What's New in Hatch Insights™

We’re excited to share new updates to Insights that make it easier to export documentation, review reports, and manage student data.

New PDF Export Options for Alignment Reports

You can now export Alignment Report documentation in three different PDF formats, depending on how you want to use the information:

• Grouped by Documentation – Creates one PDF that groups children who have the same documentation.
• Grouped by Documentation and Date – Creates one PDF that groups children who have the same documentation and completed the skill on the same day.
• Individual Student PDFs – Creates a separate PDF for each child.

These new options make it easier to save, share, and use documentation for assessments. 

Learn more: Alignment Report and Documentation: Ignite by Hatch™ or Alignment Report and Documentation: IgniteTable by Hatch™

Other Improvements

• More accurate Utilization Reports now include teachers who sign in using Clever or ClassLink.
• Child Time & Progress exports now show first and last names in separate columns, making exported data easier to sort.
• Photo capture now includes a Switch Camera button on devices with more than one camera.
• Updated report names remove references to HatchSync.
• Automatic archive updates help keep yearly archive settings current.

Alignment Report Updates: Easier to Use and Understand

We made updates to the Alignment Reports to help you work more smoothly and understand your data more clearly.

What’s new:

• For IgniteTable users, you can now review and confirm skill observations in one place using the new “Confirm Skill Observation” section.
• It is easier to move between documentation and recordings without losing your place.
• You can watch recordings and rate them in the same view, so everything stays connected.

More helpful context:

• For Ignite users, you will now see messages that explain when experiences are played through a family account or on weekends.
• This helps you better understand when and how children are engaging.

New: Custom Checkpoint Periods for Alignment Reports

We’ve added custom checkpoint periods to help you run Alignment reports using the correct assessment windows.

Previously, reports relied on manually entering date ranges. Now, you can select named checkpoint periods (such as Fall, Winter, or Spring) directly from the Date Range filter.

What’s new

• Checkpoint periods in report filters: Easily select a named assessment window instead of entering dates manually.

• Organization-wide checkpoint dates: Organization Admins can set checkpoint periods that appear for all educators using the report.

• Flexible options for schools and teachers: Teachers and School Admins can add or adjust checkpoint dates if needed and can sync back to the organization’s dates at any time.

These updates help keep Alignment reports consistent with your organization’s assessment schedule.

For step-by-step instructions, see: HatchSync® Alignment Report and Documentation: Ignite by Hatch™ or HatchSync® Alignment Report and Documentation: IgniteTable by Hatch™

We’ve made several updates to improve reporting, make it easier to find the information you need, and provide clearer visibility across your reports.

New Filtering Capabilities

New Grade Level Filter on the View and Edit Children page: You can now filter children by grade level, making it faster and easier to manage your rosters.

New Teacher Filter on the Growth Report: In addition to filtering by class, you can now filter by one or more teachers. This is especially helpful when classes have similar names and gives you more control when reviewing growth data.

Improved Ignite Child Skill Detail Report Printing

New Print Option for the IGN CSD Report: You can now print the IGN CSD report with all 12 skill levels clearly displayed and properly formatted. This ensures you have complete documentation when printing reports.

Updates to the Ignite HatchSync Alignment Report

Ignite Skill Levels Added to the Alignment Report: When viewing documentation in the alignment report, you will now see the associated Ignite skill level and description. This makes it easier to understand and interpret each activity.

Spanish Tag on Alignment Report Activities: Activities played in Spanish are now clearly labeled on the alignment report, making it easier to identify language usage.

Celebrating Student Playtime Goals

New 30-Minute Goal Celebration on the Ignite Play Schedule Tile: When all children meet their 30-minute weekly playtime goal, you’ll now see a celebratory message on the Play Schedule tile.

New Growth Report Tile

You may notice a new tile on your dashboard.

The previous tile in the lower right hand side of the Ignite Dashboard has been removed. In its place, you will now see a Growth Report tile.

This new tile:

• Shows the current month’s average skill level
• Shows last month’s average skill level
• Focuses on the grade with the most children
• Uses color coding to make results easy to read
• Links directly to the full Growth Report

This makes it faster and easier to track progress over time.

Clearer Utilization Tile

We’ve updated the Utilization tile to make the timeframe clearer.

Instead of saying “recently,” the tile now:

• Shows data from Sunday through Saturday of last week
• Clearly labels the timeframe as “last week”

This helps the tile match what you see in your reports and removes confusion.

