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

Table of Contents
Introduction
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using a Split Grading System . . . . . . . . 3
How to Archive Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Step 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Step 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Step 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Step 4: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Report Card Plus Programs . . . . . . 6
Program #1: CUSTOMIZE RC. . . . . . . . . 7
Program #2: ENTER COURSES . . . . . . . 7
Program #3: DATA ENTRY FORMS . . . . 7
Program #4: ENTER GRADES . . . . . . . . 8
Program #5: CALCULATE AVERAGES. . 8
Program #6: VIEW/CHANGE/ADD/DROP 8
Program #7: REPORT CARDS REPORT
WRITER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PROGRAM #8: STATISTICAL REPORTS 9
Program #9: ARCHIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Program A: PRINT SCHEDULE
SCAN FORMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Program B: SCAN SCHEDULES. . . . . . . 10
Program C: TRANSFER CREDITS & GPA10
Customize RC 1
Introduction & Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Edit Grade Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
The Default Grade Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
GPA Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Customize Report Card Columns . . . . . 1-5
Editing Report Card Comments . . . . . . 1-9
Changing Generic Comment Codes . . . . 1-10
Edit Number Grade Print Table . . . . . . . 1-11
Entering Department Names. . . . . . . . . 1-11
Skills and Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Course Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Maintain Grade Change Log . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Enter Courses 2
Introduction & Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
View/Edit Courses & Sections . . . . . . . . 2-3
Adding to & Editing the Master Course List2-3
Master Course Fields (Fields found on the
View/Edit Courses and
Sections Window) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Adding to & Editing the Course
Section List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Section List Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14
Understanding Meeting Times . . . . . . . . .2-14
Print Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-18
Inspect/Change Specifications . . . . . . . 2-18
Page 1: Initial Specifications . . . . . . . . . . .2-19
PAGE 2: More Specifications . . . . . . . . . .2-22
Skills Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-24
New Master & Section List Files . . . . . . 2-25
New Section List File Only. . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Rebuild Section Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Rebuild Section List File . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Rebuild Skills File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Send Skills to GradeQuick. . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Import Section List from SAMSA . . . . . . 2-27
Batch Enter Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
View/Edit Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Entry Forms 3
Introduction & Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
The Print Entry Forms, Rosters,
& More Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Manual Grade Entry Forms . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
The Entry Form Print Window. . . . . . . . . .3-7
Filling Out Manual Grade Entry Forms . 3-8
SITUATION #1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-8
SITUATION #2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-9
SITUATION #3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-9
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