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35 articles in this collection
Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah and Zinc Learning Labs

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

Reading Sprints

Learn how to assign and navigate Zinc Close Reading Sprints

Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
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

Placement Tests

Assign Zinc Placement Tests

How to assign a placement test to a student or a class

Written by Zinc Learning Labs
Updated over a week ago

Placement Test Reports

Track placement test progress and see results.

Written by Zinc Learning Labs
Updated over a week ago

How it works: Zinc levels

An explanation of Zinc levels and how they are determined

Written by Zinc Learning Labs
Updated over a week ago

Unfinished Placement Tests

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

Written by Zinc Learning Labs
Updated over a week ago

How it works: Zinc Placement Tests

Details on how the Zinc Placement Tests work

Written by Zinc Learning Labs
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 Assessments

Details on how the Zinc assessment works

Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

Unfinished Assessments

What happens to old assessments if students don't finish them?

Written by Zinc Learning Labs
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, vocabulary, close reading exercise and placement test 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