Online Gradebooks

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Permalink Reply by Beth Still on August 6, 2008 at 10:30pm

Preston,
Have you looked at Engrade? We just decided to use it last week after the gradebook inside of our LMS (Moodle) failed to stand up to the challenge. Love Moodle...HATE the gradebook feature. Engrade is clean and simple, but maybe too simple for what you are looking for.

Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Preston Holmes on August 6, 2008 at 11:06pm

Yes, I did look at them, but complete lack of any import / export features knocked them out of the running.

I've started looking at edu20.org

I'll update this thread if I find a winner.

-P

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Permalink Reply by Ian Grove-Stephensen on August 7, 2008 at 4:59am

Preston, what sort of import/export do you need? The Yacapaca gradebook can export, but so far it only grades assignments that were run within Yacapaca. Import options are on the to-do list; getting a clearer idea of what users really want is our first step.

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Permalink Reply by Preston Holmes on August 7, 2008 at 11:21pm

Currently all of our assignments would be offline. We are looking more for a classic gradebook, but done well as an online tool.

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Permalink Reply by greg on August 7, 2008 at 4:27pm

Hi Preston,
I also use engrade. I have used this program for three years. It is free. Parents and students can sign up for their own accounts. If I make a mistake recording their grades, they will tell me. Which is nice to know that they care about their grades. For the last three years, it has been very slow at the beginning of the year. Just wait a few weeks and it will be fast again. You can import and export so you don't have to keep a handwritten gradebook. I have also used grade connect. However, it is only free for the teacher. It will keep parents and students informed.
Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Preston Holmes on August 7, 2008 at 11:37pm

I love how clean and easy Engrade is to use. But the design doesn't allow us to use our student IDs as student IDs because they aren't exactly secret and there is no other password for access. There is also no admin option to upload the whole school's course list and then download all grades in a data friendly format.

But otherwise I do love the layout, and for individual teachers - its one of the best. I'm looking for something that I can administer at the school level.

-P

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Permalink Reply by Matt Hoenshell on August 7, 2008 at 9:10pm

I use easy grade pro. It does have a small charge for it but can also be used with a palm enabled device. Take a look

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Permalink Reply by Preston Holmes on August 7, 2008 at 11:39pm

We have a site license to the desktop application version of Easy Grade Pro and is what we are using currently.

To get any sort of feature enhancement over that version in an online version you need to bundle it with Edline, and to get decent data import/export you need to add on their "live link" package. This adds up to a hefty annual subscription.

-P

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Permalink Reply by Mark McDaniel on August 8, 2008 at 8:43am

Preston, I have used www.engrade.com for two semesters now and am quite impressed - especially since it is free. There are a couple of things I wished they did better, but all in all, it does a great job of allowing students (and parents) view grades. Students can also combine their classes into one login code. Pretty cool. Hope this helps.

Mark McDaniel

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Permalink Reply by Wally Katolik on August 8, 2008 at 6:48pm

Preston:

You might want to take a look at: http://www.excelsiorsoftware.com/K12Solutions/powerlawSignup.aspx

This gradebook is FREE for a 1 semester trial and is Standards Based. The web-based version is integrated into their Pinnacle Suite which of course isnt free.

For more information contact them at:
Excelsior Software, Inc.
980 37th Avenue Court
Greeley, CO 80634
Phone: 800.473.4572
Fax: 970.353.5042
Sales Inquiries: solutions@excelsiorsoftware.com

Hope that this helps.

If you contact them feel free to dropmy name.

Wally

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on August 9, 2008 at 6:34pm

Preston,

My district has adopted a program called Webgrader. It is a standards based program. You might want to check it out.

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Permalink Reply by BrownHornet on November 14, 2008 at 9:23pm

Preston,
Any luck with this? I also like engrade but want to keep setup work to a bare minimum which means import class lists from a .txt, .xls or .csv. I don't think engrade does this..

In fact, i know it is asking a lot, but I'd want to be able to import the assessment calendar for all classes as well. Asking staff to re-enter data is not an option



Love to know if you found one Preston

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