We’re excited to share some fantastic new updates to the HighScores platform! These changes bring fresh content, challenging questions, expanded courses and new platform features to help you better support your students. Let’s dive into what’s new and what’s coming soon.
Here’s a quick look at what’s new and how these changes will directly benefit you and your students.
Content Updates
Four New Adaptive Math Tests for SAT
We’ve added four new adaptive math tests that reflect the increasing difficulty of real SAT exams, helping your students stay competitive.
What’s been updated:
A new harder module has been introduced to push advanced learners further.
The test structure has been adjusted for smoother progression:
– The old “static” module is now the new easy module.
– The old “hard” module has become the new static module.
New Test Names:
1. D-SAT Adaptive Math 05 [v2]
2. D-SAT Adaptive Math 06 [v2]
3. D-SAT Adaptive Math 07 [v2]
4. D-SAT Adaptive Math 08 [v2]
5. D-SAT Adaptive Math 11 [v2]
6. D-SAT Adaptive Math 12 [v2]
These updates help you prepare students more effectively by providing tests that match SAT standards and offer the right level of challenge, making your test prep more focused and efficient.
89 New Hard Math Questions
We’ve added 89 new challenging math questions to the question bank, inspired by the latest updates from the college board. These questions provide advanced practice opportunities, ensuring your top-performing students are constantly improving.
These new hard questions will save you time by providing a ready-made collection of challenging questions, allowing you to focus on teaching. With carefully designed problems, you can push your students to reach their full potential.
To find these new questions :
Go to Question bank; filter by this tag:- nHardQ
Five New Chapters in Problem Solving and Data Analysis
We’ve recently expanded the Problem Solving and Data Analysis course with five new chapters to help students master this key math section.
Each chapter includes:
Clear notes that simplify complex ideas.
Real-world examples to connect math concepts to everyday applications.
Quizzes for step-by-step assessments.
Practice tests to reinforce learning and improve retention.
This update allows you to confidently guide your students through challenging math topics with structured, ready-made materials. The built-in assessments save you time by eliminating the need for additional preparation, while providing your students with immediate feedback to support their learning.
Bonus: Want to create your own course? We’ll help you get started! Just email us at hello@enly8.com for support.
Four New Chapters in the SAT English Course
We’ve expanded the SAT English course with four new chapters to help students refine their reading, writing, and grammar skills. These chapters include:
– Simple notes for quick understanding.
– Quizzes to check comprehension along the way.
– Practice tests to prepare for the real SAT exam.
This update gives your students more resources to strengthen their English skills, eliminating the need for you to source additional materials. You can easily monitor their progress through built-in quizzes and practice tests, allowing you to track their improvement and address any areas where they need extra support.
If you’re interested in exploring these new chapters before the official release, just send us a quick email at hello@enly8.com, and we’ll grant you early access.
What’s Coming Next?
We’re not stopping here! Here’s a sneak peek at what’s on the horizon in terms of content:
1. 46 new hard math questions to keep challenging advanced students.
2. A Geometry and Trigonometry Course with five comprehensive chapters.
3. Problem Solving and Data Analysis Formula Sheets to make math concepts more accessible.
4. Three new chapters in the SAT English Course.
These updates are designed to:
– Save you time by providing ready-to-use, high-quality resources.
– Improve student performance with updated and challenging content.
– Simplify teaching by offering clear, structured materials for both math and English.
Note: All of this is included in your existing plan, so you can dive in right away!
Platform Updates
New Teacher/Director Dashboard
We are excited to introduce a new dashboard designed specifically for directors and teachers to help them organize and manage everything in one place. This dashboard provides a concise overview of center activities and student performance, enabling better insights and decision-making.
The dashboard includes an overall summary featuring:
– The total number of students in the center.
– New student enrollments.
– Updates on assessments, questions, or courses.
Additionally, the dashboard provides detailed insights on:
Inactive Students: Identifies students who have been inactive on the platform for a long time, allowing you to take steps to re-engage them.
Inconsistent Students: Highlights students who are irregular in their activities or participation.
Student Score Progress: Displays the top 5 students who have shown the most improvement based on diagnostic test results.
Assessments Due Soon: Summarizes assessments with approaching due dates so you can ensure timely completion.
Flagged Issues Report: Provides a report on any flagged issues requiring your attention.
Accuracy Analysis: Offers a percentage accuracy breakdown for each subject and unit within the content assigned to your classrooms. By identifying weaker areas, you can support student improvement with additional lessons or targeted teaching.
Latency Analysis: Tracks the time taken to solve questions in specific skill sets, categorized by subjects and units. This helps you guide students to improve their speed using tips, tricks, shorter methods, or formulae.
License Usage Summary: Provides an overview of used and unused licenses to ensure efficient resource allocation.
New Student and Teacher Activity: Offers a summary of recent activities for both new students and teachers
Deeper Insights with Classroom Analytics Graphs
We’ve added two new graphs in classroom analytics:
Accuracy Analysis: Displays the average accuracy of students by subject unit and topic.
Latency Analysis: Tracks the average time students take to answer questions, broken down by skillset, subject unit, and topic.
These graphs help you identify which topics are well-understood and which need more attention.
How to access:
Open a classroom → Go to Analytics → View the graphs under the analytics section.
Track Student Improvement with Score Progress
The new score progress leaderboard compares each student’s first attempt with their latest scores, showing how much they’ve improved or if they need extra support. This feature tracks progress automatically, so you can focus on helping students succeed.
How to access:
Open a classroom → Go to Analytics → Scroll down to find the Score Progress Leaderboard.
Identify Inconsistent Students
Now, you can easily spot students who are inconsistent in using the platform. The new list in classroom analytics shows these students along with their activity and attempts over the last 30 days. You can notify them directly using the platform to encourage better engagement.
How to access:
Open a classroom → Go to Analytics → Scroll down to find the Inconsistent Student List.
Quick and Clear Assessment View
The assessment page has been redesigned from a block-style layout to a streamlined tabular format. This makes it easier to view and manage all your assessments in one place, saving time and effort.
How to access:
Go to the Assessments tab on your dashboard to see the updated view.
Simplified Classroom Assessment Management
Inside the classroom, we’ve updated the assessment view to a tabular format for better clarity and navigation. Now, finding and assigning assessments is faster and simpler.
How to access:
Open a classroom and go to the Assessments tab to explore the new format.
Engaging Quizzes with Hints
Hints are now available in class quizzes! Students can click on the dog icon during quizzes to access hints, with three hints appearing automatically after 15 seconds. This feature makes quizzes more engaging and helps students when they’re stuck.
How to access:
For students: During a quiz, click the dog icon to view hints.
Personalized Subject Selection
Students, teachers, and directors can now select specific subjects during profile creation. For example, students can choose SAT Math or SAT English to avoid seeing content from unrelated subjects. Directors can also assign specific subjects to users when adding them to their institute, ensuring everyone gets access to the right materials.
How to access:
For users: During registration, select the subjects you want.
For directors:
– Click the Profile Icon → Administration → Users.
– Click Add User (ensure user settings are enabled in preferences).
– Enter user details and select specific subjects.
What’s Coming Next?
Comment Notifications: You’ll be notified whenever someone posts a comment in a discussion, whether it’s in a classroom or in response to a flagged question.
Mentor/Parent Dashboard: A brand-new dashboard will be available for Mentors and Parents to easily track student progress.
Improved Flagged Questions Process: We’ll be making some useful tweaks to make handling flagged questions smoother.
Highlighting and Taking Notes in Courses: Students will soon be able to highlight important sections and take notes while going through courses—just like in annotations!
Test Participation Stats: You’ll be able to see how many students have taken a test out of the total number of students enrolled.
Better Diagnostic Tests: We’re making some great improvements to the Diagnostic Test features for a smoother experience.
Assignment Due Dates on the Calendar: Assignment due dates will show up on calendar so students won’t miss any deadlines!
First-Time Navigation Help: New users will get a friendly guide to help them navigate the platform easily, whether they’re teachers or students.
Student Progress in Classroom: Teachers will be able to view detailed progress for each student, showing what they’ve completed and what’s still pending.
Progress Reminders: A handy “Remind” button will be available for teachers to nudge students to complete their unattempted assessments.
Classroom Sorting Features: You’ll be able to sort students by name, progress, email, and last activity to make managing the classroom easier.
These updates are designed to save you time, simplify classroom management, and give you tools to help your students succeed. With clearer assessments, detailed analytics, and engaging features like hints, you can focus more on teaching and less on admin tasks.
Try these updates today, and as always, we’re here to support you! If you have any questions or feedback, reach out at hello@enly8.com. Happy teaching! 😊
