Change Log

Here's a history of changes we've made to Pixton since January 2022:

November 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Split up class photos for classes with more than 60 students
• Released "de-select" feature in the Comic Maker

CONTENT PACKS:

• Basketball
• The Middle Ages

CONTENT:

• Added multiple new props including simple shapes for geometry

October 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Removed student limit for paying educators
• Added monthly Avatars Only subscription option
• Removed topic selection from non-activity comics to reduce unnecessary steps
• Added separate "My Class" or "Me" tab within the Characters section of the Comic Maker
• Added ability to assign one activity to multiple classes at once

CONTENT PACKS:

• Mystery
• Canada

CONTENT:

• Added multiple new sound effects
  
  

September 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Released Pixton's Referral Program
• Added speech-to-text feature to comic topic selection
• Added writing prompts and vocabulary words to the "Activities" feature
• Released the Hall of Fame gallery

CONTENT PACKS:

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• 1984

CONTENT:

• Added 3 new foreground props

August 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Redesigned the Educator Dashboard
• Released the "Activities" feature
• Released a new Student Avatars printable

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Most Dangerous Game
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

CONTENT:

• Added 2 new creatures
• Added 7 new handheld props
• Added 12 new foreground props

July 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Ended support for Parent and Business accounts
• Added ability to use line breaks in speech bubbles and captions
• Released French and Spanish versions of the Interactive Rubric and all graphic organizers

CONTENT PACKS:

• Twilight
• A Midsummer Night's Dream

CONTENT:

• Added a new batch of Avatar Outfits

June 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Released ability to use up to 4 sound effects and/or graphics per panel
• Released Draft Comics feature
• Released multicultural clothing option in Class Details

CONTENT PACKS:

• Father's Day
• Judy Moody Saves the World
• Dracula
• Baseball

CONTENT:

• Added 50+ new foreground props
• Added 8 new handheld props
• Added 11 new creatures

 

May 2024

CONTENT PACKS:

• U.S. Presidential Election
• D-Day
• Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legend

 

April 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Improved search results for all resources

CONTENT PACKS:

• Jim Thorpe, Original All-American
• City of Fire

CONTENT:

• Added 2 new graphics
• Added 17 new foreground props
• Added 11 new handheld props
• Added 16 new creatures

 

March 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Released Pixton Certified Educator Course
• Improved comic search function

CONTENT PACKS:

• Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive
• A Year Down Yonder

CONTENT:

• Added 11 new handheld props
• Added 11 new foreground props
• Added 2 new creatures

February 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Released resizing feature feature
• Released Clear Panel option

CONTENT PACKS:

• I Survived: The California Wildfires
• If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution
  
  

January 2024

 FEATURES: 

• Released disable class photo & classmates' avatars feature
• Added support for cards requiring 3D secure authentication

CONTENT PACKS:

• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
• Romeo and Juliet

CONTENT:

• Added 8 new sound effects
• Added 1 new creature

 

December 2023

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Wind in the Willows
• Pippi Longstocking

CONTENT:

• Added 3 new creatures

November 2023

FEATURES: 

• Released Bulk Delete feature
• Redesigned Lesson Ideas page

CONTENT PACKS:

• Mary Poppins
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

CONTENT:

• Added 19 new creatures
• Added 8 new handheld props

October 2023

FEATURES: 

• Released Comic Organization feature
• Released Clever Single Sign-On (SSO)

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Boxcar Children
• Rain School

CONTENT:

• Added 13 new props

September 2023

FEATURES: 

• Separated Real and Fictional characters in the Comic Maker
• Added remixable feature to content pack example comics
• Streamlined creatures' poses in the Pose tab of the Comic Maker
• Released 3 new printable graphic organizers

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
• Heidi

CONTENT:

• Added 40 new hairstyles

August 2023

FEATURES: 

• Released voiceover/ text-to-speech feature
• Added remixable comics feature to student accounts

CONTENT PACKS:

• Maniac Magee
• Texas

July 2023

FEATURES: 

• Released easy character flipping feature
• Released easy content removal feature
• Added coloring book feature to child accounts
• Added the outfit refresh feature to Themed Avatars classroom printables.

