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Information about “TEACHER’S DATABASE FOR THE CLASSROOM”
TEACHER'S DATABASE is designed particularly for teachers to organize
information on their students. The database can track up to 500
students, each student having as many as 80 individual items of data in
his record.
Store names and addresses, alphabetize or reorder records based on their
contents, sort by homerooms or subjects, and print individual student
progress reports, class gradebook sheets, and student seating charts.
Student test scores may be weighted, averaged, statistically analyzed,
changed to a percentage or a letter grade. Graphs of student test
results may be created using the computer's high-resolution graphic
screen. Grade distribution can be displayed numerically or as a
histogram. A spreadsheet-style editor makes data entry and editing a
snap.
Let the computer do the paperwork while you focus on teaching. After
all, that's why you became a teacher.
CHARACTR.TXT
"ANDERSON,CHARLES","7","5","7","9","9","37.00"
"BAKER,BILLY","6","8","6","10","8","38.00"
"BLACK,SAM","7","10","9","9","7","42.00"
"CONNERS,JOYCE","4","9","10","10","6","39.00"
"DARK,ANNA","10","6","5","8","9","38.00"
"ENDERS,WILLIAM","5","6","10","8","8","37.00"
"FLINN,FRANK","10","9","10","10","9","48.00"
"HARRIS,SARAH","7","7","10","9","7","40.00"
"JACOBS,JOHN","8","7","8","7","7","37.00"
"JONES,SALLY","9","10","9","10","7","45.00"
"KING,JAMES","8","7","9","9","8","41.00"
"LITTLE,MARY","?","8","7","9","8","32.00"
"LONG,DAVID","9","7","8","?","7","31.00"
"MOORE,MARY","9","8","5","10","10","42.00"
"OLDS,JASON","10","6","6","9","9","40.00"
"QUINCY,ANDY","8","4","5","10","9","36.00"
"RICE,POLLY","10","9","10","9","9","47.00"
"RICHARDS,MARK","8","5","5","10","8","36.00"
"VICTOR,SUE","6","5","4","8","10","33.00"
"WILLIAMS,MIKE","9","10","8","9","9","45.00"
EXPORT.TXT
"ANDERSON,CHARLES","7","5","7","9","79","9","B","37.00","74.00"
"BAKER,BILLY","6","8","6","10","88","8","C","38.00","76.00"
"BLACK,SAM","7","10","9","9","98","7","B","42.00","84.00"
"CONNERS,JOYCE","4","9","10","10","88","6","B","39.00","78.00"
"DARK,ANNA","10","6","5","8","90","9","B","38.00","76.00"
"ENDERS,WILLIAM","5","6","10","8","99","8","A","37.00","74.00"
"FLINN,FRANK","10","9","10","10","91","9","A","48.00","96.00"
"HARRIS,SARAH","7","7","10","9","88","7","D","40.00","80.00"
"JACOBS,JOHN","8","7","8","7","91","7","?","37.00","74.00"
"JONES,SALLY","9","10","9","10","97","7","A","45.00","90.00"
"KING,JAMES","8","7","9","9","92","8","C","41.00","82.00"
"LITTLE,MARY","?","8","7","9","94","8","B","32.00","64.00"
"LONG,DAVID","9","7","8","?","90","7","A","31.00","62.00"
"MOORE,MARY","9","8","5","10","100","10","A","42.00","84.00"
"OLDS,JASON","10","6","6","9","85","9","B","40.00","80.00"
"QUINCY,ANDY","8","4","5","10","96","9","A","36.00","72.00"
"RICE,POLLY","10","9","10","9","98","9","B","47.00","94.00"
"RICHARDS,MARK","8","5","5","10","92","8","C","36.00","72.00"
"VICTOR,SUE","6","5","4","8","80","10","D","33.00","66.00"
"WILLIAMS,MIKE","9","10","8","9","77","9","E","45.00","90.00"
EXPORTL.TXT
ANDERSON,CHARLES7 5 7 9 79 9 B37.0074.00
BAKER,BILLY 6 8 6 1088 8 C38.0076.00
BLACK,SAM 7 109 9 98 7 B42.0084.00
CONNERS,JOYCE 4 9 101088 6 B39.0078.00
DARK,ANNA 106 5 8 90 9 B38.0076.00
ENDERS,WILLIAM 5 6 108 99 8 A37.0074.00
FLINN,FRANK 109 101091 9 A48.0096.00
HARRIS,SARAH 7 7 109 88 7 D40.0080.00
JACOBS,JOHN 8 7 8 7 91 7 ?37.0074.00
JONES,SALLY 9 109 1097 7 A45.0090.00
KING,JAMES 8 7 9 9 92 8 C41.0082.00
LITTLE,MARY ? 8 7 9 94 8 B32.0064.00
LONG,DAVID 9 7 8 ? 90 7 A31.0062.00
MOORE,MARY 9 8 5 1010010A42.0084.00
OLDS,JASON 106 6 9 85 9 B40.0080.00
QUINCY,ANDY 8 4 5 1096 9 A36.0072.00
RICE,POLLY 109 109 98 9 B47.0094.00
RICHARDS,MARK 8 5 5 1092 8 C36.0072.00
VICTOR,SUE 6 5 4 8 80 10D33.0066.00
WILLIAMS,MIKE 9 108 9 77 9 E45.0090.00
FILE0878.TXT
Disk No: 878
Disk Title: Teacher's Database for the Classroom
PC-SIG Version: S2.1
Program Title: Teacher's Database
Author Version: 4.0
Author Registration: $35.00
Special Requirements: None.
TEACHER'S DATABASE is designed particularly for teachers to organize
information on their students. The database can track up to 500
students, each student having as many as 80 individual items of data in
his record.
Store names and addresses, alphabetize or reorder records based on their
contents, sort by homerooms or subjects, and print individual student
progress reports, class gradebook sheets, and student seating charts.
Student test scores may be weighted, averaged, statistically analyzed,
changed to a percentage or a letter grade. Graphs of student test
results may be created using the computer's high-resolution graphic
screen. Grade distribution can be displayed numerically or as a
histogram.
