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August 2024 release roundup

Plan with pre-populated courses, Newcomers Unit Checks and Business Curriculum vocabulary, alongside clearer student names and standards filters.

5 updates covering August 1–31, 2024.

What changed

Pre-populated courses

As an enterprise manager, you have 12 new pre-populated courses for lessons added in 2024.

  • General English for Newcomers
  • Classroom Language and Skills
  • Language Arts
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Science
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Literacy
  • Speaking for Newcomers 1
  • Reading for Newcomers 1
  • Speaking for Newcomers 2
  • Reading for Newcomers 2

Student names stay visible

The Student Name column stays visible as you scroll across the Student Management Panel.

You can view additional homework and assessment statuses and scores alongside student names.

Unit Checks for Newcomers

You can assign 12 new Unit Checks for Units A–L of Step-by-Step Curriculum Newcomers.

Unit Checks are end-of-unit assessments.

Clearer standards filters

You see updated standards filter styling and the word filters identifying the menu.

General level filters, including Absolute Beginner and Beginner, are removed. These general labels are also removed wherever levels appear.

Business Curriculum vocabulary sheet

You can use a new Step-by-Step Business Curriculum vocabulary sheet covering Pre-Intermediate to Advanced lessons.

The sheet makes Business English Curriculum vocabulary accessible for planning around your needs.