The Latest Enhancements in Achieve

Course Coach: Coming soon to select disciplines, Course Coach uses personalized recommendations and concept maps to guide students through course content, identify learning gaps, and celebrate mastery along the way. Institutions can participate in the Spring 2026 pilot to help shape this new student support experience.

Guided Reading: This new assignment type transforms reading into an active learning experience at scale. Guided Reading helps strengthen comprehension, improve engagement, and motivate students to interact more deeply with course materials.

Guided Quiz Review: Available within Multi-Take Quizzes, Guided Quiz Review provides students with AI-powered feedback and a personalized review plan between quiz attempts. By helping learners understand mistakes and focus their studying, the tool promotes confidence, deeper understanding, and improved performance.

Updated Student Assessment Experience: Students now benefit from a refreshed, mobile-friendly assessment interface that makes homework and quizzes easier to navigate. Cleaner layouts, improved accessibility, and streamlined navigation create a more modern and intuitive experience across devices.

Progress Bar: A new progress tracker on the My Grades page helps students stay on top of coursework with color-coded indicators for completed, upcoming, and overdue assignments. Students who finish all assignments for the week are rewarded with a fun celebratory milestone, providing additional motivation and encouragement.

LTI 1.3 Functional Improvements: Enhancements to Canvas and Blackboard integrations create a smoother setup experience and improve grade synchronization capabilities. Instructors benefit from fewer deployment steps, expanded grade sync controls, and more reliable content deployment across supported learning management systems.

Copy Assignment to Another Course: Instructors can now copy Assessment and Writing assignments—whether prebuilt or customized—into other courses and sections. This streamlines course preparation, reduces repetitive setup work, and makes it easier to maintain consistency across multiple course offerings.

Course Creator: New Edition: This pilot feature simplifies moving from one textbook edition to another by automatically mapping assessments from the previous edition to the new one. Instructors can upgrade courses more efficiently without rebuilding content from scratch.

iClicker Web Polling Updates: The web-based version of iClicker now supports additional interactive polling features, including Reactions, Confidence Ratings, Target Questions, and Multiple Answer questions. These updates make live engagement tools more accessible without requiring software downloads.

Search Across Sections: This pilot feature allows instructors to search across multiple course sections and quickly uncover student performance trends, assignment results, completion rates, and course averages. By surfacing insights in one place, it helps educators provide more targeted support and identify opportunities for intervention.

Short-Form Writing Analyzer: This AI-powered grading tool evaluates short-form student responses against instructor-defined rubrics, provides scoring rationale, and supports filtering and batch grading. The feature helps reduce grading time while maintaining transparency and instructional oversight.

Short-Form Writing Creator: Instructors can use AI-assisted tools to refine writing prompts and generate pedagogically aligned rubrics based on learning objectives. This accelerates assignment creation while supporting authentic assessment and critical thinking.

AI Summaries for GRS Responses: Instructors using Goal-setting and Reflection Surveys can receive AI-generated summaries of student responses that identify common themes and concerns. These summaries make it easier to understand student perspectives and respond to emerging needs.

Student Performance Overview: The Individual Student Gradebook now includes a weekly performance graph alongside class averages, providing instructors with an easy-to-understand visual comparison of student progress and helping identify opportunities for timely intervention.

Unit View and Trend Indicators: New Gradebook views allow instructors to analyze performance by Unit, Category, or Week while trend indicators highlight improving, declining, or stable performance patterns. These visual insights help educators quickly identify student successes and areas needing support.

What Are Course Content Updates? Course Content Updates keep your Achieve courses current, relevant, and aligned with the latest developments in your discipline and learning science. Integrated seamlessly into Achieve, these updates include new editions, refreshed content, and new teaching and learning resources designed to support student success.

Biology Updates

Evolution: Making Sense of Life, 4e: This new edition incorporates the latest discoveries in evolutionary biology alongside new Achieve Write-to-Learn activities featuring short-form writing and AI-enabled grading. Updated research, revised illustrations, and expanded discussions provide students with current, relevant examples while helping instructors teach with confidence.

Biology for a Changing World, 5e: New chapter stories, interactive animations, milestone activities, and Skills Primers connect biology concepts to real-world issues while helping students build study skills, metacognition, and time management strategies. New Write-to-Learn activities further support engagement and personalized learning.

How Life Works Lab Manual: A new customizable lab manual provides instructors with a ready-to-use foundation for majors biology laboratory courses. Consistent visuals, language, and supporting materials simplify lab preparation and custom course development.

How Life Works, 4e Updates: New BioLinks and Sequence Activities, Skills Primers, scientist podcasts, in-class activities, and short-form Write-to-Learn assignments create additional opportunities for active learning, critical thinking, and alternative assessment.

Life: The Science of Biology, 12e Updates: New interactive animation activities with embedded questions help reinforce complex concepts through visual learning, while updated Skills Primers and short-form Write-to-Learn activities increase student engagement and understanding.

Interactive Cell Biology: New Capstone Activities: Four new capstone activities encourage students to synthesize concepts across multiple units and apply their knowledge to real-world biological challenges, promoting deeper understanding and reflection.

College Success Updates

Understanding Your College Experience, 4e: This updated edition incorporates new content on learning science, study strategies, AI literacy, and mental health to address the evolving needs of today's students. Expanded LearningCurve resources, AI Literacy and Ethics modules, and auto-scored video assignments provide additional support for student success.

