Product News and Updates: Aspire

• We enhanced the journal experience in Aspire.

  • Courses now display journal prompts as a distinct activity, with a green box outlining the prompt.

  • Select Save Response to complete the activity and activate the Next button to advance through the course.

  • We added a new journal page to the top navigation menu, where you are able to review, edit, download, and print journal entries, as well as search, filter, and select favorite entries.

• We added a first-time user guide for participants, leaders, and course managers. Everyone with a new account in Aspire will see this guide upon first login.

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• Leaders will now receive certificates for completing Check for Understanding (CFU) assessments at the end of each course.

  • For CFUs you have already completed, you are able to attempt the assessment again and obtain a certificate.

• Leaders are now able to earn a certificate for the comprehensive posttest after completing all CFU assessments for all courses in Aspire.

• Course managers can now see leader progress via the Individual Overview page.

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• We moved the Favorites Filter from the Types dropdown menu for easier access. Now find it on a separate toggle on the Resource Library.

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The Pathway Posttest

We added pathway posttests for participants who complete all courses in a pathway.

The pathway posttest will include questions related only to the courses in the pathway.

Participants in a pathway will only have access to their pathway posttest, not the comprehensive posttest.

For Course Managers: Pathways updates to the Individual Overview page

We added a Pathways tab to the Individual Overview page to view participant progress through a pathway.

We also added pathway posttest scores to the Domain Performance graph.

For Course Managers: posttest scores on the Cohort Overview page

We added the ability for course managers to see posttest scores on the Cohort Overview page.

Pathway cohorts will display pathway posttest scores. Regular cohorts will display comprehensive posttest scores.

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Pathways

We added Aspire Pathways, which allow course managers to assign a custom set and order for participants to take Aspire courses and assessments.

Course Managers and leaders: refer to our FAQ.

Participants: learn more about navigating a pathway.

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Comprehensive Posttest

We added an optional Posttest to Aspire!

The Posttest is available on the participant dashboard.

Leaders and Course Managers will be able to see participants' Posttest scores.

For more information on the Posttest, see: Aspire Assessments - Overview.

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We revised courses in the Reading Comprehension domain.

• New participants will automatically see the new courses.

• Participants who already completed the courses do not need to retake the revised versions of these courses, but can view them.

• Participants who are actively completing these courses can continue without starting over. If you prefer to start over and take the revised version of the course, you are able to quit the course and reset all of your progress, but this is not required.

• Leaders are able to see all new course content.

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Download Certificates

We added the ability for course managers to download all certificates for any participant via the Individual Overview page.

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License Set Dashboards

We added a License Sets tab on the home page for course managers and leaders. Select this tab to navigate to the License Set Overview page, where you will find progress and performance information for participants who are assigned licenses from a given license set.

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Course Detail Report

We added the Course Detail Report for Course Managers and Leaders to view participant progress and performance across all courses.

Find the Course Detail Report in the new Reports tab.

User Status Filter

We added a new filter called User Type to many of the reporting pages. This filter allows you to include or exclude deactivated users from a report.

Find this filter on individual license set pages, the All Licensed Participants/Leaders tab, the Manage People page, and the Manage Cohort page.

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Course Revisions

We updated courses in the Language Comprehension domain.

• Participants: New participants will see the new course content by default. If you have completed a previous version of a course we revised, you are able to see the new content, but you do not have to redo the course. If you are currently in progress, you are able to continue on in the previous version and will receive credit.

• Leaders: You have immediate access to all new course content to review and complete new activities and Checks for Understanding.

  Leaders have access to view the previous version of courses (from both the July and August updates).

  Navigate to the Courses page, select Open Course or View Course on a course card, and select Previous on the Course Details page to view the previous version of that course.

  For more information, see For Leaders: Viewing a previous version of a course in Aspire.

• Course Managers: To view which version of a course an individual participant completed, navigate to your Individual Overview page and view the new Version column.

To learn more about the course revisions and how they will affect your experience and progress, see Aspire 2024 Course Revisions.

New Assessment Course

We added a new Assessments in Literacy course: "Data to Inform Instruction."

When participants complete the first Assessments in Literacy course, they unlock this new course. Leaders have immediate access.