New features on TPT

TPT improvements you should know about

Our Product and Engineering teams have been hard at work launching updates to make the Buyer and Seller experiences on TpT better. These new updates include improvements to: our search experience, ratings & reviews, Q&A and Buyer experience.

Beginning with our search experience improvements, we’ve made the navigation bar simpler and more efficient by removing the price filter and including the ability to filter by bundles. Next, our latest ratings & reviews update allows Buyers to write a review directly from the my purchases page and sort reviews by most recent. We’ve also increased the minimum characters needed for a review to 50; encouraging more thoughtful responses. Within our Q&A, our newest improvement allows Sellers to add clickable TPT links. Finally, we’ve made it easier for Buyers to download ZIP files with special characters; eliminating an issue in the past with file extraction for some Buyers.

Easel-Only Product Listings

We’re excited to announce that all Sellers now have the ability to list an Easel Activity or Assessment as an independent product listing, without connecting to a PDF or other resource type. We know many of you have been waiting for this feature, and we’re delighted to share that it’s here!

Now, when you create a new product listing, you’ll see a new option that allows you to list Easel Activities and/or Assessments by themselves.

Learn more about Testimonials on our FAQs page.

Testimonials

We’re excited to introduce our new Testimonials feature! Testimonials are thoughtful reviews from Buyers that allow teachers to easily see and understand the value of a resource.

Specifically, Testimonials are 5-star reviews on paid resources that have been posted in the past two years, and range in length from 100 to 200 characters. When included on a resource, Testimonials help to build teacher confidence and trust compared to resources without them. Sellers can feature up to two testimonials on any priced resource with enough eligible reviews.

Learn more about Testimonials on our FAQs page.

Video Previews

Video previews are helpful for educators searching for resources on TPT, as they provide a glimpse of what they can expect in your resources. You can now add video previews to any listing on TPT, including Easel resources and resources listed from your Google Drive – a top request from our digital Sellers!

Tip: Team TPT highly encourages Sellers to include previews on all resources, because resources with previews sell better and have higher Buyer satisfaction than those that don’t.

Learn more about Video Previews on our FAQ page.

Self-Checking Drag & Drop

It’s finally here! Self-checking drag and drop is now available in Easel Activities! Drag and Drop lets Teacher-Authors quickly and easily define drop zones and associate objects to them with simple drop down menus to give instant feedback to students.

Teacher Commenting Beta

You can now leave feedback on any assignment your students have turned in! Students will be able to see your feedback once you return the assignment to them for revision. This feature is in Beta, which means that we are continuing to work on it and improve it. Stay tuned for more feedback functionality!

Audio Clips in Easel

All Premium Sellers + TPT School Access subscribers are now able to upload audio clips to Easel Activities and Assessments, so teachers can make their lessons even more interactive and differentiated to more student needs. Learn more

Filter by Easel on My Purchases

You can now access a new Easel filter from the My Purchases page. Selecting the Easel filter will surface any Easel Activities and Assessments you own that are already prepped and ready to assign to your students directly in Easel.   

Improvements to My Purchases

We’ve improved My Purchases by combining Paid and Free tabs into a single page, so you can access all of your resources you own in one place. We’ve also added a new Price filter so you can continue to access resources that were Paid vs. Free Downloads from this page.

Manage your roster and licenses, all in one place!

Admins: from your combined Roster and License Management page, you can now add and remove teachers from your account and adjust how you’ve distributed your licenses, without toggling between pages. Take a look and make sure your roster and license limits are up-to-date.

Easel awarded Digital Promise

Easel Activities has been awarded the Research-Based Design Product Certification, a rigorous, reliable signal that Easel’s tools are rooted in learning science research. Learn more.

More fonts and colors!

All Premium Sellers and TPT School Access customers now have access to 30 fonts and unlimited colors to further enhance and customize their Easel Activities.

Canvas integration with Easel

Teachers can assign Easel Activities and have students complete them, all within Canvas. Here’s how it works:

1. When creating an assignment in Canvas, teachers can find, select, and embed Easel Activities they’ve accessed through their School Access subscription. 

2. Then, students can complete the activity in Canvas, without needing to log in to Easel.

Learn more about how to set up this integration here.

Improved My Product Listings

All Sellers will now see a new and improved My Product Listings page. Updates include a modernized look and feel that is consistent with other parts of our site experience, improved filters, streamlined product layouts, and more! 

View students’ in-progress work

See what your students are working on at any given moment, and revisit returned student work directly on TPT for any of your Easel Activities and Assessments. Learn more

Movable shapes and images

Easel now has movable shapes and images. You and your students can now add your own images to your activities and enhance your resources with all kinds of virtual manipulatives, sorting exercises, “stickers,” and more.

Set which shapes, images, and text will be movable by students, while the resource (including text boxes) and your edits stay locked, so students only interact with what you want. Learn more.