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Hide Correct Answers and Teacher Submission: Teachers can now hide the correct answers for assessment elements and demonstrate how to complete and submit each element.
Site – New Social Studies Courses Page: We have introduced a new page on the site where users can explore all social studies courses, units, and experiences.
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Reading Groups now defaults to A instead B: When assigning an Experience, with reading groups, the default setup, in the case the reading groups were not defined by the teacher, will be now set to A. Group A receives short summaries that are easier to read, with link access to the full article. The article summaries are all hosted on the Exploros site, which makes them readily available regardless of district whitelisting for websites. For ELL students, the summaries are also easy to translate to other languages or have read aloud, using browser text to speech and Google translate features.
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Class Level Pack Videos: We added the embedded videos per experience to the class level pack.
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ClassLink Rostering: We now support rostering wiith ClassLink. Rosters shared by admins will be synced daily.
Hide Correct Answers: Teachers can hide Teacher Notes and correct answers in an assigned experience in order to project their screens to the class. This toggle setting is located in the experience tool bar.
Class Level Pack Sync Between Classes: Teachers can now select if they want the class pack to be synced across their classes that shares the same license. The setting appears under Account Settings > Licenses. There is a checkbox for each license.
Summary Articles updates: The summary articles have a fresh look with a new background and comprehension questions. These questions are only displayed from the class pack. They are not displayed when the summary is accessed from within an experience.
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ClassLink SSO: We now support single sign on with ClassLink. Exploros users can use their ClassLink login credentials at the login screen or sign in directly from the ClassLink library. You can read more about the integration here
New Login Screen Design: We changed the layout a bit and added login with ClassLink
Request School in App: In the case a user has no school (except admins) and he somehow logged in to the app, we now requesting the school in the app.
Class Level Pack: Subscribed users, can now see class level pack with all the summary articles that are part of the class license. Teacher can filter, view, save as favorites and share with their class students.
Summary Articles updates: We now have a fresh look to the summary articles, new background and additional comprehension and understating questions. These questions can be accessed from the class pack only.
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Getting Started Tour: We added a guided tours for new users. The feature includes three short tours: how to create a class, how to preview a learning experience, and how to get more help. The tours can be activated via the user profile menu.
Class codes in the admin area: The class codes are now displayed in the admin’s seats and license view.
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Clever SSO: We now support single sign on with Clever. Exploros users can use their Clever login credentials at the login screen or sign in directly from the Clever library.
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Clever SSO: We now support single sign on with Clever. Exploros users can use their Clever login credentials at the login screen or sign in directly from the Clever library.
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Quiz Elements: We now support limiting the possible number of selected answers for all multiple-select type questions – Choice, Multi-part, Hot Text and Hot Spot.
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New STAAR Items: The item types include multiple choice, multipart multiple choice, multiple select, inline choice, hot text (highlight text), hot spot, and drag and drop. Items are versions of past year STAAR questions modified to include the new types. If you are currently subscribed to Exploros, you can assign these tests to students. It's a great way for students to revisit critical STAAR topics and practice STAAR 2.0 item types. If you have not read our article on STAAR prep, we recommend taking a look.
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New UI in the app: We cleaned up the look and feel of the app, aligned all elements behaviors and gave the app a fresher feel. Among other changes, we updated the share indicators and the submit button, and added color indications for submission fields.
Additional logs on class sync: We now get necessary information on synced users to help troubleshoot issues.
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New App Font: As part of renewing the look and fill of the app, we have changed the app font to Helvetica
Co-teachers permissions: We now allow co-teachers to end active experience and reactivate ended experiences that were created by the main teachers
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Top bar design: The top bar was redesigned to give the app a fresher look.
Themes: The user can now select different themes for the app via the profile settings. Various images and gradient colors can be used as backgrounds for the app main screens.
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California Student Learning Reports Available: New reports for California Social Studies collections - Ancient Civilizations, Medieval and Early Modern Times, and U.S. History.
New School Year Added to All Reports: 22-23 school year is now available to filter and view in all reports.
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California Social Studies Courses and ELA Common Core Curriculum Mapper Tool: We have added the new course mapper tools. You can find the links here.
Ability to add district unique identifiers for students: Districts that use unique identifiers for their students beyond emails and usernames can now request import of these identifiers for existing and new student accounts.
