What is an Online Gradebook?
Call Us NowAn online gradebook is a highly effective solution that makes it easy for teachers to provide the necessary support to students, parents, and themselves. It’s common knowledge that the Covid-19 pandemic completely changed the traditional classroom model by shifting in-person learning to remote learning. That means technology plays a more significant role in class settings than ever before. One key aspect of the advancement of technology in school settings is the use of online gradebooks.
What is the Difference Between an Online Gradebook and Traditional Gradebook?
Traditional gradebooks are in paper format. As you can probably guess, they leave a lot of potential for losing assignments. They also make it difficult for teachers to keep track of tasks and student performance.
Online gradebooks are digital gradebooks that keep everything in one place. Teachers can distribute and collect assignments, parents and students can view grades, teachers can track attendance, and some online gradebooks even have a chat feature. As part of an effective school management software, online gradebooks connect students, parents, and teachers so that everyone can receive the support they need throughout the school year.
How Do Online Gradebooks Work?
With a cloud-based online gradebook and school management software solution, teachers, parents, and students can access the information they need (such as assignments and grades) every day, at any time. Data is securely stored and encrypted in multiple, geographically-distributed data centers.
Why Do Schools Need an Online Gradebook?
Schools need online gradebooks for a wide variety of reasons, including:
Provides Improved Access To Parents & Students
Online gradebooks make it easy for parents and students to view their grades and assignments online and message directly with teachers if needed. Not only does this improve communication, but it also increases family engagement within the school.
Report Cards Can Be Customized
Teachers can quickly create customized report cards for each student (as well as transcripts). These can then be printed or delivered electronically.
Students Become Familiar with Technology
Technology isn’t just the way of the future – it’s being used now in almost every aspect of our lives, including at work. That makes it both a valuable and critical skill set for students to become more familiar with while in school. Digital gradebooks give them the opportunity to use technology on a regular basis and therefore, they become better prepared for the workforce.
Communication Is Easy
Between working and running errands, parents don’t always have time for in-person meetings. Online gradebooks make it possible for parents to check in by simply sending a quick online, private message to their child’s teacher. It also means parents can stay more up-to-date with their child’s school performance and immediately ask teachers questions if they have a concern.
Schools Save Money
Last but not least, most schools are on a budget and can only spend funds where it’s essential. By using digital gradebooks rather than traditional ones, schools will spend less on printing supplies and be able to spend those funds elsewhere.
Get Started With Online Gradebooks Today
ThinkWave Educator has an intuitive interface that can easily be customized by teachers based on their needs. There’s no software that needs to be installed, so teachers can access their online gradebooks from anywhere, anytime.