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1. Hamjamiyat
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Personally, I think this is a terrible change, although allowing coaches to switch the requirement to 100% would allow us to mimic the old behaviour. Personally, I think that the default should be ...

1. Hamjamiyat
2. Classroom Product Questions and Feedback
3. Where is the grid??

Thanks for the clarification, Doug. In my view, replacing the grid view with the "assignment progress" of the new dashboard is contrary to the original mastery learning intent of Khan Academy. Wher...

1. Hamjamiyat
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3. Update: New way for skills to count as "Practiced"

Isaiah, nobody is suggesting that student don't like it. Most people like success to be easier. The concern here is that the changes are worse for learning. You might not have liked doing another 5...

1. Hamjamiyat
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3. Update: New way for skills to count as "Practiced"

Thanks John, You're right, I lack sufficient familiarity with the assignment tool to comment properly - my observations are based only on what I've seen so far. It seems that there is more flexibil...

1. Hamjamiyat
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Sorry John but legitimate concerns about loss of functionality cannot be simply dismissed as "negative reaction" The positive spin you suggest is only possible if teachers "require" extra work of t...

1. Hamjamiyat
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3. Update: Assign any piece of content on Khan Academy with Assignments!

Other than access to videos, what does this add that could not be achieved with the old recommendations? Recommendations could have due dates and it was easy enough to recommend to a whole class th...

1. Hamjamiyat
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3. Teachers want the old progress page (please upvote!)

Agree with all of the above. I've tried to use the new progress page but the blunt reality is that most of the information I need simply isn't there and the rest of the information is tedious to ac...

1. Hamjamiyat
2. Classroom Product Questions and Feedback
3. Where is the grid??

@MrsLeifield, you are extremely fortunate to have a class where all of your students need the same practice and skills at the same time. For most of us, this is not true and Khan Academy *was* the ...

1. Hamjamiyat
2. News and Updates from Khan Academy
3. Update: New way for skills to count as "Practiced"

Thanks Doug very interesting data. I teach at senior secondary and have noticed the same pattern but my reaction to it is different to yours. To me, this is an accurate reflection on the reality of...

1. Hamjamiyat
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3. Update: New way for skills to count as "Practiced"

...the team is always looking for feedback to improve and better the system for both sides Seriously? There are no "both sides" here, just different users who use the tools in different (but overla...