Let the computer do the paperwork while you focus on teaching. After
all, that's why you became a teacher.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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(c)Copyright 1990, PC-SIG Inc.
README40.DOC
TEACHERS' DATABASE 4.0
by David G. Bodnar
Teachers' Database 4.0 (TDB) is a program designed to allow
teachers to keep a computerized file of information about their
students. Version 4.0 has been totally redesigned for ease of use and
efficiency while maintaining its reputation as the most complete and
full-featured grade book program available.
The program requires an IBM or an IBM compatible computer with at
least 256K of RAM and a single floppy disk drive.
- Information on as many as 500 students may be in the computer at
one time.
- Students may have as many as 80 individual items of data in their
record.
- Spreadsheet style data entry and editing makes the program easy
to learn and use.
- The program has many easy to follow menus.
- Records may be easily changed, deleted, or combined.
- Information about students may be numerical or text.
- Records may be quickly alphabetized or reordered based on their
contents.
- Records may be sorted by various criteria.
- A full statistical analysis, including mean, median, mode and
standard deviation, may be done and sent to the printer.
- Student test scores may be weighted, averaged, changed to a
percentage or changed to a letter grade.
- Letter grades may be changed into percentages.
- Individual student progress reports and class grade book sheets
may be printed.
- Random student data entry speeds the task of typing in student
grades and test results.
- Student seating charts may be created and printed.
- Graphs of student test results may be created using the
computer's high resolution graphic screen.
- Grade distribution can be displayed numerically or as a
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WHAT IS TEACHERS' DATABASE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
STARTING TDB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
B BEGIN NEW FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
V VIEW NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
N NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
S SAVE FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
L LOAD FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
E EDIT file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
EDITING STUDENT NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
EDITING GRADES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
M MOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Q QUIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PRINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
G GRADE BOOK PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
B BLANK GRADE SHEETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
R REPORT ON STUDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
P PAGE PAUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
D DEVICE = (SCREEN/PRINTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ADVANCED FEATURES EDIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
K KILL FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<ALT><F>ormulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A ADD RANDOM GRADE CATEGORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
R REMOVE ALL DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
J JOIN FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
D DISPLAY MISSING GRADES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ADVANCED FEATURES PRINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c CATEGORY SORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
d DEVICE = DISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
a ALTER ORDER RANDOMLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REPORT ON STUDENTS (CUSTOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
l/s/k LOAD/SAVE/KILL FORMAT SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . .
v VIEW ALL DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c CREATE FORMAT SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e EDIT FORMAT SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
d DEVICE = (screen, printer or disk) . . . . . . . . . . .
p PRINT REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
h CHARACTERS PER LINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
i LINES PER PRINTOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
n LINES PER PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
m LEFT MARGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
t TOP MARGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOTES ON CUSTOM REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont)
GRAPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
H Histogram/distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
G GRAPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P PRINTER TYPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SEATING CHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CUSTOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GRADING SCALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MISCELLANEOUS ADVANCED FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
z DOS CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
u SOUND ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
x EXCHANGE DISKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX A (backing up TDB disks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX B (backing up files) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX C (printing graphs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX D (using the screen editor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX E (file import & export) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX F (retrieving files from drive B) . . . . . . . . . . .
APPENDIX G (sample printouts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Blank grade sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Complete grade sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Report on students - regular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Report of students - custom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Distribution of scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Histogram of scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seating chart - random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seating chart - alphabetical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Graph of scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Program notes & updates are at the end of the manual along with a
list of other programs.
Shareware:
Teachers Database is distributed as shareware. This means that you
may use the program for evaluation purposes and share it with your
friends and colleagues. If you choose to use TDB on a regular basis
you must register it with the author. You will receive the latest
version of the program, a complete printed manual and information on
other educational software.
To register TDB please send a check for $35.00 to:
David G. Bodnar
26 Ralston Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15216
Please include any impressions, comments, suggestions, ideas, etc.
for TDB. The program is under constant revision and your input is
important. This latest version reflects suggestions that have come in
from hundreds of TDB users.
Thank You!
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WHAT IS TEACHERS' DATABASE?
A database is simply a computer program that is designed to store
and manipulate information. TDB is designed to store and act upon the
types of information that teachers face in their work.
At the beginning of a school year TDB can be used to store student
names and addresses, alphabetize, sort by homerooms or subjects, print
student grade book pages, print seating charts and simplify other
numerous clerical tasks. Throughout the school year TDB can perform
all of the functions of the classic teacher's grade book without the
bother of using a calculator for computing totals, averages,
percentages, etc. More importantly, once a student's name has been
entered into TDB once you should never have to hand write that name
again. Every time a class list or report is needed TDB can generate
it for you.
TDB can also take all of the information that it holds and create
custom printouts for insertion into 'normal' grade books. Creation of
individualized student grade reports and seating charts becomes a
snap.
*** IMPORTANT! *** READ THESE NOTES BEFORE USING TDB ***
++Make a backup copy of the TDB disk before using it. Follow the
instructions in Appendix A at the end of this manual.
++Whenever you see a word or letter in this manual in these brackets,
<>, it means to press that key. For example, if the manual
instructs you to press <A>, simply press the A key.
++Do not press <ENTER> after selecting an item from one of the menus.
You only need to press <ENTER> if there is a flashing cursor on the
screen. If no flashing cursor is present just pressing the key
will select the option that you want.
++When you are completely done with the program press <Q>, for quit,
from the main menu. This will end the program and erase all data
from memory and return you to DOS, the >A prompt.
++Although it is not absolutely necessary, it is recommended that the
CAPS LOCK button be used throughout TDB. Lower case is best
reserved for headings, comments and category titles.
++Throughout this program you will find that pressing <F1> or <ESC>
will return you to the menu. If in doubt or in trouble press <F1>
and/or <ESC>.
++ See Appendix B for an important note about making back-up files.
++ Sample printouts from TDB are at the end of the manual.
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STARTING TDB
TDB is composed of 4 programs but you only need to concern yourself
with the main program, TDB, since it will load and run the other
programs for you. To start boot your computer, place the TDB disk
into the disk drive and type TDB at the A> prompt and press <ENTER>.
