Help Center
New to WAVE? Work through the setup steps below in order – they follow the same order as the Administration menu in the app. Already set up? Jump straight to any guide. Every screen in WAVE also has a ? button in the top bar that opens the guide for the page you’re on.
Setting up your school
Follow these in order. Each guide ends by pointing you to the next step.
- 1Reporting PeriodsCreate the term you assess against and make it active. Everything hangs off this.→
- 2Rating Level ManagementDefine the rating scale – each level has a name, description and colour.→
- 3ImportBring in your classes and students by CSV (Edval) or a live LISS pull.→
- 4Class ManagementRemove non-reportable classes like sport, study lines and roll call.→
- 5Photo UploadBulk upload student photos named by student code (e.g. 100000018.jpg).→
- 6PDF ManagementSet the report header image, standard body content and footer.→
- 7Publish to SentralFor Sentral schools – generate and publish reports to parents in one step.→
- 8Generate PDFsProduce report PDFs to download – for non-Sentral schools or as a backup.→
- 9User ManagementManage staff accounts and the classes each teacher can see.→
- 10Student ManagementFix student records and class enrolments by hand. That’s the last setup step.→
Everyday use & reference
The screens teachers and admins use day to day, plus reference pages to dip into when you need them.
- DashboardYour classes – open one to record ratings.
- Class DashboardRecord each student’s rating level.
- Student DashboardOne student’s ratings, trends and PDF.
- Rating LevelsSee what each rating level means.
- Class TrendsHow a class is tracking for a period.
- TrendsSchool-wide ratings by year level.
- Historic TrendsProgress across multiple periods.
- LogsAudit trail – confirm a job ran or trace a change.