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Re: Infinite Campus grade book
Posted by New User on 6/10/08

    Failure to see the big picture. "Line up a list of features
    side-by-side and Infinite Campus starts to look pretty weak." Are you
    kidding me? Do you even know what Infinite Campus is? I dare you to
    line up the features of Infinite Campus next to Pinncale Plus... in
    fact I'll give you the link to start with:
    http://www.infinitecampus.com/media/PDF%20Product%20Sheets/District_Edition_Product_Sheet_2009.1.pdf

    Of course I'm defensive! We finally get a solution that doesn't
    require me to do any imports/exports (because that's what I like to be
    doing at 8:00 PM, still sitting in my class room) and you complain
    about some insignificant features that you want in the product?

    That's great that your site principal is willing to spend money to get
    you to leave him alone... obviously your budget is much larger than
    ours so you can throw money at purchasing ANOTHER grade book and
    server to run it.

    While you wait for your imports and exports to complete, I'll post my
    grades in real time and be teaching my students if you need any help.


    On 2/25/08, Bea wrote:
    > So defensive! Since you are the expert New User... can you please
    > explain to me how the IC gradebook calculates proficiency toward
    > standard? I long ago abandoned the IC gradebook to use Excelsior's
    > Pinnacle Plus because of the inclusion of the "Power Law"
    > calculation. And that's just one example. Line up a list of features
    > side-by-side and Infinite Campus starts to look pretty weak. So
    > compelling is this comparison that my site principal is considering
    > anteing up to buy Pinnacle for each of us.
    > http://www.excelsiorsoftware.com/solutions/sys_pinnPLUS.aspx
    >
    > On 2/08/08, New User wrote:
    >> You make it too easy... STOP USING HANDWRITTEN GRADE BOOKS!
    >> You step into the 21st century just to use what my grandfather
    >> used in the early 1900s for his class. You want to talk about too
    >> many steps? You've just created an unlimited number of
    >> unnecessary steps. I hate to be negative but a lot of you are
    >> complaining about things that are easily fixed by following best
    >> practices. I have used SASI, SkyWard, PowerSchool and all have
    >> similar issues. We started using Campus and sure it's not
    >> perfect, but because it's integrated into every other part of
    >> Campus I save tons of time. I can communicate with Parents
    >> (though some of you are afraid to because you still use antiquated
    >> methods) in real time, so much easier than exporting and importing
    >> from each different program under the sun. We COULD use a
    >> standalone grade book and get an updated UI (pretty colors for you
    >> kiddies out there) but it lacks full functionality in the district
    >> and you just can't put a price on that.
    >> My two cents... those of you still looking for pretty grade books
    >> and the one-click solution please ignore this post. Teacher
    >> serious about making data driven decisions in the classroom take heed.
    >>
    >>
    >> On 9/17/07, Wil Wiemann wrote:
    >>> I am trying to figure out how to move students up and down in my
    >>> grade book. We have roster changes all the time and i don't
    >>> want them to be put in my grade book in alpha order. I want
    >>> them at the bottom to mirror my handwritten grade book, so when
    >>> I put grades in I don't have to pay attention to where the new
    >>> kids are, they are at the bottom. Any suggestions
    >>>
    >>> Thanks
    >>>

     
     

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