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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah, Zinc Learning Labs, and Kate Hannum

Unfinished Assessments

What happens to old assessments if students don't finish them?
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Written by Kate Hannum
Updated this week

Reading Sprints

Learn how to assign and navigate Zinc Close Reading Sprints
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

Create your own vocabulary set

Details for how to make your own customized vocabulary deck.
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Written by Zinc Learning Labs
Updated over a week ago

Adding New Vocabulary Words

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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
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Getting Started

Teachers: Getting started

What teachers need to know to get started with Zinc
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Updated over a week ago

Add classes to Zinc via SpringBoard

To add classes to Zinc, they must be created in SpringBoard first
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

Class administration

Details on how to carry out basic class administration tasks
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Archiving classes

Details on what happens when classes are archived
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Diagnostic

Assign Zinc Reading Assessments

How to assign the assessment to a student or class
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

Assessment Reports

Track assessment progress and see results.
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Updated over a week ago

How it works: Zinc assessment

Details on how the Zinc assessment works
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

How it works: Zinc levels

An explanation of Zinc levels and how they are determined
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Vocabulary

How it works: spaced repetition

How spaced repetition works for vocabulary sets
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
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Assign vocabulary sets

Assign vocabulary sets to students
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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!
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Vocabulary point system

Get details on how students can accumulate points by learning vocabulary
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago
Articles & Comparison Articles

Assign articles

How to sort article content and assign articles
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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
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated this week
Skills

Close reading experiences (CREs)

Learn more about Zinc CREs, including the highlighted skills and answers to some frequently asked questions
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

Assign close reading experiences

How to assign close reading experiences in the Skills section
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

Zinc Skills

Understand the meaning behind Zinc Skills
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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
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

Reviewing assignments

Use the Assignments tab to monitor article and vocabulary assignments
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

Individual student reports

Review individual student performance and statistics
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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
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago

Assignments performance report

Track how your students are progressing on their assignments
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Written by Karthik Chandrasekariah
Updated over a week ago