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Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen
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If you had to put one date on the Industrial Revolution, it would probably be 1776. This was the date when James Watt installed his first Atmospheric Steam Engine; an engine that for the first time did more work than the horses required to feed it with coal. It changed everything. Industrialisation led to huge increases…
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I am really excited about these two new metrics added to the Results page. They give you a view of each student you have not had before, and which you can use today to improve the quality of their
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I’m really stoked about these two new features of the Activity Log page. They turn it from a page that merely reports results into one that provides immediate (and fascinating) insights into students’ behaviour. Sort on any column The default sort remains surname, but you can now use the arrows to the right of each column…
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Last month I sent a simple survey to our top power users. I wanted to know what the most useful way would be to date assignments in the gradebook. Here is what they said: No unanimity, but a clear majority. So we did it.
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