April Newsletter

2024 CODiE Finalists

Imagine Learning is five for five

SIIA has announced their finalists for the 2024 CODiE education technology categories and the five Imagine Learning solutions submitted all made the final cut!

Imagine MyPath – Best Learning Recovery Tool
Imagine Math – Best PK/Early Childhood Learning Solution
Imagine Edgenuity – Best Virtual Learning Solution
Twig Science – Best Science Instructional Solution for Grades PK-8
Traverse – Best Social Science/Studies Instructional Solution

Winners will be announced during SIIA’s CODiE celebration on Tuesday, May 21 at 12:00pm ET. Learn more about the CODiE award and its history here.

Imagine Edgenuity & Imagine EdgeEX

Check out the latest updates in Imagine EdgeEX:

Educators with the Academic Integrity add-on can now see Speed Radar violations on student activities. This feature is a part of our commitment to identifying potential academic dishonesty by alerting teachers when students complete activities unexpectedly quickly.
Educators and students in Imagine EdgeEX can view standards covered in lessons. This update allows teachers to understand what skills are covered in the lessons and gives students deeper insight into the objectives of their lessons.
IP Registry for Students is now available in Imagine EdgeEX. These settings restrict students from accessing course content based on district-configured rules. Any current settings will now apply to Imagine EdgeEX.
Students can now view a new Progress Overview page from their Course Map. This page provides students with detailed information about their course progress in an easy-to-understand way.
Answer Explanations are now available for math assessments. These explanations are available to students after they have completed an assessment attempt and to teachers via the “Show Answers” toggle.

Imagine School Services

What’s New for Back-to-School

In case you missed it, we hosted our annual What’s New for Back-to-School webinar earlier this month, unveiling a host of exciting enhancements slated for this fall.

Watch the recording to get a sneak peek at what Imagine School Services has in store!

During the webinar, we announced updates such as:

A brand-new student experience tailored for group intervention sessions
Expanded on-demand tutoring services, now available independent of specific products, with new tutoring hours of operation for added convenience

Additionally, we announced enhancements coming to Imagine Edgenuity, Imagine EdgeEX, and Imagine MyPath, so be sure to watch the webinar recording to learn more.

See What’s New

Small Group Targeted Instruction Logic Model

Our Small Group Targeted Instruction service offers small group intervention sessions led by certified teachers (intervention teachers) who use Imagine Learning’s standards-aligned digital curriculum to deliver targeted instruction. Learn more about how our group intervention model works, the types of activities and assessments students will be expected to complete, and the short-term and long-term outcomes your district can expect by partnering with us.

Read the Logic Model

Supplemental Suite

Have you started preparations for summer school?

Visit the Imagine Learning Supplemental Suite Help Center for rostering recommendations to set up for a smooth transition to summer learning.

Learn More

Imagine Language & Literacy

New growth report for back-to-school 2024

To keep our products fresh and relevant, we are continuously updating and adding new features to the programs you know and love. In addition to all the amazing new and updated features released for the 20^th anniversary, Imagine Language & Literacy is getting an updated and streamlined Growth Report. See your students’ growth in a whole new way!

Engagement is the key to learning success!

Did you know there are many ways to keep students engaged and learning in Imagine Language & Literacy? Students can earn Booster Bit rewards and use them in the Imagine Museum to play games and visit the exhibits they’ve unlocked. Teachers can also award Booster Bits. You can see how many Booster Bits students have and encourage them to take a break and use their rewards.

Imagine Language and Literacy Mazel Characters

Speaking of engagement — look at these adorable Mazels that a school in Hawaii made!

Congrats to our spring contest winners!

Congratulations to the Spring into Reading classrooms for averaging 240+ minutes this March! 20 randomly selected classrooms from across the country have each won a $50 e-gift card award and can celebrate their love of literacy this spring.

Prepare for the end of the year with reports

As the year ends, here is a reminder of the reports that are available for you to pull to record the growth students have achieved.

Imagine Español

New benchmarks and growth reports for back-to-school 2024

To keep our products fresh and relevant, we are continuously updating and adding new features to the programs you know and love. As you know, Imagine Español expanded to K-5 this year. This fall, you will be able to measure the impact on learning and gain insights to guide classroom instruction and intervention with new benchmark assessments given three times per year — then measure results with a new Growth Report. Learn more about this exciting new addition!

