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Teach with classroom missions

Set up a classroom, assign suitable lessons, and help learners improve through feedback.

For school teachers using an institution-approved teacher account. Teachers who also lead managed workshops can use the shared Facilitator guide with their workshop staff access.

What you will learn

  • Create a classroom and prepare learner sign-in
  • Preview and assign work for a class or individual learner
  • Review progress, request a revision, and save the final review

Run a team workshop on shared laptops

Teachers with separate workshop staff access can use Group Mode for managed workshops. Your school classroom account and its individual assignments keep their own access rules.

  1. Use the managed-workshop team workflow

    Open Group Mode with authorized workshop staff access. Choose the workshop and session, review teams or reuse a Group Set, and check readiness before opening. Each child checks in with their own workshop details on the shared laptop.

    Use the Facilitator guide for team assignment, Groups and Children views, device recovery, group feedback and workshop export. Team work is counted once; school-account lesson submissions are a separate workflow.

Sign in to your teacher account

  1. Use teacher sign-in

    Open Teacher sign-in. Enter Teacher email and Password, then choose Sign in as teacher. Your teacher dashboard opens after successful sign-in.

    If you are new, follow the registration and institution activation steps provided to you. Your institution administrator manages invitation, required training and approval.

    On the dashboard, use the links for Classrooms, Progress, Submissions, Workshop Parts, Profile and Lesson library and previews.

    School teacher accounts use this entry.

    School teacher accounts use this entry.

    Teacher sign-in form with email and password fields

If you get stuck

Your account is waiting for activation or approval

Finish the instructions shown on your activation page and ask your institution administrator to check training and approval. Creating an account does not grant classroom authority by itself.

Your session expired

Return through Teacher sign-in. Reopen the dashboard and check the saved state before repeating your last action.

Plan a workshop kit and materials

Teachers with workshop staff access can prepare a kit from the supplies they have. A premade kit is not required.

  1. Save a reusable plan, then prepare this workshop

    Open Kit Studio with your workshop staff account. Add reviewed hardware, ordinary tools and materials, and custom local supplies. Record quantities, preparation and supervision notes, then save the reusable kit.

    In Workshop access, choose the group and Plan workshop kit. Use a saved kit or build a workshop copy. Editing that copy affects this workshop; editing the reusable template affects future uses. A session keeps the material record frozen when it was first opened.

    Use Browse compatible curriculum → Plan mission materials to check required quantities, optional supplies and choose-one alternatives. Record missing available items from the card, or choose a mission you can supply. Check again before each class in a repeated program.

Create and organize your classroom

  1. Create a classroom

    In Your classrooms on the dashboard, enter Classroom name and choose Create classroom.

    Wait for the confirmation. The new classroom includes its Class code. Share that code only with the learners who belong in the class.

    Use the classroom’s management disclosure and Rename classroom if the name needs changing.

    Create the class before provisioning its learners.

    Create the class before provisioning its learners.

    Classroom name and Create classroom button on the teacher dashboard

  2. Check the new classroom

    Find the new classroom in Your classrooms and check its name. Its class code is available here for private learner sign-in instructions.

    The guide hides the classroom sign-in code.

    The guide hides the classroom sign-in code.

    New synthetic classroom with its class code hidden

Prepare learner accounts

  1. Create a learner and share sign-in details privately

    In Create a learner account, choose Classroom and enter Display name, Username and One-time PIN. Choose Create learner.

    Wait for the learner-ready receipt. The PIN is not stored or shown again in the dashboard. Share the class code, username and PIN privately with the learner.

    Learners open Student sign-in, enter Class code, Username and PIN, then choose Start learning.

    The classroom account flow uses class code, username and PIN.

    The classroom account flow uses class code, username and PIN.

    Create a learner account form and roster for a fictional classroom learner

  2. Reset one learner’s PIN when needed

    In Reset a learner PIN, choose the intended Learner. Enter New 6–12 digit PIN and choose Reset learner PIN.

    Wait for the receipt and share the new PIN privately. The previous PIN no longer works.

    Reset only the intended learner’s PIN.

    Reset only the intended learner’s PIN.

    Reset a learner PIN form with the intended learner selected and no PIN displayed

Plan a lesson before class

  1. Filter and preview a mission

    Open Lesson library and previews from the dashboard. Use Search, STEAM path, Challenge and Hardware, then choose Apply filters.

    Open Preview … as a student for the lesson you want. Read the activity, materials and Safety check. Record the Lesson ID so you can assign the same lesson.

    Start with the learner’s problem and intended user. Choose tools that help solve that problem and that you can safely supply.

    Preview lets you check the learning activity before assigning it.

    Preview lets you check the learning activity before assigning it.

