1.4. Impacts
The positive potential impacts of the grader tool increases efficiency due to less manual manipulation, as
well as increases grade organization. Examples of this are listed below:
- No more manual calculations for extra credit and late penalties
- Grade breakdown and curving is done with the histogram and pie chart
- Collapsable columns, tables, and sections allow for a more clean UI
Potential negative impacts include those common to any user-oriented software system.
If the system is poorly designed and implemented, it can be inconvenient to use and decrease rather than increase user productivity.
More specific negative impacts relate to issues of privacy, reliability, and data integrity.
If the system implementation is flawed, it may reveal private information that users do not wish to be revealed.
Significant disruption may also occur if the system looses or corrupts important grade data.
If the grades were somehow curved in a corrupt manner, the grades might be submitted and appear severely incorrect on users' final grade reports.
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