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2023 release notes

  • 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.
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2022 release notes

  • Students can mark their own tasks.
  • Track progress of individual students as they complete and mark a task.
  • Tasks requiring action by the teacher have a notification bell icon.
  • New active tasks panel for teachers displaying more data.
  • New active tasks panel for students displaying more data.
  • 70 model answer videos for Edexcel GCSE Computer Science 1CP2.
  • Join a shared class button is now also on the teacher dashboard. This reduces the number of steps for setting up shared classes.
  • Edexcel Business course launched.
  • Give control of vouchers to another teacher, enabling central purchasing and distribution of purchased vouchers.
  • Every AQA 8525 Advance question has a model answer video.
  • Every Advance question for OCR J277 now has a model answer video.
  • Full course access in student mode for teachers who have purchased vouchers.
  • Free trial includes a limited number of topics from real courses instead of a generic course.
  • Students do not lose progress from the trial when upgrading to full access.
  • A shopping basket experience for purchasing course vouchers.
  • Courses for the same subject are grouped together on the teacher dashboard.
  • Support for markup in questions.
  • Questions can have a case study.
  • Summary of the ticked mark scheme entries shown when deciding a mark for level of response questions.
  • Ticked mark scheme entries do not determine the mark with level of response questions.
  • Moved the task feedback input box to reduce scrolling.
  • Prevent follow on marks being applied if they are not applicable.
  • Navigating to the dashboard does not reset the teacher/student mode selection.
  • References are not shown for new courses that don’t have any.
  • Protection against purchasing a course more than once by pressing the submit payment button again before the transaction is complete.
  • Hyperlink for a task to copy and paste into Google Classroom, OneNote, ClassCharts etc.
  • Update the task marking UI so that the total marks box and submit button is visible without having to scroll on short mark schemes.
  • Set the same task for multiple classes, including shared classes in the same year group.
  • Deadlines shown on active tasks screen.
  • Independent scrolling of a student answer and the mark scheme when marking a task.
  • Command words exactly match each examination board specification instead of using the JCQ list.
  • Deadline enforced tasks. Work is handed in at the deadline, even if it has not been submitted with this option.
  • Students can see references and model answer videos automatically in their task feedback.
  • OCR J277 1.1 Systems architecture Quiz questions have been updated.
  • Change a task deadline for an individual student.
  • Drag and drop questions into a different order when creating a task.
  • Indicate if a student has already purchased their own course voucher so they don’t need to be allocated one.
  • Dark theme.
  • Analytics reports for tasks.
  • Sort students in the mark book.
  • Bug fix: some model answer videos linked to the wrong question.
  • Bug fix: task share links ignore the available from date.
  • Bug fix: the coloured bars in the top 10 questions analytics report could be displayed incorrectly.
  • Bug fix: debit/credit card orders made by teachers would sometimes fail unexpectedly.
  • Bug fix: in rare cases when questions for a task are changed, the total marks for a task displays as over 100% in the mark book.
  • Bug fix: display order of mark scheme entries for terms.
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2021 release notes

  • Questions containing code have better formatting.
  • 50 model answer videos for OCR J277.
  • Tag tasks for filtering in the mark book.
  • Replace a question manually from the automatic selection when creating a task.
  • View the complete question when creating a task.
  • Delete a task from the mark book.
  • Date filter on the mark book.
  • Show which topics questions were taken from in tasks in the mark book.
  • Download both percentages and raw marks from the mark book.
  • Better DDoS protection to protect up-time.
  • Questions can belong to a sub topic.
  • Return a task to a student before it has been marked to handle a student clicking submit too early.
  • Cream and lilac themes to help students with Dyslexia.
  • New Tasks feature allows teachers to set the same questions for all students in a class, mark the answers and keep track of outcomes in a mark book.
  • Bug fix: rendering issues with Quiz questions containing <> symbols.