Administrator's Plus Report Cards Manual - Rediker Software, Inc.

Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Report Cards Plus allows you to define each master course so that when the course is
successful completed, students will earn the appropriate credit, weight and quality
points.
You can schedule students into sections of master courses using either the Scheduling
Plus module, or by manually entering students into course rosters using the Enter
Grades program. In each marking period, you can enter students’ grades manually,
import them from GradeQuick, or use an NCS optical scanner to scan the grades into the
program.
After entering students’ grades, you can perform various calculations, including:
• Calculating semester and final averages using the specific terms and weights you
specify.
• Defining up to 5 honor rolls based on students term averages’ and/or a minimum
grade requirement.
• Customizing the calculation of students’ cumulative GPA and class rank.
• Producing grade distribution reports by teacher or by course and department.
The Report Cards Report Writer comes with numerous reports, including attractive
report cards and transcripts, permanent record labels, grade searches (by student or
teacher), honor roll certificates, congratulatory letters, progress reports and warning
letters. All reports in the Report Card Report Writer may be customized to meet the
specific needs of your school. With the Report Writer, you can determine what
information prints on the report, as well as customize font type, size and color, and
design the overall layout of the report. Up to 120 pre-defined and/or customized reports
may be stored inside the Report Card Report Writer.
This manual assumes that you have already done the following:
1 Read and understood the Data Base Plus user’s manual.
2 Used Data Base Plus to enter student and staff names.
Report Cards Plus consists of the twelve programs listed on the front of this manual.
These programs will generally be used in the order in which they are listed. This manual
describes each of the programs in its own chapter. Please note that Administrator’s Plus
provides several methods of accessing a particular program, including the navigation
window, (click View Navigation Menu), the shortcut bar (click View Shortcut
Bar) and the toolbar at the top of the window.
If you ever have a question that is not answered in the manual, please do not hesitate to
call Rediker Software Technical Support at 1-800-882-2994.
The next several pages provide information on two extremely important aspects of the
Report Cards Plus program: “Using a Split Grading System” on page 1-3, and “How
to Archive Grades” on page 1-4. If you plan to print transcripts using the program, we
recommend you read the section on How to Archive Grades carefully, as it guides you
step by step on how to set up the program to allow you to print grades from previous
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