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Homeschool Tracker or Edu-Track?
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Kris MN
Posted 2009-11-19 5:36 PM (#144784)
Subject: Homeschool Tracker or Edu-Track?


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Hi ladies,

What would you recommend for calculating grades? This is the first year I am going to start keeping actual grades for my daughter and I have no idea where to start. I don't even know how to create a spreadsheet. Any advice?

Thanks!

Kris
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Carli
Posted 2009-11-19 7:29 PM (#144803 - in reply to #144784)
Subject: RE: Homeschool Tracker or Edu-Track?



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I haven't used either but I have several friends who use homeschool tracker and love it.  It isn't just for keeping grades...there's a lot more to it! 
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Kris MN
Posted 2009-11-19 7:45 PM (#144804 - in reply to #144803)
Subject: Thanks Carli! I appreciate the recommendation. nm


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NCAlyce
Posted 2009-11-19 10:30 PM (#144815 - in reply to #144784)
Subject: I think both are good for that purpose....



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I have Edu-Track and am pretty pleased with it. From what I've heard they both do the same thing except Edu-Track produces more professional looking transcripts. I guess the deciding factor would be that you can get Homeschool Tracker for free and Edu-Track you have to pay for. I'd get the free version of Homeschool tracker and try it. If you like it you can buy the Plus version which can do more complex things. Like I said I've had Edu-Track for the last 7 years and really love it. I've kept grades for 2 highschoolers now and the grading system is great. It's also very helpful when it's time to produce that transcript. I have heard from some people that Homeschool Tracker is very hard to set up and use until you're use to it. I didn't have any problem setting up Edu-Track and using it is pretty easy. When I first bought a computer program Edu-Track was the only one available. Since one is free, I'd do that one first. Like I said they are pretty similar in functions and of course I like Edu-Track but I'd probaly try the free one if I were to do it today.
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Kris MN
Posted 2009-11-20 9:23 AM (#144848 - in reply to #144815)
Subject: Thanks, Alyce!


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I knew there were differences between the two but couldn't remember which was which. I think you've posted on this topic before. Thanks for the information!
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SoCalPam
Posted 2009-11-24 8:51 PM (#145250 - in reply to #144784)
Subject: I have the "big" version of Homeschool Tracker



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I've never used it.  It has some glitches, like you can't plug in the same book for two different grades. If there's a way to do that, I couldn't find it.  I frequently double up my kids on some subjects and for the life of me couldn't figure out how to get the program to recognize that.  It wants to assign a code to every book, etc., which just doesn't work for me.

I just use a spreadsheet for my kids' lessons now, but in the beginning I gave them a half sheet every day with their assignments on it.  They just checked off the assignments as they did them, and that worked out.  When they're done with an assignment, I log it on a form that has lines for assignments, a separate area for quizzes/projects, and another area for tests.  When figuring a grade, I total each of the three areas separately, then add the three scores together.  Then divide by three and you get the total grade. It's the simplest way I know!  I grade everything on a percentage, so that makes life easy for me.

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NCAlyce
Posted 2009-11-24 11:10 PM (#145260 - in reply to #145250)
Subject: Edu-track



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Edu-Track can do that with no problems. You just hit the recurring key and you an assign the same thing to any child you want. It also has some curriculum lesson plans already programmed in to assign lessons the way the publisher recommends such as Saxon. If you're looking for specific functions just ask me and I'll let you know if you can do it with Edu-Track.
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Kris MN
Posted 2009-11-25 7:39 PM (#145344 - in reply to #145250)
Subject: Thanks, Pam!


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I really need to learn how to use spreadsheets. There must be some sort of Spreadsheets for Dummies info on the net.

Thanks for the info on Homeschool Tracker. I think I will try the free version of Edu-Track and see how that goes.
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