Category Archives: New site function

The game site Helpfulgames.com is constantly being improved. The major improvements will probably be announced in this category by a new post. Only the major changes will be notified through these posts.

Bulk edit students

9 February, 2017

Many teachers have many and large classes to manage on Helpful Games. We have therefore introduced a feature to bulk edit student information by classes or groups. You’ll find the feature if you log in, go to your groups, and […]

Easier text formatting

5 December, 2016

We have introduced a more advanced text editing on several functions: When creating your own game levels of type ClozeTest you can now format the text with the following styles: bold, italic, underline, strike through, superscript, subscript. When you describe […]

Choose animal

7 November, 2016

As a student you may now choose which animal to display in the scoreboard. Log in as a student and go to the page that displays current ranking level. Navigate to that page by either clicking on your animal in […]

Give students gold stars and easy to read reports

13 October, 2016

Now, you as a teacher or parent may reward your students with gold stars for their achievements at Helpful Games. You’ll find their achievements along with the other reports. There you may choose which performances you want to see and […]

Create games with video and audio

23 September, 2016

Now we have made it possible to add video and audio when you are creating your own games as a teacher or parent. It is also possible to enrich your already created games if you have suitable audio or video […]

Hide games for students

13 May, 2016

Now there is a new way to help a student focus on specific areas. By allowing a student to only see the games via assignments, you can choose exactly which game levels a student should be able to play. When […]

Speech synthesis in your games

30 April, 2016

We have now activated a feature that allows you to get your questions and answers read aloud to the students in your own games. The languages you may choose between are Swedish, English, Spanish, German, Italian and French. Speech synthesis […]

Log in via Microsoft

9 March, 2016

Now also you who have a Microsoft account may sign in here on Helpful Games via Microsoft. This also applies to you who have a login to Hotmail, Live ID, Outlook, Office 365, etc. It requires, as well as for […]

Log in via Google or Facebook

8 March, 2016

Now you can sign in on Helpful Games via Google or Facebook. This requires that you have registered a user on Helpful Games with the email address you use with Google or Facebook. If you are a student, your teacher […]