The drive will run for several moments and the first menu will be
displayed. You will be asked to choose one of the following:
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E Edit C Custom
P Print G Graph &
seating chart
Q Quit
F Foreground ( 3 ) B Background ( 1 )
M Mode ( 0 )
EDIT, PRINT, GRAPH & SEATING CHART and CUSTOM are the programs that
make up TDB. It was necessary to break TDB up into four smaller
programs so that more memory would be available for student names and
information.
EDIT is the part of TDB that is used most often for day-to-day
entry and editing of student names and test scores. It allows you to
enter scores from a randomly arranged pile of papers or in sequential
(alphabetical) order. You can also compute averages, percentages,
letter grades, weight scores, rank students by percentage or letter
grade, drop high or low scores and print lists of missing or
incomplete grades.
PRINT allows you to take all of the information in TDB and to print
it in the form of grade book sheets and simple or very elaborate
student progress reports. It also will print blank grade book sheets
to ease your transition from a 'normal' grade book to TDB.
CUSTOM allows you to change many things that TDB does so that the
program will better fit your grading methods. It also permits you to
set up the program so that you can use your printer's special
features.
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GRAPH AND SEATING CHART will print seating charts, randomly or
alphabetically, using the student lists that are entered into TDB. It
will also display or print information about student grade
distribution numerically, as a histogram or as a bar graph. A
complete statistical analysis can be made of a groups performance on a
test.
FOREGROUND, BACKGROUND and MODE allow you to change the foreground
and background colors of the screen. If you wish to make these
changes permanent select C, for custom, after setting the colors.
When finished with the custom menus answer yes to the question that
asks if you want save present values. The next time the program
starts it will come up with the color scheme that you selected.
GETTING STARTED
From the first TDB menu press <E> to select EDIT. After several
seconds the EDIT menu will appear.
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EDIT
L/S/K Load/Save/Kill
B Begin new file
E Edit file
A Add random grade category
R Remove all data
D Display missing grades
N Notes
J Join files
M Move
X eXchange disks F File import/export
Z DOS call V View
U soUnd on/off Q Quit
Students= 0 Categories= 0
Throughout TDB similar menus will be displayed. To choose an
option from the menu simply press the key that is to the left of the
option that you want. For example, to choose B Begin new file you
would press the <B> key. DO NOT press <ENTER> after pressing <B>.
Remember, it is not necessary to press <ENTER> unless there is a
flashing cursor on the screen.
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B Begin new file
Press <B> from the main edit menu to begin a new student list.
Note: If student information has already been typed or loaded from
disk you will be cautioned that any names in memory will be
erased. If you need to save a list answer <N> and save the
list. Otherwise press <Y>.
Type each student's name, LAST NAME <comma> FIRST NAME. Use the
CAP LOCK key to insure that the name is typed in all capital letters.
(You can have the program automatically change names to lower case for
printouts.) Use SMITH,SALLY as our first student. After you have
finished typing the name press <ENTER>. If you make a mistake you can
correct before pressing <ENTER> by using <LEFT ARROW> or <RIGHT ARROW>
to move to the error and typing over it. You can insert letters by
pressing <INSERT>. Note that when inserting the cursor is larger then
when in typeover mode. You can delete a letter with <DELETE> or
<BACKSPACE>.
If you notice that you made an error after you have pressed
<ENTER>, make a note of the student's number and you can use the
editor to correct it later.
Type and enter several more names, BROWN,BILLY and ANDERSON,JIMMY
will do. If you forget to use a comma between the last and first
names an error message will remind you. After the last name is typed,
press <ENTER> then press <F1> to return to the main EDIT menu.
V View names
From the main menu you can view the names that you have entered by
pressing <V>. Press <SPACEBAR> to start the display of names and
press it again to pause. After they have been displayed press <ANY
KEY> to return to the main menu.
N Notes
You may leave notes or comments about a set of grades by pressing
<N>, for notes, from the main menu. You will find yourself in the
screen editor that you used to enter student names. You may type up
to 3 lines of comments about the grades that have been entered. You
may wish to include the date of the last entry, scores that need to be
added, reminders about makeup tests, etc. Whatever notes you leave
will be saved with the file of names and grades and displayed at the
bottom of the main menu when the file is loaded. Exit the screen
editor by pressing <ENTER>. See Appendix D for a complete description
of the screen editor and its functions.
S Save file
To save our file of students and names press <S> from the main
menu. As soon as <S> is pressed you will find the current notes
displayed. This serves as a reminder that you may wish to update your
notes before saving. If you wish to make no changes simply press
<ENTER>.
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Type a file name under which the list will be saved on the disk.
This name must be no more than 8 characters in length and it is wise
to use only letters and/or numerals in the name. Avoid other
characters, especially spaces, . and *. The name must not have an
extension. Use JUNK for this file name since the 3 names we have
typed are not very important to us. Press <ENTER> and the file will
be saved and you will return to the main menu. You should get into
the habit of saving your files on 2 or more disks to protect against
losing information. The easiest way to do this is to switch to a
second, formatted, disk and repeat the above steps. The second time,
however, the computer remembers that you named the file JUNK and you
can just press <ENTER> when asked for file name and the file will be
saved with the name JUNK. If you wish to change the name, to GARBAGE
for example, just type GARBAGE and press <ENTER>.
If you have two drives you may also save the file to Drive B by
keying <S> again from the main menu and typing B: (B and colon) when
asked for a file name. The file will be saved on Drive B with the
same name, JUNK. If you do not have two drives, it is a good idea to
get into the habit of swapping disks and saving disks and saving each
file again.
L Load file
To confirm that your JUNK file was saved properly try to load it
back into the computer. Press <L> from the main menu. The computer
will examine the disk and display all of the files than are on the
disk. You should see JUNK displayed with a number next to it. To
load JUNK type the number that is to JUNK's left and press <ENTER>.
The computer will load the file and return to the main menu.
Now that you have tried loading JUNK into TDB let's load a longer
list of students and grades into the program. Press <L> again and load
in the file called SAMPLE2. When you return to the main menu use <V>
to examine the list. You will find that the list contains more
students and more grades for each student than the list we had been
using.
