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Version Notes
3.1 contains several minor fixes: long names and labels no
longer wrap down where they shouldn't, page flipping for the
roster display has been fixed, and the name change feature has
been improved, as indicated in the manual. A bug that shortened
names to 18 characters after printing them in two columns has also
been squashed. Commas in labels are replaced by semicolons to
prevent crashes when loading a roster. Sorting by grade has been
improved, grouping *'s at end.
3.0a fixes a bug that caused grade weights rather than the grades
themselves to be displayed in the selection box when recording by
row.
3.0 incorporates many new features and other improvements. Most
noticeably, the menu has been redesigned for clarity and to make
room for several new functions. These allow you to rename files on
disk, to curve grades for individual assignments automatically,
and to transfer names or grades from one roster to another (great
if you have readers or TAs). Labels can now be up to 40
characters long. You can put a / before a grade and the grade
will not be counted in calculating the final GPA. The statistics
display now shows the number of waived assignments separately, and
the calculations of mean, variance and standard deviation have been
made more accurate. You can set grade ranges automatically, using
either the grade distribution or the maximum possible score, and
the resultant distributions are more normal. If you set ranges
manually, you can vary the values for + and - grades. The final
grade is now shown along with all others on the roster display,
while the final grade display also shows the total number of
points scored and the corresponding proportion of the maximum
possible score.
2.06 enables the desk accessories.
2.05 saves the Curve, Sign Factor and Range to disk.
2.04 restores the "ruler" on the color monitor.
2.03 eliminates problems with the automatic recalculation
of the GPA/AVG when recording grades. Error checking has been
improved.
2.02 fixes a bug in the display of ranges for number grades and
one in the routine for deleting a student's record which affected
subsequent final grades.
Version 2.01 fixes a bug in the printing of names that caused
names to be abbreviated under certain circumstances. Maximum
number of grades reduced from 29 to 28 to make room for display of
final grade. Adding by row fixed to display "GRADE" for final
grade. The "ruler" feature has also been improved.
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Version 2.0 has several major changes. Final grades can now be
added or changed manually and saved with the roster. You can
merge any number of rosters, letter or number. There are several
new printing options, including the ability to print one grade
with each name, to specify the number of words in the name to be
printed and to set the line spacing. Names themselves can now be
entries of up to 255 characters. Final grade displays can also
give the cumulative point total for each student and the
percentage of the maximum possible points which that total
represents. Typo checking has been improved. You can now scroll
twice as fast through the roster by holding down both mouse
buttons.
Version 1.8 allows you to sort records on any field, i.e. to
arrange students in descending order according to their grades for
any particular assignment, or final scores. Other minor fixes.
Version 1.7 fixes some bugs in the way 1.6 handled grades recorded
as slashes or spaces in number files.
Version 1.6 contains several improvements over version 1.3. First,
the current version is compiled, so you can run it directly from
the desktop. Other new features include the ability to
-- transform all grades and files recorded as scores
into equivalent letter grades
-- automatically set or adjust the ranges for each grade
to fit a normal curve
-- automatically check for typos when recording grades
-- change the labels for assignments
-- delete an assignment
-- store and display up to 30 grades for each student
-- print roster with single or double spacing
There are, in addition, many other minor improvements in the program.