Economics Updates

Principles of Economics, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics, 3e Updates: Refreshed data, examples, homework assignments, and instructor resources help ensure course content remains current and relevant while connecting economic concepts to real-world applications.

Impact of AI Activities: New case studies, simulations, and prompt-engineering exercises help students explore the responsible use of AI in economics while developing practical skills for an AI-enabled world.

English Updates

AI Literacy Modules: Included in every English Achieve course, these modules help students understand how AI works, explore ethical considerations, and learn how to use AI responsibly while maintaining their own voice and critical thinking skills.

Shared Handbook: Available in all English Achieve courses, the updated Shared Handbook provides integrated reading, research, and writing support designed for the AI era, giving students a trusted resource while saving instructors time.

Everything's an Argument with Readings, 10e Updates: New chapters on AI and multimodal argument, along with 23 new readings and updated examples, help students critically evaluate contemporary issues while engaging with diverse perspectives.

Rules for Writers, 11e Updates: New AI-focused content, interactive tutorials, and guidance on ethical AI use, prompting, and citation help students develop responsible writing practices and lasting communication skills.

EasyWriter, 9e Updates: Expanded coverage of generative AI, reading strategies, digital tools, and inclusive rhetoric supports student writers while helping instructors address evolving literacy needs.

Achieve for Readers and Writers, 3e Updates: Thirty new multimodal modules featuring video, LearningCurve, assessments, and AI literacy content improve engagement, strengthen reading and research skills, and support student success.

Respondus LockDown Browser: Instructors can require the Respondus LockDown Browser for Achieve assessments at no extra cost, adding an extra layer of security for high-stakes quizzes and exams. Students launch the browser directly from Achieve, which locks down their device during the assessment. A Chromebook-compatible extension will also be available soon, expanding device support.

Exam Builder: Exam Builder allows instructors to automatically generate large, varied exams using question pools based on their chosen chapters, topics, and desired level of variance. This saves time, reduces grading discrepancies, and increases exam fairness by offering a randomized version to each student.

Manage Post-Submission Quiz Access: Instructors can now hide quiz content from students immediately after submission until the due date passes. This supports academic integrity by helping reduce answer-sharing during active assessments and high-stakes tests/quizzes.

AI Tutor: Language Preferences: Students will be able to select their preferred language when using AI Tutor. This feature is designed to make learning more accessible and create a comfortable, supportive experience for everyone.

GoReact Advanced with AI Assistant: Our GoReact video assessment tool integration now includes AI-powered features to provide instant feedback for students and enhanced analytics for instructors:

• An AI Assistant provides category-specific feedback and personalized guidance.
• Analytics on filler words, pauses, pacing, and more.
• Time-stamped, searchable transcripts.

iClicker Reactions: Emoji reactions give students a quick, low-effort way to indicate whether they’re following along—without interrupting the lesson. Instructors get real-time feedback on what’s landing and what’s not, so they can adjust on the fly, use class time more effectively, and avoid surprises on assessments.

Multi-take Quiz: AI Personalized Review Plans (Limited Pilot): With this limited pilot, Multi-Take Quizzes now include AI-powered formative feedback to help students learn and grow with every retake. Instead of guessing, students get personalized insights and support tailored to their learning needs. This feature boosts study skills, reduces frustration, and provides 24/7 guidance to help students succeed.

Sense of Belonging Questions (Limited Pilot): A new Achieve feature is launching soon on a limited pilot basis to help students connect and build a sense of belonging. This feature allows students to answer short, get-to-know-you questions and be matched with peers who share similar interests or experiences.

By fostering connection and creating more inclusive and supportive learning environments, this research-backed approach has been proven to enhance students’ sense of belonging—a key factor linked to better academic performance, including higher exam grades.

Student Practice Mode: This new setting allows students to retake a completed or past-due homework assignment for additional practice—ungraded and with unlimited attempts! Instructors can enable this option to help students prepare for exams and encourage mastery learning through extra practice.

AI-powered Question Generator: Instantly create new multiple-choice assessment questions from existing ones within Achieve. This innovative tool streamlines quiz building, ensuring assessments stay fresh, diverse, and engaging.

Achieve Course Creation from LMS (Limited Pilot): Instructors can initiate Achieve course creation directly from their LMS, with known course details automatically pre-filled during setup. This seamless process includes authentication and linking, eliminating the need to switch between platforms and simplifying the setup process for a smoother, more efficient experience.

AI-powered Page Content Creation (beta): This AI-powered feature simplifies page-level content creation, providing in-context AI assistance that helps instructors generate tailored, high-quality content. Through a conversational interface, instructors can quickly create and refine content directly on their page, saving time and staying focused on their workflow.

Course Setup Assistant (Limited Pilot): The AI-powered Assistant saves you time by streamlining course setup. Simply upload your syllabus, and it automatically organizes topics into the corresponding chapter or topic folders in the prebuilt course. This ensures your materials are neatly organized, so you can focus on teaching instead of administrative tasks.

