GradeQuick

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A workshop for teachers
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• Does the end of a marking period send chills up
  your spine?

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Do progress reports cause your blood pressure to
rise?
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Does averaging all of those grades compare to
having a root canal?
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YES
YES
If you answered yes to any of those questions,
then you will love GradeQuick a multi-faceted
grading and reporting program.
YES
YES
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GradeQuick Set Up..

• Changing the font
• Options Font
• Changing column widths
• View - column widths
• Dont get too fancy with font style and size.
• Some characters may not show up.

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Student Info
GradeQuick Set Up..

• Edit - Student Information
• Check out the different fields (address, phone,
  homeroom)
• Add a field (book , computer , locker ,
  Special Education liaisons)
• Any field can be viewed or not viewed

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Class Info.

• Edit - Class Information
• You can edit any information that pertains to the
  whole class (inclusion, honors, level 1, remedial)

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Grade Scale.

• Grading - Set grading scale
• Check the grades given for each letter grade and
  make your changes.
• Create numerical grades also for checks, oks,
  etc.
• If you want all grade books to be the same, go to
  
• Options - Save Settings - Select Grade Scale
• Standard with or without and -

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Numeric Grades
Grade Scale.

• You can have either letter grades for report
  cards or numeric grades.
• Grading - Grading Preferences (choose numeric and
  check out the last column of your gradesheet).
• Multiple Grade Scales
• Advanced youll need to wait for the next
  workshop GradeQuick Part II

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Change Grading Symbol
Grade Scale.

• Grading - Set Grading Symbols
• Check out Julia Chang
• You can add any word, but only 4 letters lets
  add Wow at 105
• To enter a checkmark, hit Control-C for a
  checkmark , hit Control-C, etc.

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Attendance
Grade Scale.

• Edit Attendance
• Set first day of class
• Edit term dates
• Edit Attendance Chart
• File edit codes
• File send attendance
• View options

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Category Test Info
Grade Scale.

• The term test stands for any assignment
• So you may use quiz, homework, project,
  activity, lab, test, etc.
• Click to the right of the last grade column (or
  F6) to get a new column.
• Lets play

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Sorting
Practice.

• You can sort students by any category in the
  chart
• You can sort tests by date, type, etc.
• View - Sort

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Weighting Terms
Practice.

• Grading Weighting
• If you want all four terms to weigh equally in
  the final average, you must put their weigh each
  term equally (100,100,100,100 or 17,17,17,17)
• If you dont want all four terms to weigh equally
  in the final average, dont weigh the terms, and
  the total points for each term will prevail.

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Weighting Categories
Practice.

• Tests, Quizzes, Labs, Homework, etc. can
  have different percentage weights in the term.
• If a test is 50, it is 50 of the term grade.
• It does not need to add up to 100.

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Drop Low Scores
Practice.

• You can automatically drop the lowest score/s in
  any category.
• Lets check out Dave Johnson

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Seating Chart
Practice.

• Edit Seating Chart
• File New Chart
• Choose how to set up the chart
• To modify a seating chart - left click and hit
  delete on keyboard, and a seat will be deleted,
  or right click, and a new seat will appear.

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Printing
Practice.

• Click on Reports Student
• Lets go crazy

• Click on Reports Gradebook Spreadsheet
• Click on Reports Blank Gradebook

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Term Subtotals
Practice.

• Click on View Subtotals
• Select Terms
• Click on Options Save Settings
• Send Export Semester 1 Grades to Administrators
  Plus

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Comments
Practice.

• Get list of comment codes
• View Student Information
• Choose comment code 1 and 2

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Questions????
Questions???
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Bibliography GradeQuick. Computer software.
Jackson Software, 2001. PC/Mac v. 5.01c, CD-Rom
(screenshots) Microsoft Office 2000 Professional
Edition. Computer software. Microsoft
Corporation, 1983-1999. PC, CD-Rom
(clipart) Clip Art. On-line. March 11, 2002.
Available http//school.discovery.com/clipart/cli
p/desktop.html Clip Art. On-line. March 11,
2002. Available www.kidsdomain.com