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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 15-Nov-1995
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- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: Grading Skills Power for Outcome-Based Education
- Version: 3.03
- Version Date: 15-Nov-1995
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: Grading Skills Power for Outcome-Based
- Education (OBE) ver 3.03 Record student skill
- mastery. Reports with up to 900 skills per
- student can be printed. Up to 15 classes, 36
- students per class, 60 skills per group.
- Achieved skills can be weighted, revised,
- dropped. Add general and personalized
- comments for administrators and parents.
- Complete attendance module.
- Reason for version: minor update, additional printer support
-
- Category: Education; Teachers; Gradebooks
- Keywords: Teacher OBE Mastery Education Outcome
- Required Packages: SKILLS3C
- This Package: SKILLS3C
- Registration Fee: 59.00-236.00 (US Dollars)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 8086/8088)
- Minimum OS: MS-DOS 2.11
- Standard RAM: 512K
- Hard Drive Space: 1K
-
- Orders:
- Address: WISCO Computing
- P. O. Box 8
- Wisc. Rapids, WI 54495-0008
- Phone: 715-423-8189
- FAX: 715-423-8189
- BBS Name: Rapids River BBS
- BBS Phone: 715-435-3855
- Internet: wisco@wctc.net
-
- Support:
- Address: WISCO Computing
- P. O. Box 8
- Wisc. Rapids, WI 54495-0008
- Phone: 715-423-8189
- FAX: 715-423-8189
- BBS Name: Rapids River BBS
- BBS Phone: 715-435-3855
- Internet: wisco@wctc.net
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
-
-
- GRADING SKILLS POWER
- ==================
- Evaluation Version 3.03
-
- Teacher developed database designed for Outcome-Based Education (OBE).
- Printed reports of achieved skills can be used as an alternative or
- supplement to a regular grade book program. Spreadsheet-style entry
- of achieved skills and attendance. OBE has been mandated in the
- states of Minnesota and Kentucky.
-
-
- for use with
- IBM PS/2, XT, PC and compatibles
- 512K and DOS 2.1 or greater required
-
- GRADING SKILLS POWER (tm) is a copyrighted program distributed as
- SHAREWARE. All rights are reserved. You may make 1 copy of this
- program and documentation for a 21 day evaluation.
-
- If you decide to continue to use this program, you must pay a
- registration fee of $59.00 plus $2.00 shipping/handling. Checks,
- MasterCard, VISA are accepted. Purchase orders are accepted from
- schools. School district and site licenses are available. To
- order GRADING SKILLS POWER, use the order blank that can be printed
- from the pull down menu.
-
- Registered owners will receive the latest diskette version with all
- improvements made since the distribution of the shareware diskette,
- removal of all references to evaluation shareware, notification of
- major updates, BBS and voice telephone support. GRADING SKILLS
- POWER can only be updated and improved when you support my efforts.
-
-
- Manual by Terry L. Jepson
- WISCO Computing, P. O. Box 8
- Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008
-
- Entire contents (C)Copyright Terry L. Jepson 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995
- Published by WISCO Computing. All rights reserved.
-
- Modem support is available on the Rapid River BBS (715) 435-3855
- Free BBS access 300 to 38,400bps V.32bis/V42bis 24 hr. 8/N/1
- MasterCard and VISA orders accepted voice or fax (715) 423-8189
- Voice Support only available to registered users (6-10 pm CST)
-
- GRADING SKILLS POWER PROGRAM FILES:
- SKILLS.EXE The GRADING SKILLS POWER program
- GRSKILL.DOC The evaluation GRADING SKILLS POWER manual (80 pages)
- WISORDER.DOC Order blank for WISCO COMPUTING products
- COMMENTS.GRD Student comments to be added to reports
- INSTALL.TXT Installation instructions
- READ_ME This file
- SAMPLE FILES:
- SKILLS.CNF GRADING SKILLS POWER Configuration file
- SKILLS1.NAM Student Name file for Class 1
- SKILLS1.AT1 Attendance file for class 1
- SKILLTXT.G* Text files of skills
- SKILLS1.G* Data files for different skill groups
-
-
- WISCO Computing is a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the share-
- ware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve
- a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting
- the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP
- Ombudsman can help resolve a problem with an ASP member, but
- does not provide technical support for members' products.
- Please write to ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon,
- MI 49442-9427 or send Compuserve message via Compuserve
- Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536
-
- Differences between Evaluation and Registered Versions:
- The registered version may include additions to this program since
- the release of this evaluation version.
