January 2011
2 posts
SOLARO
Our friends at Notion Ink showed their cool new Android tablet “Adam” last week at CES … and SOLARO was on its desktop. Here is a vid showing SOLARO in action on the Adam http://notionink.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/adam-for-students-solaro/
We can’t wait to see this in every student’s hands.
If you want to learn more about SOLARO and how we want to bring education...
SOLARO and the California Sun!
SOLARO is ready for California. Lessons and practice questions are 100% aligned to the California state standards.
For the lower grades we have:
Math 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7;
Science 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; and
English Language Arts 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
For the higher grades SOLARO offers:
Algebra I;
Algebra II;
Geometry;
Probability and Statistics;
Trigonometry;
CAHSEE Math;
...
December 2010
1 post
SOLARO is Free for Schools
Teachers and Principals! SOLARO believes that every child should have access to high quality learning resources, practice and remediation online and for free. We are offering SOLARO for free to public schools in the United States and Canada so students, while at school, have a trusted place to turn — and teachers have a repository of high-quality, standards-aligned resources to draw...
May 2010
4 posts
iPad Assessments
You can assess what you have learned on the go! The iPad assessments are located with the content that the assessments are related to. In horizontal view, you will see a menu on the left-hand side of the screen. This is a list of all of the questions on the test. The list will make it easy for you to jump from question to question. You can also move between questions by using the Next and...
Parent Account Changes
Significant changes to the parent account include:
Tabbed view of student accounts so you can switch between your students faster.
Easier to change passwords and profile information.
Revamped parent reporting makes it easier to understand how your students are doing.
User interface improved to make everything in the parent’s account more accessible. Your children don’t have their own e-mail...
iPad Application
Have you checked out the iPad application yet? We launched the iPad SOLARO™ App on the same day the iPad was made available in the US. It is really cool! It looks very similar to the App for the iPhone and iTouch, so if you have used that App, you should know your way around in the iPad App. To start your SOLARO™ session, download the application to your iPad and log in with your account’s e-mail...
Problems with SOLARO™ Activation Emails.
Did you sign up for SOLARO™ last night but can’t seem to find that pesky activation email?
Yeah, sorry about that.
Around 1AM CST we started experiencing issues where outgoing mail was being blocked. The issue persisted till 12:30PM CST but things should be back to normal now. Hotmail users may still be experiencing some problems - we are working through them as quickly as we can.
If...
April 2010
5 posts
iPhone iTouch and iPad App Available!
SOLARO is now in the Apple iTunes App Store!
There are two versions of SOLARO™: on the iTunes store.
SOLARO Mobile™ (for the iPhone and iPod Touch)
SOLARO™ (for the iPad)
This is a really cool, new way to use SOLARO every day (What a great reason to convince your parents to buy you an iPhone or iTouch!). Jump into the iTunes store and download the SOLARO App for your iPhone or...
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SOLARO™ Mobile for iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad
Great News! SOLARO™ is now in the Apple iTunes App Store
SOLARO™ and SOLARO Mobile™ are for Students - SOLARO™ Parent is in development and will be coming soon
There are two versions of SOLARO™:
SOLARO Mobile™ (for the iPhone and iPod Touch)
SOLARO™ (for the iPad)
Both version of SOLARO™ Mobile allow students to:
Access Lessons, Notes, Quizzes and Tests from their iPhone or iPod Touch.
...
SOLARO™ Update
SOLARO™ was just update with a focus on improvements to the parent interface.
We will give you the details of all the new features over the next few days but I thought I’d let you know the top three changes that we have made:
This is the big one - parents can add students without their own email address. This should really help families that share an email account.
We have simplified...
Activation E-mails
Just to let you know, you may not be able to receive your activation e-mail on an MSN Hotmail account. If you are using Hotmail for your profile e-mail account and are having this issue, please try a different e-mail account (Gmail, etc.)
Let us know if there are any further issues. E-mail support@solaro.com
Printing Your Notes.
Have you seen the new features in the note section? You can now put your notes into a single PDF. Then you can keep the PDF to study later or print it off for a hardcopy to study from. It is an easy process: • After you have made your notes, go into the note tab. • Select the notes you want to print in the PDF. • Click on the Print button.
The PDF will be formatted with a Table of...
March 2010
5 posts
Where are my Notes?
Are you a chronic note taker? Notes always make studying easier because you can see what is important at a glance or see the concepts you want to explore further.
SOLARO™ now allows you to highlight the text of the lesson you want to refer to and make a note about it.
Great! I made a note, now what?
It is easy to find your notes so you can refer to them later. After you create a note, you...
General Changes
SOLARO™ is changing for the better! The My SOLARO page has been re-organized so you can see what is important to you at a glance. Rewards, Star points, and the Assessment Report Chart are available in a new, easy viewing format.
Also, with the new changes come new opportunities to create a customized avatar that really represents you. This way you can put your personal touch in the SOLARO™...
Navigation Changes
Navigation in lessons has changed. Now you can see a “breadcrumb” trail of where you are in the lesson structure, and related information will drop down as you hover over the different levels in the lesson structure.
Now you don’t have to guess which lesson you should cover next. You can just grab the next related lesson and be back in the thick of it.
Pull out tabs
Tabs are gone! You no longer have to click on the side of the page to see what people are discussing about your current lesson. Now you can see the related questions at the bottom of the lesson you are working on. The cloze questions are just above the discussions. The cloze question will check your understanding of what you just read. All in all, it is much easier to find what you need as you...
SOLARO™ Beta Program Updates
In the next two weeks we will be introducing changes to SOLARO™ based on the feedback you have been providing. THANK YOU!
Some of the new goodies include:
Notes upgrade - notes are now easier to use, organized in a new note viewer and printable.
Navigation changes - we are working on reducing the number of clicks between you and your lesson or quiz.
Extended Dashboard - the dashboard now...
January 2010
1 post
SOLARO™ Beta Now Online
I am excited to announce that the SOLARO™ Beta site is now accepting registrations for users.
To help Alberta students preparing for diploma exams we have uploaded preview versions of many grade 12 courses. In addition, we have full courses up for Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario in grades 6-9.
Additional courses and grades are being added as quickly as possible.
More information about...