Gradekeeper is a powerful tool for managing your gradebook. With Gradekeeper you can:
• Have 250 students per class
• Have 100 assignments per term
• Group assignments into 10 categories
• Excuse individual assignments for any student
• Drop the “worst” score in one or more categories
• Compute grades based on total points or category weights
• Assign letter grades based on your own letter grade cutoffs
• Have final exams contribute to term, semester, or final grades
• Keep every score and assignment for the entire school year
• Divide your school year into two, three, four, or six terms

Gradekeeper is very easy to use. The default options allow you to enter students, assignments, and scores immediately. Setting up your own categories, letter grade cutoffs, and grading options is as easy as clicking your mouse.

Getting Started
Creating a new class with Gradekeeper takes only a few minutes. When you double click the Gradekeeper icon, the program will create a new class. Before you enter any students or assignments, you should take a moment to set up a few things. Keep in mind that you can change these options at any time.

Click the first item in the upper left part of the gradebook grid and type your school name, hit return and type the name of this class, then hit return and enter your name. Hit return again. Choose Gradebook Options from the Gradebook menu.

Click the School Year tab. Your school year options determine the number of terms in your school year, when each term begins and ends, and which days of the week are included in the attendance grid.

Use the pop-up menu to choose the number of terms in your school year. Gradekeeper will estimate the starting and ending dates of each term. Adjust these dates as needed. Use the tab key to move from item to item. Click the check boxes for each day of the week you want in your attendance grid. Click the Categories tab. Your assignment categories help you organize your assignments. If you compute grades using category weights, your category weights will determine how much various assignments will contribute to the term grade. If you compute grades using total points earned, your category weights will be ignored.

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