Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Re: Test calendars

The use a fantastic test calendaring system form a company called Rjenda (
www.rjenda.com).

Rjenda provides several benefits over traditional test calendars:

- each student gets an individualized iCal feed with her test calendar which
integrates well with any system she uses (Google Calendar, Apple iCal,
Outlook)
- teachers, deans, administrators can see at a glance the test and major
assignment load on any grade level, class, or individual student
- teachers have individual logins to allow them to place their content on
the test calendar, and choose dates with the fewest conflicts for students
to reduce student stress

If you are interested in seeing the next generation of test calendars, ask
for a demo. Pretty cool system.

s

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You don't *really* need to print this do you?

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Patricia Moser <moserp@sidwell.edu> wrote:

> Friends,
>
>
>
> We have a very old, home grown, test calendar created with Cold Fusion
> which needs to be replaced by free or purchased software so we don't
> have to worry about updating the code when errors creep in. Our test
> calendar is a link on our web site. Teachers can login to it and are
> able to post major tests and assignments. They are listed on each date
> from first submitted to last. The idea is that no student can have more
> than 3 major tests or assignments in any one day. The teacher listed
> first on the date, gets first priority. Students can login to see what
> is listed and if they are over their limit they can go to the teacher to
> make other arrangements.
>
>
>
> Does anyone have a vendor or an open source solution for similar
> software? We use PCR Educator and are aware that there is a test
> calendar with it, but the teacher has to be using the Grade book in
> order to use the test calendar and most of our teachers do not use the
> grade book. Our solution has to be really simple and easy for all to
> update and view.
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help with this.
>
>
>
> Patt Moser
>
> Sidwell Friends School
>
>
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