Updates and Improvements

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

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)