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GRADEBOOK for Windows Program Author: Russell Stevens R&R EdWare 5191 Pine Grove Dr. Spruce, MI 48762 517-727-2066 (questions and support) 800-727-2065 (orders only) CompuServe 70150,323 AOL RAStevens Internet RAStevens@aol.com Program Pricing and Ordering: Please refer to the order form that may be printed directly from the program for pricing and site license information. Important Note: If you want to review the program documentation and registration information without installing the entire program, you can manually install just the GRADEBK.HLP file. To do this, run the SETUP program with the /x switch: SETUP /X Then just select the GRADEBK.HLP file as the only file you want to install and select a destination directory. To view this file, just double click the GRADEBK.HLP file from the File Manager or Explorer. Review copies of the program are available from the author for $3. The $3 is deductible if you later register the program. Program Description: GRADEBOOK allows you to keep student scores and calculate grades automatically. Because every instructor records and calculates grades differently, the program was designed to be flexible. GRADEBOOK can be used by elementary, junior high school, high school and college instructors. It sets no practical limit on the number of terms, classes, students or tasks. Multiple periods per term and custom term names are supported. GRADEBOOK keeps track of student scores on various tasks in up to ten different categories. All categories except extra credit are user- definable. GRADEBOOK will keep your student list in alphabetical order or you may place the students in any desired order to agree with a manually kept grade book. Reports may be in rank order if desired. Student names and optional ID numbers may be entered manually or optionally imported from an ASCII file. All program input is checked for validity as it is entered. Using GRADEBOOK, you can calculate your grades by summing the individually weighted raw scores (total points), by using percentage scores and assigning weighting factors to particular categories of tasks (category weights), or by combining both methods (total points with category weights). You have the option of ignoring low scores in each category when you calculate the final grade. Several options are available for extra credit and not counted scores may be entered. Scores may be incremented, scaled or adjusted to obtain the desired mean or standard deviation. Custom scores may be calculated as a function of other scores. GRADEBOOK can calculate and plot the distribution of scores for a single class or for several combined classes, for a single task or for all the tasks. Based on this distribution, you specify the interval of scores for each letter grade. GRADEBOOK then automatically calculates the final grade for each student. GRADEBOOK can assign either A, B, C, D, and E grades, or plus and minus grades. Custom letter grades may also be assigned. GRADEBOOK can automatically support pass/fail, 4.0, 7.5, etc., type systems. Grades may be manually overridden. GRADEBOOK can also calculate and plot the distribution of grades for a single class or for several combined classes. Grades and scores may be printed on an instructor summary sheet for your use or as individual student reports. Different report formats are available including multiple subject report cards. You can issue progress reports any time during a grading period and GRADEBOOK will automatically calculate the appropriate interim weights. Progress reports may contain teacher notes. If you wish, reports can be printed for posting using student ID numbers. GRADEBOOK allows you to revise any data including student and task order at any time. GRADEBOOK will quickly calculate what score would be required on the final exam to get a particular term grade. GRADEBOOK allows students that have different grading criteria to be extracted from the main class and allows extracted students to be combined back into the main class. Students, tasks, scores and averages may be automatically transferred to new classes or summary classes. GRADEBOOK will work with any printer (optional) that is supported by Microsoft Windows. Full font support is provided for Window's printer and screen fonts. GRADEBOOK may easily be interfaced with other programs. Student names and ID numbers may be imported from ASCII files. Student names and ID numbers, score lists, attendance lists and grade lists may be exported to ASCII files. In addition GRADEBOOK allows you to use the Windows clipboard to import and export GRADEBOOK data and charts to other Windows applications. You may copy term lists, class lists, student lists, score lists, attendance lists, score distributions, grade lists, grade distributions, interim weight reports and required final scores using the clipboard to programs such as Excel and Word for Windows. The score distribution charts and grade distribution charts may also be copied into other applications. Scores and attendance may also be copied from other programs using the clipboard. GRADEBOOK includes commands for easily backing up and restoring your student data for extra security. It may be used to generate statistics for an entire department or school. GRADEBOOK will keep its data files on the hard disk, or if you prefer, it will keep your data files on floppy disks for added security. An optional password may be used. GRADEBOOK allows the data files to be kept in separate subdirectories if several instructors must share one computer. System Requirements: Your computer system and hardware should be an IBM AT or PS/2 or compatible computer with Windows version 3.1, 3.11 or Windows 95 installed. A minimum of 4 MB of RAM and a 386 processor are recommended. A math co- processor will be utilized if