In addition, the number on the Utilization tile will now turn green when 100% of schools have used Ignite. This makes it easy to spot full engagement at a glance.

Small Improvements

Easier CSV uploads for birth dates: CSV uploads now accept birth dates in M/D/YY format, including single-digit days. This reduces common upload errors.

Faster navigation from School Setup reports: When you click “with photos” in School Setup reports, the View Children page will now automatically filter to the correct school. This saves time and extra clicks.

My Content Activity Tracking in Insights Reports

Educators who use My Content activities can now see this usage reflected in their Insights reports. With the latest IgnitePanel update, launches of My Content activities are now logged and included in reporting.

Activity Report

• Shows My Content activities launched by users

• Displays the activity title and any details added by the user

• Includes a “My Content” category (not yet filterable)

Utilization Report

• Dates and counts now include My Content activity launches

• HatchSync Alignment Reports show how Ignite and IgniteTable skills connect to familiar TSG objectives and dimensions.

• Each report includes ready-to-use documentation and evidence like play recordings and images.

• You can quickly copy documentation to TSG or review details directly within Hatch Insights.

Curricular Experiences: Updating Child Images

To reduce confusion during lesson planning, child images on Curricular Experiences activity pages now update based on current skill status. If a child has already demonstrated the skill, their image will no longer appear for that activity.

We’ve added two new reports to Hatch Insights that make it easier to view and use documentation aligned to Teaching Strategies GOLD® (TSG).

New Reports: HatchSync Alignment for Ignite and IgniteTable

• HatchSync Alignment Reports show how Ignite and IgniteTable skills connect to familiar TSG objectives and dimensions.

• Each report includes ready-to-use documentation and evidence like play recordings and images.

• You can quickly copy documentation to TSG or review details directly within Hatch Insights.

Why It Matters

• Educators: Save time during checkpoints with organized, TSG-aligned documentation.

• Admins: Gain confidence that Ignite and IgniteTable support TSG requirements.

Access

These reports are available in Hatch Insights for organizations with HatchSync enabled.

Learn more about viewing and using your HatchSync reports:

• HatchSync® Alignment Report and Documentation: Ignite by Hatch™

• HatchSync® Alignment Report and Documentation: IgniteTable by Hatch™

We’ve made several updates to improve how data is handled in Insights, making it easier and more reliable for you to manage child and school information. Here are the highlights:

Improved CSV Imports

You can now import special characters (such as accented letters) without issues when adding schools or school admins through CSV files. This ensures names and information are recorded correctly every time.

Longer Session Time (30 Minutes)

Your Insights session will now stay active for 30 minutes if you’re not actively using the system. At the 29-minute mark, you’ll see a quick reminder before being signed out automatically, keeping your data secure.

Date of Birth Now Displayed

On the View and Edit Children page, you’ll now see each child’s date of birth instead of just their age. This makes it easier to spot errors and align with what you see in other educational platforms.

Easier Carryover Process

We’ve made updates to simplify the process of carrying over children to a new school year:

• Bulk Carryover: You’ll now see both the “Previous School” and “New School” columns. The “New School” will pre-fill with the previous school to speed up changes.

• Simple Carryover: The school filter has been updated so that it no longer hides children during carryover.

Current Skill Level on CSD

The Child Skill Detail (CSD) Report now shows each child’s current average skill level. This matches what you see in the Child Progress Report, so you don’t need to switch between reports to find this information.

We’ve made several updates to improve rostering, reporting, and data accuracy in Hatch Insights and Ignite. These changes will help you save time, keep your classroom data accurate, and give you clearer insights for supporting children.

Annual Archive Complete

We completed our annual archive on August 1, 2025. This process moves records from the previous school year into archive and prepares your account for the new year. Your archive settings remain in place, so your new school year data is ready to go.

Support Needed Report – See When Skills Are Repeated

The Support Needed report now shows when a child has repeated a skill in Ignite. This helps you quickly see where a child may need additional support, without having to check the Play Log.

CSV Imports Improvements

You can now import CSV files that include accented letters and other special characters without issues. This applies to:

• Teachers and Classes imports
• Children and Family Members imports
• Quick Import for Children

Our import process also now supports all common CSV file formats, making it easier to upload files from different systems without conversion.

