For teachers, ThinkCentral offers both the Dashboard navigation and the ThinkCentral banner navigation. After logging into ThinkCentral, you see your Dashboard, which gives an overview of your recent and planned activities and offers links to the areas of ThinkCentral that you are most likely to use.
● For details about navigating the Dashboard, see Navigate the Dashboard.
● For details about navigating ThinkCentral banner pages, see below.
➔ From the Dashboard, open a ThinkCentral banner page by doing either of the following:
– Click the header bar in the Resources, Assignments, or Reports gadgets.
– Click Settings in the top right corner, and select any option. The ThinkCentral banner pages appear. (See below for details about the Banner and Navigation Tabs.)
The links in the top banner are detailed in the following table.
Link |
Action |
ThinkCentral logo |
Returns you to the Dashboard |
Home |
|
Help |
Opens the Help file instructions (See Getting Help for more details.) |
Updates |
Opens the Customer Care site, which offers
update information; the icon |
Prints the current page |
|
Log Out |
Logs you out of ThinkCentral |
|
Account linking icon – (applicable for teachers and students only) If you are set up with multiple linked accounts, this allows you to select and open another account. For details, see Multiple School/Multiple Class Accounts. |
Navigation tabs at the top of the page provide access to all the ThinkCentral tasks; descriptions are provided in the following table.
Tab |
Action |
Resources |
Allows you to view a list of or search for resources |
Classes |
Allows you to manage and add students, groups, and classes |
Assignments |
Allows you to manage and add assignments, tests, and custom resources |
Reports |
Initiates ThinkCentral reports |
My Account |
Allows you to manage your account settings |
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