Enter
grades as points or as letters, including pluses and minuses.Giving grades
just got easier!
Look no further — You have found the simplest, yet most versatile program for managing student grades.
Topnotch Gradebook is a complete grade management program for teachers at universities, colleges, and high schools. Running in Microsoft Excel, it's a sophisticated spreadsheet application that's incredibly easy to use. Put down your calculator and your copy of Excel for Dummies; with Topnotch Gradebook, you won't need to calculate anything or write any formulas, because all the grade calculations are taken care of automatically, behind the scenes.
Setup is a snap, and entering grades is a breeze. You can quickly enter assignment scores either as letter grades or as points, and the gradebook will instantly adjust. You can even change setup paramaters, like the grading scale or how to weight your categories, on the fly. If you have Microsoft Excel or the free software suite from OpenOffice.org, then you can use Topnotch Gradebook.
Version 2.0 is here!
Released in
January, 2010, Version 2.0 now includes the following features:
- Email grades to a single student
- Send batch emails with grades to every student
- Batch print grade reports for every student
- Sort records by name, id, or final grade
- Export assignment grades for easy uploading to
online systems
like Blackboard, WebCT, or Moodle. - Also includes increased capacity for up to 60 students
It's Portable.
Topnotch Gradebook is entirely contained in a single spreadsheet file, making it highly portable. It will open on any computer that has Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.org without the need to install any additional software. Any data you enter is also stored in the same file. You can store and carry it on a USB memory stick, and even send it to yourself or a colleague by email, and all your data will remain intact.
It's Flexibe.
With Topnotch Gradebook, you have complete control over how your final grades will be calculated. You can keep grades for all your assignments in a single group, or you can set up multiple categories with varying weights.
According to your preference, the spreadsheet will calculate the overall grade within a category either by averaging the percent grades for the assignments or by taking the sum of all the points earned and dividing by the total points possible.
You can even drop up to 5 of the lowest scores in any category or mark assignments for individual students as excused so they will not be counted in the final calculations.
It's Easy to Use.
Setting up a new class is a flash with Topnotch Gradebook. You can easily configure the spreadsheet to match the structure of nearly any course without having to suffer through an endless maze of options. No more blind searches for hidden settings that are buried deep in strangely organized menus! All configuration settings are clearly presented on one worksheet along with detailed instructions.
You don't even have to know much about how to use Excel to use Topnotch Gradebook. You will never have to edit any formulas. In fact, all the important formulas have been locked and hidden to prevent accidental errors.
If you already have a digital list of the students in your class, you can simply copy and paste their names directly into the spreadsheet. What could be easier?
Click here to learn more about Topnotch Gradebook.