home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
The World of Computer Software
/
World_Of_Computer_Software-02-387-Vol-3of3.iso
/
g
/
gradebk4.zip
/
GRMANUAL.DOC
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1993-03-07
|
195KB
|
3,850 lines
GRADE BOOK POWER
=============
Teacher's Grade Book Program
Version 4.00
for use with
IBM PS/2, XT, PC and compatibles
512K and DOS 2.1 or greater required
GRADE BOOK POWER allows the use of either two-9 week or 3-6 week terms per
semester. Many special options included for both elementary and secondary
teachers. Creates over 30 different reports. Individual progress reports
for students/parents include assignment date, title, points possible,
points earned, letter grade, category averages, grading trend, personal &
general comments, absences, tardies, and missing assignments, optional
parent signature, grade override, weighting, low test throw out option,
grading scale, optional semester exam, and extra credit.
Version 4.00 includes detailed attendance and tardy reports. Additional
administrative and teacher reports are also included in this new version.
Computer program and manual written by
Terry L. Jepson
Entire contents Copyright (C)1993 Terry L. Jepson
All Rights Reserved.
Published by WISCO Computing
P.O.Box 8
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008
(715) 423-8189
Rapids River BBS support (715) 435-3855 (24 hours N,8,1)
Voice support available to registered users 6-10 p.m. CST
+ -----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| GRADE BOOK POWER (tm) is a copyrighted program distributed as |
| SHAREWARE. All rights are reserved. This program is not FREE. |
| This program is not Public Domain. You may make 1 copy of this |
| program and documentation for the 21 DAY evaluation purpose only. |
| You have paid a small fee for disk duplication only. You have not |
| paid the author for his work. If you decide to continue to use this |
| program after a 21 day evaluation period, you must pay the author a |
| registration fee of $59.00 plus $2.00 for shipping. Payment may be |
| made by mail to WISCO Computing or by telephone (715) 423-8189." |
| |
| Upon payment you will receive the latest program version on diskette, |
| printed manual, removal of all references to shareware and evaluation |
| software, notification of major updates, free BBS modem support at |
| (715) 435-3855 and voice telephone support at (715) 423-8189. |
| |
| Checks, MasterCard and Visa credit cards are acceptable. Purchase |
| orders can also be accepted from schools, government agencies, and |
| Fortune 1000 companies. Site licenses are also available. Orders |
| should include the order form printed from the EXTRA MENU. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +
GRADE BOOK POWER is a trademark of WISCO COMPUTING. All other
company names and product names are registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective companies.
I welcome your comments. I like the programs I have created, but I
can always do better with a little help from my friends. Thank you
for investing your time and attention to GRADE BOOK POWER.
Terry L. Jepson
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Page 3
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1-0 Introduction............................................. 7
1-1 Requirements............................................. 7
1-2 Getting Started.......................................... 7
1-3 Capabilities............................................. 7
1-4 First Time Preperaton.................................... 8
1-5 Starting a New School Year.............................. 10
1-6 The MENU BAR............................................ 12
CHAPTER 2 SET UP MENU
2-1 Change Current Quarter (Term) Number.................... 13
2-2 Print Outs to use the Student Name or I.D. Code......... 14
2-3 Print Parent Signature Request.......................... 14
2-4 Revise/Review Common Message on Individual Reports...... 14
2-5 Print Common Message on Individual Student Reports...... 14
2-6 Teacher's Name to be Printed on Reports................. 14
2-7 Name of School on Reports............................... 14
2-8 Selecting a Printer..................................... 14
2-9 Number of Grading Terms per Semester.................... 15
2-10 Throw Out Low Test Score............................... 15
2-11 Method to Determine Grade Accuracy (Rounding).......... 15
2-12 Revise/Review School Letter Grades..................... 16
2-13 Maximum Class Size..................................... 17
2-14 Saving the Displayed Information to Diskette........... 17
======= INDIVIDUAL CLASS OPTIONS ==========
2-15 Revise/Review Letter Grade Percentage Equivalents...... 17
2-16 Revise/Review Assignment Category Names................ 18
2-17 Method to Calculate Quarter Grades..................... 18
2-18 Method to Calculate Semester Grades.................... 19
CHAPTER 3 STUDENT NAMES MENU
3-1 Course Title/Periods Names - Enter/Add New Classes..... 21
3-2 Course Title/Periods Names - Revise.................... 21
3-3 Students - Enter/Add New Students to a Class........... 22
3-4 Students - Revise Name/I.D./Text File/SuperData........ 23
3-5 Elementary - Copy Student Names to Other Classes....... 24
3-6 PRINT OUT Student Names and I.D. Codes................. 24
3-7 3-8 PRINT OUT Student Names - Screen Display.......... 24
3-9 3-10 PRINT OUT Student Names - Vertical Listing........ 25
3-11 Delete Complete Student Name/Record.................... 26
3-12 Delete Complete Records of One Class................... 26
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Page 4
CHAPTER 4 STUDENT ASSIGNMENT MENU
4-1 Record Grades of a New Assignment...................... 27
4-1-1 Assignment Title, Weight, and Category................ 27
4-1-2 The Data Entry Screen................................. 28
4-1-3 Entering Number Grades................................ 29
4-1-4 Entering Letter Grades................................ 29
4-1-5 Entering Special Grades............................... 30
4-1-6 Cursor Movements and Shortcuts........................ 31
4-1-7 Completion of Grade Entry............................. 31
4-2 Revise Grades of a Previous Assignment................. 32
4-3 Revise Assignment Title, Points or Category............ 33
4-4 Delete One Assignment for All Students................. 34
4-5 Record/Revise Personal Comments for Quarter............ 34
4-6 Semester Exam Grade - Record/Revise.................... 36
4-7 Absences - Tardies - Record/Revise..................... 36
4-8 Text for Individual Reports - Record/Revise............ 38
CHAPTER 5 MISSING ASSIGNMENT MENU
5-1 Missing Assignments - Update Grades - One Class........ 39
5-2 Missing Assignments - View/PRINT OUT - One Class....... 40
5-3 Missing Assignments - PRINT OUT - All Classes.......... 40
5-4 Missing Assignments - PRINT OUT - Elementary........... 41
5-5 Missing Assignments - PRINT OUT - Secondary............ 41
5-6 Missing Assignments - PRINT OUT - One Student.......... 41
5-7 One Student - Excuse from Future Assignments........... 41
5-8 One Student - Revise Grades of Previous Assignments.... 42
CHAPTER 6 PRINT OUT MENU
6-1 Individual Report - View/PRINT OUT - One Student....... 43
6-2 Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - One Class............. 44
6-3 Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - All Classes........... 45
6-4 Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - Elementary............ 45
6-5 Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - Deficiency Only....... 45
6-6 Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - Matching SuperData.... 45
6-7 Detailed Records - PRINT OUT - One Class............... 45
6-8 Detailed Records - PRINT OUT - All Classes............. 47
6-9 Detailed Records - SAVE to Diskette - All Classes...... 47
6-10 Category Averages - PRINT OUT - All Classes............ 48
6-11 Category Averages - View/PRINT OUT - One Class......... 49
6-12 Student Summary Reports - PRINT OUT - Elementary....... 49
6-13 Student Capsule Reports - PRINT OUT - SuperData........ 50
6-14 Student Capsule Reports - PRINT OUT - One Class........ 50
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Page 5
CHAPTER 7 ANALYZE DATA MENU
7-1 One Assignment - View/Sort/PO Grades - One Class....... 51
7-2 One Assignment - PO Grades/Distribution -Secondary..... 52
7-3 Category - Letter Grades - View/Sort/PO - One Class.... 52
7-4 Qtr/Sem - Letter Grades - View/Sort/PO - One Class..... 53
7-5 Qtr/Sem - Letter Grades - Sorted PO - All Classes...... 54
7-6 Complete Semester Summary - View/PO - One Class........ 54
7-7 Complete Semester Summary - PRINT OUT - All Classes.... 55
7-8 Administrative Summary - View/PO - Elementary.......... 55
7-9 Administrative Summary - View/PRINT OUT - Secondary.... 56
7-10 Individual Attendance Reports - View/PRINT OUT......... 57
7-11 Individual Attend. Reports - PRINT OUT All Classes..... 59
7-12 Detailed Attendance Report - PRINT OUT - One Class..... 59
7-13 Detailed Attendance Reports - PRINT OUT All Clases..... 59
7-14 Admin. Attendance Summary - View/PO - Elementary....... 60
7-15 Adm. Attend. Summary - View/PRINT OUT - Secondary...... 60
CHAPTER 8 LISTS MENU
8-1 Create Combined Quarter/Semester Listing File.......... 61
8-2 Quarter Semester Grades - View/PRINT OUT - Top 20...... 61
8-3 Quarter/Semester Grades - PRINT OUT - All Classes...... 61
8-4 Quarter/Semester Grades - PRINT OUT - Secondary........ 61
8-5 Improvement from Last Qtr - View/PRINT OUT - Top 20.... 62
8-6 Improvement from Last Qtr - PRINT OUT - All Classes.... 62
8-7 Deficiency Students Only - PRINT OUT - All Classes..... 62
8-8 Super Data Students Only - PRINT OUT - All Classes..... 62
8-9 Deficiency Super Data Matches - PRINT OUT - All Classes.63
8-10 Alphabetical Listing - PRINT OUT - All Classes......... 63
8-11 Alphabetical Listing - PRINT OUT - Secondary........... 63
CHAPTER 9 UTILITY MENU
9-1 Copy Names / I.D.'s to New Diskette - All Classes...... 64
9-2 Transfer Grade Totals to Next Quarter - All Classes.... 65
9-3 Adjust Current Qtr/Semester Grade - One Class.......... 65
9-4 Adjust Transferred Grade/Point Totals - One Student.... 65
9-5 Transfer One Student's Grades to a New Class........... 66
CHAPTER 10 EXTRA MENU.
10-1 Reset Printer.......................................... 67
10-2 Advance Paper.......................................... 67
10-3 Form Feed.............................................. 67
10-4 Advance Student Number................................. 67
10-5 Advance Class Number................................... 68
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Page 6
10-6 Run Grade Modules...................................... 68
10-7 Back Up Student Data Diskette.......................... 69
10-8 PRINT OUT Class Settings............................... 70
10-9 Change Colors.......................................... 70
10-10 Change Miscellaneous Settings.......................... 71
10-10-1 Include Semester Grades on Print Outs................ 71
10-10-2 Paper Save Option for Missing Assignments............ 71
10-10-3 Use 12 Pitch for Vertical Student Listing............ 71
10-10-4 Does your Printer Use a Sheet Feeder................. 71
10-10-5 Using Condensed Pitch for Detailed Records........... 72
10-10-6 Using Large Squares for Vertical Listings............ 72
10-10-7 Lock Out Elementary School Menu Selections........... 72
10-10-8 Lock Out Secondary School Menu Selections............ 72
10-10-9 Use Alt-C for Check Mark instead of Cheat............ 72
10-10-10 Does Your Printer Support Line Draw Characters...... 72
10-11 School Year Setting.................................... 73
10-12 Set Term Start/End Dates............................... 73
10-13 Select Non Student Days................................ 73
10-14 Teacher Note Pad....................................... 73
10-15 Ordering Information................................... 74
10-16 Print Order Blank...................................... 75
10-17 About Grade Book Power................................. 75
CHAPTER 11 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
11-1 Absent vs Incomplete Calculations...................... 76
11-2 Additional Start Up Options............................ 76
11-2-1 GRADES /INSTALL...................................... 77
11-2-2 GRADES /J............................................ 77
11-2-3 GRADES /JC:\SMITH\................................... 77
11-2-4 GRADES /B............................................ 78
11-2-5 GRADES /C............................................ 78
11-2-6 GRADES /1 and GRADES /2.............................. 78
11-3 Enhancements Planned for GRADE BOOK POWER.............. 78
11-4 Files Created by GRADE BOOK POWER...................... 79
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 1 - Page 7
1-0 INTRODUCTION
GRADE BOOK POWER can keep up-to-the-minute information for all
students. The program prepares, prints and stores information
necessary to produce comprehensive reports. You will save hours of
your time usually spent preparing for conferences, for recording report
card grades, and completing reports for administrators.
GRADE BOOK POWER is specifically designed to be simple to
understand and easy to use. The ten menus allow easy movement
through the program so you can begin recording student grades in just
a few minutes.
1-1 REQUIREMENTS
The following equipment is needed to use GRADE BOOK POWER:
* An IBM or IBM compatible with at least 512K of memory, and two
disk drives (or hard disk drive and one diskette drive)
* A printer, capable of printing both 10 and 12 characters per inch
(condensed 16.66 cpi recommended)
* The GRADE BOOK POWER program diskette and blank formatted
student data diskette for storing student grades
* An IBM compatible mouse is optional
1-2 GETTING STARTED
Before you start using GRADE BOOK POWER, please fill out the
registration card and mail it back to us. With a completed registration
card technical support can be provided. Information can also be sent
about updates and add-on modules.
1-3 CAPABILITIES
* Can be used by all grade levels - includes many special options for
both elementary and secondary teachers
* Save data for up to 15 classes with up to 36 students in each class
* Save data for either 4-9 week quarters or 6-6 week terms each year
* Save data for up to 60 assignments per student per quarter or term
* Optional use of student I.D. codes
* Easily copy student names from one class to another class
(elementary option) and from one diskette to another diskette
* Can automatically duplicate student data diskettes
* Can automatically alphabetize student names if desired
* Can produce blank grade book sheets with just student names
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 1 - Page 8
* Enter either by numerical scores or letter grades or both
* Missing grades can be ignored or counted as zero
* Enter special grades like EXcused, ABsent, UNexcused, INcomplete,
CHeat, CHeckmark and NC for No Credit
* Option to use a grading scale different from the standard A+ to F
* Ideal for use in either self-paced or regular courses
* Assignment grades are easily entered, added, revised, updated,
dropped, or weighted
* Revise assignment titles, possible points, and categories
* Student grades can be automatically adjusted if the number of
possible points (weight) of an assignment is changed
* Extra Credit points are easily entered
* Each class can have it's own grading scale percentages
* Each class can have it's own four grading categories
* Each class can have it's own method to determine quarter and
semester grades
* Allow entry of a separate semester exam and weight
* Override quarter (term) and semester grades if desired
* Student grades can be easily transferred to different sections of a
class without entering the student grades again
* Students can be added or dropped or excused from future
assignments at any time during the grading period
* Calculate final semester grades with or without a separate weighted
final exam grade
* Sort assignment, category, and semester averages by rank
* Comprehensive individual reports for parents, counselors, and
students
* Add general comments to all individual student reports
* Add personalized comments to selected individual reports
* Summarize elementary student grades on a single sheet
* Summarize secondary student grades on a single sheet
* Optional parent signature request on reports
* Generate missing assignments report for one class, all classes, or
the individual student
* Compares the grade distribution of assignments, and cumulative
averages over some or all classes
* Prints detailed reports suitable for gluing into your grade book
* Printed reports can use either student name or I.D. code
* Print out detailed and individualized student attendance reports
1-4 FIRST TIME PREPARATION
Turn on your computer to "boot up." If you are in a software
application, exit the program or master menu to return to your DOS
prompt (probably C:\>). Type CD\ and press the Enter key.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 1 - Page 9
If your computer system does not have a hard drive (called a fixed
drive by IBM), follow instructions 6-8 to make a working copy of the
GRADE BOOK POWER program.
Follow instructions 1-5 to copy the GRADE BOOK POWER program to
the hard disk.
1. Make a new subdirectory (for example MD GRM) for the GRADE
BOOK POWER program. This is done by typing MD GRM (this
means Make Directory GRM).
2. Copy all files from the distribution diskette to this new subdirectory
(for example COPY A:*.* C:\GRM).
3. Make another subdirectory (for example MD GRBACKUP). This is
done by typing MD GRBACKUP This subdirectory should be used
to keep a back up copy of your student data.
4. Decide where you are going to keep your student grade data and a
back up copy of your data. Each of the 3 choices have some
advantages and some disadvantages.
a. On a floppy diskette - (either A: or B:) - best recommendation.
You would keep a back up of your student data in the
C:\GRBACKUP subdirectory
b. In another subdirectory on your hard drive.
If you make this choice, you should make another subdirectory
now (for example type MD GRDATA) You would keep a back up
of your student data on a separate diskette inserted in either
drive A: or B:
c. In the same subdirectory as the program.
You would keep a back up of your student data on a separate
diskette inserted in either drive A: or B:
5. Go on to Section 1-5 Starting a New School Year.
Follow instructions 6-8 to make a working copy the GRADE BOOK
POWER program if your computer does not have a hard disk and you
are using two floppy drives.
6. You will need 3 blank formatted diskettes. One disk will keep a
copy of the master program. This diskette will be called the
program diskette. The second diskette will be used to keep the
student data. The third diskette will be used to keep a backup copy
of the student data.
7. If your program diskette was formatted with the command
parameter /S a copy the file COMMAND.COM from your DOS
diskette was placed on the program diskette. If COMMAND.COM
is not on your program diskette, you should copy it from your DOS
diskette to your program diskette. Refer to your DOS manual.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 1 - Page 10
8. Place the master distribution diskette in drive A:. Place your
program diskette in drive B:. To copy the files from the master
distribution diskette to your program diskette use the COPY
command (for example COPY A:*.* B:). The order of the letters is
very important. The first letter (A:) always refers to the source, (in
this case the master diskette), and the second letter the target (in
this case the program diskette). When you have completed this
step, place the master diskette in a safe place, move the program
diskette to drive A:, and place one of the blank formatted diskette
in drive B:. On a two drive system, the program is usually placed
in drive A:. The student data diskette is usually placed in drive B:.
1-5 STARTING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR
If the program was copied to the hard disk drive as explained in the last
section, change to the GRADE BOOK POWER program subdirectory by
typing CD GRM The CD stands for Change Directory.
If you decided to keep your student data on a floppy diskette, place the
blank formatted student data diskette in the appropriate disk drive.
Type GRADES /INSTALL and press the Enter key to start GRADE BOOK
POWER for the new school year.
You will be asked 4 questions so the correct file structure can be
determined.
1. Enter the letter of the disk drive (and optional subdirectory) to be
used for saving your student data. If you are saving your student
data on a floppy diskette, you should enter either A:\ or B:\ and
press the Enter key. If you are storing your student data in a hard
drive subdirectory, you should enter the drive letter and subdirectory
(for example C:\GRDATA)
2. This question asks for the current school year. Enter a year in the
format 1992-93. This information is needed for displaying the
proper 6 month calendar when the F2 function key is pressed and
for determining attendance information.
3. This question asks for the number of terms per semester. Many
schools use two-9 week quarters (terms) per semester. Other
school districts (corporations) use three-6 week terms per semester.
In GRADE BOOK POWER, term and quarter are defined as a part of
a semester. However, the correct number (either 2 or 3) is needed
so the correct number of empty files are created for recording
grades.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 1 - Page 11
4. This question asks the starting quarter (term) number. If you are
beginning the program at the start of the school year, you would
answer 1. Teachers starting the second semester would answer
either 3 or 4, depending on the number of terms per semester.
After these four questions are answered, two files are created. The file
CO will be created on the program diskette or program subdirectory of
the hard disk. CO contains the drive letter (and subdirectory) of your
student data.
The file CONFIG.GRD will be created on your data diskette or in the
student data subdirectory of your hard disk. CONFIG.GRD contains
your class names, printer codes, teacher name, school name, and other
settings used by the program. Since you haven't entered your class
names or other information, the information will either be blank, or
contain default (startup) settings.
Press any key to remove the copyright screen. The MENU BAR will be
displayed at the top of the screen. Use the right arrow key or press
Alt-S to go immediately to the SET UP MENU. Enter information such
as teacher's name, school name, printer, etc.
