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                         GRADEBOOK for Windows

  This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP).  ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle
works for you.  If you are unable to resolve a shareware related problem with
an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help.
The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP
member, but does not provide technical support for members' products.  Please
write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a
CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to the ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.

Program Description:

  GRADEBOOK allows you to keep student scores and calculate grades
automatically.  Because every instructor records and calculates grades
differently, the program was designed to be flexible.  GRADEBOOK can be used
by elementary, junior high school, high school and college instructors.  It
sets no practical limit on the number of terms, classes, students or tasks.
Multiple periods per term and custom term names are supported.

  GRADEBOOK keeps track of student scores on various tasks in up to ten
different categories.  All categories except extra credit are user-definable.
GRADEBOOK will keep your student list in alphabetical order or you may place
the students in any desired order to agree with a manually kept grade book.
Reports may be in rank order if desired.  Student names and optional ID
numbers may be entered manually or optionally imported from an ASCII file.
All program input is checked for validity as it is entered.

  Using GRADEBOOK, you can calculate your grades by summing the raw scores or
by assigning weighting factors to particular categories of tasks.  You have
the option of ignoring low scores in each category when you calculate the
final grade.  Several options are available for extra credit and not counted
scores may be entered.  Scores may be incremented, scaled or adjusted to
obtain the desired mean or standard deviation.  Custom scores may be
calculated as a function of other scores.

  GRADEBOOK can calculate and plot the distribution of scores for a single
class or for several combined classes, for a single task or for all the
tasks.  Based on this distribution, you specify the interval of scores for
each letter grade.  GRADEBOOK then automatically calculates the final grade
for each student.  GRADEBOOK can assign either A, B, C, D, and E grades, or
plus and minus grades.  Custom letter grades may also be assigned.  GRADEBOOK
can also calculate and plot the distribution of grades for a single class or
for several combined classes.  Grades and scores may be printed on an
instructor summary sheet for your use or as individual student reports.
Different report formats are available.  You can issue progress reports any
time during a grading period and GRADEBOOK will automatically calculate the
appropriate interim weights.  Progress reports may contain teacher notes.  If
you wish, reports can be printed for posting using student ID numbers.
GRADEBOOK allows you to revise any data including student and task order at
any time.  GRADEBOOK will quickly calculate what score would be required on
the final exam to get a particular term grade.  GRADEBOOK allows students
that have different grading criteria to be extracted from the main class and
allows extracted students to be combined back into the main class.  Students,
tasks, scores and averages may be automatically transferred to new classes or
summary classes.

  GRADEBOOK will work with any printer (optional) that is supported by
Microsoft Windows.  Full font support is provided for Window's printer and
screen fonts.  GRADEBOOK may easily be interfaced with other programs.
Student names and ID numbers may be imported from ASCII files.  Student names
and ID numbers, score lists and grade lists may be exported to ASCII files.
In addition GRADEBOOK allows you to use the Windows clipboard to import and
export GRADEBOOK data and charts to other Windows applications.  You may copy
term lists, class lists, student lists, score lists, score distributions,
grade lists, grade distributions, interim weight reports and required final
scores using the clipboard to programs such as Excel and Word for Windows.
The score distribution charts and grade distribution charts may also be
copied into other applications.  Scores may be copied to and from other
programs using the clipboard.

  GRADEBOOK includes commands for easily backing up and restoring your
student data for extra security.  GRADEBOOK will keep its data files on the
hard disk, or if you prefer, it will keep your data files on floppy disks for
added security.  An optional password may be used.  GRADEBOOK allows the data
files to be kept in separate subdirectories if several instructors must share
one computer.

System Requirements:

  GRADEBOOK requires Windows version 3.0 or later running in standard or
enhanced mode.  Microsoft recommends at least a 10Mhz 80286 computer with 2
MB of memory for running Windows applications.  GRADEBOOK requires 768 K of
extended memory.  Because memory is usually added in .5 MB or 1 MB or 2 MB
increments, this requires a computer with 2 MB of memory installed.  Windows
3.0 may operate in three modes, real, standard or enhanced.  Real mode is the
only mode available for computers with less than 1 megabyte of memory (640K
conventional, 256K extended).  Enhanced mode requires at least 1024 K of
extended memory and a 386 or 486 computer.  You may determine what mode
Windows is operating in by clicking on Help from the program manager and then
clicking on About.  Please refer to your Windows manual for more information
on how to change modes.  Note that in version 3.0 of Windows it is possible
to start Windows when Windows is already running.  If you start Windows and
then double click the DOS icon, you are returned to the DOS prompt.  Typing
WIN to start Windows from the DOS prompt will then start a second instance of
Windows.  Even though the first instance of Windows was in standard mode, the
second instance of Windows will start in real mode.  The correct way to
return to Windows from the DOS prompt is by typing EXIT.  If you get an error
message saying that this program needs Windows in standard or enhanced mode
you need to restart Windows in the correct mode.

Shareware Information:

  GRADEBOOK is a shareware program.  You can think of shareware as try before
you buy software.  It is not free software or public domain software.  If you
like the program and use it for more than a 30 day trial period, you must
register the program by sending in payment with the registration form, by
calling 800-242-4775 and ordering item number 10763 by credit card or by
registering program ID number 685 on CompuServe (GO SWREG).  A registered
copy of this program is required for each computer operating the program
simultaneously whether the computer stands alone or is on a network.  The
shareware version of GRADEBOOK has all the features and capabilities of the
registered program.  You may make and distribute copies to others and are
encouraged to do so.  You should distribute the self extracting GB.EXE file
which is a compressed file containing the GRADEBOOK distribution files.  You
may also distribute the GB.ZIP file which requires a program such as PKUNZIP
to decompress the files.  These file names may be followed by the program
version number such as GB203.EXE or GB203.ZIP.

  GRADEBOOK is continuously being revised to incorporate user suggestions.
Please let the author know of any improvements or features that you would
like to see in the program.  Low cost disk updates ($3.00 - includes install
program and VBRUN200.DLL) are available for both registered and unregistered
users directly from the author.  The latest unregistered version of the
program may be obtained and downloaded from the Edforum or WinAdv forum on
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