Platform Announcements
Keep up to date with the new features we add to our app.
April 8, 2026
Link: April 8, 2026: Teaching Tools
Who this is for: Teachers, Managers | Category: Teaching Tools | Type: New Resource 🚀
We've published a new Teaching Tools Overview page that consolidates all Off2Class planning and curriculum resources in one place. This includes the full lesson list spreadsheet, the Can-do Descriptors Index, vocabulary lists and can-do statements for each curriculum track (Step-by-Step, Step-by-Step for Schools, Step-by-Step Business English, and Core Curriculum), standards alignment spreadsheets for WIDA, TX ELPS, ELPA21, and CA ELD, and a subscription-based lesson availability reference.
April 7, 2026
Link: April 7, 2026: Adaptive Placement Test (Writing)
Who this is for: Teachers | Category: Assessments | Type: New Feature 🚀
We've added a Writing section to the Adaptive Placement Test. Unlike the Grammar, Reading, and Listening sections, which use multiple-choice questions, the Writing section asks students to complete two written tasks. The complexity of the second task adapts based on the student's response to the first, so the assessment adjusts to meet the student in real time. The full section takes approximately 10 minutes. Teachers can assign Writing on its own or in any combination with Grammar, Reading, and Listening.
February 26, 2026
Link: February 26, 2026: Interactive Tools: Per-Student Access Controls
Who this is for: Teachers | Category: Classroom | Type: Feature Enhancement 🔍
Draw and write tools are now teacher-only by default. When you turn them on, only you can use them until you explicitly grant access to students.
February 25, 2026
Link: February 25, 2026: TOEFL
Category: Standalone lessons | Type: New Lessons 🚀 | Proficiency Level: Upper Intermediate to Advanced
Off2Class has published 37 updated TOEFL preparation lessons aligned to the 2026 TOEFL iBT® test format announced by ETS in May 2025. The series covers all four test sections: Reading (12 lessons), Listening (11 lessons), Writing (8 lessons) and Speaking (6 lessons). Each section begins with an introduction to its structure and scoring, progresses through the specific task types, and includes a review lesson to consolidate exam technique.
February 2, 2026
Link: February 2, 2026: Adaptive Placement Test (Listening)
Who this is for: Teachers | Category: Assessments | Type: New Feature 🚀
We've added a Listening section to the Adaptive Placement Test. Like the Grammar and Reading sections launched in January, the Listening section adapts question difficulty in real time based on student responses, delivering a proficiency result in approximately 10 minutes. It uses multiple-choice questions testing a range of listening skills and starts at an intermediate level before adjusting up or down. Teachers can assign Listening on its own or in any combination with Grammar and Reading.
January 28, 2026
Link: January 28, 2026: Everyday English for Newcomers
Category: Standalone lessons | Type: New Lessons 🚀 | Proficiency Level: Beginner to Elementary (CEFR A1–A2 / WIDA Entering to Emerging)
Off2Class has published Everyday English for Newcomers, a series of 20 lessons across nine real-world topic areas: personal information, health, housing, transportation, finances, school, support services, online safety, and applying to college. Each lesson is built around authentic conversations and language chunks students will actually encounter outside the classroom.
January 8, 2026
January 8, 2026: Adaptive Placement Test (Grammar & Reading)
Who this is for: Teachers | Category: Assessments | Type: New Feature 🚀
We've launched a new Adaptive Placement Test alongside our existing Standard Placement Test. When assigning a placement test, teachers now choose between the two. The Adaptive test adjusts question difficulty based on each student's responses in real time, delivering precise proficiency results in around 10 minutes per section, compared to the Standard test's comprehensive 100+ question format. Teachers can assign Grammar, Reading or both, and each section can be reassigned individually for progress tracking between levels.
Launching today: Grammar and Reading
Launching soon: Listening, Writing and Speaking
December 2, 2025
Link: December 2, 2025: Homework Writing Auto-Scoring
Who this is for: Teachers (paid subscriptions) | Category: Homework | Type: New Feature 🚀
Free-text homework questions now receive automatic scores and AI-generated feedback. When a student submits homework, Off2Class evaluates their written responses and provides a suggested score and feedback for each question. Teachers review everything before students can see it which means that nothing goes to students automatically. Teachers can edit scores, rewrite feedback, or add their own notes at any time.