HatchSync Improvements

• When a child is deactivated in Insights (manually or automatically), they will now be automatically unmatched from GOLD® in HatchSync. If the child is reactivated, they will be matched again overnight or can be matched manually.
• We’ve improved how HatchSync matches children’s records between Ignite and GOLD®, reducing the chance of unnecessary unmatching so that documentation continues to flow smoothly.

This release includes important updates to HatchSync as well as a few small improvements to reports and settings in Hatch Insights.

HatchSync Updates

We are preparing for a HatchSync upgrade to improve stability and better support syncing with Teaching Strategies GOLD®. As part of this process:

• HatchSync will be paused on Friday and Saturday night (July 12–13)
• It will automatically restart on Sunday night (July 14)
• No action is required on your end

Our team will be reviewing each HatchSync connection after the restart to make sure everything continues to work correctly.

Checkpoints Managed by TSG

We’ve updated how checkpoints are handled in Hatch Insights. Each organization may have different checkpoint windows, and these are now fully managed by Teaching Strategies GOLD® (TSG). This means:

• Checkpoint dates will no longer appear in Hatch Insights
• In your Organization Settings, you now have two simple options for documents sent outside of checkpoints:
  • Send documents immediately
  • Don’t send documents

If a document is sent outside of a checkpoint, HatchSync will use your selected setting to decide how to handle it.

Other Improvements

• New Skill Level Column in the Support Needed Report: We added a Skill Level column to help you quickly understand the specific skill a child is working on. This provides more context than the skill area alone and allows for more targeted support.
• Clearer Archive Settings Instructions: We updated the instructions in the Organization Settings page so it's easier to find where and how to edit your archive settings. The instructions now point directly to the Edit Archive Settings button.
• HatchSync Documents Now Included in Bulk Carryover: When carrying over archived children using the Bulk Carryover tool, their HatchSync documents will now come with them. This update makes Bulk Carryover consistent with the Simple Carryover process.

This update introduces a brand-new way to plan your day using Hatch Insights, along with a few helpful fixes to improve your experience across reports and planning tools.

New Feature: Daily Activity Planner for IgnitePanel in Hatch Insights

Teachers can now build and update their IgnitePanel Daily Activity Plans directly from Hatch Insights—no need to open IgnitePanel when you’re prepping your day.

Whether you're at school, at home, or in between, you can now plan from any laptop or desktop computer.

The new Daily Activity Planner gives teachers the flexibility to plan from any computer—no software installation needed. It mirrors the IgnitePanel layout, with a one-page design that makes it easy to browse, select, and organize activities. Saved plans sync automatically to IgnitePanel and are ready to launch when you log in.

At this time, activities can only be browsed by default categories, and custom activities (My Content) can’t be added in Insights, though they can be removed. While activities can’t be launched from Insights, all key details—like lesson plans, group size, and standards—are available to support planning.

Want to explore the new planner? Check out our support article for step-by-step guidance.

Other Improvements:

• Child Playtime Report: Fixed an issue where the report wouldn’t download on the first attempt.
• Class Name Display: Long class names now display correctly in both the UI and exported PDFs.
• Blank Report Pages: Resolved issues where some playtime reports showed up blank after changing pages or printing.

 Here’s a look at the latest updates in Hatch Insights, including improvements to roles, reports, family communication, and licensing visibility.

Switch Between Roles

If you have more than one role in Hatch Insights, you can now switch between them from the navigation menu. This makes it easier to see the data and tools associated with each role. Additional roles can be added if requested and approved.

License Details for Admins

Admins can now view license information in the Organization Settings page. This includes the number of seats purchased, seats used, and the start and end dates for each product license. A direct email link is also included for contacting the subscriptions team.

Progress Report Display Updates

We’ve improved the layout of progress bars to better align the numbers with the visual indicators. We also updated the description to clarify that the number shown is an average.

Archive Settings Update

To support the archive process, we’ve applied default settings for organizations that had not yet selected a date or archive type. This helps ensure data is archived properly at the end of the year. Learn how to update your archive settings.

New Sorting Options in Reports

Three reports now include a last-name sorting option:

• Play Log
• Child Time and Progress Export
• Conference Report

This gives educators more flexibility when viewing and comparing child-level data.

Other Improvements:

• Export IGP Activity Report: You can now export the IGP Activity Report as a CSV file. This makes it easy to save or share your data outside of Insights.
• Family Dashboard Skill Language Updated: The Ignite progress tile on the family member dashboard has been updated to match the new skill descriptors already shown in educator reports. This ensures families see the same updated terms.

