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FAQ
Find answers to frequently asked questions
- How do I pin Skill Struck to my browser or add a bookmark?
- FAQ: How do quiz retakes look in Canvas?
- FAQ: Viewing all-time student progress in Type Station.
- FAQ: Is there a way to restore a deleted sprite?
- FAQ: How are student chats organized?
- FAQ: Do you have a Praxis course?
- FAQ: Does the Canvas integration allow students to complete the lesson directly on Canvas, or do they get a link to open up a new tab into the Skill Struck platform?
- Does a student have to be a certain age to use Chat for Schools?
- FAQ: Does Skill Struck offer any Artificial Intelligence (AI) courses?
- FAQ: Can I download my project to GitHub?
- FAQ: What is the pedagogical approach to Skill Struck?
- FAQ: Am I able to set the number of challenges for Blocks, Blocks Pro, and Robotics on the Launch Pad platform when assigning curriculum?
- FAQ: Are you able to submit your code in languages other than English?
- FAQ: Are teachers able to see the submission answers for any quiz?
- FAQ: In Chat For Schools, can districts lock/unlock chats or tutors according to the student schedule?
- FAQ: What are the differences in the Robotics answer key?
- FAQ: Why does the semicolon drop in Robotics when I toggle between languages?
- FAQ: What standards or resources do our general tutors, in Chat for Schools, draw from?
- FAQ: Does changing the grade level associated with your section in Chat for Schools adjust the tutor response grade level?
- FAQ: How do I resolve the Pyodide error?
- FAQ: Why am I getting a 500 error when I submit a chat?
- FAQ : ITS HTML/CSS Certification Prep Course pre-requisite
- FAQ: Does Skill Struck have any certification courses?
- FAQ: My student's iPad screen is zoomed in and they can't see the full Skill Struck page. How can I fix this?
- FAQ: My elementary students want to learn how to code their own games. Where can they do this on Skill Struck?
- FAQ: Can I see details about missed quiz questions in Launch Pad?
- FAQ: In Chat for Schools, when a student's language is changed, what language appears in the history for the teacher to review?
- FAQ: Where can I see my Quick Links on my Chat for Schools portal?
- FAQ: Our teachers that will be using Skill Struck do not have classes assigned to them in ClassLink - can we still use ClassLink for rostering in Skill Struck?
- FAQ: How do I roster students currently not in the platform that I would like to use the free AI lessons, would those accounts be counted towards the district’s student limit?
- FAQ: Where do I find the Utah state standard alignments for Skill Struck courses?
- FAQ: Can you record your voice on Blocks Pro?
- FAQ: Is there a way to have an external link to the student's websites?
- FAQ: Can I run micro:bit code in the Voyage editor or console?
- FAQ: Errors - how to report them and what information is needed?
Canvas
- FAQ: When creating an assignment in Canvas using the External Tool, does the point amount need to be set at anything specific, or can a teacher choose any point amount?
- FAQ: How are Custom Tutors graded in Canvas?
- FAQ: Can we roster via Canvas?
- Do I need to re-download a custom tutor to Canvas if I edit it on the Skill Struck side?
- FAQ: Are student able to create and save additional files in Canvas?
About Skill Struck
- What is Skill Struck?
- What is Skill Struck's mission for schools?
- FAQ: Are all the computer science languages on the same platform?
- Can I assign homework on Skill Struck?
- Can I teach block programming?
- FAQ: Can Skill Struck be used for after-school programs?
- Can we get started today?
- Can Skill Struck be integrated with an LMS?
- FAQ: Does Skill Struck teach game development?
- Does Skill Struck have suggestions for in-class activities?
- Does Skill Struck have handouts?
- Does Skill Struck work for the Hour of Code fulfillment?
- FAQ: Does Skill Struck offer offline activities?
- FAQ: Does Skill Struck have a syllabus?
- FAQ: Does Skill Struck have lesson plans?
- FAQ:Does Skill Struck teach a variety of coding languages and computer science concepts?