Teacher Dashboard Defaults to First Response: Teachers will now see students’ first responses as default in the experience dashboard.
Adding Teacher Email Information to Admin Level Reports Export: Teachers’ email information is now included in the CSV exports of admin-level reports.
Support Correct Answer View When Elements Are Not Set As Assessed: As a teacher, you can now see correct answers in Image Drag and Drop and Fill in the Blank elements when the elements settings is not set as assessed.
District Admin Student Count: The student count is not based on students’ school ID and not based on licensed students.
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Added "Campus Students" list to the class roster screen: Teachers now can see and add students from their campus to their classes from the class roster screen.
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Reading level data in article summaries: We now display reading grade level and word count for each linked summary in our Social Studies curriculum.
Google permissions update: We now request for permissions based on roles.
Google integration: We now support integration of profile images from Google and passing the experience thumbnail to Google Classroom when assigning a lesson.
Saving non-submitted answers in the app: We now save answers that have not been submitted. When the user tries to leave the scene, a notification appears that the post has not been submitted.
Messaging for non-licensed classes: We added a new bootstrap message when teachers navigate to a non-licensed class.
Adding student to active small groups experiences: We now allow teachers to add students to small group experiences even if the experience has already started.
Co-teacher automatically assigned to all active experiences when joining a class: When a co-teacher joins a class, she will be assigned to all active experience. She will be unassigned if she is removed from the class.
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Unlink from Google: Users can now unlink their accounts from Google in the user settings.
Supporting all assessed elements in quiz: We now support all assessed element types in a quiz.
Auto license class upon creation: Upon creation, classes will automatically be licensed with the campus subscriptions.
Dashboard defaults to last response: The default display in the dashboard is now last responses (replaces first responses as default).
Archived users: Archived users will be removed from rosters and will not be allowed to sign in to the App.
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Active Experience Quiz View Enhancement: The active experience view is now similar to the ended experience view, providing more live information for the teacher. Item heat map, quiz scores, correct answers, etc.
Retake Quiz: We now support retaking of a quiz during an active experience. Teachers can select which students can retake a quiz once the quiz has been submitted.
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Schoology Integration: We now support Schoology!
Allow Co-Teachers to be connected based on domain and not school ID: Co-teachers are no longer limited to being from the same campus; now they can co-teach based on domain (district) validation.
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S.P.I.R.E. Placement Test: We added a new element for S.P.I.R.E. STAR program. Placement test allows teachers to test the students’ levels before assigning them into appropriate groups.
Data Studio Database Separation: Data Studio reports are now running on a separate instance of the database.
Database Cleanup: We have removed all unnecessary tables.
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Passing Grades to Canvas: Canvas teachers can now pass Exploros quiz scores to their grade book. This feature can be turned on and off via the class settings.
Experiences designed for small groups can be assigned to a single student: We now support homeschools and individual students can learn small groups experiences.
Class Licensing: Moving forward, each class will need to be set up with the campus plans in order for teachers to assign experiences from courses that are part of the plans. The class licensing is part of the class settings.
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Home School: We now support home schools, with the creation of new schools and users, and sign up using a homeschool token.
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Help videos and notifications: We added a new collection of help videos, which can be accessed via the in-app user account menu. Teachers receive notification when new videos are added to the collection.
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Class level settings for sharing assignments with Google or Canvas: We now allow teachers to decide at the class level settings, if they want to share the assignments to Google Classroom and Canvas classes
Passing grades to Google Classroom Gradebook: Google Classroom teachers can now pass Exploros quiz scores to their Classroom gradebook. The score is passed as draft when a student submits the quiz
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GG4L Integration: We now support rostering via GG4L, including daily syncs.
Ended Experience Notifications: We added a notification counter to the ended experiences section, informing teachers and admins how many experiences have recently ended and are available for viewing.
New Civics Learning Report: We now support teacher and admin learning reports for the Civics course.
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Co-Teaching: We now support co-teaching. Teachers can join another teacher’s class from the same campus using a class code. We also support importing co-teachers from Google Classroom and Canvas.
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Admin Console for Wordly Wise i3000, iSPIRE, and S.P.I.R.E. Star: Admins now have access to the admin console, including seat management and rosters.