We’ve made several improvements to help make your reports more accurate, easier to understand, and better aligned with the tools you already use. Here’s what’s new:

Sort by Last Name on Child Reports

You can now choose how children are sorted on several child-level reports. In addition to sorting by first name, you can now sort by last name, making it easier to find and match children when working across systems.

Available on these reports:

• Child Playtime – Ignite
• Child Progress – Ignite
• Child Playtime – IgniteTable
• Child Progress – IgniteTable

Other Improvements:

• Improved Roster Syncing for Auto-Roster Schools: If your organization uses auto-roster with the "Remove Data" setting turned on, you'll now see better results. Children, classes, and teachers no longer in your source system will be deactivated more reliably, helping your Hatch roster stay in sync without extra cleanup.
• Consistent Playtime Across Reports: We've fixed a rounding issue that sometimes caused small differences between the Playtime Report and Child Skill Detail Report. Playtime values now match across reports, so you're always seeing consistent data.

Filters Stay in Place on Roster Pages

When you apply filters on rostering pages in Insights, like class, teacher, or status, they now stay active as you move between pages. This makes staying focused on the data you care about easier without reapplying filters.

School Names Added to Class Reports

Class Setup and Class Utilization reports now show the school name for each class. This is especially helpful if you support more than one school and want to understand or share classroom data quickly.

Easier Photo Updates for Children with Placeholder Photos

Educators can now invite families to submit photos for children who were assigned placeholder images during setup. These photos can be reviewed and approved just like any others, making it easier to personalize the login experience.

Other Improvements

• Inactive Games Count Toward Progress: If a child played a game that later became inactive, it will still count in their progress report. This keeps progress accurate and reflects their full learning history.
• Clearer Description on the Support Needed Page: We’ve updated the description text to better explain what data is being shown, making it easier for admins to understand what’s needed.

Clearer Skill Level Descriptions

Educators shared that some of our skill-level descriptions were hard to interpret. With the help of our Curriculum team, we’ve updated the text for all skill levels to make them easier to understand. You’ll see these changes reflected in:

• Progress Reports
• Child Skill Detail Report
• Domain Progress Breakdown Report
• Growth Report

We also updated skill-level goals for kindergarten and 1st grade to better align with these new descriptions.

New Sorting Options for Managing Children

You can now sort children by first or last name, in either A–Z or Z–A order, on the View and Edit Children page—giving you more flexibility when reviewing class lists.

Other Improvements

• Faster Dashboard: The IgnitePanel dashboard now loads faster than ever.
• Improved Observations: The “Confirm Skill Observation” button on the IgniteTable Child Skill Detail report now takes you directly to the correct child’s entry, ready to go.

Drill Down for Support Needed Report

Admins can now click on a school or class name to see detailed skill information for children who need support. This helps admins provide targeted guidance to teachers.

Roster Sync Control for Autoroster Customers

Autoroster customers can now choose to pause their sync schedule after running the archive process. This prevents outdated data from re-syncing and ensures a smooth transition into the new school year.

More Visibility in the IgniteTable Skill Detail Report

• Teachers, admins, and family members can now see the rocket that children are building in IgniteTable, providing better context for their progress.

Other Improvements

• Clearer navigation for Curricular Experience recommendations: The “See ALL Curricular Experiences” button has been updated to “See Curricular Experience Recommendations” and now directs educators to a more relevant page for lesson planning.
• HatchSync®: Easier child matching in the Play Log: A new HatchSync "matched status" column has been added to the Play Log. This helps you quickly verify if a child is correctly linked to their Teaching Strategies GOLD® record.
• Saved filters on the View & Edit Educators page: Filters applied while editing educator details will now persist during your session, reducing the need to reapply them repeatedly.

Family Member Experience Enhancements

New: Practice Activity Recommendations

Families now receive personalized recommendations to support their child’s learning in Ignite by Hatch™ and IgniteTable by Hatch™.

• Ignite: Families will see suggested activities based on skills that their child has not yet demonstrated, helping focus on areas that need extra support.
• IgniteTable: Recommendations will align with games the child has played, reinforcing key skills.

These suggestions will appear on the family member dashboard when children are engaging with Hatch products to make it easier for families to engage in their child’s learning journey.

