Using Tynker - Glossary

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...

Each Tynker lesson plan contains the UK standards alignment. The lesson plans can be accessed from the curriculum page by navigating into the course o...

The lessons tab in each Tynker classroom is where you manage and assign lessons to that particular class.

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

The “students” tab is found in the teacher dashboard. Here you will find and be able to manage the usernames, passwords, Tynker Smart Passes and Guard...

The Professional Development button found on the Teacher Resource page gives teachers quick access to the Tynker training page ( http://tynker.com/tra...

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...

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 ...

Within the Progress page of a class click on the Class Awards widget and then click on the Summary tab to see lines of code as well as other mil...

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...

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

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...

To unassign a lesson, go to the lessons page of the class, click the lesson you want, and then click the Unassign link listed under the lesson. Quick ...

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

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...

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...

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...

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. Ove...

Email login instructions allow teachers to send student login instructions to individual or multiple guardians. All that is required is the Guardian’s...

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.

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

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.

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 present...

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...

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...

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...

On the progress page of the class, teachers can view how students progress in courses through the course progress widget.

In the middle of the page after selecting a class, you will find a drop down menu 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 by clicking the Course Overvi...

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.

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

In the progress page of a classroom, teachers can print student certificates with the Certificates widget by clicking on View & Print Certificates ...

Guardians can be added via the students page of the class dashboard so that emails can be sent with login instructions, usernames, passwords, progre...

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. User...

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

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

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 pa...

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...

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

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

When you click on a course on the lessons page of the class, each lesson has an assign or unassign link (based on the state) to allow easy manag...

If you click on the three dots in the top right corner of a course on the lessons page of a class, you can unassign the course.

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

This tab displays the Educator 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 the certificates students have earned for completing Tynker courses.

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 of the teacher dashboard, use the search tool at the top to search for a saved Tynker project by name.

You can add individual or multiple students - even after you have set up a class. This is found in the teacher dashboard under the students tab. You...

Tynker courses and lessons track various data points as students complete progress, including automatic tracking of where students are in lessons, mul...