Removed seat limit lockout: We no longer lock out accounts when they exceed their seat limits. Instead, we notify via email the users—admins and teacher— that they have reached their seat limit.
Enrollment infrastructure: We have adjusted the infrastructure in order to support co-teaching and roles, a new feature coming soon.
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Hide\show Teacher Notes: Teachers can now hide the teacher notes when projecting the learning experience.
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iSPIRE and WordlyWise i3000 Progress reports – Export to CSV: Teachers and administrators can now export program progress reports to a CSV file.
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Updating assignments status in Google Classroom and Canvas: When a teacher changes the end date or the rostering of an active assignment, it is updated directly in Google Classroom and Canvas.
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Ability to link existing classes to Canvas: Canvas users can now link their existing Exploros classes to their Canvas classes.
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Canvas Integration: We are now supporting Canvas!
Google Assignmnets: Any new assignment that will be assigned to a Google class will be visible in Google Classroom
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New 5th Grade American History Course: American History is an elementary survey of the history of the United States from 1565 to the present. We have released the first 3 units.
Admin Console: We released a new Administrator Console! It has all the same features you had previously, but in a more organized format. Please take a look at this article for a tour of the Admin Console.
Progress Report update:
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User Trials and Bundles: Any new user receives a trial period for a selected bundle based on subject and user state.
During the trial period, all subscription features are active. Exploros dashboards and reports enable real-time and post-teaching Classroom Analytics that provide insights into curriculum progress, student achievement, and learning standard attainment. Once the trial ends, the user can preview the bundle experiences but can no longer assign them to classes.
Students Domain Validation: For all new student accounts, students are now required to use official district domains. Email addresses from public domains are blocked for privacy purposes. Existing student accounts based on public email domains may still be used in existing classes; they cannot be added to new classes. Students who do not have an official district domain (e.g., home-schoolers) must be added in the teacher roster as a student ID without an email address.
Class size limitation: Class size is now limited to 35 students. Most physical classes are limited to 25-30 students in K12. Once Exploros classes are set up to parallel the physical classes, it is easy to transition to remote instruction for the same group of students. In this way, remote and physical classes correspond to the same set of students, and data for the class is kept organized, whether the class is meeting face-to-face, remotely, or a combination of both. By limiting class size, we can also design the interface around a known quantity of students.
USCIS Citizenship Test Review: A new course is now available. USCIS Citizenship Test Review helps students prepare for the USCIS Citizenship Test by reviewing the 100-question bank in context, so that students know the material and don’t just memorize it.
Experience library courses based on the user state: The courses offered in the experience library are now available based on the user’s state.
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Live Teacher Streaming Audio and/or Video: To help with remote instruction, we've added live teacher streaming audio and/or video. You can see how it use by watching the video in this article .
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Digital Citizenship ISTE Student Learning Report: Subscribers can view a report providing student data from the Digital Citizenship course, arranged by ISTE standards for students.
Student progress report data: We now show data from the current school year only
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Realtime communication update: Realtime messaging has been updated to the latest technological stack for faster communication at scale.
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Self-paced mode Teachers can choose to unlock all gates in advance as part of the assignment flow, allowing students to progress at their own pace.
Added ISTE Standards to the database: We now support ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) standards curriculum tagging
Added ability to assign to Google Classroom from All Classes: Google users can now assign to Google Classroom when assigning an experience to multiple classes at the same time.
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Multi-class Assignment: Teachers can now assign an experience to multiple classes in one assignment flow. The start and end dates selected apply to all classes.
Search in Experiences List: Teachers can now search by keyword for a specific experience title in their experiences library.
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Analyzer Report: New report for district and campus admins. This report analyzes all the data collected in Exploros and provides a high-level view of what has been taking place in the district/campus and for teachers over the current school year.
World History MS Mapped to Maryland Standards: World History MS Course is now mapped to Maryland standards, including all the relevant reports!
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Course filter in Summary reports: Users can filter the experiences based on courses.
Student Progress and Student TEKS reports: The reports show archived classes separately in the classes menu.
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Streamlined Social Studies TEKS Support: We are now supporting streamlined social studies TEKS..
Authoring Database: Restructured our authoring tool database and updated content mechanism, improved performance and onboarding processes.
Rich Text in Wall Element: Added rich text support in wall element. Users can choose this option from the wall side menu and use basic formatting.
