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The Easiest Way To Create Multiple Due Dates For The Same Assignment
Do you teach the same class to multiple groups of students? Do you find it frustrating to add homework when the classes don’t all meet every day so some students have a different due date than others?
We hear you!
This post gives a quick walk-through of the easiest way to currently add in those assignments. I hope it’s helpful :)
No School Days, Late Start and Early Release Events
One of our most requested features is the ability to add regular events into myHomework, specially the ability to add no school days.
With the latest update you are now able to add no school days, late start days, and early release days. Your list of classes will adjust accordingly, if you have block schedule type classes it will correctly skip no school days.
Here’s a video showing these new features.
OEmbed For Widgets
OEmbed is now supported by teachers.io making it easier than ever to have the homework for a class published to your wordpress or other site.
The same link that can be used to share any class is now an oembed resource too. These links look like https://teachers.io/c/<course_id> and can be found in the share box on the course page.
Here’s a live example using wordpress.com showing an old style link, a widget with the height and width specified and a widget placed using the easiest method where wordpress detects that the link supports oembed.
Here are the different methods to use to display the widget via oembed:
<a href="https://teachers.io/c/SV7Cj7FG2">My Class Link</a> [embed width="400" height="500"]https://teachers.io/c/SV7Cj7FG2[/embed] https://teachers.io/c/SV7Cj7FG2
The image below shows how to enter the three different options using the HTML tab in the editor of wordpress.com.
Hopefully that makes life a little easier!
For reference, all posts about the use of the widget are here.
Google Drive on Teachers.io
We quietly rolled out one of our most requested features last week: it’s now possible to select files from Google Drive for assignments, tests, lessons and syllabi when using the Teachers.io website.
This should make using the website quite a bit easier for teachers that use Google Drive for their file storage.
It’s a new feature, so contact us if you have problems or would like to see improvements.
Teachers.io New Profile Visibility Option
By default, Teachers.io classes and profiles are visible to the public at https://teachers.io/<username> This makes it easy for both students and parents to find classroom information.
As Teachers.io and myHomework have improved, schools have begun to use the apps for many amazing purposes which we didn’t originally expect.
To help account for this, we’re introducing a profile visibility option which makes a Teachers.io account hidden from the public internet and search engines.
With this setting enabled:
Teachers can still share links to join their classes.
Teachers can still embed widgets to their courses on other websites.
Only teachers at the same school (if applicable) will be able to see their info at https://teachers.io/<username>
myHomework users will still be able to view and join the teacher's classes.
Here’s a brief video showing how it works:
Teachers.io Repeating Assignments & Tests
Now you can add repeating items to your classes!
Entering things like weekly tests, nightly study time or bi-weekly assignments is now as simple as choosing a start date, frequency and end date.
Your students can mark each occurrence complete in the latest version of the myHomework apps.
Here's a quick video on how teachers can enter repeating assignments:
Repeating Assignments
One of the most common features students have asked for is the ability to enter repeating items without having to manually add each occurrence.
We're happy to announce that this feature is now available in myHomework on all platforms! If you've been waiting for this, go ahead and update your app.
Here’s a short video of how it works:
Cheers!
iOS Premium Themes
In the last iOS update there were 2 new features that we were excited about and we wanted to highlight.
Build Your Own Theme
myHomework Premium users have been able to customize their app with over 60 themes. With the latest update they can now create their own themes, which includes changing the menu background and the primary color.
Here’s a video of “Build Your Own Theme” in action:
Premium Only Themes
In addition to the ability of building themes, myHomework Premium users now have 8 exclusive themes. These themes are not like the 60 initial standard themes, all of the colors of the app changes.
Here’s a video of some of the “Premium Only Themes”
Already a premium user? Try these 2 features today and let us know what you think on twitter.
Not a premium user? Upgrade today, and in addition to themes you get rid of ads, get access to file attachments and enable premium iOS widget features.
Don’t have the app?
myHomework for Chromebook
We are happy to announce that myHomework is now available for Chromebook as a Chrome app that runs offline.
