ClassRoom GradeBook ™ (version 8.0) is a Windows 9x/XP and Vista Freeware grade book program for teachers. It is designed to make your record keeping and grading much easier. It's yours for free from our Download page.
ClassRoom GradeBook is the culmination of many years of work on a free Gradebook Program aimed at making the difficult working life of teachers everywhere an easier one. This is the eighth version of the program--and its third metamorphosis. Over a decade ago, in the early days of Windows 9x, "ClassRoom Windows" appeared on the scene. Each new version introduced new and improved features. When Windows exited the 9x world and entered the NT-based XP environment, the program--in Version 7--evolved into "ClassRoom Portals." In preparing for the Vista era, the program reaches Version 8, and emerges--with a new data-file format and a multitude of new, more powerful features--as "ClassRoom GradeBook."
ClassRoom GradeBook was created by two urban public school teachers with decades of real-world classroom experience. The program has one basic premise. You, the teacher, are entering a huge, enchanted "ClassRoom" filled with many portals through which you must pass as the term progresses. But you are not alone; your computerized "GradeBook" will guide you through these doorways at different times during the school year to make your record keeping and grading much more efficient.
Features: Using ClassRoom GradeBook freeware, you can
* create your class or subject files [a wizard is included to assist new users] * edit your class roster, including ID, home-contact information and comments * enter and edit grades and attendance * classify each grade according to type, e.g., test, quiz, homework, etc. * view and print students' records in many different and useful ways * compute and print student averages and final grades by using many options supplied by the program * make up grades using "types" * use the Total Points System of Grading * view and print statistics * follow a "roadmap" designed to help you navigate through the program * view or print ClassRoom GradeBook's User's Guide [in PDF format] * use context-sensitive help * enter additional optional Supplementary Information into your ClassRoom GradeBook data file * print your "roll book" by Name or ID * view and print a student's grades on your "One Student Printouts" with different sort options, and choose to print only certain types of grades
ClassRoom GradeBook version 8 freeware includes a number of new features and enhancements:
* The TOTAL length of a name you can enter has now been increased to 30 characters. This 30 character total is for combined last and first names, divided up as needed. * The ID field has now been increased to accommodate values up to 12 characters. * When you open a class file, you will now see a new main screen on which you can directly perform many functions which were previously accessible only through the pull-down menu or toolbar. * On the Main menu's Roster tab, you could decide to sort your files by Name or ID. Now you have a viewing option based on your sort choice. * If your school (or you) keep your records only by ID and not by name, you no longer have to enter a first and last name for students. Just enter a dash (-) or another symbol when you're prompted for first or last name. * There is now a new option if you use points to make up grades. You can choose to make up grades using points and weighted types. First you choose which testing instruments you want to include in your average and then you can give each type category a weight. * Once you make up a grade, the options you chose in computing the average (method selected, drop lowest grade option, rounding option, etc.) will be saved and can be viewed on a summary form; therefore, you won't have to go through the preliminary make up grades screens again unless you change values that will affect your choices. * You can now make up to three sets of your own rounding values and save each of them. * The Extra Credit option has been strengthened. When calculating averages using Individual Items or Types, the total weights WITHOUT extra credit will equal 100. The extra credit item or type can then be given its own additional weight. * When entering testing instruments, if a majority of the class received a certain grade, or just a few papers came in early and you have some "missing" grades, you can now use the "fill button" to fill in any "missing" grade. * You can now enter the number of times late (tardiness) for all students. * Changes in printing (1) All print forms can now be printed by Name and/or ID. (2) You can now print out all attendance periods entered. (3) An individual testing instruments can now by printed in Rank order. (4) When you print out grades for individual students, you can now include a summary of the grades showing how the student did in each type category. (5) On individual student printouts, you can now ask for a parent signature. You can also print summary attendance.
NOTE: ClassRoom GradeBook installation now uses the Microsoft Windows Installer technology. The Windows Installer engine is already present on Windows XP and Vista computers. It might very well already exist on computers using other operating systems (e.g., Windows 9x) if it was previously installed by another product's installation. But NOT to worry! If Windows Installer is not on your machine, you can download Windows Installer from Microsoft.