Added 2019-2020 school year to all reports
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Student Learning Report: We have added 2 new features -
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New U.S. History Student Learning Report for teachers, and admins: This new report shows how students are covering the expectations and standards in each unit in U.S. History course.
There are 5 metrics we show per expectation or standards:
Teachers and admins, can filter by schools, teachers, classes, and school year, based on their permissions.
Seat licensing management: District admins can now shift seats from one school to another for iSPIRE AND S.P.I.R.E programs
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Reactivating an Ended Experience: Subscribed users can now reactivate an experience once it has ended.
Reports Data Updates: No longer waiting for the next day! From now on, the data in the reports get updated once the experience has ended.
Maryland Reports: We now have Maryland specific reports for teachers and admins for U.S. History MS.
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Webpack update: Added webpack to allow for easier and consistent code upgrades, front-end loading and optimizations, enable the possibility to switch to a newer framework, improve dev productivity
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Teacher import for Wordly Wise, iSPIRE and S.P.I.R.E School Admins: This feature allows school admins to create their teacher's accounts. This feature is now added to the already exists ability to create classes and students, and allow the admins to create the entire rosters.
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New Student Experience Summary report: This new report is available to subscribed OER teachers and can be accessed from the curriculum student progress report by clicking on the student names.
The report is an experience summary report filtered by a student, showing the progress percentage, responses, activity and quiz scores, and time on task. The report can be filtered to show all experiences, only experience with quizzes or to exclude experiences with quizzes.
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Reports for 8th grade NGSSS Civics MS curriculum: The following new reports have been added to subscribed users of the NGSSS Civics MS curriculum and can be found in the All Classes reports tab:
Reports for 8th grade GLCE U.S. History MS curriculum The following new reports have been added to subscribed users of the GLCE U.S. History MS curriculum and can be found in the All Classes reports tab:
Remove course from library: This new feature allows teachers to remove courses from their library by opening the experience list, moving to the OER Course Catalog tab, hovering over a course that’s currently in the teacher's library and selecting Remove course from Library.
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Fixes to Multi-state tagging: The teacher's school value now indicates the state that they are in, which updates the Add OER Course list automatically to show the most relevant courses. Also, experiences that are not mapped to any standards in a mapped collection no longer show the standard tiles on experience cards in the experience list and the Assigned / Scheduled / Ended tabs.
Frequent Intercom updates: Account information will be updated automatically on set times even if users didn't log in to the app. This will ensure that we have up to date info when we're talking to our users.
Celebrate Freedom Week: This unit was added to the following collections for both subscribed and non-subscribed users:
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Multi-state Standards Tagging: We can now map experiences to several different standard sets, allowing us to support teaching in different states. Currently, we have experiences mapped to TEKS and NGSSS standards, and experiences are being mapped with GCLE standards and will be released in the near future.
State filter when adding OER courses: When opening the Experience List and switching to the Add OER to Library tab, a new State filter was added. By selecting the state the teacher is in, the recommended collection will appear at the top, over the divider, based on the teaching standards of the state. Teachers still have the option to choose collections mapped to other state standards by scrolling down in the list and choosing the desired collection.
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Update to node.js 10: The system was updated to the latest version which should help improve performance, security, resource consumption and allow usage of new development features.
Adding school as part of the onboarding flow: For all OER onboarding, teacher are now required to enter their school as the first step of the flow.
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Civics MS: Units 1-5 of this new curriculum were deployed and can be found free of charge on the website as well as in the app, under the Add OER Course to Library tab of the experience list.
System code changes: These fixes should help remove the load on the app and improve performance.
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School Year report filter: Subscribed users can now see a new filter in the Experience Summary reports, allowing them to filter experiences by school year (starting at August 15th and ending at August 14th of the following year). Admins can also use the school year filter in their curriculum progress and TEKS summary reports.
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Permissions inherited from school: With this functionality in place, all of the subscription permissions available for the school will become available for teachers once they update their school value in Account Settings. This includes features like reports, response dashboard, student feedback, Google Drive integration and more.