We’ve had an app in the Chrome Web Store for quite some time now, but it was just an app that linked to our website, and if you didn’t have internet connection it wouldn’t work.
With the grown popularity of Chromebooks, specially for education, we decided to spend some time and build its own app. In fact this app doesn’t just run on Chromebooks. It runs on Windows, Macs and Linux too.
The app contains most of the features available on iOS and Android. Such as:
Tracking Homework and Classes
Time, Period and Block based class schedules
Reminders
Works Offline & Sync
Joining Teachers.io Classes & Schools
Announcements
Themes
So all you have to do is log in and you will have a similar myHomework experience on your Chromebook.
Here are some of the highlighted features of the chrome app:
Week View, previously only available on iPad.
Supports multiple accounts logged in at the same time. Perfect for parents.
Receive homework reminders!
Works well full screen and on small windows.
Customize your experience with over 60 themes.
For more information check out some of the videos we put together.
Or you can just install the app and try it yourself.
We actually quietly released the Chromebook app a few weeks ago, we usually do this to fix a few bugs before announcing to everyone.
So if you have it already, thank you :)
myHomework for Mac
We are happy to announce that myHomework is now available for Mac.
A mac app is something students have been requesting for quite a while now. So we are really excited to share it with you.
The app contains most of the features available on iOS and Android. Such as:
Tracking Homework and Classes
Time, Period and Block based class schedules
Reminders
Works Offline & Sync
Joining Teachers.io Classes & Schools
Announcements
Themes
So all yo have to do is log in, and you will have a similar myHomework experience on your Mac.
Here are some of the extra features of the mac app:
OS X Yosemite style & design, with menu transparency.
Week View, previously only available on iPad.
Supports multiple accounts logged in at the same time. Perfect for parents.
Works well full screen and on small window sizes.
For more information check out some of the videos we put together.
Or you can just download the app and try it yourself.
We actually quietly released the mac app a few weeks ago, we usually do this to fix a few bugs before announcing to everyone.
So if you have it already, thank you :)
myHomework’s New App Icon
With every major release of myHomework we update the design of our icon. This time around we had a few ideas. Some matched the original pencil & eraser theme, and some were really different.
So a few months ago we decided put out a survey to our users to help us decide. It didn’t take long to see which icon was the favorite, we are really happy with their choice (it was our favorite too).
Here is the new icon:
Turned out students wanted to keep the pencil theme going.
There are a few platforms that the app still need to be updated with the new icon, but soon it will be everywhere.
Thanks for helping us choose the new myHomework app icon!
A New Home and Design for Teachers.io
Last night, an update we're pretty excited about was released. It's based on feedback we've received over the last semester from our teachers. Thank You for all the feedback!
With the new update,
Get a quick glimpse of the week by class or assignment type on the new home calendar view.
Schedule things a little further in advance with the ability to hide them until the Show On date.
Get things done quicker with many navigation and usability upgrades: new copy assignment/resource options, website drag and drop items to new dates, and more...
Check out the following video to see the website updates in more detail:
Website Redesign
This past weekend we launched a completely new design of myHomework’s website. Check it out!
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Logged in Before
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The website is now responsive which means that the layout is adjusted to fit any screen size.
The homework lists, calendar and taking actions on homework should all be faster now too. We hope you like it! See it live at myhomeworkapp.com
A Widget for your Google Sites Class Page
Similar to a Twitter feed, it is possible to embed your Teachers.io homework on other websites. Google Sites has made this process a bit harder than most other website creators or blogs and requires a few steps beyond when I posted A Widget for your Class Site.
Most of the content for this post is thanks to @TonyAmsler from this post who posted on how to embed a Twitter Feed on Google Sites.
First, prepare a widget.xml file.
1. Create a new .xml file with the following content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <Module> <ModulePrefs title="Class Homework Timeline"/> <Content type="html"> <![CDATA[
This is where you paste the widget code
]]> </Content> </Module>
2. Get the Teachers.io widget code from your class page as described in my previous post A Widget for your Class Site
3. Insert the widget code from step 2 into the xml file created in Step 1. You may also want to edit where it says "Class Homework Timeline" to be about your class.