installed and a printer is recommended for hard copy reports. Shareware Information: GRADEBOOK is a shareware program. You can think of shareware as try before you buy software. It is not free software or public domain software. If you like the program and use it for more than a 30 day trial period, you must register the program by sending in payment with the registration form, by calling 800-727-2065 (orders only), by calling 517- 727-2066 or by registering program ID #685 on CompuServe (GO SWREG). Credit card (MC or Visa) and educational system purchase orders are accepted. A registered copy of this program is required for each program user. Husband and wife teams are considered to be one user. A single user may install the program on more than one computer for his use only. For example, you may install the program on your home computer, laptop computer and a school computer for which you are the only user running the program. Site licenses are available. You may make and distribute copies to others and are encouraged to do so. You should distribute the GBxxx.ZIP file which is a compressed file containing all required files. This file requires a program such as PKUNZIP to decompress the files. GRADEBOOK is continuously being revised to incorporate user suggestions. Please let the author know of any improvements or features that you would like to see in the program. Low cost disk updates or review copies are available for $3.00 to both registered and unregistered users directly from the author. Unregistered users may deduct the $3.00 if they later register the program. Although the unregistered version is fully functional, there are several advantages to registering the program. 1. Registered users may obtain program support directly from the author. Please contact the author at the following address. Russell Stevens 5191 Pine Grove Dr. Spruce, MI 48762 Telephone support is available by request (517-727-2066). Comments and suggestions are welcome. If you have a problem with the software, report what you did (the steps or procedures you followed) leading up to the problem. Also report the exact error message, if one appeared and any pertinent information about your hardware or software configuration. You may also contact the author by leaving a message on CompuServe to Russell Stevens, 70150,323 or on AOL to RAStevens. Internet users can send a message to RAStevens@aol.com. Registered users may obtain a registered version of any future update to the program for $3.00. User manual updates are also available. Additional support is available by request for customized program features, user training, interfacing with other programs and system wide data collection and analysis. 2. Registered users receive a 140 page bound, laser printed, illustrated and indexed user manual and the latest version of the program. The manual includes an extensive tutorial to help get proficient at using the program. The manual also includes samples of all the different types of reports and charts that may be generated by the program and by the supplied Word for Windows and Excel macros and Works worksheet. 3. The unregistered version starts up with a copyright notice (nag screen) stating that it is an unregistered copy. This notice will stay on screen for a few seconds or you may press any key to bypass it. Registered versions of the program contain your name in the copyright notice. The "Unregistered Copy" watermark note on some of the printouts does not appear in registered versions of the program. After the 30 day trial period has expired, the program will remind you to register. To encourage registration, some non-essential program features are disabled after 45 days. This is done by disabling (graying) some menu items. The following menu items are disabled after 45 days of usage: Main menu - File, Export Main menu - Edit, Copy Main menu - Class, Print Data Form Main menu - Class, Seating Chart Main menu - Scores, Edit Attendance edit menu - File, Print Disabling these menu items does not prevent the program from being used to enter, calculate and print grades and has no effect on any of the existing data. If you receive a message that the above menu items have been disabled you may register the program to reenable them. 4. Registered users receive a collection of Word for Windows and Excel templates, macros and workbooks which allow custom reports to be automatically generated from GRADEBOOK data. Word for Windows may be used to reformat grade and score lists to include a large number of tasks on a single page in either a horizontal or vertical layout. Teacher notes and graphics such as grade and score distribution charts may also be included. The charts may be pasted, linked or embedded and may be further modified using Microsoft Draw. The user may modify styles as desired. The Excel workbook can also be used to reformat GRADEBOOK reports and to prepare grade and score distribution charts using any of the Excel chart formats such as exploded pie charts, 3-D charts, overlaid frequency and cumulative frequency charts, etc. Raw GRADEBOOK score data may be extensively analyzed using the Analysis ToolPak. An Excel worksheet is also furnished that will track various types of attendance and calculate an attendance score that may be copied into GRADEBOOK. Requires Word for Windows version 2.0, Excel version 4.0 and 4 MB (recommended). A Works for Windows worksheet is also included for attendance tracking. All macros may be modified by the user if desired. 