The gradebook contains six settings options that include: School Year, Grade Categories, Grading, Letter Grades, Scores, and Attendance. Once downloaded you are ready to set up the gradebook. Please note that the proprietor has recently developed versions for other platforms that have the same functionality, but with additional one-time fees: iPads ($4.99), iPhones ($2.99), Androids ($0.99). The rationale is that the desktop version is the most robust version and offers the full set of tools. I prefer the version for Windows and I will focus this review on the Windows version. The next step is to download the program. We have been using our Gradekeeper school license in the Modern Languages Department at Daemen College since 2005 purchasing a school or district license allows all associated faculty access to the program. Fees are one-time transactions that never need to be renewed and allow for downloading new versions at no additional cost. Licenses for the desktop version and the web app are available for a single user ($20), a school license ($100), or a district license ($500). In addition Gradekeeper offers a Web App boasting three editions Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive. There are multiple versions available for download: Gradekeeper for Windows (7, 8, 10), iPad, iPhone, Android. All licenses are granted into perpetuity, include updates, and permit both home and office use.Įasy, with a very intuitive interface accessible via multiple operating systems (Chromebook, Linux, Windows, Mac). Individual license – $20, school license $100, district license $500. The grade and attendance tracking features, reporting capabilities, ease of use, affordability, and the LMS gaps that Gradekeeper fills, are the motivation for wanting to share this application with readers of The FLTMAG. The creators of the program share in the application’s support document that they wrote Gradekeeper because they were “unable to find an inexpensive grading program that had the features wanted and was also easy to use” and hope that “Gradekeeper fills that void…” In my experience, Gradekeeper fills that void and continues to be relevant. ◦ Attendance Tracking with Attendance-Code Options and Global/Individual Comments ◦ Grade Tracking Features with Score-Codes Options and Easy Grade Calculation I like it because it greatly facilitates my ability to: communicate grades with key players (students, advisers), maintain detailed and accurate student records that are easy to view, and swiftly generate various types of reports that facilitate administrative duties. It is quick and easy to set up, easy to use, and offers report features that aren’t available in some Learning Management Systems (LMS) packages. Gradekeeper is a grade tracking program that facilitates the administrative and educational duties of instructors, for on-campus, hybrid, or online courses. Save your money.By Melissa Fiori, Associate Professor of Spanish, Daemen College, Amherst, NY I'm sorry, but it's definitely not worth $4.99 at this point. Perhaps the developer could put out a demo version for the iPad before people spend their money on the real thing. At present however, as another reviewer put it, it's not ready for prime time. I'm sure the developer is well-meaning and hard-working, and one day this may be a great app. However, the iPad app seems to lack many if not most of the functions and ease of use. Apparently, if the reviews are to be believed, this is a great program - on the computer. Moreover, the documentation is very sparse, really little more than a brief description. (This is what's shown on the developer's website, and it's not clear that it isn't available in the iPad version.) There may be a way to do this in the iPad app but not easily or obviously (and I'm pretty tech savvy). I was expecting - hoping for - a spreadsheet-like template into which I could easily enter or import my student lists, then their attendance and their test grades. It isn't.Īs other reviews have noted, the iPad app interface isn't at all easy or intuitive to use. The rave reviews and the online screenshots led me to believe that this was it. I wanted a simple, easy-to-use gradebook and attendance record, like my old markbooks.
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