Using Tynker - FAQ

When teachers click on the student name on the gradebook page or on the student page of a Tynker Class, they get a detailed metrics report for the ind...

Go to the Progress tab of the class and click view projects and showcase on the newly created projects widget. Find the project on the projects tab,...

Click the course card under My Classes Click the lessons tab, and find Class and Weekly projects on the left side. Click the assign button on ...

Click My Classes. Click the students tab. Check the box to the left of the student’s name you want to remove. Click the bulk action menu on the t...

Go to My Classes and click add class to add an additional class for personalized content. If it is a Google Classroom , Clever , ClassLink , or...

Students should: Open the Tynker Red App and log in. Click the Workshop Button at the bottom Quick Start Guide for Teachers

Tynker tracks the number of code lines that students write as they are using the Tynker platform. For a teacher to track the number of code lines th...

Within the teacher's main dashboard page click Log out from the navigation on the left.

You can close the slide navigator on the left by clicking the "X" in the top left of the presentation in order to get a full screen view of Tynker pre...

Go to My Classes Click the class card for the class. Click the gear icon tab to edit your class settings. Enter the new class name. You can also ch...

Each Tynker lesson plan contains the UK standards alignment. The lesson plans can be accessed by clicking the Course Overview link on the desired co...

The answer key for Web Development 101 and Python 201 is built directly into the teacher version of the course. When you open up Web Development 101 o...

Email educatorsupport@tynker.com to report the bug and get a blank certificate. Quick Start Guide for Teachers

The lessons tab in each Tynker classroom is where you manage and assign lessons to that particular class. Quick Start Guide for Teachers

When you click the Gradebook tab in each class, the Lesson Progress page tells teachers what activities students have completed in each Tynker Les...

Click My Classrooms. Click the card of the class where you want to see projects. Click the progress tab. Find the Newly Created Projects widget a...

Under the notifications button, Class Notifications allow a teacher to see the most recent summary of activity from their classes. Quick Start Guide f...

Tynker courses and lessons track with student usernames from year to year to ensure students are mastering coding concepts. With mastery tracking, stu...

The first step is to check the student account to see if the work is there. You can log into any student account by clicking on the student username o...

Each Tynker lesson has a slide deck that accompanies it to help teachers introduce concepts and discuss what each Tynker lesson includes. These presen...

Tynker provides individualized progress reports that can be easily sent to parents or guardians by using the bulk action menu in the top left of the s...

Coding allows students to create something new in order to show what they know in any class. Students can create games, simulations, stories, animatio...

We, at Tynker, believe that coding is the new second language for kids. It's a life skill — one that will help propel our kids to become the next gene...

The Gradebook tab in each classroom is where you can see multiple student data points. They include: Lesson Progress: Student Progress on all Tynker ...

This tab displays the Educator Projects that were categorized as “Text Coding” projects such as Javascript, Python, HTML/CSS, Java, or p5js when they ...

Yes. You'll need it in order to assign courses, lessons, and projects to your students.

On the progress page of each class, teachers can view how many lines of code the class has written in the Class Awards section

Click on the My Projects page. Click on the three dots in the top-right corner of the project. Click “share”, and choose how you would like to share...

Open a Tynker project and save it. Click the speech bubble icon in the top right corner. In the Stream that opens on the far right you can attach do...

Tynker lessons can contain 4 types of different activities. They are: Introduce a Concept: An animation to explain a coding concept. Solve a Coding P...

You can easily add individual or multiple student guardians. This is found in the Teacher Dashboard, under the “students” tab. You can click on the “p...

Click on the class card Go to the lessons tab Assign the Icon-Based coding course to the class Click the Gradebook tab. Click the drop-down menu in th...

The Elementary School curriculum which can be found on the Tynker Course Catalog includes Tynker Block based courses for both pre-readers and 3-5, ele...

Click My Classes. Click the class you want to add more students to. Click the students tab. Click + add students. This will let you add students t...

Click on the curriculum page. Click Course Overview on the desired course. Click on Lesson Plans on the left navigation, then click on the less...

Student login cards are available to print and cut out for each individual student. There are two types of login cards to choose from. One includes th...

To unassign a course, go to the lesson page of the class, and click the three dots in the top right corner of the course. Then click unassign Quick St...

Tynker has content teachers can use for free, but schools can also elect to purchase licensing and gain access to over 3,000 contact hours of standard...

To unassign a lesson, go to the lessons page of the class and then click the Unassign link listed under the lesson. Quick Start Guide for Teachers

As students complete Tynker lessons, they earn XP points. The accumulation of XP points is what unlocks characters in the character builder.

