1. Install
1st Class GradeBook to a shared folder from which you want all users to run
from.
2. Run 1st Class GradeBook. From the HELP menu
choose REGISTER1st CLASS GRADEBOOK. Obtain a special network unlock key
from 1st Class Software (905-302-9988). You must have write access (permission
to modify files) when you perform this step. If while performing this step you are prompted to create a new 1st
Class Database choose NO.
3. Run 1st Class GradeBook. Open the Sample.1st file. Go into the Setup section and customize 1st Class GradeBook to your
school. You can set the school name,
grading scale, default comments and even a default comments and even a default
password. This will save your setting
to a file called “config.usr” located in the 1st Class GradeBook
directory. This user configuration file
will be used as a default setup for each new teacher. When a new teacher logs in for the first time a copy of the config.usr file is copied to their home
directory (as per step 4) You MUST perform a “File Close” before exiting 1st
Class GradeBook. If you leave a
database file open and exit 1st Class GradeBook that database file
name and path will be embedded into the default configuration file and all new
users will automatically open this database.
If you want all teachers to start with a demo database you have set up
this may be desirable.
4. Beginning with version 7.0y this step can now be
performed by going to the 1st Class GradeBook setup screen and
clicking on the Network Admin tab. You
can add and delete users as you wish.
***VERY
IMPORTANT***
When the multi-user mode is on and you log in under your own
user id, any configuration settings you change are for yourself only. To change the defaults you must turn off
multi-user mode and re-start 1st Class GradeBook. Now any changes you make will be put into
the default configuration file. When a
user logs into the default configuration file is copied to their local
configuration file if their local configuration file does not exist. This is usually the case when the user logs
in for the first time. If you ever want
to reset a user’s configuration setting (including their password) you must
delete their local configuration file (i.e. Delete
f:\users\jane\jane.usr). Make sure that
if you are modifying the default configuration settings you do not leave a
grades database file open. If you d,
the users will be opening the file you left open by default. To assure this does not happen ALWAYS use
the FILE-CLOSE menu option to close the database before exiting the gradebook
when you are not in multi-user mode (and thus are modifying the default
configuration settings).
Those with versions prior to 7.0y follow the instructions
below or consider upgrading.
In your text editor (notepad.exe, write.exe, edit.exe)
create a file called “USER.LST” and save it in the 1st Class
GradeBook directory. This file contains a comma delimited list of all user ids
and a fully qualified path and a filename to the user’s configuration file.