E Edit file
Most functions of TDB can be carried out from within the main
editor. To enter the main editor press <E> from the main EDIT menu.
Up to 20 student names will be displayed along with any scores that
have been entered. In the bottom right hand corner you will see
<SPACEBAR> for <ALT> Commands displayed. Each time the spacebar is
pressed a different alternate key function is displayed. These
alternate key functions do most of the work in the editor. You can
see a complete list of them by pressing and holding <ALT> and pressing
<H> once. Press any other key to have the list removed from the
screen.
Make sure that the list SAMPLE2 has been loaded before continuing.
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Entering a sequential list of student scores
If you have not yet entered any data when you enter the editor
you must define the size and give a name of the first category of
data. The Width of New Column is the length of the longest score
that you will enter. If you make it too long or short you may
change it later. If you will be entering whole numbers between 0
and 100 enter 3 for the column width and press <ENTER>. Type the
name for the category and press <ENTER>. Once defined the first
column on the screen will be filled with question marks (?) to show
that no score has been entered for that category. To type scores
place the cursor in the appropriate column with the <LEFT><ARROW>
and <RIGHT><ARROW> keys and next to the first student with the
<UP><ARROW> and <DOWN><ARROW> keys. Once you have placed the
cursor type a score and press <ENTER>. Continue down the column
with the <DOWN><ARROW> until finished. Leave a question mark for
any students who have incomplete scores.
To add another category of data press and hold <ALT> and press
<M>, for make category. Again you will be asked to define the
width of the column and give its name before you can enter scores.
To enter a new category, TEST3, for example, press <ALT><M>, enter
3 for the category width and type TEST 3 for the category name.
Once the column of question marks is displayed try entering several
grades between 0 and 100. Place the cursor with the <ARROW> keys,
type a score and press <ENTER>.
Working with more than 20 students
The file SAMPLE2 contains 21 students. To move beyond the first
20 students press the <PAGE DOWN> key. Press <PAGE UP> to move
to the previous list of 20 students. These keys are sometimes
labeled <PGUP> and <PGDN>.
Working with more than one screen of data
If you have entered more columns of data than will fit on the
screen the <TAB> key will move to the right one screen. The
<SHIFT><TAB> key will move you one screen to the left.
EDITING STUDENT NAMES
You can change a student's name, insert a new name, erase a name,
order the names alphabetically or change the case of student's
names while in the editor. To change a student's name press and
HOLD the <ALT> key and press the <N> key. This two key sequence is
referred to as pressing <ALT><N>. The student whose name is on the
same line as the cursor will be displayed in the screen editor at
the bottom of the screen. Make any changes to the name and press
<ENTER>. Remember that a comma MUST separate the last and first
names.
The other name editing functions can be accessed by pressing
<ALT><I> to insert a new name, <ALT><E> to erase the name to the
left of the cursor, <ALT><O> to order the names alphabetically or
<ALT><C> to change from lower to upper or upper to lower case
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names. Experiment with each of these functions to see how they can
be used to change student names.
EDITING GRADES
Press <ALT><W> to change the width of a column of data. This
would be necessary if you had entered a series of scores as two
digit whole numbers, 88 for example, and you needed more space to
enter a scores such as 94.5, which requires a width of 4 spaces.
Press <ALT><M> to make a new column. Note that it will be
appended to the end of the list and will contain all question marks
(?) to indicate that no scores have been entered.
<ALT><D> will delete the column that the cursor is on.
<ALT><L> preforms a very important check on your data. The
computer is continually keeping track of whether your columns of
data contain numbers or letter (called string) grades. It also
watches the length of each column. If you create a column and
place letter information into it a dollar sign ($) is appended to
the end of that column's name. This happens even if you
accidentally enter a letter when you meant to enter a number. The
length/string test function will check and update these values.
Use it whenever you make a change that may effect the number vs
letter grade or length status of a column.
To change all occurrences of one score to another use <ALT><S>.
This function will search for the first score entered and replace
it with the second. For example, to change all incomplete grades,
indicted with a question mark, to the letter grade E place the
cursor anywhere on the column that you want to search, press
<ALT><S>, type ? for what to search for and E for what to replace
it with.
<ALT><T> allows you to change the title of a category.
<ALT><A> displays all category names and allows you to alter the
order in which they appear on the screen. You might, for instance,
want all quizzes displayed together. Type the number of each
category, separating each with a comma. If you accidentally or
intentionally skip any categories you will be warned before the
changes are made. Note that this is the quickest way to remove
several unneeded categories of data.
<ALT><R> will order, or rank, the student's names and their
scores based on the column that the cursor is in when it is
pressed.
<ALT><F> allows you to enter a formula that will add, average or
weight scores. The following examples show how to add scores. The
other formula functions are described in the advanced section.
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SUM(1,2,5,6)finds the sum of columns 1,2,5,6
SUM(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) finds the sum of columns 1-8
SUM(ALL) finds the sum of all columns
To convert a score to a percent place the cursor on the column
containing the raw score and press <ALT><P>. Enter the prefect
score or type <M> and press <ENTER> to have the program find the
highest score in the column. Type a name for the percentage
category and press <ENTER>.
<ALT><G> converts a score to a letter grade or a letter grade to
a score. Place the cursor on the column containing the score that
you wish to convert and press <ALT><G>. The current grade scale
will be displayed. You may edit it according to the rules
displayed on the screen. Up to 13 grades can be entered. Grades
must be entered using the format GRADE=MINIMUM SCORE with spaces
between each grade description. Press <ENTER> when done and type a
name for the new category. If the cursor was on a numeric column
when you chose <ALT><G> a new letter grade column will be created.
If the cursor was on a letter grade column a category containing
numeric scores will be created.
Quick print of scores
You can print a quick, unformatted list of the data displayed in
the editor by pressing <ALT><Q>. Make sure the printer is on and
on line before pressing <ALT><Q>. Note that only the columns
displayed on the screen will be printed. If you want a more
carefully formatted printout see PRINT Grade book PAGES in the
PRINT module of TDB.
