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title: The Amplify ELA newsletter | Wow—how time flies!
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| Where did the summer go? Web view › We hope you found rest and refreshment this summer and feel excited about the upcoming year. Back-to-school season is a busy time, and you probably have a lot on your mind.  As your partner in education, we want you to know that Amplify is here to help. Have you checked out our new online resource, start.amplify.com? We designed it with you in mind—it includes resources to help you access and use the platform, details on curriculum materials, student and caregiver support, answers to frequently asked questions, and more.  Don’t miss the ELA Quick Start page! It’s packed with details to give you a jump-start on the year and offers program recommendations by grade level. Keep checking back, because we’re working on new training tips and videos—coming soon! We know your hands and schedule are full this time of year, so we designed start.amplify.com and its ELA Quick Start page to help you. Plus—you can now find details on our upcoming webinar series, Back to Basics: Getting started with Amplify ELA, in the start.amplify ELA page “Announcements” area. Be sure to register today! We hope this information will be valuable to you in the weeks and months ahead. Watch for lots more to come on start.amplify.  And if you're looking for a fun and interactive way to welcome your students back to school in style, just download and print this fun card for your students to fill out as they return for the school year! Calendar Back to Basics: Getting started with Amplify ELA Sign up now to join Amplify experts on a three-part series covering the key things you need to know to get started or freshen up your ELA skills. Each session will include a time for Q&A and all attendees will receive a checklist of activities related to what you learned in the session. Amplify ELA 101: Tuesday, September 14 Amplify ELA 201: Thursday, September 30 Amplify ELA 301: Tuesday, October 12 Register today!› Spotlight Hallie Webster Custer School District, SD “My students really love reading from the Library. I assign a book summary from there of their choice and they always love the variety of the choices.” Do you know an Amplify educator who deserves some recognition? Each featured educator will receive a special gift from us. Submit a nomination› Advice and answers Always improving! Have you heard about the improvements, new features, and additional options we’ve added to Amplify ELA for teachers and students? Explore what’s new for the 2021–2022 school year, including: Receive an alert each time students hand in or resubmit activities in Classwork. New Use of Evidence auto score and Conventions details toggle. Amplify uptime Each month we share our historical uptime for your Amplify program. During the month of July, the Amplify ELA uptime was 100%. Learn more about uptime and subscribe to status updates to stay informed. Customer insights We want to hear from you! Answer the questions below and we’ll share the results with you next month. Today’s poll: What are your preferred methods of learning? Reading › Listening › Watching › Practicing › Other: › We asked and you responded: What new feature are you most excited about?     47.5% • Submission notifications in Classwork     25% • Automatic Writing Evaluation (AWE) improvements     11.25% • Literary modules     6.25% • Assign in Amplify     3.75% • Downloadable QR codes for simplified student login     3.75% • New Novel Guides     2.5% • Schoology grade sync     0% • Assign in Microsoft Teams Let's connect Our Amplify ELA Facebook group is a community of ELA educators from across the country. In this space we share best practices, ideas, and support on everything from implementation to instruction.  Join today and get connected. Who knows, you might have an opportunity to get in on some giveaways! We recently asked what book(s) are on your summer reading list and Brittany Rudolph Montgomery was our contest winner!  Join us› © 2021 Amplify Education, Inc., 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 Update email preferences  \|  Unsubscribe |
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