New Features:

• New Feature 9.3.4.1 New Printable Assessments and Answer Keys for Vocabulary Quizzes and ExperTrack Assessments
  • All ExperTrack Assessments and Vocabulary Quizzes within the Gallopade grade level courses now have a printable version available for students to complete the assessment on paper. 
     

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• New Feature 9.3.4.1 Canvas/Schoology Users: Assignment Review Options
  • Teachers can now set the assignment review options for students when linking course materials within Canvas and Schoology. 
  • The default setting will now be Review Submission which allows students to see the answers they selected without viewing the correct answers for auto-graded questions.
  • While linking a Gallopade course item in Canvas or Schoology, please follow these steps:
    1. select the item(s) from the Gallopade course  
    2. edit the review option on the top right of the modal if desired
    3. then select the Link Items to Platform button

• If the review option needs to be edited at anytime, teachers can locate the assignment in the Gradebook while in the GO External Tool and select to Edit the assignment and change the review option on the Edit Assignment screen.
   
• New Feature 9.3.4.2 Writing Prompts and Artistic Expressions Total Points Update
  • Updated for the 2024-2025 school year, the default score for Writing Prompts and Artistic Expressions are 20 points.  For resources that have multiple parts, the first part will be worth 20 points and the scoring of additional parts are defaulted to off. While grading these types of resources, it is recommended to use the Selected Student tab of the Grading Screens. 
  • Teachers can always customize the default point values and grading options by using the Advanced Grading Options of the Assign Modal.
     

Enhancements:

• Enhancement 9.3.4.1 Gradebook: New Open/ Collapse Category Option
  • Now when users access the Gradebook, the various categories will default to open to display all assignments.  
  • If you would like to collapse all categories at once, select the checkbox to the left of the new Collapse Category option.  
  • Individual categories can still be opened or closed by selecting the arrow at the end of the category.

• Enhancement 9.3.4.2 Gradebook: New Ability to Search Assignments by Title or Keyword
  • To help users locate a specific assignment, users can now search through their list of assignments in the Gradebook by assignment title (teacher's title or original title from the course) subtitle, or keyword.

• Enhancement 9.3.4.3 Location of Navigation Tools for Interactive Resources
  • Based on customer feedback, the navigation tools within Interactive Resources such as the Digital Student Book, Clickbook, Expertrack Assessments, etc are now located at the top of the resource no matter which device size or type is being used. 

• Enhancement 9.3.4.4 Display of Alternative Activities, Answer Keys, Printable Assessments, Teacher Notes
  • Now when viewing the Alternative Vocabulary Builder, Teacher Notes, or an Answer Key, users can view the document in full screen view while projecting on the board or while previewing before printing. 
  • To navigate to the next page of a multi-page document, scroll to the bottom and press the next button.

Bug Fixes:

• Bug Fix 9.3.4.1 Google Classroom Users: Student Review of Assignments
  • If allowed by the teacher while creating or editing an assignment, the ability for students to review an assignment accessed through Google Classroom has been returned. 
• Bug Fix 9.3.4.2 Various Issues Resolved Related to Editing Accounts and Classes for Manual Account Users
• Bug Fix 9.3.4.3 Various Issues Resolved Related to Students using the Flag Option While Completing Assignments
• Bug Fix 9.3.4.4 Teachers Not Able to Impersonate Students