will then be prompted for the changes you wish to
- make.
-
-
- - Revising information about assignments, or deleting the
- assignment from the record
-
- Select Option 3 (ASSIGNMENTS) from the submenu. You will
- be presented with a list of all assignments on record for
- the class in memory. Select "Change Data" from the
- bottom-line menu. This selection will permit you to
- change the date, description or weighting factor of the
- assignment. If you respond negatively to each of these
- options, you will be asked if you want to delete the
- assignment. If you say "yes", you will be warned that
- deleting the assignment will erase the record of the
- assignment and all grades earned on the assignment for
- every student in the class.
-
- - Modifying the names of subjects, or deleting classes
- entirely
-
- Select Option 4 (LIST OF SUBJECTS) from the submenu and
- select "Change Data" from the bottom-line menu. You will
- be asked whether you want to change the name of the
- subject. If you respond in the negative, you will be
- asked if you wish to delete the class entirely. Electing
- to delete the class causes the erasure of all data
- associated with the class: the students' names, the
- assignments, and the grades.
-
- LICENSE
-
-
-
- GRADESCAN, its component files, and its documentation are
- copyrighted. They are licensed for use by a single registered
- user after payment of the appropriate fee, except as provided for
- under a thirty-day trial period during which the user may
- determine the applicability of the program to his or her needs.
- Users may make backup copies to protect against physical damage to
- the principal working copy, and may make copies to share with
- others for the purpose of permitting others to evaluate the
- program. This program may not be modified in any way without the
- express written consent of Crofton Binary Concepts. Site licenses
- are available from Crofton Binary Concepts. Distributors may
- charge a nominal fee for copying and distributing the program
- under normal shareware arrangements.
-
-
-
- Crofton Binary Concepts
- 1722 Golden Court
- Crofton, Maryland 21114
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- WARRANTY
-
-
- GRADESCAN has been developed and tested to ensure that it
- performs correctly and produces accurate and reliable results. It
- is developed,produced, and distributed with the understanding that
- it is high quality software and will work as intended. It is
- designed to facilitate the work of the teacher by providing an
- easy, yet powerful device for maintaining records of student
- performance. Nevertheless, this program is sold and distributed
- without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.
- The developer and distributor (Crofton Binary Concepts) is not
- responsible for any damage caused by this program to equipment,
- other software, or humans and is not responsible for the accuracy
- of its results.
-
- GRADESCAN REGISTRATION FORM
- Ver. 3.2
-
- REQUIREMENT
-
- GRADESCAN is shareware, but it is not free of charge. If,
- after a reasonable evaluation period (usually 30 days), you decide
- to use GRADESCAN on a regular basis, or as you primary software
- for recording grades, you are obligated to register the program
- with the developer.
-
- In addition to providing you the legal rights to continue
- use of the program, registered owners receive notification and
- significant discounts on any future versions of GRADESCAN and
- telephone hot-line privileges.
-
-
-
- LAST NAME________________________________________________________
-
- FIRST NAME_______________________________________________________
-
- MIDDLE INITIAL_____________
-
- ADDRESS___________________________________________________________
-
- CITY__________________________________ STATE_____________________
-
-
- ZIP CODE____________________
-
-
- ( ) $20.00: Registration Fee
-
- ( ) $25.00: Registration Fee + Program Disk and Printed Manual
-
- ( ) 5 1/4" Disk ( ) 3 1/2" Disk
-
- ( ) $5.00: Program Disk and Printed Manual for Previously
- Registered Owner (One per customer, if not purchased
- as part of registration.)
-
-
- Registration fee to be enclosed in form of check or money order.
-
-
- MAIL TO: Crofton Binary Concepts
- 1722 Golden Court
- Crofton, Maryland 21114
-