    Student-view preview of Yeast Balloon Breaths with mission and materials content

  2. Check saved Workshop Parts

    Return to Workshop Parts on the dashboard and inspect each classroom’s saved parts. An empty Parts Set is not a complete kit.

    If you also run managed workshops, use the shared facilitator steps to select parts and inspect Ready with my parts. Open workshop staff tools requires the separate authorized workshop session.

    Use the inventory returned for the classroom; never assume sample kit contents.

    Use the inventory returned for the classroom; never assume sample kit contents.

    Classroom Workshop Parts section showing the actual saved inventory state

Assign work to the class or a learner

  1. Create the lesson assignment

    In Assign a lesson, choose Classroom. Leave Learner (optional) at the class-wide choice or select a learner.

    Choose a lesson from the library, then choose Assign this lesson on its card to return with the Lesson ID filled in. Check the classroom and learner choices, set the optional due time if needed, and choose Assign lesson. Wait for the confirmation.

    Check the new assignment in the assignment list. Ask the learner to refresh their dashboard to see it.

    The optional learner selection determines whether the assignment is individual or class-wide.

    The optional learner selection determines whether the assignment is individual or class-wide.

    Assign a lesson form and the saved assignment confirmation

If you get stuck

The lesson cannot be assigned

Check the lesson ID, classroom status, learner selection and any parts compatibility message. Correct the named issue before retrying.

Check learning progress during class

  1. Read progress and submission status together

    Open Progress to find the lesson and learner progress. Use the learner’s name, classroom and lesson to confirm the context.

    A learner can finish a mission’s progress and still need to send their written reflection. Check Submissions for the actual submitted response.

    For a managed workshop with Mission Control access, use the shared facilitator guide for live attendance, project stages and help requests.

    Progress and the submitted answer are separate records.

    Progress and the submitted answer are separate records.

    Submitted learner reflection and teacher review form

Request a useful revision

  1. Save feedback on the submitted answer

    In Submissions, read the learner’s reflection and confirm the classroom and lesson.

    Choose Request revision in Review outcome. In Feedback for the learner, explain the change or evidence you want. Choose Save review and wait for the review confirmation.

    The learner reads the feedback, edits their answer and sends it again. Revisit the submission after resubmission.

    Ask for a clear, achievable change the learner can act on.

    Ask for a clear, achievable change the learner can act on.

    Teacher review form with Request revision and concrete written feedback

If you get stuck

Request revision is disabled

Read Revision unavailable. An archived classroom, closed assignment or elapsed deadline can prevent a new revision. Resolve the availability issue before asking the learner to edit.

Save the final review

  1. Mark the answer reviewed

    After the learner resubmits, read their new response and your previous feedback.

    Choose Mark reviewed in Review outcome, enter final feedback, then choose Save review.

    Wait for the saved review result. The learner’s reviewed answer becomes read-only.

    Mark reviewed finishes this review cycle; it does not archive the classroom.

    Mark reviewed finishes this review cycle; it does not archive the classroom.

    Teacher submission marked reviewed with a saved feedback receipt

Prepare the next lesson or session

  1. Return to the same class and plan the next task

    Use the existing classroom to assign the next lesson. Review unfinished assignments, outstanding revision requests and due times before adding more work.

    Use Profile to keep your display name current. The dashboard remains the starting point for classroom and learner context.

    If your account also has workshop staff access, use Mission playlists, class setup notes and the shared workshop lifecycle for a sequence of facilitated sessions.

    A repeat class can keep its classroom and roster while receiving new assignments.

    A repeat class can keep its classroom and roster while receiving new assignments.

    Teacher profile with editable display name and dashboard return link

Use reports and workshop tools in their proper context

  1. Follow the context required by each tool

    Teacher analytics requires its supported report context and filters. If it shows an incomplete-filter message, use the return link; that screen is not a report of zero learning activity.

    Teacher automation may ask for workshop staff sign-in before it can use live workshop evidence. Follow the stated access route if you have that role.

    For a workshop you lead, use the Facilitator guide to open, pause, review, share and close. Signing into a school classroom does not silently grant workshop staff access.

    The product keeps classroom and workshop access explicit.

    The product keeps classroom and workshop access explicit.

    Teacher automation stating the workshop staff access required for live evidence

Retire a classroom or learner account

  1. Check the consequence before confirming

    Archive a classroom only when learners should lose access to its assignments. Open its management disclosure, read and check the confirmation, then choose Archive classroom. The classroom becomes Archived · read-only.

    To end one learner’s sign-in access, use the learner’s roster row. Read and check the confirmation, then choose Deactivate learner.

    The dashboard does not provide an undo control for these actions. Use ordinary assignment and review workflows while a class is still active.

    Archiving removes learner access to that classroom’s assignments.

    Archiving removes learner access to that classroom’s assignments.

    Classroom management disclosure with archive confirmation and Archive classroom button

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