Using Excel has saved me countless hours of time. I can use the excel spreadsheet to be more efficient with my time because it allows me the tools to grade effectively and with a standard that I set for each class. What I mean is that I can have standard grading policies from one class to another and maintain a great resource through Excel to compare how students have done at the end of a grading period without having to calculate free hand notes and free hand math to calculate a final grade. This is all done in Excel for me making my time use more effective.