What’s New on MusicplayOnline (March Week 1)
Looking for what’s new on MusicplayOnline this week? Here is a brief list of the website developments, units, and more that we’ve launched this week.
Units
- St. Patrick’s Day: new resources added
- Instrument of the Orchestra: Added “Les instruments de l’orchestre – Ressources en français (7 files)
Song List
- The Great Gate of Kyiv: updated resources to reflect proper spelling, additional information about the piece has also been added
- Count to Seven: Pointing Page added to printables
- Hello Song: now available in the general song list
- Swingin’ Bones: new kids demo added
- Had a Chicken: Teacher demo with shakers added
- Toss and Catch: Teacher demo with beanbags added
- Wallflowers: Teacher demo added
Instruments
- Recorder Kit 1: printable notation sheets now available
Search Engine
- Australia: updated keywords so search for Australia returns music from Australia
Learning Modules
- PreK Lesson 24: Pointing Page for Count to Seven added to Supporting Resources
Rhythm Practice
Help (FAQs)
- All how-to videos now have closed captioning accessibility
- help.musicplay.ca: knowledge base launched
Development Updates
- Blacklist for users using temporary accounts
- Blacklist for users who signed up with student email addresses
- New filters rewritten to be much faster, and simpler
- Redirect for students while logged out to ensure logged out home screen isn’t cached in certain scenarios
- Caching update on server to help keep students logged in, and seeing the correct pages
- Mobile spacing improvements
- Nicer thumbnails for social media, including video thumbnails on songs
- Concept slide errors with resources fixed