Administration - Glossary
Add Teachers
ou can add teachers to your Tynker license by clicking the Add Teachers button on the teachers tab of the Admin page. You can add teachers individuall...
Active Licenses
Active licenses are found on the admin page under the licenses tab. Here you will see all of the licenses that you have, and all of the courses that t...
Terms of Service
An agreement between the user and Tynker on how Tynker will be used by both parties. Quick Start Guide for Administrators
Licenses
A license gives you access to certain courses within Tynker for a specified period of time, and your license details can be found on the license tab o...
Import Multiple Teachers
By importing multiple teachers, you are adding multiple teachers at the same time. You can do a mass upload using google sheets or a CSV file. There a...
Export Records
The export option allows you to download all of the information that Tynker has regarding its user(s) for your school or district. Quick Start Guide f...
Terms for Education Institutions
These are additional terms of use for educational institutions that outline in detail how students' records are managed and used. Quick Start Guide fo...
Bulk Add Students
You can add students to your Tynker license by clicking the Add Students button on the students tab of the Admin page. You can add students individual...
Export Teachers
When you export teachers, this will download all of the teachers that are in the dashboard into a csv file. Quick Start Guide for Administrators
Deactivate Teacher
Deactivating a teacher revokes teacher access to Tynker and removes the class. However, all of the projects created by the teacher are saved. Deactiva...
Activate Student
Activating a student gives them complete access to their Tynker student account. Quick Start Guide for Administrators
Privacy Policy
The privacy policy provides detailed information on how information is used at Tynker. Quick Start Guide for Administrators
Enable Community
When you “enable the community” you are allowing students to share projects publicly. This gives their parents/guardians and classmates to see what th...
Disable Community
When you “disable the community” students will no longer be public, and they will no longer be able to share their projects with their parents/guardia...
School Metrics
School metrics allows the administrator to see an overview of class progress for groups or individual teachers. Quick Start Guide for Administrators
Import School Data
You can import all of your school data very easily. You can upload them using google sheets or a CSV file. There are also templates included to make t...
Bulk Unarchive Class
When you bulk unarchive a class, you are activating multiple classes that were previously stored and in a state of inactivity. This can be done by sel...
Bulk Archive Class
When you archive classes, you are saving them for future use. This places multiple classes in a state of inactivity. However, these classes will still...
School Details
This area in the first section of the admin page such as: the school name, address, and website. Quick Start Guide for Administrators
Deactivate Student
When you deactivate students they will no longer have access to Tynker. However, their projects will still be saved. Deactivating a student does not f...
Activate Teacher
Activating a teacher gives a teacher complete access to their Teacher account. Quick Start Guide for Administrators
Assign Classroom to Teacher
You can assign classes to teachers using the Class page of the admin dashboard. Quick Start Guide for Administrators
Add Student to Classroom
A Tynker Administrator can move students to other classrooms in the school through the bulk action menu in the top left. Quick Start Guide for Adminis...
Delete Records
The export option allows you to delete all of the information that Tynker has regarding its user(s) for your school or district. Quick Start Guide for...
How does an administrator set up Tynker logins through ClassLink?
Check the following things with your district or schools ClassLink administrator: Are we currently sharing data with Tynker? Has Tynker been added to ...
How does an administrator set up Tynker logins through Canvas?
Create a token for Tynker in Canvas Click on Account in Canvas Click on Settings Scroll to Approved Integrations Click on the New Access Token Fill in...