As we all look on to the end of Flash support on Google Chrome and other browsers, let’s have a quick read on what new, Flash-free learning experiences Clarity are offering in the coming weeks.
Category: Clarity updates
Status of Flash and Clarity programs’ compatibility
All the main browser suppliers have stated that web page content using Adobe’s Flash Player (Flash) will be supported until the end of 2020. But the ease with which Flash can be enabled is changing, and a few ClarityEnglish programs still rely on Flash — so this is a current status report.
Interview with Elinor Stokes from Atlas English: Growing up with Clarity
In this article, published in the EL Gazette May/June 2019 issue, Elinor Stokes talks to Melaine Butler about her life in a digital ELT family.
Practical Writing now on mobile
Students do most of their day-to-day writing on mobile, so it’s only logical they should use their devices to learn to write.
Behind the scenes on the Clarity servers
How do Clarity’s programs get to your student’s phones, and what does a database in the Cloud look like? What makes the system reliable and why is Clarity upgrading?
Timing in Clarity programs
Following a number of queries about Clarity’s approach to timing and time-out, Product Manager Sky Chan explains the situation.
5 things to expect from Clarity in 2019
Now that we have converted Study Skills Success, Tense Buster, Dynamic Placement Test and Road to IELTS, the big push this year is to upgrade the remaining programs to HTML5 format. Here are the five principle development targets you can look forward to.
Tense Buster: Getting teachers started in four minutes
Andrew Stokes argues that a four-minute video can get teachers over the crucial first hurdle in learning how to use a new online resource.
HTTPS: A good balance of freedom and privacy
Vivying Cheng has been upgrading Clarity’s programs to HTTPS. She discusses with Andrew Stokes on how the move towards greater security is a good thing for both teachers and students — and everyone else.
English Australia Journal reviews Practical Writing
Vanessa Tod of Macquarie University reviews Practical Writing for English Australia Journal.