{"id":4317,"date":"2016-06-15T06:01:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T10:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=4317"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:02:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:02:02","slug":"welcome-to-transparent-language-online-1-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2016\/06\/15\/welcome-to-transparent-language-online-1-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Transparent Language Online 1.11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, we launched <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2014\/11\/17\/say-hello-to-the-new-transparent-language-online\/\">a new version<\/a> of Transparent Language Online, featuring a more intuitive design, customizable learning path, and support on more mobile platforms, among other upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve enjoyed reviewing feedback from the many teachers, librarians, and individuals using the new system. While much of it was positive, there\u2019s always room for improvement. In response to user feedback and feature requests, we\u2019re very proud to launch version 1.11 of Transparent Language Online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learners can enjoy the following new features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2016\/05\/11\/practice-activities-in-transparent-language-online\/\"><strong>Practice Activities<\/strong><\/a>\u2014You choose which topics and skills you want to practice (and you now have more activities to choose from, including 2 new reading activities, 1 speaking activity, and 1 typing activity.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Practicing on <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2015\/10\/14\/how-to-remember-not-to-forget-a-language\/\"><strong>Learned Vocab<\/strong><\/a>\u2014You can now use any Practice Activity with your Learned Vocab (though this will <em>not<\/em> refresh your stale vocab.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Quiz Activities<\/strong>\u2014Want to quiz yourself before taking an assessment? Found in the Practice tab, Quiz Activities function the same as Practice Activities, but provide a score and feedback at the end.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/\" aria-label=\"Quiz 1024x494\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4320\"  alt=\"Quiz\" width=\"615\" height=\"297\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz-1024x494.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz-1024x494.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz-350x169.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>14 Refactored Activities<\/strong>\u2014Spend less time loading activities and more time learning!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Administrators and educators will benefit from the following new features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Improved List Authoring<\/strong>\u2014List authoring has graduated from Flash to HTML5 and sports a new design for faster, easier list creation.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4319\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/lesson-authoring-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"lesson authoring\" width=\"624\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/lesson-authoring-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/lesson-authoring-350x204.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/lesson-authoring-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/lesson-authoring.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Admin Control Updates<\/strong>\u2014Admins can now enable\/disable the \u201cMark as Learned\u201d feature, that previously allowed learners to manually designate a lesson as complete.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Class Code Length Increase<\/strong>\u2014Admins can now create unique class codes, used to register students in a specific online class, up to 32 characters in length.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Removed Test Out Option<\/strong>\u2014Learners can no longer \u201cTest Out\u201d of a lesson or unit, ensuring your students are completing all required content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>And what would an update be without some design upgrades:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Language Selector\u2014<\/strong>The new language selector design makes it easier to switch your native language and choose from available language pairs.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4318\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Language-selector-confirmation.jpg\" alt=\"Language selector confirmation\" width=\"640\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Language-selector-confirmation.jpg 964w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Language-selector-confirmation-350x137.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Language-selector-confirmation-768x301.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Main Menu<\/strong>\u2014The navigation bar in the Learning Path has been moved up to feature the Browse button more prominently and make it easier to find what you want to learn.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assessment Titles<\/strong>\u2014Assessments are highlighted in a different color in the Learning Path to differentiate them from lessons or other content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learned Vocab<\/strong>\u2014The Learned Vocab chart will now show the proportion of stale to learned items.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/libraries\/find-transparent-language-online.html\">Find a library near you<\/a> that offers Transparent Language Online.\u00a0None close by? Print this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/home\/docs\/transparent-language-online-libraries-datasheet.pdf\">info card<\/a>\u00a0and bring it to your local librarians to let them know you\u2019re interested, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/personal\/transparent-language-online.html\">sign up for the free trial!<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz-350x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz-350x169.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz-1024x494.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/05\/Quiz.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Last year, we launched a new version of Transparent Language Online, featuring a more intuitive design, customizable learning path, and support on more mobile platforms, among other upgrades. We\u2019ve enjoyed reviewing feedback from the many teachers, librarians, and individuals using the new system. While much of it was positive, there\u2019s always room for improvement. In&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2016\/06\/15\/welcome-to-transparent-language-online-1-11\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[520016,543323],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4317","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-learners","category-learning-feature-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4317"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7043,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4317\/revisions\/7043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}