Gradebook Plus – Quick Guide

• Program Set Up – From the drop down menu under SPECIAL
  • Select Change Program Set up
  • Make your personal selections
• Set up a Class
  • From File drop down menu, select set up a new class
  • Name class and select
• Change the Grading Scale-set up the grade scale
• Change the Weight of Categories
  • You may weight or choose not to weight and even color code the categories
• Entering Scores
  • From the ADD drop down menu
  • Select enter a set of score
  • Give the score a title and possible points

v     If you have assigned categories the title must be preceded by the category name

v     Example:  homework-chapter 3

• Enter scores and save
• Edit a Set of Scores
  • From the KEY drop down menu, select the item to be edited
  • Select Change Info and make your changes accordingly – this may be renaming the entry, changing the possible points, adding point to all class members’ score, or changing the factor applied.
• Drop a score
  • From the ALTER drop down menu, select remove a set of scores
• Add/transfer of remove  a new student
  • From the ALTER drop down menu, select remove or transfer and student
  • Select the student to be dropped or transferred, select the action to be taken
• Group Maker
  • From the REPORTS drop down menu, select Group Maker Report
  • Select the number of students in a group and the method of grouping
• Printing Reports
  • From the REPORTS drop down menu, select Gradebook of entire class (you will want to print this and keep a hard copy at the end of each nine weeks.
  • From the REPORTS drop down menu, select Individual student report

v     Identify the students for a report and select your qualifiers.

v     Always select two per page (if room)

• From the REPORTS drop down menu, select Statistics on entry
• From the REPORTS drop down menu, select Rosters and entry sheets.   These are great to print for a substitute.  Never leave your grade book!
• Backing up files to a disk or remove drive
  • From the file menu, select BACK UP CLASS FILES; select the drive you are backing up to and complete to back up.
  • When moving these file to another computer, from the file menu, select retrieve Class Files; select the location of the files to be retrieved.  

One more tip, at the end of the nine weeks – select Replicate Class roster from the FILE menu and you are ready to go for the next nine weeks!

                          Good Luck !