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GRADEBOOK for Windows
Program Author:
Russell Stevens
R&R EdWare
5191 Pine Grove Dr.
Spruce, MI 48762
517-727-2066 (questions and support)
800-727-2065 (orders only)
CompuServe 70150,323
AOL RAStevens
Internet RAStevens@aol.com
Program Pricing and Ordering:
Please refer to the order form that may be printed directly from the
program for pricing and site license information.
Important Note:
If you want to review the program documentation and registration
information without installing the entire program, you can manually install
just the GRADEBK.HLP file. To do this, run the SETUP program with the /x
switch:
SETUP /X
Then just select the GRADEBK.HLP file as the only file you want to
install and select a destination directory. To view this file, just double
click the GRADEBK.HLP file from the File Manager or Explorer. Review
copies of the program are available from the author for $3. The $3 is
deductible if you later register the program.
Program Description:
GRADEBOOK allows you to keep student scores and calculate grades
automatically. Because every instructor records and calculates grades
differently, the program was designed to be flexible. GRADEBOOK can be
used by elementary, junior high school, high school and college
instructors. It sets no practical limit on the number of terms, classes,
students or tasks. Multiple periods per term and custom term names are
supported.
GRADEBOOK keeps track of student scores on various tasks in up to ten
different categories. All categories except extra credit are user-
definable. GRADEBOOK will keep your student list in alphabetical order or
you may place the students in any desired order to agree with a manually
kept grade book. Reports may be in rank order if desired. Student names
and optional ID numbers may be entered manually or optionally imported from
an ASCII file. All program input is checked for validity as it is entered.
Using GRADEBOOK, you can calculate your grades by summing the
individually weighted raw scores (total points), by using percentage scores
and assigning weighting factors to particular categories of tasks (category
weights), or by combining both methods (total points with category
weights). You have the option of ignoring low scores in each category when
you calculate the final grade. Several options are available for extra
credit and not counted scores may be entered. Scores may be incremented,
scaled or adjusted to obtain the desired mean or standard deviation.
Custom scores may be calculated as a function of other scores.
GRADEBOOK can calculate and plot the distribution of scores for a single
class or for several combined classes, for a single task or for all the
tasks. Based on this distribution, you specify the interval of scores for
each letter grade. GRADEBOOK then automatically calculates the final grade
for each student. GRADEBOOK can assign either A, B, C, D, and E grades, or
plus and minus grades. Custom letter grades may also be assigned.
GRADEBOOK can automatically support pass/fail, 4.0, 7.5, etc., type
systems. Grades may be manually overridden. GRADEBOOK can also calculate
and plot the distribution of grades for a single class or for several
combined classes. Grades and scores may be printed on an instructor
summary sheet for your use or as individual student reports. Different
report formats are available including multiple subject report cards. You
can issue progress reports any time during a grading period and GRADEBOOK
will automatically calculate the appropriate interim weights. Progress
reports may contain teacher notes. If you wish, reports can be printed for
posting using student ID numbers. GRADEBOOK allows you to revise any data
including student and task order at any time. GRADEBOOK will quickly
calculate what score would be required on the final exam to get a
particular term grade. GRADEBOOK allows students that have different
grading criteria to be extracted from the main class and allows extracted
students to be combined back into the main class. Students, tasks, scores
and averages may be automatically transferred to new classes or summary
classes.
GRADEBOOK will work with any printer (optional) that is supported by
Microsoft Windows. Full font support is provided for Window's printer and
screen fonts. GRADEBOOK may easily be interfaced with other programs.
Student names and ID numbers may be imported from ASCII files. Student
names and ID numbers, score lists, attendance lists and grade lists may be
exported to ASCII files. In addition GRADEBOOK allows you to use the
Windows clipboard to import and export GRADEBOOK data and charts to other
Windows applications. You may copy term lists, class lists, student lists,
score lists, attendance lists, score distributions, grade lists, grade
distributions, interim weight reports and required final scores using the
clipboard to programs such as Excel and Word for Windows. The score
distribution charts and grade distribution charts may also be copied into
other applications. Scores and attendance may also be copied from other
programs using the clipboard.
GRADEBOOK includes commands for easily backing up and restoring your
student data for extra security. It may be used to generate statistics for
an entire department or school. GRADEBOOK will keep its data files on the
hard disk, or if you prefer, it will keep your data files on floppy disks
for added security. An optional password may be used. GRADEBOOK allows
the data files to be kept in separate subdirectories if several instructors
must share one computer.
System Requirements:
Your computer system and hardware should be an IBM AT or PS/2 or
compatible computer with Windows version 3.1, 3.11 or Windows 95 installed.
A minimum of 4 MB of RAM and a 386 processor are recommended. A math co-
processor will be utilized if installed and a printer is recommended for
hard copy reports.
Shareware Information:
GRADEBOOK is a shareware program. You can think of shareware as try
before you buy software. It is not free software or public domain
software. If you like the program and use it for more than a 30 day trial
period, you must register the program by sending in payment with the
registration form, by calling 800-727-2065 (orders only), by calling 517-
727-2066 or by registering program ID #685 on CompuServe (GO SWREG).
Credit card (MC or Visa) and educational system purchase orders are
accepted. A registered copy of this program is required for each program
user. Husband and wife teams are considered to be one user. A single user
may install the program on more than one computer for his use only. For
example, you may install the program on your home computer, laptop computer
and a school computer for which you are the only user running the program.
Site licenses are available. You may make and distribute copies to others
and are encouraged to do so. You should distribute the GBxxx.ZIP file
which is a compressed file containing all required files. This file
requires a program such as PKUNZIP to decompress the files.
GRADEBOOK is continuously being revised to incorporate user suggestions.
Please let the author know of any improvements or features that you would
like to see in the program. Low cost disk updates or review copies are
available for $3.00 to both registered and unregistered users directly from
the author. Unregistered users may deduct the $3.00 if they later register
the program.
Although the unregistered version is fully functional, there are several
advantages to registering the program.
1. Registered users may obtain program support directly from the author.
Please contact the author at the following address.
Russell Stevens
5191 Pine Grove Dr.
Spruce, MI 48762
Telephone support is available by request (517-727-2066). Comments and