The last four selections of the SET UP MENU can be set for copying
into each of the class files that you create. If changes are not made,
the default (startup) settings will be used. The default settings and
values are listed and explained in Chapter 2 - SET UP MENU.
After entering the appropriate information, select Save this Information
on the SET UP MENU, and press the Enter key.. The information is
kept in the file CONFIG.GRD on the student data diskette (or the
student data subdirectory).
Before creating any classes, you should review the last 4 items on the
SET UP MENU. If you wish to have a default grading scale different
from the displayed scale, you should enter the percentages now.
These percentages can be changed later, but you will have to change
them for each class rather than just once now.
In the future, you will start GRADE BOOK POWER by entering the
command GRADES at the appropriate DOS prompt. If the program is
stored on the hard disk, you will have to enter CD GRM and press the
Enter key before entering the command GRADES
Other Startup options are explained in Chapter 11 - Miscellaneous.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 1 - Page 12
1-6 THE MENU BAR
GRADE BOOK POWER contains 10 menus. Each menu name is displayed
in the MENU BAR at the top of the display screen. Each menu is
explained in the rest of this manual.
1. RECORD - Record Student Assignments and Personal Comments
2. MISSING - Update and Print Out Missing Assignments
3. PRINTOUT - Print Out Individual and Class Reports
4. ANALYZE - Analyze Additional Academic and Absence Information
5. LISTS - Combine Classes for Ranking Information
6. NAMES - Entering Class and Student Information
7. UTILITY - Copy Information to New Diskettes, etc.
8. SET UP - Initial Set Up Information Used by your Classes
9. EXTRA - Miscellaneous Printer and Diskette Services
10. QUIT - The only way to leave GRADE BOOK POWER
The TEN menus of GRADE BOOK POWER allow easy movement through
the program. The MENU BAR at the top of the screen serves as
the center of this program. Each menu is accessed by making
selections at the MENU BAR.
You can select a Menu from the MENU BAR by:
1. Using the left or right arrow keys,
2. Holding down the alternate key and pressing the first letter
of the menu name, or
3. Placing the mouse cursor on top of the menu name and pressing
the left button of the mouse.
QUIT on the far right of the MENU BAR is the only way to leave
GRADE BOOK POWER. Leaving the program with this selection insures
that all student data has been safely saved on diskette.
Choices are listed below each menu. Select a choice by:
1. Using the up or down arrow keys,
2. Pressing the first letter of the choice, or
3. Placing the mouse cursor on top of the choice name, then
pressing the left button of the mouse.
Choices that are displayed in red letters on a white background,
or with a bullet to the left of the choice can not be selected.
If you have trouble seeing the menu choices, press Alt-B for a
black/white monochrome display or Alt-C for color display. The
black/white display may be necessary for some lap-top computers.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 2 - Page 13
SET UP MENU
1. Change Current Quarter (Term) Number: 1
2. Print Outs to use the Student: Name
3. Print Parent Signature Request: No
4. Revise/Review Common Message on Individual Reports
5. Print Message on Individual Student Reports: No
6. Teacher's Name to be Printed on Reports: MR. JEPSON
7. Name of School on Reports: EAST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
8. Current Printer Number: 1
9. Number of Grading Terms per Semester: 2
10. Throw Out Low Test Score: No
11. Method to Determine Grade Accuracy: Three Decimals-Down
12. Revise/Review School Letter Grades
13. Maximum Class Size: 36
14. SAVE the Above Displayed Information
======INDIVIDUAL CLASS OPTIONS===========
15. Revise/Review Letter Grade Percentage Equivalents
16. Revise/Review Assignment Category Names
17. Method to Calculate Quarter Grades
18. Method to Calculate Semester Grades
Before entering any classes, the last 4 menu selections can be used to
change the default (starting) values. Default values will be copied
to each class file when classes are created with the NAMES menu.
2-1 CURRENT QUARTER (TERM) NUMBER
When GRADE BOOK POWER was started for a new school year
(section 1-5), the fourth question asked for the starting term number.
To change quarters, enter a number between 1 and 6. A message will
appear reminding you to transfer point subtotals and letter grades
forward with a selection from the Utility Menu. Some schools use
6-six week terms to determine grades and others use 4-nine week
quarters. In this program, term and quarter have the same meaning.
You can always return to a previous quarter (term) to change or update
a student's grade. After making any changes, use the Utility Menu to
transfer the new point subtotals and letter grades forward to the
current quarter. Then change the quarter (term) number back to the
current quarter. Then save these settings. The program makes faster
calculations by using subtotals.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 2 - Page 14
2-2 USING STUDENT NAME OR IDENTIFICATION CODE
Most print outs on the PRINTOUT, ANALYZE, and LIST MENUS and the
ASCII diskette files can be made using either the student name or the
student identification code. Enter either the Letter N for the student
Name or the letter I if the Identification code to be used.
2-3 PRINT PARENT SIGNATURE REQUEST
There may be times when you want to send individual student reports
home for parent signatures. Enter Y for Yes or N for No to print the
parent signature request.
2-4 REVISE/REVIEW COMMON MESSAGE ON INDIVIDUAL REPORTS
Messages might ask parents to call the school if they have any
questions. The message can be up to 10 lines long. A student
message could be a reminder that a book report, etc is due.
Pressing the F1 function key displays a help screen for editing lines
of the common message. The edit help screen can be displayed through
out the program to help edit text information. After editing the last
line, press the Enter key to have the displayed information replace
the information in the CONFIG.GRD file. Then press the Escape key.
The letter Y must also be entered on the next selection of this menu
for this common message to be printed.
2-5 PRINT COMMON MESSAGE ON INDIVIDUAL REPORTS
To place the common message entered with the above menu selection
to be printed on all individual reports, answer Y for Yes or N for No.
2-6 TEACHER'S NAME TO BE PRINTED ON REPORTS
The teacher's name is included on most print outs.
2-7 SCHOOL'S NAME TO BE PRINTED ON REPORTS
The school's name is included on many print outs.
2-8 SELECTING A PRINTER
The following printers are supported by GRADE BOOK POWER. Others
may have been added after this manual was printed.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 2 - Page 15
Epson FX or Epson LQ Okidata
IBM Proprinter Panasonic KX P1091i
Toshiba P1351 HP Laserjet/Deskjet
Diablo 630 User Defined
After selecting a printer, you will be asked if the printer status
should be ignored. GRADE BOOK POWER always checks the status of the
parallel printer port before sending any data. This normally works quite
well. You may experience problems if you map a parallel port to a
serial one by the MODE command, or if you have a non-standard, or
very fast computer. The program might actually think that your printer
port (LPT1:) is busy when you know it is not. If you have printer
problems like this, select Y for Yes to ignore the printer status.
A laser printer always ignores the printer status. To use a printer not
listed or not compatible with the displayed list of printers, select a
user-defined printer. If a user-defined printer is selected, the printer
codes from your printer manual must be entered.
2-9 NUMBER OF GRADING TERMS PER SEMESTER
Enter the number of terms each semester. Semesters usually contain
two-9 week quarters or three-6 week grading terms per semester.
2-10 THROW OUT LOW TEST SCORE
You may throw out the lowest score in the fourth category (TEST is
the default name) only. At least two assignments (non-EXcused) in the
fourth category must have been entered for the student before a score
will be thrown out. To throw out the lowest test score, answer Y for
Yes or N for No.
2-11 METHOD TO DETERMINE GRADE ACCURACY (ROUNDING)
One of four methods may be chosen to determine the grade. The
default (starting) method is Three Decimals-Down.
1. Three Decimals-Up 3. Closest Integer
2. Three Decimals-Down 4. Full Integer
For example, if the student's grade is 89.657%, the four different
methods calculate as follows:
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 2 - Page 16
Method 1 (Three Decimals-Up) First finds the letter grade from the
89.657%, then will round up to 90% if a bottom percentage
of the letter grade is not crossed, else 89% will print.
Method 2 (Three Decimals-Down) First finds the letter grade from
89.657%, then rounds to 89% when necessary. - Default
Method 3 (Closest Integer) rounds the grade up to 90%, then
determines the letter grade.
Method 4 (Full Integer) drops the fraction, rounds the grade to 89%,
then gets the letter grade.
2-12 REVISE/REVIEW SCHOOL LETTER GRADES
Most school systems use the letter grades displayed below in the left
column (the default). Some districts do not use +'s and -'s.
Some schools use the letter E for Effort instead of the letter F. The
last letter grade by position 13 in the chart will be calculated as 0
points earned on assignments.
GRADE BOOK POWER allows any of the first six letters of the alphabet
(ABCDEF) to be used. Each set of 3 letter grades (1-3), (4-6), (7-9),
and (10-12) must start with the same letter as displayed in the chart.
The middle letter of each group should not have a plus or minus sign.
If plus or minus letter grades are omitted, the middle letter grade
must be entered as displayed in the second column.
If your school does not use letter grades, enter a period to replace
every letter grade.
1. A+ 1. A 1. A+
2. A 2. A 2. A
3. A- 3. A 3. A
4. B+ 4. B 4. B+
5. B 5. B 5. B
6. B- 6. B 6. B
7. C+ 7. C 7. C
8. C 8. C 8. C
9. C- 9. C 9. C
10. D+ 10. D 10. D
11. D 11. D 11. D
12. D- 12. D 12. D
13. F 13. E 13. F
Press the Escape key to leave this display. After saving these letter
grades, they will be used in all letter grade displays and calculations.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 2 - Page 17
2-13 MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE
The maximum class size (30, 32, 34, or 36 students) determines how
many students are listed in each column on the data entry screen and
print outs. For example, if 30 is entered, 15 students will be listed
in each column. This setting allows maximum benefit of the cursor keys
with the data entry screen. This number can be changed at any time.
2-14 SAVING THE DISPLAYED INFORMATION
When you are done making changes, choose this selection. The next
time you start GRADE BOOK POWER, these saved values will be used.
**************************************************
The following four selections represent individual options for each
class. If the default (start up) settings are changed before creating
your classes on the NAMES MENU, these settings will be copied to
each class file. This feature lets each class have it's own grading
curve, category names and weights, and method to calculate quarter
and semester grades. After classes are created, you will have to make
changes for each class. To print the settings of all classes, choose
Print Out Class Settings in the EXTRA MENU.
2-15 REVISE/REVIEW LETTER GRADE PERCENTAGE EQUIVALENTS
These percentages should be set to your grading curve. Student letter
grades for the selected class will be determined by the percentages
listed on this chart:
These entered percentages are the bottom of each letter grade. The
default scale is listed in the left column.
1. A+ = 100.01 1. A = 90 1. A+ = 98
2. A = 93.333 2. A = 90 2. A = 94
3. A- = 90 3. A = 90 3. A = 94
4. B+ = 86.667 4. B = 80 4. B+ = 90
5. B = 83.333 5. B = 80 5. B = 86
6. B- = 80 6. B = 80 6. B = 86
7. C+ = 76.667 7. C = 70 7. C = 78
8. C = 73.333 8. C = 70 8. C = 78
9. C- = 70 9. C = 70 9. C = 78
10. D+ = 66.667 10. D = 60 10. D = 70
11. D = 63.333 11. D = 60 11. D = 70
12. D- = 60 12. D = 60 12. D = 70
13. F = 0 13. E = 0 13. F = 0
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 2 - Page 18
After moving the cursor to the corresponding percentage, enter the
new lowest (bottom) percentage that will be accepted for that letter
grade. Enter spaces to remove any extra digits that are displayed.
Letter grades are assigned to every assignment, category, semester
exam, quarter and semester grade, unless periods replaced all letters.
If letter grades are entered on the data entry screen of the STUDENT
ASSIGNMENT MENU, the letter grade is assigned a numerical
equivalent. This equivalent is the number halfway between the highest
and lowest number for that letter grade. An A+ (top) grade will be
equivalent to the total number of points possible for that assignment.
The bottom letter grade (usually F) will be assigned 0 points.
When you have finished, press the Escape key to leave this display.
Then save this information.
2-16 REVISE/REVIEW ASSIGNMENT CATEGORY NAMES
Each assignment must be in one of the four categories. Homework,
Lab, Quiz, and Test are the default categories. You may use these or
choose your own category names. Each category name must begin with
a different first letter. Only the last category has the option of
having the lowest score omitted (thrown out) in calculating grades.
Each class may have different category names. For example, a
business teacher may teach typing and accounting. The typing class
could have a category called timings. Timings would not make any
sense in an accounting class.
After entering this information, press the Escape key to leave this
display. Then save these new category names.
2-17 METHOD TO CALCULATE QUARTER GRADES
You can calculate quarter grades by cumulative points or by weighting
each category.
If Cumulative Points is chosen, the total points earned during the
quarter will be compared to the total points possible. The letter grade
will be determined by the percentages you entered for this class. The
numbers displayed for category weights will be ignored if Cumulative
Points was chosen. Cumulative Points is the default grading method.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 2 - Page 19
Weighting causes each category to determine a set percent of the
quarter grade. For example, you can have homework count 20%, lab
10%, quizzes 30%, and tests 40%. These percentages must total 100%.
Assignments in each category can also be weighted by varying the
number of points possible instead of making all assignments worth
100 points.
If there are no points possible in a category, yet the category was
assigned a percentage weight, that weight will be distributed to the
other categories. For example, if we use the above weights, and there
have been no tests given, the 40% must be distributed to the other
categories. Otherwise, 40% of every student's grade would include an
F grade (40% of 0 points). Adjusted weights would change to
homework 33.333%, lab 16.667%, and quizzes 50%. When the first
test is recorded, the weights would change back to their assigned
weights.
If you choose weighting by category, you can not choose cumulative
points for the semester grade, since the point totals would be
misleading. After entering your quarter calculation method, press
the Escape key to leave this display. Then save this information.
2-18 METHOD TO CALCULATE SEMESTER GRADES
To work properly, the grades from the previous quarter (term) must be
transferred forward with selections 2 through 6 of the Utility Menu.
You can calculate semester grades by cumulative points or by
weighting each term and the semester exam.
If you choose Cumulative Points, the total points earned in all terms
will be added. The semester grade will be based on the total points
earned out of the total points possible. This method is best if you
have a different number of total points possible in each quarter.
If Weighting is chosen, the semester grade is determined by the
entered weights for each term and semester exam. The weights for
the quarters (terms) and semester exam must total 100%.
Weight for Quarter (Term) 1 Grade: 30
Weight for Quarter (Term) 2 Grade: 30
Weight for Quarter (Term) 3 Grade: 30
Weight of the Semester Exam Grade: 10
Total Weight: 100
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 2 - Page 20
The following will be displayed if you selected 2-nine week quarters
(terms) per semester:
Weight for Quarter (Term) 1 Grade: 40
Weight for Quarter (Term) 2 Grade: 40
Non Applicable
Weight of the Semester Exam Grade: 20
Total Weight: 100
If the term or semester exam has not been used, yet that term or
semester exam is assigned a percentage weight, that weight will be
distributed to the other term(s).
For example, if we use the above weights, and the semester exam has
not been given yet, the 20% must be distributed to the other terms.
Otherwise, 20% of every student's grade would include an F grade
(20% of 0 points). Since the terms are weighted equally, the 20%
would be distributed equally to the two terms. These weights would
change 1st Term to 50% and 2nd Term to 50%. When the semester
exam is completed, the grade would be calculated based on the
assigned weights (40%, 40% and 20%).
The Last Quarter Only method uses only the current quarter to
determine the semester grade. The previous quarter grades will be
printed on some reports, but they will be ignored in the calculations.
The Weighting/12 Point Scale assigns numerical values to the earned
letter grades for each term. At the end of the semester, the weighted
numerical values are added to determine the final semester grade.
The Weight/Numbers method is identical to the Weighting/Percentages
method, but the total does not have to equal 100. For example, term
1 could count as 2, term 2 as 2, term 3 as 2, and the semester exam
as 1 for a total of 7. Each term would be 2/7 of the total weight.
The semester exam would be 1/7 of the total weight.
After entering this information, press the Escape key to leave this
display screen. Since this is an individual class option, save this
information before returning to the SET UP MENU.
A message is also displayed indicating if semester grades are to be
included on print outs. This is most useful when semester grades are
calculated by weighting. The most common use would be for printing
reports early in the second term of a semester. When weighting is
used to calculate semester grades, second term points have a much
higher effect on the semester grade early in the term. This setting
is made with the Change Miscellaneous selection of the EXTRA MENU.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 3 - Page 21
STUDENT NAMES MENU
1. Course Title/Period Names - Enter/Add New Classes
2. Course Title/Period Names - Revise
3. Students - Enter/Add New Students to a Class
4. Students - Revise Name/I.D./Text File/SuperData
5. Elementary - Copy Class 1 Student Names to Other Classes
6. PRINT OUT Student Names and I.D.'s - One Class
7. PRINT OUT Student Names - Screen Display - One Class
8. PRINT OUT Student Names - Screen Display - All Classes
9. PRINT OUT Student Names - Vertical Listing - One Class
10. PRINT OUT Student Names - Vertical Listing - All Classes
11. Delete Complete Name/Record - One Student
12. Delete All Student Names and Grades - One Class
3-1 ENTER / ADD NEW COURSE TITLES / PERIODS
Records for up to 15 classes can be maintained on your diskette.
Course title and period names must be entered before adding students
to any class. Press ESCAPE when you are done entering classes.
When this selection is made, enter the course title and period numbers.
For example, a teacher could enter EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1.
Elementary Teachers
Elementary teachers who teach two sets of students and want to use
all the special elementary features of the program should keep each set
of students on a separate diskette or subdirectory. Details of setting
up two data diskettes and subdirectories are explained in Chapter 11 -
Miscellaneous Information.
This program works most effectively for elementary teachers if the
largest class is entered as your first class (number 1). Absence and
tardy information is kept in the first class.
3-2 REVISE COURSE TITLE / PERIOD NAMES
The course titles and periods entered with the above selection can be
revised at any time with this selection.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 3 - Page 22
3-3 ENTER / ADD NEW STUDENTS TO A CLASS
Class Titles and periods must be entered with selection 1 of this menu
before you can place students in the respective classes. Up to 36
students can be placed in each class.
First select the class to place the new students in. The following chart
will be displayed:
Student Name Class ID ASCII Text SuperData Ab T
________________________________________________________________________
1|ABRAHAMSON, TOM ||TEXT 448 || || || || |
2|ADAMS, CRYSTAL ||TEXT 451 || || || || |
3|ASHENBRENNER, LORI ||TEXT 358 || || || || |
4|BERRY, DEBBIE ||TEXT 450 || || || || |
5|BRONK, SHERI ||TEXT 361 || || || || |
6|BROWN, MELISSA ||TEXT 452 || || || || |
7|HAGEN, ANNE ||TEXT 360 || || || || |
8|HAGEN, TAMMY ||TEXT 366 || || || || |
9|HOUSTON, DON ||TEXT 446 || || || || |
10|JACOBS, KEVIN ||TEXT 463 || || || || |
11|JOHNSON, PAUL ||TEXT 363 || || || || |
12|JORDAN, JEFF ||TEXT 462 || || || || |
13|KELLER, DAN ||TEXT 365 || || || || |
14|KONKLE, JENNY ||TEXT 358 || || || || |
15|LAWSON, SARAH ||TEXT 364 || || || || |
Next Action: ██ S = Save Now Tab = Next Choice Sh-Tab = Prev Choice
Alt-T = Text Editor for Personal Message on Individual Progress Reports
Move between columns of this display by pressing the Tab key or
Shift-Tab keys. To move the cursor in each column, use the up, down,
page up, and page down keys. The F1 key can be pressed to display
a help screen for editing information. The other columns of this chart
are explained in the next section of this manual.
