Initializing New GradeQuick Files

1. Log onto Bearcat. Log onto the Bearcat server so you have access to your GQ0506 folder. As you log on, you will be prompted to enter your home directory. Enter your first name dot last name as in bill.smith

2. Start GradeQuick on your computer.

3. Initializing a Class File. Go under the File menu and select New.

4. In the new window select your "Teacher Name/ID" from the pop-up menu.

5. You will now see your list of classes with an associated class ID. Let's say your first class is BUS201_01 Introduction to Business. Click on this class to select it and then click the Use Class ID button.

6. A new GradeQuick spreadsheet will open with your students already listed.

7. Save the File. Go under the File menu and select Save. GradeQuick automatically directs you to your GQ0506 folder. It should say GQ0506 at the top of your saving window either as the title of a pop-up menu or field entry.

8. Name the File. Name the file using your class ID, as in BUS201_01.gbk or BUS201_01_B.gbk to possibly indicate the period you teach the class if it is helpful for you to discriminate which class is represented by the file.

9. Change the Starting Term Dates. Go under the Edit menu to Attendance. You will get a pop-up menu. On a Macintosh computer, select Attendance Dates. On a PC computer, select Set Term Start Dates.

Note: The dates you will find are last year's dates. Please enter the following trimester start dates:

Trimester 1 or first day of school: 8/25/05

Trimester 2: 11/21/05

Trimester 3: 2/27/06

Click the appropriate buttons to save this data. You will get a message, but don't worry about it because you haven't added any graded items yet.

Downloadable Microsoft Word document of these instructions.