1.9.2 Update Notes
Last Updated: May 23, 2016 11:27AM MST
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 1st-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: 4th 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
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