April 26, 2022 Release Highlights and Other Important Notes

April 26, 2022 Release Highlights and Other Important Notes

Our upcoming release is planned for the early evening of Monday, April 25, 2022. Sirius Online will be down starting at 7 PM CST for possibly one or two hours. Please note the following special announcements:

  1. “Live” Jumpstart Webinar Series. A live Introduction to Sirius Online Jumpstart Webinar for teachers (Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:45 PM), as well as Introduction to Reporting for administrators every other Wednesday at 3:45 PM. To learn more about signup, see: https://forms.gle/vtBaxohibwDQyBS18

  2. Introduction to Sirius Online Jumpstart eLearning Module: A brief 30 minute introductory course for teachers, coaches, trainers, administrators, or anyone who supports instruction for Sirius Programs.

  3. Friendly monthly reminder about releasing scores to reports: Link

Thank you!

The Sirius Online Team

Release Highlights


Customer Facing


Co-teachers Join a Class (at Rostered Districts)

Self registering co-teachers (including tutors) at rostered districts or schools can now join any number of classes as a co-teacher without having to create separate accounts. They simply click Join a Class, select Join a Class, then Save, and then enter the Co-Teacher Access Code listed in each new class settings that a teacher can provide.


Teacher Notes behavior - Global turn on/off

Teachers who view Teacher Notes can navigate through slides and view notes without having to slide out the panel with each new slide with notes.

MathType (Wiris) Improvements

To provide students a simpler MathType interface so that entering math expressions is easier and less confusing based on grade levels 3-5 and beyond.

Course Screen Design Improvements

Removal of Class Name from screen to better consolidate the design focus on content (Class Name is in the breadcrumb trail).

Reports: filtered by groups 

Can now be filtered by groups in Class Detail screens added.


Admin Reports: Schools

Fixed an issue where not all Schools were displaying on the My Schools screen for

the District Admins

Gradebook; Exclude item slowness corrected

Performance improvements in the scorecard associated with lessons displaying 

Mathematical expressions, including in item exclusion.