Teacher’s Guide to Getting Started
Welcome to the Better Flashcard Site!
We put together this one-stop article with everything you need to get your classroom up & running on Knowt.
How to create a Knowt teacher account
First Step
Second Step
Enter your name, school-issued email, birthday, select Teacher for account type, and desired username.
Third Step
Fourth Step
Creating your first class
Now you’re ready to create your first class!
First Step
Second Step
The first time you create a class, you’ll be asked to fill out some brief information about your school.
Third Step
Once you fill it out, it’s time to create your class. In Knowt, you can have multiple sections within the same classroom to save you time.
Woohoo! Your first class is set up. In the future, creating a class will be much quicker! Refer back to this article on how to set up future classes.
Next steps
First Step
Click on Invite Students. You’ll be asked to provide information to initiate your school’s Privacy Agreement Approval process. Here’s a step-by-step article to help you through that!
Please complete this step as soon as possible so we can reach out to your school and sign any privacy agreements your school requires before the school year starts! To better understand why getting your school’s privacy agreement is super important to protect your students’ privacy, refer to this article.
While you’re waiting…
While you’re waiting for our team to sign your school’s privacy agreements, let’s get your classroom set up!
- Get familiar with your classroom dashboard.
- If you have any Quizlet sets on Quizlet, you can bring them over to Knowt in seconds using any of the methods listed in this article.
- You can also create new files, by going to your class and clicking the Create New button. Choose either Create Flashcards or Create Notes to get started.
Inviting students to your class
Once your school’s privacy agreement has been approved, you can invite your students by following either the Invite Students Through Link or Invite Students Through Class Code sections of this article.
If you are running into any issues with the privacy agreement, inviting students, or any of these steps, please feel free to contact us. (we’re quick to reply!)
Moving and sharing files into your class
- In order to move files from My Files into your class, follow the steps in this article! If you are confused on why your files are not showing up in My Files, refer to this article!
- To manage sharing for files in your class and choose who/which sections of your class has access to certain files, follow this article.
Keep tabs on your students!
Now that your students are in & your flashcards are set up, let’s see how they’re doing.
- Go into your classroom and switch to the Progress tab on the top left. Here you’ll be able to see detailed analytics on your students’ progress through the sets, areas they’re struggling with, etc. Refer to this article or this article for a walkthrough of the progress tab!
Frequently asked questions
Still have questions? Contact us
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