Instructor Pages: Highlights and Annotations: Students can easily highlight and add private notes to content in Instructor Pages, making studying more personal and focused. Instructors can also share their own highlights and notes, creating a more interactive and engaging learning experience.

iClicker: LMS LTI 1.3 Integration: iClicker now supports LTI 1.3 integration options for Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, and Brightspace—eliminating dependency on legacy tools and enhancing cross-platform compatibility.

iClicker: Web Polling (beta): Instructors can run Multiple Choice polls for iClicker courses directly from the web—no desktop app required! This streamlined approach offers easier access, improved usability, and no installation hassle.

New User Account Interface: A new, centralized use account experience allows instructors and students to manage their account info, orders, and course access from one place.

Short-Form Writing: AI-powered Grading (beta): This new AI-powered grading tool automatically reviews and categorizes short-form writing submissions, saving educators time while ensuring fair, consistent grading. It helps quickly identify students who may need extra support and highlights trends in responses, making it easier to adapt lessons and provide meaningful feedback.

Inactive Student Alerts (beta): A new alert widget highlights students who haven’t launched an activity in the last 7 days, helping instructors proactively identify disengaged learners.

Access Reports & Insights Tab from LMS: Easily navigate to the Achieve Reports & Insights Tab directly from the Course Tools page in your LMS. This update streamlines your workflow, giving you quicker access to valuable student data and insights directly from your LMS.

Export by Group(s) or Individual(s): Exporting the gradebook by individual or groups simplifies progress tracking and offers greater flexibility, especially for instructors managing exception groups. This feature saves time by eliminating the need to manually edit CSV files after exporting, making grade transfers and tracking more efficient.

Filter for Exception Groups: Instructors using exception groups can now filter their view by exception group(s), making it easier to review large gradebooks—ideal for managing large rosters, lab sections, or classes.

iClicker: LMS Attendance Sync: The iClicker Roster & Grade Sync (RGS) integration is getting an upgrade! Soon, you’ll be able to sync attendance percentages directly to the LMS gradebook, including a new “Late” status for more precise participation scoring.

Pop-out Side Panel: The new pop-out side panel in the Gradebook and Individual Student Gradebook offers a simple way to manage assignment details, student notes, and interventions—all in one place. Instructors can easily grant extensions, reopen assessments, update scores, and add notes directly within the Gradebook. This streamlines tasks and keeps everything organized for a more efficient experience.

Weekly Student Gradebook View: Instructors can view student grades and assignment completions on a weekly basis, aligned with the Course Week view found on the Course Home page. This new feature will make it easier to track student performance and progress week by week. Instructors can also toggle between viewing grades by Course Week or by gradebook categories, offering greater flexibility and control.

What are Course Content Updates? Course Content Updates keep your course current, relevant, and aligned with the latest developments in your field and learning science. Integrated seamlessly into Achieve, these updates are available throughout the year, giving you the flexibility to incorporate them into your course on your timeline.

Biology Updates:
Updates to Morris, How Life Works, 4e

• New Skills Primers on Time Management and Note-Taking help students develop strong study habits early, while the updated AI Primer introduces practical ways to use AI for learning.
• New Interactive Animation and Sequence Activities guide students through complex biological processes, improving comprehension and confidence before class. Paired with updated content reflecting the latest biological science, these tools help students come prepared and stay engaged.

Communications Updates: 

New Student Speech Videos: Six full-length student speeches—four persuasive and two informative—are now available with built-in assessments to help students analyze what makes a presentation effective. Available as standalone videos or part of video activities with assessments, these videos help students critically evaluate the key elements of successful presentations through authentic speech examples.

GoReact Advanced: Now with AI: Students get instant, personalized feedback during speech practice with AI-driven features, including:

• An AI Assistant that offers targeted, real-time suggestions
• Automated speech analytics for pacing, filler words, and pauses—helping students identify areas for improvement.
• Auto-generated transcripts to support easy review and revision

LearningCurve: Expanded Question Pool: Speech Craft, 2e now features an expanded question pool, offering students more personalized, adaptive quizzes. The expanded question pool provides students with a broader range of personalized question sets and targeted feedback tailored to their individual performance and learning needs.

Updated Speech Craft, 2e e-Book: Speech Craft, 2e received updates to ensure the e-book continues to reflect the latest, most inclusive guidance on public speaking, with a stronger focus on audience analysis and delivery.

Economics Updates:

New Author Podcast Activities: Bring real-world economics into the classroom with new podcast-based activities. Narrated by Paul Krugman, these engaging episodes cover timely topics like inflation, tariffs, and monetary policy. Each podcast comes with auto-graded assessments in Achieve, making them simple to assign and manage. With new episodes rolling out regularly to reflect current economic trends, students can learn directly from an expert in an accessible, on-the-go format. Coming Fall 2025 to Microeconomics 7e, Macroeconomics 7e, and Economics 7e

Assignable Interactive Graphing Questions: Covering 25+ core Principles topics, these new questions let students engage directly with economic models—manipulating graphs, analyzing real-world data, and tackling a variety of question types. Designed to deepen understanding and build critical thinking skills, every question is ready to assign from the Achieve question bank.

Updates to Chiang’s Principles of Macroeconomics for a Changing World 6e,Principles of Microeconomics for a Changing World 6e, and Principles of Economics for a Changing World 6e.

Universal Updates (Applicable to All Three Titles)

• New Personal Finance and Economic Decision-Making Appendix: Equip students with essential financial literacy skills—from budgeting and saving to understanding inflation and purchasing power. Fully assignable in Achieve, with assessments and instructor support included.
• Refreshed Videos: Select Pre-Class Tutorial and Author Lecture Videos have been updated to reflect today’s economic landscape, emphasizing inclusivity and accessibility.

