MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach – Summer 2015 Enhancements v.1.9.2

REPORTS

• New Fluency (FLRT) report in Manager (NOTE: Legacy reports soon to be disabled)
• Export multiple student reports by class, at same time
• Enhancement to Improvement Reports (class, school, district): new table to show 1^st-last test numbers (%)in selected date range and grade level gain
• Cosmetic update - achievement table to remove PA and MPAC acronym
• Add improvement report for FLRT only databases
• Export roster to include the exact type of license assigned (i.e. RAPSOnly – seat; RAPSOnly-student, MVRC –seat; MVRC – student, etc.)
• Update Teacher Companion and Understanding Dyslexia reports
• Option to print out Parent Reports in Spanish
• Improvement Report demotion indication
• Improvement Report more printer friendly when printed in B&W
• Ability to export reports with anonymous student names
• Add exceeds category to the Improvement Report

MINDPLAY FLUENCY

• Update story library ( typos, misc. edits)

MINDPLAY PHONICS

• Activity enhancements (Edit, Split, Build, Join, Copy, Match)
• Split Phonics Lesson 5 to (5- f, h) & (6 - g); Lesson 14 to (14 - th, TH) &, (15 - sh) ; Lesson 15 to (16 - initial blends) &(17-final blends); 22 into (22 - 2 syl with k and compound words) & (23 – 2 syllable words with /k/
• Update schwa and split lesson

MINDPLAY GRAMMAR

• Puzzle Pieces no longer removed once earned

MINDPLAY PHONEMIC AWARENESS

• Reverse order PA and Phonics for kinder student ( instead of getting Phonics first)

MINDPLAY UNIVERSAL SCREENER (RAPS 360)

Balance the RAPS benchmarks for all

• BM1 to start when the school year begins
• BM2 to start at 30% of school
• BM3 to start at 60% and end at the end of year date
• Also, a final Full Benchmark assessment to start a month before end of school.
  Example: School Year August 1 to May 31
  BM 1: August 1 to October 31 (first time student logs in during that date range)
  BM 2: November 1 to January31 (first time student logs in during that date range)
  BM 3: February 1 to April 31 (first time student logs in during that date range)
  Final: 4^th Full Benchmark: April 31
• All students to get Expected Fluency regardless of initial Comprehension screening score.
  Details:
  All students 2nd grade+ will get a fluency assessment on every RAPS assessment.
  Students initial Comprehension Screener (CSA) is given once and based on that score will get assigned Fluency assigned as follows:
   

• Change the color of shapes in visual scanning to black 
                 
• New look and new Speech Pathologist: Sara
• New Phonics test –
• use keyboard to spell missing sound/letter
     

MINDPLAY MANAGER

• Allow hyperlinks in the manager notifications that are sent out
• New “forgotten password” link for MindPlay Manager login
• Teacher Companion & Dyslexia to show on license widget – Home page
• Spanish Parent letter option
• Updated resource guides/manuals
• Certificates revised to be black and white printer friendly
• When student edit page is loaded will now check/show license expiration date
• Indicate the number of students and license types assigned in Edit School/Class
• remove words from CSA test
• Show ( instead of hover) no. of students (%)on the improvement report pie chart
• Add indication on type of license assigned to a student

MISC.

• Always assign the Fluency/Vocabulary with lowest current grade level; if both are the same alternate between the two.
• Configure the Progress Monitoring schedule at the district level
• Allow unlicensed student to access the Achievements page
• Implement a unified styling across all MVRC applications (new logos)
• At Risk Indicator to cause Fluency (FLRT) to be delayed until end of Phonics Set 2

NEW!!! Achievement Display - Student Rewards

• Implement the Achievement Leaderboard