We're always looking to make Socrative better. Keep reading for all new things released in Socrative!
This page contains information on releases from January 2020 to today. To learn about previous releases, take a look at this guide instead.
March 02, 2023 - 'Invite Students' To Space Race Activities
NEW!
You can now Invite Students To Space Race Activities using the 'Invite Student' Button or QR Code.NEW!
We've added another way for your students to join a quiz. They can join a room via the gosocrative.com URLMultiple design and nomenclature improvements
Multiple bug fixes 🐛
Feb 21, 2023 - Help Menu, presenting information when you need it.
NEW!
We've added a persistent Help Menu, quickly access the help centre without leaving the appWe've reworked our help centre to provide better information
We've added a 'Request a Feature' option within the Help Menu
Other Security Enhancements and Fixes
Feb 13, 2023 - Invite Students
NEW!
Students can now join a quiz (Room) using QR CodesNEW!
A new 'Share' for Rooms. We have rebuilt the 'Share Room' Feature.NEW!
Download or copy/paste QR codes and embed them directly into your lesson material and slidesCreate a Link and Share it with your students for easy access
Reset Room Link and remove access to the previous link whenever you need.
Jan 26, 2023 - Improving Shuffle Questions and Answers
We've improved the logic and the algorithm we use for shuffling answers and questions to improve academic integrity and reduce cheating. Now it is harder for students to get the same order of questions and answers.
Security Enhancements and Fixes
January 18, 2022 - Discover [BETA]
We've released a new BETA feature. The 'Discover' is a library of prepared quiz content. You can search the quiz bank for the ideal content for your class using various filters, view quiz details and copy ready-made quizzes right into your library to edit or distribute to students.
Please note: This is a BETA feature and is only available for Canadian and USA users. Quizzes are currently only available in English and for secondary school subjects, including math, English language arts, science, social studies, and world languages.
January 10, 2022
Bug Fixes (iOS)
Improved the support of devices running iOS 12.
December 21, 2022 - Shared Libraries and Bug Fixes
Shared Libraries Update
You can now navigate through the deleted folders found in Shared Libraries.
You can now restore specific items found in a deleted folder of a Shared Library.
Bug Fixes (iOS)
Some issues were making it very difficult for students to answer questions on iOS Devices.
Question content outside of the scrollable area for students is now visible.
Students can now correctly view all content in the text area for Short Answer.
November 14, 2022 - Shared Libraries
Shared Libraries make it even easier for you to share, edit and collaborate on quizzes with your colleagues to make the best content for your students. Whether you are working alongside a co-teacher, collaborating with a group of colleagues teaching the same subject, or mentoring new educators in your learning community, Shared Libraries let you team up to access, co-create, and share the material you need to engage your learners more deeply - all within Socrative.
Additional Functionality
User Experience Changes: We are working towards a more intuitive experience in Socrative. Therefore you will now see that the 'Quizzes' menu item was renamed 'Library', which now holds your personal and shared libraries.
Portuguese Brazilian Localization: We've adjusted the language to reflect the Portuguese-Brazilian language best.
October 03, 2022 - Updated Equation Editor + Chemical Equations
This update brings more functionality to the equation editor and support to Chemical Equations. We want to make the experience of questioning students more seamless. Even though we knew it was possible to display chemical formulae and equations using the equation editor in mathematics mode, it was a rather cumbersome experience.
Teachers in the Sciences realm can now enjoy chemical formulae and equations using the Equation Editor to display element symbols, superscript and subscript notation, ions and isotopes, bonds, equilibrium reaction arrows etc. - allowing a more flexible display and more natural input of chemical formulae and equations.
Read more: Equation Editor | Chemical Equations support articles.
Additional Functionality
Update the description of the Equation Editor Modal
Add/Enable Chemical Equation support for Math editor.
Linux compatibility
Better support for international keyboards
Support for more symbols
Support for more greek characters
Support for Physical Units
Support for Italics
Bug & Security Fixes
Formulas are now being formatted correctly in the Showbie Results documents.
Teachers with non-English keyboard layouts should now be able to manually type in LaTeX by pressing the
\
key.LaTeX suggestions no longer show up behind the formula field.
Showbie-Socrative integration connection improvements.
Other security updates.
September 21, 2022
Bugs and Quality of life improvements
Fixed a bug where quiz import errors were not being displayed.
Fixed a bug where launching a quiz immediately after creating it could result in an empty quiz called Untitled Quiz being launched.
Fixed a bug where the restore icon was not displayed properly in the workspace.
Fixed some display issues with the pop-up menus in the workspace area.
Fixed an issue where an editor could remove their access to a workspace.
Fixed an issue where permanently deleting an account would not work for teachers who were members of workspaces.
Navigating to a quiz or folder that has been deleted forever will now show an error.
August 31, 2022
Additional functionality to Shared Workspaces introduced:
NEW!
