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    • Release Notes
    • February 4, 2026
      We are delighted to see how popular Teaching Tools have been and love gathering feedback on a daily basis. Teaching Tools have been used over 500,000 times by Cambridge teachers. Further updates are coming soon - so do keep sharing your feedback.

      February 2, 2024

      Thanks to all the excellent and positive feedback we've introduced a range of improvements across the tools. These include much greater consistency with reset and improved navigation features. Each tool keeps its original approach, but we're adding even more functionality. Explore the timer, edit, import and export icons!

      Updates to: Timeliner, Activity dice, Higher or lower?, Think Pair Share, Matchup
      All image-based tools: improvements for full-screen resizing
      All tools: Improved load/save features - data import and export using the icons

      November 24, 2023
      With over 100,000 teachers using these tools since launch, we're delighted with how teachers around the world are using them. We're collecting and using all your feedback to develop further tools and additional improvements.

      Release of: Higher or lower?
      Updates to: TimelinerThink-Pair-Share and Activity Dice
      All tools: Updated branding to include the new Cambridge logo

      July 10, 2023
      Major feature update to all tools - data import and export. You can have class lists ready for Names from the Hat, or questions ready for the Question Spinner and much more. Every tool where you can edit and add your own content now includes the feature.

      May 31, 2023
      Release of Activity Dice
      Official launch of Teaching Tools with 30 tools all linked from the School Support Hub for Cambridge teachers

      May 30, 2023
      Release of Timeliner and Think-Pair-Share

      May 22, 2023
      Release of Shape Generator, Magnetic words, Scratch away, and Quick quiz
      All tools: Usability and accessibility improvements

      May 15, 2023
      Mini timer added to every tool - quick countdown feature

      April 14, 2023
      Release of True or false?Drag and matchSlide to answer, and Spotlight
      Updates to the presentation of tools - now dynamically adapting to your screen

      March 15, 2023
      Release of Where in the world?, Match-up, Image compare, and Image reveal
      Updates to Question Spinner to include differentiated shapes - feedback request

      March 7, 2023
      Release of Submit & Compare and Group Maker

      February 6, 2023

      Release of Flip cards, Swipe, Timer, and Question spinner

      January 12, 2023

      All tools: Improved copy & paste of names and text - feedback request to allow paste directly from Excel

      January 4, 2023
      Release of Spinner, Diamond 9s, and Prioritise

      December 8th, 2022
      All tools: Suggested uses, examples, with further research and opportunities available - in tool, pop-up support
      Release of Hexagons

      December 1st, 2022

      Release of Name selector, Names from a Hat, Drag and Drop, Activity generator, and Starter Selector