{"id":601,"date":"2019-04-04T08:35:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/?p=601"},"modified":"2022-08-29T11:24:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T17:24:13","slug":"important-updates-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/important-updates-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Updates for Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typing.com has made some major updates to your Teacher Portal that will improve classroom management, enhance curriculum implementation, and make it easier for you to track student progress. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This brief video shares details on how we\u2019re working to make your job easier.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-601-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/New-Feature-Teacher-Portal-Improvements.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/New-Feature-Teacher-Portal-Improvements.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/New-Feature-Teacher-Portal-Improvements.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you\u2019ve seen in the video, some great new tools have been added! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Already a teacher? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.typing.com\/teacher\/login\">Log in to your account<\/a> and see how you can:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View your students\u2019 progress more clearly with the Lessons and Practice screens. Look at overall progress over time, as well as progress made during a selected date range.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out the Typing Tests screen where you can find out quickly and easily if your students are struggling with a specific skill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep informed of the time students have spent on the Typing.com games with the new Games tab. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save time in managing your class with the simplified navigation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t already have an account with Typing.com, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.typing.com\/teacher\/signup\">sign up here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Stay tuned <\/b><b>\u2015District Support Tools are coming soon!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schools and districts using Typing.com in multiple locations will now have the opportunity to set up a district-wide account, connecting all schools and classrooms and giving administrators access to progress reporting across all schools in a district. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps best of all, all features of Typing.com will continue to be<\/span><b><i> free<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including all district and educator support! Here are some details on the new district support tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>New Administrator Role<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the teacher roles, a new administrator role will be available. Administrators can send instant invites to add new educators to the school account, assign roles, and manage the other educators in the school or district. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Add Multiple Teachers to a Class<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You asked and we listened! Due to popular demand, you are now able to add multiple teachers to your classes &#8211; enabling co-teachers, specialists and other educators to support the same group of students and track and assess student progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Custom Lesson Creation for Administrators<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may already be using the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.typing.com\/new-typing-com-custom-lesson-creation-tool-teachers\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">custom lesson creation tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, providing cross-curricular learning by enabling teachers to generate original content for students to type, integrating keyboarding lessons with any relevant content for your students. This feature is now available to administrators, who can create custom lessons and distribute to all teachers in the school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay tuned for more new features to come! 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