Click on the My Projects page. Use the search bar to search the project title by name.

The Tynker DIY library gives you themed creative projects to enhance creativity, and blank templates to create customized projects. It can be found un...

Each Tynker lesson plan contains the US standards alignment for the lesson including: Common Core ELA, Common Core Math, CTA, ISTE, and Next Generatio...

Go to My Classes and click add class to add an additional class for personalized content. If you see the Google Classroom , Clever , ClassLink ...

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Schools are focusing more and more on these subjects, recognizing their importance in toda...

The assign button on any Educator Project under the My Projects page allows the user to assign that project to a Tynker Class or an individual student...

Using visual code blocks, Tynker guides kids through programming concepts – such as loops, conditional logic, sequencing, and algorithmic thinking. In...

When teachers click on the student name on the gradebook page or on the student page of a Tynker Class, they get a detailed metrics report for the ind...

Click the class card that you want to remove the lesson from Go to the lesson tab Click the coure you want to assign the lesson from. Click th...

The Everyone Can Code category within the lesson progress drop down menu of the gradebook in Tynker classes details progress students have made on Spa...

The NASA projects can be used and assigned from two places: The Tynker DIY Library: The NASA lessons can be found in the Tynker DIY library under STE...

Students earn certificates by finishing Tynker courses, hitting certain metric marks (like 100 projects), and participating in the Hour of Code.

From the curriculum page: Select a course to preview Select the Student View tab Use the dropdown to select the lesson number Click on the activity...

Yes! In fact, we encourage it. You can even have multiple Tynker classrooms per physical class. This helps if you have students who have different lev...

From the curriculum page, locate a course and click on Course Overview to see a variety of resources to ensure your Tynker lesson is successful. Overv...

Email login instructions can be found in the Students tab of a classroom, and allow teachers to send student login instructions to individual or multi...

When teachers click on the student name on the gradebook page or on the student page of a Tynker Class, they get a detailed metrics report for the ind...

When you click the gradebook tab in each class, the Lesson Progress page tells teachers what activities students have completed in each Tynker Lesso...

The Quiz Results page of the gradebook includes the quiz scores that students get on the multiple choice quizzes at the end of each Tynker lesson.

Class codes are the easiest way to add students quickly to a class, and they appear in the top right corner of a classroom once the classroom is creat...

Click My Classrooms. Click the card of the class where you want to see projects. Click the progress tab. Find the Newly Created Projects widget a...

On the progress page of each class, teachers get a running list of the latest class activity based on students work in Tynker courses. Quick Start G...

The add more link on the left of the lessons page of each class takes teachers to a page with course recommendations to add next. Quick Start Guide ...

When you click on lessons page of the class, each course has lessons that contain a Presentation Mode link. This link takes the teacher to a presentat...

The public showcase allows anyone with a link to view student projects that the teacher has shared via the projects page of each class including paren...

Sign in to tynker.com and create a class. Go to the curriculum page of the class and find the course you want to assign. Use the dropdown to filte...

Tynker aligns with several state's computer science standards and the CSTA standards. Many states in the United States are basing their standards off ...

Click My Classrooms. Click the card of the class where you want to see projects. Click the progress tab. Find the Newly Created Projects widget a...

When teachers click on the student name on the gradebook page or on the student page of a Tynker Class, they get a detailed metrics report for the ind...

Class certificates and awards generate automatically when students have completed certain lessons, concepts or learning objectives. Teachers can then ...

A lesson is the basic unit of instruction in Tynker. A lesson is comprised of one or more projects. Some of these projects are for review that student...

First select the classroom on the “My Classrooms” view. Then view your students’ projects by clicking the “Progress” tab of the selected classroom and...

A greeting card can be a fun and engaging way to get students started in the Tynker Block Workshop. You can find a greeting card project in three diff...

Any time you want to share a project with others (students or teachers), you can simply save the project and share the link of the project with th...

All Tynker projects can be opened or created and then saved to the teacher's My Projects page. From there teachers can assign the projects. If teac...

On both the gradebook tab and student tab in each Tynker class, teachers can click on a students name to get a detailed score card including where stu...

Log in to Tynker using your teacher credentials, and view the Teacher Dashboard on the main page. Click My Classrooms on the left navigation bar. Cl...

On the progress page of the class, teachers can view how students' progress via the Course Progress widget.

Gaming is an engaging activity that makes coding come to life. You will find game design activities throughout Tynker, but some highlights include: Cr...

To archive the class, go to my classes, click the three dots in the right corner of the class you want to archive, and click archive. To delete the cl...

