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2023 release notes

All the features released in 2023.

  • Third option for topic filtering allowing students to filter topics within those selected by their teacher.
  • Option to pay by purchase order is more obvious when shopping for course vouchers.
  • Single sign-on for Google and Microsoft.
  • Customised leader boards.
  • Toggle command word help on/off for tasks.
  • The answer for Quiz questions can now be seen when choosing questions for a task.
  • Task shortcut link available for future tasks.
  • Matrix reports can be sorted by each column.
  • Analytics report colours now match the chosen colour scheme.
  • New colour schemes for Protanopia, Deuteranopia & Tritanopia.
  • Automatic 30% discount for orders of 200 or more vouchers.
  • Leitner system is now supported in Terms.
  • AI marking of questions in a task with written feedback for each question. Does not include questions with an image, calculation or level of response marking frameworks. These will come in a future release.
  • Task creation can cause what looks like duplicate Quiz questions to be chosen. They aren't actually the same question, but that's not obvious from the short question snippet shown.
  • Students can join a class with unverified accounts making it much easier for teachers to set up classes.
  • Shuffle button for terms.
  • Teachers can change a student's name.
  • Alert for tasks that have no students assigned.
  • Assign multiple students to a task after it has been set and not just when it is created.
  • Custom date range for usage reports.
  • Students can jump to a question from task feedback for a question.
  • Select all option for transferring vouchers to another teacher.
  • "1 days" is now shown as "yesterday".
  • When creating a task, replacing a question with another shows all available questions of the same type, not just those in the same topic. This increases the number of questions that can be used to swap.
  • Students can paste an answer into the answer box in Advance (for example to paste code from an IDE).
  • Update Filter button for topic filtering has moved to the panel header so it is always visible to reduce scrolling.
  • Teachers can access individual student revision reports in analytics.
  • Teachers can hide the number of days until the exam in the class configuration options.
  • More informative error message if a teacher tries to navigate to a task using a student link.
  • A user configurable Submit button that navigates to the next student or next question.
  • A more obvious indicator on the list of students when all the questions have been marked for a task.
  • M.A.R.C.K.S. feedback option for tasks.
  • Task marking UI has been redesigned to reduce scrolling,
  • Descriptive marking status statements for each student instead of codes.
  • Task setting UI changes to reduce the chance of a teacher navigating away before a task has been assigned to students.
  • The current mark for each student can be seen on the active tasks page.
  • Peer marking of tasks. Students can now mark each other's tasks.
  • More SQL questions for all Computer Science courses.
  • Cambridge IGCSE (0478/0984) course released.
  • AQA GCSE (8132) Business course released.
  • OCR GCSE (J204) Business course released.
  • OCR J277, H446 & AQA 8525 video references include a video number in the title for easier signposting for teachers.
  • OCR GCSE J277 Topic 1.2.3 Units - Quiz questions have been updated to use multiples of 1000 and not 1024 to better match the specification.
  • Edexcel 1CP2: all code questions are now written in Python syntax.
  • Edexcel 1BS0: new scenarios and questions.
  • Model answer videos for Pearson Edexcel 1CP2 GCSE Computer Science.
  • Model answer videos for OCR AS/A level Computer Science.
  • A new logo to make it clearer on different themes and at a smaller resolution.
  • Bug fix: AI markable icon does not update after a question is replaced when creating a task.
  • Bug fix: pressing [Enter] to submit a mark did not work as expected.
  • Bug fix: multiple choice questions in tasks containing code didn't render as expected.
  • Bug fix: when accessing a question from the task question matrix report, it loaded the answer to the first question in the task instead of the requested one.
  • Bug fix: building a deck in Terms when reflective/interactive modes are restricted by the teacher in class settings did not work as expected.
  • Bug fix: UTC was shown instead of BST on one screen in tasks.
  • Bug fix: copying a task now copies the MARCKS setting.
  • Bug fix: topic filtering did not work in some edge cases for sub-topics when others are locked in trial mode.
  • Bug fix: "Click to copy" not working for shareable link in task creation wizard.
  • Bug fix: Incorrect percentage values being calculated on leader boards (rankings were still correct though).
  • Bug fix: in some rare cases a task is not assigned to students even though it appears to have been assigned successfully.
  • Bug fix: discount codes are now applied correctly.