5. The program author appreciates and needs the support to continue improving the program. You may register the program by sending in payment with the registration form. You may print out a registration form by selecting Help from the GRADEBOOK menu bar and then selecting Registration. You may also register the program by calling 800-727-2065 (orders only), by calling 517-727-2066 or by registering program ID #685 on CompuServe (GO SWREG). Credit card (MC or Visa) and educational system purchase orders are accepted. The School Maestro program: GRADEBOOK for Windows will satisfy the grading requirements of most teachers. GRADEBOOK users may upgrade to School Maestro if additional capability is required. The registered version of School Maestro includes a conversion program for importing existing GRADEBOOK classes. School Maestro is a comprehensive teacher productivity tool. It includes a full featured gradebook program suitable for individual instructors or entire school systems. In addition to the gradebook features, the program also does seating charts, tracks attendance, conduct and citizenship, creates reusable lesson plans, tracks appointments, maintains contact information and allows you to create and save your own database queries and form letters. It allows you to add your own database fields for recording any type of information and to print reports using those fields. School Maestro will be available both as a Windows 3.1 program and as a Windows 95 program. The Windows 3.1 version runs fine under Windows 95. The Windows 95 version will include some performance enhancements and additional features such as database replication. A 486 CPU with a minimum of 8 MB of RAM is recommended to run the program. Program features: * Single and multiple user licenses are available. May be run on a network. * Unlimited instructors. Additional licenses may be added at any time. * Each instructor has a password and may only access his data. The master user may access data for all users. * User specified codes for not entered scores and not counted scores. * Unlimited user defined subjects, task categories, attendance categories, letter grades, school years and marking periods. * Use up to 25 task categories and 25 letter grades per class. * Specify a subject, letter grades, grading curve, and grading method independently for each class. * Calculate the overall average by summing all the points or by using an exact or relative weight for each task category. * Calculate task category averages by summing the points in a category or by averaging the percentage scores of tasks in a category. * Discard the worst "n" scores per category. * Base the weight of extra credit on the extra credit points or use a weighted extra credit. * Easily select class dates and times from a calendar. * Optionally use attendance scores when calculating the overall average. * Assign students to classes from a master student list or from any other class. Transfer students between classes. * Individual tasks in a category may be weighted differently. * Enter task scores as raw scores, percentage scores, letter grades or as free text. Easily adjust the average and/or standard deviation. * Averages may be unrounded, rounded to the nearest tenth or rounded to the nearest whole number. * Live updates to points, averages and letter grades as scores are entered. Great for "what if" analysis. * Manually override any program assigned letter grade. * Enter a comment for each task for each student. * Record any type of absence and automatically calculate an attendance score. * Record a daily attendance comment for each student. * Record attendance to the nearest minute. Calculate the total minutes/hours present and absent. * Record conduct and citizenship for each student. * Use an existing class as a template for new classes. * Incorporate a picture for each student. * Import student names, ID numbers, and scores from other programs. * Automatically assign a teacher note to a student report based on the studentÆs letter grade or create and save a custom note for each student. * Easily create compressed backup database copies and restore a previous backup. * Add data using a data form or a data grid (user preference). * Add any type of database field to record any desired information for instructors, subjects, task categories, attendance categories, school years, marking periods, students, lesson plans and contacts. * Easily record appointments and keep a Things To Do list. * Record and maintain contact information. * Edit and save lesson plans by subject using any desired fields. Automatically assign subject lesson plans to classes or drag and drop lessons to specific class dates. * Automatically create seating charts or manually arrange them by "dragging and dropping". * All reports may be print previewed and allow various levels of zoom. All reports may be copied and pasted to other programs such as Word for further customization. * Create, edit, save and run queries to obtain any desired information. The query results may be printed as a report or may be exported to other programs. Queries may be used directly by programs such as Word, Excel or Access to print user customized reports. * Create and edit your own form letters utilizing your own data queries. * Extensive context sensitive help. * All reports may be individually customized. Items that may be customized include colors, fonts, font sizes, page numbers, titles, dates, logos, grid shading, boxes and lines, margins, orientation and report specific options. Reports may be printed 1, 2 or 4 pages per sheet of paper. Reports are included for the following (additional reports are available). Appointment List Class lesson plans Class parameters Class scores chart Database structure Final exam score required Form letter Four quarter report card Incomplete assignments Individual absences with comments Individual grade list Individual task comments Individual times with comments Instructor absences Instructor 4 quarter yearly summary Instructor 6 period yearly summary Instructor calendar schedule Instructor data report Instructor grade list Instructor missing minutes Instructor phone list Lesson