M Move
After you are done editing a file you may move directly to PRINT,
GRAPH or CUSTOM by pressing <M> from the main menu. You will be asked
if you wish to move to GRAPH, PRINT or CUSTOM. Press <G> for GRAPH,
<P> for PRINT or <C> for CUSTOM. Our next interest is in PRINT, so
press <P>. Note that the file, SAMPLE2, remains in memory.
Q Quit
If you wish to exit the program and erase it from memory press <Q>
from the main menu and press <Y> to confirm your desire to quit.
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PRINT
This section of TDB will allow us to print the information that we
have entered and create reports or grade book pages. When you moved
to PRINT from EDIT the file SAMPLE2 was automatically loaded into
PRINT. We want to practice printing with the file SAMPLE so use <L>
to load SAMPLE2 into memory. Note that loading a new file will erase
any file that was in memory before it.
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PRINT
L/S/K Load/Save/Kill
O Order by name
C Category sort
G Grade book pages
R Report on students
B Blank grade sheets
A Alter order randomly
N Notes
P Page pause now Off
D Device = SCREEN
X eXchange disks M Move
Z dos call V View
U soUnd on/off Q Quit
SAMPLE FILE NUMBER 2
Students= 21 Categories= 13
Again you will note that there are many features that are the same
in PRINT as in EDIT. These include Save, Load, Kill, Order by name,
Move, View, Quit and Notes.
G Grade book pages
Press <G> from the main menu. To print grade book pages you must
select the categories to include in the printout. You will see a list
of all categories displayed and the screen editor at the bottom of the
page. Type the numbers of the categories that you wish to have on the
printout, separated by commas. If you wanted to print just quizzes
you would type 1,2,3,4,6. (Don't forget the commas!) Note that these
can be in any order. If you wanted the test first and then the
quizzes you would type 5,1,2,3,4,6.
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After you have entered 1,2,3,4,6 you will be see the grade book
pages menu. Don't let this menu scare you, most of these options
never need to be changed. To change an item press the letter key that
is to the item's left and you will be asked to enter a new value.
There are some maximum and minimums that must be adhered to, so if the
computer doesn't accept a value this may be the reason.
GRADEBOOK SHEETS
<SPACEBAR> when Done
N NAME LENGTH 20
C SELECT CATEGORIES
H CHARACTERS/LINE 80
S TOTAL STUDENTS 21
Z DESCRIPTOR SIZE 8
L LINES/PAGE 66
M LEFT MARGIN 4
K CONTROL CODES OFF
P SPACES 5
A ALIGNMENT WIDE
NAME LENGTH is the number of characters that is allocated for
student names. If a student's name is over 20 characters in length,
for example, it will be truncated at the 21st. character. Many TDB
users have asked if it is possible to print grade sheets that identify
students by an ID number rather than by name. With this in mind you
can set this variable to 0 and place each student's ID number in one
of the categories. Grade book pages will print without a name. If
you make the first category the one containing the ID it will head up
each line of the report.
CHARACTERS/LINE is the number of characters that your printer
normally prints on one line. This is usually between 32 and 132, but
80 is most common. Experience has shown that the best printouts are
made when characters per line is set 2 or 3 less than the printer's
maximum width. This prevents the printer from sending an extra line
feed should the line be exactly 80 characters in length.
TOTAL STUDENTS is the number of students that are in the computer's
memory. If you change this to a lower number, say 10, only the first
10 student's information will be included. If you change this to a
higher number blank spaces will be left at the bottom of the sheet
where new students might be added if that should become necessary.
DESCRIPTOR SIZE is the number of characters that is allocated for a
category title. If your title is longer than this value it will be
truncated.
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LINES/PAGE is used so that the computer will not print on the
perforations between pages. 66 is normal for an 11 inch piece of
printer paper. If you wanted to print on half sheets of paper this
could be changed to 33. If you didn't care about printing on the
perforations or were using roll paper this could be set to 0.
LEFT MARGIN is the number of spaces that are left blank at the left
of a printout.
CONTROL CODES are described and selected under CUSTOM. If you wish
to send control codes set this to 1. If it is set to 0 no codes are
sent.
SPACES controls how students are grouped on the printout. When it
is set to 5 a line will be drawn after every fifth student. If it is
set to 3 a line is drawn after every third student and so on. If it
is set to 0 no lines will be drawn to separate students.
ALIGNMENT determines if the printout is spaced evenly across the
page or if it is printed with the columns of the page spaced as
closely together as possible. The best way to describe this feature
is for you to try a printout each way and determine which is best for
you. Simply press <A> to toggle between WIDE and NARROW. Leave it at
WIDE for now and try NARROW later.
Press <SPACEBAR> to indicate that you are done. The computer will
test to see that the categories that you have selected will fit onto a
page having the width that you have indicated under characters/line.
If it will fit the page will be printed. If it will not fit you will
be given an error message and you must return to C SELECT CATEGORIES
and remove one or more categories.
Next, select the number of lines for the heading. You may use the
control key sequences displayed at the bottom of the screen to center,
left justify or right justify a line. Press <ENTER> after typing each
line. When the last line has been entered the printout will begin.
After the printout has been made you will return to the main menu.
Note that this grade sheet was displayed, or printed, on the
screen, not on the printer. If you wish to have a printed copy of the
grade sheet return to the main menu and change DEVICE = SCREEN to
DEVICE = PRINTER by pressing <D>.
If you want to stop a printout press <F1> and you will return to
the main menu.
B Blank grade sheets
To print blank grade book pages having the same format as the one
just printed press <B>. You will see almost the same menu we used
under GRADE BOOK PAGES. The only difference is that you must choose
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the width for each category. This is normally set at 2 which will
allow for 16 categories on one 78 column page. Higher values will
allow for fewer categories.
Remember that changing the TOTAL STUDENTS to a value higher that 20
will print blank spaces at the bottom of the page.
Note that alignment has no effect here.
R Report on students
This function allows you to create individual printouts for each
child that include any or all of the information in his/her record.
Press <R> from the main menu to select it and <R> again to select
regular. CUSTOM is discussed under advanced features.