Engagement is the key to learning success

Did you know there are many ways to keep students engaged and learning in Imagine Español? Students who successfully complete Imagine Español activities can earn Booster Bits (to spend on customizing their avatar), visit the Imagine Museum exhibits and games, and level up —which unlocks new exhibits in the Imagine Museum. Learn more about the reward system in Imagine Español now!

Prepare for the end of the year with reports

As the year ends, here is a reminder of the reports that are available for you to pull to record the growth students have achieved in Imagine Español.

Imagine MyPath

Imagine MyPath has earned an Evidence-Based Edtech: ESSA Tier 3 product certification from Digital Promise

Imagine MyPath has been recognized with the Evidence-Based Edtech: ESSA Tier 3 product certification from Digital Promise, indicating a reliable, research-backed impact on learner outcomes. This prestigious certification, achieved by only three products in this new category, underscores Imagine MyPath’s commitment to educational excellence as demonstrated through a well-designed study. The study highlighted that kindergarten students using Imagine MyPath significantly outperformed their peers on the NWEA MAP Growth math assessment.

Read the Full Study

On-Demand Tutoring for Imagine MyPath Math coming for back-to-school 2024!

From a secure online platform, students will now be able to access real-time, one-on-one support from live math teachers at the click of a button. Equitable access to one-on-one support gives students the guidance they need to successfully complete lessons and move forward in their personalized learning paths with confidence.

On-Demand Tutoring in Imagine MyPath Math includes:

A deeply trained cohort of teachers
Availability for grades 3–12
One-on-one support via chat or voice; available in English and Spanish
Dynamic visual models via a two-way interactive whiteboard

Imagine Math and Imagine Math Facts

Student Password Security Update

For security reasons, passwords are no longer displayed in the Imagine Math educator portal. Educators can still change a student’s password to a new password, but they can’t view the student’s current password. Note that we’ve kept the word “password” on student start cards with a blank space underneath for educators to write it in.

Due to this important security enhancement, 22 Help Center articles, including Printing student start cards and Finding your student’s Math Suite username and password, were updated to replace screenshots showing passwords on the start cards and in various pages of the Imagine Math program.

Live Teacher Updates for Imagine Math 3+

New Printable Resources

We’ve added a suite of English and Spanish printable resources in Imagine Math Teacher Resources under the “Live Teaching” category filter to support student success in working with Imagine Math Live Teachers. Learn more about Imagine Math Live Teachers in the Imagine Math Help Center, including student-facing how-to videos and more!

New Operating Hours for 2024-25

Live Teaching will have updated operating hours for the 2024-25 school year.*

Imagine Math Live Teaching Hours 2024-25 (All times local)

Monday–Friday: 8:00am–10:00pm

Saturday: 9:00am–4:00pm

Sunday: 6:00pm–10:00pm

*Live Teaching hours for the current 2023-24 school year can be found in the Imagine Math Help Center.

Imagine Math + Evidence for ESSA

The Imagine Learning efficacy research team completed an ESSA Tier 3 qualifying study for Imagine Math. The study shows that students who used Imagine Math achieved higher math scores than students who did not use Imagine Math. Imagine Math can now be found on the Evidence for ESSA clearinghouse website.

Recent efficacy studies have correlated increased Imagine Math and Imagine Math Facts usage with increased math proficiency across grades and student subpopulations:

The National Imagine Math Nationwide Impact Report aggregates outcomes from six different efficacy studies to chart powerful student achievement trends
Assessments in 2021-22 and 2022-23 because of efficacious Imagine Math implementation
On average, students in Clifton, NJ only used Imagine Math Facts for 3.6 hours during the year – but their 2022-23 NJSLA scores speak for themselves!

Imagine Robotify

Important update: email address and password requirements have changed

As of April 1, you’re prompted to enter your email address and password to log into your Imagine Robotify account. Please review your profile settings to ensure your current email is up to date and make any necessary changes.