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Drive integration: Exploros users who have subscriptions and sign in with Google can now add Google Drive attachments to discussion wall posts. Users should click the Add (+) button on the left side of the element, choose Google Drive, and then choose the desired file type and the specific file (docs, spreadsheets, presentation, PDF, images, video, draw). Once selected, the attachment will appear under the wall text field, similar to added images. Once posted, permissions are automatically added to the Drive attachment as follows:
In case a class has a mix of Google and non-Google users, the non-Google users will see a placeholder with the file name of the attachment, and they will be notified that only Google users can open the file.
LDAP removal: This code change makes sign up, sign in, and password resets faster and more secure.
Response Dashboard improvements: A few changes were added to the Response Dashboard to improve usability:
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Code cleanup: The code was updated to run faster and with less connectivity issues.
TEKS Details adjustments: Changes were made to the TEKS Details report in an effort to make it more accurate and aligned with the TEKS Summary report, the most noticeable of them:
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Quiz results & avg responses on experience cards: Subscribed teachers and students will now be able to see the quiz result and responses on the experience cards of their ended experiences. Admins will also be able to view these tiles on experiences cards belonging to subscribed teachers.
Quiz results for students in assigned experiences: Students completing a quiz in a class of a subscribed teacher will now see their quiz score on the quiz panel immediately after they finish it.
Response dashboard for students in ended experiences: Students of subscribed teachers will see the response dashboard by default in their ended experiences.
Course based permissions: Certain features are now available only when teaching from a subscribed collection such as TEKS, Student Feedback, and Response Dashboard. The subscription pop up has been modified to accommodate both subscribed and non-subscribed users.
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Sync Google Classroom Class: Google teachers can now sync their Exploros class with their Google Classroom in its current state, meaning students could be added or removed from the Exploros class. This is done by going to the class roster and clicking on Sync with Google Classroom.
Add OER Courses from the Experience List: Teachers can now add OER courses directly from their experience list without the need to log out. To do so, log in, select any class and open the experience list. Choose the Add OER Course to Library tab, scroll over the desired course and click Add OER Course to Library. Courses the teacher already has will have the text In Library on them.
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Post Assignments to Google Classroom: Teachers using Google Classroom can now post assignments directly to their Google Classes by checking the checkbox in step 3 of the assign flow. The posts include a link to the specific experience, or to the app's login page (depending on whether the student was connected to the app when clicking on the link).
Experience Card Images: All levels of all OER curricula now have experience card images, helping to differentiate the experiences appearing in the main screen.
Social Studies Collection: The level of the MS Social Studies and HS Social Studies collections was removed, and the curricula now appear in the following collections: World Cultures, Texas History, US History MS, US History HS, Civics MS.
Website Preview: All OER collection are now available for review in the website's Curriculum page. Users can drill down to the experience level and preview the first scene of the different experiences.
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Data adjustments: Query changes were introduced to improve the validity of quiz scores, number of participating students, progress, average responses and time on task values.
Performance optimization: system refactoring was done to improve all-around app performance
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EPS District License Management: A view for EPS admins that details the following license information: School (for district admins), Expiration date, Total, used, and available seats, Class name, Teacher name and License name.
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Class codes: To join a class students will now enter a class code, found in the class roster. The student will be added directly to that class' roster. The teacher has the option to lock a class so no further students can join, or generate a new class code. For further details, please review the following article in the help portal.
Class Roster revamp: The roster screens were redesigned for a more intuitive user experience. Students removed from a class will appear under All Your Other Students, where they can easily be added to any class or removed entirely from the teacher's account. The following improvements were also introduced to the different roster screens:
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Quiz: The new quiz replaces the previous Tao dependent system, and preforms faster, avoiding high volume performance issues. In addition, the following features were added:
TEKS Enhancements: The following improvements were added to TEKS reports:
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TEKS Reports: Subscribers of the Texas Social Studies OER Curriculum now receive TEKS reports at the teacher, school, and district levels. The standards can be filtered by type: Readiness, Supporting, etc. The reports show the following metrics for each TEKS SE:
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Experience library opens to last location: Within an active session, the experience library now opens to the last active location (when locating an experience, previewing or assigning an experience, etc.). The list resets when the teacher logs out.
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Time On Experience in reports: A new metric has been added to display the time a student spent logged into an experience. The time is paused if a student logs out of the experience and resumed if the student returns to it. The time is final once the experience has ended.
Roster Screen Improvements:
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Class Archive: An enhancement for this premium feature, teachers can view archived classes in the Experience Summary Report and the Progress Report by activating “Show Archived Classes.” Archived classes are indicated in the report with a yellow A.
