Guided Teacher Platform Demo
School Year 2024-2025
Getting Started
Register for Professional Learning
School Year 2023-2024
- 2024 Sprite Art Contest Winners! 🎉
- 2/13 Student Art Contest 2024
- Summer 2024 Art Update
- Spring 2024 Art Release
- Winter 2023 Art Update
- Summer 2023 Art Update
Getting Started
High School Demo
- CST201: Coding in Python 1 Demo Account 1
- CST201: Coding in Python 1 Demo Account 2
- CST201: Coding in Python 1 Demo Account 3
- CST201: Coding in Python 1 Demo Account 4
- CST201: Coding in Python 1 Demo Account 5
- CST201: Coding in Python 1 Demo Account 6
School Year 2022-2023
Teacher Success resources
Coding FAQs
For Students
- Troubleshooting Problems with Interactive PDFs on Chromebooks
- How to Search for Specific Sprites
- Tips for New Programmers, by Students for Students
- How do I turn in an assignment?
- How to Navigate the Assignment Page
- How to Navigate the My Code Page
Supporting Diverse Learners
Implementation Resources
School Year 2021-2022
School Year 2020-2021
- 2/26 New Feature Spotlight: Switch To Student View And Improved Video Upload
- 1/22 New Feature Spotlight: Improved Gradebook Status Overview and Change Difficulty Dialogue
- 12/15 New Feature Spotlight: Gradebook Status and Assignment Navigation
- 12/11 Skylark Zoom Backgrounds
- 10/30 New Feature Spotlight: Date Picker and Print Code
- 10/20 New Feature Spotlight: Reset All Passwords
Activities
- Survey of CS Course
- CS300 New Activity Types
- Assessments and Assessment Question Types
- CS10 Difficulty Level Descriptions
- CS101 Difficulty Level Descriptions
- CS201 Difficulty Level Descriptions
Getting Started
- Creating a New Class
- Course Syllabi, Handbooks, and Guides
- Classroom Display Setup Guide
- Creating a Custom Schedule for a Class
- How to Reset Your Teacher Password
- How do I add student(s) to a class? (SSO)
Just for Fun!
Resources
- CS202 Unplugged Worksheets
- Accessing PCEP Prep Modules via Activity Library
- PCEP Prep Student-led Activities
- TechSmart’s PCEP Prep Course
- How to Help Students Debug Their Code
- CS10 Unplugged Worksheets
CS10 Activities
Single Sign-On (SSO) Troubleshooting
FAQs
- What do Different Colored Activity Tiles Stand for?
- I think the activities in my Lesson Plan are out of order, how can I tell?
- How can I preview what my students are seeing on the TechSmart platform?
- Viewing Videos on the Student Platform
- How do I open and project the student-facing display while teaching?
- What version of Python/PyGame does the TechSmart Platform use?
CS101 Activities
CS201 Activities
Tech Setup Guides
- TechSmart Platform Technical Requirements
- Extending Your Mac Display using an Apple TV
- How to Use Split-Screen on Your Computer
- Windows Extended Display Setup
- Chromebook Extended Display Setup
- Resizing a Browser Window
Troubleshooting
Additional Teaching Tools
- Different Activity Types in a Typical TechSmart Lesson (Skylark)
- Different Activity Types in a Typical TechSmart Lesson (Python)
- Activity Tile: Dropdown Menu Options
- Interacting with an Activity Tile to Customize the Lesson Plan
- How to Access Course Resources for your TechSmart Class
- How to Assign an Activity to a Specific Student
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Lesson Plan
- Uploading Activity Videos
- Lesson Plan Overview: Day & Week Views
- Add/Remove Empty Day
- Adding An Activity From The Activity Library
- How to open an Activity
- How to navigate the Lesson Plan
Gradebook
- Downloading the Gradebook
- Resetting an Assignment
- Temporarily edit student coding assignments
- Gradebook Student Info Dialog
- Gradebook Icons Overview
- Viewing Student Assignments
Difficulty Levels
Teaching on the TechSmart Platform
CS201 Transition
- tsapp vs PyGame Libraries
- CS201: The tsapp library
- CS201: Pedagogy Icons
- CS201: Instruction Activities
- CS201: Planning Exercises and Coding Exercises
- CS201: Research Question Activities