Concept Builders Version 2.0

We have been working very hard on Concept Builders these past two months. We are about to release Version 2.0 of the program. Our developer, who is also a high school Physics teacher, has been testing Version 2 with his own students. He reports that it is working very well. There are some improvements needed with the Teacher module. Once done, Version 2 Concept Builders will be available for "public consumption."

So what is a Version 2 Concept Builder? A Version 2 Concept Builder is like a typical Concept Builder with some added functionality. The additions allow students and teachers to use an account and log-in system in combination with the Concept Builders, allowing student progress on a Concept Builder to be automatically saved and retrieved during the session. So with Version 2, a teacher creates an account, makes courses, adds students to the courses (a very easy task), and decides on what Concept Builders will be assigned to each class. The chosen Concept Builders then populate an Assignment Board that students can view. Students then log into our website and view their assigned Concept Builders. Once they start the Concept Builder (by a click on a link on their Assignment Board), the Concept Builder opens and their username is atuomatically displayed in the Name Entry field. When the Main Menu screen opens, the trophies for any previously completed Difficulty Levels will be displayed. As the student complete Difficulty Level,s the details are stored in a database, allowing teachers to view progress for each student on each assignment. 

We have never recommended using Concept Builders as out-of-the-classroom assignments. There has simply been no means of keeping track of student completion of the work. With Version 2, all that will change. Teachers who love CBs and who have been desparate to assign them have typically resorted to a screen-shot method ("Take a screen of your Main Menu with the trophies displayed.") As we feared, students of such teachers typically learned that such screen shots can be easily PhotoShopped. Now with Version 2 Concept Builders there will be no more need to screen shot one's trophies. Simply acquire an account, populate your classes with students, and confidently assign Concept Builders for homework. (But don't forget, they still work great in the classroom as well.)

So in a few short weeks, we will be announcing the opportunity to try out Version 2.0 for FREE. Stay tuned. And once announced, please join in and see why we are so excited about Version 2.0 Concept Builders. Learn more about Version 2 on our website at:

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Concept-Builders/Version-2