schedule Letter grade distribution chart Mailing labels - Avery 5160 Multiple subject Multiple subject with tasks Name tags - Avery 5395 Program revision history Query reports Score distribution chart Seating chart Single task scores Six period report card Statistics Student averages chart Student data Student phone list Student schedule Student scores chart Subject lesson plans Task input form Task list Weekly input form Automatic Installation: GRADEBOOK includes an automatic setup program that will install the program under Windows version 3.1 or Windows 95. To run the setup program from Windows 3.1, do a File, Run and then enter A:SETUP (or B: if using the B drive). From Windows 95, click the Start Button, then click Run and enter A:SETUP (or B:) in the Open Text Box. The setup program will locate an existing copy of GRADEBOOK if one is installed. You may install over a previous installation if you are upgrading. The setup program will not delete or modify any of your existing data. The default directory for installing the program is; C:\GRADEBKW if installed under Windows 3.1 or C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRADEBKW if installed under Windows 95 The setup program gives you the option of installing a group window and icons under Windows 3.1 or of placing the program on the Task Bar under Windows 95. The setup program may also be run in manual mode by using the /m command line switch. A:SETUP /m This allows you to specify the installation location of all files. You can select the destination location for the program files and shared files that go in the Windows System subdirectory. The setup program will check all shared files for internal version information and only replace those that are the same revision or older. This allows you to replace any shared file that may have become corrupted by just running the setup program again. No other programs should be running when you run the setup program. If one of the shared files is in use, the setup program will not be able to replace it. If you get a message saying that a file is in use, you should shut down the program that is using it. If this is not feasible, you can elect to skip the file. Since the file is already installed, this is usually adequate unless the installed file happens to be an older version. After running the setup program, you can start GRADEBOOK by double clicking its icon under Windows 3.1 or by starting it from the Task Bar under Windows 95. The two most common installation problems occur with outdated GRID.VBX files and with duplicate VBRUN files. If you receive an out of memory error message when you try to run the program, it may be due to having both the VBRUN300.DLL file and a file such as VBRUN300.EXE. You may have obtained the VBRUN300.DLL file in compressed or zipped format named as VBRUN300.EXE. After decompressing or unzipping the file, you then have the VBRUN300.DLL file. Just delete the VBRUN300.EXE file after decompressing it. You will have to restart Windows to make the changes effective. If you get an error message saying that the GRID.VBX file is out of date, you need to delete older versions of the GRID.VBX file from your hard disk. The latest version is dated 6/15/93 and should be installed in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. After deleting the older versions you will need to restart Windows. How to Use the Program: GRADEBOOK has extensive on-line help. You may press the F1 key in any dialog box or window to get context sensitive help. You may also press the Shift-F1 key combination to get help on any menu command. You may also select the Help Index, Help Commands or Help Using Help menu commands. The retail version of GRADEBOOK includes an extensive tutorial. However, the following is a description of the basic program steps needed to start using GRADEBOOK. After installing GRADEBOOK you should be able to start the program by double clicking the program icon. The program will start with an empty main window displayed. The title of the main window will display the currently selected term and class. If there are no classes for the current term the title bar will say "No Classes". If you have not used GRADEBOOK previously the current term will be the current season of the current year such as Winter 1992. You should first select the term that you want to use by clicking on the Term Select menu. Term names may be customized if you do not use seasonal terms. After selecting the term, you may add a class using the Class Add menu. You may then indicate if you want to use plus and minus grades and whether you want to blank incomplete scores. More grading options are available from the Grades, Custom Grades menu. Incomplete scores are usually printed with an "NA". If you use the blank option you can print out reports that you may use as data entry forms (blank gradebooks). You may also indicate the distribution spacing you want to use for score distributions. If you grade on a straight curve, you will not need to do score distributions. If you adjust your grading curve based on student results (you want 10% A's, 15% B's, etc.) you can set the spacing as desired. If you are using plus and minus grades or a system with a larger number of cutoff points, you will need to use a finer spacing than if you are using straight letter grades. This data may be revised at any time. If you have previous classes, you can automatically add the students from a previous class to the new class. You may also use any previous class as a task template if you want all the tasks and existing grading criteria to be automatically entered. After adding a class, you may then add students to the class by selecting the Student Add menu. The only required entry is the last name. You may add students in any order. You may alphabetize or reorder the students by selecting