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VAR Grade Version 4.6 May, 1991
(C) Copyright 1987-1991 by Dennis Revie All rights Reserved
Welcome to VAR GRADE!
FEATURES
This program has been written to be 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 user, the manual will show
you how to get started with the program. Details are listed below about
how to print the manual.
The 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 for your classes can be recorded. Several categories of
attendance are defined by VAR Grade. Individual student scores can
be printed or scores for each section of the class can be printed.
You can even control page length, margins, and type size when printing the
data.
This program will allow you to grade:
--up to 16,000 students
--up to 2,000 exams per student
--up to 254 sections of students per class
--an unlimited number of classes
You can:
--record up to 240 days of student attendance
--for assignments, you can sum, average, weight, and scale them,
discard the lowest, convert to percentages, assign extra credit, etc.
--assign final grades
--plot any assignment for the class or for an individual students
--correlate any two exams
--calculate statistics on any assignment (means, medians, and std.
deviations)
--plot trends for the class or for an individual student
--assign T-scores or Standard Deviations for assignments
--write the exams to a printer and/or to a disk
--write the exams by section/class or by each individual student
--sort students several ways
--define your own grading system
--export and import data from other programs
--write your own printed reports, using student scores
--get help from anywhere in the program
--and MORE!
MANUAL
You can print the manual on your printer or to a disk file by putting
the disk with GRADE.MAN in a drive and typing "COPY GRADE.MAN PRN"
at the DOS prompt. This will give you a hard copy of the manual--over
100 pages. The manual gives a lot of information about the program, and
it is suggested reading prior to running the program. Note that you can
purchase laser-printed manuals (see below).
FILES
The following files are in this version of VAR Grade:
Disk #1:
README.BAT Lists Readme.46 to the screen.
README.46 Introduction to VAR Grade.
PKUNZIP.EXE Archive program used to extract files.
INSTALL.EXE Installation program for VAR Grade.
(If you got this program off a BBS, the above four files
were in a file called GRADE0.ZIP.)
GRADE1.ZIP Archive of the following files:
GRADE.EXE This is the main program.
GRADE.OVR This is the overlay for the program.
REGISTER.TXT Registration form.
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.
Disk #2:
PKUNZIP.EXE Archive program used to extract files.
GRADE2.ZIP Archive of the following files:
GRADE.HLP The file containing help screens.
INSTALLP.EXE The program that installs printers.
GPRTDRV.PDT Printer drivers (for INSTALLP).
*.BGI Screen drivers for VAR Grade.
*.CHR Fonts for the screen drivers.
*.FRM Sample report forms
GRADE.MAN The VAR Grade Manual.
GRUTIL.EXE Utility program used to load students into
classes or print grids of the classes.
Disk #3:
BDE.EXE Program to change printer codes. NOTE: This
program is included with the registered version.
However, unregistered users may obtain a copy of it
by sending $10 for postage and handling to the
address listed below for registering the program.
REQUIREMENTS
--A class to grade
--320K of free memory (384K installed memory).
--Two 360K disk drives or 1 drive of 720K or more.
--To display and print graphs:
--Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, IBM8514, or PC3270 graphics boards
or ones that emulate these (any board capable of displaying graphics).
--A dot matrix, ink jet, or laser printer (NOT Daisy wheels).
INSTALLING THE PROGRAM
1) Have four empty 360K disks or 2 disks with 720K free disk space,
or a hard disk with over 1.2 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.
EXTRACTING THE MANUAL
If you want to extract the manual, but not the rest of the program,
insert Disk #2 into drive A, and type "A:PKUNZIP GRADE2 GRADE.MAN"
STARTING THE PROGRAM
To start the program, you just need to type "Grade". The files
GRADE.EXE, GRADE.HLP, GRADE.PDT, and a ?.BGI file are needed 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:
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.
NOTES: -This program is user supported. You may use it on a preview basis
only. If you find the program useful, you MUST register it by
sending $50 to the address below. Registered users will receive
the latest version plus a printed manual; they also receive the
following 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. It is not free.
For Registration or Information:
1) After installing the program, when in MS-DOS, turn on your
printer and type "COPY REGISTER.TXT 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
(SSN #547-74-1240).
Mail to:
VARed Software
1490 Calle Fidelidad
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-6918
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.
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