Launch from Workspace: Now you can launch a quiz from a shared workspace
Bugs and Quality of life improvements
Fixed a bug where the `Delete Forever` action was being displayed for Editors and Viewers.
Fixed an issue where immediately navigating after creating a quiz could cause you to get stuck in the quiz editor.
Fixed an issue where merged quizzes would fail to launch.
Fixed an issue where OS-level Scrollbar accessibility settings could cause undesired scrollbars to appear.
Fixed an issue where permanently deleting a folder could cause errors
Navigating to a permanently deleted quiz will show a message indicating that the quiz does not exist
Navigating to a quiz that has been deleted (but is still in the trash) will show a message indicating that it is deleted
August 17, 2022
Additional functionality to Shared Workspaces introduced:
NEW!
Copy a quiz from one workspace to anotherUI/UX Improvements
Bug Fixes
August 4, 2022
NEW!
Embedded Links - Hyperlinks are introduced. Users can have an anchor text to create a link to a webpage that is intended to open, allowing teachers to add links to external media content (audio, videos, reference material, etc)
Updates to Shared Workspaces:
NEW!
Ability to merge workspace quizzesNEW!
Ability to delete a workspaceNEW!
Ability to remove members from a workspaceNEW!
Fixed an issue where the delete tab for workspace quizzes was showing the incorrect deleted date
Bug Fixes
July 4, 2022
Additional functionality to Shared Workspaces introduced:
NEW!
Ability to restore and delete Workspace QuizNEW!
Ability to delete and restore Workspace FoldersNEW!
Ability to Launch shared workspaces quizzes from Showbie (integration)NEW!
Quality of life improvements and Bulk Actions
Improvements to keyboard navigation
Bug fixes
June 20, 2022
Continued progress on Shared Workspaces including:
Updates to inviting teachers to a shared workspace
NEW!
Introducing access levels to a shared workspaceNEW!
Settings for shared workspaces
May 12, 2022
NEW!
Shared Workspaces Beta ReleaseNEW!
Updated Launch Workspace Modal Design
March 3, 2022
Marketing page updates
Bug fixes
February 3, 2022
Quizzes 2.0 UI update
Performance Updates
January 20, 2022
Incremental release of new Quizzes UI
Quizzes UI improvements and fixes
December 23, 2021
Backend releases related to new Quizzes UI
November 2, 2021
Bug fixes and backend improvements
October 27, 2021
Bug fixes and backend improvements
September 16, 2021
Backend improvements
August 24, 2021
Major upgrades and improvements, and bug fixes
July 16, 2021
Small improvements and fixes
June 18, 2021
Few backend improvements and fixes
May 10, 2021
Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), and Polish added as supported languages
January 20, 2021
The toggle to "Show Answers" is now properly kept when navigating between questions
January 11, 2021
New Results grid enabled for the Showbie-Socrative integration.
Minor bug fixes and other improvements.
December 23, 2020
NEW!
The UI for Results tab is updated with a fresh new look!
November 19, 2020
Fixed a couple issues related to Quick Questions and Live Results
Backend improvements related to the Results tab
October 13, 2020
Fixed an issue with the Socrative app not loading in older devices
October 8, 2020
Fixed an issue with the denominator line in math equations not working properly
October 1, 2020
Fixed an issue with the fraction line in equations when zoomed in on Chrome
September 28, 2020
Fixed issues related to long math equations
Fixed errors when trying to delete your own account
September 4, 2020
Bug fixes and improvements related to the new reports UI and customization options
August 21, 2020
Removed the grace period for after a Pro license expires
August 20, 2020
Improvements made to exporting reports with new UI and customization options. Learn more here.
July 6, 2020
Fixes and polishing for the Math Equations feature
June 30, 2020
NEW!
Full release of Math Equations
June 22, 2020
NEW!
Math Equations beta begins
May 20, 2020
Fixed an issue related to copying and pasting text from other websites
May 4, 2020
NEW!
The quiz editor has been updated for a cleaner, more modern user interfaceNEW!
Images can now be added to answers and explanations (Pro feature only)
April 30, 2020
Improvements to show more information when encountering an error within the app
April 9, 2020
Fixed the issue with "live" icons in rooms not showing properly when an activity is running
Fixed UI issues specific to using Internet Explorer and Microsoft edge
April 3, 2020
More improvements made to the quiz editor
March 26, 2020
Improvements added to the quiz editor to ensure it runs smoothly
February 6, 2020
Fixed an issue with the countdown in space races doesn't finish the activity
Fixed translations in space race team colours
January 30, 2020
Improvements to include clearer information in a teacher's subscription
January 27, 2020
Improvements to viewing images in quizzes and downloaded reports
Fixed an issue where team information is missing in reports for space races
Fixed an issue related to Greek characters not showing properly in reports
January 13, 2020
Fixed errors with downloading reports when using Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer browsers
January 10, 2020
Fixed an unknown error when launching an Exit Ticket activity
Fixed issues related to unclear renewal dates in individual teacher subscriptions