You will be asked for the number of lines for heading & title.
This might include the school name, date, your name, the course, etc.
To include all of these things type and enter 6 for the number of
lines.
Type the following:
Washington School
March 9, 1990
J. Doe
SPANISH 101
After the last line is entered you will choose the categories to be
included in the report. Select them in the order that they are to be
printed. Use 1,2,3,4,6,5,7 and press <ENTER>.
A printer option menu will be displayed next. Again, most of these
are rarely changed.
Remember that LINES/PAGE can be used to save paper if your report
is short. If you change it to 33 each report will be printed on half
a sheet of paper. 22 will print on third sheets. Press <3> and
change it to 33 for our reports.
STUDENTS (3-12) allows you to choose the students that you wish to
include in this printout. If you want all students 1-20 will print
them all. If you wanted only the first 10 you could use 1-10. 5-15
would print for student number 5 through number 15.
When you are done press <D> and printing will begin. Remember that
<F1> can be used to escape from a printout.
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P Page pause
Page pause will have the computer pause and wait for you to press
a key between printing multi-page printouts. This will allow you to
change sheets of paper in the event that you are using a printer that
only takes single sheets of paper. Press <P> and PAGE PAUSE OFF will
turn to PAGE PAUSE ON. Pressing <P> again will change it back to OFF.
D Device = (Screen / Printer)
If you have a printer connected pressing <D> will redirect output
of grade book pages and student reports to the printer rather than to
the screen. Press <D> again and output will be directed to a disk
file. Press in once more to return it to screen.
********
By now you should have a good understanding of the basic
capabilities of TDB. You have used all of the functions that you will
need in most situations. Now you should try to enter some of your
students' scores and begin to use the program for day-to-day record
keeping.
Once you become comfortable with TDB take some time to read the
following section. It contains information about the more advanced
features of TDB that can make it even more valuable to you.
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This is a sample BLANK GRADE SHEET
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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1 ANDERSON,CHARLES : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
2 BAKER,BILLY : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
3 BLACK,SAM : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
4 CONNERS,JOYCE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
5 DARK,ANNA : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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6 ENDERS,WILLIAM : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
7 FLINN,FRANK : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
8 HARRIS,SARAH : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
9 JACOBS,JOHN : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
10 JONES,SALLY : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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11 KING,JAMES : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
12 LITTLE,MARY : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
13 LONG,DAVID : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
14 MOORE,MARY : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
15 OLDS,JASON : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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16 QUINCY,ANDY : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
17 RICE,POLLY : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
18 RICHARDS,MARK : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
19 VICTOR,SUE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
20 WILLIAMS,MIKE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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This is a sample COMPLETED GRADE SHEET
Q Q
U U
Q Q Q Q Q I I T R
U U U U U Z Z E E
I I I I I S P
Z Z Z Z Z S P T O
U E R
1 2 3 4 5 M R 1 T
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1 ANDERSON,CHARLES 7 5 7 9 9 37.00 74.00 79 B
2 BAKER,BILLY 6 8 6 10 8 38.00 76.00 88 C
3 BLACK,SAM 7 10 9 9 7 42.00 84.00 98 B
4 CONNERS,JOYCE 4 9 10 10 6 39.00 78.00 88 B
5 DARK,ANNA 10 6 5 8 9 38.00 76.00 90 B
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6 ENDERS,WILLIAM 5 6 10 8 8 37.00 74.00 99 A
7 FLINN,FRANK 10 9 10 10 9 48.00 96.00 91 A
8 HARRIS,SARAH 7 7 10 9 7 40.00 80.00 88 D
9 JACOBS,JOHN 8 7 8 7 7 37.00 74.00 91 ?
10 JONES,SALLY 9 10 9 10 7 45.00 90.00 97 A
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11 KING,JAMES 8 7 9 9 8 41.00 82.00 92 C
12 LITTLE,MARY ? 8 7 9 8 32.00 64.00 94 B
13 LONG,DAVID 9 7 8 ? 7 31.00 62.00 90 A
14 MOORE,MARY 9 8 5 10 10 42.00 84.00 100 A
15 OLDS,JASON 10 6 6 9 9 40.00 80.00 85 B
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16 QUINCY,ANDY 8 4 5 10 9 36.00 72.00 96 A
17 RICE,POLLY 10 9 10 9 9 47.00 94.00 98 B
18 RICHARDS,MARK 8 5 5 10 8 36.00 72.00 92 C
19 VICTOR,SUE 6 5 4 8 10 33.00 66.00 80 D
20 WILLIAMS,MIKE 9 10 8 9 9 45.00 90.00 77 E
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SAMPLE REGULAR STUDENT REPORT
