New Features

The following are new features and fixed issues added in this months’ ASSISTments update:

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My Problem Sets

• Problem sets are now ordered with the most recently created at the top

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Reports & Data

• We now report out the number of days late a student is on the assignment report

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Known issues we are currently working on:

• If a student is removed from a class in Google Classroom, they may continue to show up on assignment reports despite synchronizing classes.
• Deleting problems from problem sets does not work if the problem is selected. In order to remove a problem from a problem set, make sure it is not selected.

The following are new features added in this months’ ASSISTments update:

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My Assignments

• After editing an assignment’s information, ASSISTments will automatically update the view for the teacher. Refreshing the page is no longer necessary
• When navigating back from an assignment using the links at the top of the assignment report, ASSISTments will maintain all filters and sorting preferences
• When using the link at the top of the assignment report to get back to a place in the hierarchy of content, ASSISTments will now automatically go to that place in the hierarchy and have it open for users to see

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My Problem Sets

• Edit Problem Set Details now allows the name of the problem set to be modified

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Reports & Data

• Open Response editor has been upgraded to more easily allow students to:

          - Correct on the first try

          - Correct on some other try than the first

          - Incorrect because the student saw the answer

The following are new features added in this months’ ASSISTments update:

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Find & Assign

• When the release date is not valid for an assignment being made, a more useful error message will help teachers know what to fix to allow the assignment to be made.

Reports & Data

• On the assignment report, at the top of the report, when there is no Common Wrong Answer for the problem, the table entry will be left  blank instead of using “NA”.
• The information pop-up that explains the scoring on the assignment report has updated text to better explain a red zero.

The following are new features added in this months’ ASSISTments update:

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Find & Assign

• A new filter, “Released State Tests” is now available within search by skill results. You will now be able to quickly identify any problems from released state test questions directly in the results of the search.

Reports & Data

• Fixed an issue that was not allowing the hiding of student names in the standard view of the Assignment Report. 
• Fixed an issue that the Skill Builder report that was not sorting the report correctly.
• Fixed an issue where filtering on the status in My Assignments was not working correctly for Released Items. (Assignments in this status will now be correctly shown as having that status.)
• Fixed the Search By Standard, which was not always refreshing to newly selected search criteria.
• Fixed the issue where the student details was reporting actions in the wrong order.

The following are new features added in this months’ ASSISTments update:

Find & Assign

• Assessments for ENY and IM have been reorganized to be listed by module with the rest of the problems that can be assigned. (early March)
  

My Problem Sets

• Fixed an issue when creating a new problem set, that you can lose the focus to the new problem set name and it can be difficult to keep the focus.
  

Reports & Data

• Fixed an issue with student submitted work being too small to see when scoring and giving feedback on open response problems. The work is now clickable and will pop-up large for the teacher to see the work clearly. 
• Fixed an issue where the date was not appearing on the student details report.
• Fixed an issue where when scrolling through different student details, the students were not presenting in the order they were in on the assignment report. 
• Fixed an issue where the scoring and feedback page for open response problems was not alphabetizing students by last name. 
• Fixed an issue with student answers that had been created using the math editor (WIRIS) were not being reported visually correctly on the scoring & feedback page for open response problems. 
• Fixed an issue where hiding Student Names on the assignment report were not mixing up the students so that it was possible for students to figure out who was who

The following are new features added in this months’ ASSISTments update:

Find & Assign

• Assign to a subset of a class(es) - Teachers can now choose which students to assign an assignment to through the assign pop-up window. The assignment report will then reflect this by reporting only on those to whom it was assigned.
  

Reports & Data

• The Student Details report (which you get to be selecting a student’s name in the assignment report) has been updated to the new look and feel of ASSISTments.
• The Open Response Scoring report (also known as essay scoring) has been updated to the new look and feel of ASSISTments
• The Skill Builder Report now enables teachers to delete student progress and the row will turn green when a student has completed the skill builder successfully.
  

Known issues we are currently working on:

• When you Hide Student Names on the assignment report, it is not randomizing the students, making it easier to identify students on the report.
• Sometimes you have to refresh the page in ASSISTments to see all of your assignments correctly.

The following are new features added in this months’ ASSISTments update:

General

• Improvements have been made to increase the speed of rendering the results of a search, showing the list of assignments, and showing the list of My Problem Sets
  

Reports & Data

• The Skillbuilder report has been updated to reflect the new look and feel of ASSISTments
  

The following are new features added in this months’ ASSISTments update:

My Assignments

• Delete Assignment is now available. Teachers can now delete assignments.
• All assignments are now visible for a class regardless of who assigned them.
  

