ThinkWave Educator - Home Screen

The home screen is the first screen you see when you start the program. Note the tabs along the top in the black bar that enable you to navigate through the program to different screens.
From this page, you can see the events for the day, the upcoming assignments, and your top students. You can also go directly to Grades Online to log in and see what your parents and students see.

Use the Classes screen to begin setting up your classes by entering the class name, term, meeting time and location, and grade type. Next, click on the Enroll Students button on the left side of the screen to choose which students to put in each class. You can also set class-specific grading policies, and change the order of your class roster.

From the Classes screen, click Weighting to customize the grading system for each class.
Choose letter, percentage, points, or create your own grading system with the most flexible grading options.

Test and Assignments Screen

Use the Tests and Assignments screen to enter assignments, quizzes, and tests that you have given or plan to give to your students. Click on the Record Results button to enter the grade that each student received. You can also add individual comments for each student's performance on the assignment.

Results Screen

You can also choose to enter grade results in the Grid View, which resembles your paper gradebook.

Once you have created your classes, assignments, and recorded results - you're ready to publish the information for your students on Grades Online.  Simply go to the web screen and click the Publish button. ThinkWave will automatically create individual accounts for each student and their parents. Print out the start key and password information by clicking on the student and parent buttons found on the left side of the screen. You can also enter specific announcements for students and parents, such as reminders for assignments, field trips, or upcoming events.

Now that you've published to ThinkWave Grades Online and given your parents and students start keys and passwords, they begin seeing their grades and attendance online.

Once they have created a ThinkWave ID and entered their start key and password to link to your gradebook, your students and parents will see a screen similar to the one displayed here.

For each class, they can see attendance records, a list of the assignments, handouts for the assignments, the grade, and additional comments on the assignments.