{"id":1145,"date":"2025-12-20T21:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2025-12-20T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:23:14","slug":"innovation-assessments-lms-next-gen-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/20\/innovation-assessments-lms-next-gen-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Assessments LMS: Next-Gen Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We\u2019ve tightened core authentication: teachers and students can now connect Google Sign-In, making it easier to jump into any of the 12 apps (\u00c9tude, Test, Grammar, Writing, Word Study, Ordered List, Conversation, Chat, Forum, Media, Ventura, and the course hub) without managing multiple passwords.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teachers get sharper control and visibility: My Students now links directly into a new Manage Enrolments matrix for one-click course assignments. Course pages display Canvas-style visibility badges so you can hide or reveal tasks instantly, and the student course view hides anything marked invisible. Submission dashboards in \u00c9tude, Test, Grammar, Conversation, Ordered List, and Writing now sort alphabetically and drop the developer-only raw JSON viewers, so grading workflows stay focused.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live and asynchronous speaking tools are more authentic. Conversation tasks and upload workflows now coach students on cadence\u2014natural rhythm, pauses, and intonation\u2014plus we added an easy-to-copy student join link in Chat Monitor so hosts can share the live room with a single click. Chat\u2019s monitor dashboard also highlights AI usage limits, host controls, and live transcripts for each room.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The LMS navigation feels smarter: \u201cLogin Preferences\u201d is available to both teachers and students (with role-aware sidebars, help text, and instant Google linking), the teacher sidebar is scrollable and auto-hides developer tools unless you\u2019re David Jones, and \u201cManage Rubrics\u201d now supports copy-modify\/delete operations with a single tap.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media and forum workflows keep pace. Teachers can bulk-copy forums, toggle task visibility, and delete an entire forum plus its threads\/posts with FK-safe cascading. The Create Task page has unified button styling, refreshed descriptions, and an updated \u201cComing Soon\u201d panel (Survey, Audio Playlist, File on Server, Link to Webpage), making it easier to explain each element to staff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>App-by-App Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u00c9tude\/Test\/Grammar\/Writing:<\/strong>\u00a0Alphabetized submission rosters, lightweight UIs, AI license tracking in Grammar\/Writing, and Google linking across all auth flows. Live tests record into\u00a0test_task_student_responses, and we expose the schema dynamically via the updated\u00a0inspect_schema.php.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conversation (Record &amp; Upload):<\/strong>\u00a0Cadence coaching cards, Chromebook recording guides in the sidebar, admission logging, and Safari upload workflows that mirror the in-browser recorder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chat:<\/strong>\u00a0Google Sign-In ready, live monitor with copyable join link, AI partner\/peer modes, host controls (start\/close, pair, reshuffle), and cadence-free text boxes (spellcheck disabled in chat and writ) to keep speech and writing authentic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Forum:<\/strong>\u00a0Manage Rubrics now clones\/deletes as needed; forum visibility obeys course toggles; forum submissions keep their evaluation links; deleting a forum removes all threads\/posts\/AI usage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Course Hub:<\/strong>\u00a0Manage Enrolments grid, Canvas-style visibility icons, module-level controls, and student course views that hide anything not marked visible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Media\/Ventura\/Word Study\/Ordered List:<\/strong>\u00a0Unified CTA styling, better descriptions, topic-specific guidance, and easy access to each element\u2019s evaluation links from the student side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why It Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This release cements Innovation Assessments as a coherent suite rather than 12 separate tools. Authentication, visibility, enrolment, cadence training, grading, and schema inspection all work the same way across apps. Teachers can share tasks, manage rubrics, and run live sessions with less friction; students get natural speaking guidance, Google sign-in, and cleaner course views. We\u2019re pushing the beta to customers now\u2014watch for teacher-to-teacher sharing options (one-time copy codes) coming soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>App-by-App Highlights Why It Matters This release cements Innovation Assessments as a coherent suite rather than 12 separate tools. Authentication, visibility, enrolment, cadence training, grading, and schema inspection all work the same way across apps. Teachers can share tasks, manage rubrics, and run live sessions with less friction; students get natural speaking guidance, Google sign-in, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/20\/innovation-assessments-lms-next-gen-release\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Innovation Assessments LMS: Next-Gen Release&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation-apps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1146,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationassessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}