Click on the class card under My Classes . Go to the lessons tab and make sure one of Hour of Code lessons is assigned to the class. Click the Gra...

Each Tynker lesson plan comes with Warm Up activities to introduce the lessons concepts. From the course lesson plans view click on Lesson Plan nex...

If you have a Tynker for Schools license, ask your administrator to add the teacher in their admin page. Click on My Classrooms . Click the class car...

While inside a classroom, a drop down menu is available at the top of the page that lets teachers quickly shift from one class to another.

Each Tynker Lesson plan has a corresponding "Student View" that allows the teacher to preview lessons as a student would and try any activity within t...

Each Tynker lesson plan details the materials necessary to complete the Tynker lesson. The lesson plans can be accessed within the curriculum page by ...

A Tynker premium account for schools, gives teachers a full coding curriculum that can be implemented into any class. Depending on the level of licens...

By clicking the run lesson button, you open a new tab that gives teachers everything they need to run a live lesson including class presentation, stud...

Under the My Projects section, this is where Educators can create and save Tynker block or text coding projects which can be assigned to students.

Click on the class card you want to run the live lesson with. Click on the lessons tab. Click the course on the left side. Click the presen...

No. When a student starts premium coursework, they count towards the total seats of the license, and that seat can not be assigned to another student....

Click My Classrooms. Click the card of the class where you want to see projects. Click the progress tab. Find the Certificates widget and click ...

Tynker Quizzes assess students' understanding of the concepts within the lesson they have just completed. If the lesson is a coding lesson, it will as...

A password is required in order for students to log in and use Tynker. Tynker student passwords can be managed from the Students page of Tynker Clas...

Robotics courses can be found selecting the Robotics & AI filter within the Course Catalog . The Robotics courses give students the opportunity to ...

The private showcase allows teachers to share student projects with students in the same Tynker Class.

Any project in Tynker can be customized and assigned to students. For Tynker Block Coding Projects If you are editing an existing Tynker Project , sa...

Under the notifications button, Project Notifications allow a teacher to see the most recent summary of activity from shared student projects.

When teachers click on the student name on the gradebook page or on the student page of a Tynker Class, they get a detailed metrics report for the ind...

Click the avatar in the top left. Click the privacy tab. Click the delete button.

The following Tynker courses include voice over where students can listen to text within the course. Icon Coding 10-Course Pack Ocean Odyssey Robots W...

Email a detailed description of the issue to support@tynker.com . Please specify where the issue was noted and if possible, explain what you did to ...

Log into tynker.com as a teacher and click the avatar in the top left. Click the privacy tab. Click delete.

Tynker ambassadors are known as Blue Ribbon Educators. For more information on the Blue Ribbon Program visit https://www.tynker.com/school/blue-ribbo...

Click on the curriculum page. Click Course Overview on the desired course. Click on Lesson Plans on the left navigation, then click on the less...

When you click the gradebook tab in each class, the Lesson Progress page tells teachers what activities students have completed in each Tynker Lesso...

Click the class card to navigate into the desired class. Go to the students page of the class. Click the name of the guardian in the guardians list. C...

Click on the class card for the class under My Classes . Either click the Gradebook or the Students tab in the class. Click on the student name ...

Parrot is no longer selling drones that are compatible with Tynker, but you may be able to acquire compatible drones at https://www.ftw-robotics.com/...

Click My Classrooms. Click the card of the class where you want to see projects. Click the progress tab. Find the Newly Created Projects widget a...

Click on My Classes . Click the class card where the student you want to move is. Click the students tab. Check the box to the left of the students...

Go to the "Projects" page in the class by clicking on the Projects widget under the Progress tab of a classroom, and select the projects that you want...

Open the project you want to assign to students, and save it. This could be a Workshop project that you have customized or a blank project from the ...

Email support@tynker.com and request the account change. Please include the student’s username.

The page arrows on the My Projects page allows the user to go back from the Most Recent projects to the Least Recent.

Each Tynker Lesson includes a full lesson plan with vocabulary, lesson objectives, warm ups, activities, code, extended activities, and standards. The...

The showcase allows teachers to easily share projects. Reasons to share might include: Sharing privately with students in the class to peer evaluate w...

This tab displays the Educator Projects that were published publicly. Quick Start Guide for Teachers

Each Tynker lesson plan contains a detailed look at the activities students will participate in within the Tynker lesson. The lesson plans can be acce...

You can share student success several different ways: Share certificates with students for their accomplishments in Tynker. Email parents and guardian...

Tynker aligns with the following standards: Common Core ELA. Common Core Math. Next Generation Science Standards (on science STEM lessons). CSTA. Seve...