Spanish Translations Now Available

To better support Spanish-speaking families, we’ve expanded Spanish translations across key areas of Hatch Insights™.

Families can switch to Spanish by hovering over the user icon in the main navigation, then selecting Language Settings.

Other Improvements

New Family Connections Button on Curricular Experiences

• Curricular Experiences activities now include a button linking directly to the corresponding Family Connection, allowing educators to find activities to send home more quickly.

PDF Child Skill Detail Report

• The printed version of the Child Skill Detail Report now correctly displays all 12 skill levels instead of hiding some data.
• Saving as a PDF ensures that all progress details are included and is perfect for digital sharing.

Domain Progress Breakdown Report Update

• The overall skill level in the Domain Progress Breakdown Report now reflects only grade-appropriate subdomains, providing a more accurate skill-level representation.

Teacher Dashboard Update

• The "Support Needed" tile now features clearer, more actionable link text:
  "Help Build & Support Skills."

Quick Access to At-Home Activities

Educators can now easily find and access IgniteTable at-home activities directly from the main navigation menu in Insights. This update ensures that you can quickly share learning resources with families anytime.

New Notification for Email Delivery Issues

If your notification emails are ever disabled due to being marked as spam, Insights will now alert you with a message on the Notification Settings page. This helps you troubleshoot email issues faster and ensure that you’re receiving important updates.

IgniteTable Progress Monitoring Settings

Educators now have more control over IgniteTable’s progress monitoring to support different classroom needs. We've introduced new ways to disable progress tracking for children who don’t need video work samples or progress monitoring data.

What’s New

• Customizable settings in Insights: New class- and organization-level settings allow educators to adjust IgniteTable’s progress monitoring. Educators can view settings for each class on the View Classes page. (Note that these settings are only available for paid IgniteTable licenses.)
  • Class-level settings: Teachers and admins can adjust settings unless restricted by an admin.
  • Organization-level settings: Only organization admins can modify settings, overriding class-level changes.
• Limited Progress Monitoring mode: When enabled, reports that include video recordings (Child Skill Detail, Skill Observations, Gameplay) will display a notice that the video was not recorded. Progress and playtime data will still appear in other reports.
• Free Play mode: When enabled, reports will indicate that progress monitoring is turned off for children using Free Play mode.

For more details, see our support article: IgniteTable Progress Monitoring Settings.

Other Updates

• PDF export for the School Playtime Report: A full report PDF export option allows educators to save and share playtime data more easily.
• Improved child filter on the Growth Report: The child filter now only displays children from the selected grade level, making it easier to find specific students.
• Email notification updates: A new message on the Notification Settings page alerts users if their emails were disabled due to a soft bounce and provides a support contact link.

New Domain Progress Breakdown Report

Our new Domain Progress Breakdown Report offers educators a clearer, more actionable view of child progress. This report breaks down progress by subdomain (Literacy, Math, and Language & Communication Development), helping you identify areas where children excel and where additional support may be needed.

Key Features:

• View data by grade level, class, or school.
• See progress by domain and skill level for each child.
• Customizable filters help narrow down the view to specific needs.
• Quick insights in a "highlights" section show key data, such as the skill level with the most children or the subdomain where children need the most support.

How to Access:
The report can be found in the navigation menu under Ignite Reports.

Other Updates

• Setup report photo links: We've streamlined the process of identifying which children have photos uploaded. Educators can now click a link to directly view the class, with photos automatically filtered for easier management.
• Add child form improvements: New pop-up messages guide teachers when a child already exists in another class or school, reducing confusion and helping prevent duplicate data.
• Unassigned class filter: Organization and school admins can now filter for unassigned children, making it easier to spot and assign children to classes.
• PDF download for playtime: We’ve added the ability to export detailed reports, such as child playtime reports, into PDF format, allowing you to download comprehensive reports for offline use.
• CSV roster data download: New features now allow you to see classes without assigned teachers directly in CSV downloads, simplifying roster management.
• Photo status for placeholder photos: The photo status filter helps admins quickly distinguish between children with actual photos and those with placeholder images.

Improved Progress Reporting

• Carryover indicator: An asterisk now marks carried-over children on progress reports for clarity.
• Skill progress tile: Displays only current school year play data to avoid confusion.

