Changelog

Week of 2026-10-05

  • Image search (Pixabay) in every image picker for teachers
  • PowerPoint import keeps text boxes editable
  • Import Bling Quiz questions from Excel or CSV, with a template to download
  • Balance teams automatically and place late joiners
  • Steadier live updates when a whole class joins at once
  • Signal students when the quiz waiting room opens and the quiz starts
  • A cover screen before each Bling Quiz starts
  • Finish a Bling Quiz at any point

Week of 2026-09-28

  • Unified Bling Quiz design and a Hidden Picture question type
  • Activity previews match the teaching screens
  • Drag-to-order questions and a test class for rehearsals
  • Share slides to student devices
  • Bling Board: spectrum, column and 2×2 matrix layouts
  • Bling Board: projector mode, likes and CSV export
  • Bling Board slides and a picture-reveal team game
  • QR-first class entry for students

Week of 2026-09-21

  • Students earn coins for joining a live class
  • Daily cap on coins a teacher can award each student
  • Register up to 1,000 students per upload and skip rows with problems
  • Friendlier loading and waiting screens
  • Clearer student guidance and lesson end linked to records
  • Simpler class preparation and saved lesson launch
  • Add class-centered lesson and student records
  • Add written-answer and ordering questions with clearer quiz previews

Week of 2026-09-14

  • Unified quiz controls and an animated top-five ranking
  • The Bling look across classroom screens
  • Bling tools share the library design and folders
  • Simpler lesson folders and Blank Code editing
  • Faster classroom entry and wrong-answer feedback
  • Ten activity themes and Blank Code cards with sound
  • Add activity themes and instant reward feedback for students
  • Add the Blank Code activity and simpler student account management

Week of 2026-09-07

  • Reopen the join QR code during activities
  • Keep the selected class across screens
  • Clearer classroom feedback and smoother presentation flow
  • Show students joining up front on the presenter screen
  • Shared Wordle input on the projector and simpler presenter windows
  • Add a dual-screen presenter console
  • Recover from failed activity loads without reload loops
  • Set-up guide and reconnect for the PowerPoint helper app

Week of 2026-08-31

  • Let teachers delete their account
  • Keep teacher screens in place through reconnects
  • Add growth leaderboards by period
  • Reorder slides with the keyboard
  • Faster first load for teacher pages
  • New visual design across teacher pages
  • Add Bling tools and a shared school library
  • Add school workspaces for teachers at the same school

Week of 2026-08-24

  • Live quizzes can run on their own or inside a lesson
  • Add a Wordle activity
  • Publish the privacy policy
  • Warn before leaving the editor with unsaved changes
  • Keep imported PowerPoint lessons editable
  • Add reusable classroom activity templates
  • Add activity authoring and the presenter view
  • Simpler PowerPoint lesson import

Week of 2026-08-17

  • Steadier lesson editing with a new editor layout
  • Find schools through the official school directory
  • Add student accounts and sign-in recovery
  • Import PowerPoint files into the lesson studio
  • Integrate classroom editor and management workflows

Week of 2026-08-10

  • First version of the BlinkClass lesson platform