tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748665016211866969.post933760921554287582..comments2022-11-19T20:58:11.158-08:00Comments on Coffee and Graph Paper: Bar codes or something on homework papersH.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00155248585975222332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748665016211866969.post-658826048805409472007-11-10T22:35:00.000-08:002007-11-10T22:35:00.000-08:00Jonathan,We use PowerGrade, and the gradebook is o...Jonathan,<BR/><BR/>We use PowerGrade, and the gradebook is online and open to inspection by students, parents and administrators at all times. The expectation is that grades are updated at least every two weeks (though I tend to fall behind), and then parents may want to know what was up with that assignment that the student scored less than a full score on two weeks ago. So doing it with pencil and paper only is not an option. On the other hand my error rate has gone down after I started penciling in grades on an excel printout paper first and then transferring the numbers to the online spreadsheet.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00155248585975222332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748665016211866969.post-16572843258549224172007-11-10T08:01:00.000-08:002007-11-10T08:01:00.000-08:00I'm a math guy. I really am. And I used to spreads...I'm a math guy. I really am. And I used to spreadsheet my grades and formula-out my totals. But no more.<BR/><BR/>I print one excel sheet per marking period, with the days across the top, and then names across the side.<BR/><BR/>Each little box? upper left if absent or late, upper right check or "Late" or "inc" for homework, lower right "+" for board work, lower left major grades (test, quiz, projects).<BR/><BR/>I leave 5 blank columns at the right: Participation, Project, Test/Quizzes, HW. The last column is the numeric total (and if the final grade differs from that, I / the box. For example, it might read 83/85 since our school allows only multiples of 5 below 85)<BR/><BR/>It is so much faster and easier to total by hand (really, just to count check marks) than to set up the spreadsheet and to constantly update. And then it takes me an hour or two to total grades, but that's nothing compared to the daily time saved.<BR/><BR/>I would never go back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com