- Multiple Instructors
- The administrator can set up any number of instructors through the web interface. Each instructor may then manage his or her own classes.
- Multiple classes
- Each instructor may set up any number of classes, and students in those classes. Students may choose the class for which they wish to view grades if they are enrolled in more than one class.
- Self-Expanding Gradebooks
- Each gradebook starts out with a list of students and one empty slot for the name of the assignment and the student's grade. As grades are entered, the gradebook expands to encompass any number of assignments, quizzes, tests, or other scores.
- Flexible User Accounts
- Student and Instructor accounts may be modified or deleted at any time. You can even add a student to a class already in progress.
- Import/Export Grades from Spreadsheet
- You can import your grades from a CSV-format file that you export from a spreadsheet or gradebook program. (alpha status), or export your grades from GradeORama into CSV format for importing into another program.
- Gzipped Tar format: gradeorama.tar.gz
- Zip format: gradeorama.zip
- gradeorama.cgi:
- the actual program that runs the gradebook.
- instructors.txt:
- This file keeps track of instructor logins and passwords, and classes associated with each instructor. This should be more or less blank when you start out.
- students.txt:
- This file keeps track of student logins and passwords, classes, and grades associated with a student. This should be more or less blank when you start out.
- assignments.txt:
- This file keeps track of assignments for each class. This should be more or less blank when you start out.
- README.gradeorama
- contains information on how to get started using the program. READ this before trying to install this!
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Program Summary
[Version 1.0.8 Released 11/09/2006]GradeORama is an online gradebook program. Instructors can log in and set up a gradebook for each of their classes, add students to those classes, and set up grades for them. Students can then log in and get their grades for a particular class.
Features include:
As a side note, I recently ran a test where I added 1,000 students into GradeORama. On a 1.5MB DSL connection using a computer with 512MB RAM, AMD Athlon 900 processor, and Windows 2000 with the Mozilla (Netscape) web browser, a gradebook with 1,000 students and 3 "Lessons" took up to 30 seconds to load. I'm not saying that this means you can have 1,000 students, necessarily, just trying to give you an idea of what might happen if you did. :-)
Working Demo
Login to the Administration interface withLogin: gradeorama@tesol.net
Password: password
and create your own instructor account, classes, and students. Then, login to the Student Login Screen using the student account you created to view your grades.
If you've gotten GradeORama to work, send me the address of your
website and I'll post a link to it.
Integer Jim, a math teacher, has a nice frames-based setup of GradeORama.
El Rebumbio (en español)
Fisica y Quimica (en español)
ferrellWeb Gradebook!
University of Alabama, Department of American Studies
MrHicks.com
Ileta InterGOV Academy
Gifax Achievement Center
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But first, the obligatory plea for funding. :-)
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at TuCows) which will
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