Donna Young's Homeschool V-Planner

The V Planner

Latest version - V Planner V.2

V Planner V.2 is available. Please view the help files and videos because version 2 is a little different from version 1. To download the V Planner, visit the download page that is linked on your YoungMinds CD-Rom, 2011. I hope that you find the V Planner useful.

A new V Planner is available. I call it V Planner DT and while it is a "V Planner V.2" it has 2 major differences with V Planner V.2. Read more at V Planner DT.

The V Planner is a new ongoing project. It is currently available on YoungMinds, the site-cd, 2011 and newer.

The V Planner is a spreadsheet file and to use it, you must have on your computer a program that is compatible with XLS files. I am making the planner in Excel 2002 and I can personally vouch that it works in Excel 2002. [note to self- check file in excel 2010] The V Planner seems to work, so far, in OpenOffice Calc 3.2. [Note, have not checked V.2 in Open Office]. I do not know if the V Planner will work in "Numbers", but I kind of doubt it.
Update: Numbers '09 does not work with the V Planner.

Features in V Planner V.1 [August 2010]

For a more detailed overview of the V Planner
see the About article: About Donna Young's Homeschool V Planner

Generate a 5 day or 1 day plan
The Today sheet reminds you of the things that you entered into the calendar and the random sheet
Maintain a fluid school calendar
Keep attendance
Grades can be entered along-side of the lesson.
A running grade average is given
Each class can have up to four grade weights and extra points
Generate a course of study based on your input

Additional Features added to V Planner V.2 [May 2011]

For a more detailed overview of the V Planner
see the About article: About Donna Young's Homeschool V Planner

Complete control over exactly which lesson plan shows where in the planners
Ability to have different grade weights per grading term
Ability to record minutes spent in class per student
Ability to include Credits and GPA per student
Grade Reports
Transcript for one year
Additional Lesson Planners
A column for Teacher's Notes
A Journal [ Notes tab ]

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Terms of Agreement

This planner, as it is now, has taken more than 300 hours to create, so I really hope that you find it useful and I also hope that you do not take advantage of me by giving out the file. The planner is only available to current YoungMinds cd-rom customers at this time, which means the V Planner is brand new and it was not available prior to the 2011 CD. If you have purchased YoungMinds cd-rom and have the V Planner - I know it's a nifty file, but please do not give out or send the file to others or upload it anywhere.

Disclaimer

The file is "as is." It is also a work in progress. I make no warranties whatsoever regarding the file, it's quality, it's accuracy [although I do try very hard in those two areas ], and I cannot guarantee that you can open and use the file. The V Planner is part of the large file collection that is on YoungMinds CD-Rom 2011. The V Planner is an XLS file and requires that you have a compatible spreadsheet program on your computer in order to open and use the file. I do not provide the spreadsheet software.

Credit: How is this xls planner even possible? Is Donna Young really this smart?
Donna: Well uh .. while the designs, concepts, workings, "the everything" behind this planner came from my brain (PTL ^[1]) based on my experience as a birth through 12 homeschooler and as one who really appreciates the genius behind Microsoft Excel, I leaned on the instructional videos made by the very talented instructor of MS Excel Mike Excelisfun Garvis to help me figure out the formulas. Later, I bought his book, Slaying Excel Dragons. I had a lot of fun showing the book to my family. I always covered the word Excel with my fingers making it read, "Slaying Dragons."
Mike Excelisfun Garvis videos at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ExcelIsFun <-- This is his page at YouTube from where you may search and view his videos and on the bottom half of the page, you can find his link to his book and a link to his many xls files.

Donna Young
August, 26 2010
Updated, June 2011

¹ PTL is an acronym for Praise the Lord.