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After you download the Teacher's Personal Markbook install program, you can then run it to install the program on your computer. Depending on your Web browser you may choose to run the install program directly from it. Please click on the Read more link at the right to view this tutorial.
Below is how the icon for the install program appears on the desktop when running Windows 7, its appearance and where it is may be different on your computer.
1. Double click on Tpminst.exe to start the installation process.
2. If you are using Windows 7 or Vista a User Account Control pop-up may appear when you start Tpminst.exe. The exact look can this pop-up may vary, but the key point is that Windows reports that the installation program is from an unidentified publisher. This message is quite common with software from smaller software companies, and in this case on you can choose the Allow option to continue.
3. The install program starts with an introduction screen.
4. To install Teacher's Personal Markbook you must agree to the Licence Agreement. It is recommended that you read through this, but in summary what you need to know is that the trial version is yours to use for free for 30 days and that you are not allowed to give away or sell copies of the program once you have purchased a licence. No additional software is installed at the same time as Teacher's Personal Markbook and there is no fine print where you are signing up for services that you do not need or want.
5. You can change the destination of the Teacher's Personal Markbook by choosing the Browse button, but normally you would continue with the default destination.
6. Next you can set the folder for the shortcut in the Start menu, but again the default folder should be adequate.
 7. Lastly you can choose to make an icon for Teacher's Personal Markbook on your desktop. 
8. After the previous steps, you are ready to start the actual installation. Please make a note of the destination folder in case you need that information later.
9. The copying of the program files during installation should only take a few moments, but it may take over a minute depending on your system.
10. Finally the installtion is finished and you can immediately start Teacher's Personal Markbook.
11. Here is how Teacher's Personal Markbook appears the first time you run it. This and the previous screen images were done on Windows 7 so if you are using Windows XP, or have another Windows Theme set, the border of the program window may look different.
10. A shortcut for the program is also installed on your desktop and under the TPM group in the Windows Start menu. When running Teacher's Personal Markbook with Windows 7 and Vista it is important to use the program shortcuts, otherwise you may sometimes get a message indicating that the program cannot run.
Now that you have installed the program you may want to start using it straightaway for marks and grades, or you may prefer to first follow the tutorial in the help file, or one of the others tutorials on this website. |
