Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Acellus Allows Teachers to Update Classes to New Versions


Acellus teachers can now seamlessly update their current classes to new versions as they become available. As Acellus continually upgrades and enhances courses, sometimes an entire course will be replaced by a newer version. 

Acellus now has a way for teachers to move an entire class to the latest course version while maintaining student course position and historical records. 

Read the details about this new Course Update feature on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Friday, December 8, 2017

New Feature Lets Students Boost Scores on Lessons


Retake Lessons For CreditJust as students are able to retake exams in Acellus to improve their scores, a new feature allows them to also retake Lessons they have already completed in the course to improve their score. 

The result is that students take greater control of their own learning — scoring higher and learning more in their Acellus courses.

Read the details about the new ’Retake for Credit’ feature on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

New Acellus AP European History Course Released


Acellus has released its latest in Advanced Placement courses – AP European History.

The new course leads students through the cultural, economic, political, and social developments in European history from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century. 

Students analyze significant events in history and make connections to the cultural, political, and social world we live in today.   

Read the details about the AP European History course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.  

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Acellus Teacher Notifications Have New Enhancements


In addition to the Live Class Monitor, Acellus sends Notifications to teachers of important student events. 

Notification Enhancements
While in the past these Notifications provided limited student and course information, Acellus had added new features that give teachers the data and the tools to more readily give the intervention students need.

Read the details about the new enhancements to the Acellus Notifications for teachers on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

New Acellus Foreign Language Course Released - Spanish II


Acellus has released the second in a series of Spanish language courses — Spanish II. 

Spanish II Course
The course continues to build vocabulary and grammar skills and gives students practice with conversation in new settings and on new subjects. 

Read the details about  the new Spanish II course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

New Acellus Feature Alerts Students to Incoming Messages


Students can now immediately know when their teachers send them a message.

New Message Alert
This new Acellus feature streamlines teacher/student communications and facilitates more effective learning.

Read the details about the new message alert on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Friday, October 20, 2017

New Acellus Math Course for Spanish-Speakers


Grade 6 Math - SpanishGrade 6 Math-Spanish has just been released by Acellus to aid Spanish-speaking students in learning mathematics.

The new course is the third Acellus math course to be taught in Spanish. 

Read the details about the new Grade 6 Math-Spanish course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

New Addition to German Language Courses - German II

Acellus has just released the second in a series of German language courses — German II

The course focuses on grammar, vocabulary, and sentence construction, building on the foundation laid in German I. 

Students are also given instruction and practice on understanding and speaking German in various everyday scenarios.

Read the details about the new German II course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

New Acellus AP Computer Science Course Released


Acellus has released a new Advanced Placement course - AP Computer Science.  

The course instructs students on the core aspects of computer science and teaches them to implement computer programs that solve problems relevant to today's society.

AP Computer Science has been audited and approved by College Board to provide students with a college-level learning experience.



Read the details about the new AP Computer Science course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Acellus Power Schools - For Optimal Learning


Become an Acellus Power SchoolSchools who are currently using Acellus indicate that they can optimize the effectiveness of the Acellus System when they implement a full Acellus deployment. We call those schools Acellus Power Schools.  

An Acellus Power School is one in which Acellus is fully deployed, giving teachers and administrators complete flexibility of how and when to use the program and ready access to the many Acellus courses, functions, and resources.

This kind of implementation is a significant factor in bringing higher test scores, increased graduation rates, and overall better student learning attitudes.  


Read more details about Acellus Power Schools on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Acellus Teachers Have New Action Log to Track Changes

Acellus Blogger - Action Log ICONThere are times when teachers who are using Acellus need to know what Administrative Actions have been made in their classes. However, in the Acellus shared-administrative access system, it can sometimes be difficult to tell who made what changes.

Now, this information is readily available with the new Acellus 'Action Log’ feature. The Log has a manipulative interface that allows teachers to see what changes were made when and by whom and even lets teachers dig deeper for more details.

Read more about the new Acellus Action Log feature on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Spanish I - New Acellus Foreign Language Course

The Spanish I course has just been released by Acellus for high school who want to study Spanish as a second language. 

Acellus Spanish I CourseSpanish I covers the basics of vocabulary, grammar, and sentence construction and gives some background in the culture of Spanish-speaking countries.

Students are also taught to understand and converse in Spanish in some everyday environments.


Read the details about the new Spanish I course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Friday, September 1, 2017

Acellus Adds Flexibility to Exam Proctoring

Acellus Student Taking Exam
In today’s teaching environment with its new learning approaches, such as distance learning, and new teaching methods, such as blended learning, educators are faced with the complexity of proctoring student exams, a special challenge in cases where students are going at their own pace. 


It is important that teachers be able to intervene at key moments, such as before a critical Exam, yet not get bogged down in tedious exam management.

To address this issue, Acellus has added another level of flexibility to its Exam Proctoring feature —the option to Lock "All Exams" for Proctoring (which includes Unit Exams) or Lock just "Mid-Term and Final Exams,” to require proctoring on only the most important exams.

Learn more about the added flexibility of Acellus Exam Proctoring on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Sign-In Card Update Streamlines Starting Acellus

The Acellus Sign-In Card was a way, in the past, to simplify starting a new student in Acellus.

The Sign-In Card included basic information, like the student ID and password, that students needed to access the Acellus System.

Updated Acellus Sign-In CardWth students now using many different computer devices and platforms, Acellus has updated the Sign-In Card to include important additional information on downloading the Acellus App and accessing the Acellus system.

Read the details about the new Upgraded Acellus Sign-In Cards on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

"What's New" Link Keeps Acellus Teachers Informed


Now educators can quickly stay current on the latest developments in Acellus with a direct link to my Roger Billings Blog for Educators from the Teacher Interface.  

