CSL Marks is a powerful and easy to use gradebook program for individual teachers to use on the Macintosh, Apple IIe, IIc or IIGS computers.
CSL Marks can operate as a stand-alone package or be completely integrated with the Mac School system. Class information can be downloaded from CSL Report Cards to individual teacher disks operable on the Macintosh, IIe, IIc or IIGS. At the end of the marking period, marks, comments, citizenship, work habit and attendance can be uploaded to CSL Report Cards in preparation for the printing of report cards.
Let's take a look at how quick and efficient it is for a teacher to process student marks, view class averages, standard deviations, produce student progress reports and more!!
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Enter your grading system here. The program allows you to assign up to 41 different grades - enough for the most detailed marking scheme.
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This dialog allows you to customize specific reasons why a student is receiving a mark of zero or why the mark is not being taken into account.
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The following is an example of how a teacher would enter student scores for various assignments or exams and then calculate the term 1 mark for the first report card.
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Bins are used to store the results of related tasks (for example: test, lab assignments, homework, essays, quizzes etc.). CSL Marks allows you to name each bin and define the percentage it represents towards the final grade.
The next step is to actually enter the marks students received on particular assignments or exams - called tasks. A task is anything that counts for marks.
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Tasks can be weighted in one of three ways:
• Total Points: Student scores for each task are added up and divided by the total possible points.
• Scalar Weight: On a scale of 1 to 10, enter the weight you want this task to have relative to other tasks in the bin.
• Percentage Weight: Enter the percentage you want this task to have relative to other tasks in the bin.
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The class average is automatically calculated for you!
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The spreadsheet format of CSL Marks makes it easy to enter and edit scores for each student and monitor students’ progress in different course areas. Summary statistics such as class average and final mark are kept up to date automatically.
We are now ready to calculate the term 1 mark and prepare for the end of the first marking period.
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The Term Marks dialog is used to prepare term information for student report cards.
Term Marks are entered from the consolidation of final marks. Teachers then enter the comment ID numbers for every student in their class as well as Work Habit and Citizenship grades.
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You may view the comments that were created in the Comment Editor and assign up to five comments per student.
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Period attendance values of Present, Late, and Absent may be entered here or uploaded from the Attendance module directly to Report Cards.
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This dialog will be uploaded into CSL Report Cards where it will appear in the exact same format. Teachers no longer need to spend countless hours calculating students’ term marks and transcribing that information onto paper. Mac School is a definite time-saver!
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Sorting your class can be done in one of five different ways.
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Reporting options are very flexible in CSL Marks.
The reports include:
• Class List Report
• Task Statistics
• Student Report
• Spreadsheet Report
• Term Report
Each allow you the flexibility to define the variables you want to see on the selected report.
Let’s take a look at some of these reports.
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This Student Report or Progress Report identifies:
• the student’s mark for the selected assignments
• compares it to the class average
• calculates the student’s final grade
• shows the low, mean and high of the class and then graphs where that student stood in comparison to the class
• allows the teacher to add any comments to this report
• supplies space for a parent or teacher signature.
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CSL Marks gives teachers the flexibility and freedom to use this gradebook program on the Apple and Macintosh family of computers while providing the ability to integrate information with the Mac School system. CSL Marks provides teachers with a simple to use spreadsheet, where student marks can be easily entered, analyzed and automatically calculated. Numerous comprehensive report options are also available. Test results can be automatically transfered into CSL Marks from LXR•Test™ - a test generation and automatic scoring program by Logic Extension Resources.
We recommend that you now take a look at the CSL Report Cards module.
