![]() Many elementary and secondary school teachers use these and other similar programs (indeed, the marketing for these programs is geared to this audience group), but this is not to say that university faculty can’t also use them. Gradekeeper is an inexpensive software program that makes keeping track of students’ grades an easy experience. Such programs keep the simplicity of an old skool gradebook, they can calculate grades like Excel, and they can provide similar reports that CMS programs offer. There are other programs that balance the three styles mentioned here. ![]() Course Management Systems can be cumbersome to navigate (at least the first time), and the learning curve on these systems can be steep (yes, that’s happened to me, and I consider myself technologically savvy). You could not understand Excel well enough to know how to create the formulas necessary to calculate the grades (that’s happened to me). The technologically savvy instructors use course management systems (CMS), WebCT, Blackboard, or eCollege, as they have built-in grade keeping programs that link assignments with grades (percentages or points).Įach of these methods has drawbacks: you could lose that piece of paper (that’s happened to me). Other educators use Excel spreadsheets to keep track of students and their grades. Some professors use the the old skool method of keeping a gradebook (or a piece of paper) that lists students’ grades. ![]() Educators today have many effective ways to track student progress. The next hardest thing about teaching is keeping track of students’ grades. One of the hardest things about teaching is the evaluation of student work.
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