Start dates for activities, full-screen attachments, iPad camera flip, and status center!

Discover Flint’s latest teacher-requested updates: full-screen attachments, iPad camera flip, and activity start dates for seamless classroom flow.

At Flint, our best ideas and improvements come straight from the classroom. This month’s improvements are no exception: each one was inspired by real needs that teachers shared with us. From assignment settings to full-screen documents and whiteboards, here’s what we have in store for October. 🎃

🗓️ Start dates for activities

GIF showing how to set a start date for assignments on Flint

Lesson pacing matters. Teachers asked us for more control over when activities appear for students, and we listened! You can now set a start date for activities, making it easier to align assignment releases with lesson plans, ensuring students see material at the right time.

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to add start dates and deadlines to activities.

👀 Full-screen view for attachments

GIF showing how to expand documents, interactive whiteboard, and code editor to full screen

Teachers told us that sometimes the work itself needs to take center stage. That’s why we added full-screen mode for attachments, such as whiteboards, documents, and even our code editor.

We made learning the star! Whether you’re debugging, writing essays, or sketching out diagrams, now you have your entire screen to focus. And when presenting, students can clearly see the math equation, passage, or block of code without distractions, no matter their seating arrangement.

Teachers told us that sometimes the work itself needs to take center stage. That’s why we added full-screen mode for attachments, such as whiteboards, documents, and even our code editor.

🤳 Flip the IPad camera

You shouldn’t have to play a game of Twister just to take a perfect photo for an activity. Now, you can capture exactly what you need without moving around or breaking the flow of your lesson. Just press the button to flip flop from selfies to your surroundings.

🚨 Check Flint’s status

Screenshot of Flint's status center to troubleshoot

Is Sparky freezing? Activities not saving? You can now check Flint’s status center to see if Flint is running smoothly or if there are any service interruptions. We wanted to provide such transparency so teachers and students to feel confident that Flint will be ready when class starts.

Here’s our guide on troubleshooting errors in Flint.