the Student Reorder menu. A student list may also be imported if you have an ASCII file available containing their names. After adding students, you may add tasks using the Task Add menu. You may add the tasks as you go or add them all at the beginning of the term. If you plan on isssuing progress reports during the term, it is simpler to add the tasks as they are completed instead of adding them all at the beginning of the term. For each task, you enter the task name, its category type, and its perfect score. In addition, if you are using total points or total points with category weights, you may enter an individual task weight. A 300 point task has the same weight as a 100 point task with an individual task weight of 3. You may locate the task in any position - normally new tasks would be the last task. There are 10 task categories. You may redefine all of them from the Misc Category Name menu except for the extra credit task category. Custom tasks may be added which are the highest of, sum of, average of, weighted average of, lowest of, difference of, total NC, total NA or category average of existing tasks. After a task has been added, you may add scores for that task using the Score Add menu. The add scores dialog box has been designed to minimize the keystrokes required to enter scores. The Score, Edit menu may also be used to add and edit scores if you prefer a spreadsheet grid type interface. Some instructors prefer to sort their papers or to record the scores on a sorted list prior to entering the data into GRADEBOOK. The sorted list may be a regular gradebook or a data entry form that you have printed from GRADEBOOK using the Class, Print Data Form menu. If you are entering sorted scores, very few keystrokes are required. The Random Entry Check Box should not be checked when entering sorted scores. The default student shown in the Student List Box is the first student. The Score Edit Box shows the existing score for the student highlighted in the Student List Box. Just Press the Tab key to shift the focus to the Score Edit Box and enter the score for the first student. Since the Add Button is the default key, just press the Enter key to enter the score for the first student. The focus will stay at the Score Edit Box and the highlighted student will automatically increment to the next student in the list. Enter the next score and press the Enter key or just press the Enter key to skip the student. Some instructors find that sorting the papers or recording the scores on a sorted list prior to entering the data into GRADEBOOK is not worth the extra effort. GRADEBOOK allows you to quickly locate a student by entering in a search string. The first letter of the search string would be the first letter of the student's last name. If there is only one student whose last name begins with that letter, GRADEBOOK narrows the search to that student. If several students have a last name that begin with the same letter, just enter the next letter of the last name to narrow the search. You may continue until the desired student is located. To use this method, first check the Random Entry Check Box and then pick the desired task from the Task To Add Score To List Box. Then start entering the search string for the first student. The search string is listed after the Search Text Label. As you enter the search string, the highlight in the Student List Box will shift to the first student that matches the search string. If it is the desired student, press the Tab key and enter the score. If not, enter the next letter of the search string. If you enter a search string for which there is no match, the Search Text will not be revised. If you enter an incorrect search string, you may use the Backspace key to correct it. When you enter a score by clicking the Add Button or by pressing the Enter key, the Search Text will be reset. The Search Text will also be reset if you click on a student in the Student List Box. You may also just use the Student List Box to select the student directly. Click the down arrow to drop down the list box, use the scroll bar controls to locate the student and then click on the desired student. The cursor control keys may also be used to locate the student. The one student, several tasks option may be used if you want to enter several scores for just one student instead of one score for several students. Fractional scores such as 82.37 are permitted. You may also enter "NA" for a score. It is not necessary to enter "0" for incomplete scores. The GRADEBOOK program will treat "NA" scores as zero scores if you have elected that option on the Misc Category Weights menu. You may also enter letter grades instead of scores. You may choose to have the program automatically use the grading curve midpoints or may assign grade input equivalents using the Grade, Input Equivalents menu. You may also enter "NC" (not counted) scores for students that have joined the class late or who have an excused absence. You next need to input your grading method using the Misc Final Category Weights menu. You may use the total points method,the category weights method or the total points with category weights method. If you use the total points method you do not have to enter category weights. Relative weights are then based on the perfect scores (points) assigned to each task times the individual weight for each task. The term average is determined by summing the individual scores except for discarded and not counted scores, dividing by the total perfect score and then adding on the extra credit. The total perfect score would not include discarded or not counted scores. Extra credit may have a weight when using the total point method or may be calculated normally where its weight is determined only by the points of the extra credit. Incomplete scores may be treated as zeros or