1.5.3 Ggradebook
Ggradebook is a GNU gradebook for teachers from the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It's pretty basic and a little bit hard to navigate. Ggradebook has not been updated in over three years but is still a functional example.
Good Features:
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covers the basics fine
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has several different options for printing (Everything, Current Period Only, Final Averages Only, or Students Only)
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can output in a LaTeX format or plain text file
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option for Letter and Percentage grading as well as just Numeric grading
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can change what the minimums for a letter grade will be. ex: 89% for A
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has a highest and lowest possible percentage grade
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can drop lowest grades when calculating period averages.
- can add all students from another class.
- can have notes for students/assignments
- calculate final averages in wholes, halves or decimals.
Bad Features:
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hard to edit assignments and grades.
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weird way for entering grades
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have to know students ID# to edit the student
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columns just have a number for the assignment, no name or hint at all as to which assignment it is
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mostly designed for high school periods, not college classes.
Missing Features:
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no import of other gradebook formats, including no import of plain text
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access to grades just by teacher, no web access for students
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no coloring of columns, very plain
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names for columns, it just has the assignment ID
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no back-up options at all
- no login at all. anyone can change grades
- can't sort columns
- No graphical grade adjustment tool to set grade threshold values
- # Previous classes are not readily available for comparison
- Can't split grading cells within a category for multiple part assignments
- No offline client to make offline grade modifications easily
- Student access to their own reports and class statistics without needing teachers to post a report
- time-stamp pop-up for any grade changes
- explorer-style class browsing (Easy Grade uses tabs)
- automatic due-date enforcer
- graphical assignment handin system
- No security
- No student access
- No histogram or pie chart
- No Grade filters
- No charts
- Can not configure GUI layout
- Can not adjust colmns or type of information
- No student prediction
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