Go to My Classes . Click the card of the class you want to share login instructions with. Click the + add students button on the right of the stude...

Tynker includes over 200 easy to implement STEM lessons. These lessons allow teachers to give students opportunities to create standard based simulati...

Please email any new feature request with a detailed description to educatorsupport@tynker.com

When you assign the Icon Based Coding Course Pack to a class, students will have immediate access to 5 icon based courses, All About Computers 1, and ...

The showcase gives teachers an opportunity to share project both privately (just with the class) and publicly (via a public link).

Tynker needs to be granted permission to write to Google Classroom, and occasionally those permissions change. You can resync Google Classroom by goin...

This is likely a result of the student account being inactive. This can be resolved one of two ways: If you have a Tynker for Schools license: Go to t...

When you delete a student, their data is erased and won't be able to be recovered. You can always add that student user name again for the user to res...

The attendance tab of the teacher gradebook within each class gives a timestamp of the last time students have logged into Tynker.

Click on the class card under My Classes . Click the Gradebook tab in the class. Click the Quiz Results page of the Gradebook to see results of m...

This page shows you the most recent Educator projects from the “last modified” project on top, to the oldest projects on the following pages.

Tynker gives teachers every resource they need to quickly create a class and assign coding lessons to their students. Teachers can roster students to ...

You can do this one of two ways. While the project is still available for the week: Have students save it to their My Projects page. Assign the pro...

Any teacher project that you start and save can be found on the My Projects page.

When you download the student list. You will receive a spreadsheet with all of your students’ names, usernames and passwords.

The resource page in Tynker teacher accounts includes helpful articles and sites to visit including: The Help Center The Tynker Blog Hour of Code Vide...

Tynker Blocks micro:bit projects can be created and deployed using iPad, PC, Mac, and Chromebooks. For the iPad, the initial hex file needs to be set ...

Open the project you want to customize and then save it to your My Projects folder. Go to your My Projects folder, find that project and then clic...

Go to the My Classrooms page and click Set Up Your Classroom if you have no other classes, or click Add Classroom to add an additional class. Th...

In the teacher dashboard within the Certificates widget on the progress page, teachers can print student certificates by using the print buttons on ...

Any teacher can use Tynker to add coding to their existing curriculum. It’s perfect for classes where coding is included in the curriculum, like STEM ...

Students should: Go to tynker.com/classcode Students enter the class code Students click the Google button Students enter their Google district crede...

Guardians can be added via the Students tab within a classroom so that emails can be sent with login instructions, usernames, passwords, progress re...

A username is required for students to log in to Tynker, and they can be found on the Students page of each class after students join that class. Us...

Tynker Lego WeDo workshop projects can be created and coded on PC, Mac, Chromebook, and iPad. In order to deploy the code to the WeDo, you will need t...

1. Students should click the Create Project button in their dashboard. In the Block Coding dashboard, students can get there by clicking the Worksh...

Tynker student accounts are enabled to give students access to both Tynker for Schools accounts and Tynker for Home accounts in one place. They are al...

No. A student can only be removed from the class by a Tynker teacher or Tynker Administrator.

Teachers have the ability to reset Tynker student passwords. It is found in the teacher dashboard under the Students tab. To make changes, click the...

The link to the Class Showcase is a public page that is accessible to anyone. This page can be tweeted or shared with anyone on a social network. The ...

If a Tynker course requires previous course or coding experience, you will be able to view that prerequisite on the right side of the overview page fo...

Teachers can access solutions to Tynker puzzles, projects, and quizzes by clicking the Course Overview link on the desired course within the curricu...

Within the classroom click the Lesson Progress tab in the gradebook. Click the drop down menu and select Everyone Can Code .

Your projects are saved on your account on Tynker. You can access them at school, at home — anywhere you have access to the internet. In the teacher ...

Tynker Weekly Projects are special projects that change out on a weekly basis and can be found in the Class/Weekly project category of the Lessons p...

Go to My Classrooms . Click the class card of the class you want to print. Click the Students tab. Click Print Student Login Cards below the list...

Tynker connects to several physical computing devices. Teachers can view an updated list by using the Create a New Project button under their My Proje...

Click on My Classrooms . Click on the card of the class you want to change. Click the tab with Settings icon. Edit the class name and click Save S...

Click on the Create a New Project button in the top-left pane of the My Projects page. Click on Art & Music category. Click the Music card. Cl...

The Tynker curriculum is organized into courses, and each course is composed of a number of individual lessons within them. You can access previews o...