Refined Roster and Family Member Management

• Auto-roster fixes: Prevents duplicate accounts for family members with multiple children by verifying email addresses.
• Roster CSV updates: Standardized headers across all roster-related downloads for consistency.

Personalized Learning Enhancements

• Child Skill Detail Report: Now correctly displays demonstrated and “up next” skills based on personalization updates.

UI and System Adjustments

• Kindergarten skill colors: Removed outdated light green skill-level blocks on subdomain pages.
• CSV imports: Clarified that zip codes are optional during school data imports.

Weekly Engagement Emails

To help educators and families stay connected with their children's progress, we've redesigned our engagement emails with actionable insights and clear data.

What’s New

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  • Weekly emails feature research-backed content and data points.
  • There are tailored versions for teachers, school admins, organization admins, and family members.
  • Emails will only be sent to users who logged playtime during the week.
  • Launch day: Tuesdays.

IgniteTable Family Connections

Families can now better support learning at home with resources linked to the skills practiced on IgniteTable.

New Features

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  • Activity links are organized in drop-downs on the Practice Together page.
  • Family dashboards now display IgniteTable skill icons and all relevant activities.

Enhanced Progress Tracking and Reporting

To provide a clearer picture of student growth and progress, we've updated how progress is calculated and reported:

• Quarterly summary reports: These are updated to align progress and growth values with student goals on a 10-point scale.
• Dashboard updates: Family member dashboards now feature a simplified tile summarizing student progress toward their goals.

Other Updates

We’ve addressed various technical issues to improve the user experience:

• Photo resizing: Uploaded child photos now meet system requirements with a thorough validation and resizing process.
• Improved sorting: Progress reports now group grade levels with the same starting points for easier comparisons.

Ignite Personalization and Grade Placement Updates

• Growth Report Enhancements: Updates to the Growth Report allow for more personalized tracking and insights into each child's progress, helping teachers better support skill development.
• Child Skill Detail Report Improvements: We've improved the Child Skill Detail subdomain pages to reflect updates in personalized learning and grade-based skill expectations.

Email Design Updates

• CSV Success & Failure Notifications: Emails related to CSV imports (success and failure) now have a new, improved design.
• Family Member Communication Improvements: Emails sent to family members, including carryover emails and photo-approved notifications, now feature updated designs that are clearer and easier to read.
• Engagement Emails
  We are updating our engagement emails to provide more relevant information and insights for you. As we make these updates, current engagement emails have been paused.

Other Updates

• We’ve updated a banner on the IGP Device Report to help Org Admins ensure all teachers are logged into the expected devices, helping to manage classroom technology.
• To make the HatchSync matching process faster and smoother, we’ve removed an extra step, reducing bugs and simplifying the flow.

Personalized Learning & Grade Placement

• Reports have been updated to show how Ignite personalizes learning for each child and their grade level placement.
  • Progress Reports at the child, class, and school levels now reflect personalized learning settings.
  • The Child Skill Detail Report provides clearer insights into each child’s learning journey.
  • Utilization Reports now better show average skill level progress.
  • Data exports for play logs and child progress have been improved for more clarity.
  • New indicators in reports highlight grade support, personalized goals, and progress milestones.

Entry Removal

• Since children no longer play entry activities, the entry options in navigation, settings, and play log filters have been removed.
  • If you need any entry data, you can request it, and we’ll send it to you in a CSV file.

Other Small Improvements

• HatchSync Enhancements: Support for new grade levels and updates to existing mappings have been added.
• Edit School on Child Profile: You can now easily edit a child's school from their profile with the new pencil icon.
• Welcome Email Updates: Our welcome emails now support dark mode, offering a seamless experience across devices.
• Family Member Login Confirmation Email: After a family member’s first login, they’ll receive instructions on downloading Ignite (if needed), making onboarding smoother.

Back to School Updates

• New Bulk Edit Feature: Easily update the school and class information for one or more children at the same time using the new bulk edit functionality. This will save you time and simplify your roster management.
• Setup Assistant Reset for Archived Organizations: The setup assistant popup and checklist will now automatically reset for archived organizations, providing step-by-step guidance to ensure everything is set up correctly.
• Login Reminder Emails: To help new users get started, automated reminder emails will be sent if they haven’t completed their first sign-in within 3, 8, or 15 days. This will help improve engagement and ensure a smooth onboarding process.
• Setup Reminder Emails: Automated reminders will now be sent to users who have incomplete tasks in the setup assistant, encouraging them to finish the setup process.
• Grade Automation: With Ignite’s new grade placement system, grades will now be automatically assigned based on birth date unless a grade is manually entered. Users can edit this grade in Insights, except when autoroster is applied.

