Satchel’s flagship homework and distance learning app was adapted throughout the autumn/winter term to bring teachers and students an even more adaptable platform during the pandemic.
The updates give teachers more integrations with popular edtech platforms, better insights into students’ performance and closer communication with pupils around classwork and homework discussion.
The app saw six new major features added to improve overall usability during a time where students are learning both in the classroom and from home.
The updates added were:
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Homework Discussion - Giving students and teachers a clearer line of communication over homework
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Quizlet & GCSEPod integrations - The ability to share micro-lessons and modules from two leading education platforms via Satchel One
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Send to Google and Teams - Integrations with Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom make sharing work and video lessons easier
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Insights - Teachers can view insights on Quizzes, Flexible Tasks and Classwork to see how students and parents are engaging with them
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Individual Homework - The ability to assign tasks to specific students within a class, instead of the class as a whole
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Single-attempt Quizzes - For teachers who want to give their students a little more of a challenge and identify knowledge gaps faster during catch-up learning
These new features come as Satchel continues to work closely with secondary schools in the UK to create useful new tools that serve teachers and students during testing times.
Product Manager, Ryan Baylis, said, "As our flagship app, Show My Homework needs to work for all schools. Our customers find that we listen to their pain points and work with them to build a platform that works better for them and their school stakeholders. These new features are just some of the improvements we made in 2020 to ensure that teachers' lives are made that little bit easier."