Title-Specific Updates

• Updated Economics of Food and Agriculture Appendix: For Principles of Microeconomics for a Changing World 6e and Principles of Economics for a Changing World 6e, this appendix includes up-to-date content and a full suite of assignable assessments and teaching materials in Achieve.
• Updated Chapter Content: In Principles of Macroeconomics for a Changing World 6e and Principles of Economics for a Changing World 6e, key chapters have been updated with the latest data and real-world examples, including:
  • Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • Inflation and Unemployment
  • Fiscal Policy and Debt
  • Monetary Policy
  • Economic Growth
  • Money Creation and the Federal Reserve

English Updates: Free Writing Handbook in Achieve

Achieve for English courses now includes The Handbook for Readers and Writers — at no extra cost to students. This built-in guide supports grammar, research, reading strategies, and responsible AI use, empowering students to strengthen their writing and build confidence. For instructors, it's a consistent, trusted resource to reinforce core concepts without adding cost or complexity.

Math Updates:
New Assignable Homework Questions in Achieve for Linear Algebra: The question bank now features 300 new algorithmic questions with full solutions, including 44 “Identify the Error” questions—one for each section. These interactive exercises help students strengthen their critical thinking and conceptual understanding by identifying mistakes in worked solutions, making practice more engaging and impactful.

New Desmos Dynamic Figure Bank: Now live in Achieve for Rogawski's Calculus, the Desmos Dynamic Figure Bank makes it easy for instructors to access and demo the most popular Desmos graphs from the course. Organized by chapter with clear descriptions and seamless navigation, this guide saves time and enhances lectures by putting key interactive figures at your fingertips.

Psychology Updates

NEW Late Night Lectures: Bring the fun and energy of a late-night talk show into your Intro Psychology Achieve courses! These quick, five-minute video lecture launchers break down complex psychology topics with the energy and humor of a late-night talk show. Ready to plug and play, they are designed to captivate today’s learners, spark dynamic discussions, increase participation, and build student confidence. Turn complex concepts into engaging, memorable lessons and watch your learning outcomes improve.

NEW Data Literacy Activities: Help students build confidence in analyzing research, interpreting statistics, and applying ethical data practices with new Data Literacy Activities, available in select Achieve courses. These ready-to-use activities are aligned with APA standards and prepare students for research, graduate study, and career success.

NEW Short-form Writing Activities:New short-form writing activities are available to help students think critically and apply key psychology concepts. Students engage with thought-provoking prompts on topics such as "Using Generative AI Tools Responsibly" and "Is Marijuana Bad for Your Brain?" These activities promote deeper reflection and understanding, allowing students to focus on the substance of their writing rather than mechanics. Available in Exploring Psychology 13e, Psychology in Everyday Life 3e, and The Developing Person Through the Life Span 12e

New Foundational & AI Skills Activities: Achieve's low-stakes activities help students build essential skills like note-taking, time management, and responsible AI use—setting them up for success both in the classroom and beyond. With two new AI-focused modules, students receive practical guidance on understanding and using AI responsibly, preparing them to navigate today's rapidly changing world. Now available in Introductory Psych, Developmental, and Psychopathology Achieve courses!

AI-Powered Course Setup Assistant: Effortlessly set up your course with the help of an AI-powered assistant. Simply upload your syllabus, and the assistant will automatically map your topics with the corresponding topic folders in the prebuilt course. Limited Summer Pilot for Myers, Exploring Psychology, 12e.

Statistics Updates

New “Identify the Error” Questions in Achieve for Statistics: Achieve for Statistics now features “Identify the Error” questions—worked-out problems that may include a mistake (or none at all), prompting students to evaluate the full solution. These conceptual questions build critical thinking skills and help students focus on mastering problem-solving, not just finding answers. Carefully selected from book exercises, they provide an engaging and unique way to deepen understanding of statistical concepts.

• Blackboard Content Deployment: With improved Achieve-Blackboard integration, content deployment and folder selection can now be managed directly within Achieve, ensuring a more seamless course setup.

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  Completion Timestamps in Gradebooks: Gradebooks now include enhanced "Date Completed" timestamps for students and instructors, clarifying when a student finishes an activity, and improving understanding of progress and accountability.

  In LearningCurve: You'll see a "Target Score Reached" timestamp, even if the goal is met after the due date.

  Assessment Clarity: The "Date Completed" will not change after the due date, regardless of any actions taken (like reviewing problems).

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  Create a Course in the Correct Template: By displaying the template name in the "My Courses" list and throughout course creation workflows, instructors can avoid errors during course setup. This update ensures that courses are created or copied with accuracy and efficiency.

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  LMS Grade Sync for Post-Due Date Reporting: This updated grade sync process from Achieve to the LMS allows grades to be reported only after the assignment's due date (instructors must select this option). This improvement aligns with user expectations and resolves the current issue of syncing grades based on individual student completion instead of the main assignment due date.

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  Maintain Assignment Order in LMS Sync: With this update, Achieve will ensure the assignment order matches the order of content when synced to the LMS, making course setup simpler and faster. This update eliminates the need to reorder content after syncing, reducing the time spent on administrative tasks.