-
- To remove this product from your computer, delete all files in the
- program directory and any files you created in the data subdirectory
- you indicated on initial setup.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- READ_ME. 3913 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 56D574C4
- SKILLS1.AT1 9139 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 445D55D4
- SKILLS1.AT2 148 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 2EDA8DE0
- SKILLS.CNF 2691 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 5E8BA4EB
- FILE_ID.DIZ 380 15-Nov-1995 03:03a D66D33CA
- GRSKILL.DOC 209444 15-Nov-1995 03:03a F2299AD5
- WISORDER.DOC 2643 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 1E5508A4
- SKILLS.DRV 4 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 45CDBD74
- SKILLS.EXE 178539 15-Nov-1995 03:03a C5FCB5A0
- SKILLS1.G1 9361 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 6B85381D
- SKILLTXT.G1 2286 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 33B49C36
- SKILLTXT.G2 3309 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 0DBF1865
- SKILLTXT.G3 3236 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 6218FBAB
- SKILLTXT.G4 2012 15-Nov-1995 03:03a E6380B47
- SKILLTXT.G5 2983 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 20F65061
- SKILLTXT.G6 2238 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 3164F92F
- COMMENTS.GRD 2617 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 24ED57E0
- SKILLS1.NAM 3151 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 258ED06A
- INSTALL.TXT 2264 15-Nov-1995 03:03a 00D16A9B
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- DIRECTIONS FOR COPYING TO THE HARD DISK USING WINDOWS
- 1. Go to FILE MANAGER
- On the left side of the screen you should see C:\
- with the directories listed under the C:\ symbol.
- 2. Place the mouse pointer on the C:\ symbol and click once.
- C:\ should now be highlighted.
- 3. Click on the File Menu.
- 4. Click on Create Directory
- You should see a box Create Directory.
- At Name type C:\SKILLS Click OK.
- If you scroll down the left side of the screen,
- you should see the new directory SKILLS
- 5. Place the GRADING SKILLS POWER diskette in drive A:
- 6. Click on the A: Drive Icon (under the Title Bar).
- You should see a directory for the files on the disk listed.
- 7. Click on the File Menu. A menu will drop down.
- 8. Click on Select Files. A window will appear.
- 9. Click on Select. Lines will appear around the file names,
- 10. Click on Close. The file names will appear to be colored in.
- 11. Click on File. A menu will drop down.
- 12. Click on Copy. A window will appear.
- In the box following TO: type C:\SKILLS
- 13. Click OK
- 14. You can start GRADING SKILLS POWER from FILE MANAGER
- On the left side of the screen you should see C:\
- with the directories listed under the C:\ symbol.
- 15. If you scroll down the left side of the screen,
- you should see the directory SKILLS
- Place the mouse pointer on the SKILLS symbol and click once.
- SKILLS should now be highlighted.
- 16. The GRADING SKILLS POWER file names will appear on the
- right side of the screen.
- 17. Click on the filename SKILLS.EXE
-
- DIRECTIONS FOR COPYING TO THE HARD DISK USING DOS
- 1. First Create a Subdirectory named SKILLS for the program.
- At the DOS prompt, you will see C:\>
- Type MD SKILLS and press Enter
- 2. Now you will change to the SKILLS subdirectory.
- Type CD SKILLS and press Enter
- Your DOS prompt now reads C:\SKILLS\>
- 3. Now you will copy the files from the diskette to this subdirectory.
- Place the GRADING SKILLS POWER diskette in drive A:
- Type COPY A:*.* and press Enter
- You will see a message when the copying is done.
- 4. Remove the diskette from the disk drive and store
- it in a safe place.
- 5. Type SKILLS and press Enter to start GRADING SKILLS POWER.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS
- IS" BASIS. WISCO Computing DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING
- TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER WISCO Computing NOR ANYONE ELSE
- WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF
- THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
- INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH
- SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WISCO Computing HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE
- BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
-
- This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin
- and shall inure to the benefit of WISCO Computing and any
- successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding
- brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to
- this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of
- competent jurisdiction located in Wood County, Wisconsin. The parties
- hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.
-
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- TRIAL USE LICENSE
-
- Grading Skills Power is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted
- by WISCO Computing. This software and accompanying documentation are
- protected by United States copyright law and also by international
- treaty provisions.
-
- WISCO Computing grants you a limited license to use this software
- for evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed 21 days. If you
- continue using this software after the 21 day evaluation period,
- you MUST make a registration payment to WISCO Computing.
-
- You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
- disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
- program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized
- use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license.
- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to WISCO Computing.
-
- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
-
- The following may distribute WISCO Computing, completely unaltered,
- without further permission...; for other cases or to distribute in
- modified form, you must consult the attached data record, which is
- hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the
- distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby
- authorized.
-
- Each vendor wishing to distribute the package must independently satisfy
- the terms of this limited distribution license.
-
- U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
- U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this
- package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to
- commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
- the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
- 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is
- WISCO Computing, P. O. Box 8, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008
-
- WISCO Computing may revoke any permissions granted here, by notifying
- you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to
- WISCO Computing.
-
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