1.5.7 ThinkWave
ThinkWave is a two part web based classroom management software. One part consists of administrative tools like transcript compiling, attendance management, and report card creation.
Second, teachers can keep track of grades and upload documents for students to access. The second part is discussed below, as it is more relevant to the client’s needs.
Good Features:
- Overall
- Intuitive UI
- Data is updated in real time
- Grading based on points or percentage
- Teachers
- Collect homework from students online (like handin)
- Generate pdf reports of student data
- Assignments are organized into columns
- Handle multiple classes
- Keep track of previous years
- Students
- Submit homework online
- See grades in real time
- Multiple classes
Bad Features:
- No desktop version: cannot edit grades without internet connection
- Only 2gb of storage available for uploaded docs
Missing Features:
- Overall
- No charts or graphs for data
- Teachers
- No ability to divide columns into subsections
- No automatic grading of uploaded files
- Doesn’t handle extra credit
- No late assignment handling
- Students
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