AUGUST 1988
STUDENT: ANDERSON,CHARLES
QUIZ 1 : 7
QUIZ 2 : 5
QUIZ 3 : 7
QUIZ 4 : 9
QUIZ 5 : 9
QUIZ SUM : 37.00
QUIZ PER : 74.00
TEST 1 : 79
REPORT : B
SAMPLE REGULAR STUDENT REPORT
AUGUST 1988
STUDENT: BAKER,BILLY
QUIZ 1 : 6
QUIZ 2 : 8
QUIZ 3 : 6
QUIZ 4 : 10
QUIZ 5 : 8
QUIZ SUM : 38.00
QUIZ PER : 76.00
TEST 1 : 88
REPORT : C
SAMPLE REGULAR STUDENT REPORT
AUGUST 1988
STUDENT: BLACK,SAM
QUIZ 1 : 7
QUIZ 2 : 10
QUIZ 3 : 9
QUIZ 4 : 9
QUIZ 5 : 7
QUIZ SUM : 42.00
QUIZ PER : 84.00
TEST 1 : 98
REPORT : B
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SAMPLE REGULAR STUDENT REPORT
AUGUST 1988
STUDENT: CONNERS,JOYCE
QUIZ 1 : 4
QUIZ 2 : 9
QUIZ 3 : 10
QUIZ 4 : 10
QUIZ 5 : 6
QUIZ SUM : 39.00
QUIZ PER : 78.00
TEST 1 : 88
REPORT : B
SAMPLE CUSTOM STUDENT REPORT
Math Quiz Report 8-27-88 Charles Anderson
Quiz 1 7
Quiz 2 5 Quiz Sum 9
Quiz 3 7 Quiz Percentage 79
SAMPLE CUSTOM STUDENT REPORT
Math Quiz Report 8-27-88 Billy Baker
Quiz 1 6
Quiz 2 8 Quiz Sum 10
Quiz 3 6 Quiz Percentage 88
SAMPLE CUSTOM STUDENT REPORT
Math Quiz Report 8-27-88 Sam Black
Quiz 1 7
Quiz 2 10 Quiz Sum 9
Quiz 3 9 Quiz Percentage 98
SAMPLE CUSTOM STUDENT REPORT
Math Quiz Report 8-27-88 Joyce Conners
Quiz 1 4
Quiz 2 9 Quiz Sum 10
Quiz 3 10 Quiz Percentage 88
SAMPLE CUSTOM STUDENT REPORT
Math Quiz Report 8-27-88 Anna Dark
Quiz 1 10
Quiz 2 6 Quiz Sum 8
Quiz 3 5 Quiz Percentage 90
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SAMPLE CUSTOM STUDENT REPORT
Math Quiz Report 8-27-88 William Enders
Quiz 1 5
Quiz 2 6 Quiz Sum 8
Quiz 3 10 Quiz Percentage 99
SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
QUIZ 1
SCORE FREQUENCY
4 1
5 1
6 2
7 3
8 4
9 4
10 4
HISTOGRAM OF SCORES
AUGUST 1988
QUIZ 1
SCORE FREQUENCY
4 *
5 *
6 **
7 ***
8 ****
9 ****
10 ****
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SAMPLE RANDOM SEATING CHART
AUGUST 1988
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: : : : : : :
: : : : : : :
: : : : : : :
: : : : : : :
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: : : : : : :
: : : : :BILLY :JOYCE :
: : : : :BAKER :CONNERS :
: : : : : : :
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: : : : : : :
:ANDY :FRANK :WILLIAM :JOHN :SUE :MIKE :
:QUINCY :FLINN :ENDERS :JACOBS :VICTOR :WILLIAMS :
: : : : : : :
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: : : : : : :
:SAM :POLLY :SALLY :MARY :MARY :MARK :
:BLACK :RICE :JONES :MOORE :LITTLE :RICHARDS :
: : : : : : :
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: : : : : : :
:JAMES :CHARLES :JASON :DAVID :ANNA :SARAH :
:KING :ANDERSON :OLDS :LONG :DARK :HARRIS :
: : : : : : :
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______ 1 ANDERSON,CHARLES (7) ______ 11 KING,JAMES (8)
______ 2 BAKER,BILLY (6) ______ 12 LITTLE,MARY (?)
______ 3 BLACK,SAM (7) ______ 13 LONG,DAVID (9)
______ 4 CONNERS,JOYCE (4) ______ 14 MOORE,MARY (9)
______ 5 DARK,ANNA (10) ______ 15 OLDS,JASON (10)
______ 6 ENDERS,WILLIAM (5) ______ 16 QUINCY,ANDY (8)
______ 7 FLINN,FRANK (10) ______ 17 RICE,POLLY (10)
______ 8 HARRIS,SARAH (7) ______ 18 RICHARDS,MARK (8)
______ 9 JACOBS,JOHN (8) ______ 19 VICTOR,SUE (6)
______ 10 JONES,SALLY (9) ______ 20 WILLIAMS,MIKE (9)
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SAMPLE ALPHABETICAL SEATING CHART
Sample Graphics Printer Seating Chart
MIKE
WILLIAMS
SUE JASON JAMES FRANK DAVID
VICTOR OLDS KING FLINN BODNAR
MARK MARY SALLY WILLIAM SAM
RICHARDS MOORE JONES ENDERS BLACK
POLLY DAVID JOHN ANNA BILLY
RICE LONG JACOBS DARK BAKER
ANDY MARY SARAH JOYCE CHARLES
QUINCY LITTLE HARRIS CONNERS ANDERSON
______ 1 ANDERSON,CHARLES (5) ______ 12 KING,JAMES (7)
______ 2 BAKER,BILLY (8) ______ 13 LITTLE,MARY (8)
______ 3 BLACK,SAM (10) ______ 14 LONG,DAVID (7)
______ 4 BODNAR,DAVID (9) ______ 15 MOORE,MARY (8)
______ 5 CONNERS,JOYCE (9) ______ 16 OLDS,JASON (6)
______ 6 DARK,ANNA (6) ______ 17 QUINCY,ANDY (4)
______ 7 ENDERS,WILLIAM (6) ______ 18 RICE,POLLY (9)
______ 8 FLINN,FRANK (9) ______ 19 RICHARDS,MARK (5)
______ 9 HARRIS,SARAH (7) ______ 20 VICTOR,SUE (5)
______ 10 JACOBS,JOHN (7) ______ 21 WILLIAMS,MIKE (10)
______ 11 JONES,SALLY (10)
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SOFTWARE LIST
David G. Bodnar
VOCABULARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
VMS is a program designed to allow a teacher to manage
vocabulary and spelling words. It contains the following
programs:
-EDITOR - Enter, edit, modify, delete and merge
word/definition lists.
- WORD SEARCH - Prints word searches using the words entered
into the editor
- TEST PRINTER - prints multiple choice tests, word lists and
word/definition lists
- QUIZZER -
Part 1
QUIZZER quizzes students on vocabulary words using a
multiple choice format. The computer chooses a definition at
random and displays a word list. One of the words in the
word list is the correct word for the definition. Difficulty
levels and times for responses may be selected.
Part 2
CODE, the second part of quizzer, is used by students once
they have a good grasp of a word/definition list. It encodes
a word and definition using a simple letter substitution
code. The student must decode the word/definition before his
points are exhausted.
- FORTUNE - A 'WHEEL OF FORTUNE' style game where each letter
of a definition is replaced by a star (*). The student may
buy consonants and vowels as he tries to determine the word
that matches the definition.
