Daniel, CM Lead Programmer
This is the first in our new series of Developer’s Blogs, where we show you a little bit of what goes on behind the scenes and under the hood of Civic Mirror.
With the recent launch of Civic Mirror 2.1.0 you’ll soon be noticing our new Learning Module platform and soon-to-be-released content. While this is front and center in our new version, there are over 70 bug fixes and feature additions in this update including.
2.1.0 Highlights
- A new Educator’s News page
- Numerous Improvements to the look and functionality of our CM Library of teacher-made resources for other teachers to use.
- An improved Getting Started page for educators with clearer steps on how to get CM up and running in the classroom.
- Better Tooltips (the blue question marks throughout the interface that offer help on various topics)
- Better Mouseover functionality (visible among other places on the Maps)
- Character counts on long text fields (for example, landlords no longer have to guess whether their tenant’s contract description is going to fit)
- A wider possible range for the percentage class in the minority culture.
Many of the changes you’ll see are directly thanks to our Educators and Students – fixes for bug reports get rolled into each version, and the amazing ideas that get submitted to us are discussed at our regular meetings, and often incorporated into our Roadmap (our ‘Master Plan’ for the next year’s worth of Civic Mirror development).
Our team is now hard at work on Civic Mirror 2.2.0, which will include a lot of behind-the-scenes improvements to our code, and improvements to make the lives of our Educators and ‘Keymasters’ better. CM 2.2.0 will also lay the groundwork for an exciting upgrade to the CM Educator experience in CM 2.3.0, scheduled for release for next School Year.
Sincerely,
Daniel Lindenberger, Civic Mirror’s Lead Programmer
