Product Updates

Introducing In-Classroom Chat for BookNook! We’re thrilled to announce our latest addition to the BookNook reading classroom: a built-in text-based tool enabling tutors and students to message back and forth. Instant, Text-Based Communication: The chat feature allows seamless back-and-forth between students and tutors, helping resolve questions in real-time. Easy Access: Tutors and students can access the chat tool with a simple click on the chat icon in the left-hand sidebar. Streamlined...

We’re excited to introduce BookNook Math, a powerful, research-based learning environment crafted to support math intervention and help students grow in math instructional areas. Purpose-Built for Intervention: BookNook Math is designed specifically for intervention, using a research-based approach to target the essential concepts and skills at each grade level. An intentional sequence of learning ensures students build strong, lasting math foundations. Focused, Standards-Aligned Lesson Design:...

New Embedded Audio & Video for BookNook Reading Tutoring! We’re excited to introduce embedded, two-way audio and video directly within the BookNook reading classroom! This seamless, built-in communication tool allows tutors and learners to connect effortlessly within the BookNook reading classroom. Interactive and Built Right In: With the new two way embedded audio and video feature, tutors and students can see and hear each other live in the reading classroom itself. Embedded video and...

Student names have been added to the student games while they’re waiting for their session to begin. This will make it easier for students and teachers to ensure the student is in the correct account when using a shared device. Accessibility improvements for multi-select drop-downs and search boxes.

Revamped the rostering system for all new programs at BookNook to make rostering during implementation a breeze. Reduced the number of steps needed for program configuration during implementations. Improved the tutor scheduling experience to continue to provide an excellent experience for BookNook tutors. Simplified user interface to make creating new programs a piece of cake.

We’re working on some BIG things (hint, hint). In the meantime, here are some quick updates and enhancements we’ve made to BookNook this month: PLATFORM UPDATES + BUG FIXES Improved layout of the reading classroom so books can be opened when answering questions as expected Resolved a bug when capturing student attendance if they had a connection issue within the first minute of joining a session

This month, we have some exciting quality-of-life improvements to share with you, including: Usability improvements to the Students export on the Students tab Streamlined a tutor’s ability to enable Spanish support during a reading lesson

Happy New Year! This month, we’ve continued with some incremental improvements to the platform, including the following items: Improved tracking for changes to tutoring appointments Updated a student’s reading level history to better align with BookNook lesson bands (released in November 2023) Front end UI general improvements

Updated connections between the Tutor Portal and the BookNook platform Fixed student appointment counts on the student attendance report Fixed issue with bulk updated appointments reporting incorrectly Improved network error handling during user connection issues

BookNook Lesson Bands are designed to elevate your tutoring experience, providing a structured and comprehensive approach to organizing our lesson content. Now, each grade level from K-8 will have three distinct Lesson Bands: Beginning of year (BOY) Middle of year (MOY) End of year (EOY) Within each band, you'll find lessons meeting the rigor and expectations for that time of year in the corresponding grade level.  This is determined by lesson components such as text complexity,...