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  Reset and Reopen Assessments When Granting Extensions: Instructors can now directly reopen or reset assignments when granting due date extensions, eliminating manual resets later. This update simplifies assessment management, reduces confusion, and streamlines the extension process.

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  Weekly Course Home View: A new weekly assignment view makes it easier for instructors and students to navigate their course home. This update streamlines progress tracking and introduces a more intuitive design for easier organization.

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• GRS: Insight Card Improvements: The enhanced GRS Insight cards streamline access to aggregated student feedback, helping instructors quickly identify student challenges and gain actionable insights. Key enhancements include:

  • Keyword search function for student responses
  • The option to expand or collapse views
  • Updated "Challenges" card featuring student comments and email addresses
  • Faster loading times for larger courses

   

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  Insight Cards Redesign: The updated Insights tab now pre-loads all Insight cards and organizes them into three key areas: Assignment Performance, Course Performance, and Goal-Setting/Reflection Surveys (with GRS already included). This streamlined layout enables instructors to quickly access important data, saving time and effort in managing insights.

  iClicker: RGS Participation/Performance Syncing: Enhanced options for iClicker’s Roster & Grade Sync (RGS) allow separate syncing for participation and performance points. This update, previously in Classic integrations, improves grade management in the Cloud, giving instructors better control and transparency over grades.

• AI Tutor Enhancement: Enhancements have been made to the user interface of the Student Homework experience for the AI Tutor. These user-informed improvements are designed to optimize both the user experience and the tutor's pedagogical approach, ensuring students receive the right support at the right time—without creating overreliance on the AI.

  See if it’s available for your discipline, and try it yourself!

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  AI Tutor: Expanded Availability: By popular demand, the AI Tutor will be available in open beta in Spring 2025 for additional disciplines. Instructors will be able to opt-in for all current versions of templates in these disciplines: Analytical Chemistry, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Environmental Science, Evolution, Genetics, Geography, Non-Majors Biology, Nutrition, IGOB Pilots

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  iClicker: AI Question Creator Updates: Instructors can now upload files as context for question creation, streamlining the development of customized course content. New question management tools include: copying question sets, adding descriptions, multi-delete, and adding more questions to individual sets.

  Create a free instructor account today to try it out!

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  iClicker: Instructor Desktop Timer: A new timer tool is now available for any timed classroom activity, adding another layer of interactivity to the teaching and learning experience. Accessible via the app toolbar, the Desktop Timer can be used anytime, improving functionality and supporting effective classroom management.

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  iClicker: Student Access and Subscriptions: The latest improvements to iClicker Student Access and Subscriptions simplify navigation and understanding of subscription requirements for each course. Students can now easily differentiate between: attendance-only, Achieve-covered, and site-licensed subscriptions.

  This update clarifies which subscription is required for each course and when it’s needed, helping students make informed purchasing decisions.

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  iClicker: Student Reactions: New emoji reactions let students share their thoughts in real-time during class, expressing feelings like confusion or excitement. Accessible via the floating toolbar, this feature enhances student engagement and helps instructors better understand students’ emotions and understanding.

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  Instructor Pages: Highlights and Annotations: Students can make private highlights and annotations on course materials, while instructors can easily share their notes. This private note-taking enhances effective studying, while instructor-shared notes boost engagement with the material.

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  Short-Form Writing Assignments: Short-form writing assignments empower students to reflect on prompts and content, enabling instructors to focus on the substance of their writing instead of the mechanics. These new low-stakes assignments help educators assess students' true understanding of the topic.

• What are Course Content Updates? Course Content Updates keep your course current, relevant, and aligned with the latest developments in your field and learning science. Integrated seamlessly into Achieve, these updates are available throughout the year, giving you the flexibility to incorporate them into your course on your timeline.

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  Biology Updates: Real-World Simulations in What is Life?Interactive simulations bring biology concepts to life through real-world scenarios, with teaching tools like PowerPoints and worksheets included for Phelan, What is Life? 5th Edition.

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  Communications Updates: A.I. Tools for Speech Communication

  Interactive activities and an instructor guide help students critically and responsibly incorporate A.I. into speech assignments while fostering ethical awareness.

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  Economics Updates:

  NEW Interactive Graphing Questions: Achieve now features interactive graphing questions across 30+ key Principles topics, helping students visualize and apply economic concepts in real time. With 5-10 questions per topic, students manipulate economic models, interpret real-world data, and strengthen critical thinking skills.

  Updated Math and Graphing Tutorials: Interactive tutorials covering 10 key math topics now include new videos, algorithmic questions, reflection prompts, and immediate feedback to help students master essential skills.

  Decision Points for Every Chapter: Scenario-based activities in Stevenson/Wolfers texts are now available for every chapter to help you engage students in real-world decision-making and critical thinking.

  Decision Points Fully Adapted for Canada: Scenario-based activities in Milligan/Oreopoulos/Stevenson/Wolfers texts created to help you engage students in real-world decision-making and critical thinking are now fully adapted for Canada.

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  Math & Statistics Updates

  NEW Pre-Built Homework Assignments: Every section of Taalman’s Calculus with Integrated Precalculus in Achieve now includes pre-built homework assignments, adapted from end-of-chapter questions and Achieve’s extensive calculus library, saving you time and simplifying course setup.