incomplete. If treated as zeros, they are included in score distributions and grade distributions. If you want to know what the distribution of scores is without including the incomplete scores (to prevent skewing the average lower) you can select the Treat Incomplete option. If you use the category weights method, the term average is determined by averaging the percent scores for all tasks in a category except for discarded and not counted scores, and then adjusting each category by its category weight. Extra credit is then added. The task weights, except for extra credit, must add up to 100%. If you use the total points with category weights method, each category average is determined using total points and the overall average is calculated by averaging the category averages with the category weights. The final category weights dialog box is used to enter the task weights you want to be in effect at the end of the term after you have entered scores for all the tasks. However, if you are printing a progress report in the middle of a term, all the tasks will not yet be entered. For example, you may want the final to be weighted at 20% at the end of the term, but you will not have a final score available in mid term. The final category weights need to be adjusted when doing a progress report. You can do this using the Misc Interim Category Weights menu. You may select the number of tasks you want to include using the Misc Selected Task menu. You may calculate grades and do grade and score distributions for a single task or for all the tasks. If you select all tasks you may specify how many of each task type you want to discard. The Misc Grading Curve menu is used to adjust your grading curve. You may use the Score Distribution and Grade Distribution menus to calculate distributions. Distributions may be plotted after they are calculated using the Score Chart and Grade Chart Options. Scores and grades may be printed using the Score List and Grade List menus. You may exclude the letter grades if you use averages for grades instead of letter grades. You may print individual or instructor summary reports. If printing individual summaries, you may select the one page per student option and include teacher notes. Report cards may be printed by doing a Grade, Master List. You may combine several period classes into a single overall term class using the Score, Add Previous Average menu. Additional information on the above topics and other program features may be found in the on-line help. Common Questions: 1. May I run GRADEBOOK without installing it on my hard disk? GRADEBOOK may be run completely from a high density 1.2MB or 1.44MB floppy disk. The disk needs the GRADEBK.EXE, GRADEBK.HLP, GRID.VBX, CMDIALOG.VBX and VBRUN300.DLL files. The program will also keep its data files on the floppy. Operating GRADEBOOK in this manner will noticeably slow the program down due to the frequent disk accesses required. If all you want to do is keep your data on a floppy for security purposes, you should run GRADEBOOK from the hard disk but start it with a command line parameter as described above. This will cause only your data to be stored on the floppy. The GRID.VBX, CMDIALOG.VBX and VBRUN300.DLL files are not required on the floppy if they are in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory or in your DOS PATH. 2. I have other Visual Basic applications already installed. Do I need to install the Visual Basic dynamic link library? If you currently have the Visual Basic dynamic link library VBRUN300.DLL installed in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory or in a subdirectory that is included in your DOS PATH, you do not need to install the Visual Basic dynamic link library. You only need one copy of the library installed on your hard disk. 3. May GRADEBOOK be installed on top of itself? Yes. You may install GRADEBOOK on top of itself. You may need to do this if you have a new program revision or want to reinstall the sample class or help file. Reinstalling GRADEBOOK will not delete or alter any of your existing class data. 4. What must be done to remove the GRADEBOOK program? Delete all the files in your \GRADEBKW subdirectory and then remove the subdirectory. If you have no other Visual Basic applications, you may also delete the GRID.VBX, CMDIALOG.VBX and VBRUN300.DLL files from your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. If you have existing class files you may use the File, Backup command in GRADEBOOK to make a backup copy of your existing classes before you delete the program. 5. My computer has 2 MB of memory and the install program installed GRADEBOOK without problem. However, when I start GRADEBOOK I get a UAE (unrecoverable application error) or an out of memory error message? You have enough memory installed but it may not all be available for Windows applications. If you have reserved some memory for a ram disk or for use as expanded instead of extended memory, it will not be available to Windows. Revise your CONFIG.SYS file to make more memory available to Windows. You can determine your free memory by clicking on Help and then clicking on About from the Windows program manager. Windows should report at least 600 K of free memory prior to starting GRADEBOOK. You may determine how much memory GRADEBOOK requires by starting GRADEBOOK and then clicking on Help and then clicking About to see how much memory is free after loading GRADEBOOK. 6. How do I use the supplied sample file? The sample class file is named FA90_1.DAT. To make this the default class, first do a Term, Select and select the Fall 1990 term. Then do a Class, Select and select the Physics 121 - College Physics M, W, F @ 2:00 PM class. ASP Information: This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to the ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.