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To get started using Gradekeeper after downloading it and installing it on your computer, the best thing to do is read the first few pages of the Gradekeeper Users Guide (PDF) and, eventually, as much of it as possible.
Just a few comments:
- For each class you will create a new file, which ends in the .grk extension. Make sure you keep backups of these files, in case something happens to the one you're working on. You can password protect these files if you think students may be able to get to them somehow.
- You can enter students names manually, or you can import them (along with ID numbers and other student information) from a simple, text, comma delimited (CSV) or tab delimited (TSV) file (see p. 29 of the Gradekeeper Users Guide); you can choose which fields the imported file has. Click here to see
- You will want to choose your class's specific options, such as types of assignments (tests, homework(s), presentations, participation) and their relative weights, the duration of the term, grade break-offs, and the days the class meets (for the attendance chart). You choose this from the Gradebook Options dialog box from the Gradebook file menu. The first tab of this dialog is labeled School Year. Make sure you choose "School year has 1 term" for regular one semester long courses.
If you have any questions, you have different options:
- Read the Gradekeeper Users Guide (PDF)
- Go to the Gradekeeper website and visit its FAQ page
- Contact Jon Aske, the Gradekeeper contact person at Salem State College
- Ask a colleague who uses Gradekeeper
- Join the SSC Gradekeeper Users mailing list
If you have become proficient with Gradekeeper and would like to volunteer to help a fellow faculty member get started with it, please contact Jon Aske and let him know.
Last updated: November 27, 2008
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