Students can be added to classes at any time. Enter the student's last
name first so student names can be alphabetize if desired. Do not skip
any rows when entering the student names. If you have 24 students
in your class, then the first 24 rows must have names.
This program works most effectively for elementary teachers if the
largest class is entered as class number 1. Elementary teachers must
keep their attendance information in class 1. Then use selection 5
of this menu to quickly copy these student names from class 1 to the
other classes on the data diskette or subdirectory.
The Enter, up arrow, down arrow, tab or shift tab key must be pressed
after each student name is entered. When you have finished entering
the student names, press the ESCAPE key. Then you will be asked if
you want to alphabetize these names. Enter Y for Yes or N for No.
The student names are saved before returning to the NAMES MENU.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 3 - Page 23
3-4 REVISE STUDENT NAME/I.D./TEXT FILE/SUPERDATA
The student information entered with selection 3 of this menu can be
revised at any time with this selection. First select the class that
the student is enrolled in. The chart from the previous page will be
displayed. You can not delete students with this selection. Students
are deleted with selection 11 of this menu.
Move between columns by pressing either Tab or Shift-Tab. To move
the cursor in each column, use the up, down, page up, and page down
keys. The F1 key can be pressed to display a help screen for editing
information.
The Class I.D. may be up to 10 letters long. This code might be a
school I.D., home room number, text book number, social security
number, etc. If you post student grades, this code can be substituted
for the student name on some print outs in place of the student name.
If you do not want to use an I.D. code, leave this column empty.
The ASCII Text column displays the DOS filename of personal message
that can be written on specific individual progress reports. Messages
may be up to 10 lines long. A filename is automatically entered if one
is not displayed. The text editor can be accessed by pressing Alt-T
when the cursor is on the row containing the student name. This same
text can also be accessed from the selection on the RECORD MENU.
These text files are saved on the student data diskette or in the student
data subdirectory. Pressing Alt-D deletes the text file name so the file
will not print on the reports.
When individual student reports are printed, the data subdirectory or
data diskette is checked to see if a matching ASCII file exists. If the
file exists, the information is included on the individual printout.
SuperData is another way to group reports. For example, if the word
football was entered for all football players, you would be able to print
reports for just football players. Different SuperData like golf or
debate, etc. could be used to generate a different group of reports.
Total absences and tardies are displayed in the right two columns of
this chart. The totals are derived from information entered on the
Record/Revise Absence/Tardy selection of the RECORD MENU.
After pressing the Escape key to leave this display, you will be asked
if you want to alphabetize the names. Enter Y for Yes or N for No.
These changes will be automatically saved to your data subdirectory
or student data diskette.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 3 - Page 24
3-5 ELEMENTARY - COPY CLASS 1 NAMES TO OTHER CLASSES
Student names and codes from class 1 will be copied to the other
classes. Selections that only apply to elementary teachers can be
turned off by the Change Miscellaneous selection of the EXTRA MENU.
This program works most effectively for elementary teachers if the
largest class is entered as class number 1. Elementary teachers must
keep their attendance information in class 1. All student names and
other chart information should be entered into class 1 before this
selection is made.
After the names and codes are copied to each class, you can revise,
add or delete student names and identification codes as desired.
Student names and I.D. codes are added, revised, and deleted with
other selections of this menu.
Student names and codes will not be added to any class that contains
any previously entered student names.
Elementary attendance and tardy information will be taken only from
the first class for the student print outs.
3-6 ONE CLASS - PRINT OUT STUDENT NAMES AND I.D.'S
A listing of student names and Identification codes is printed with this
selection.
3-7,3-8 PRINT OUT STUDENT NAMES - SCREEN DISPLAY
Selection 7 prints out for one class. Selection 8 prints out all classes.
This selection prints out a student listing as they appear on the data
entry screen. Three blank lines will be printed in front of each student
name. This is an easy way to print a listing of students that will be
gone for a field trip, etc. To print a listing of combined classes, use
selection 9 of the LISTS MENU.
If you don't have immediate access to a computer to enter your
grades, this print out can be used for temporarily recording student
grades. It is often much easier to enter grades from one sheet of paper
than from 36 copies of unalphabetized papers at a computer.
A sample of the Screen Display Printout follows:
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 3 - Page 25
___ ___ ___ ABRAHAMSON, TOM ___ ___ ___ MILLER, CARRIE
___ ___ ___ ADAMS, CRYSTAL ___ ___ ___ ODELL, CEANA
___ ___ ___ ASHENBRENNER, LORI ___ ___ ___ PETERS, LINDA
___ ___ ___ BERRY, DEBBIE ___ ___ ___ PETERSON, SARAH
___ ___ ___ BRONK, SHERI ___ ___ ___ REINKE, BOB
___ ___ ___ BROWN, MELISSA ___ ___ ___ ROBERTS, JAY
___ ___ ___ HAGEN, ANNE ___ ___ ___ SCHMIDT, JIM
___ ___ ___ HAGEN, TAMMY ___ ___ ___ SCHNEIDER, DAVE
___ ___ ___ HOUSTON, DON ___ ___ ___ SORENSON, MARY
___ ___ ___ JACOBS, KEVIN ___ ___ ___ STEVENS, VICKI
___ ___ ___ JOHNSON, PAUL ___ ___ ___ WAGNER, RYAN
___ ___ ___ JORDAN, JEFF ___ ___ ___ WITTENBERG, SUE
___ ___ ___ KELLER, DAN ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ KONKLE, JENNY ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ LAWSON, SARAH ___ ___ ___
A sample screen display print out is displayed above.
3-9,3-10 PRINT OUT ALL STUDENT NAMES - VERTICAL LISTING
Selection 9 prints out one class. Selection 10 prints out all classes.
This selection prints out a student vertical listing with a set of boxes
like a blank gradebook page.
Various selections on the Change Miscellaneous selection of the
EXTRA MENU determine the size and pitch of the boxes. Only the
Epson Printer can print the small boxes. The large boxes can be
printed with either 10 or 12 pitch with all supported printers.
This print out can be used for temporarily recording student grades if
you don't have immediate access to a computer to enter grades. It is
often much easier to enter grades from one sheet of paper than from
36 unalphabetized student papers at a computer.
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1
Teacher: MR. JEPSON
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|ABRAHAMSON , TOM | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|ADAMS, CRYSTAL | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|ASHENBRENNER, LORI | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|BERRY, DEBBIE | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|BRONK, SHERI | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|BROWN, MELISSA | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|HAGEN, ANNE | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|HAGEN, TAMMY | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|HOUSTON, DON | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|JACOBS, KEVIN | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|JOHNSON, PAUL | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|JORDAN, JEFF | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|KELLER, DAN | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|KONKLE, JENNY | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
|LAWSON, SARAH | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | || |
Only a partial vertical listing printout is displayed above.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 3 - Page 26
3-11 DELETE COMPLETE NAME/RECORD - ONE STUDENT
Student information entered with selection 3 of this menu can be
deleted at any time with this selection. If you need to keep some
record of the student grades, you should either make an individual
printout for the student first.
First select the class the student is enrolled in. Then move the cursor
with the up or down arrow key to the student to be dropped. The
Number of the student will be displayed. Press the Enter key to
continue. A message stating all records from all terms of the semester
for this student will be deleted. Press any key except the ESCape key
to continue. Enter the word DELETE to confirm.
If you enter the word DELETE, all information, including name,
identification code, and all grades will be removed.
An alternative way to keep the information about a student is to
EXcuse the student from all future assignments. This is done with the
MISSING ASSIGNMENTS MENU.
3-12 DELETE ALL STUDENT NAMES AND GRADES - ONE CLASS
All information about a class can be deleted with this selection.
First select the number of the class. The current class name will be
displayed. Below the class name you must enter the word DELETE.
If you enter the word DELETE, all information about the class, including
all students, I.D.'s, and all grades will be removed. Use this selection
with great care.
This selection is usually used by teachers who have a mixture of
classes of different durations. For example, some classes may only
last one quarter or one semester while others may last all year. If you
need to have a record of these grades, make sure you make detailed
print outs of the classes before deleting them.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 27
STUDENT ASSIGNMENT MENU
1. RECORD Grades of a New Assignment
2. Revise Grades of a Previous Assignment
3. Revise Assignment Title, Points or Category
4. Delete One Assignment for All Students
5. Personal Comments - Record/Revise/PRINT OUT
6. Semester Exam Grade - Record/Revise
7. Absences - Tardies - Record/Revise
8. Text for Individual Reports - Record/Revise
4-1 RECORD GRADES OF A NEW ASSIGNMENT
When selections are made from the STUDENT ASSIGNMENT MENU,
your list of classes are displayed.
Current Class Names and Section Numbers
1 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1
2 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4
3 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5
4 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 7
5 ADV. SCIENCE PERIOD 3
Move the cursor to the class to be used to record new assignment
grades. The list of student names and previous assignments for the
selected class will be read from the subdirectory or student data
diskette. The last 10 assignments that you recorded will be displayed
to help prevent recording an assignment twice. Press any key to
continue.
Grades for 60 assignments can be recorded for every student every
quarter (term). If you have more than 60 assignments in one quarter,
you may want to consider using the Utility Menu selection to create a
new diskette for the current semester, then transfer the point subtotals
to the new diskette.
The semester exam is assignment number 61. The semester exam can
only be recorded in the last (quarter) term of a semester.
4-1-1 ASSIGNMENT TITLE, WEIGHT, AND CATEGORY
The system date is displayed on the first line. If the date is acceptable,
you can press the Enter key to go to the Assignment Title line. If you
want to delete the displayed date, press Alt-D. You may optionally
enter a date that will be printed on different print outs. If you need to
display a calendar to help determine the date press the F2 function key.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 28
The following screen is displayed:
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1
Date (Optional): ________
Press Alt-D to Delete Date
Assignment Title: _________________
+------------+
| H=HOMEWORK |
Possible Points (Weight): ___ | L=LAB |
| Q=QUIZ |
| T=TEST |
Assignment Category: _ +------------+
The assignment title can be up to 17 letters long. Any number of
points may be assigned to an assignment. Enter the assignment title
and press the Enter key.
If this is an EXTRA CREDIT assignment, enter 0 for the number of
possible points. Then enter the first letter of the category from
the chart. Each category name must start with a different letter.
Categories for each class can be changed with the SET UP MENU.
If you are entering the same assignment for different classes, you can
press Alt-R to quickly Repeat the Assignment title, points possible,
and category. Then press Enter to go to the data entry screen.
4-1-2 THE DATA ENTRY SCREEN
Either numbers or letter grades may be entered on the data entry
screen. The top part shows class name, number and name of the
assignment and possible points to be earned on the assignment. The
class average is displayed after the student scores have been entered.
The following help screen is displayed if the F1 function key is pressed.
To remove the help screen, press any key.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Use the Cursor keys to Move Around this Display |
| Right Column x Left Column x Up One Row x Down One Row |
| HOME = Upper Left Corner Alt 1 through 9 = Proportional |
| PgUp = Previous ■■■ AB IN PgDn = Previous ■■■ AB IN |
| ALT-A = ABSENT -0- ALT-E = EXCUSED EX ALT-N = NO CREDIT -0- |
| ALT-B = BLANK ■■■ ALT-I = INCOMPLETE -0- ALT-U = UNEXCUSED -0- |
| ALT-C = CHECK CM ALT-P = PERFECT GRADES END = GRADES COMPLETED |
| <Press any key to continue> |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 29
Between 15 and 18 student names are displayed in each column. The
number is one-half of the maximum class size from the SET UP MENU.
Class: EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1
27 Assignment: CHAP 36 READING 10 Possible Points
------------------------------------------------------------
___ ___ ABRAHAMSON, TOM ___ ___ MILLER, CARRIE
___ ___ ADAMS, CRYSTAL ___ ___ ODELL, CEANA
___ ___ ASHENBRENNER, LORI ___ ___ PETERS, LINDA
___ ___ BERRY, DEBBIE ___ ___ PETERSON, SARAH
___ ___ BRONK, SHERI ___ ___ REINKE, BOB
___ ___ BROWN, MELISSA ___ ___ ROBERTS, JAY
___ ___ HAGEN, ANNE ___ ___ SCHMIDT, JIM
___ ___ HAGEN, TAMMY ___ ___ SCHNEIDER, DAVE
___ ___ HOUSTON, DON ___ ___ SORENSON, MARY
___ ___ JACOBS, KEVIN ___ ___ STEVENS, VICKI
___ ___ JOHNSON, PAUL ___ ___ WAGNER, RYAN
___ ___ JORDAN, JEFF ___ ___ WITTENBERG, SUE
___ ___ KELLER, DAN
___ ___ KONKLE, JENNY
___ ___ LAWSON, SARAH
4-1-3 ENTERING NUMBER GRADES
If the entered number grade is greater than the number of possible
points, a message will be displayed. If you made a mistake when
entering the grade, you can reenter the correct grade. The student
could have earned a higher point total because extra credit points may
have been included in the assignment.
4-1-4 ENTERING LETTER GRADES
The letter grades A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, and E
or F (or from your custom grading scale) may be entered on the data
entry screen. After entering the letter, enter either the + or - or space.
The cursor will move to the next student. When the average,
category, cumulative, and final grades are calculated, these letter
grades are converted to numerical equivalents.
The letter grade A+ is converted to 100%. The letter grade of E or F
is converted to 0 percent.
Other percentages are found by taking the average of the bottom and
top percentages in each letter grade range. For example, if the
bottom B- is 80% and the bottom B is 83.333, the letter grade of
B- is assigned the average 81.667.
Then the percentage is multiplied by the number of possible points
(weight) entered with the assignment title, category, and date to
determine the points earned.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 30
4-1-5 ENTERING SPECIAL GRADES
Special grades can also be entered by holding the Alternate key down
and pressing the first letter of the special grade. After the special
grade is entered, the cursor moves to the next student.
Alt-A = ABSENT The letters AB will be displayed on the data entry
screen. This grade is ignored when computing the class average and
considered equal to 0 when individual student average is computed.
The difference between Alt-I and Alt-A is explained in Chapter 11
Miscellaneous Information.
Alt-B = BLANK The displayed grade will be blanked out as if
no grade was entered for the student. This grade is ignored when
computing individual and class averages. This grade is ideal for
self-paced courses.
Alt-C = CHEAT or CHECK MARK The letters CH or CM will displayed
on the data entry screen. The Change Miscellaneous setting of the
EXTRA MENU determines if Alt-C represents CHEAT or CHECK MARK.
If Alt-C represents CHEAT this grade is considered equivalent to 0
when class and individual student averages are computed. If Alt-C
represents CHECK MARK, the mark is ignored in all averages.
Alt-E = EXCUSED The letters EX will be displayed on the data
entry screen. This grade is ignored when computing the class and
individual student averages. This grade is issued when it might be
impossible or impractical to make up a missed assignment.
Alt-I = INCOMPLETE The letters IN will be displayed on the data
entry screen. The grade is considered equivalent to 0 when class and
individual student averages are computed. The difference between
Alt-I and Alt-A is explained in chapter 11 Miscellaneous Information.
Alt-N = NO CREDIT The letters NC will be displayed on the data
entry screen. The code NC indicates the assignment was not turned
in. This grade is considered equal to 0 when class and individual
student averages are computed.
Alt-P = PERFECT SCORES FOR CLASS Some teachers give
assignments that all or nearly all students get perfect scores. A perfect
score will be entered for those students without a previously entered
assignment. By entering Alt-P, the possible points (weight) that were
entered with the assignment title, and category will be quickly entered
for all students. Then it becomes a simple task of using the cursor
keys to edit the scores that were not perfect.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 31
Alt-U = UNEXCUSED The letters UN will be displayed on the data
entry screen. This grade is considered equivalent to 0 when class and
individual student averages are computed.
4-1-6 CURSOR MOVEMENT AND SHORTCUTS
The Enter key does not have to be pressed after each grade is entered.
Any cursor movement keys can be pressed, automatically entering the
displayed grade into the computer's memory and moving the cursor to
the next place to enter a grade. If the Enter key is pressed, the cursor
moves down one student. If the cursor is at the last student, the
computer will beep, and the cursor moves to the first displayed
student.
The mouse can also be used to move around the data entry screen.
The BACKSPACE key will delete the digit or letter to the left of the
current cursor position. The UP ARROW key moves the cursor to move
up one student. If the cursor is at the first student, the computer
will beep, and the cursor will move to the last displayed student.
The DOWN ARROW key functions identically to the Enter key when the
data entry screen is displayed.
The RIGHT ARROW key moves the cursor horizontally to the right
column of names. If no name is at this location the cursor will move
to the last displayed student name. The LEFT ARROW key moves the
cursor horizontally to the left column of student names.
The PgUp key moves the cursor to the most previous blank, ABsent,
or INcomplete grade. If there are no missing grades, the cursor will
remain in the same place. The PgDn key moves the cursor to move to
the next blank, ABsent, or INcomplete grade. If there are no missing
grades, the cursor will remain in the same place.
Alt-1 through Alt-9 moves the cursor a proportional amount on the data
entry screen. Alt-1 moves the cursor to the top row. Alt-5 moves the
cursor to the middle of the screen. Alt-9 moves the cursor to the last
row of student names. The mouse can also select a student.
4-1-7 COMPLETION OF GRADE ENTRY
When you have completed entering grades for an assignment, press the
ESCAPE key. The calculated class average and average letter grade
will be displayed. Then the following options will be displayed:
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 32
<S>ave these grades
<C>ontinue entering grades
<N>ot save these grades
Normally the letter S is entered to save the displayed grades to
diskette. After the grades are saved, you will be asked if you want to
record other grades for this class. If you answer Y for Yes, the last
10 recorded assignments will be displayed.
After pressing any key to continue, you can enter the title, possible
points (weight), category, and grades of another assignment.
If you had accidentally pressed the ESCAPE key or notice a mistake in
the entered grades, you can enter the letter C. The cursor will return
to the first displayed name.
If the letter N is entered, the displayed grades will not be saved to
diskette. Then you will be asked if you want to record other grades for
this class. If you answer Y for Yes, you will be ready to record grades
for a new assignment.
4-2 REVISE GRADES OF A PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT - ONE CLASS
If you notice an improperly recorded grade, you can easily revise the
grade. After selecting the class, the list of previously recorded
assignments will be displayed. Move the cursor to the assignment, and
press the Enter key twice.
The data entry screen with all recorded grades for the assignment will
be displayed.
Class: EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1 20 Possible Points
27 Assignment: CHAP 36 READING 15 Class Average C
============================================================
14 C- ABRAHAMSON, TOM AB AB PETERS, LINDA
NC NC ADAMS, CRYSTAL 20 A PETERSON, SARAH
AB AB ASHENBRENNER, LORI CH CH REINKE, BOB
16 B- BERRY, DEBBIE 17 B ROBERTS, JAY
7 F BRONK, SHERI ___ ___ SCHMIDT, JIM
___ ___ BROWN, MELISSA 16 B- SCHNEIDER, DAVE
14 C- HAGEN, ANNE 17 B SORENSON, MARY
15 C HAGEN, TAMMY 19 A STEVENS, VICKI
20 A HOUSTON, DON 20 A WAGNER, RYAN
16 B- JACOBS, KEVIN 19 A WITTENBERG, SUE
___ ___ JOHNSON, PAUL
19 A JORDAN, JEFF
EX EX KELLER, DAN
18 A- KONKLE, JENNY
___ ___ LAWSON, SARAH
13 D MILLER, CARRIE
UN UN ODELL, CEANA
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 33
Use the cursor keys or mouse to move to the student grade. There are
two ways to save these changes and continue revising grades of a
different assignment.
When you have completed revising the displayed grades, you can press
the ESCAPE key. The new class average will be computed and displayed.