In the classroom Progress tab, click on View Projects & Showcase . Click the projects tab. Click the project card of the project you want to open. ...

You are likely not connected to your school or district account license. Please contact your license administrator to add your username. They can cont...

Within the classroom's Progress page, click View Projects & Showcase . Then select the projects tab at the top. Use the dropdown menu on the right ...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals projects can be used and assigned from two places: The Hour of Code: Hour of Code lessons can be assigned to cla...

Yes. Teachers can find the Tynker Smart Pass for each student on the students tab in the Teacher Dashboard.

The progress page within each class dashboard gives teachers a quick overview of student data points.

The Tynker SmartPass is a QR code that allows students to login easily using a device with camera access.

Click on the Student page within your class dashboard. Click on the Username of the student you are trying to log in as. Click Log In on the pop...

From the Course Catalog tab within the Curriculum page, browse for the desired STEM lesson and click on the Assign button.

From the Lessons page first choose the desired course, then if you click on the three dots in the top right corner you can unassign the course.

Students can use Tynker both in a classroom setting and at home. Once Tynker courses have been assigned to students, they can access them anywhere on ...

There are several ways you can share projects: Project sharing: Go to the projects page of the class by clicking on the projects widget in the progre...

On the class progress page in each class, teachers can view a graph based representation of where students are in overall coding mastery.

Open the project you want to assign and save it--it will go to your My Projects page. Click My Projects on the left navigation. Choose the project y...

Tynker provides a game-like environment for kids to create their own games and animated projects, while learning to code along the way. Filled with ch...

This tab within My Projects page displays the teacher's projects that were categorized as “Game” or “App” when they were created or remixed.

On the Progress page of each class, there is a widget for viewing and printing student certificates that students have earned by completing courses....

Tynker drone workshop projects can be created and coded on PC, Mac, Chromebook, and iPad. In order to deploy the code to the drone, you will need to u...

The concept mastery page within the teacher gradebook in each class brings together a cumulative score of coding concept mastery based on what stude...

Within My Projects page use the search bar at the top to find the name of a saved Tynker project.

Students will learn how to tell a good story, logically sequence events, and model real situations. They’ll increase their technical proficiency. In a...

Tynker provides an end-to-end solution that easily and successfully teaches kids how to code, as they create games and animated projects. When kids ge...

Teachers can access solutions to Tynker puzzles, projects, and quizzes by clicking the Course Overview link on the desired course within the curricu...

Tynker lessons contain a variety of unplugged activities that students can participate in that work in conjunction with the Tynker Curriculum. These l...

Click the Gradebook tab in the class. Click the Attendance link of the class to see a timestamp of when your students last logged in.

Among other things, kids can use Tynker to build games, tell stories, and create projects using what they learn in school. In this way, students reinf...

You can add individual or multiple students - even after you have set up a class. Within a classroom of the teacher dashboard under the Students tab...

Tynker courses and lessons give you several data points as students complete progress including automatic tracking of where students' are in lessons, ...

Click My Classrooms . Click the card of the class where you want to see projects. Click the Progress tab. Find the Newly Created Projects widget ...

Not directly, but the nature of Makey Makey means that you can use Tynker to code it. You can use Tynker Blocks like the Event Block "When Up Arrow Pr...

Tynker Junior does not support teacher usernames, but teachers can quickly create a student login for themselves to access Tynker Junior. Those steps ...

Tynker provides everything needed to learn computer programming in a fun way. Tynker powers the creativity of over 100 million kids and serves thousan...

Yes! Simply click to Create Project on the My Projects of the student dashboard. Text Coding Dashboard: Block Coding Dashboard: The DIY Projects...

Yes! Simply click to Create Project on the My Projects of the student dashboard. Text Coding Dashboard: Block Coding Dashboard: The DIY Projects...

If you share the URL of the project when it is open with another teacher, they will be able to open the project and save it as a copy. The project t...

The Tynker community is moderated, but occasionally you may find a project that needs to be removed. There are two ways you can bring these projects t...

Within a classroom click the Gradebook tab Click Concept Mastery There, you should see a color-coded composite score of student achievement on di...

Because some of the higher level text coding courses have quizzes with open ended responses, the teacher will need to go in and assess these questions...

Yes! Tynker has 100% coverage of the CSTA standards. The CSTA K–12 Computer Science standards delineate a core set of learning objectives designed to ...

Tynker has a library of creative projects that include tutorials, but also allow students to start from scratch. DIY projects can be created in Tynker...

When students first log into Tynker, they are given a dashboard that is appropriate to the class grade level chosen by the teacher. To change it navig...