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31 articles in this collection
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah,
Zinc Learning Labs,
and
Kate Hannum
Unfinished Assessments
What happens to old assessments if students don't finish them?
Written by
Kate Hannum
Updated over a week ago
Reading Sprints
Learn how to assign and navigate Zinc Close Reading Sprints
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Create your own vocabulary set
Details for how to make your own customized vocabulary deck.
Written by
Zinc Learning Labs
Updated over a week ago
Adding New Vocabulary Words
Written by
Zinc Learning Labs
Updated over a week ago
Register for Zinc via SpringBoard
Learn how to register for Zinc as a SpringBoard user
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Getting Started
Teachers: Getting started
What teachers need to know to get started with Zinc
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Use filters to view SpringBoard content
Learn how to use our filtering options to find SpringBoard curricula-related content
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Register for Zinc via Clever
How to use the single sign-on app Clever to access Zinc
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Register for Zinc via Google Classroom
Steps for teachers and students to take to get started with Zinc using Google Classroom
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Administration
Create a class and add students
Create a class and add students manually or using a bulk uploader
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Add classes to Zinc via SpringBoard
To add classes to Zinc, they must be created in SpringBoard first
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Class administration
Details on how to carry out basic class administration tasks
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Archiving classes
Details on what happens when classes are archived
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Diagnostic
Assign Zinc Reading Assessments
How to assign the assessment to a student or class
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Assessment Reports
Track assessment progress and see results.
Written by
Zinc Learning Labs
Updated over a week ago
How it works: Zinc assessment
Details on how the Zinc assessment works
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
How it works: Zinc levels
An explanation of Zinc levels and how they are determined
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Vocabulary
How it works: spaced repetition
How spaced repetition works for vocabulary sets
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Assign vocabulary sets
Assign vocabulary sets to students
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Types of vocabulary sets
Learn more about the different types of vocabulary sets and how to create your own!
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Vocabulary point system
Get details on how students can accumulate points by learning vocabulary
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Articles & Comparison Articles
Assign articles
How to sort article content and assign articles
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
How it works: articles and comparison articles
Learn more about how articles and quizzes work with Zinc
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Skills
Close reading experiences (CREs)
Learn more about Zinc CREs, including the highlighted skills and answers to some frequently asked questions
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Assign close reading experiences
How to assign close reading experiences in the Skills section
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Zinc Skills
Understand the meaning behind Zinc Skills
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Assignments and Reporting
View the Student Leaderboard
Learn how to access the student leaderboard and what information it includes
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Reviewing assignments
Use the Assignments tab to monitor article and vocabulary assignments
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Individual student reports
Review individual student performance and statistics
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Class usage + performance report
Gain insight into the reading and vocabulary performance of a certain class
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Assignments performance report
Track how your students are progressing on their assignments
Written by
Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago