{"id":48,"date":"2019-05-02T06:59:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T06:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/?p=48"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:47:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:47:30","slug":"new-in-lesson-authoring-lesson-unlocking-excel-import-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/2019\/05\/02\/new-in-lesson-authoring-lesson-unlocking-excel-import-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New in Lesson Authoring: Lesson Unlocking, Excel Import, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently added another batch of features and updates to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/2020\/04\/06\/digitize-your-learning-materials\/\">CL-150 Lesson Authoring<\/a>, the lesson creation technology for quickly building compelling, multi-activity language lessons that work on almost all common smartphones, tablets and laptops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Unlocking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We listened to your feedback about lesson unlocking\u2014we know how painful it was to lose progress when editing the lesson text, even just to fix a typo. But no more! Authors can now make changes to the lesson text on the Text Details screen without losing any progress. Once you make your changes and click Save and Continue, a message will warn you which activities need to be updated to maintain consistency. You&#8217;ll also see reminders on the Activity Selection screen, where certain activities will have a &#8220;Needs Review&#8221; label.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-170\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-unlocking.png\" alt=\"cl-150 lesson unlocking\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-unlocking.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-unlocking-350x219.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excel and B4X Import<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vocab items can now be imported from an Excel (.xlsx) file. Want to re-use vocab items from an existing list in the CL-150? Download the B4X and import it on the Vocab Editing screen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/b4x-import.png\" alt=\"b4x import\" width=\"600\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/b4x-import.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/b4x-import-350x161.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vocab Editing &#8211; Autogenerate Transliteration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can now autogenerate transliteration for vocab items using the &#8220;Transliterate All&#8221; button. Transliterations are powered by Google Translate&#8217;s Transliteration service and can be edited after generation if any adjustments are needed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-transliteration.png\" alt=\"cl-150 lesson authoring transliteration\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-transliteration.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-transliteration-350x208.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Table Activity Configuration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colors and font style formatting can now be imported from an Excel (.xlsx) file. Authors can create tables in Excel with font colors and other formatting, which will be retained when imported into LessonGin in the Table activity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-173\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-table-activity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-table-activity.png 961w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-table-activity-350x197.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-table-activity-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Slide Show Activity Configuration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Slide Show activity now supports line breaks, making it easier to format longer slides.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-slide-show.png\" alt=\"cl-150 lesson authoring slide show\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-slide-show.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-authoring-slide-show-350x197.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson PDF Access<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lesson workbook is now accessible inside the lesson menu, under &#8220;Print\/Save&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-175\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-pdf.png\" alt=\"cl-150 lesson pdf\" width=\"600\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-pdf.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-lesson-pdf-350x167.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>As with all new content and features, we welcome feedback on LessonGin. Please reach out to us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:usg@transparent.com\">usg@transparent.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-2-may-1-350x219.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-2-may-1-350x219.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2019\/05\/cl-150-2-may-1.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>We recently added another batch of features and updates to CL-150 Lesson Authoring, the lesson creation technology for quickly building compelling, multi-activity language lessons that work on almost all common smartphones, tablets and laptops. 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