What's new in Gradekeeper 6.8
Jun 17, 2013
- Added submenus for export, email, and sorting
- Better error messages while sending email reports
- Discontinued support for the Palm and Pocket PC apps
- You can select email addresses to send email reports to
- You can now enter percents over 100 for student grades
- Category summary in student scores report shows weights
- Attendance deductions will now be included in email reports
- Special characters should now appear properly in email reports
- There is now a keyboard shortcut for the student scores report
- Sorting by category will now use the order in gradebook options
- Switching to report will now show selected student or assignment
- Previous window placement is restored when starting the program
New in Gradekeeper 6.7 (Feb 21, 2011)
- Improvements:
- Shows footnote text when mouse hovers over score
- Asks to add non-existing category when adding assignment
- Added scale factor to report options for multiple class report
- Zoom factor is remembered between uses on that computer
- Category summary will no longer include extra credit category
- Class grades report can show total points earned and possible
- Corrects the following problems:
- Allowed some incorrect email addresses for email reports
- Total points possible over 21,475 resulted in grade of 0
New in Gradekeeper 6.6 (Apr 13, 2010)
- Added Clear Recent Files command
- New assignments will use most recent date
- Assignment scores report includes letter grades
- Non-graded assignments are not included in reports
- Blank scores will no longer be dropped as worst scores
- Missing extra credit assignment scores are considered excused
- Palm application will no longer allow attendance outside of school year
- Can send email reports with server requiring TLS or SSL secure connection
- Missing assignments report includes signature line when showing one per page
- Missing assignments report includes student summary when showing one per page
New in Gradekeeper 6.5 (Mar 16, 2009)
- Improvements:
- Can now export email addresses.
- Can now edit and lock the term grade.
- Can include tardies in attendance deduction.
- Missing extra credit work is considered excused.
- Assignment scores report includes basic statistics.
- Class summary report includes breakdown by grade.
- Can click column header to sort by ID, name, or grade.
- Can enter negative scores to deduct from points possible.
- Can enter multiple email addresses in each student email field.
- Can use up and down arrow to change assignment date by one day.
- Fixes:
- Attendance grid pagination did not always work.
- Multiple class report did not show correct assignments.
- Curving assignments did not use the chosen minimum score.
- Mid-term exams were not included in year-end grade properly.
New in Gradekeeper 6.4 (Apr 14, 2008)
- Added Class Summary report
- Added ability to save classes to SchoolSpeak
- Added check box to update last SchoolSpeak report
- Added ability to send email reports from within Gradekeeper
- Fix: Palm conduit did not read files correctly
- Fix: Pocket PC application did not read files correctly
- Fix: Gradekeeper hung when opening classes with passwords
New in Gradekeeper 6.3 (Apr 1, 2008)
- Added Class Summary report
- Added ability to save classes to SchoolSpeak
- Added check box to update last SchoolSpeak report
- Added ability to send email reports from within Gradekeeper