The revised grades can then be saved to diskette. Then you will be
asked if you want to revise other grades for this class. If you
answer Y for Yes, the list of previously recorded assignments will be
displayed. After selecting the assignment again, you can revise the
grades of a different assignment.
Revised grades can also be saved by pressing Function key F10.
Pressing F3 will display the previous assignment for the class.
Pressing F4 will display the next assignment for the class.
Selection 1 of the MISSING ASSIGNMENT MENU allows quick revision
of student grades for all assignments that were previously recorded
as INcomplete, ABsent, or Blank. Selection 7 of the MISSING
ASSIGNMENT MENU lets you revise the grades of all previous
assignments for one student.
4-3 REVISE ASSIGNMENT TITLE, POINTS, OR CATEGORY
This option also lets the teacher automatically adjust the possible
student points on each assignment. After selecting the class and
assignment number to revise, the following screen will be displayed:
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1
Date (Optional): MAY 15
New Date (Optional): ________
Assignment Title: CHAP 36 READING
NEW TITLE: _________________ +------------+
| H=HOMEWORK |
Possible Points (Weight): 20 | L=LAB |
New Point Total (Weight): ___ | Q=QUIZ |
| T=TEST |
Assignment Category: Q +------------+
New Category: _
Adjust Student Points <Y or N>? _
ENTER key = Keep the displayed information
To keep the displayed information, just press the ENTER key.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 34
If the Possible Points (Weight) was changed and numerical scores were
previously recorded for this assignment, you will be asked if you want
to adjust the student points.
You would enter N for No if you had made a mistake and just wanted to
correct this value. You would probably enter Y for Yes if you wanted
to increase the weight of this assignment. For example, the displayed
assignment is worth 20 points. If you changed the point value to 40
points, This assignment would have twice the weight it previously had.
If Y is entered, then every student's numerical score will be adjusted
automatically for this assignment. For example, if a student had pre-
viously scored 15 out of the 20 points, and the weight was doubled to
40 points, the student's grade would automatically be doubled to 30
out of 40 points.
If letter grades were previously entered for this assignment, grades are
automatically adjusted when the new weight is multiplied by the numerical
equivalent. These changes are automatically saved to the diskette.
4-4 DELETE ONE ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class number, the list of previously recorded
assignments will be displayed. Enter the assignment number to be
deleted. The assignment title, possible points, category, and student
grades for the assignment will be deleted.
4-5 RECORD/REVISE PERSONAL COMMENTS - CURRENT QUARTER
After selecting the class, a data entry screen will be displayed. Up
to two personal one line comments can be printed on individual reports
each quarter. If you want a longer personal message to the student,
use the Text entry selection from the RECORD MENU.
The 81 comments available are divided into five groups.
Comments 1-15: IN CLASS PARTICIPATION
Comments 16-28: ATTITUDE/EFFORT
Comments 29-40: HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENTS
Comments 41-62: SKILLS/ABILITY
Comments 63-81: BEHAVIOR/DISCIPLINE
The asterisk next to the number indicates a negative comment. The
comments can be revised with any word processor that can read and
save in ASCII format. All 81 comments must be present in a revised
comment listing.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 35
Personal Comments to Add to Individual Reports:
IN CLASS PARTICIPATION SKILLS/ABILITY
1. Asks pertinent questions 41. Demonstrates originality
2. Demonstrates leadership 42. Demonstrates good study habits
3. Effective group participation 43. Effective writing ability
4. Good lab student 44. Excellent student
5. Leader in group activities 45. Good reading comprehension
6. Participates well in class 46. Intellectually eager
7. Pleasure to have in class 47. Shows mastery of research skills
8. Shows good listening skills 48. Working up to ability
9. Shows good speaking skills 49. Works well independently
50. Should continue in science
10.*Difficulty expressing ideas
11.*Does not participate in class 51.*Erratic progress
12.*Does not work well in open lab 52.*Extra practice would be helpful
13.*Hinders group performance 53.*Needs additional help
14.*Minimal group participation 54.*Needs to improve speaking skills
15.*Shows poor listening skills 55.*Needs to improve study habits
56.*Not working up to ability
ATTITUDE/EFFORT 57.*Poor reading comprehension
16. Displays commendable effort 58.*Poor reasoning skills
17. Displays consistent effort 59.*Poor writing skills
18. Eager to learn 60.*Shows little effort to improve
19. Shows improvement 61.*Tries but can not master skills
20. Shows interest in work 62.*Weak in basic skills
21. Shows pride in work
BEHAVIOR/DISCIPLINE/OTHER
22.*Constantly complains 63. Accepts responsibility
23.*Lack of motivation 64. Cooperative, courteous student
24.*Lacks serious attitude 65. Has paid lab activity fee
25.*Negative attitude 66. Pleasant, friendly student
26.*No response to offer to help
27.*Personal effort unsatisfactory 67.*Absent too often
28.*Works only enough to pass 68.*Avoids responsibilities
69.*Displays unacceptable behavior
HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENTS 70.*Disregards class rules
29. Assignments done very neatly 71.*Has conflicting activities
30. Does well on daily work 72.*Has not paid lab activity fee
31. Does well on class projects 73.*Lacks respect for classmates
74.*Lacks respect for teacher
32.*Careless work 75.*Please call for conference
33.*Does not read assignments 76.*Self discipline needed
34.*Does homework without learning 77.*Socializes too much in class
35.*Fails to complete assignments 78.*Tardy too often
36.*Fails to complete make up work 79.*Tired and listless in class
37.*Homework incomplete 80.*Unwise use of class time
38.*Lab reports need improvement 81.*Unwise use of lab time
39.*Low test/quiz scores
40.*Poor penmanship
Pressing Alt-W pops-up a window displaying 16 of the 81 available
comments. Pressing the arrow, PgUp, and PgDn keys displays the
remaining comments. The Press Escape to remove the pop-up window
before entering comment numbers.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 36
Pressing Alt-F flips between the two comments that can be entered for
each student. Pressing Alt-B blanks out a student comment number.
The comments made for each student can be also be printed with this
selection. The numbers are not printed on individual student reports.
4-6 SEMESTER EXAM GRADE - RECORD/REVISE
The assignment title is set to SEMESTER EXAM. All letter grades and
values that could be entered with regular assignments may be entered.
This exam can only be entered in the last quarter (term) of the
semester. The semester exam is assigned assignment number 61 and
may be displayed and analyzed by entering 61 on the PRINT OUT and
ANALYZE MENUS.
4-7 ABSENCES - TARDIES - RECORD/REVISE
You will not be able to use this selection until two entries on the
EXTRA MENU are completed. You must complete the Set Term
Start/End Dates and the Select Non-Student Days selections. Up to 60
student days are available for each quarter (term).
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS:
Elementary teachers should only keep attendance in the first class and
just print reports for that class. If Secondary Level Menu Selections
on the Change Miscellaneous Selection of the EXTRA MENU was set to
be locked out, the class name will not be printed.
After selecting the class, a floating spreadsheet will be displayed with
the student names on the left and the columns representing the days.
The F2 function key can also be pressed to display a calendar. If you
are in first semester, August through January will be displayed. If you
are in the second semester, January through June will be displayed.
In the upper left corner, the day of the current quarter (term) and date
are displayed. The student names will remain displayed on the screen
as you move around the spreadsheet. The > symbol is displayed on
the student row to help indicate the correct student. As you move the
cursor to the left or right, under the columns, the Day Number-Date
displayed in the upper left corner changes. As the cursor is moved up
or down the > symbol displayed next to the student name also moves.
All cursor key movements that can be used on a spreadsheet, including
Home, Ctrl-Arrow, Pg-Up and Pg-Dn are supported. When the cursor
is in the correct column (day/date) and in the correct row (student), a
letter can be entered to mark Absences or Tardies.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 37
F2 = Calendar Display
Day 9 - Tue 09-08-1992
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17__
|ABRAHAMSON, TOM >| N █ |
|ADAMS, CRYSTAL | N |
|ASHENBRENNER, LORI | A N |
|BERRY, DEBBIE | N |
|BRONK, SHERI | |
|BROWN, MELISSA | A |
|HAGEN, ANNE | |
|HAGEN, TAMMY | |
|HOUSTON, DON | |
|JACOBS, KEVIN | T T |
|JOHNSON, PAUL | |
|JORDAN, JEFF | |
|KELLER, DAN | |
|KONKLE, JENNY | A |
|LAWSON, SARAH | |
The following letters can be entered on this display:
A = Absent T = Tardy H = Half Day Absence
N = Non-Student Day F = Field Trip E = Excused
X = EXAM Day Absence U = Unexcused
An absence or tardy can not be entered on a non student day. If you
want to erase a mark, press the space bar. The letters AHFEX and U
are all included when calculating total absences.
Total absences and tardies are displayed on the Revise Student Names
selection of the Names Menu. Totals are also included on the
Individual Student Progress Reports printed from the PRINT OUT
MENU.
When you have completed entering absences and tardies, press the
ESCAPE key. The following options will be displayed:
<S>ave these marks
<C>ontinue entering marks
<N>ot save these marks
Normally the letter S is pressed to save these marks. After these
marks are saved you are returned to the Main Menu. If you had
accidentally pressed the ESCAPE key, or notice a mistake in the
display, you can press the letter C. The cursor will return to the first
displayed name. If the letter N is pressed, the displayed attendance
marks will not be saved to diskette.
The next time this menu selection is made, the previously recorded
marks will be read from the data subdirectory or student data diskette.
As you move through the quarter (term) the program will display that
part of the sheet near the current system data.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 4 - Page 38
4-8 TEXT FOR INDIVIDUAL REPORTS - RECORD/REVISE
After selecting the class and student, a personal message box will be
displayed which allows up to 10 lines of text to be entered, saved, and
printed on individual reports. Pressing the F1 function key will display
a help screen for editing the lines. The Enter key must be pressed
before pressing Escape to make sure the last line properly replaces the
last line in memory.
The following options will be displayed:
<S>ave <C>ontinue <N>ot save
Normally the letter S is pressed to save the text. After the text is
saved you are asked if you want to view/edit other text files for this
class. If you enter Y for Yes, the class names are displayed for your
selection. You can press Escape twice to leave this selection if
necessary. Pressing N for No, returns you to the RECORD MENU.
If you had accidentally pressed the ESCAPE key, or notice a mistake in
the display, you can press the letter C. The cursor will return to the
first displayed line. If the letter N is pressed, the displayed text
will not be saved to your subdirectory or student data diskette.
The next time this menu selection is made, the previously recorded text
will be read from the data subdirectory or student data diskette.
These text files are not backed up using the Back Up Files selection of
the EXTRA MENU. If you do not want the text file to be printed on the
individual reports, you can delete the file from the student data diskette
or subdirectory using DOS. You could also go to the Revise Student
names of the NAMES MENU, select the student and use the tab key to
move to the ASCII Text column. Press Alt-D to Delete the displayed
filename. Press the Enter key. Then press the Escape key. Then press
S to Save the displayed information.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 5 - Page 39
MISSING ASSIGNMENT MENU
1. Missing Assignments - Update Grades - One Class
2. Missing Assignments - View/PRINT OUT - One Class
3. Missing Assignments - PRINT OUT - All Classes
4. Missing Assignments - PRINT OUT - Elementary
5. Missing Assignments - PRINT OUT - Secondary
6. Missing Assignments - PRINT OUT - One Student
7. One Student - Excuse from Future Assignments
8. One Student - Revise Grades of Previous Assignments
5-1 UPDATE GRADES OF ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS - ONE CLASS
This selection is used to quickly update previously recorded ABsent,
INcomplete, or Blank grades. After selecting the class, the following
screen will be displayed:
UPDATE MISSING ASSIGNMENTS Date: NOV 01, 1992
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1
Title of Assignment
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 ASHENBRENNER, LORI ENERGY TRANSFER L AB /10 3 |
| 10 JACOBS, KEVIN BLACK/SILVER CUPS L AB /15 8 |
| 15 LAWSON, SARAH ENERGY TRANSFER L AB /10 3 |
| 15 LAWSON, SARAH BLACK/SILVER CUPS L AB /15 8 |
| 15 LAWSON, SARAH ENERGY QUIZ Q AB /25 10 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The F1 function key can be pressed to show a help screen of the
Alternate key combinations.
+---------------------------+
| ALT-A = ABSENT -0- | You may enter either a letter grade, a
| ALT-B = BLANK ■■■ | point value, or an Alternate key combination
| ALT-C = CHECK MARK CM | from the chart on the left. You can use
| ALT-E = EXCUSED EX | the up and down arrow keys to move from one
| ALT-I = INCOMPLETE -0- | missing assignment to the next. If there
| ALT-N = NO CREDIT NC | are more missing assignments than can be
| ALT-U = UNEXCUSED UN | displayed, the screen will scroll to
|<Press any key to continue>| display all missing assignments for
+---------------------------+ editing.
Press the ESCAPE key to complete the update for this class. Then the
following message will be displayed:
Should these changes be saved? (Y/N): _
Enter either letter Y or N. If the letter Y is entered, the updated grades
will be saved to diskette. New class averages for all assignments in
this class will also be calculated. Entering the letter N for No will not
save these updated grades to diskette.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 5 - Page 40
5-2 VIEW/PRINT OUT ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class, all grades previously recorded as INcomplete,
ABsent, or Blank will be displayed in the chart. If no assignments are
missing in the selected class an appropriate message will be displayed.
Press Escape to leave the screen and display the message "Press the
letter P to Print this Information _" If you do not want to print this
listing, press the Escape key. Press the letter P to print this
information.
Teachers wanting to print all missing assignments for all classes on the
diskette should use selection 3 on this menu. Elementary teachers
wanting to print missing assignments from all classes grouped by
student should use selection 4 on this menu.
5-3 PRINT OUT ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS - ALL CLASSES
Missing assignments are grouped by class with this selection. All
grades for all classes previously recorded as INcomplete, ABsent, or
Blank will be printed next to the student's name. If no assignments are
missing in a class, an appropriate message will be displayed and
printed.
If you want view or print missing assignments for one class, use
selection 2 on this menu.
All Classes - PRINT OUT All Missing Assignments
---------------------------------------------------------------
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1 ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS 11-02-1992
Title of Assignment Category Points
ASHENBRENNER, LORI ENERGY TRANSFER L AB /10
JACOBS, KEVIN BLACK/SILVER CUPS L AB /15
LAWSON, SARAH ENERGY TRANSFER L AB /10
BLACK/SILVER CUPS L AB /15
ENERGY QUIZ Q AB /25
---------------------------------------------------------------
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS 11-02-1992
Title of Assignment Category Points
No Assignments are missing in this class
---------------------------------------------------------------
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5 ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS 11-02-1992
Title of Assignment Category Points
DAVIS, LORI ENERGY TRANSFER L AB /10
HAMILTON, SHERI BLACK/SILVER CUPS L AB /15
ENERGY TRANSFER L AB /10
THOMPSON, DAN BLACK/SILVER CUPS L AB /15
ENERGY QUIZ Q AB /25
---------------------------------------------------------------
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 7 ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS 11-02-1992
Title of Assignment Category Points
No Assignments are missing in this class
---------------------------------------------------------------
ADV. SCIENCE PERIOD 3 ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS 11-02-1992
Title of Assignment Category Points
No Assignments are missing in this class
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 5 - Page 41
5-4 PRINT OUT ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS - ELEMENTARY
Missing assignments from all classes the student is enrolled in will be
printed together as a group. All grades for all classes previously
recorded as INcomplete, ABsent, or Blank will be printed. If a student
is not missing any assignments in any class, no report will be printed.
5-5 PRINT OUT ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS - SECONDARY
This print out is ideal for individual students. All grades for each
student that were previously recorded as INcomplete, ABsent, or Blank
will be printed as a separate report. If the student is not missing any
assignments, no report will be printed. A sample print out is displayed
below. If the Paper Save option of the Change Miscellaneous Settings
of the EXTRA MENU is set to Yes, two students will be printed per
page.
5-6 PRINT OUT ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS - ONE STUDENT
This print out is ideal for the student that returns to school after a
lengthy absence. All grades for one student previously recorded as
INcomplete, ABsent, or Blank will be printed. If the student is not
missing any assignments, an appropriate message will be displayed.
If the Paper Save option of the Change Miscellaneous Settings of the
EXTRA MENU is set to Yes, two students will be printed per page.
One Student - PRINT OUT All Missing Assignments
---------------------------------------------------------------
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1 ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS 11-02-1992
Title of Assignment Category Points
LAWSON, SARAH ENERGY TRANSFER L AB /10
BLACK/SILVER CUPS L AB /15
ENERGY QUIZ Q AB /25
---------------------------------------------------------------
5-7 EXCUSE A STUDENT FROM FUTURE ASSIGNMENTS
When a student leaves your class and you do not want to delete all
information about this student, you should use this selection. A grade
of EX (for EXcused) will be automatically entered for this student for
all future assignments for the remainder of the current quarter.
To change the calculated quarter and semester grades to EXcused, use
selections 7 and 8 of the UTILITY MENU.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 5 - Page 42
5-8 REVISE GRADES OF PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS - ONE STUDENT
There may be times when you need to revise many grades of one
student. First select the class. Then a listing of all students in that
class will be displayed. Move the cursor to the student by using the
up and down arrows, then press the Enter key twice. Every
assignment and assignment grade for the student will be displayed.
Use the up and down arrow, Page Up and Page Down keys to move
between assignments.
REVISE PREVIOUS GRADES Date: NOV 01, 1992
LAWSON, SARAH
Title of Assignment Category Points
+--------------------------------------------+
| 1 P-1 INTRODUCTION H 9 /10 |
| 2 P-2 SCI. METHOD H 10 /10 |
| 3 ENERGY TRANSFER L AB /10 |
| 4 QUIZ-INTRODUCTION Q 14 /15 |
| 5 P-3 LAB BOXES L 10 /10 |
| 6 METRIC WORKSHEET H 15 /15 |
| 7 METRIC TO CLASS H NC /25 |
| 8 BLACK/SILVER CUPS L AB /15 |
| 9 DENSITY LAB L 15 /15 |
| 10 ENERGY QUIZ Q AB /25 |
| 11 PROL. CROSSWORD H 10 /10 |
| 12 PROLOGUE TEST T 88 /100 |
+--------------------------------------------+
The F1 function key can be pressed to reveal a help screen of the
allowed Alternate key combinations for the special grades.
+---------------------------+
| ALT-A = ABSENT -0- | You may enter either a letter grade, a
| ALT-B = BLANK ■■■ | point value, or an Alternate key combination
| ALT-C = CHECKMARK CM | from the chart on the left. You can use the
| ALT-E = EXCUSED EX | up and down arrow keys, Page Up, and Page
| ALT-I = INCOMPLETE -0- | Down to move between assignments. If there
| ALT-N = NO CREDIT NC | are more assignments than can be displayed,
| ALT-U = UNEXCUSED UN | the screen will scroll to display all
|<Press any key to continue>| assignments for editing.
+---------------------------+
Press the ESCAPE key to complete the update for this student. Then
the following message will be displayed:
Should these changes be saved? (Y/N): _
Enter either letter Y or N. If Y is pressed, the updated grades will be
saved. New class averages for all assignments in this class will also be
calculated. Then you will be asked if you want to revise other grades
in this class. If you select Y for Yes, the list of students will be
displayed again.
