From my first class at BCIT, I've used MS Excel spreadsheets to track marks. Right from the onset, I knew that making a few cell formulas would be easier than sitting with a calculator at the end of the term. This is because there are a number of marks to calculate. For example, here are the COMM 0004 components:
Weekly Writing Assignments 45%
Midterm Examination 15%
Oral Presentation 10%
Quizzes and myBCIT Message Board 5%
Final Examination 25%.
Although I started at the BC Institute of Technology in the autumn of 1997, the first .xls file I could quickly put my hands on is from
September of 1998.

Chang, Chiao-Yun (Joey)
Chiang, Tai Hsien (Lisa)
Cho, Kyung Hoon (Kelvin)
Kang, Hyun Joo (Jeannie)
Kim, Tayleen
Kunitate, Ricaco (Rica)
Lai, Hung-Jui (Jim)
Lau, Pui (Elizabeth)
Lin Jiao (Vivian)
Lin, Yu-Wen (Tina)
Song, Hong Jin (Jin)
Tai, Fang Chi (Debbie)
Wan, Han Tsung (John)
Won, Sat Ching (Carol)
Wong, Tze Ming (Jasmine)
Wu, Yueh His (Brian)
Yen, Tsung Heng (Louis)
I could still check each of their grade components. I wonder where
those students are today? I'll include them so if they
Google themselves, they can drop me a line!