CONTENT:

• Added 45 new sound effect props
• Added 8 new creature props
• Added 14 new object props
• Added 39 new handheld props

CONTENT PACKS:

• When the Sea Turned to Silver
• The Sign of the Beaver
• The Canterbury Tales

June 2023

FEATURES: 

• Launched redesigned marketing website
• Released a feature to toggle on and off of full screen
• Released a feature to remove payment methods after cancelling
• Added Educator resources to Parent/Homeschool accounts
• Added support for wheelchairs on preset characters
• Created login.pixton.com, an easy way for any student or co-teacher to join or log into a class.

CONTENT:

• Added 5 new creature props

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Tale of Despereaux
• The Time Machine
• Gulliver's Travels

May 2023

FEATURES: 

• Improved search in the Comic Maker – e.g. if you search for "wall" under Objects, you'll now be directed to Backgrounds instead of seeing "No results"

CONTENT:

• Added 4 new creative writing story starters
• Added 5 new creature props

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
• The Cricket in Times Square
• Zlateh the Goat

April 2023

FEATURES: 

• Added search and favoriting to hairstyles, sound effects, action effects, color filters and graphics
• Improved keyword behaviour in Comic Maker
• Re-added previously removed printables 

CONTENT:

• Added 27 new math worksheet story starters

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Crossover
• I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

March 2023

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Black Stallion
• Code Talker
• Life of Pi

FEATURES:

• Revised handheld props, to work more naturally
• Added Objects tab to the comic maker, containing handheld props and new Scene Props feature
• Added ability to attach speech bubbles to Scene Props and Creatures
• Introduced “See Also” buttons to improve search and discoverability of content
• Added ability to Undo deleting a panel
• Added filters to the Content Packs website

February 2023

CONTENT PACKS:

• Anne of Green Gables
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• October Sky
• The Red Badge of Courage
• Sojourner Truth
• Wonder

FEATURES:

• Added Toons to Avatar Maker
• Published new website to host Content Packs
• Introduced Bulk Printing
• Released new printable graphic organizers

January 2023

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Hate U Give
• The Hobbit

FEATURES:

• Fully redesigned the Comic Maker
• Added ability to create custom characters
• Added Staff Photo feature
• Added search to animals/creatures and handheld props
• Released two new body types

December 2022

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Book Thief
• The Cask of Amontillado
• Walkabout

November 2022

FEATURES:

• Introduced Class info board
• Added “Refresh outfits” button to themed class photos
• Added new creatures/animal props
• Allowed up to four creatures/animals per panel
• Improved character search

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Grapes of Wrath
• Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Sarah, Plain and Tall
• Stone Fox

October 2022

CONTENT:

• Released 28 new handheld props

CONTENT PACK:

• The Little Prince

September 2022

CONTENT PACKS:

• Fahrenheit 451
• The Great Fire
• The Lightning Thief

August 2022

CONTENT:

• Improved selection of weather effects

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Secret Garden
• A Single Shard
• The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

July 2022

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Dark is Rising
• M.C. Higgins, the Great
• Number the Stars
• The Odyssey

FEATURE:

• Released printable Pixton Graduation Certificates

June 2022

CONTENT PACK:

• Hatchet

FUN STUFF:

• Launched weekly comic series, “Teachers’ Dirty Looks”

May 2022

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Diary of Anne Frank
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Little Women
• A Wrinkle in Time

FEATURE:

• Added ability to create blank speech bubbles

CONTENT:

• Added more Story Starters

April 2022

FEATURES:

• Google Classroom banner format for class photos
• Ability to include animals in any scene
• Introduced comic remixing
• Added comic preview to Interactive Rubric

CONTENT:

• Launched Story Starters

CONTENT PACKS:

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• The Birchbark House
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

March 2022

CONTENT PACK:

• The Giver

RESOURCE:

• Launched page on how to use Pixton for Assessment

February 2022

FEATURES:

• Introduced Dramatic focuses
• Added sensitive content categories to class details

CONTENT PACKS:

• Ancient Aztecs
• Executive Branch: Canada
• Rocketship Imposters

January 2022

RESOURCE:

• Launched Interactive Rubric

CONTENT PACKS:

• Country Life
• Greek Mythology: Monsters
• Shipwrecked
• The Underground Railroad

ALSO:

• Sunset Monthly Pack Plan and individual content pack purchasing, replaced with Educator Only Monthly plan (name later changed to No Students Monthly)