What’s New Acellus Blog Link

The Blog is designed to help keep educators informed on our newest enhancements in Acellus.

Read the details about the ‘What's New’ Blog Link on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Friday, August 25, 2017

‘Assign All Concepts’ - New Feature for Credit Recovery


Acellus has added a new feature to its Credit Recovery Mode. Until now, teachers could mark which concepts they wanted a struggling student to study as part of the credit recovery process, targeting just those concepts the student missed. 

However, sometimes students need to see all the concepts. The ‘Assign All Concepts’ feature gives teachers that option plus a quick way to implement it. 

See details about the ‘Assign All Concepts’ feature on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Roger Billings Acellus Blog - Streamlining Credit Recovery

New Acellus High School Course - British Literature


The Acellus British Literature course is designed for 11th and 12th grade high school students and examines the development of British Literature from the early Anglo-Saxon epics to the Arthurian Tales, to Shakespeare, to post-modern writers. 

Roger Billings Acellus Blog - New British Lit CourseBritish Literature gives students an enriching and perceptive understanding of the development of the literature in the context of its historical background.

In addition to the study of literature, the course includes instruction on different writing types and gives students practice in critical thinking and literary expression. 

Read the details about the new British Literature course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.


Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Acellus Expands Foreign Language Electives With German I

Acellus educators and parents now have an additional foreign language elective for their students with the release of German I.  

New Acellus foreign language elective - German IThe course lays a basic foundation of vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure while exposing students to common everyday scenarios where they learn to understand and speak the language.
An overview of German-speaking countries, customs and people add enrichment and give important context to the study of the language.

Read the details about the new German I course in my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Acellus Integrates Lesson Upload Feature to Aid Teachers

A PDF upload option is part of the Acellus teacher, developer interface.Acellus teachers and courseware developers now have the capability of uploading PDF files directly into the Acellus system. 

For teachers creating custom lessons or developers enhancing courses, PFD files may be uploaded without the need to install plug-ins.

Read more about Acellus Integrates PDF Support on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Friday, August 18, 2017

New Acellus Feature - School Seat Time Report

As part of our efforts to leverage Acellus teachers and administrators, we’ve added a new feature that allows them to generate a Student Seat Time Report for the entire school. 

Until now, Acellus was keeping track of the time individual students spent on their courses, but this information was difficult for them to gather into a report that could help administrators assess Acellus usage school-wide. 

Read the details about the School Seat Time Report in my Acellus Blog for Educators.

New "Guessing" Flag Added to Acellus Live Class Monitor

Acellus has added a new feature — the “Guessing” Flag — to the Live Monitor that alerts teachers and parents when it determines that a student might be guessing instead of really trying to answer the questions. 

The “Guessing” Flag allows those working with the student to reinforce the importance of learning the concepts and putting forth the effort to work the problems correctly and to give other intervention if needed.

Learn more about the Acellus “Guessing Flag” feature on my Blog for Educators.

New Acellus STEM Course - Elementary Engineering


Acellus has added a new STEM course for elementary school - Elementary Engineering. 

The new course stimulates young minds with a basic understanding of the engineering design process and then gives them practice using those principles they are learning.  

 As part of the course, students are introduced to different engineering fields and study some of the legendary engineers and engineering feats of our time. 

This exposure to engineering could open the way for students later on to look into a career in engineering.


Read more about the Elementary Engineering course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

New Acellus Course - Epic Moments in World History

Acellus recently released the new “Epic Moments in World History” course, a  Hollywood-style social studies elective for high school students.  

The course begins with the early civilizations of the Indus Valley and covers landmark events all the way up through the Cold War and into modern times. 

We feel that the course is unique both in the subject matter covered as well as in the way it is presented, which gives students an engaging “you-are-there” experience of many significant historical moments. 

Read details about the new “Epic Moments in World History” in my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Acellus Provides New “Standardized Test” Report

To allow schools to compare the final exam scores of their students who are taking Acellus courses with the National Norm, we have added a new feature to the School Performance Reports — the Acellus Standardized Test Report.   

An important feature of the report is the statistical data on the performance of various sub-populations within the school. 

This data will aid school administrators in analyzing the success of their students overall.  

Read more about the Acellus Standardized Test Report on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Monday, August 14, 2017

Homeschool Students Can Earn a High School Diploma

The cost of offering a high school diploma program over the Internet is expensive.  The accreditation requirements of providing a satisfactory ratio of highly qualified teachers substantially increases the cost of such programs putting them out of reach to many families.

To help out, Acellus has created a courseware program to be used by parents homeschooling their children.  This program allows students to take the same online courses used in the accredited program, but at a substantially lower cost.

The problem then becomes, what happens when a student is ready to graduate?

Here are three strategies offered to help homeschooling parents that want their child to receive a diploma... 


Read more on my Acellus Blog for Parents.

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Acellus Launches the Internet of Learning — a New Internet for Education

Today our world, and therefore our schools, are under cyberattack. To protect school networks from this increasingly dangerous and expensive problem while still providing the enrichment of digital resources students need, Acellus and the International Academy of Science have created the Internet of Learning — a new Internet designed specifically for education. 

The Internet of Learning gives students access to essential information without opening the door to Internet-spawned distractions and malicious network intrusions.


The idea for the Internet of Learning came while I was attending an MIT course on Advanced Cybersecurity that highlighted the critical condition of the cybersecurity world now and how we need breakthrough technologies and radical new approaches because what we’ve been doing isn’t working. That’s when I envisioned a new Internet for education.