Deal with Textbook Publisher

Good news! I have begun licensing OfficeGrader to a textbook publisher for use as a computer applications textbook supplement.

Bad news! Due to our licensing agreement, I will no longer will distributing a freeware version of OfficeGrader programs.

11.08 Release

New versions of all graders are now available HERE.

All versions should now work with 64 bit versions of Office.
They should still be compatible with Office 2007.

Summer 2011 Updates

Currently working to make all graders compatible with 64-bit Office.

Am adding grading for AutoShapes, pics, audio, and video objects to PowerPoint Grader.

Excel Grader Summer 2010 Update

New update includes improved student grade report, cap for individual format error types, marking extraneous formatting, header grading, automated detection of symbolic.dll.

If you would like to test it before formal release, let me know your experience.

Download at
officegrader.com/Excel%20Grader.accdb

Excel Grader files Not Graded

I had a good exchange with Mark Romine at Panther Creek High School in Valera, TX.
He was getting Excel documents kicked out when student assignments had formula errors.

I tracked the error down to a problem locating the Symbolic computer algebra system file.

I fixed his system and I will be releasing the update. Let me know if you have a similar error.

Word Grader downloads spike

Word Grader downloads have spiked Spring Semester 2010 after release of 10.01.

Softpedia (only) downloads are charted below.

Word Grader 10.01 released

Updates include:

• Records revisions in an Access table for later processing;
• Made character error count more accurate;
• Added input to allow user to enter character count
• (might be used in assignment where students enter one paragraph in a large document);
• Fixed header/footer error count.