Entering the letter N for No will not save these updated grades to the
data subdirectory or student data diskette.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 6 - Page 43
PRINT OUT MENU
1. Individual Report - View/PRINT OUT - One Student
2. Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - One Class
3. Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - All Classes
4. Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - Elementary
5. Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - Deficiency Only
6. Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - Matching SuperData
7. Detailed Records - PRINT OUT - One Class
8. Detailed Records - PRINT OUT - All Classes
9. Detailed Records - SAVE to Diskette - All Classes
10. Category Averages - PRINT OUT - All Classes
11. Category Averages - View/PRINT OUT - One Class
12. Student Summary Reports - View/PRINT OUT - Elementary
13. Student Capsule Reports - PRINT OUT - SuperData
14. Student Capsule Reports - View/PRINT OUT - One Class
6-1 VIEW/PRINT OUT INDIVIDUAL REPORT - ONE STUDENT
After selecting the class and student, the date, name, category, earned
grade, possible points (weight), and letter grade for each assignment
is displayed. The running cumulative grade (trend) for the current term
is displayed in the right column. If all assignments can not be
displayed, use the down arrow or page down key to scroll through this
information. The student's category averages, category points and
letter grades, final point totals and grade are displayed at the bottom
of this scrollable screen. Press the Escape key to leave this display.
After the Escape key was pressed, you may enter the letter P to print
this information or V to View the grading scale.
The grading scale is based on the number of total points possible,
weights or percentages selected with the SET UP MENU.
The print out includes the assignment information, grading trend,
last quarter grade, category averages, quarter grade, semester
grade, grading scale, absences, tardies, and personal comments.
Semester grades will not be included on the print out if No was
selected on the Change Miscellaneous Settings of the EXTRA MENU.
A parent signature request (SET UP MENU selection 3), common message
(SET UP MENU selection 4 & 5), and personal message will be printed
on the individual print outs if the correct settings are made.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 6 - Page 44
INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REPORT - EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1 QTR 1 09-20-1992 LAWSON, SARAH
Teacher: MR. JEPSON TEXT 364
Title of Assignment Category Points Grade Trend
AUG 31 1 P-1 INTRODUCTION H 9 /10 A- A-
SEP 02 2 P-2 SCI. METHOD H 10 /10 A A
SEP 04 3 ENERGY TRANSFER L AB /10 AB D-
SEP 04 4 QUIZ-INTRODUCTION Q 14 /15 A C-
SEP 08 5 P-3 LAB BOXES L 10 /10 A C+
SEP 09 6 METRIC WORK SHEET H 15 /15 A B-
SEP 10 7 METRIC TO CLASS H 10 EC A
SEP 12 8 BLACK/SILVER CUPS L AB /15 AB B-
SEP 12 9 DENSITY LAB L 15 /15 A B-
SEP 14 10 ENERGY QUIZ Q AB /25 AB D
SEP 15 11 PROL. CROSSWORD H 10 /10 A D+
SEP 15 12 PROLOGUE TEST T 88 /100 B+ C-
LAST QTR HOMEWORK LAB QUIZ TEST THIS QTR. CUMULATIVE
A 97% F 50% F 35% B+ 88% C- 72% C- 72%
44/45 25/50 14/40 88/100 171/235 171/235
********************************************
* Personal Comments about this Student: *
* *Absent too often *
* *Fails to complete make up work *
********************************************
__________ _________________________________
Date Parent Signature
This individual report can be given to each student for their information or
sent home for a parent signature. This general message may be up to 10
lines long and printed on all reports. Use SET UP MENU selections 4 and 5.
GRADING SCALE - FROM 235 POSSIBLE POINTS
A 90.00% AND GREATER 212 OR MORE POINTS
B 80.00% BUT LESS THAN 90.00% 188 TO 211 POINTS
C 70.00% BUT LESS THAN 80.00% 165 TO 187 POINTS
D 60.00% BUT LESS THAN 70.00% 141 TO 164 POINTS
F LESS THAN 60.00% LESS THAN 141 POINTS
ASSIGNMENT CODES: AB=ABSENT CM=CHECKMARK EX=EXCUSED
EC=EXTRA CREDIT IN=INCOMPLETE NC=NO CREDIT UN=UNEXCUSED
A personal message to selected individual students can also be printed on
this report. This personal message is only printed on selected reports.
This message is stored in the data subdirectory or on student data diskette.
The file name is listed in the ASCII text file column of the Revise Student
Name chart viewed with the NAMES MENU.
6-2 PRINT OUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REPORTS - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class, all individual student reports for the class
will be printed. As each student report is processed, the name will be
displayed on the screen. To start printing reports at a student other
than the first student, select Advance Student Number on the EXTRA
MENU before using this selection.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 6 - Page 45
6-3 PRINT OUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REPORTS - ALL CLASSES
The individual student reports of all students in all classes will be
printed. To start printing reports with a class other than the first
class, select Advance Class Number on the EXTRA MENU before using this
selection. Make sure the printer has enough paper to print all reports.
Semester grades will not be included on the print out if No was
selected on the Change Miscellaneous Settings of the EXTRA MENU.
6-4 PRINT OUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REPORTS - ELEMENTARY
All reports for one student in all classes will be printed before
advancing to the next student. Make sure that the printer has enough
paper to print all these reports.
Elementary teachers with two groups of students should follow the
instructions in Chapter 11 - Miscellaneous to set up two data diskettes
so the print outs of each student are kept together. This program
processes 36 elementary students at one time.
6-5 PRINT OUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REPORTS - DEFICIENCY
This selection searches all classes. If the student's current percentage
is equal to or below the deficiency percentage entered with this
selection, then an Individual Student Report will be printed. These
reports are ideal for providing guidance counselors with detailed
information about students performing below average. Some schools
have substituted this report for school deficiency reports that are sent
home to parents.
6-6 PRINT OUT INDIVIDUAL REPORTS - MATCHING SUPERDATA
This selection will search all classes. If the student's SuperData is
the same as the requested SuperData, an Individual Student Report will be
printed. This set of reports is ideal for providing coaches with detailed
information about student academic performance. The SuperData is listed
in the SuperData column of the Revise Student Name chart viewed with
the NAMES MENU.
6-7 PRINT OUT COMPLETE DETAILED RECORD - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class, the detailed record print out will be in
either 12 pitch or condensed pitch. The pitch was set with Change
Miscellaneous Selection of the EXTRA MENU. This detailed record can
be glued into your school grade book at the end of each quarter.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 6 - Page 46
MR. JEPSON COMPLETE DETAILED RECORD - QUARTER (TERM) 3
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Quarter 3 02-23-1993 10 10100 15 15 0 15 10130 10 10 10 15 20 5 10 10140
Student Name Q H T L L L Q H T Q Q H H L L H H T
ANDERSON, JULIE 10 10100 15 10 4 15 10108 10 10 7 15 17 1 8 10120
DAVIS, LORI 10 10 57 14 15 8 9 78 8 10 9 4 6 7 NC 5 54
HAMILTON, SHERI 10 10 97 15 15 5 10 10118 10 10 10 15 NC 3 20 10112
HARRIS, TROY 10 10 91 14 13 5 15 10118 10 10 10 15 9 16 20 10118
KNUTH, CURT 10 3 66 15 13 15 5 50 8 10 NC NC NC 9 20 5120
KOLINSKI, KRIS 10 10 40 10 13 5 13 10114 9 4 10 13 20 7 20 5104
MCKENZIE, ANNA 10 10 52 14 10 10 9106 7 8 10 9 15 4 20 9100
PERKINS, JILL 10 10100 15 15 5 11 10110 6 10 8 14 17 4 20 10114
REIMER, SCOTT 10 10 43 12 15 3 15 10112 10 10 8 NC 19 10 20 10108
ROSS, DEBBIE 10 9 79 14 15 11 10 88 10 10 9 14 NC 6 20 9114
RUSHMAN, SALLY 10 10 46 13 14 9 10 42 8 9 10 14 14 6 20 8 72
SCHULTZ, PAM 10 10 73 15 13 3 15 10112 10 10 10 15 18 12 8 10122
SIMMONS, RUTH 10 10 52 14 15 14 10 86 10 10 10 14 15 4 20 10 90
SMITH, JENNY 10 NC 64 14 15 15 10120 10 10 10 15 17 23 20 8110
SWEET, SUE 10 10 69 14 15 3 10 84 10 10 10 0 17 5 20 10 98
THOMPSON, DAN 8 NC 49 14 9 7 10 92 8 6 6 15 NC 7 6 4106
WAITE, BRENT 10 1 15 8 10 9 NC 56 2 8 3 13 14 5 NC 4 72
ZAGER, KEVIN 10 10 85 15 15 5 13 10114 10 9 6 15 17 5 NC 3 86
CLASS AVERAGE 10 8 66 14 13 4 12 9 96 9 9 8 11 12 7 15 8102
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 Quarter 3 Quarter Grade Method: Cumulative Points
Student Name HOMEWORK LAB QUIZ TEST THIS QTR SEM GR.
ANDERSON, JULIE A- 92% B 85% A 100 B+ 88% B+ 89% B+ 89%
DAVIS, LORI F 56% C 76% B- 80% F 51% F 56% F 56%
HAMILTON, SHERI A+ 115 D+ 69% B+ 88% B+ 88% B+ 89% B+ 89%
HARRIS, TROY A+ 115 A+ 103 A 100 B+ 88% A 94% A 94%
KNUTH, CURT F 50% D+ 67% A 95% D 63% D 65% D 65%
KOLINSKI, KRIS A+ 104 A 100 B- 80% D+ 69% C+ 77% C+ 77%
MCKENZIE, ANNA A+ 103 C+ 78% C+ 77% D+ 69% C 75% C 75%
PERKINS, JILL A+ 110 A+ 101 B- 82% B+ 87% A- 91% A- 91%
REIMER, SCOTT B+ 89% A+ 107 A 100 C- 71% C+ 79% C+ 79%
ROSS, DEBBIE A+ 109 D 63% A- 91% C 75% B- 80% B- 80%
RUSHMAN, SALLY A+ 110 B 85% B- 80% F 43% F 58% F 58%
SCHULTZ, PAM A 96% A+ 110 A 100 B- 82% B+ 88% B+ 88%
SIMMONS, RUTH A+ 113 B+ 87% A 97% D- 61% C 73% C 73%
SMITH, JENNY A 96% A+ 125 A 100 C+ 79% B+ 88% B+ 88%
SWEET, SUE A- 92% A- 92% C 73% D+ 67% C 73% C 73%
THOMPSON, DAN D- 63% F 54% D 64% D+ 66% D 64% D 64%
WAITE, BRENT F 32% D+ 67% D 64% F 38% F 42% F 42%
ZAGER, KEVIN D+ 67% A+ 103 A 93% C+ 77% B- 80% B- 80%
CLASS AVERAGE A- 90% A- 90% B+ 88% C- 71% C+ 77% C+ 77%
Cumulative Points WT. 12% WT. 10% WT. 9% WT. 69%
ASSIGNMENTS FOR EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 QUARTER (TERM) 3
JAN 17 1 Q 10 MOUNTAIN QUIZ FEB 12 11 Q 10 VOLCANO CONE QUIZ
JAN 21 2 H 10 MOUNTAIN CROSSWORD FEB 14 12 H 10 LAT-LONG VOLCANO
JAN 21 3 T 100 MOUNTAIN TEST FEB 15 13 H 15 CONT. DRIFT QUES.
JAN 22 4 L 15 USA EARTHQUAKES FEB 19 14 L 20 CONT. DRIFT LAB
JAN 25 5 L 15 EPICENTER LAB FEB 19 15 L 5 PARTICIPATION
JAN 25 6 L 0 EPICENTER E.C. FEB 21 16 H 10 RETURN PROGRESS
JAN 25 7 Q 15 EPICENTER QUIZ FEB 21 17 H 10 VOLCANO CROSSWORD
FEB 01 8 H 10 EARTHQUAKE CROSS. FEB 21 18 T 140 VOLCANO TEST
FEB 01 9 T 130 EARTHQUAKE TEST
FEB 07 10 Q 10 VOLCANO TERM QUIZ
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 6 - Page 47
If I.D. was chosen with selection 2 of the SET UP MENU, the detailed
record will be sorted before it is printed. Sorting can be by either
quarter or semester grade.
6-8 PRINT OUT COMPLETE DETAILED RECORDS - ALL CLASSES
The detailed record for every class will be printed. The detailed record
includes all student names, all assignment grades, category and final
averages. All assignment dates, titles, point values, categories, and
the class averages for each assignment will be printed. This complete
information for each class is printed on either 1 or 2 sheets of paper.
These print outs can be printed in either 12 pitch or condensed pitch.
The pitch is set with Change Miscellaneous Selection of the EXTRA
MENU. These detailed records can be glued into your school grade
book at the end of each quarter. A sample detailed record is displayed
on the previous page.
This selection should be used periodically to create printed copies of
your grades. These detailed records can be glued into your grade book
at the end of each quarter. Periodic printing can help prevent panic if
your data diskette becomes accidentally damaged. This is also why
back-ups of the student data should be made periodically.
The line below this menu selection displays the date (from the system
date) that detailed records of all classes were printed.
6-9 SAVE DETAILED RECORDS AS ASCII FILES - ALL CLASSES
This option saves the detailed record for all classes as an ASCII file on
the diskette. These files can be accessed by other programs. The
detailed record includes all information displayed on page 46. If I.D.
was selected with selection 2 of the SET UP MENU, the detailed record
will be sorted before it is saved.
These files can be printed by a program like Sideways(TM) from Funk
Software.
Three formats are available when making this selection. ASCII, Comma
Delimited or Flat. ASCII files save the information exactly as stored in
the .DA_ files. Flat files put a space between each of the assignment
grades making the grades easier to read. Comma Delimited files place
each grade between double quotes and a comma. Comma Delimited
files can be read by programs like LOTUS 1-2-3.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 6 - Page 48
6-10 PRINT OUR STUDENT CATEGORY AVERAGES - ALL CLASSES
Each student's name, category averages, and final average will be
printed. If the current term is not the first term of the semester, the
previous term totals must be transferred forward with the GRADE
UTILITY MENU. Then the last quarter grade will also be printed. Point
totals for each student in each category can also be printed with the
letter grades and percentages if the = key is pressed.
This is an example of the Category Averages Print Out.
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 CATEGORY AVERAGES Quarter 3
Teacher: MR. JEPSON 02-23-1992
Student HOMEWORK LAB QUIZ TEST THIS QTR SEM GR.
ANDERSON, JULIE A- 92% B 85% A 100 B+ 88% B+ 89% B+ 89%
60/65 47/55 45/45 328/370 480/535
DAVIS, LORI F 56% C 76% B- 80% F 51% F 56% F 56%
37/65 42/55 36/45 189/370 304/535
HAMILTON, SHERI A+ 115 D+ 69% B+ 88% B+ 88% B+ 89% B+ 89%
75/65 38/55 40/45 327/370 480/535
HARRIS, TROY A+ 115 A+ 103 A 100 B+ 88% A 94% A 94%
75/65 57/55 45/45 327/370 504/535
KNUTH, CURT F 50% D+ 67% A 95% D 63% D 65% D 65%
33/65 37/55 43/45 236/370 349/535
KOLINSKI, KRIS A+ 104 A 100 B- 80% D+ 69% C+ 77% C+ 77%
68/65 55/55 36/45 258/370 417/535
MCKENZIE, ANNA A+ 103 C+ 78% C+ 77% D+ 69% C 75% C 75%
67/65 43/55 35/45 258/370 403/535
PERKINS, JILL A+ 110 A+ 101 B- 82% B+ 87% A- 91% A- 91%
72/65 56/55 37/45 324/370 489/535
REIMER, SCOTT B+ 89% A+ 107 A 100 C- 71% C+ 79% C+ 79%
58/65 59/55 45/45 263/370 425/535
ROSS, DEBBIE A+ 109 D 63% A- 91% C 75% B- 80% B- 80%
71/65 35/55 41/45 281/370 428/535
RUSHMAN, SALLY A+ 110 B 85% B- 80% F 43% F 58% F 58%
72/65 47/55 36/45 160/370 315/535
SCHULTZ, PAM A 96% A+ 110 A 100 B- 82% B+ 88% B+ 88%
63/65 61/55 45/45 307/370 476/535
SIMMONS, RUTH A+ 113 B+ 87% A 97% D- 61% C 73% C 73%
74/65 48/55 44/45 228/370 394/535
SMITH, JENNY A 96% A+ 125 A 100 C+ 79% B+ 88% B+ 88%
63/65 69/55 45/45 294/370 471/535
SWEET, SUE A- 92% A- 92% C 73% D+ 67% C 73% C 73%
60/65 51/55 33/45 251/370 395/535
THOMPSON, DAN D- 63% F 54% D 64% D+ 66% D 64% D 64%
41/65 30/55 29/45 247/370 347/535
WAITE, BRENT F 32% D+ 67% D 64% F 38% F 42% F 42%
21/65 37/55 29/45 143/370 230/535
ZAGER, KEVIN D+ 67% A+ 103 A 93% C+ 77% B- 80% B- 80%
44/65 57/55 42/45 285/370 428/535
ZIMMERMAN, CRAIG A+ 101 D 65% A 97% B- 82% B 84% B 84%
66/65 36/55 44/45 306/370 452/535
CLASS AVERAGE A- 90% A- 90% B+ 88% C- 71% C+ 77% C+ 77%
59/65 50/55 40/45 264/370 413/535
Cumulative Points WT. 12% WT. 10% WT. 9% WT. 69%
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 6 - Page 49
6-11 VIEW/PRINT OUT CATEGORY AVERAGES - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class number, each student's name, all category
averages, and cumulative average will be displayed. If all students can
not be displayed, use the down arrow or page down key to view all
students. After pressing the ESCAPE key to stop viewing, you will be
asked if you want a PRINT OUT of this information.
If the current term is not the first term of the semester, the previous
term totals must be transferred forward with the GRADE UTILITY
MENU. The point totals for each student in each category can also be
printed with the letter grades and percentages if the = key is pressed.
A sample PRINT OUT is on the previous page.
6-12 PRINT OUT STUDENT SUMMARY REPORTS - ELEMENTARY
This selection print outs a one sheet summary report for each
elementary student in your classes. When this selection is made you
will be asked to choose between printing all reports or viewing and
printing individual students. If a message was entered with selection
4 and Yes was chosen for selection 5 of the SET UP MENU, the
common message will be printed. If Yes was chosen for selection 3,
a Parent Signature request will be printed.
Attendance and tardy information for elementary school reports is
always taken from class 1.
This is an example of an Elementary Summary Report.
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMARY REPORT ALTMAN, ALAN
TEACHER: MRS. JOHNSON
DATE: 04-20-1991 QUARTER 3
CLASS CURRENT GRADE
MATH B+ 88%
SCIENCE HEALTH A- 92%
READING ROBINS A 95%
WRITING C+ 79%
MUSIC B 85%
__________ _________________________________
Date Parent Signature
Our all day field trip to the environmental camp is scheduled for
May 3. Parent volunteers are still needed.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 6 - Page 50
6-13 PRINT OUT STUDENT CAPSULE REPORTS - SUPERDATA
This selection prints out one sheet for each student that matches the
requested SuperData. The Capsule Report includes the school name,
teacher and current grade for each term and the grade for the semester
exam (if any). If a message was entered with selection 4 and Yes was
chosen for selection 5 of the SET UP MENU, the message will be printed
If Yes was chosen for selection 3, a Parent Signature request is printed.
6-14 PRINT OUT STUDENT CAPSULE REPORTS - ONE CLASS
This selection prints out one sheet for each student in the selected
class. When this selection is made you will be asked to choose
between printing all the reports or viewing and printing individual
students. If a message was entered with selection 4 and Yes was
chosen for selection 5 of the SET UP MENU, the message will be printed
If Yes was chosen for selection 3, a Parent Signature request is printed.
This is an example of a Student Capsule Report.
EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
QUARTER - SEMESTER GRADE CAPSULE
Date: NOV 15, 1992
Teacher: MR. JEPSON JOHNSON, PAUL
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 7 TEXT 209
WEIGHT GRADE PERCENT
QUARTER (TERM) 1 WT. 40% C- 72.283
QUARTER (TERM) 2 WT. 40% B 85.959
SEMESTER EXAM WT. 20%
SEMESTER GRADE TOTAL 100% C+ 79.121
Method to Determine Quarter Grades: Weight/Categories
Method to Determine Semester Grades: Weight/Percentages
QTR 1 QTR 2 SEMESTER
Absences: 2.5 2.0 4.5
Tardies: 0 2 2
This individual report can be given to each student for their information
or sent home for a parent signature. This general message may be up to
10 lines long and printed on all reports.
A personal message to individual students can also be printed on this report.
This personal message is only printed on selected reports. This message is
stored in the data subdirectory or on student data diskette. The file name
is listed in the ASCII text file column of the Revise Student Name chart
viewed with the NAMES MENU.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 51
ANALYZE DATA MENU
1. One Assignment - View/Sort/PRINT OUT Grades - One Class
2. One Assignment - PRINT OUT Grades/Distribution - Secondary
3. Category - Letter Grades - View/Sort/PRINT OUT - One Class
4. Qtr/Sem - Letter Grades - View/Sort/PRINT OUT - One Class
5. Qtr/Sem - Letter Grades - Sorted PRINT OUT - All Classes
6. Complete Semester Summary - View/PRINT OUT - One Class
7. Complete Semester Summary - PRINT OUT - All Classes
8. Administrative Summary - View/PRINT OUT - Elementary
9. Administrative Summary - View/PRINT OUT - Secondary
10. Individual Attendance Reports - View/PRINT OUT - One Student
11. Individual Attendance Reports - PRINT OUT - One Class
12. Detailed Attendance Report - PRINT OUT - One Class
13. Detailed Attendance Report - PRINT OUT - All Classes
14. Attendance Administrative Summary - View/PRINT OUT
15. Attendance Administrative Summary - PRINT OUT - All Classes
When ID is chosen on the SET UP MENU (selection 2), these reports
use the student I.D. instead of the student name.
7-1 VIEW/SORT GRADES OF ONE ASSIGNMENT - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class and assignment number, a chart of the
student grades on the selected assignment is displayed. The numerical
and letter grade averages for the class will be displayed on the second
line. The student's numerical and letter grade will be displayed next
to the student's name.
27 Assignment: CHAP 36 READING 15 Class Average 20 HOMEWORK
============================================================
14 C- ABRAHAMSON, TOM AB___ PETERS, LINDA
NC F ADAMS, CRYSTAL 20 A PETERSON, SARAH
AB___ ASHENBRENNER, LORI CH F REINKE, BOB
16 B- BERRY, DEBBIE 17 B ROBERTS, JAY
7 F BRONK, SHERI _____ SCHMIDT, JIM
______ BROWN, MELISSA 16 B- SCHNEIDER, DAVE
14 C- HAGEN, ANNE 17 B SORENSON, MARY
15 C HAGEN, TAMMY 19 A STEVENS, VICKI
20 A HOUSTON, DON 20 A WAGNER, RYAN
16 B- JACOBS, KEVIN 19 A WITTENBERG, SUE
IN___ JOHNSON, PAUL
19 A JORDAN, JEFF
EX EX KELLER, DAN
18 A- KONKLE, JENNY
______ MARTIN, AMY
13 D MILLER, CARRIE
UN F ODELL, CEANA
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 52
Entering the letter S will sort these grades from highest score to lowest
score. Entering the letter P will send the displayed information to the
printer. You can print these scores in either sorted or unsorted order.
If I.D. was chosen in place of the student name, the student I.D. code
will be printed instead of the student name.
7-2 PRINT OUT GRADES/DISTRIBUTION - SECONDARY
After selecting the assignment number in each class, a sorted chart will
be printed showing the student grades on the selected assignments.
A grade distribution chart for all students in the selected classes will
also be printed. Two classes will be printed on each page of this
report. A sample of this print out is on the following page.
This selection is useful for secondary teachers to print a listing of test
results for several classes. This allows the teacher to quickly view the
range of scores in all classes, listing the students that need to make up
the test, and the class averages of the test. The distribution chart is
also helpful to show the relative strengths of each class.
If I.D. was chosen in place of the student name, the student I.D. code
will be printed instead of the student name.
7-3 VIEW/SORT/PRINT OUT CATEGORY GRADES - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class and category, a chart of the letter grades and
category percentage of the students will be displayed.
This chart will look similar to the data entry screen used to record
student grades. The displayed grade shows the category percentages
and corresponding letter grades.
Entering the letter S will sort these grades from highest to lowest.
Entering the letter P will send this information to the printer. These
grades can be printed in either sorted or unsorted order.
If I.D. was chosen in place of the student name, the student I.D. code
will be printed instead of the student name.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 53
This is an example of the Secondary Distribution PRINT OUT.
Teacher: MR. JEPSON
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 3 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4
CHAPTER 8 TEST CHAPTER 8 TEST
100 POSSIBLE POINTS 100 POSSIBLE POINTS
C+ Class Average 76 B Class Average 83
*****************************************************************
A- 93 KELLER, DAN A- 100 KNUTH, CURT
B+ 89 ADAMS, CRYSTAL A 96 ZIMMERMAN, CRAIG
B+ 89 STEVENS, VICKI A- 93 DAVIS, LORI
B+ 89 BRONK, SHERI A- 93 HARRIS, TROY
B+ 89 ANDERSON, SCOTT A- 93 MCKENZIE, ANNA
B+ 89 JOHNSON, PAUL A- 93 ANDERSON, JULIE
B+ 89 PETERS, LINDA B+ 89 ZAGER, KEVIN
B 85 SCHMIDT, JIM B+ 89 ROSS, DEBBIE
B 85 JACOBS, KEVIN B+ 89 SPAULDING, MARY
B 85 PETERSON, SARAH B 85 BATES, KELLY
B- 81 ABRAHAMSON, TOM B 85 SWEET, SUE
B- 81 JORDAN, JEFF B 85 THOMPSON, DAN
C+ 78 HOUSTON, DON B- 81 MCMAHON, JEFF
C+ 78 MILLER, LORI B- 81 PERKINS, JILL
C+ 78 HAGEN, ANNE B- 81 SAGEN, BILL
C+ 78 KONKLE, JENNY C+ 78 HAMILTON, SHERRY
C 74 REINKE, ROB C+ 78 SCHULTZ, PAM
C 74 SORENSON, MARY C+ 78 REIMER, SCOTT
C 74 BERRY, DEBBIE C 74 RUSHMAN, SALLY
C 74 ROBERTS, JAY C 74 SMITH, JENNY
C- 70 HAGEN, TAMMY C 74 WAITE, BRENT
C- 70 WAGNER, RYAN C- 70 SIMMONS, RUTH
D+ 67 MARTIN, AMY D+ 67 KOLINSKI, KRIS
F 48 BROWN, MELISSA AB ___ OLSON, DOUG
AB ___ ODELL, LARRY AB ___ SHILL, KEVIN
AB ___ SCHNEIDER, DAVE AB ___ YOUNG, TERI
AB ___ WITTENBERG, SUE
CHAPTER 8 TEST
G R A D E D I S T R I B U T I O N
A B C D F I Other Total
ADV. SCIENCE PERIOD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 3 1 11 10 1 1 0 3 27
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 6 9 7 1 0 0 3 26
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5 10 8 7 2 0 0 1 28
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 7 8 9 6 5 3 0 1 32
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- -----
TOTALS 25 37 30 9 4 0 8 113
7-4 VIEW/SORT/PRINT OUT CUMULATIVE GRADES - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class, a chart will be displayed showing the letter
grade and cumulative percentage of the students in the selected class.
Pressing the letter S sorts these grades from highest to lowest.
Pressing the letter P sends this information to the printer. You can
print these grades in either sorted or unsorted order.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 54
If I.D. was chosen instead of the student name on the SET UP MENU,
the student I.D. code will be printed instead of the student name.
These are examples of the Qtr/Semester Letter Grade PRINT OUTS.
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5 Date: 11-07-1992
CUMULATIVE GRADES C Class Average 75%
============================================================
B- 82% ABRAHAMSON, TOM B- 80% MILLER, CARRIE
F 59% ADAMS, CRYSTAL C- 71% ODELL, CEANA
A 96% ASHENBRENNER, LORI C+ 77% PETERS, LINDA
B- 80% BERRY, DEBBIE A- 92% PETERSON, SARAH
B 85% BRONK, SHERI B- 82% REINKE, BOB
D+ 69% BROWN, MELISSA C- 70% ROBERTS, JAY
C+ 77% HAGEN, ANNE D+ 67% SCHMIDT, JIM
C 76% HAGEN, TAMMY F 59% SCHEINDER, DAVE
B- 82% HOUSTON, DON D+ 67% SORENSON, MARY
D- 62% JACOBS, KEVIN D+ 68% STEVENS, VICKI
B 86% JOHNSON, PAUL F 57% WAGNER, RYAN
C+ 77% JORDAN, JEFF D 66% WITTENBERG, SUE
EX 83% KELLER, DAN
D- 63% KONKLE, JENNY
B+ 86% MARTIN, AMY
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5 Date: 11-07-1992
CUMULATIVE GRADES C Class Average 75%
============================================================
A 96% ASHENBRENNER, LORI C- 70% ROBERTS, JAY
A- 92% PETERSON, SARAH D+ 69% BROWN, MELISSA
B+ 86% MARTIN, AMY D+ 68% STEVENS, VICKI
B 86% JOHNSON, PAUL D+ 67% SORENSON, VICKI
B 85% BRONK, SHERI D+ 67% SCHMIDT, JIM
B- 82% ABRAHAMSON, TOM D+ 66% WITTENBERG, SUE
B- 82% HOUSTON, DON D- 63% KONKLE, JENNY
B- 82% REINKE, BOB D- 62% JACOBS, KEVIN
B- 80% BERRY, DEBBIE F 59% SCHNEIDER, DAVE
B- 80% MILLER, CARRIE F 59% ADAMS, CRYSTAL
C+ 77% JORDAN, JEFF F 57% WAGNER, RYAN
C+ 77% HAGEN, ANNE EX 83% KELLER, DAN
C+ 77% PETERS, LINDA
C 76% HAGEN, TAMMY
C- 71% ODELL, CEANA
7-5 PRINT OUT SORTED CUMULATIVE GRADES - ALL CLASSES
Sorted cumulative grades of all students in all classes will be printed.
If I.D. was chosen in place of the student name, the student I.D. code
will be printed instead of the student name. A distribution chart of all
cumulative grades for all students in all classes will also be printed.
7-6 VIEW/PRINT OUT COMPLETE SEMESTER SUMMARY - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class, the Quarter/Semester Summary will be
displayed. If I.D. was chosen with the SET UP MENU, the student I.D.
code will be printed instead of the student name. An example PRINT
OUT is on the next page.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 55
This is an example of a Complete Semester Summary PRINT OUT.
WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
TERM - SEMESTER GRADE SUMMARY
06-01-1992
Teacher: MR. MARSHALL ALGEBRA HOUR 3
Student Name TERM 4 TERM 5 TERM 6 Sem.Exam Sem Grade
ANDERSON, JULIE A- 92% B 85% A 100 B+ 88% A- 91%
DAVIS, LORI F 56% C 76% B- 80% F 61% D+ 69%
HAMILTON, SHERI B 85% D+ 69% B+ 88% B+ 88% B- 81%
HARRIS, TROY B 85% A+ 103 A 100 EX EX A 96%
KNUTH, CURT F 50% D+ 67% A 95% D 63% D+ 69%
KOLINSKI, KRIS A+ 104 A 100 B- 80% D+ 69% A- 91%
MCKENZIE, ANNA A+ 103 C+ 78% C+ 77% D+ 69% B 83%
PERKINS, JILL C+ 78% A+ 101 B- 82% B+ 87% B+ 87%
REIMER, SCOTT B+ 89% B- 83% A 100 C- 71% B+ 87%
ROSS, DEBBIE A- 91% D 63% A- 91% C 75% B- 80%
RUSHMAN, SALLY A- 90% B 85% B- 80% F 43% C+ 79%
SCHULTZ, PAM A 96% A- 90% A 100 B- 82% A 93%
SIMMONS, RUTH B- 83% B+ 87% A 97% D- 61% B 85%
SMITH, JENNY A 96% B+ 89% A 100 EX EX A 95%
SWEET, SUE A- 92% A- 92% C 73% D+ 67% B- 83%
THOMPSON, DAN D- 63% F 54% D 64% D+ 66% D- 61%
WAITE, BRENT F 52% D+ 67% D 64% F 38% F 57%
ZAGER, KEVIN D+ 67% A+ 103 A 93% C+ 77% B 86%
ZIMMERMAN, CRAIG A+ 101 D 65% A 97% B- 82% B 86%
CLASS AVERAGE B- 83% B- 82% B+ 87% C- 70% B- 82%
WT. 2/7 WT. 2/7 WT. 2/7 WT. 1/7
------------------------------------------------------------------
Method to Determine Quarter Grade: Weight/Categories
Method to Determine Semester Grade: Weight/Numbers
7-7 PRINT OUT COMPLETE SEMESTER SUMMARY - ALL CLASSES
The student name, both quarter grades, semester exam grade, and
semester grade will be printed for all classes. If I.D. was chosen with
the SET UP MENU, the I.D. code will be printed instead of the student
name. Semester grades will not be included on the print out if No was
chosen on the Change Miscellaneous Settings of the EXTRA MENU.
If early terms of the semester are displayed or printed as 0%, then the
grade subtotals have not been transferred forward properly with
UTILITY MENU selections 2 through 6. The selections bring subtotals
forward from earlier terms to make quicker calculations.
7-8 VIEW/PRINT OUT ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY - ELEMENTARY
The student name and the cumulative letter grades in all classes will be
printed. A grade distribution chart for all students will also be printed.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 56
This is an example of an Elementary Administrative Summary
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY
Teacher's Name: MRS. JOHNSON
Date: 20-MAR-88 MATH SCIENCE READING READING WRITING MUSIC
QUARTER 3 HEALTH ROBINS SPARROWS
---------------------------------------------------------------------
ALTMAN, ALAN B+ A- A C+ B
BATES, DAVID B- B B B B-
BENDER, BRIAN C+ C B- B D+
---------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACK, SHELLY B C+ B- B- C+
BRANDT, GARY B C- C+ B C
BUTLER, SHARON C- B+ B+ B+ C-
---------------------------------------------------------------------
FULLER, CHRISTA B- A- C- B- C
GILBERT, RYAN B- C- C- C C+
HACK, MICHELLE B- B C B B-
---------------------------------------------------------------------
HANSON, CURT A- A- B+ B- B
JENSEN, ANDREA B- C+ B- B C-
KRUEGER, KAREN C C- C B+ B
---------------------------------------------------------------------
LUNDT, PAUL C B- B- B- A-
NELSON, JAY C+ D B B C
OLDS, CARRIE B- C+ C+ B A-
---------------------------------------------------------------------
PETERSON, TAMMY A A A A A
PIERCE, SHELLY B B C- A- B-
SONNENBERG, AMY C+ C+ B+ B D
---------------------------------------------------------------------
TURNER, CHERYL C- C C B- C-
WEBSTER, MARY B+ B- C B C+
WHITE, TAMMY B- B- C+ B- C
---------------------------------------------------------------------
WINTERS, JOHN C- C+ C- C C-
---------------------------------------------------------------------
G R A D E D I S T R I B U T I O N
A B C D F I Other Total
MATH 2 12 8 0 0 0 0 22
SCIENCE HEALTH 4 7 10 1 0 0 0 22
READING ROBINS 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 12
READING SPARROWS 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 10
WRITING 2 17 3 0 0 0 0 22
MUSIC 3 6 11 2 0 0 0 22
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- -----
TOTALS 13 51 43 3 0 0 0 110
7-9 VIEW/PRINT OUT ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY - SECONDARY
The cumulative letter grade distribution of all students will be printed.
Up to 33 students with a letter grade of F (bottom on the custom
scale) or Incomplete are printed below the distribution chart.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 57
This is an example of the Secondary Administrative Print Out.
EAST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY
S E M E S T E R 1
20-DEC-92
G R A D E D I S T R I B U T I O N
A B C D F I Other Total
ADV. SCIENCE PERIOD 2 4 13 7 2 0 0 1 27
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 3 5 12 8 1 0 0 0 27
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 2 7 10 7 3 0 0 29
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5 1 8 12 6 0 1 0 28
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 7 3 6 9 10 3 1 0 32
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- -----
15 46 46 26 6 2 1 143
F A I L U R E S & I N C O M P L E T E S
Student Subject F or Inc Explanation
ADAMS, CRYSTAL EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 F 59% Average
SCHNEIDER, DAVE EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 F 52% Average
WAGNER, RYAN EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 F 45% Average
KOLINSKI, KRIS EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5 INC 67% Average
BEYERSDORF, ERIC EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 7 INC 73% Average
KRAMER, BETH EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 7 F 54% Average
MORGAN, TIM EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 7 F 44% Average
THOMPSON, PAULA EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 7 F 57% Average
7-10 INDIVIDUAL ATTEND. REPORTS - View/PRINT OUT - ONE STUDENT
After selecting the class, you will be asked if you want to use the
calendar or the listing format.
The calendar format includes the six months of the current semester.
If the student was absent or tardy, the letter recorded for selection 7
of the RECORD MENU replaces the day numeral on the calendar. This
display and print out makes it easy to spot absence and tardy patterns.
A summary of total absences and tardies for each quarter (term) and
semester are displayed and printed below the calendar.
The listing format displays and prints the day and date of the absences.
A summary of total absences and tardies for each quarter (term) and
semester are displayed and printed.
Then the students will be displayed. Select the student by moving the
cursor and pressing the enter key twice. The top of the individual
report will be displayed. Use the page down or down arrow key to
move to the bottom of the individual attendance report. Press ESCAPE
to leave this display. Print this information by pressing the letter P.
A sample of the Calendar format is on the next page of this manual.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 58
This is an example Individual Student Attendance Report.
STUDENT ATTENDANCE REPORT - SEMESTER 2
Teacher: MR. JEPSON School Year: 1992-93
Class: EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 3 06-02-1993
Student: MATHEWS, JOHN
+----------------------++----------------------++----------------------+
| January 1993 || February 1993 || March 1993 |
+----------------------++----------------------++----------------------+
| Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa || Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa || Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa |
+----------------------++----------------------++----------------------+
| N 2 || T 2 3 4 A 6 || 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 || 7 T 9 10 11 T 13 || 7 H 9 10 11 T 13 |
| 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 || 14 T 16 H A T 20 || 14 N N N N N 20 |
| 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 || 21 T 23 24 25 T 27 || 21 22 23 24 25 T 27 |
| 24 25 26 27 28 T 30 || 28 || 28 29 30 31 |
| 31 || || |
+----------------------++----------------------++----------------------+
+----------------------++----------------------++----------------------+
| April 1993 || May 1993 || June 1993 |
+----------------------++----------------------++----------------------+
| Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa || Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa || Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa |
+----------------------++----------------------++----------------------+
| 1 2 3 || 1 || 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 4 5 6 7 8 T 10 || 2 3 4 5 6 T 8 || 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 || 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 || 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 |
| 18 19 20 21 22 T 24 || 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 || 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 |
| 25 26 27 28 H A || 23 24 25 26 27 F 29 || 27 28 29 30 |
| || 30 N || |
+----------------------++----------------------++----------------------+
QUARTER (TERM) 3
2.5 DAYS ABSENT 9 DAYS TARDY
QUARTER (TERM) 4
2.5 DAYS ABSENT 4 DAYS TARDY
SEMESTER RECORD
5.0 DAYS ABSENT 13 DAYS TARDY
Key: A = Absent H = Half Day Absent T = Tardy F = Field Trip
N = Non Student Day E = Excused Absence U = Unexcused Absence
The lines that print the borders of the calendars of the Individual
Attendance Reports are set by the Change Miscellaneous selection of
the EXTRA MENU. If the wrong setting is made, a series of weird or
foreign language characters are printed for the line borders of the
calendar months. If No is selected, regular characters are substituted
for the line drawing characters.
