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VAR Grade Version 5.0 March, 1992
(C) Copyright 1987-1992 by Dennis Revie All rights Reserved
Welcome to VAR GRADE!
VAR Grade is a program that allows you to both grade and record
attendance in your classes. This is a complete grading system, and
will do just about anything that you need to do. In particular, it
will allow you to record, analyze, and print grades and attendance.
Below is a list of features of this program. In general, the program
will allow an almost unlimited number of students, grades, attendance,
database items, reports and analyses.
FEATURES
This program is flexible enough to allow you to grade your class
with the same methods you now use--except that the program does the
tedious chores of adding, plotting, and writing the scores. The
program has been written by and for teachers and requires no special
knowledge of computers or MS-DOS.
If you are not an experienced computer or VAR Grade user, there is a
beginner's manual and tutorial that will show you how to get started
with the program. Details are listed below about how to print it.
This program has both beginner and advanced modes. The advanced mode has
more features. For advanced users, there is a much longer manual.
This program can be used for both grades and attendance. You may
grade with either letter or number grades, and you can mix and match
letter and number grades. You can change the points of any assignment
or score at any time. You can also use many different types of
pre-defined assignments (tasks), including ones that are the sums,
averages, and weights of other tasks. Any task or combination of
tasks can be plotted, correlated, and analyzed statistically.
Attendance and seating charts for your classes can be recorded.
Either individual student scores or scores for each section of the
class can be printed. You can also add database items, like address,
age, year in school, etc. When printing, you can control page length,
margins, and type size. International users can change output, dates,
and other country dependent information.
There are no other grading programs that can do all that VAR Grade
does, whether they are shareware or "buy before you try" (store-bought)
programs. Try VAR Grade, then register it.
This program will allow you to have:
--up to 16,000 students, with 2,000 assignments per student
--up to 254 sections of students per class
--up to 240 days of student attendance
--up to 200 database items
--an unlimited number of classes
You can:
--sum, average, weight, and scale assignments, discard the lowest,
convert to percentages, assign extra credit, assign final grades,
and much more
--plot any assignment for individual students or the whole class
--correlate any two exams
--calculate statistics on any assignment
--calculate & assign T-scores, percentiles, and standard deviations
--plot trends for the class or for an individual student
--write the scores to a printer and/or to a disk
--write the scores by section/class or by each individual student
--sort students many ways
--define your own grading system
--export and import data from other programs
--write your own printed reports
--read the disk based manual from anywhere in the program
--use a calculator, calender, and macros
--and MORE, in fact, do just about anything you want!
GETTING STARTED
Instructions on installing the program are listed below.
You can print the manuals on your printer when installing the program.
The Beginner Manual and Tutorial will show you the basic features of
the program. It is suggested reading prior to running the program.
The Advanced Manual gives much more information about the program,
and can also be printed during the installation. Note that a printed
manual comes with Registration (see below).
FILES
Disk #1:
INSTALL.EXE Installation program for VAR Grade.
VARGRA1.ZIP Archive of the following files:
README.DOC Introduction to VAR Grade (this file).
GRADE.EXE This is the main program.
*.BGI Print drivers for VAR Grade.
*.CHR Fonts for the graphics.
Disk #2:
VARGRAD2.ZIP Archive of the following files:
GRADE.OVR This is the (required) overlay for the program.
*.BGI Screen drivers for VAR Grade.
*.FRM Sample report forms
GSAMPLE.PAR Sample class data.
GSAMPLE.DAT Student data for the GSample class.
A.PAR, B.PAR, C.PAR Sample classes.
A.DAT, B.DAT, C.DAT Sample classes.
GRADE.DOC The VAR Grade Manual.
GRADE.TXT The beginner's manual and tutorial
REGISTER.DOC Registration form
SITELIC.DOC Site license information
CHANGES.DOC Major changes from the previous version
VENDOR.DOC Information on distribution of the program
NOTE: on BBS's, all the files may be in one file: VARGRA.ZIP.
REQUIREMENTS
--410K of free memory (512K installed memory)
--One disk drive of 720K or more, a hard disk is recommended
--To display and print graphs:
--Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA or graphics boards
--A dot matrix, ink jet, or laser printer (NOT Daisy wheels).
INSTALLING THE PROGRAM
1) Have 2 disks with 720K or more free disk space, or a hard disk
with at least 1.3 Megabytes free.
2) Put Disk #1 into a disk drive.
3) If Disk #1 is in Drive A, type "A:INSTALL". If Disk #1 is in
Drive B, type "B:INSTALL".
NOTE: If you have a black and white monitor, you may need to type
"A:INSTALL/b" OR "B:INSTALL/b" to force INSTALL into black
and white mode.
4) Follow the directions.
STARTING THE PROGRAM
To start the program, you just need to type "Grade". The files
GRADE.EXE and GRADE.OVR, and a BGI (ends with ".BGI") file are
required by the program. If the manual is installed onto a disk,
it is accessible from within the program.
If you have DOS 2.X:
If the files are somewhere in the DOS PATH, just type "Grade".
The program will find the necessary files. For information about
setting the path command, see the Manual or your MS-DOS disk.
If you have DOS 3.X or later:
If you have a hard disk or wish to start the program from a
different drive, you must type the name of the drive/directory,
then GRADE. e.g., from drive A, and the program on drive C:
A> C:GRADE
The program will find all the necessary files if they are in a
default directory or in a directory specified by the DOS PATH command.
NOTE: If you have a black and white monitor, you may need to type
"GRADE/b" to force VAR GRADE into black and white mode. Further
directions are in the Manual.
REGISTRATION or INFORMATION:
1) After installing the program, when in DOS, turn on your
printer and type "COPY REGISTER.DOC PRN" at the prompt.
2) Fill out the form.
3) To order direct from us:
Make your check payable to "VARed Software".
Purchase orders from schools and universities are accepted.
Mail to:
VARed Software
1490 Calle Fidelidad
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-6819 USA
Credit card orders: You can order VAR Grade from the
Public (Software) Library with your MC, Visa, AmEx, or
Discover Card by calling (800) 2424-PsL or (713) 524-6394,
or by FAX to (713) 524-6398, or by Compuserve to 71355,470,
or by mail to PsL, P.O. Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705.
These credit card numbers are for ordering only.
For dealer pricing, volume discounts, site licensing, latest
version number, or other technical information, contact us
by calling (805) 523-7546, or by Compuserve to 73427,112,
or write to the above address.
4) Outside the US:
The price is $60 in US dollars, and can be paid as above.
In the following places, you can also order the program in
the local currency:
In Australia, you can order from ($90 Austalian):
Budgetware
9 Albermarle Street
Newtown, NSW 204
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 011-(612)-519-4233
In the UK, you can order from (48 Pounds Sterling):
PC Independent User Group
87 High Street
Tonbridge
Kent TN9 1RX
ENGLAND
Tel: 0732 771512 Fax: 0732 771513
BBS: 0732 770539 (8 Bits, no parity, 1 stop bit) FIDO: 2:440/9
Compuserve: 100016,3106
They take Access, MC, Visa, BarclayCard, Sterling Cheques,
and Bankers Draft.
This program is user supported. You may use it on a preview basis only.
If you find the program useful, you MUST register.
Registered users receive the latest version plus a printed manual;
they also receive the next version plus manual when it is released.
Read the MANUAL for further information. Registration outside the
US and Canada is slightly higher. See the manual for details.
Site licenses are also available.
This program can be distributed as SHAREWARE, providing that ALL the
files mentioned above in FILES are included. It is NOT free.
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