Previous | Next | Making and Managing Backups

A Two-part Plan for Securing your Student Data

For greatest security it is best to make backups of your student data in different ways and at different locations. Here is a two-part plan that might work for you:

  • Part 1: Daily Backups. Easy Grade Pro makes this part easy because it can be set up to make automatic backups of your gradebook to the volume of your choice using file names that are automatically created and that change from day to day to ensure that you have multiple backups. Be sure to see Backup Options for help with setting up Easy Grade Pro’s automatic backup options.

  • Part 2: Bi-Weekly Archived Backups or Printed Reports. Get a box of CD-Rs or other removable media. Once a week, save a copy of your gradebook to a disk and store it at a different site. Do not erase a backup until after the school year has ended. Or print score and attendance chart reports for each current class on a biweekly basis. Store these away from your archived backups.

Previous | Next | Making and Managing Backups