Gradebook Power is an educational software for teachers by the WISCO Computing
company. It has basic functions for a teacher to create a gradebook. Despite so
many specifications from this tool, the flexibility in grading and viewing
results are poor. This means there are a lot of restrictions for editing
assignment scores, displaying a readable report, and overviewing information at
a top level.
Good Features:
covers the basics
save back up data
provides history of recent assignments
warnings about invalid grading
extra credit option
attendance feature
seating chart feature
classes feature
groupings of teams
ability to turn off certain features
alphabetize student first name or last name
Supplemental marks (O, E, S, U) and special grades (EX, AB, IN, NC)
various grading scales
can write comments on students
option to drop lowest score in each category
password protection option
Bad Features:
Limited amount of classes, students, and assignments
summary report are too comprehensive (not easy to read)
very few GUIs
only for teacher use, not for students
no redo / undo function
can only view students or assignments, not both unless as summary report
limitation on amount of points (up to 999) on an assignment, up to 17
characters for assignment title
any kind of editing requires to go to another page