For LaserJet printers, an attempt is made to use the PC-8 character set
which supports line drawing. The default set of the laser printer
(Roman-8) does not support the line drawing characters.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 59
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS:
Elementary teachers should keep attendance in the first class and just
print reports for that class. If Secondary Level Menu Selections on the
Miscellaneous Settings of the EXTRA MENU were set to be locked out,
the class name will not be printed.
After viewing or printing a student report, you can return to the PRINT
MENU or continue to view/print other reports. Pressing the letter Y will
display the student list again. Then you can select which student to
view. Pressing the letter K (Keep Going) will display the next student's
report. Pressing the letter N for No returns you to the PRINT MENU.
7-11 INDIVIDUAL ATTENDANCE REPORTS - PRINT OUT - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class, choose either the calendar or the listing
format. A sample calendar print out is on the previous page.
If no attendance information (no absences or tardies) was ever entered
for the student during the semester, that student report will not be
printed. Use the Advance Student Number selection of the EXTRA MENU
to start printing reports with a student other than the first one
listed.
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS:
Elementary teachers should keep attendance in the first class and just
print reports for that class. If Secondary Level Menu Selections on
the Change Miscellaneous Selection of the EXTRA MENU were locked out,
the class name will not be printed.
7-12 DETAILED ATTENDANCE REPORT - PRINT OUT - ONE CLASS
After selecting the class, a detailed report with student names and
school days for the current term is printed. This report shows the
letters that were recorded for each student on the RECORD MENU.
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS:
If Secondary Level Menu Selections on the Change Miscellaneous
Selection of the EXTRA MENU were set to be locked out, the class
name will not be printed.
7-13 DETAILED ATTENDANCE REPORT - PRINT OUT - ALL CLASSES
Use the Advance Class Number selection of the EXTRA MENU to start
printing reports with a class other than the first one listed.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 7 - Page 60
7-14 ATTENDANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY - View/PRINT OUT
After selecting the class, total absences and tardies for each student
for each term of the semester, and semester totals will be displayed.
Use the up and down arrows to scroll the student information. Press
the ESCAPE key to stop viewing this information. Then you are given
the option to print this information.
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS:
If Secondary Level Menu Selections on the Change Miscellaneous
Selection of the EXTRA MENU were set to be locked out, the class
name will not be printed.
7-15 ATTENDANCE ADMIN. SUMMARY - PRINT OUT - ALL CLASSES
Use the Advance Class Number selection of the EXTRA MENU to start
printing these reports with a class other than the first one listed.
This is an example of the Administrative Attendance Summary.
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY REPORT - SEMESTER 1
EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: MR. MARSHALL School Year: 1992-93
ALGEBRA HOUR 3 Date: 11-07-1992
Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Semester
STUDENT AB T AB T AB T
-----------------------------------------------------------
ANDERSON, JULIE 0.0 0 1.0 0 1.0 0
DAVIS, LORI 3.0 1 3.0 1 6.0 2
HAMILTON, SHERI 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0
HARRIS, TROY 2.0 0 0.0 0 2.0 0
KNUTH, CURT 0.0 3 0.0 1 0.0 4
KOLINSKI, KRIS 12.0 0 3.0 0 15.0 0
MCKENZIE, ANNA 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1
PERKINS, JILL 3.0 0 0.0 0 3.0 0
REIMER, SCOTT 6.0 0 1.0 0 7.0 0
ROSS, DEBBIE 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 2
RUSHMAN, SALLY 10.0 0 2.0 0 12.0 0
SCHULTZ, PAM 2.0 0 0.0 0 2.0 0
SIMMONS, RUTH 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1
SMITH, JENNY 1.0 0 0.0 0 1.0 0
SWEET, SUE 0.0 2 3.0 0 3.0 2
THOMPSON, DAN 5.0 0 0.0 0 5.0 0
WAITE, BRENT 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1
ZAGER, KEVIN 0.0 1 2.0 0 2.0 1
ZIMMERMAN, CRAIG 4.0 0 0.0 0 4.0 0
----------------------------------------------------------
AB = ABSENT T = TARDY
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 8 - Page 61
LISTS MENU
1. Create Combined Quarter/Semester Listing File
2. Quarter/Semester Grades - View/PRINT OUT - Top 20
3. Quarter/Semester Grades - PRINT OUT - All Classes
4. Quarter/Semester Grades - PRINT OUT - Secondary
5. Improvement from Last Qtr - View/PRINT OUT - Top 20
6. Improvement from Last Qtr - PRINT OUT - All Classes
7. Deficiency Students Only - PRINT OUT - All Classes
8. Super Data Students Only - PRINT OUT - All Classes
9. Deficiency SuperData Matches - PRINT OUT - All Classes
10. Alphabetical Listing - PRINT OUT - Secondary
11. Alphabetical Listing - PRINT OUT - Matching SuperData
8-1 CREATE COMBINED QUARTER/SEMESTER LISTING FILE
This selection combines summary information into a new file. Every
selection on this menu uses this new file. This file CLASSALL.TMP
includes the student name, I.D., superdata, class, marker to identify
missing homework, current quarter grade, semester grade, and
improvement from previous quarter.
If the letter M is displayed or included with printouts from this menu,
it indicates the student is missing an assignment. If I.D. was selected
on the SET UP MENU, printouts use the I.D. instead of the student name.
The line below this menu selection displays the date (from the system
date) that CLASSALL.TMP was created. If grades are added or revised
with other menu selections, this file needs to be recreated to reflect
those changes before new printouts are made.
8-2,8-3,8-4 QUARTER/SEMESTER GRADE LISTINGS
You will be asked if the quarter or semester grades should be used to
determine student rankings. Selection 2 allows you to view all
students and optionally print the top 20 students from all classes.
Selection 3 combines all students from all classes for the printout.
Selection 4 allows you to choose which classes will be included in the
combined print out. You will be asked if you want to alphabetize the
list (by either name or I.D.), and if you want to include the rank number
on the complete print outs. The letter M on the printouts indicates the
students with missing assignments.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 8 - Page 62
This is an example of a partial Quarter/Semester Listing Print Out.
SEMESTER GRADE
EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: MR. JEPSON ALL CLASSES
Date: NOV 08, 1992 Page 1
***************************************************************************
Student Grade Percentage Class Rank
1 ASHENBRENNER, LORI A 96.785 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5 1
2 PETERSON, SARAH A 94.918 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5 2
3 BEYERSDORF, ERIC A- 92.783 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 3
4 PAULOUSKI, CHRIS A- 92.783 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 6 3
5 JOHNSON, ANNE A- 92.584 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 3 5
6 ARNOLD, BRUCE A- 92.483 ADV. SCIENCE PERIOD 1 6
7 WALKER, MAUREEN A- 92.368 ADV. SCIENCE PERIOD 1 7
8 REYNOLDS, BOBBI A- 91.659 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 2 8
9 BEMKE, TAMI A- 91.300 ADV. SCIENCE PERIOD 1 9
10 THOMPSON, BETH A- 90.372 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4 10
11 ARNDT, HOLLY B+ 89.945 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 5 11
12 MORRIS, LISA B+ 89.945 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 3 11
13 KROHN, DEAN B+ 89.945 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 2 11
14 HILGER, ROB B+ 88.348 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 3 14
15 MITCHELL, TOBY B+ 88.002 ADV. SCIENCE PERIOD 1 15
8-5,8-6 IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST QUARTER
Selection 5 allows viewing all students and optionally print the 20 most
improved students from all classes. Selection 6 ranks all students from
all classes according to their improvement from the previous quarter
and make a printout. You will be asked if you want to alphabetize the
list (by either name or I.D.), and if you want to include the rank number
on the complete print out. The letter M on the printouts indicates
students with missing assignments. These selections can not be made
if the current quarter (term) is the first quarter (term) of a semester.
8-7,8-8 DEFICIENCY AND SUPERDATA RANKINGS
Selection 7 will include all students with have a percentage equal to or
less than the deficiency percentage. Selection 8 includes all students
with SuperData matching the requested SuperData.
You will be asked if you want to alphabetize the list (by either name or
I.D.), on the complete print out. The letter M on the printouts indicates
students with missing assignments.
These selections are most useful to make a one page summary report
of students matching either the superdata or earning a low percentage.
The SuperData was entered in the SuperData column of the Revise
Student Names/I.D. selection of the NAMES MENU.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 8 - Page 63
8-9 DEFICIENCY SUPERDATA MATCHES - ALL CLASSES
This selection makes a summary report of students matching both the
SuperData and earning a low percentage. This printout makes it very
easy to provide a student listing for school districts and states using
the NO-PASS-NO-PLAY rule. SuperData was entered in the SuperData
column of the Revise Student Names/I.D. selection of the NAMES
MENU.
For example, SPORT could be entered in the SuperData column of the
Revise Student Name/I.D. selection of the NAMES MENU. When this
selection is made, enter the deficiency percentage and SPORT for the
matching SuperData. All students having a percentage equal to or less
than the deficiency percentage and having SPORT for the SuperData
would be printed on this report.
8-10,8-11 ALPHABETICAL LISTING
These selections were designed to only print the student names and
optionally the class name and section. If you desire a student listing
with a box grid after the students names (similar to a grade book page)
use the Vertical Listing print out from the STUDENT NAMES MENU.
Student names with three blank lines in front of their names are printed
with the Screen Display print out from the STUDENT NAMES MENU.
Examples of the Vertical Listing and Screen Display print outs are found
on page 25 of the manual.
Selection 10 allows you to choose which classes will be included on
the alphabetized print out. You will also have the option to include
the class name and section. Secondary teachers can choose which classes
to include. Elementary teachers should choose their largest class
which is recommended to be the first class.
Selection 11 prints a listing of those students with matching
SuperData. The SuperData was entered in the SuperData column of
the Revise Student Names/I.D. selection of the NAMES MENU.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 9 - Page 64
UTILITY MENU
1. Copy Only Names / I.D.'s to New Diskette - All Classes
2. Transfer Grade Totals to Next Term
3. Adjust Current Term Letter Grade - One Class
4. Adjust Current Semester Letter Grade - One Class
5. Adjust Transferred Grade/Point Totals - One Student
6. Transfer One Student's Grades to a New Class
9-1 COPY ONLY NAME/I.D.'S TO NEW DISKETTE - ALL CLASSES
Student names and I.D. codes from your original student data diskette
are placed on a new diskette with blank data files. The new data
diskette may be for the Current Semester or Next Semester.
The Set Up Menu determines if 2 or 3 grading terms will be created for
each semester. Some school districts use two-9 week term per
semester. Other school districts use three-6 week terms per semester.
No assignments or student grades will be placed on the new diskette.
If the Escape key is pressed during the copying procedure, the copying
will be aborted and you will return to the UTILITY MENU.
A blank data diskette for the current semester could be used to record
more than 60 assignments per quarter for each student. For example,
a teacher may wish to place all daily grades on one data diskette, and
summarize these daily scores with weekly quiz and test scores on
another data diskette. The student would then be given two very
complete print outs for each quarter.
A different blank data diskette should be used for each semester.
When this selection is used, the quarter (term) number will be
automatically advanced.
After the student names and I.D. codes are read from the source
(ORIGINAL) student data diskette is read, REMOVE that diskette and
INSERT the NEW student data diskette in that drive. Names, I.D.'s,
and the empty class files for recording the new assignments will be
created for you. If the new class files are not created for the new
semester, you are likely to get the Error "Input past end"
If the new .DA_ file already exists, GRADE BOOK POWER will not
create a new file that would destroy your existing data.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 9 - Page 65
9-2 TRANSFER TOTALS TO NEXT QUARTER (TERM)
Selections 2 through 6 transfer letter grades and point subtotals to the
next quarter. Selections in red or with a bullet to the left of the choice
can not be selected because the term is in the opposite semester.
Grades for each quarter (term) are stored on each diskette. At the end
of each term, use these selections to transfer student point totals and
quarter letter grades to the next term of the semester. Print outs that
include the LAST QTR grade use this information transferred with these
selections. These points are NOT included in the student's semester
grade if Last Quarter Only was chosen as the method to calculate
semester grade with the SET UP MENU.
9-3,9-4 ADJUST CURRENT TERM/SEMESTER LETTER GRADE
Occasionally it might be necessary to adjust a student's semester or
current quarter letter grade. This description applies to adjusting
either the current quarter or current semester grade.
If a percentage, letter grade or special grade is entered, this grade will
override the grade that the student really earned. This new grade will
be printed on all reports for the student and used in all calculations and
distributions. The student point totals are not changed. If no change
is made, the regular grade that the student earns will be printed on all
reports.
To blank out the adjusted grade, enter Alt-B for Blank. Enter Alt-I for
INcomplete. If Alt-E for EXcused is entered, the Individual Student
Report of the PRINT OUT MENU will not be printed for this student.
The F1 function key can be pressed to reveal a help screen for cursor
movement and special grades that can be entered. Press any key to
remove this help screen. You are only allowed to enter your changes
in the first column by the student names. The column is labeled either
Let for Letter Grade or Per for Percent. To enter the matching letter
grade or percent press Alt-F to flip the columns. Then you can enter
the information in the new first column.
9-5 ADJUST LAST QUARTER POINTS/GRADE - ONE STUDENT
Many print outs include the student's previous quarter points and
grades that were transferred with selections 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 of this
menu. These points and grades can be adjusted with this selection.
After selecting the class and student, the following screen will be
displayed:
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 9 - Page 66
EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1
Student Name: SCHNEIDER, DAVE
Quarter 3 Points Earned: 592
New POINTS EARNED Total: ____
Quarter 3 Possible Points: 995
New POSSIBLE POINTS Total: ____
Quarter 3 Letter Grade: F 59%
New Grade: __
Enter new point totals or keep the displayed information. If a new
point total is entered, a suggested grade is displayed. The suggested
grade is determined by the new point totals and grading percentages
from the SET UP MENU. To save the new grade to diskette you must
enter the new grade.
The new point totals are included on print outs that include last quarter
grades. These changes are overwritten if grades are transferred
forward with the UTILITY MENU. These points are NOT included in the
student's semester grade if Last Quarter Only was chosen as the
method to calculate semester grades with the SET UP MENU.
9-6 TRANSFER ONE STUDENT'S GRADES TO A DIFFERENT CLASS
When a student transfers to a different section of a course you teach,
you can copy the student's name, I.D. code, and grades to the new class.
First select the current class the student is in, then the student
number, then the class that the student will be transferred to.
This selection assumes the same assignments were entered in the
same order in both classes. If assignments were not entered in the
same order, use selection 3 of the NAMES MENU to add the student
to the new class. This student will receive an EXcused grade for
previously entered assignments in the new class. Then use selection
8 of the MISSING ASSIGNMENT MENU to revise the EXcused grades.
No information is removed from the original class. To delete all student
information from the original class, use selection 11 of the NAMES
MENU. To keep all information about this student in the original class,
EXcuse the student from future assignments in the original class. This
is done by selection 7 of the MISSING ASSIGNMENT MENU.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 10 - Page 67
EXTRA MENU
1. Reset Printer
2. Advance Paper
3. Form Feed
4. Advance Student Number
5. Advance Class Number
6. Run Grade Modules
7. Back Up Student Data Diskette
8. PRINT OUT Class Settings
9. Change Screen Colors
10. Change Miscellaneous
11. School Year: 1992-93
12. Set Term Start/End Dates
13. Select Non-Student Days
14. Teacher Note Pad
15. Order Information
16. Print Order Blank
17. About Grade Book Power
10-1 RESET THE PRINTER
This selection will send codes to reset the printer.
10-2 ADVANCE PAPER
This selection will advance the paper in the printer 1 line.
10-3 FORM FEED
This selection will eject the current page from the printer.
10-4 ADVANCE STUDENT NUMBER
You do not have to start printing individual reports with student
number 1. When this selection is chosen, enter the new starting
number. Printing will begin with the student number you entered and
end with the last student in the class.
This selection can be helpful if you are in the middle of printing and the
paper jammed in the printer, or Escape was pressed to stop printing the
reports.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 10 - Page 68
10-5 ADVANCE CLASS NUMBER
When printing reports for all classes, you do not have to start with
class number 1. When this selection is chosen, enter the new class
number. Printing will begin with this class and end with the last class.
The starting class number will remain active until you leave GRADE
BOOK POWER or reset this number back to 1.
This selection can be helpful if you are in the middle of printing and
the paper jammed in the printer, or Escape was pressed to stop printing
the reports.
10-6 RUN GRADE MODULES
WISCO Computing may develop and other programmers may write
other modules that use information from the GRADE BOOK POWER
name, data, attendance, listing and CONFIG.GRD files. Examples of
other modules include graphics routines, special class cards, word
processing, etc.
Others have written modules to access the information in the GRADE
BOOK POWER file. The module name should start with the letter G
and be two letters long. For example a seating chart module could
have the filename GS.EXE. When this selection is made, you will be
asked to enter the module name. You would enter the letter S. Your
computer would run the GS.EXE program.
Another person has written a module that directs all print outs to a disk
file. Then this person imports this file into his word processor and
adds fonts to different parts before making the print outs.
Another module reads the ASCII detailed print out made with the PRINT
OUT MENU and rotates the information 90 degrees to get a print out
similar to the Sideways (tm) product produced by Funk Software.
Another registered user has created a series of Word Perfect macros
that read the GRADE BOOK POWER files and merges the information
with other files to create quite a variety of charts and reports.
Depending on user interest, WISCO Computing could become a clearing
house for all these neat modules that help make computing both fun
and productive.
WISCO Computing plans to include some of their modules within the
program as additional enhancements and for trouble shooting help.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 10 - Page 69
10-7 MAKING A BACK UP OF THE STUDENT DATA DISKETTE
This selection automatically makes a back up copy of the student data
diskette without using the DOS utilities. Follow the instructions on
the screen.
The original student data diskette must remain in the regular disk drive.
You may press the ESCAPE key to leave this selection.
If you are backing up your data to a hard drive subdirectory, you would
enter something similar to C:\GRBACKUP\
If you are backing up your data to a diskette, you would only need to
enter the Drive letter and the colon and back slash, for example A:\
If necessary, place a formatted diskette in the BACK UP disk drive.
Pressing any regular key except ESCAPE starts the BACK UP process.
The student name, data, attendance, and note pad files will be read
and copied to the back up diskette. The ASCII Text files printed on the
individual reports (displayed on the Revise student Names/I.D. selection
of the NAMES MENU) are not backed up. If the BACK UP diskette was
in the drive that normally contains the program diskette because you
only have two disk drives, return the GRADE BOOK POWER program
diskette to that disk drive. Then press any key to continue.
If your original data diskette becomes damaged, you will have to read
the student data from your back up diskette. This is easily done. Use
the DOS program COPY or XCOPY to copy all files from your backup
diskette (or hard drive subdirectory) to the new data diskette.
GRADE BOOK POWER can also read the backup diskette directly by
starting the program with the command GRADES /J You will be asked
to enter the drive containing the student data. If your back up data is
on a diskette, enter the drive letter, colon, and back slash, for example,
A:\ If your backup data is in a hard drive subdirectory, enter the
drive letter, colon, back slash, and subdirectory name, for example,
C:\GRBACKUP\ Then you will be asked if you are ready to read the
new data. Press Y for Yes. You should then either save the new drive
information by saving the information in memory with the SET UP
MENU, and make a back up of this data disk on another floppy.
