ThinkWave
3 Reviews 5/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★A cloud-based school management software with real-time grade and assignment management capabilities.
Product Overview
ThinkWave is a comprehensive education management software that offers a range of features to enhance the teaching and administrative experience. It’s primarily designed to streamline grading, assignment management, and communication within educational settings. Its ease of use and real-time access to grades and assignments make it a valuable tool for educators, students, and parents.Pros
- Offers concise dat to teachers, parents, and students
- Consolidates school and student information into one place
- Provides free gradebook seperate from school management system
Cons
- Lacks a dedicated mobile app
- Subscription price is based on total number of students
- Free gradebook includes ads
Target Market
Educational institutions that require a straightforward, user-friendly system for managing grades, assignments, and communication.Video Overview
Features
- Custom report cards and transcripts
- Student administration and grades
- Attendance management
- Upload assignments and handouts online
- Collect homework
- Web-based gradebook
- Online grade management
- Blogs
- Student and parent learning portal
- Web-based deployment
Pricing
ThinkWave’s school management system includes a tier-based system that increases with the number of students. It starts at $17/month for 1-15 students, with its highest plan being $329/month for 421-550 students. Schools with 500+ students require a custom quote.
Online Free Gradebook for Solo Teachers
ThinkWave provides a free gradebook program for solo teachers. This includes a flexible grading method, custom reports, and the ability to post grades online for students and parents.
The free version of the gradebook does include ads. An ad-free version (their Premium Gradebook) is available for $49.95/teacher/year. Price discounts exist for the more teachers that require access.
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It takes a minute to figure out, but then easy breezy
It takes a minute to figure out, but then easy breezy! IMO much easier to maneuver and easier for teachers, students and parents to see all assignments and grades in one shot–unlike Google Classroom which is difficult to see a clear view of assignments and grades.
Pros
Clear and concise for teachers, parents and students
Cons
I wish there was an app
Freed up hours for staff to focus on students
We used to record everything by hand or with manual spreadsheets. Semester grades could take two weeks to compile and submit to students. Now it only takes a few minutes once grades are completed online. This has freed up hours for staff to focus on students rather than paperwork. This includes transcripts, schedules, attendance, and more.
It's streamlined our workflow around student scheduling
We’ve been able to consolidate dozens of spreadsheets and tasks into one central location. It’s streamlined our workflow around student scheduling and student records. It’s brought grades, assignments, attendance and other records into one location. Student feedback is instant and we can generate progress reports and track missing assignments.
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