Zinc Support

Zinc-Led Remote Learning Unit Plan: Reading Sprints

How to Keep Students Learning Beyond the Classroom

Remote Learning with Zinc

Learn how to assign and navigate Zinc Reading Sprints

Reading Sprints

Karthik Chandrasekariah

Kate Hannum

Ryan

Teachers

How to find and assign SpringBoard-aligned articles and vocabulary

Find and Assign SpringBoard Resources

What teachers need to know to get started with Zinc

Teachers: Getting started

Learn how to register for Zinc as a SpringBoard user

Register for Zinc via SpringBoard

Learn how to use our filtering options to find SpringBoard curricula-related content

Use filters to view SpringBoard content

How to use the single sign-on app Clever to access Zinc

Register for Zinc via Clever

Steps for teachers and students to take to get started with Zinc using Google Classroom

Register for Zinc via Google Classroom

How to invite students to join your class using a Class Code.

Getting Started with Class Codes

Getting Started

Create a class and add students manually or using a bulk uploader

Create a class and add students

Here's what to do for missing students in your rosters or Zinc classes.

For SpringBoard Teachers: Refreshing Classes

To add classes to Zinc, they must be created in SpringBoard first

Add classes to Zinc via SpringBoard

Details on how to carry out basic class administration tasks

Class administration

Impersonate Students

Details on what happens when classes are archived

Archiving classes

Administration

See what a Level 4 passage looks like on the Zinc Level Placement Test

Level Placement Sample Passage - Level 4

See what a Level 1 passage looks like on the Zinc Level Placement Test

Level Placement Sample Passage - Level 1

How to assign a Level Placement test to a student or a class

Assign Zinc Level Placements

Track Level Placement test progress and see results.

Level Placement Reports

An explanation of Zinc Level Placements or Placement Tests

How it works: Zinc Levels

What happens to old Level Placement tests if students don't finish them?

Unfinished Level Placements

Details on how the placement tests work in Zinc

How it works: Zinc Level Placement

Zinc Learning Labs

Placement Tests

How spaced repetition works for vocabulary sets

How it works: spaced repetition

Details for how to make your own customized vocabulary deck.

Create your own vocabulary set

Adding New Vocabulary Words

Your English learners can practice their vocab with Spanish support

Vocabulary with Spanish Supports

Assign vocabulary sets

Learn more about the different types of vocabulary sets and how to create your own!

Types of vocabulary sets

Get details on how students can accumulate points by learning vocabulary

Vocabulary point system

Vocabulary

How to sort article content and assign articles

Assign articles

Learn more about how articles and quizzes work with Zinc

How it works: articles and comparison articles

Assign and Grade Writing Prompt Responses

Writing Prompts

Articles & Comparison Articles

Learn more about Zinc CREs, including the highlighted skills and answers to some frequently asked questions

Close reading experiences (CREs)

How to assign close reading experiences in the Skills section

Assign close reading experiences

Understand the meaning behind Zinc Skills

Zinc Skills

Skills

Learn more about using the Individual Student Report

NEW Individual Student Report

Which Zinc assignments can be cancelled and the process to do it

How to Delete or Cancel Assignments

How to complete Reading Sprints after the 3 or 6-week period

Finishing Past Reading Sprints

NEW Reading Sprint Report

Zinc Teacher Reports Overview

Get data on your students' skills and standards

Class Reading Skills Report

Find out about your students' close reading skills

Close Reading Experience Report

Track how your students are progressing on their article assignments

Class Assignments Articles Performance Report

Learn how to access the student leaderboard and what information it includes

View the Student Leaderboard

Use the Assignments tab to monitor article, vocabulary, close reading exercise and placement test assignments