What recent features, enhancements, and fixes have been released in Progress Learning?
Our product and development teams are working hard to roll out many new features and enhancements. Below is a summary of new features, enhancements, and fixes that have been recently released.
Feature, Enhancement, or Fix | Description | Released |
Partial Submits | For any assessment or practice test a student attempts, a new Exit button has been added. This button will allow the student to leave any questions unanswered and submit their activity. The student will receive a pop up message informing them that any unanswered questions will be marked as incorrect upon submission and they may either accept or return to their activity. | Nov. 30 |
Upgrade Trials | Within Instructional Resources or from your Account tab within School Center ➡️ Account Information you may now request a 30 day trial for licenses your school is not currently subscribed to! This will give you time to explore all the great content that we provide for a particular subject without being charged. | Sep. 21 |
View Questions Only Assessment Setting | The View Questions Only assessment setting has undergone a small change. The setting will now display how the student answered their questions, but will not show if the question was correct or incorrect. The student will be able to also see point values earned/not earned for the associated questions. | Jul. 21 |
Release Item Details after Due Date | This setting is located within the Assignment Builder and is applicable for all activities except non user-authored assessments. When enabled the students score will be displayed, but no question or answer details will be displayed until the selected due date has passed. | Jul. 21 |
Assignment Level Student TTS & Language Settings | Within the Assignment Builder, you may now choose the level of TTS and/or Language settings for the individual assignment you are delivering to your students. | Jul. 7 |
Student TTS Language Settings | We have made a significant enhancement to our student TTS and Language Settings. We have moved those settings to their own dedicated space within School Center -> Student Settings. You can customize the students TTS and Language Settings, globally, by content area. | Jul. 7 |
Premium Assessments | All of our State Practice Tests, SAT/PSAT/ACT/AP Tests and Progress Learning pre-built Diagnostics have been consolidated into a new name titled: Premium Assessments. | Jun. 30 |
Assessment Builder Revamp | Assessment Builder has been reduced to a two-step process for faster assessment building! You will also find a question legend within the builder and more viewing space for your assessment building convenience. | Jun. 30 |
Assignment Live Monitoring | Assignment Live Monitoring is available for assigned assessments. You will find this classroom tool for School Admins and Teachers by navigating to the Assessment/Assignment Center under the Assignment section. | May 19 |
Assessment Comparison | With Assessment Comparison, teachers, admins, and district admins will be able to compare student results between two assessments. | May 8 |
Resource Center | The Progress Learning Resource Center includes helpful guides and resources, announcements, and an interactive feedback module. | Apr. 12 |
Video Library in Instructional Resources | Within Instructional Resources, teachers and administrators can access the video library for the selected subject. | Apr. 5 |
Retry Missed Items | An assignment setting was added to give teachers the option to allow students to retry missed items after completing an assessment or test. Retry score information can be viewed by students and is also visible within the gradebook for teachers. | Mar. 31 |
Game Arcade | Students in grades 6-12 are rewarded with tokens for completing activities in Progress Learning. The Arcade gives students the option to play reward games by spending tokens. | Mar. 23 |
Student Preview for Teachers | Teachers now have the option to log in as a sample student. This is useful as a demo feature when guiding students through the Progress Learning platform. | Mar. 1 |
Litftoff Score Reporting | Liftoff score reporting will be added to the teacher gradebook. | Feb. 22 |
Assignment Preview Functionality | Users can now preview content included in assignments. | Feb. 15 |
New Item Types in "My Authored Questions" | Four new item types were added for users that author their own items.
| Feb. 15 |
Progress Reports for K-1 and Elementary | Student Progress Reports were added in our k-1 and elementary student experiences. | Feb. 8 |
Update Text-to-Speech Voice | We launched updates and enhancements to our Text-to-Speech functionality. | Jan. 19 |
Eliminate One Answer Choice Feature | A setting was added to the assignment builder to auto-eliminate one answer choice for single-answer, multiple-choice items. This accommodation can be applied at the individual student level. | Jan. 10 |
Usage Report | This report displays usage information for individual schools and for subjects. | Jan 10 |
Spanish Toggle in Assessment Builder | Question previews within the assessment builder now include a Spanish toggle. | Dec. 28 |
Student Activity Search | Users now have a search option to display results of all student activities within Progress Learning and Liftoff. | Dec. 10 |
Liftoff Usage Report | The Liftoff Usage Report provides details of time spent by students answering questions in Liftoff. This report isavailable for teachers, admins, and district admins. | Dec. 10 |
Progress Report Printing | Printer-friendly versions of student Progress Reports are now available. | Dec. 10 |
Account Info and Subscription Info for District Accounts | Added screens to display school-level subscription information and account IDs for schools across the district. | Dec. 10 |
Replace with Similar Question Feature in Assessment Builder | This feature allows users to quickly swap out questions that are aligned to the same domain and standard. It makes building pre- and post-tests quick and easy. | Dec. 10 |
School Dot Rank Tab in Results Report | An additional school dot rank tab will be added to the results report for assignments and assessments. This tab will be visible for school and district administrators. | Dec. 4 |
Student Details Tab in Results Report | This tab will provide details about who has and has not taken a district or school-level assessment. The tab will be visible for school and district administrators. | Dec. 4 |
Practice Tests for K-5 Students | With Practice Tests, our k-5 students can complete summative- or domain-level tests. | Dec. 4 |