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School Knowledge Base
Add Teachers
You 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 individual...
Activate Teacher
Activating a teacher gives a teacher complete access to their Teacher account.
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...
Simple movement programs
Want to get familiar with the blue movement blocks? Try adding these simple movement programs to your project, one for each actor. Run them and change...
Where can I get more help?
The Resources page in the Teacher Dashboard . It includes: the Help Center , FAQ'S, videos for Professional Development .
How do I rename my Project? Or add custom screenshots for my Project Preview?
Want to rename your Tynker project? Click or tap on the project title, then give it a new name. Then click the Save button. If you want to upload a ...
Export Teachers
When you export teachers, this will download all of the teachers that are in the dashboard into a csv file.
What are the Drawing Tools?
To draw an actor from scratch, choose Add Actor > Drawing Tool . You’ll see a blank canvas appear with a toolbar at the top. Here’s what each button ...
School Metrics
School metrics allows the administrator to see an overview of class progress for groups or individual teachers.
How can I add a student to an existing class as a school administrator?
Log in to tynker.com as a teacher Click the admin page on the left Click the students tab and search for the student you want to move Check the ...
How can I import multiple teachers to have access to Tynker school licenses?
Go to tynker.com and sign in as a teacher. Click the admin page on the left side Click the teachers page at the top Click on the import multiple and...
How do I set up a Tynker class with a Clever roster?
For Free Users: Click the Tynker Login within Clever to sign into Tynker. Click the Set Up Your Classroom button or the Add Classroom button. Cl...
AR basics
Let’s make sure that you have a working webcam. Here's the simplest "Augmented Reality" program you can code. Add this script to the Stage , and then...
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...
How can I import individual teachers to have access to a Tynker school license?
Go to tynker.com and sign in as a teacher. Click the admin page on the left side Click the teachers tab at the top. Click add teachers , and pa...
School Details
This area in the first section of the admin page such as: the school name, address, and website.
How does a school administrator set up teachers to use Tynker with Google Classroom?
You will only need to add teachers to the account. Teachers will add students through Google Classroom. To add teachers: Go to tynker.com and sign i...
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.
Synth block basics
The power of the synthesizer tool is creating your own custom sound effect—it’s like you’re inventing an instrument! To create one, use the create sy...
What is the actor list?
The Actor List is in the bottom right of Tynker Workshop. In the example below, you can quickly see that I have a Big Bad Wolf actor and three Pig ...
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...
What are the parts of Tynker Workshop?
Let’s look at some important sections of the Tynker Workshop! When you open a blank Tynker block coding project ( Create a New Project > Blank Block P...
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...
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...
What’s the quickest way to roster my students in a class?
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...
What is the quickest way to add students to a Tynker class?
If your classroom is rostered via Clever (premium), ClassLink, or Google Classroom, then students should be automatically added and synced to your Tyn...
Sound block basics: Instrument, tempo, and volume
You can set starting values like what instrument to play, the tempo, and more. Give this code to any actor you like: This code controls how loud, how ...
Pen blocks basics: Pen down
To start drawing with an actor, use the pen down command. As the actor moves on the Stage, it now leaves a trail behind it. Try reading this code fi...
Save code in the backpack
Do you want to share code among different projects? Or just need to try a quick experiment? You can use the Backpack feature to save Actors or Scripts...
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...
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...
Activate Student
Activating a student gives them complete access to their Tynker student account.
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...
Physics basics: Set gravity, start physics
Let’s take a look at how to start physics and create gravity in Tynker. Add an actor of your choice to your project ( Add Actor > Media Library ), the...
How can I auto-generate logins for students?
Go to My Classrooms and click Set Up Your Classroom or click add classroom to add an additional class. Adding Classes depends on what Account ...
Terms of Service
An agreement between the user and Tynker on how Tynker will be used by both parties.
How can I see my Tynker school license status?
Go to tynker.com and sign in as a teacher Click the admin page on the left side of the screen Click on the licenses tab to view active licenses ...
Show the coordinate grid
On the Tynker Stage, Actors are placed according to a coordinate grid, like the one you’ve seen in math class. The center is at 0,0. To see the coordi...
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...
How can I get younger students set up on Tynker quickly?
Go to My Classrooms and click Set Up Your Classroom or click Add Classroom to add an additional class. Adding Classes depends on what Account ...
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...
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...
Assign Classroom to Teacher
You can assign classes to teachers using the Class page of the admin dashboard.
How do I create a blank project?
From the teacher dashboard: Click My Projects in the left navigation panel, then click on the Create a New Project card. Then click the card Blan...
Privacy Policy
The privacy policy provides detailed information on how information is used at Tynker.
How do I save my work?
Change the name of your project from “Untitled” to a name of your choice in the upper left hand of the workshop. Then click Save . Now, whenever you ...
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.
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 ...
Tynker Educator Forum
Join discussions, share classroom strategies, and connect with peers at the Tynker Educator Forum ! https://forum.tynker.com/
UK Standards
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...
UK Standards
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...
UK Standards
Each Tynker lesson plan contains the UK standards alignment which can be accessed by visiting a course overview page within the Tynker Curriculum or b...