Reports/Data

• Assignments in Test Mode will only have Green/Red colored score chips on the Assignment Report to indicate Correct/Incorrect. Open response problems, scores will be colored green for a score of 4, red for a score of 0 and orange for all others scores in between.
• Teachers now have access to the assignment report when no student has yet started it

Student Experience

• Open Response editor has been upgraded to more easily allow students to:

          - Take a picture

           - Submit a file

           - Draw their answer

Welcome to the Fresh New Look of ASSISTments!

The following is the functionality that has been added to ASSISTments in the Fresh New Look:

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General

• The new look keeps a teacher-user in the same window and has been redesigned to be easier to use
  

Find & Assign

• Content for Open Education Resources (OER) is now organized by lesson
• Search by keyword or common core standard
       -  You can then go to the problem set from the results of a search
• New assign-time options:
       -  Test Mode
       -  Problem Order
  

My Assignments - new view that allows teacher-users to:

• See all of the assignments that they have made
• Filter assignments by class or status
• Sort assignments by release or due date
• View all assignment details, including:
     -  The number of problems in the assignment
     -  Release date of assignment
     -  Due date of assignment
     -  Standards addressed in the assignment
• View the assignment (or skill builder) report
• Edit the assignment name or due date & release date (if they have not already passed)
• Reassign an assignment
• Preview an assignment as a student
  

My Problems - new view that allows teacher-users to:

• Create problem sets from any combination of ASSISTments content
• Add & Delete problems from a problem set
• Duplicate & Delete problem sets
• Reorder the problems in a problem set
• Assign a problem set to your classes
  

Reports & Data

• The assignment report has been upgraded to be more user-friendly and to show more information for teachers
• There is now a standards view to the assignment report
• Scores can now be uploaded directly to Google Classroom and Canvas from any assignment or skill builder report
  

Settings are now available for:

• Account information
• Preferences
• Feature Settings

For those of you have been using the beta, the following are the incremental new features that were added in this latest release:

General

• We are now collecting user information on new users when they Sign Up
       -  School
       -  Grades
       -  Curricula
• User information can be set for all in Settings
  

Find & Assign

• Assign Time Options - Test Mode can now be added to any assignment
• You can now go to the complete Problem Set from a problem found in search results

My Assignments

• Fixed an issue causing there to be unnamed assignments
  

Reports & Data

• Instructional Recommendations now being delivered for problems where they exist as part of the assignment report for 7th grade Illustrative Math, OpenUp, and EngageNY
• All users will now see the updated assignment report
• Static columns in the assignment report (not problems) are now sortable
• Standard View now has a row to show how many problems relate to that standard in the given assignment

In this release, all of these features from the initial beta are also available.

The following are the new features that were added in this release.

As the beta progresses, we will be adding new features.

We will alert you to changes as they are made available to you

General

• Logout now works
• Settings page now exists and can be used to set:
       -  Account Settings
                 -  User Name
                 -  First Name
                 -  Last Name
                 -  Display Name
       -  Preferences
                -  Time Zone
                -  Anonymize assignment report when opening as default
       -  Feature Settings
                 -  Student Supports
  

Reports & Data

• Updated Assignment Report
• Delete Student Progress is now working

The following are the new features that were added in this release.

As the beta progresses, we will be adding new features. We will alert you to changes as they are made available to you

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My Problem Sets

• Fixed an issue where teachers were seeing problem sets that they had not created in My Problem Sets
  

Student Experience

• Student supports have been turned on for 6-8 middle school open educational resources, so students will have exposure to hints and explanations. For more information on this, click here.
  

The following are the new features that were added in this release.‍

As the beta progresses, we will be adding new features. We will alert you to changes as they are made available to you.

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General

• Redesigned UI using a new framework - VUE
  

Find & Assign

• Finding problems in the content library is now done in one screen
• In the Open Educational Resources, many curricula are now broken out by lesson
• Can now search by common core standard for problems & skill builders
• Assign time options now include Problem Order selection with 3 possible settings - Linear, Random & Student Choice
  

My Problem Sets

• Create your own problem sets from all ASSISTments content
• Add & remove problems to/from a problem set
• Modify problems sets (name & order of problems)
• Assign problem sets
• Duplicate problem sets
• Delete problems sets
• See the Student Preview of a problem set
• Sort problem sets alphabetically by their name
  

My Assignments

• View a complete list of assignments
• Filter assignments by class
• Filter assignments by status
• Sort assignments by due date & release date
• View assignment details
• View the assignment or skill builder report for an assignment
• See the Student Preview of an assignment
  

Reports & Data

• There are no new or revamped reports for this release.
  

Student Experience

• Student supports have been turned on for 6-8 middle school open educational resources, so students will have exposure to hints and explanations. For more information on this, click here.