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New: Lesson Authoring Templates (and Template-less Lessons!) Posted by meaghan on Dec 14, 2022 in For Instructors, New in Lesson Authoring
If you’ve ever authored a lesson in the CL-150 lesson authoring tool, you’re probably familiar with this process: add your text > select vocab > edit vocab > select learning activities. But what if your lesson isn’t based on a text? Or you don’t want to add vocab? The latest update gives you significantly more…
Lesson Authoring Updates: New Assessments, Assessment-Only Lessons, and More Posted by meaghan on Mar 16, 2022 in For Instructors, New in Lesson Authoring
There’s no such thing as too much customization. That was our guiding principle during the latest batch of Lesson Authoring updates! You now have more control than ever over your custom lessons, including: New assessment activities Lesson authors can now choose from seven new graded assessment activities. These activities can be included in end-of-lesson assessments…
Author & Assign Custom Lessons Faster Posted by meaghan on Sep 15, 2021 in For Instructors, New in Lesson Authoring
You’ve got a lot to cover to ensure your students are ready to use the language on the job: vocabulary, grammar, listening and reading comprehension, and beyond. The CL-150 Lesson Authoring tool makes it possible to create and assign lessons focused on any topic or skill at any level—and it’s now faster than ever. Find…
Providing context with image-based activities Posted by meaghan on Oct 2, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, Lesson Authoring Tips, New in CL-150 Cohorts, New in Lesson Authoring
Earlier in 2020, we introduced two image-based learning activities to the CL-150 Platform. Lesson authors can include flat or 360-degree images and label them with relevant vocabulary items or annotations. Our team is including the Image Explorer activities to CL-150 Cohort lessons to provide geographical, cultural, and historical context—here are a few examples you can…
New CL-150 Grammar Activities: Transform It Posted by meaghan on Jun 22, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, New in Lesson Authoring
Two new grammar-focused activities are now available in CL-150 Lesson Authoring and upcoming learning materials, including weekly CL-150 Cohort lessons. Two new grammar-focused learning activities—Transform & Say It and Transform & Write It—are now available to all CL-150 lesson authors and will appear in upcoming materials created by our team. These activities challenge learners to…
New CL-150 Learning Activities: Image Explorer Activities Posted by meaghan on Apr 23, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, New in Lesson Authoring
Two new image-based activities are now available in CL-150 Lesson Authoring and upcoming CL-150 lessons. To help learners more vividly visualize language and explore culture, we’ve added two new interactive image activities to the CL-150 Platform: Image Explorer – Preview It and Image Explorer – Locate It. Both activities work with flat images and 360-degree…
New CL-150 Learning Activity: Transcribe It Posted by meaghan on Apr 16, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, New in CL-150 Cohorts, New in Lesson Authoring
A transcription activity is coming to CL-150 Cohort lessons—and it’s already available for your custom lessons in Lesson Authoring! Listening is a deceptively complicated language skill, and nothing highlights that quite as clearly as simply trying to accurately write down what you’ve just heard, a skill known as transcription. To target higher level listening skills…