ThinkWave Educator

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About ThinkWave Educator

ThinkWave Educator 3.0 has an intutive, easy-to-use, interface that can be learned quickly. Multiple classes can be maintained in a single gradebook. There is no need to click multiple times to access different classes.

Teachers can use an all-points grading system or a flexible grading system that can include points, letter grades, check, check plus, and any other custom grading scheme. Teachers can use assignment type weighting, for example making Tests 30%, Homework 40%, Projects 15% and Participation 15%. Teachers can also create their own assignment types.

ThinkWave Administrator is web-based school admin software that collects grades and comments from teachers online. Data from multiple teachers is automatically combined to generate a full report card for every student.


Key benefits of ThinkWave Educator

Cloud-based School Administration Software
Automatic report cards and transcripts. Fast to deploy. Uniquely easy-to-use.

» For public, private and international schools including elementary, secondary, vocational, trade, and college.
» Print and email report cards and transcripts automatically.
» Integrated gradebooks for all teachers.
» Grades online for students and parents.
» Real-time access to schoolwide grades and attendance for staff.
» Upload handouts online. Collect homework online.
» School and classroom blogs with file upload.

Free Online Gradebook

» An intuitive interface makes it easy for teachers to get started.
» Flexible grading: letter, percentage, points and custom grades.
» Powerful .pdf reports include student summary, attendance and gradebook.
» Upload handouts online. Collect homework from students online.
» Classroom blog with file upload.
» Grades Online for students and parents.
» Use on MAC, PC or iPad using IE, Firefox, Chrome or Safari.
» For multiple teachers see our multiple-teacher plans or school management software.
» Free, ad-supported or premium versions. Compare.
» Browse a demo.
Flexible grading engine. Powerful reporting. Access for students and parents.


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Overall rating

4.2 /5
(16)
Value for Money
4.2/5
Features
4.4/5
Ease of Use
4.3/5
Customer Support
3.8/5

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George
George
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Some quirks but over all time saver

Reviewed on 2017/08/16

Pros

Being able to show my students exactly what they need to do to pull them up to their desired grade is fantastic. Knowing instantly what a student's work has done for them and showing the student is a great motivator. Showing parents who complain about their student's grades is great too, there's no ambiguity, the numbers are there. The weighting and bonus grades allow some flexibility to reward students who make that extra effort.

Cons

The custom grade scale is an absolute nightmare. My board (and indeed education ministry) uses Levels, not letter grades. 1-, 1, 1+ etc. Because Thinkwave takes the average of the gap between the minimum grade needed to achieve a level and the minimum of the next one, to get a fair number takes a lot of math work, which hurts this English teacher's brain. Example. 3+ should be worth about 77.5. In order to get that, I have to make the minimum grade for it 76 and the max 80. When a student fails I don't want to necessarily just give a 0, sometimes 10 or 20% on the major assignment can make a huge difference. If I want to make a grade of 20, I need to create a grade called 20 with a minimum of twenty and then create a blank grade (___) with a grade of 20.000001. Doing this for 10, 20, 30, 40 and 45 is rather obnoxious and takes up a lot of room in the drop down menu.
The same goes when you try and make a check grade. If a 0 is entered it actually gives the student a 25 because it's halfway between 0 and the next grade, a 50. Took me a while to figure out that you need to enter the grade as incomplete to get a 0. Missing discounts the grade from the averaging entirely but makes you aware it is missing, and excused does the same. Kinda strange. Be nice if there was some documentation to go with the custom grading so I didn't have to figure this all out via trial and error.

Victor
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Thinkwave Gradebook Pros and Cons

Reviewed on 2019/05/14

My overall experience with thinkwave has been a very fun adventure

My overall experience with thinkwave has been a very fun adventure

Pros

What I Loved about thinkwave was being able to organize all your assignments, Being able to create more than just ONE class I taught and I am teaching 5 different subjects and I've had a blasted unlike other gradebooks I'm able to show my students exactly were they are at grade wise I am able to show them EXACTLY what had caused them to drop from a 98 to a 65 in just seconds so Think wave can be very helpful to not just students but families as well.

Cons

All in all although thinkwave is great I questioned why it doesn't have its own discipline system because I mean personal experience I don't have time to stop a mini lesson to go through desk drawers and folders just to fill out a discipline referral Form. When if thinkwave were to have it I can A still teach and B it's not as difficult All i have to do is full it out on the grade book it self one last thing I really wish thinkwave allowed teachers to submit grades.

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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

NO support

Reviewed on 2022/09/07

Without support, a product is useless.

Without support, a product is useless.

Pros

It is easy to use. We have the paid version and use it with many professors who can easily input grades.

Cons

It is easy to use, but there is NO support if you have a question. I have had 3 questions (just yes or no questions) since we started using it. The support page takes you to an email link. After multiple emails to them, I have yet to receive a return email. If you call the phone number provided, it tells you to send them an email! We will be switching to another system because of the lack of support.

Ms.
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Product and Amazing Service.

Reviewed on 2018/10/09

Never before has it been easier for students to know their grades and how they are performing in...

Never before has it been easier for students to know their grades and how they are performing in the class more so then it is now. Thinkwave makes it exceptionally easy for students to see what assignments they are missing, how they are performing, and their overall grade in the class.

Pros

Thinkwave also makes it very easy for us to lay out our 18-week course, which we separate into three six week course effortlessly.

Cons

Students have instant access to how they are doing in class. They have very professional customer service as well. Any questions we had were answered promptly; which was most appreciated.

Kathy
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  • Industry: Religious Institutions
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Innovative school management software

Reviewed on 2021/11/14

I set up the software for an employer who would be required to use it for a week of teaching. Set...

I set up the software for an employer who would be required to use it for a week of teaching. Set up was easy, there's online help if needed. Students names and photos are available, making it easier to become familiar with them. You can enter assignments and scoring options ahead of time.

Pros

Product was easy to use. I liked the idea behind it--streamlining communication between students and faculty. I only needed to upload the syllabus and it was available to all of the students.

Cons

When setting up daily assignments, the software alphabetized them rather than leaving them in the order I entered them.

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ThinkWave Educator FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for ThinkWave Educator.

ThinkWave Educator offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$17.00/month
  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Free Gradebook - ThinkWave Educator Basic is great for individual teachers who want a basic free gradebook. Premium Gradebook - $49.95 / year - ThinkWave Educator Premium is for teachers who want a full-featured gradebook. School Admin Software Plus Gradebooks: Scaling from - 1? to 15 students: $14 / mo or $149 / year to 421? to 550 students $299 / mo or $2999 / year.

ThinkWave Educator has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500

ThinkWave Educator supports the following languages:

English

ThinkWave Educator supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

We do not have any information about what integrations ThinkWave Educator has

ThinkWave Educator offers the following support options:

FAQs/Forum, Phone Support

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