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Save Report Templates
Suggestion from teachers, a way to save a template for future use of a report. For example, each time they run a Educate Assignment Report they have to select from all the different drop down menus. It would be nice to "build" a template that they can
Class Log Filter
Is there a way that in the Class Log students have an option in the filter to view all classes/groups? This is especially helpful if a student is wanting create a personal plan for LTs they have below proficiency or find all the evidence they have m
Sharing with Workspace
When sharing folders within the workspace with other teachers, can an option be added to "view-only" or "edit" all the content within the folder? So we don't have to individually share each activity/quiz within the folder.
Undo Button
Teachers have requested frequently for there to be an "undo" button for entering scores via the scoring inbox or in the gradebooks of the scoring tab.
Student Count
When creating a group, it would be great to have a location that says the number of students that have been added to a group. This only appears if you go to group/roster in the reporting tab. Super helpful if the number was on the actually page you create
Math Symbols
It would be great if adding math symbols was an option for question answers. Right now you can insert math symbols for the question or the rationale, but not for answer options for auto-grading.
Mobile App
More than one parent has requested a mobile version of Empower. Something they can see scores, overdue, and missing assignments quickly on.
Print Layout for Quizzes
Is there a way to print a test/quiz with a better view? With the current version, printing a test/quiz results in lots of the questions/images being cut-off between page breaks and it is very inconvenient when you want to go over a student's work with
Resubmitted Work
Is there any way to run a report for work that teachers have requested students resubmit? Or a filter when grading in the score box for resubmitted work?
Search for Playlist Icon Images
Suggestion from a teacher: "I really wish we could have the option to directly source/search for copyright-free images within Empower when we want to give playlists or activities an icon."
IP score color change
It would be wonderful if the IP score could be a different color than blue. Yellow was suggested by staff. With it being blue it sometimes blends in with 2.0-2.5 scores.
Gradebook Layout
The gradebook has a lot of white space that is not utilized. It would be nice if the design layout would use all this space so you wouldn't have to scroll down so frequently. Different browsers, zooming, and resolution do not fix this issue.
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Assign Quiz from Shared Workspace Folder
When teachers go to My Workspace and create a folder and share it with another teacher, the teachers can add playlists, activities, and quizzes into that shared folder. From that shared folder, if the playlist or activity is opened, there is an option
Learning EXCELerator?
I ned help figuring out what the Learning EXCELerator is and how to best utilize it. I'm having trouble finding resources. it's mentioned in the "Instruction: Playlists, Activities, Quizzes, Grouping, Collaborating" article of the handbook and I can't
Add Workspace Items to Playlists
The workspace allows you to "assign" a playlist or individual resource to a group/class. It would be nice to be able to "add" items in the workspace into a playlist currently assigned to a class/group. Right now when an individual activity or quiz from
Embedded Audio Recorder
It would be great if there was a way to record a video or audio within the activity or quiz instead of having to use an external link.
LT Scores and Auto-Green stars
Is there a way to turn off the green stars for any evidence connected to the same learning target that has been given an over all score? For example, science lab reports happen throughout the entire school year and have the same LT attached. After a few
Locking or Hiding Parts of a Playlist
Is there a way to hide an entire playlist or individual parts of a playlist? Or to be able to lock parts of a playlist so that teachers can control the pace of how quickly students are working through a playlist?
Drag and Drop Uploads
A really nice feature would be to have a drag and drop box to upload files while creating a playlist. It would save time.
Attaching Documents to Steps in Action Plan
When attaching documents to steps in the action plan it would be nice to see the names of the documents that you uploaded. The little icons are really hard to see and if you don't remember what order you uploaded the documents, you won't know which document
Questions Lost
While doing classroom visits this past week, I noticed that when taking quizzes our elementary students are struggling to find the questions in quizzes. The text for the actual question they need to answer is significantly smaller than anything else on
Duplicate Standards in the "Select Standards" Dropdown: Progress Report Comments Page
The 8th Grade SS Dropdown has a duplicate standard. How do we remove this? If we do, will it affect any pieces already reported out on? We do not see this repeated in the Gradebook or on PRs. : Central Middle School Teacher Examples: Shawn Houston,
Difference between Add and Copy
Why do background pictures on quizzes created by teacher A disappear when a quiz is copied instead of added by teacher B?
Resource: Upload FOLDER
When uploading resources to Empower, it would be nice to be able to upload an entire FOLDER instead of having to upload each individual file.
Grid options in Gradebook
Hello, In the same vein as the last post, my teachers are requesting that the gradebook have "selectable" columns aka when they are inputting scores for a standard or assignment, they want to be able to click that column and make it "sticky" so they don't
How to zoom in or make font bigger in gradebook
Hello, Does anyone know how to "zoom in" or make the font bigger when teachers are viewing their gradebook? The zoom options in the browser don't work (tried that first). Thanks, Jenna
Number Questions for Scoring
The video link below is from a teacher who suggested that when scoring student quizzes that they questions be numbered in the Assessment Answers Editor. https://charlestoncusd1-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/pantleh_charleston_k12_il_us/EbREK2azGM
Time stamp Quizzes
Teacher suggestion that when quizzes are finished they are time stamped with duration it took student to take the quiz.
Active Playlist View
Students should be able to click on the class and be brought to a page with all the active playlists in view (similar to the teacher view of the course). This would be much more user-friendly for smaller kids than navigating through the playlist browser.
Custom Login Page Video
We have found it very helpful to create a customized video for our login page. It has been helpful to target our students and guardians with a video that explains the basics. All we had to do was submit a helpdesk ticket that included a link to the video on youtube. We also provided a picture that acts as the laptop's screen and draws attention to the fact that they can click it to launch the video.
Empower Basics!
Look to get started or get the general hang of Empower? This link is a good place to start. https://www.cbe.empowerlearning.net/how-to-empower-1 Curated tutorials to walk you through from Empower Noob to Empower Jedi.