  Interactive Video Activities for Algebra Review: Help students review topics like rounding, proportions, and functions through engaging video content.

  Calculus Placement Test: Assess prerequisite knowledge with a 25-question placement test to identify review needs and guide student learning.

  Updated Excel Tutorials for Statistics: New 3–5-minute videos deepen statistical analysis skills in Excel, perfect for lab settings or individual assignments.

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  Psychology Updates

  100+ New Introductory Psychology Videos: Expanded video collection covering Alzheimer’s, bias, therapy advances, and more, all assignable and assessable with gradebook reporting.

  80+ New Developmental Psychology Videos: New videos and activities illustrate key concepts while addressing privacy concerns, making it easier to connect course material to real-life applications.

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  AI-powered Tutor*: The AI chatbot-embedded Assessment homework offers instant guidance and personalized support, promoting meaningful learning without giving away answers. It reduces reliance on external resources (such as Google or Chegg) and allows students to ask questions anytime, leading to better preparation and more productive discussions during office hours.
  
  *Limited to specific courses in Fall 2024.

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  Content-First Assessments: Enhance understanding of core concepts with short, interactive activities that merge multimedia content with assessment. These assessments empower students to self-evaluate progress, fostering metacognition and self-reflection in an engaging, low-pressure environment.

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  Contextualized Student Assessments: This feature streamlines grading settings for instructors and clarifies assessment criteria for students, enhancing the assessment experience by improving grading settings creation and offering clear assessment guidelines. Feature 3: iClicker: AI Question Creator

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  iClicker: AI Question Creator: This AI-powered tool enables educators to seamlessly create engaging questions for classroom activities, effectively addressing the challenge of fostering active learning while significantly reducing the time spent on devising questions. Learn More

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  iClicker: Formula/Symbol Question Type: The new iClicker Formula/Symbol question type enables students to answer with equations, mathematical expressions, symbols, and Greek letters. This feature provides instructors, especially those in STEM fields, with the ability to ask more complex polling questions, presenting a more engaging challenge beyond the typical Multiple Choice.

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  Achieve's Support Community Search: Access curated help content seamlessly through Achieve's Help Center search, designed to provide quick and easy answers within the platform.

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  Content Collection: Consolidate all instructor resources onto a single page, streamlining access to prebuilt publisher materials and custom content to easily search and filter.

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  Create Pages with HTML Editor: This feature introduces a new user-friendly HTML editor, making it easy for instructors to create an HTML page and integrate it with other Achieve course content. With centralized updates, changes to one document automatically apply across all courses, streamlining content management.

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  Enhanced Gradebook Export: Instructors can optimize their workflow by exporting only the Course Total and Category Totals for each course. Select your preferred grading format from the export dialog box, offering a simpler view of grades and enhanced flexibility to accommodate your needs.

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  iClicker Events for Site Licenses: Now available for site license institutions, iClicker Events transforms audience engagement at meetings and events. With easy-to-use live polling and insightful data gathering, it enhances interactivity and fosters connections, making every gathering a success. The best part is that participants don't need an iClicker account to join, making engagement easy and accessible. Learn More

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  iClicker's Mobile Quick Join: Enroll in courses or join events on the go with a simple scan of a QR code, a join code, or a quick search (for courses). This feature streamlines the iClicker app experience, making it faster, more convenient, and reducing errors.

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  Printable Assessments (Beta): Printable Assessmenprovidedes a convenient option to print Assessments (exams and homework) with unanswered questions, simplifying the process of accommodating student needs, administering exams, and meeting departmental requirements.

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  Side Panel for Gradebook: Simplify your workflow and manage assignment details, student notes, and due date extensions directly within the Gradebook. This pop-up side panel feature ensures a seamless experience across Achieve, allowing instructors to effortlessly extend due dates, update scores, and annotate within the context of real-time Gradebook data.

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  Student Activity Launch Log Export: Instructors can now download logs detailing each time a student initiates an activity in Achieve, providing crucial insights into students' work habits and verifying their system usage times. This feature enhances instructors' understanding and oversight of student engagement.

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  Topic Selector for Course Setup: When creating a new course, instructors can easily customize the course by reviewing, reordering, removing, or adding chapters/modules right from the start. This streamlined process enhances the course setup experience, making it simpler for instructors to personalize prebuilt courses to their liking.

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  Enhanced LTI Advantage: Seamlessly deploy ungraded content in Canvas with LTI 1.3 (LTI Advantage). We've expanded LTI 1.3 capabilities to bridge the gap with our current integrations, ensuring a superior user experience with more flexibility and improved functionality.

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  Streamlined Content Deployment to Canvas: Enhance content deployment to Canvas by utilizing the LTI 1.3 (LTI Advantage) update, ensuring a seamless Achieve-Canvas integration. This upgrade simplifies the transition to LTI 1.3 for institutions, offering a smoother, more intuitive experience for users.

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  Notifications of New Resourcess: A new notification feature that shines a spotlight on recently added resources in the Content Library. Educators can easily identify, review, and incorporate new material into their courses, keeping course materials relevant and up-to-date.

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  New Features in Achieve Essentials: Three of the most popular features from the premium version of Achieve are available now in Achieve Essentials courses – at no extra cost. Help students learn metacognitive skills with Goal-setting and Reflection Surveys. Engage students in class with iClicker. Gain actionable data on students’ performance with Reports and Insights.
  Take a self-guided tour of our new features!