New! HatchSync® for IgniteTable!

Discover the latest extension of HatchSync—now for IgniteTable! HatchSync is our partnership with Teaching Strategies GOLD®. Previously only available for Ignite, this enhancement saves teachers time by automatically sending documentation of children’s skill practice on IgniteTable directly to GOLD. Interested in this time-saving feature? You're invited to opt in—just reach out to get started.

When your organization administrator sets up the HatchSync connection, you will start to see documents and other reports being sent to GOLD on your Insights dashboard. Learn more: Now Offering HatchSync® for IgniteTable by Hatch™.

Other Changes:

• Setup Assistant enhancements: If you're an auto-roster user, a new Setup Assistant is now available, designed with you in mind. It walks you through the Hatch setup process with steps customized for your needs, ensuring a streamlined setup experience. If you have HatchSync, you'll find details on your status in the About You section at the top of your page.
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New Enhanced Onboarding!

Hatch has rolled out a new and improved onboarding experience focused on making your journey with Hatch's learning products more efficient and user-friendly. The goal is to make the onboarding process quicker and more intuitive, ensuring you can start using Hatch products for your children's learning and growth as soon as possible. Learn more: New Setup Assistant Rostering Checklist.

• Warm welcome: Upon first login, you'll encounter a welcome page in Insights, introducing you to the Hatch products available through your organization's licenses.
• Flexible onboarding options: If you are a new teacher or administrator with Hatch, you will still receive the existing onboarding experience. Now there will be an option to check out the new Setup Assistant if you want to try it!
• Easy navigation: You can access your Setup Assistant page at any time via the Resources tab in the main menu so that you can easily navigate to and from your setup tasks page.
• Role-specific setup checklists: Your new Setup Assistant page is customized to you and your role in your school or classroom (for example, teacher and administrator tasks are different).
• Setup progress reminder: A handy pop-up will appear on the bottom of your Insights pages, reminding you of the remaining tasks for completing the setup.

Other Changes:

• Teachers can now easily access the device report through the main menu navigation, ensuring a seamless and consistent experience within Insights.
• The Ignite School and Class Utilization Reports update every 12 hours, ensuring that they load quickly and efficiently.
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New Enhanced Onboarding!

Hatch has rolled out a new and improved onboarding experience focused on making your journey with Hatch's learning products more efficient and user-friendly. The goal is to make the onboarding process quicker and more intuitive, ensuring you can start using Hatch products for your children's learning and growth as soon as possible. Learn more: New Setup Assistant Rostering Checklist.

• Warm welcome: Upon first login, you'll encounter a welcome page in Insights, introducing you to the Hatch products available through your organization's licenses.
• Flexible onboarding options: If you are a new teacher or administrator with Hatch, you will still receive the existing onboarding experience. Now there will be an option to check out the new Setup Assistant if you want to try it!
• Easy navigation: You can access your Setup Assistant page at any time via the Resources tab in the main menu so that you can easily navigate to and from your setup tasks page.
• Role-specific setup checklists: Your new Setup Assistant page is customized to you and your role in your school or classroom (for example, teacher and administrator tasks are different).
• Setup progress reminder: A handy pop-up will appear on the bottom of your Insights pages, reminding you of the remaining tasks for completing the setup.

Other Changes:

• Teachers can now easily access the device report through the main menu navigation, ensuring a seamless and consistent experience within Insights.
• The Ignite School and Class Utilization Reports update every 12 hours, ensuring that they load quickly and efficiently.
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New Feature: Family Activities Visible to Educators!

• Family skill practice activities are now accessible to administrators and teachers! Explore and access at-home activities designed for family members through Insights. Conveniently print and share these activities as desired.

Other Exciting Changes:

• Teacher dashboards: We optimized the loading speed for teacher dashboards, ensuring faster and seamless access to data and tiles.
• School progress reports: We optimized the loading speed for administrators in large organizations, providing timely access to school progress reports.
• Ignite playtime reports: Playtime reports now default to the time period of "This Week," offering a more focused and actionable overview.
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New Export and Print Report Features!

