Microsoft Excel is a widely used tool with many uses. It is very good at making spreadsheets and displaying graphs and charts of data. It is easy to use with a little practice and has many advanced tools for advanced users. It can be used as a Grading Tool but does have some shortcommings.

Overall, Microsoft excel gives a good framework for grading, but is overly complicated to set up yourself.

• Easy to use and is supported on most Operating Systems
• Has a good spreadsheet system to organize grades
• Can graph data into histograms, pie charts, and bell curves
• Can import data from many sources
• Can have multiple tabs open at once

• Is not specifically designed to be a grader
• Some of the tools need I high level of knowledge to use
• Must make the entire grading scheme from scratch includes calculations, layout, extra credit, everything
• Importing system not designed for grading

• Easy sharing of info over internet
• Restricting access to certain viewers