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  Google Classroom Integration: For K12 Achieve users, the seamless integration with Google Classroom creates a conduit for deep connectivity. Asset level linking, assignment creation, automatic and manual grade synchronization, class rostering, and direct access to Achieve, are all made effortlessly accessible through the user-friendly interface of Google Classroom.

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  Millie: In-Product Chatbot: Millie is seamlessly integrated into your workflow, providing self-service and live agent support within Achieve. Access help without leaving your tasks through Achieve's chat icon or the "Chat With Us" option in the Help Center. From onboarding to maximizing product usage, Millie is your dedicated support.

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  Individual Student Gradebook View: Gain a comprehensive overview of each student's performance with the new Individual Student Gradebook View. It provides a snapshot of a student's progress across all assignments, scores, due dates, and completion dates, proving invaluable for office hours, post-class discussions, or determining the need for additional support.

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  Academic Integrity: Limiting Copy/Paste: To protect academic integrity, assessment question text is now safeguarded against easy copying and pasting into other systems. This measure acts as a deterrent against cheating.

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  Video Assessment Grading Flexibility: Achieve’s unique video and assessment pairing just got better. Now, you can have questions alongside the video at specific timestamps and set late allowances, including the option for students to complete work after the due date. This enhancement better caters to instructor needs while preserving the activity’s low-stakes nature. Available in selected Achieve courses that utilize video assessment activities.

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  Sync Assignments in Bulk: (Canvas) Providing access to assignments in the Learning Management System (LMS) has never been easier. Now, Canvas offers the ability to sync multiple items simultaneously, allowing you to save valuable time and effort. Note: This is for Canvas 1.0, not LTI Advantage (1.3).

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  iClicker Text Recognition [Pilot]: In a pilot phase and available upon request, iClicker can now automatically present text within question images during live polling and post-class study sessions. This key development ensures a more equitable learning experience, particularly benefiting students using screen reader assistive technology.

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  Reusing Content Across Courses: Save time and effort by copying and reusing saved work such as custom assessments created and included in an Achieve course to another course — all with just a few clicks! You can quickly customize your courses by drawing from already-created work, making it easier to deliver unique and impactful lessons tailored to your student's needs.

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  Adjust Due Dates Across Terms: Set up your new courses with ease by carrying over assignment dates from previous terms or sections. You can easily reset the due dates for all assignments based on the first assignment's date — or choose not to copy over any dates at all! This eliminates the need to manually input each individual due date, making it much easier to set up your course.

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  TA Role: You can now add TAs to your courses and grant them grading permissions while limiting other instructor rights. This streamlines course management by enabling TAs to interact with the Gradebook as "restricted instructors," allowing easy addition or removal of TAs as needed.

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  Bulk Due Date Extension: Easily extend due dates in bulk for Achieve assignments, for individuals or groups. This is invaluable for students struggling to meet deadlines, allowing you to give extra time without the hassle of adjusting each assignment individually.

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  Drag and Drop Due Date Extension from Calendar: Adjust assignment due dates directly from the calendar for individual students, groups, or the whole class. This feature saves time and simplifies the process of granting extensions.

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  Reopen and Reset Timed Quizzes: Timed quizzes can now be reopened and reset, enabling students to continue from where they left off or start anew. This option is available for all quiz types, including Multi-Take Quiz, making quiz retakes more manageable.

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  Interactive Video Assessment: Introduce your students to concepts with a new, engaging assessment experience that intersperses knowledge check questions within high-quality video content. This feature offers visibility into students' assessment experiences while addressing the rising need for immersive learning and is available within a growing set of courses.

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  Video Exploration Assessments: Limited to Developmental Psychology, this enhanced version of interactive activities (formerly known as “Video Activities”) combines valuable, engaging content with assessment questions. Gain visibility into your student's work and guide them as they progress, creating a more effective and comprehensive learning experience.

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  Accessibility and User Interface Updates for Writing Tools: Experience improved guidance and support in setting up and managing writing assignments. Our improved usability and design features make it simple to navigate, create writing assignments, and monitor student progress.

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  Assessment Response Tab: New navigation makes it easier for you to locate and access essential Assessment data. This change prioritizes what you need by making student insights even easier to find.

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  Pre-authored Quizzing in iClicker: iClicker Pre-Authored Quizzing allows you to display pre-authored questions in the mobile student app and upload quiz questions as PDFs for self-paced quizzing during synchronous class time. This practical feature saves time on creating, administering, and grading quizzes, enabling you to concentrate on student engagement.

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  iClicker Groups: *iClicker Groups make it easy for you to set up and conduct group activities and manage group collaborations. This new polling feature guides students through consensus-building, promotes peer-to-peer learning, and ensures every voice is heard. By requiring consensus before answer submission, it encourages active participation by all group members and interaction among students and helps to add the value of group learning — only a click away on the iClicker toolbar.

  *iClicker is included at no extra fee to students in most Achieve courses.

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  Allow Late Submissions

  WHAT IT IS: Gives instructors the option to allow late assignments and set the grade impact. Applies to the many assignment options in Achieve: Learning Curve, Read & Practice, Links, Files, Interactives, readings, in-class activity guides, Smart Worksheets, ESHA (a 3rd party nutrition tracking tool used for Analyze my Diet Activities), and GoReact Video Assignments.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Enhances connections to individual student needs and offers instructors greater flexibility to have assigned practice (e.g. Learning Curve) and late submissions count towards completion grades.