• On the Ignite progress, playtime, and entry reports, you can now see new options for exporting and downloading data! For example, you can export data into a customized CSV file or save the entire progress report via PDF.

Other Exciting Changes:

• You now have the option to roster children with the grade “other,” as needed, using any of the rostering methods provided.
• Enjoy improved filter functionality on Ignite progress, playtime, and entry reports for better data comparison.
• You should experience faster load times as we continue to optimize Insights dashboards and reports.

New Progress Report Enhancements!

We're introducing a powerful new feature developed based on your valued feedback: the ability to export reports into spreadsheets. Now you can effortlessly export school, class, and child Ignite progress reports into convenient CSV spreadsheets, granting you the flexibility to use and analyze progress data however you need!

Other Exciting Changes:

Look out for a new badge on select Ignite Curricular Experiences that indicates alignment with our latest offering, Key Foundations by Hatch™. Dive into Key Foundations on our website to explore this innovative educational initiative further.

New Ignite Device Report Enhancements

Now administrators and educators can filter and sort the device report by class, making it easier to view data as needed. You can also export the device report to CSV, simplifying data analysis.

• Class sort and filter: Easily customize your view by filtering and sorting the device report by class.

• Download/export feature: Export the device report to CSV for data that suits your needs.

New Growth Report Export

You can now export the Ignite Growth Report to CSV, providing additional flexibility to use the data how you need to.

Other Exciting Changes:

• If you use IgniteTable, you’ll find a new tile on your dashboard with recommended curricular experiences related to the IgniteTable skills your children have practiced. Curricular experiences are a great way to support your children, offering offline activities to help them develop the skills they need for school and beyond.

• On a child’s profile page, educators can now navigate to that child’s detail report by clicking the link in the menu at the bottom left. This allows you to find more data easily for that child.

New! Educational Journey Enhancements

You can now choose the appropriate educational journey when you roster children, whether it be via Autoroster or Carryover!

New! Exciting Curricular Experiences

For IgniteTable educators, you will start to see Curricular Experiences based on your children’s play on IgniteTable so that you can support their learning!

Other Changes:

• You will now have a smoother experience, with optimized loading times and more targeted error messaging, whether you are importing your roster via CSV or exporting your playtime and progress data.
• You can now filter the play log by teacher. This means you can get the data you need, tailored just for you.

New! Enhancements to CSV Rostering for a Better Experience

Quick Child Import: Administrators and teachers can now use a speedy "quick import" option when rostering children. This means you can include only the required fields in your CSV file, making it super fast to add children and get them started playing Hatch™ products.

More Accepted Field Formats: We've expanded the range of accepted field formats for CSV rostering. This means you'll encounter fewer error messages and experience more successful imports. Check out our articles for more information about our accepted formats.

Other Changes:

• You’ll now see teacher filters on the "View all Children" and "View all Family Members" pages. You can filter children and family members based on their associated teacher, making it easier to manage your classroom.

• If you use Childplus, the import function no longer requires family member phone numbers, streamlining the process for administrators.

New!

Ignite progress reports are new and improved, showing skill levels across the top, displaying the progress by grade level, and clearly marking the new starting point for kindergarten children (Level 3)!

Other Changes

• On the playtime reports, see the full name of your school, class, or child without hovering over these items. The text continues onto the next line if the name is longer than the space provided.

For Autoroster (Clever/Classlink Only):

• Teachers can now log in to IgniteTable using Clever or Classlink single sign-on.
• Autoroster will now allow an unlimited number of family members to be associated with a child, per the Clever or ClassLink data communicated to Hatch™.

New!

Filter by teacher on the Ignite class and child playtime reports! Educators can use this filter to see playtime for specific teachers' classes or children and help support growth by ensuring that children play Ignite for at least 30 minutes per week.

Other Changes

• When viewing a kindergarten child's profile or child skill detail report, it will now indicate that they start at Level 3 as the most developmentally appropriate starting point for kindergarten!
• You can now filter by domain and by teacher on the class and child progress reports!
• There is now an updated resource menu! Under the Resources tab, you will now see more options to find support and learn more about Hatch.

For Autoroster (Clever/Classlink Only):

• Undefined or empty data fields will not interrupt your roster sync. The sync will skip this data and add all the correct data, then tell you which items we could not add on the Roster Sync Status page.
• Administrators visiting their Roster Sync Settings page can now choose to allow educators to edit or personalize their classroom names.