Whether you are adding students to a school or a classroom, the easiest way is to do a bulk upload with a CSV file. 


Classrooms:

  • There are 2 ways to set up classrooms:
    • Add classrooms one by one
      • First create a classroom with the title and grade level that you want by going to My Classes -> Add Classroom.
      • Then, in that classroom, go to the Students tab and select Add Students.
      • You will have 2 options, adding a single student or doing a uploading a class roster. Select Upload Class Roster.
      • You will then have two more options, students logging in with Tynker or using a Google account.
        • If you use Tynker accounts, your CSV must have 4 columns. The first row of each column needs to have a specific word in it labeling the column, in this case: First, Last, Login, Password. The First, Last, and Login columns are required while the Password column is optional.
        • If you use Google accounts, your CSV only needs one column with the first row containing the word Login. Enter all the school/Google emails under that header.
    • Add multiple classrooms at once
      • Click on Settings and then click on the Students tab at the top. 
      • Select Import School Roster and you will you will be given 2 more options, students logging in with Tynker or using a Google account.
        • If you use Tynker accounts, your CSV must have 5 columns. The first row of each column needs to have a specific word in it labeling the column, in this case: Class, First, Last, Login, Password. The Class, First, Last, and Login columns are required while the Password column is optional.
        • If you use Google accounts, your CSV needs 2 columns with the first row containing the column headers Class and Login. Enter all the school/Google emails under the Login header.


Schools:

  • There are 2 ways to set up your school account:
    • Import teachers so they can import their own students.
      • Click on Admin and then click the Teachers tab at the top.
      • Select Import Multiple Teachers and you will be given two options, teachers logging in with Tynker or using a Google Account
        • If you use Tynker accounts, your CSV must have 4 columns. The first row of each column needs to have a specific word in it, labeling the column, in this case: Teacher First, Teacher Last, Teacher Email, Teacher Password. The first three columns are required while the Password column is optional.
        • If you use Google accounts, your CSV only needs one column with the first row containing the words Teacher Email. Enter all the school/Google emails under that header. 
      • After the teachers have been added, they will need to follow the instructions above for classrooms to add their students.
    • Import the entire school.
      • Click on Admin and then click the Students tab at the top. 
      • Select Import School Roster and you will be given an option of Google or Tynker accounts for teachers and then Google or Tynker accounts for students. 
        • If you select Tynker accounts for both teachers and students, you will have to include 9 columns of information. The headings for each column should be the following: Teacher First, Teacher Last, Teacher Email, Teacher Password, Name of Class, Student First, Student Last, Student Login, Student Password.  The only columns that can be blank are the two password columns. All others must be filled out.
        • If you select Tynker accounts for teachers and Google accounts for students, you will need to include 6 columns of information. The headings for each column should be the following: Teacher First, Teacher Last, Teacher Email, Teacher Password, Name of Class, Student Login.  The only column that can be blank is the password column. All others must be filled out.
        • If you select Google accounts for teachers and Tynker accounts for students, you will need to include 6 columns of information. The headings for each column should be the following: Teacher Email, Name of Class, Student First, Student Last, Student Login, Student Password. The only column that can be blank is the password column. All others must be filled out.
        • If you select Google accounts for both teachers and students, you will need to include 3 columns of information. The headings for each column should be the following: Teacher Email, Name of Class, Student Login. Each column must be filled out.


If you have any trouble, please email support@tynker.com and include the CSV file that you are trying to upload.