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UpdateSeptember 23, 20263 min read

Meet the new Umi

Umi now lives in the corner of the class screen as a little axolotl. She reacts to what happens in your lesson, and when you ask, she runs most of the board for you.

She's part of the class

When a student levels up, Umi throws a little party and dances. A rank-up gets a bigger dance, and a beaten boss gets a victory dance, a different one each time. She waits until the screen is clear, so she never covers a level-up or a boss screen, and if a few things happen at once she plays the biggest one.

The small moments get a reaction too. Take away more than five points at once and she gets scared. Give the same child points twice in a row and she laughs. She shivers when you freeze a student, waves hello to a new one, and waves goodbye with a tear when one leaves. A Penalty Shield that blocks a bad mark makes her proud, and Rising Tide sends a wave right over her.

Leave her alone for a few minutes and she gets bored, then sleepy, and falls asleep. Tap her and she wakes up.

Ask her to run the board

Tell her what you need, like "start a Boss Hunt for three days". If something is missing, she asks for it with buttons in her bubble, one question at a time, and then starts it.

Umi asks which boss, with a button for each one Umi starts the Boss Hunt against Ragnarix for three days
One question, one tap, and the hunt starts

She starts a Boss Hunt, a race, Squad Legends, a Challenge or a Versus fight. Besides the games, she spins the wheel, rolls the dice, makes groups, runs the timer, writes a note about a child and tells you who hasn't had a point this week.

Talk to her out loud

  1. Hold Space

    On the class screen, hold down the Space bar. Umi opens and starts listening. You can also tap the microphone in her bubble.

  2. Say what you need

    For example "give two points to everyone who is here". Your words appear in her bubble while you speak.

  3. Let go

    When you let go of Space, Umi gets the request.

Umi listening, with the spoken words in her bubble
Your words show up while you're still speaking

She listens in the language your Learnify is set to, in Chrome, Edge and Safari. Firefox has no speech recognition, so there you type to her.

What waits for your tap

Giving points, marking attendance and adding a student happen straight away, and Umi leaves a note in her bubble for each one. The bigger things wait for you: moving students to another class, resetting or deleting anything, finishing a race or Squad Legends, and calling off a Boss Hunt.

Umi asks before moving Misty and Sora to 6A, with Cancel and Do it
Nothing moves until you press Do it

Can I switch her off?

Yes: in the gear menu, open Display and turn off Umi assistant. The setting is kept on that device.

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