Resources & Reference
How can I use the Tynker DIY library?
The Tynker DIY library gives you themed creative projects to enhance creativity, and blank templates to create customized projects. It can be found un...
How do I assign custom lessons to students?
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 ...
How do I assign a DIY or custom project to students?
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...
Where can I find music projects for students?
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...
Why can students do lessons that are not assigned to them?
Tynker student accounts give students access to both the Tynker for Schools dashboard and Tynker for Home dashboard all in one account, accessible via...
What should I assign 5th grade students in Tynker?
Free Courses Programming 100 Dragon Spells (iPad only and includes voiceover) Hour of Code Activities Code Commandeer Dragon Dash Code Monsters Debug...
Where can I find the answer key for Web Development 101 and Python 201?
The answer key for Web Development 101 and Python 201 is built directly into the teacher version of the course. For Web Development 101: Within the S...
Activities
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...
Can students create a project from scratch in a text language (Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS,P5JS, and Java)?
Yes! Simply click the Create A New Project on the My Projects page of the class. The DIY Projects tab has options for Python, JavaScript, HTML /...
How do I assign individual lessons?
Go to the Curriculum page in the teacher dashboard. Find the course you want to assign and click the Assign button. In the window that appears, se...
How do I assign a course?
Go to the Curriculum page in the teacher dashboard. Find the course you want to assign and click the Assign button. Choose whether you want to ass...
How can I give students a themed blank project?
1. Students should click the Create Project button in their dashboard. In the Block Coding dashboard, students can get there by clicking the Worksh...
Icon Coding
In Tynker, Icon Coding is a visual, picture-based coding method designed for pre-readers (aged 5-7). It simplifies coding through drag-and-drop or tap...
How do you assign courses for students to use on iPad?
Sign in to tynker.com and create a class. Click on Curriculum to see the Course Catalog . Use the devices dropdown to filter courses for iPad Cli...
How do you assign courses for students to use on iPad?
Sign in to Tynker and create a class if you haven't yet. In the teacher dashboard sidebar, go to the Curriculum page. From the rightmost dropdown me...
How do I reset a lesson I am teaching?
Lesson progress cannot be reset for students but students may revisit a lesson to retry. Students' course and lesson progress don't reset from year to...
Scope & sequence
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), has created standards for the use of technology in teaching and learning. The ISTE stand...
What courses have voice over?
The following courses support voice overs: Icon Coding 10-Course Pack Ocean Odyssey Robots Wild Rumble Puffball Panic Super Squad Art Studio Music Stu...
How can I filter courses in the course catalog?
The three dropdown menus at the top-right corner of the course catalog allow you to filter classes by grade level, subject, and supported devices (Com...
Can students start with a blank project?
Yes! Simply click to Create Project on the My Projects of the student dashboard. Text Coding Dashboard: Block Coding Dashboard: The DIY Projects...
How do I send links for an assignment?
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...
How do I assign individual lessons from the class dashboard?
Click on the class card and go to the Lessons tab. Select the course you want to assign lessons from on the left. In the list of lessons on the righ...
Where can I find music projects for students?
The Art & Music section of the Create a New Project menu contains many example projects that create music in Tynker. Click on one of the categorie...
Block Coding
Tynker Block Coding is intended to give students of all age levels coding concept and skill practice without having to worry about programming languag...
What should I assign 7th grade students in Tynker?
Free Courses Programming 300 Hour of Code Activities Code Commander Dragon Dash Code Monsters Debugger Crystal Clash Brick Breaker Spin Draw Pattern M...
Text Coding
Tynker supports real-world programming languages. Our text coding content includes course in Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Java, p5js, and more. Text...
What should I assign 1st grade students in Tynker?
Free Courses Tynker Junior (Ocean Odyssey and First Two Levels of Other Courses) Barbie: You Can Be Anything (includes voice-over) Space Cadet (iPa...
What should I assign 4th grade students in Tynker?
Free Courses Programming 100 Dragon Spells (iPad only and includes voiceover) Hour of Code Activities Dragon Blast (includes voiceover) Monster High...
What should I assign 2nd grade students in Tynker?
Free Courses Barbie: You Can Be Anything (includes voice-over) Space Cadet (iPad only and includes voice-over) Dragon Spells (iPad only and include...
What should I assign Pre-K students in Tynker?
Free Courses Tynker Junior (Ocean Odyssey) Barbie: You Can Be Anything (includes voiceover) Space Cadet (iPad only and includes voiceover) Hour of...
What should I assign 3rd grade students in Tynker?
Free Courses Programming 100 Dragon Spells (iPad only and includes voiceover) Hour of Code Activities Dragon Blast (includes voiceover) Monster High S...
What should I assign Kindergarten students in Tynker?
Free Courses Tynker Junior (Ocean Odyssey) Barbie: You Can Be Anything (includes voiceover) Space Cadet (iPad only and includes voiceover) Hour of...
Voice Over
Built with young students in mind, the voiceover feature allows students to listen to the lessons being read aloud, facilitating a more engaging and i...
How can I personalize Tynker courses and lessons for individual students?
Go to My Classes and click add class to add an additional class for personalized content. If it is a Google Classroom , Clever , or ClassLink ,...
Assign
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...
How can I personalize Tynker Projects for individual students?
In your teacher account, open the project you want to assign the student to and save Go back to the main dashboard and click on the My Projects p...
How do I assign weekly projects?
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 ...
What activities do students complete in Tynker?
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...