Recording grades, Software, etc. Help!

[Rachel]

I'm not sure if this is in the right place or not. Moderators, if it's not, please move.

What do you all use for recording grades, etc. Wasn't there a software called Edutracker or something like awhile back? I haven't taken grades up to this point because I haven't needed to but now I need to start recording some for high school. What do you use? I'd like something user friendly, maybe something that has everything, a place to record grades, figure averages, grade points? I know, I probably should have this by now...no tomatoes please.

[Kendra AU]

I use Homeschool Minder. It can be as complicated as simple as you like. I don't like digital planning. In fact I hate digital planning, I find it cumbersome. So I keep my planning to paper & pencil, but I can log grades through Homeschool Minder. I can keep track of books read & when via HS Minder. I can log grades & set up an entire term of school through the programme in 10-15 minutes. Pretty simplistic.

Then I can print out report cards, transcripts, book lists, etc as needed. The best part, to me, is that even if I allow my subscription to expire I can still access my records to print. I can't edit the records, but I can print them. This is exactly why I chose HSM. Living internationally with the possibility of moving "home" in my child's high school years created the fear that i could lose some pretty important information that would effect his high school/college "career", kwim?

The biggest downer that I have with Homeschool Minder, is that there is no area to ask questions. When I was in correspondence with the creator he urged me to use the FB page, but as it was public I didn't. I opted to dedicate x time per weekend to playing with the programme & was able to figure out everything I needed to make the programme work for me in the manner I wanted it to.

ETA: This will do grade points, grades, averages, etc. really only have to tick boxes & set what you want grades to be. It's really pretty simplistic considering..

[Rachel]

Thanks Kendra! I will definitely check out Homeschool Minder. This might be what I am looking for.

Anyone else use something different for grades?