- Does Skill Struck work on iPads and tablets?
- Is customer support available?
- Is the students' code automatically graded?
- Is this "real" programming?
- The answer is Yes!
- Skill Struck Impact
- What ages and grades are appropriate for Skill Struck?
- What programming languages does Skill Struck teach?
- Do you have any free resources for educators to try before purchasing licenses?
- FAQ: Why are there lines in the text editor and can I get rid of them?
Browser Questions
Community
Course Questions
Curriculum Questions
- Can I restrict student access to the curriculum?
- Does Skill Struck have Elementary school curricula?
- Can Skill Struck be used as my main curriculum?
- FAQ: What grade levels are the Robotics courses designed for?
- FAQ: Why is my students' curriculum view different than what I assigned?
- FAQ: What Type Station lessons do you recommend for each grade?
- FAQ: We use a rostering integration; however, our district is not set to rollover our SIS for another week. If I assign content to teachers in Skill Struck, will that stick after the rollover?
Licenses
Privacy and Security
- FAQ: What is Skill Struck's Cybersecurity Policy?
- What is Skill Struck's Privacy Policy?
- FAQ: What is COPPA? Is Skill Struck compliant?
- FAQ: What is FERPA? Is Skill Struck compliant?
- FAQ: Why is Microsoft SSO returning an "Approval required" error message?
- FAQ: Why aren't students being locked out of the chat after the chat is flagged?
Projects
Student Questions
- FAQ: Can students access previous lessons for reference as they go?
- Can students work in groups?
- Can students create customized websites?
- FAQ: Can a teacher track student progress?
- FAQ: Students in my class have different skill levels in computer programming. How does Skill Struck help with that challenge?
- FAQ: The space between my columns (editor, textbook, console) keeps getting wider. How can I fix that?
- FAQ: Can I add multi-line comments in the Skill Struck code editor?
- FAQ: What types of files can be linked in an anchor tag?
- FAQ: Can students download or export their files?
- FAQ: Are students allowed to redo checkpoints and challenges?
Teacher Questions
- FAQ: As a teacher, I'm new to programming. Can I still teach this material?
- FAQ: Can I track my students’ progress?
- Can a teacher see a student's code on the Skill Struck site?
- Why don't all my students show up when I click, "Help Students," on the Educator Portal?
- FAQ: Did my student progress view change?
- FAQ: Why am I unable to see the curriculum I'm looking for?
- FAQ: Can administrators see student progress from their account?
- FAQ: Why is Google SSO returning an "Access blocked" error message?
- FAQ: How can I, as a teacher, see the curriculum in Spanish?
- FAQ: What is the difference between chat and tutors?
- FAQ: What does the word "Rise" mean next to the presentations in Canvas?
- FAQ: When viewing a student's Chat history, how can I tell if they interacted with the tutor or the standard chat?
- FAQ: How many languages does Chat for Schools support?
- FAQ: Glossary of Basic Computer and Browser Terms
- FAQ: Why Do Students Show as "Pending" in Skill Struck?
- FAQ: Where is the Robotics icon on my teacher portal?
- FAQ: How do I get started on the Free K-12 AI Literacy?
- FAQ: Are pre-assessments automatically enabled for sections?
- Does a student's Type Station progress get wiped clean every year?
- I am unable to lock (or unlock) the pre-assessment for my sections.
- I am trying to find the grades for my students' Launch Pad quizzes in Student Progress. Where can I see the score?
- Can I add my Smart Cutebot in the Robotics playground using the extension menu?
- How can I report a bug or issue?
- Would you like to report some feedback for our site or platform(s)?
- FAQ: Are K-2 AI lessons available in the Chat for Schools platform?
- FAQ: When the Blocks Pro challenges are being graded, is the autograder just checking to see if the actual blocks are used, or is it checking to see if the correct block types are used?
- I have too many sections in Manage Sections. I can delete them, but they come back the next day. What can I do?