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  Grade All Drafts

  WHAT IT IS: Continues to enhance grading capabilities by adding the ability to grade drafts including peer reviews. For students, allows them to see due dates for drafts and gradebook entries in the LMS for all writing assignments, including drafts and peer review.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Helps students manage due dates and gain greater visibility into gradebook entries and gives instructors the flexibility to grade interim - not just final - drafts. Especially helpful in courses that use writing assignments.

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  Added Content Selection Options

  WHAT IT IS: Adds additional content categories to enable enhanced search capability and helps to convey the purpose of the content.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Helps instructors more easily find and understand the purpose of the most highly sought-after and high-value content.

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  Added Aides to Finding Assessment Questions By Type:

  WHAT IT IS: Adds a new search and filter option in the assessment question bank to identify which questions contain variable content.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Makes it easier for instructors to find the questions that will provide additional randomization within their assessments, which assists in cheating prevention.

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  Improvements to Time-on-Task Insights Cards

  WHAT IT IS: New in Fall 2022, Time-on-Task Insights Cards enable instructors to proactively communicate estimated time to complete assignments. Aggregated time-on-task data also makes it easy for instructors to identify time-on-task outliers.

  NEW - SPRING 2023: Introduces new navigation for Insight Cards section of Achieve that allows instructors to choose the data they want to see in half the clicks and revamps insight cards to address feedback on desired data insights to display.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Helps students plan and manage their time for assignments. Helps instructors identify area for intervention and detect cheating; research demonstrates a direct connection between time pressure and increased likelihood to cheat.

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  Easier Assignment Sync with Canvas

  WHAT IT IS: Gives instructors the ability to deploy an assignment directly from Achieve to their Canvas course. Instructors can organize assignments into Canvas modules directly from Achieve, change Achieve resources and have them refresh automatically in Canvas. Changes made in Achieve will automatically reflect in Canvas.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Makes it easier to push assignments to Canvas from Achieve by reducing steps instructors need to take and removes the need for a content refresh. For more information including how to link your course in Canvas, please see the updated Instructor guide.

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  Category and Course Total Grade Sync with Blackboard

  WHAT IT IS: Offers options for instructors using Blackboard LTI Advantage for how they want grades to sync; introduces the ability to automatically sync individual, category, and course totals.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Creates options for how instructors can view Achieve grades in the LMS gradebook.

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  iClicker Screen Capture

  WHAT IT IS: Shares screen captures with students in the iClicker mobile student application without having to activate the polling feature.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Facilitates sharing of content with students to help them use iClicker for studying after class. With iClicker’s Study Tools, students get a copy of content, polls, quizzes, and other material shared and can create flashcards or a practice test for review.

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  GoReact Video Assignments

  WHAT IT IS: Supports video assignments in Public Speaking and Human Communication courses via technology integration with GoReact. Enables feedback that aligns with specific points in the video.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Helps students by giving them a way to easily submit videos and comment on videos as part of their speech communication assignments. For instructors, the feature makes it easy to collect, track and provide feedback on video assignments or make video content available for student comments.

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  Achieve Editable E-books

  WHAT IT IS: Introduces a new way to create and edit Custom Achieve e-books using VitalSource Studio bringing together custom-authored content with video, images, and assessments created by Macmillan. Facilitates creation and self-editing for the author and allows ongoing edits to be made and published to Achieve quickly.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Gives authors greater ability to update their own content as needed - before and after publishing the course in Achieve. Provides the flexibility of custom digital publishing with the added benefit of interactive elements like videos and assessments. By publishing to Achieve get added benefits of accessibility, Goal Setting & Reflection Surveys, Insights and Reports, LMS integration and more.

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  Lab Simulations 2.0

  WHAT IT IS: Adds even greater support for accessibility by adding features such as colorblind mode and keyboard navigation. Simulations available for Biology and Chemistry labs take lab learning beyond the classroom. The new lab environment now has in-lab procedures and a lab notebook integrated for an improved student experience.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Enhanced simulations provide improved lab access to all students, regardless of location or ability. All-in-one lab environment prevents the need to leave the lab simulation or use paper.

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  Lab Smart Worksheets

  WHAT IT IS: Helps students learn, check, and progress in data entry associated with their labs by providing specific, targeted feedback in an auto-graded assignment. Includes features such as graphing, balancing equations, complex calculations and timeline mode.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Improves student data analysis skills by allowing them to work through the Smart Worksheet with their own lab data while receiving guided feedback and hints along the way. Helps students learn through the guided experience and avoid the frustrations of missed calculations which can compound during an experiment. Saves instructors time grading and provides grade consistency

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  Video with Integrated Assessment

  WHAT IT IS: Introduces a new pause-and-play video assessment student experience in a limited beta trial (by invitation only). Videos are paired with assessment questions in a low-stakes, engaging environment. The student is prompted to watch a video, which pauses at designated checkpoints, to present the students with questions to test their understanding.

  WHY IT MATTERS: Allows students to have a low-stakes assessment experience that promotes learning with video and addresses instructor needs to better assess learning. Limited beta (invitation only)