I was looking for something that would be easy to track my lesson plans and organize my grading. I previously was just using an Excel document for my assignment sheet, Word documents for my syllabi's and another Excel document for grading.
So far, HST+ is amazing. I have managed to input all of history, science and part of English for next year. I have everything broken down into activities so I can assign a different weight for grading purposes. For instance, reading is not graded, geography is 20%, discussions and exams are 45%, charts are 15% and history writing is 20%.
Horse Girl can log in on her computer, see what she needs to accomplish on any given day or week and then check it as completed when she finishes. She can even go in and add notes if necessary or fill in the assignment if it was something that was open-ended. I then go in behind her and input the grade for anything she completed. If it's a multi-day assignment, such as reading, it will stay on her agenda until the due-date I assigned. The program tallies everything up on its own and even keeps track of attendance. I have it set up to count each day that we accomplish four hours or more of school as one school day. When you block out holidays and off-days it will not assign school work on those days.
Right now I'm just using the 30-day trial, but will more than likely purchase it when my 30 days are over. The program is only $49, and it's a one-time purchase. You then receive free updates whenever they come out. If you're interested in ordering, let me know and I will give you a code to use. My girlfriend receives $5 for every purchase made with her code. I will eventually sign up for my own code, though.
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