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Standards (TEKS) Display on Experience Cards: A premium feature, currently for Texas Middle School Social Studies subscribers, displays the standards covered in the experience on each experience card in the Library and the Active/Ended lists.
Archive Classes: Teachers can archive a class, for example at the beginning of a new school year. Archiving a class:
Note that teachers and students can no longer preview any past work from this archived class.
New help portal for teachers: A new help portal, currently for teachers only, allows us to automate some of the help messages in our in-app chat.
Summary tiles for reports: A premium feature, summary tiles were added to the experience summary reports of all levels (district, school, teacher). The tiles show how many experiences were taught by how many teachers to how many students in how many schools generating how many responses.
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Standards Mapping: A premium feature for mapping experience elements to a pre-specified set of state learning standards. In the Authoring Tool, experience authors can select state, grade, subject, and specific standards at the experience level. Then the author can assign each element to a specific micro-standard.
In a September release, the standards covered by an experience will be visible to the teacher and the students. In a later release, there will also be a standards report showing student performance against the standards.
Time On Element: A premium feature for collecting data on how much time students spend on each element in an experience. In an upcoming release, the data will be presented in a premium report.
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Teacher All Classes Reports: A premium reporting feature for licensed products.
Wall Share Settings: Teachers can now change the share settings of an entire Wall element in an active experience, regardless of how it was set up initially. Teachers are prompted to confirm the change so that they do not accidentally make private posts visible to the entire class.
Quiz Requirement: A change was made in how the quiz requirement is calculated in order to save incomplete tests and to give a truer calculation for the average responses in reporting.
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School License Management View: A premium feature for licensed products.
Full-Screen Assignment Redesign: The experience assignment screen has been redesigned and now appears in a full-screen modal for a cleaner design and flow.
Ended Experiences: All ended experiences are now available to teachers (by clicking “Show more”) and students can see experiences from the past year.
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Passage Differentiation, Phase II: Differentiated passages can now be authored for a pre-defined reading group. When the teacher assigns the experience, s/he assigns each student to the desired reading group. Reading groups are automatically given the relevant passage when clicking an in-scene or pack link.
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Passage Differentiation, Phase I: This feature enables multiple versions of a document to be assigned to a single link in a scene and the pack for the sake of differentiation (reading level, translations, jigsaw method, etc.).
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Response Dashboard: This premium feature, available from the Teacher Dashboard, displays response indicators when students submit answers to interactive elements. Student Dashboards display just the individual student’s responses.
Indicator legend:
Clicking on response indicators shows a tooltip with the element’s name. If the element is assessed, a score appears next to it. When working with elements set for small groups, response indicators appear for all the students in the small group. With the addition of the Response dashboard, the Posts tab was removed from the Teacher Dashboard, and all the tabs were removed from the Student Dashboard, as they have become redundant.
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Teacher Experience Summary Report: This report shows at the class level the experiences taught, numbers of students, average responses, average test scores, etc., and is searchable and sortable.
Student Facing Feedback: This new premium feature allows the students to get immediate automated feedback when answering questions on the following elements: Choice, Drag-Drop (Image and Text), and Fill in the Blanks. If the answer is incorrect or partially correct, a notification appears and the student can retry. The teacher can enable/disable feedback at the experience level from the Dashboard.
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Fill In the Blanks: A new element that enables students to type in a short-text answer on their own. The element can be configured for auto-assessment, hint displays, case sensitivity, and multiple correct answers.
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New Reports:School Value is Read Only: Teachers can now select their school once and then the field will be locked, unless they signed up via token, in which case the school will be set automatically and they will not be able to change it.
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Product-specific Reports: For now, Teaching Summary and School Progress Reports
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School/District Administrator Dashboard: For now, only Exploros can configure a user as a school administrator.Bug Fixes
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License Administration: Once someone is identified in the system as a License Admin, he or she has access to the following features:
The Admin can click a specific class to view the roster and to add or remove the license from the class.
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Google Class Import:New Features and Enhancements
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Bug Fixes
New Feature in Authoring Tool
Authoring tool now enables student management: class creation and editing, import new student accounts into classes.New Features and Enhancements
Bug Fixes
New Features and Enhancements
Bug Fixes