Enter grades as points or as letters, including pluses and minuses.Topnotch Gradebook
Look no further -- You have found the easiest and most flexible program for managing grades!
Topnotch Gradebook is a complete gradebook program in the form of a spreadsheet that makes it easy for teachers and instructors to track students' grades for a course. It quickly converts letter grades into points and vice versa, while allowing the user to change setup parameters, such as the weights for categories, on the fly. If you have Microsoft Excel or the free software suite from OpenOffice.org, then you can use Topnotch Gradebook.
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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 can enter grades either as points or as letter grades and the spreadsheet will automatically adjust.
According to your preferences, the spreadsheet will calculate the overall grade for a category either by simply averaging the percent grades of the assignments in the category or by taking the sum of the points earned and dividing it 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.
Topnotch Gradebook gives you the ability to weight each category with a percent, or you can tell it to weight them dynamically according to how many points are possible in each.
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?
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