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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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