Learn more about this important new data security measure in the Help Center

Improving the efficacy of your Imagine Robotify implementation

To help support the health of your Imagine Robotify implementation and recognize the most return on your investment in this supplemental computer science program, we continue to update and enhance our Help Center with actionable ideas:

[New] Understanding Imagine Robotify’s motivation system (badges and points) contains detailed information on what badges are available and how they can be earned. It also explains the correlation between badges and points
[New] Changing your avatar in Imagine Robotify describes how users can select a different robot for their profile picture
[New]: Changing the display language of Imagine Robotify explains how users can view the navigation bar and other UI elements in French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, or Turkish
[New] Editing your profile/changing your username in Imagine Robotify specifies that educators must use their email address for their username and shows them how to change it if necessary
[Updated] Understanding Imagine Robotify usage reports contains updated screenshots to reflect recent updates to the report

Efficacy study: increase math proficiency with Imagine Robotify

A recent efficacy study correlated increased Imagine Robotify usage, measured in the number of completed tasks, with increased math proficiency across grades and student subpopulations.

Twig Science

Twig Science Suite

Updated Tablet Tech Requirements Now Available

We have updated our tablet support in our systems requirements Help Center article. Please take a look as you review your hardware usage and purchases.

Twig Science Elementary

Grade 6 now has Fast Track lessons (And we added more Spanish!)

Elementary Fast Track updates continue with Grade 6 elementary, including Fast Track-specific pacing guides, slides, assessment summaries, kit lists, and teacher-supplied materials lists. Additionally, broader Fast Track updates were made, including Spanish pacing guides and slides for Twig Science Elementary K–6.

Twig Science and literacy: meet your science and literacy goals all at once

Science and literacy have more in common than you may think. Learn more about how your Twig Science program can help you cover literacy skills and standards during your science time. Leveled readers, language routines, embedded literacy support, and more are available to you as a Twig Science user — learn more so you can start exploring and implementing more literacy in your science classroom.

Imagine Learning EL Education

New and improved Skills Block Curriculum Guide

The newly updated Skills Block Curriculum Guide makes preparing for implementation easier than ever before! This update includes a fresh new look and feel, new sections to provide clear learning pathways for new and returning teachers, improved navigation, enhanced research and design sections that highlight alignment to reading science research, and centralized key resources to help prepare for the year.

New Letter Stories video series

Get to know Anak, Watota, and Jeffi as they explore the world of letters and sounds, encountering a wild array of animals and experiences along the way. In our brand-new Letter Stories video series, these engaging characters help reinforce letter names, sounds, and formations in students’ memories as they guess the identities of each creature or object. This series will contain videos for all vowel sounds and digraphs. Check out the Letter “e” and “i” videos on our Learning Letters page and in Skills Block Kindergarten, Module 2, Cycle 11, Lesson 56 (for “e”) and Skills Block Kindergarten, Module 2, Cycle 6, Lesson 31 (for “i”).

Imagine IM

6–8 Inspire Math videos now in Spanish

We are thrilled to share that the Inspire Math videos in grades 6–8 are now available in both English and Spanish! These short, engaging videos showcase the math for each unit in a relevant and often unexpected real-world context to help spark student curiosity. You can find the Inspire Math videos linked within the sequence of lessons on a unit landing page.

Check out Imagine IM on the core review page!

If you haven’t already made the switch and are interested in our new edition of the IM v.360 curriculum, click here to head to the Imagine Learning core review page and check out the Teacher Guide and Student Workbook print samples for Imagine IM. Click here to experience the Imagine IM digital preview.

Questions Answered

Find the answers to the most common questions we’ve received over the past month from customers of our Supplemental & Intervention Suite.

My student completed their Learning Path in Imagine MyPath, what should I do now?

We suggest a few different approaches when a student has completed their path, please review the information below to see which best applies to your situation.

Student completed their Learning Path (ILP) and has demonstrated mastery (80–100% passed) of the content: manually assign the student to the next grade level.
Student completed their ILP with some gaps in mastery: reset their lessons. If the student needs additional help, refer to the tips for how to help a student with offline resources.
Student completed their ILP, but a new assessment window is approaching: manually assign the student a couple of lessons via Assignment Builder.

In Imagine Robotify, where can I see a breakdown of how my students earn their points and badges?

Learn how students earn points and badges in this Help Center article.

Find the answers to the most common questions we’ve received over the past month from Core customers.

Can lessons be assigned to multiple classes at once in Twig Science Middle School?

Yes, lessons can now be assigned or shared to multiple classes at once.

Learn More

How can teachers and administrators easily find saved and customized content in Imagine Learning Classroom?

Teachers and administrators can organize saved lessons into folders to easily find saved and customized content. The “All favorites” tab has a list of every lesson saved as well. Personal copies are in their own tab within this folder organization. These copies will always be viewable (until deleted) in their own personal copies section.