Introduction: Making a Classroom on Tinkercad

Tinkercad is a wonderful resource for introducing students to 3D design, electronics, code, and the like. As a teacher, you can use Tinkercad to oversee your students' creations and present class material in a fun, engaging way. In order to get started, you'll need to create a Classroom on Tinkercad. Afterwards, students will be able to join using either a class code or a special link provided by you.

Supplies

A desktop computer or laptop

Step 1: Creating Your Teacher Account.

If you're new to Tinkercad:

  1. Visit the official Tinkercad website at https://www.tinkercad.com/. Then, click on JOIN NOW in the upper-righthand corner. This will bring you to the program's sign-up page.
  2. Select Educators start here, and then on Continue to start making my educator account.
  3. You should now see the Teacher Agreement. After reading through the statement, click on the white checkbox and select I agree.
  4. Proceed to sign up using either your email, Google, or Apple account.

If you already have a Tinkercad account:

  1. In this case, you can change your account to that of an educator. First, sign into Tinkercad at https://www.tinkercad.com/login.
  2. Click on your profile icon in the upper righthand corner to open the drop-down menu.
  3. Select Profile to change your account settings.
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the Personal Information section to How will you use Tinkercad?
  5. Change your role from Student/Parent/On your own to Teacher.

Now you're ready to create a classroom!

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Step 2: Making a Classroom & Adding Students

To create a Tinkercad classroom, complete the following:

  1. Click on your profile icon in the upper-righthand corner and select Classes from the drop-down menu.
  2. You will now be brought to a page that displays all of your classes. Select Create new class below Your Classes.
  3. Enter the name of your classroom along with grade level, and academic subject.
  4. Click on Create class.
  5. The new classroom should now appear as one of your classes.

To add students to your classroom:

  1. Click on your classroom's name and select Add students.
  2. Enter the first and last names of each student in your class.
    • Tinkercad will automatically create a Nickname for each student, which allows them to use the program without an account. You can share their nicknames with them by copying and pasting.
  3. Return to the classroom's page and click on Class Code.
  4. Have your students follow the instructions on the page to join the classroom and get started with Tinkercad. Now you're all set!

Need an introductory for your students? Try creating virtual circuits here: https://bit.ly/3yGhGGw.

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