Setting Up a Classroom

Teacher Dashboard Access

Teacher accounts open the Teacher Dashboard at storykind.tech/teacher/overview after sign-in. If you signed up as a parent and need teacher access, apply at storykind.tech/teacher-signup (usually within 2 business days) or email [email protected].

From the Teacher Dashboard you can share a class code, assign story themes, and see reading analytics across your class. You can still open the family dashboard from Back to Dashboard if you also manage your own children.

Adding Students

Students do not need their own email addresses or accounts. Parents keep the StoryKind account. Join with a class code is the default path.

For teachers:

1. Open Teacher Dashboard → Overview or Students
2. Copy the class code, or tap Show parent letter (the letter uses the code)
3. Send that to families

For parents:

1. Sign in at storykind.tech (or the mobile app) with a parent account
2. Add the child’s profile
3. Open My Children → Join a class, enter the code
4. Review what the teacher will see (first name, age, reading level, quiz scores — not a last name, not email), then Confirm

The child continues to read through the parent’s StoryKind account — no separate student login.

Can’t join? The parent can allow Classroom sharing on My Children, copy the Child ID, and send it to you. On Students, open Can’t join? Paste Child ID and enroll. Classroom sharing must be on first, or enroll returns an error that names Classroom sharing.

Contact [email protected] for class-size and school pricing.

Setting Story Themes for the Class

Assigning a story uses each child's stored reading level and interests. You can optionally overlay a genre for the class; that does not replace the child's interests.

1. Go to Teacher Dashboard → Stories & Assignments
2. Optionally choose a genre (Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, etc.). Each story still uses that child's level.
3. Click Assign to All Students

This uses the family's remaining stories on their plan (paid: up to 3 per day per child; free: remaining trial stories). Children who are at the daily cap or whose trial is exhausted are skipped by name — not queued silently.

Individual students can be given a different genre overlay by opening their profile and assigning a story directly.

Reading Class Analytics

Class Overview lists enrolled students with Lexile level, comprehension score, and stories read. Use Inactive / last read Never to see who has not been reading.

Per-Student View shows Lexile progression, comprehension, vocabulary growth, and recent assignments. Click any student's name to open their detailed view.

Identifying students who need support:

• Comprehension score below 65% consistently → stories may be too hard; ask the parent to lower the child's reading level in My Children
• Status Inactive or last read Never → student has not been reading; check whether device access is an issue
• WPM much lower than peers of the same age → prioritise Duet mode for fluency practice

Assigning Stories to Individuals

To assign a specific genre to one student without affecting the class:

1. Open the student's profile in the Teacher Dashboard by clicking their name
2. Click Assign Story
3. Optionally choose a genre (the story uses the child's reading level)
4. The story will be queued and available in the student's app when generation finishes

Student Data and Privacy

StoryKind collects only the minimum data required to generate and track stories:

• Student's first name only (never last name)
• Age and reading level
• Interests selected on the parent profile
• Reading history and quiz results

We do not collect student email addresses, school names, photographs, or contact information. Parents remain the account holders. Teachers can unenroll any student at any time from the Students page.

StoryKind's data practices are designed to comply with COPPA. We do not sell or share student data with any third party for any commercial purpose. StoryKind is not a school official record system and does not claim blanket FERPA compliance on its own. Schools and districts that require a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) — including for FERPA purposes — should email [email protected]. See our Trust page at storykind.tech/trust for a full data and privacy overview.

Troubleshooting

Parent can’t find the class code. You copy it from Teacher Dashboard → Overview or Students. It is 8 characters (no 0/O/1/I). If you tap New code, the old code stops working.

Join says the code isn’t valid. Ask the teacher to copy the current code again. Regenerating a code invalidates the previous one.

Parent can’t join and the teacher is pasting a Child ID. The parent must allow Classroom sharing on My Children first. The Child ID is a long UUID — fallback only, not the usual path.

I signed in but only see the family dashboard. Open Teacher Dashboard in the sidebar, or go directly to storykind.tech/teacher/overview. After approval, new sign-ins should land there automatically.