Here is a working sample file: https://sites.google.com/site/keithentzeroth/widget22.xml
Then, upload the .xml file as an attachment
1. In Google Sites, go to settings->manage site and select attachments in the lefthand navigation.
2. Upload the .xml file you created for your class widget.
3. Copy the url by right clicking or ctrl+click on the Download link
Finally, insert a gadget by url into your webpage
1. In Google Sites, navigate back to the webpage for the class you would like to share homework with.
2. Choose to Insert->More Gadgets. Select Add by URL from the lefthand navigation.
3. Paste the URL you copied earlier into the URL box.
4. Remove any text that occurs after the .xml on the filename.
Hooray!
Now you can use the Teachers.io app to quickly share information about your classroom and it will also update your course website.
But it didn't work...Common Gotcha
If you see an issue similar to the one above saying the gadget is not valid when you try to add the gadget as a url, then this means there is a formatting issue in the .xml file you created. It likely occured copy/pasting. To remedy the problem, you may need to try and save the file again or even retype some of the problematic characters like quotation marks. You may want to try downloading and editing the sample used: https://sites.google.com/site/keithentzeroth/widget22.xml
Every update we work really hard to make myHomework better, this update was no different. We just finished releasing version 5.1.0 of myHomework for iOS that brings several improvements that we are really excited to share with you.
Here's a summary of all the changes:
Weekly calendar view for iPad!
Added an option to quickly show/hide completed homework from iPad's homepage.
Homework and class times can now be minute precise instead of only 5 minute increments.
App now tells you if it's been a long time since you've last sync'd.
Schools can now share school wide announcements, files, links and more!
Tap on manual class now takes you to a details and schedule view with edit option.
App now tries to guess the homework type based on the homework's description to save you entering in a type.
Can now expand collapse homework type/priority/class headings.
Can now swipe between months in the calendar.
Added priority icons to make it easy to know what is really important.
Better sorting in the homework filters.
Added a link below the Kiip Rewards setting that explains more about how rewards work.
Hide completed homework and Kiip reward settings now sync so the app remembers them when you log out and back in.
The day of week and due time are shown in more places now.
We hope you enjoy these updates. You can download the latest version of myHomework here!
A Widget for your Class Site
Last week, we launched a new feature that makes it easy to share the homework for your Teachers.io classroom site on another website. This makes it easy to use myHomework and Teachers.io with your existing website whether it was built with Google Sites, Weebly, Wordpress or even Moodle.
Here’s how to add a widget to a site:
1. Log into your account and from any class homepage look for a link to embed a class widget in the lower left.
2. View the preview. Adjust any options and copy the HTML code from the box below the preview.
3. Paste the HTML code into your other site using a corresponding HTML view.
For visual + audible learners, we've made a quick video available.
That's it!
myHomework for iOS 7
A few weeks ago we released a completely new design of myHomework for iOS that supports iOS 7. The update had several improvements that our users loved, here are some of those changes:
1. Overall design was improved to be lighter. It follows some of the iOS 7 look and feel. There's no more blue navigation bar or black filters, the icons are much simpler and in some places we've added the iOS 7 blur effect.
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After
iPad Before
iPad After
2. The menu got a completely new look! Now when you launch the app it goes directly to the homework list instead of the menu. The menu can be accessed by swiping from the left or by touching the icon on the top left corner.
Before & After
3. Forms got updated! It seems that with every major release we redesign the forms. But this time we believe that we've improved exponentially! Instead of the placeholder disappearing after entering text the placeholder slides to the top so you can still see which field is what.
The form UI was inspired by this shot on dribbble!
4. The calendar also got a new design. It's a little bit bigger and easier to touch on the dates.
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After
We hope you enjoy the update! You can download the latest version of myHomework here!
Check out what some of our users are saying about the update.