Creating Student Snap! Accounts
Challenge
FOR TEACHERS: Creating Student Accounts
In order for students to save a Snap! project to the cloud a user must have a login and password and be logged into their Snap! account. Saving to the cloud allows students to access their work from any device. It also permits students to share a link with their teacher which allows the teacher to access student work as well.
District policies vary on how student accounts can be created. In many districts students are not permitted to create their own accounts, and it is the teacher’s responsibility to provide a non-identifiable login and password to each student. This activity will provide instruction for the teacher on how to create bulk Snap! accounts for each student.
Alternatively students can save locally to their computer without having a Snap! account.
Specifications (what does the design have to do)
This activity will provide the teacher with instruction on how to:
● Obtain teacher access in the Snap! forum
● Create a .csv file with non-identifiable login and password for each student
● Upload the .csv file to Snap!
Constraints (things that limit your solution)
Constraints for this activity will include
● Local District policies on creating student accounts.
● The teacher must be granted access to the Teacher Page in the Snap! forum in order to create student accounts.
Materials
Teacher Access in Snap! forum
A .csv file with non-identifiable login and password for each student
Contact info to request Teacher access in Snap! contact@snap.berkely.edu
Access to Snap! Homepage
Knowledge and Skill Builders (KSBs)
KSB 1: Request Teacher Access to the Snap! Forum
After creating your own Snap! account send a request to contact@snap.berkeley.edu asking to be granted teacher access to the Snap! Forum for your teacher Snap! account.
Be sure to provide the teacher Snap! login when making the request. Budget time for the request to be processed. It may take a couple of days to get a response.
KSB 2: Create a .CSV File
Generate a .CSV file of non-identifiable logins and passwords for each student.
As an example of how you could create a .csv file:
1. Use Microsoft Excel to create a list of non-identifiable usernames and passwords
2. Save the list, but change the file type to CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv)
Or view a tutorial on creating a .CSV file.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b2hGsPfAHvLo8v_KCIOBqgG5ZX1Z2QR/view?usp=sharing
Once teacher access has been granted, go to Snap! Homepage
Click “Log in” on the upper right corner of the page and login.
If you successfully logged in you should see your username where the “Log in” button was.
Click your username to access the drop-down menu and select “Teacher Page”.
KSB 3: Upload .CSV File to Snap!
Next select “Bulk account creation”.
To upload a .csv file click “Choose File” and navigate to the saved file you wish to upload.
Once the file has been uploaded click “Create users”. Or access a tutorial video on uploading the .CSV file.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mAQbrb2-MYvBezVfC7ork3hw_uGFotL5/view?usp=sharing
KSB 3: Assign Students an Account
Assign each student an account from the list uploaded to Snap!.
Share login information with each student, (You may wish to keep a copy of this information to share with students when they forget their login.
Test and Evaluate
Before assigning accounts to students, try to login to Snap! using one or more of the accounts you uploaded prior to distributing account information to students.
You may also manage student accounts in the Snap! forum. The link below will illustrate how this can be done.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K6rEOp6zKjaxLy_aE4mys3afNzRguVhj/view?usp=shari ng