This new drive information will be used until you change it by starting
GRADE BOOK POWER again with the GRADES /J option. Then enter the old
drive information, and save that information with the SAVE selection
of the SET UP MENU.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 10 - Page 70
10-8 PRINT OUT CLASS SETTINGS
This selection allows you to print out the individual class settings. The
SET UP MENU allows each class to have different settings. Six classes
are printed on each sheet so you can quickly compare settings made
for different classes. The letter-percentage equivalents, categories,
methods to calculate quarter and semester grades, weights of each
category (if applicable), and weights of each grading quarter (term) and
semester exam (if applicable) are printed. These settings are entered
or changed with the last four selections of the SET UP MENU.
This is an example of the Class Setting Print Out for one class.
CLASS EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 4
GRADING A+ = 100.01
SCALE A = 93.33
A- = 90.00
B+ = 86.66
B = 83.33
B- = 80.00
C+ = 76.67
C = 73.33
C- = 70.00
D+ = 66.67
D = 63.33
D- = 60.00
F = 0
CATEGORY 1 HOMEWORK WT = 30
CATEGORY 2 LAB WT = 20
CATEGORY 3 QUIZ WT = 10
CATEGORY 4 TEST WT = 40
QTR METHOD Weight/Categories
SEM METHOD Weight/Percentages
TERM 1 WT 40
TERM 2 WT 40
TERM 3 WT 0
S EXAM WT 20
10-9 REVISE/REVIEW GRADE BOOK POWER COLORS
Up to 127 color combinations may be used by GRADE BOOK POWER.
When this selection is made, a chart showing the 127 color
combinations and their associated numbers is displayed.
The default values for screen colors are listed below. The first column
is for color monitors. The second column is used for monochrome
monitors. You may enter different numbers from the displayed chart:
Color Monochrome
Normal Screen Color: 023 007
Help Screen Color: 113 007
Pull Down Menu Color: 043 112
Error Color: 079 112
Text Entry Color: 112 007
Menu Selection Color: 007 007
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 10 - Page 71
When you have finished entering the color numbers, press the Escape
key. Then enter a number for the mouse cursor color. The (1-7)
number refers to the chart column. For example 4 represents red.
Some menu selections deliberately turn the mouse cursor off to prevent
accidental loss of data. The mouse cursor is turned back on when
appropriate. The press Y for Yes to save these changes.
10-10 CHANGE MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS
When this selection is made, another screen of settings is displayed.
Use the up and down arrows to move between settings. These
settings further customize GRADE BOOK POWER. Press the letter Y
for Yes or N for No. The program ignores any settings that do not
apply to your equipment. Press Escape when you have finished making
these settings. Then you can save these settings. A description of
each setting follows.
Since this program is constantly being improved, other settings
providing additional user options will probably by set from this screen.
10-10-1 INCLUDE SEMESTER GRADES ON PRINT OUTS
This selection is used when semester grades are calculated by
weighting. The most common use of this selection would be for
printing reports early in the second term of a semester. When
weighting is used to calculate semester grades, second term points
have a much higher effect on the semester grade early in the term.
10-10-2 PAPER SAVE OPTION FOR MISSING ASSIGNMENTS
Missing assignments for individual students can be printed with either
one or two students per page. If Yes is selected, 2 students will be
printed per sheet. Then you will have to cut the paper in half. If No
is selected, one student will be printed on each page.
10-10-3 USE 12 PITCH FOR VERTICAL STUDENT LISTING
The Vertical Listing print out of the NAMES MENU prints the student
names followed by columns (similar to a blank grade book page). If No
is selected, the print outs will use 10 pitch. An example of the vertical
student listing is displayed on page 25.
10-10-4 DOES YOUR PRINTER USE A SHEET FEEDER
This selection prevents an extra page from being ejected from the
printer. The LaserJet printer is always set to Yes.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 10 - Page 72
10-10-5 USE CONDENSED PITCH FOR DETAILED PRINT OUTS
The detailed reports for the daily assignments can be printed with
either 12 pitch or condensed (16.67) pitch printing. This detailed
report is usually glued in the grade book to show all student grading
information. A detailed record print out is displayed on page 46.
10-10-6 USE LARGE SQUARES FOR VERTICAL STUDENT LISTING
This selection applies only to Epson printers. It allows the boxes to be
either large or small. Other printers will print large boxes.
10-10-7 LOCK OUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MENU SELECTIONS
Selections which are not needed by secondary teachers are locked out.
This prevents the teacher from making an accidental selection.
10-10-8 LOCK OUT SECONDARY SCHOOL MENU SELECTIONS
Selections which are not needed by elementary teachers are locked
out. This prevents the teacher from making an accidental selection.
10-10-9 USE ALT-C FOR CHECK MARK INSTEAD OF CHEAT
Individual Student Grade Reports now have the option of using CM for
Check Mark or CH for CHeat. The mark is recorded by pressing
Alternate-C. The check mark is not used in determining a student's
grade. CM is functionally equivalent to an EXCUSED grade. The CM
mark allows the teacher to record information such as a paid lab fee,
or dressing for a physical education class without giving a letter or
numerical grade.
10-10-10 DOES YOUR PRINTER SUPPORT LINE DRAW CHARACTERS
This setting is used to print the calendars of the Individual Attendance
Reports. If the wrong setting is made a series of weird or foreign
language characters are printed for the line borders of the calendar
months. If No is selected, regular characters (dashes, the plus sign,
and vertical bar) are substituted for the line drawing characters.
For LaserJet printers, an attempt is made to use the PC-8 character set
which supports line drawing. The default set of the LaserJet printer
(Roman-8) does not support the line drawing characters. The best way
to find the correct setting for a compatible printer is to print a sample
attendance report.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 10 - Page 73
10-11 SCHOOL YEAR: 1992-93
This setting was made when the new school year was started. This
information is needed to display the proper calendar when the F2
function key is pressed and for determining the days of the week when
recording and printing attendance information. The year must be
entered with the format 1992-93.
10-12 SET TERM START/END DATES
Enter the starting and ending dates of each term for the entire school
year. The dates must be entered with the format 08-27-1992. If you
enter the wrong format, the computer will beep. If you need help, the
calendar can be displayed by pressing the F2 Function key. This
program allows up to 60 school days per grading term.
Starting and ending dates are used to calculate student absences and
tardies. These dates also determine the limits for cursor movement
when recording and revising student absences and tardies. Press the
ESCAPE key when you have finished entering the start and end days
for each term. Press Y for Yes to save these dates to diskette.
10-13 SELECT NON-STUDENT DAYS
All week days between the start date of your first term and the ending
date of your last term are displayed on the left side of the screen. The
arrow keys are used to scroll cursor between dates. Move the cursor
to the dates that the students are not present. Press the letter N to
mark Non Student days. Press the space bar to erase the letter N. Up
to 36 Non Student days can be selected for the school year. When
you have finished marking all Non Student days, press the Escape key.
The marked days are listed on the right side of the screen. Enter Y for
Yes to save these dates before returning to the EXTRA MENU.
10-14 TEACHER NOTE PAD
This note pad (up to 10 lines) can be used to store reminders such as
when certain parents get a report, for example after a student misses
an assignment, fails a test, every two weeks, incomplete assignment,
listing mid-term progress report due dates, etc. This file is backed up
when using the Back Up selection of the EXTRA MENU.
Pressing the F1 function key displays a help screen for editing lines of
this note pad. Press the Enter key before pressing the Escape key after
editing the last line to have the displayed information replace the
information in the NOTEPAD.GRD file.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 10 - Page 74
10-15 ORDERING INFORMATION
Computer programs can be bought directly from WISCO Computing.
Program prices are displayed when this selection is made. Site licenses
allowing all people in the building to use the program are available for
three times the individual price. Buying direct guarantees you the
latest version of each program.
The following products are currently available from WISCO Computing:
SURVEY POWER
Create, analyze, and print out complete demographic and correlation
results to your surveys, opinion polls, and tests. Accepts single
choice, multiple choice, rank order, text entry, and cumulative type
questions. Useful in business and school environments. Constantly
improved. IBM 512K $39.95 + $2.00 Shipping
STUDENT SKILLS POWER aka. GRADING SKILLS POWER
Creates comprehensive student reports marking over 1000 outcomes
(skills) that students are attempting to achieve. These reports can be
used as an alternative or a supplement to a regular grading program.
Teacher developed database. Designed for Outcome-Based Education.
Constantly improved. IBM 512K $59.00 + $2.00 Shipping
GRADEBOOK POWER
Creates comprehensive student progress reports for teachers, students,
and parents. Prints over 20 different reports. Teacher developed.
Many special options for elementary and secondary teachers. Use
either 2-nine week quarters or 3-six week terms per semester.
Constantly improved. IBM 512K $59.00 + $2.00 Shipping
CROSSWORD POWER
Make crossword puzzles from your words and clues. Insert words
manually or automatically into the puzzle grid. Auto-search can quickly
create over 200 different word arrangements to find the puzzle with
the most words. Puzzles can also be saved as PCX graphics and ASCII
files for import into Word Perfect and desk top publishers. Constantly
improved. IBM 512K $39.95 + $2.00 Shipping
VOCABULARY POWER
Create matching & multiple choice quizzes, cryptolists, word searches,
vocabulary bingo cards, and flash cards from your words & definitions.
Words and clues are automatically randomized before print outs are
made. Great Teacher tool. 100% compatible with CROSSWORD
POWER. Constantly improved. IBM 512K $39.95 + $2.00 Shipping
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 10 - Page 75
10-16 PRINT ORDER BLANK
An order blank can be printed from this menu. Payment can be mailed
to WISCO Computing, P.O. Box 8, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008.
Credit card orders can also be taken by telephone at (715) 423-8189.
10-17 ABOUT GRADE BOOK POWER
GRADE BOOK POWER was written entirely by Terry L. Jepson. The
author, a full time teacher, gave up his weekend, evening, and vacation
time he could have spent watching football games, spending time with
friends, or just relaxing.
He has tried to add those features requested by his customers to meet
their needs. Please reward him by having your friends buy their copy
of the program.
+ -----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| GRADE BOOK POWER (tm) is a copyrighted program distributed as |
| SHAREWARE. All rights are reserved. This program is not FREE. |
| This program is not Public Domain. You may make 1 copy of this |
| program and documentation for the 21 DAY evaluation purpose only. |
| You have paid a small fee for disk duplication only. You have not |
| paid the author for his work. If you decide to continue to use this |
| program after a 21 day evaluation period, you must pay the author a |
| registration fee of $59.00 plus $2.00 for shipping. Payment may be |
| made by mail to WISCO Computing or by telephone (715) 423-8189." |
| |
| Upon payment you will receive the latest program version on diskette, |
| printed manual, removal of all references to shareware and evaluation |
| software, notification of major updates, free BBS modem support at |
| (715) 435-3855 and voice telephone support at (715) 423-8189. |
| |
| Checks, MasterCard and Visa credit cards are acceptable. Purchase |
| orders can also be accepted from schools, government agencies, and |
| Fortune 1000 companies. Site licenses are also available. Orders |
| should include the order form printed from the EXTRA MENU. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 11 - Page 76
11-1 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALT-A AND ALT-I
This is a more complete explanation about the difference between
entering Alt-A for ABsent and Alt-I for INcomplete.
Both cases assume the grade to be a zero until it is made up. It is
counted as a 0 when the individual student average is calculated. For
the class average, the grade AB (ABsent) is ignored in the computation,
the grade IN (INcomplete) is counted as a zero.
Consider an example of 4 students in a class given a test worth 100
points. Let's assume that 2 of the students had perfect scores of 100.
The other 2 students were absent. The average of the test could be
figured two ways.
1) just from those students taking the test
(100 + 100)/2 = 100% average
(100 + 100 + AB + AB)/2 = 100% average
OR
2) the average of all students in the class
(100 + 100 + 0 + 0)/4 = 50% average
(100 + 100 + IN + IN)/4 = 50% average
In the first case Alt-A for ABsent was entered. In the second case Alt-I
for INcomplete was used.
The quickest way to update missing assignments is to use the update
option of the MISSING MENU. Grades entered as INcomplete, ABsent,
or ___Blank will be automatically displayed for fast update. The
slowest way to update missing assignments is to use the Revise
Grades of the RECORD MENU.
11-2 ADDITIONAL START UP OPTIONS
Use the instructions on pages 8 through 11 for normal start up.
Information on retrieving student data from a backup diskette or hard
drive subdirectory can be found on page 69 of this manual.
GRADE BOOK POWER is normally started by typing GRADES
However, there may be times when you need to start differently.
These additional start up options are typed after GRADES as indicated
below.
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 11 - Page 77
11-2-1 GRADES /INSTALL
This option is used to start GRADE BOOK POWER for a new school
year. These complete instructions are found on pages 8 through 11.
11-2-2 GRADES /J
You will be prompted to enter the drive or subdirectory containing the
student grades. This option overrides the subdirectory setting in the
CO file. For example, a department with a legal site license would only
need one copy of the GRADE BOOK POWER program on the computer.
All teachers could access their data in different subdirectories using
this option.
When the program is started with the command GRADES /J you will
be asked to enter the drive containing the student data. If your data
is on a diskette, enter the drive letter, colon, and back slash, for
example, A:\ If your student data is in a hard drive subdirectory, enter
the drive letter, colon, back slash, and subdirectory name, for example,
C:\GRDATA\ Then you will asked if you are ready to read the new
data. Press Y for Yes. This data drive information will be saved when
any settings are saved on the SET UP MENU.
11-2-3 GRADES /JC:\SMITH\
This start up option automatically accesses data from the SMITH
subdirectory of drive C:. Jones could keep data in subdirectory
C:\JONES\ and start the program with GRADES /JC:\JONES\ Smith
could keep data in subdirectory C:\SMITH\ and start the program with
GRADES /JC:\SMITH\ This option is useful for using a menu selection
program to access different directories with the site license version.
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS:
This option can be used with a different set of students kept in
different subdirectories. For example, some elementary teachers swap
some students for different classes. One teacher may teach two
classes of math, while her students may be taught language arts from
the other teacher. The teacher could set up one subdirectory for her
regular students, and a second subdirectory for her extra students.
Create two subdirectories in DOS. Change the following explanation
to fit your needs.
At the DOS Prompt C:> type
MD SMITH and then press the Enter key
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 11 - Page 78
Then type MD JONES and press the Enter key
Start the program with GRADES /INSTALL When asked the name of
the subdirectory, enter C:\SMITH\
Use this subdirectory for your regular students.
START the program again with GRADES /INSTALL When asked the
name of the subdirectory, enter C:\JONES\
Use this subdirectory for your extra students.
In the future you would start GRADE BOOK POWER by either entering
GRADES /JC:\SMITH\ or GRADES /JC:\JONES\ depending on which
group of students you wanted to enter information.
11-2-4 GRADES /B
This start up option will use black and white for display. This may be
necessary to read the display of some lap top computers.
11-2-5 GRADES /C
This start up option will force color for display. If the program
detects a monochrome monitor, the color setting will be ignored.
11-2-6 GRADES /1 AND GRADES /2
This start up option is useful to secondary teachers teaching semester
courses. This option forces the computer to read the backup
configuration files for either semester 1 or 2 (either CONFIG.GR1 or
CONFIG.GR2). Since CONFIG.GRD contains course names, and some
teachers teach differently named courses each semester, this allows
access to semester 1 data after semester 2 has started. This option
is provided even though GRADE BOOK POWER was designed to record
only one semester of data on a diskette, due to data safety and
limitations of DOS (number of files in a root directory).
After using this option, exit the program, and start the program again
with the correct semester number, for example, GRADES /2 so the
proper class names are read from the proper back up CONFIG.GRD
11-3 ENHANCEMENTS PLANNED FOR GRADE BOOK POWER
Hooks have been included so GRADE BOOK POWER files can be
accessed by other programs or modules written by WISCO Computing
or other authors. Examples include graphic routines, seating chart
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Chapter 11 - Page 79
maker, and additional font support. Customer requests will determine
which features and modules are added to this powerful program.
11-4 FILES CREATED BY GRADE BOOK POWER
The file CO is created on the program diskette. It contains the drive
or drive subdirectory to search for student data.
The file CONFIG.GRD is created on the student data diskette. This file
contains course title and period names, percentages representing
different letter grades, printer number, and information displayed on
the SET UP MENU. Back ups of this file are called CONFIG.GR1 and
CONFIG.GR2 The purpose of the back up files is explained in section
11-2-6.
All files starting with CLASS1. are used for the first class recorded on
the Student Names Menu. Files ending with .NA1 and .NA2 contain
student names and I.D. codes for the class. Individual class settings
(categories, method to calculate quarter and semester grades, and
weights) are also in the .NA_ file. CLASS Files ending with .NA1
contain information for semester 1. Files ending with .NA2 contain
information for semester 2.
CLASS Files ending with .DA1 contain the assignments and student
points for all grades in quarter 1. Files ending with .DA2 contain the
assignments and student points for all grades in quarter 2.
Files such as CLASS1.GRD are ASCII files created by selection 9 of the
PRINT OUT Menu. These files can be printed by a program such as
Sideways(TM) by Funk Software.
The file CLASSALL.TMP is the listing file created with selection 1 of
the LISTS MENU.
The file NOTEPAD.GRD is the note pad file created with the selection
on the EXTRA MENU.
ASCII text files created with the RECORD MENU or accessed by the
Revise Student Names/I.D. of the NAMES MENU are named according
to their class and student number. For example, GRTEXT2.S11 is a
text file for the 11th student in the (2) second class.
I welcome your comments. I like the programs I have created, but I
can always do better with a little help from my friends. Thank you for
investing your time and attention to GRADE BOOK POWER.
Terry L. Jepson
GRADE BOOK POWER MANUAL - Page 80
HELPFUL KEY INFORMATION
Alt-A Absence recorded for student
Alt-B Blanks out a student grade
Alt-C Cheat recorded for student grade or
Check Mark to indicate a non-graded mark
Alt-D Deletes text information
Alt-E Excused recorded for student grade
Alt-F Flip the personal student comments
Alt-H Help screen displayed for student data entry
Alt-I Incomplete recorded for student grade
Alt-N No Credit recorded for student grade
Alt-P Perfect scores for all students
Alt-U Unexcused recorded for student grade
Alt-W Window of personal comments displayed
Alt-1 First student in column on data entry screen
Alt-5 Middle student in column on data entry screen
Alt-9 Bottom student in column on data entry screen
F1 Displays help screen
F3 Display previous assignment when revising
F4 Display next assignment when revising
F10 Save current assignment when revising
+ -----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| GRADE BOOK POWER (tm) is a copyrighted program distributed as |
| SHAREWARE. All rights are reserved. This program is not FREE. |
| This program is not Public Domain. You may make 1 copy of this |
| program and documentation for the 21 DAY evaluation purpose only. |
| You have paid a small fee for disk duplication only. You have not |
| paid the author for his work. If you decide to continue to use this |
| program after a 21 day evaluation period, you must pay the author a |
| registration fee of $59.00 plus $2.00 for shipping. Payment may be |
| made by mail to WISCO Computing or by telephone (715) 423-8189." |
| |
| Upon payment you will receive the latest program version on diskette, |
| printed manual, removal of all references to shareware and evaluation |
| software, notification of major updates, free BBS modem support at |
| (715) 435-3855 and voice telephone support at (715) 423-8189. |
| |
| Checks, MasterCard and Visa credit cards are acceptable. Purchase |
| orders can also be accepted from schools, government agencies, and |
| Fortune 1000 companies. Site licenses are also available. Orders |
| should include the order form printed from the EXTRA MENU. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +