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Learning Elm from scratch
Hello from a brand new Junior Engineer at NoRedInk! I started working at NoRedInk in January and it’s both my first job as a Software Engineer and my first time using Elm. Thinking about learning Elm?...
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Swapping Engines Mid-Flight
A few months ago, I had the privilege of joining the product team for our First Design Sprint. Starting with a huge user pain-point, we used the Design Sprint process to arrive at a solution with a...
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A Day in the Life of a Curriculum Specialist
Stephanie has been a Curriculum Specialist at NoRedInk since June 2016. Before joining the company, she created literacy curriculum and assessments for a charter network in New York City. Previously,...
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Ruby Threading: Some Practical Lessons
I was recently working on backfilling about 250,000,000 rows of data. As you may have read in Jocey’s post about our First Design Sprint, we were in the process of swapping out our old mastery...
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New! Sharable assignments, SAT/ACT passages, exercises on argumentation
We’ve had some exciting new releases in the past few weeks! Here’s a recap:New Free FeaturesSharable AssignmentsTeachers can now share a link to any assignment with their departments or grade-level...
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Designing for Teachers: User-driven Information Architecture
It’s not breaking news that teachers are using technology in their classrooms more than ever. Public schools in the US now provide at least 1 computer for every 5 students and spend more than $3...
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Decoding Decoders
IntroductionThis post is written for an Elm-y audience, but might be of interest to other developers too. We’re diving into defining clear application boundaries, so if you’re a believer in...
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New! Updated Assignment Form, New Pre-made Diagnostics, and Easier Class...
Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year! We’ve made some big updates this summer.New Free FeaturesAssignment FormWe’ve streamlined the assignment creation process into 3 core steps: pick the type of...
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New! Interactive lessons, view data as you assign, and reuse past assignments
We’re excited to announce more back-to-school updates to help support you and your students this year!New Free FeaturesInteractive LessonsWe’ve rolled out our first batch of interactive lessons, which...
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New! Curriculum and updates to gradebook, assignments page, and site colors!
We’ve done some cleanup and adjustments to make NoRedInk even easier to use!New Premium FeaturesNew Exercises on Transitions and Embedding EvidenceWe’ve released new pathways focused on “Transition...
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New! “Create a unit” and improved search
Create a UnitQuickly and easily build a unit of assignments! Start with a Unit Diagnostic and then add on a Practice and a Growth Quiz with a single click. This is a great way to track student growth...
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Accidental abstractions
Sometimes we create abstractions in our code without even realizing it. These might turn out to be very useful but more often will come back to haunt us. In this post we’re going to look at one example...
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New! Curriculum page refresh
We’ve redesigned our Curriculum page to make browsing a breeze!New Free FeaturesUpdated Curriculum pageOur new Curriculum page is easier to search! Click on a Pathway to see objectives, topics,...
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New! Preview features & student activity
Find long-form passages, tutorials, and student activity in seconds.Updated Curriculum pageWhen creating assignments, teachers often want to preview the content first. Head to our updated Curriculum...
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New! Mastery Tab, Sentence Stems, and Mobile Sign-Up
We’ve updated a few features to give teachers what they’ve been asking for!New Premium FeaturesSentence StemsWant students to give quality feedback during the Step 3 of the Writing Cycle?Have them keep...
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Win a $1000 DonorsChoose.org gift card for collaborating with your colleagues
Building common assessments or final exams in NoRedInk? Have an assignment that really worked for your students? From now until December 15th, share assignments with other teachers for a chance to...
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New! Passage Preview in Assignment Form
New Free FeaturesLong-Form Passage PreviewDo you want to assign a passage quiz, but first you want to make sure it aligns with what students are learning?When you go to select a passage to assign, you...
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New! Updated Student Interests
New Student InterestsRe-energize students in the new year with our updated interests!We listened to students’ top requests and made our content more engaging and relevant than ever!Students can now...
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New! Additional State Alignment Filters & Student Invite
New Premium FeaturesState Alignment FiltersWant to know if content on NoRedInk aligns to your state’s standards? We’ve updated our filters to now include ACCRS (AZ), SCCCR (SC), and OLS (OH). Keep an...
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New! Class Activity Feature
New Free FeaturesClass ActivityNeed a quick overview of what’s going on in each of your classes? Click “Show Activity” on a class to view late submissions, student data, and assignment activity.Learn...
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