August 2024
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August 2024
The brand-new Academic Integrity Report counts instances of academic integrity violations per student, per day, with drill-down to courses and attempts. Reported violations include plagiarism, use of artificial intelligence, and our Speed Radar. This report is available for customers with the Academic Integrity add-on license.
June 2024
Imagine EdgeEX Attendance and Session Logs are now available.
May 2024
Educators can now give untimed assessments and reduce the number of questions in assessments. These settings are accessible from the student profile and apply to all Imagine EdgeEX courses.
April, 2024
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.
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.
April, 2024
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.
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.
March 2024
Imagine EdgeEX educators can now reorder course content at the district, school, and section levels and apply the changes to all active sections and enrollments, giving them the ability to adjust courses throughout the semester, even after students have already begun working. Individual enrollments can also now be reordered in-flight.
Educator commenting has been enhanced and now allows for the ability to style text via Rich Text Format (RTF) tools and to include emojis This enhancement supports special characters for world languages, math and science formatting for STEM courses, and bullets and tables to provide targeted reteaching for students.
February, 2024
Automatic plagiarism and AI detection is now available in Imagine EdgeEX for both short writing and essay activities for any customer with the Academic Integrity Add-On.
January, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that English language arts courses for grades 9–12 are now available in addition to math courses in Imagine EdgeEX!
Are you adopting Imagine EdgeEX in 2024? Join our Professional Development experts for one of our upcoming sessions to learn some of the best practices for using Imagine EdgeEX as an educational leader and ensuring success for you, your teachers, and students.
With lessons like dorm cooking, changing your oil, and saving money while grocery shopping on the syllabus, “Adulting 101” teachers can rest assured that students won’t be asking the ever-frustrating question, “When will I use this in life?” Aimed at teaching life skills like budgeting and maintaining physical fitness after high school, “adulting” classes have recently taken off. Skills such as preparing taxes and learning how insurance works are largely viewed as outside of the academic sphere, but, for that precise reason, young adults are entering the “real” world needing to Google things like “W-2” and “deductible.” While these classes are often hosted at local libraries and attended by recent to not-so-recent high school graduates, a Kentucky high school has proven that there is not only a need but a desire for the class before graduation as well.
Looking at the highest enrolled Imagine Edgenuity electives for the 2021-22 school year, it is clear that practicality is in demand.
When given the option, students choose to learn how to take care of themselves – from their physical health to their finances. Depending on post-graduation plans, that calculus class may or may not be vital, but the most popular electives promise skills that everyone will be able to use.
Only 23.2% of adults aged 18 and over met physical activity guidelines in a recent study. After exploring fitness topics such as safe exercise and injury prevention, nutrition and weight management, consumer product evaluation, and stress management, Lifetime Fitness students leave the course equipped with the skills they need for a lifetime of fitness – including an exercise program designed to meet their individual goals.
More than 25% of recent high school graduates wished that their high school had prepared them with study skills for college. Students who took the Academic Success course don’t have that same wish. Offering a comprehensive analysis of different types of motivation, study habits, and learning styles, this course encourages high school and middle school students to take control of their learning by exploring varying strategies for success.
“Nearly a third of young adults in a recent study were found to be ‘financially precarious’ because they had poor financial literacy and lacked money management skills and income stability.” Personal Finance students are well on their way to financial literacy after learning more about economics and becoming more confident in setting and researching financial goals. They learn how to open bank accounts, invest money, apply for loans and insurance, explore careers, manage business finances, make decisions about major purchases, and more.
A recent study found that less than 38 percent of adult participants consumed a healthy diet. Largely, this isn’t due to a lack of desire, but a lack of resources and understanding. Upon completing Foundation of Personal Wellness where they explore a combination of health and fitness concepts as well as all aspects of wellness, students are equipped with the knowledge it takes to plan a healthy lifestyle.
86% of teens are interested in investing, but 45% say they don’t feel confident in doing so. That interest explains why students were eager to enroll in Financial Math this year. The course features relevant, project-based learning activities covering stimulating topics such as personal financial planning, budgeting and wise spending, banking, paying taxes, the importance of insurance, long-term investing, buying a house, and more.
Skipping the “flashy” or “fun” electives that we might expect them to choose reveals what students really want to learn: practical, life-applicable skills. These selections help students build a foundation of useful knowledge so that, when they get out into the real world, they won’t be registering for their local “Adulting 101” course.
Ally Jones is a California credentialed educator who specialized in teaching English language learners at the secondary level. Outside of education, she is passionate about fitness, literature, and taking care of the planet for her son’s generation.