- SPELLER -
Part 1
In FLASH a randomly selected word is flashed on the screen
and the student is asked to spell it correctly. The duration
of the flash may be changed by the student.
Part 2
ANAGRAMS scrambles a spelling word 12 different ways and
challenges the student to spell the word.
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BASIC PROGRAM PRINT FORMAT PROGRAM
This program creates a 'Pretty Print' of any ASCII BASIC file.
Multiple statement lines are broken, two column output is
supported, customized for EPSON printer codes.
version 4.0
4-22-89
TEACHERS' DATABASE page 23
(C) 1988-89 D. Bodnar
GUESSME, NEAREST, ROMAN, SUPER GUESS
A series of programs designed to challenge students to develop
strategies while guessing secret numbers. The following programs
are included:
- GUESSME - A program that allows students to guess a secret
number between 1 and 100, 1 and 50, 1 and 25 or 1 and 10. A
number line is displayed and after each guess 'too high' or
'too low' is reported to help the student to determine the
next guess. Leads students to develop a binary searching
technique. After the number is found the student is
challenged to discover a secret number word by guessing
letters.
- ROMAN - The same program as GUESSME except that all numbers
and responses are Roman numerals. The range of secret
numbers is from 1 to 100.
- NEAREST - A more complex game where two or more students try
to determine a secret number. Now, however, the computer
does not report 'too high' or 'too low', but tells which of
the two to four students is closest. Very challenging.
Again, students must discover secret number words to
determine the winner.
- SUPER GUESS - The most sophisticated of the guessing games
requires students to compete to find a secret number by
buying clues. The clues include:
Is the number prime or composite?
What is the sum of the number's digits?
What is the product of the number's digits?
What is the difference between the number's digits?
Is the number odd or even?
How many digits does the number have?
Is the number evenly divisible by another number?
A graphic game that follows each successful number discovery
determines the winner.
version 4.0
4-22-89
TEACHERS' DATABASE page 24
(C) 1988-89 D. Bodnar
Please note:
The preceding descriptions are subject to change as all of the
above programs are in daily use by the author's students and
fellow teachers and are being constantly revised and improved.
version 4.0
4-22-89
TESTC.TXT
"ANDERSON,CHARLES","7","5","7","9","9","37.00"
"BAKER,BILLY","6","8","6","10","8","38.00"
"BLACK,SAM","7","10","9","9","7","42.00"
"CONNERS,JOYCE","4","9","10","10","6","39.00"
"DARK,ANNA","10","6","5","8","9","38.00"
"ENDERS,WILLIAM","5","6","10","8","8","37.00"
"FLINN,FRANK","10","9","10","10","9","48.00"
"HARRIS,SARAH","7","7","10","9","7","40.00"
"JACOBS,JOHN","8","7","8","7","7","37.00"
"JONES,SALLY","9","10","9","10","7","45.00"
"KING,JAMES","8","7","9","9","8","41.00"
"LITTLE,MARY","?","8","7","9","8","32.00"
"LONG,DAVID","9","7","8","?","7","31.00"
"MOORE,MARY","9","8","5","10","10","42.00"
"OLDS,JASON","10","6","6","9","9","40.00"
"QUINCY,ANDY","8","4","5","10","9","36.00"
"RICE,POLLY","10","9","10","9","9","47.00"
"RICHARDS,MARK","8","5","5","10","8","36.00"
"VICTOR,SUE","6","5","4","8","10","33.00"
"WILLIAMS,MIKE","9","10","8","9","9","45.00"
TESTL.TXT
ANDERSON,CHARLES7 5 7 9 9 37.00
BAKER,BILLY 6 8 6 108 38.00
BLACK,SAM 7 109 9 7 42.00
CONNERS,JOYCE 4 9 10106 39.00
DARK,ANNA 106 5 8 9 38.00
ENDERS,WILLIAM 5 6 108 8 37.00
FLINN,FRANK 109 10109 48.00
HARRIS,SARAH 7 7 109 7 40.00
JACOBS,JOHN 8 7 8 7 7 37.00
JONES,SALLY 9 109 107 45.00
KING,JAMES 8 7 9 9 8 41.00
LITTLE,MARY ? 8 7 9 8 32.00
LONG,DAVID 9 7 8 ? 7 31.00
MOORE,MARY 9 8 5 101042.00
OLDS,JASON 106 6 9 9 40.00
QUINCY,ANDY 8 4 5 109 36.00
RICE,POLLY 109 109 9 47.00
RICHARDS,MARK 8 5 5 108 36.00
VICTOR,SUE 6 5 4 8 1033.00
WILLIAMS,MIKE 9 108 9 9 45.00
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #0878
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
QD2 LOG 3206 6-13-90 6:36p
TDB BAT 75 6-20-88 7:02p
EDIT CHN 40832 9-26-89 6:31p
FILEIE CHN 13184 4-30-89 12:26p
GRAPH CHN 34048 1-13-90 11:49a
PRINT CHN 40704 11-13-89 6:42p
TDB CHN 8960 6-13-90 6:40p
TDBGO COM 19712 4-19-89 8:04a
TITLE COM 20224 6-04-88 8:55a
SCRN1 DAT 7680 5-31-88 7:59a
SETUP DAT 256 6-24-89 7:44a
TITLE DAT 512 6-04-88 8:23a
TEMP DIR 179 6-13-90 6:40p
TEMP2 DIR 138 6-13-90 6:40p
README40 DOC 66666 5-13-89 7:58a
SAMPLE GBK 1024 2-20-87 4:27p
SAMPLE2 GBK 1408 4-22-89 11:52a
MATHREPT SCR 1920 8-27-88 8:32a
CHARACTR TXT 896 4-30-89 12:34p
EXPORT TXT 1280 9-04-88 5:27p
EXPORTL TXT 896 9-04-88 5:28p
TESTC TXT 896 9-04-88 6:03p
TESTL TXT 768 9-04-88 6:05p
GO BAT 38 10-19-87 3:56p
GO TXT 652 7-09-90 12:21a
FILE0878 TXT 2369 7-09-90 6:11p
26 file(s) 268523 bytes
40960 bytes free