📅Release Notes

Everything we release appears here! Changes released per version.

Thursday 12 June 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.7.5, rapid-router: 7.5.13

Enforced backend checks against special characters in custom level fields
School names can no longer contain special characters

Tuesday 3 June 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.7.1, rapid-router: 7.5.10

Updated Contribute page to include newer Gitbook thumbnail
Added CFL community space link to footer
Added pwnedpassword CloudFlare cookie to the privacy notice
Only admin teachers can invite other teachers, resend and delete invitations

Friday 25 April 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.6.6, rapid-router: 7.5.4

Shoutout to @Bailey-Hodge: Updated links in Teach page to national curricula Gitbook pages.

Wednesday 9 April 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.6.5, rapid-router: 7.5.3

Shoutout to @Bailey-Hodge: Updated Register button to say "Register for free"
Shoutout to @Bailey-Hodge: Updated text in register form to highlight free nature of the accounts
Shoutout to @Bailey-Hodge: Fixed layout responsiveness issue in Contribute page
Upgraded from Django 4.2.20 to 5.1.8

Wednesday 26 March 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.5.1, rapid-router: 7.4.7

Added list of individual cookies to the privacy notice.

Thursday 20 March 2025

rapid-router: 7.4.5

Now counting number of times users play Rapid Router and Python Den using GTM.

Tuesday 18 March 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.4.10, rapid-router: 7.4.4

Most Rapid Router and Python Den levels can now be accessed only by logged in users
Embedded Gitbook videos no longer keep playing in the background after closing the popup

Tuesday 11 March 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.4.4, rapid-router: 7.3.6

Students can now play their own custom level even if it still hasn't been approved by their teacher
Added missing my_van.deliver()command to the Python commands popup in PD level 40

Friday 7 March 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.4.3, rapid-router: 7.3.4

Shoutout to @bella054: Added new sound effects for Santa in Rapid Router
Shoutout to @bella054: Fixed the syntax in the Python Den's split levels so the generated Python is consistent with the commands presented in the Python-only levels
Fixed a bug in the level access control feature where Episode 8 (Procedures) couldn't be unlocked

Thursday 27 February 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.4.0, rapid-router: 7.3.2

Shoutout to @bella054: Added introduction video to variable-type blocks in Python Den level 7
Linked the "Opportunities with Code for Life" document in the footer and Get Involved page
Links to PDF docs now point to Gitbook URLs instead of GCP assets bucket
Retired our use of Mouseflow
Added a new button in the Play page banner to direct users to the Python Den
Reworded the buttons on the Play page from "Play" to "Try"
Made the level moderation feature proactive instead of reactive, meaning students now need to have custom levels approved by their teacher because they can be shared with others

Wednesday 19 February 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.2.2

Class names can no longer contain special characters
Update to privacy notice around GA4 data collection

Monday 10 February 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.2.0, rapid-router: 7.2.9

Improved Python error feedback in Python Den console log.

Thursday 30 January 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.1.3, rapid-router: 7.2.8

Shoutout to @NoahBakr: Teachers outside of a school can now create and save custom levels
Removed trial "Donate" button

Friday 18 January 2025

codeforlife-portal: 8.1.2, rapid-router: 7.2.7

Added link to download our 2024 Impact Report in the footer
Fixed small ordering and layout issues in Python Den's episodes accordion

Monday 16 December 2024

codeforlife-portal: 8.0.5, rapid-router: 7.2.5

Shoutout to @RaihanRasheedApurbo: Fixed strange highlighting bug when placing cows
Improve input sanitisation on subtitle, description and hint fields in the Level Editor

Monday 9 December 2024

codeforlife-portal: 8.0.3, rapid-router: 7.2.3

Allow for Python Den worksheets to be locked from the teacher's level control form.

Wednesday 27 November 2024

codeforlife-portal: 8.0.1, rapid-router: 7.1.0

Released Python Den worksheets on 2D lists and Procedures and Functions.

Tuesday 12 November 2024

codeforlife-portal: 8.0.0, rapid-router: 7.0.1

BREAKING CHANGE: Upgrade from Django 3.2 to 4.2.
Shoutout to @RaihanRasheedApurbo: Cows can now be placed on non-road squares as scenery!

Thursday 7 November 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.4.9

Shoutout to @sebp999: Fixed broken website bar on Safari and tablet devices
Shoutout to @sebp999: Students' custom levels are no longer still shared with their ex-teacher and classmates after being released from the school
Fixed broken edit account details forms

Saturday 2 November 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.4.6, rapid-router: 6.7.1

Switched to PostgreSQL 16 from MySQL 5.7
Transferred all data for all 3 environments to the new instance on GCP

Monday 28 October 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.4.4, rapid-router: 6.7.0

Shoutout to @razvan-pro: Removed the direct drive arrows in Rapid Router
Shoutout to @besque: Fixed the broken JS elements in the registration form for invited teachers
Updated the Coding Clubs page to match new structure after Python Den release
Updated the marketing video for the Python Den on the Teach page
Removed the temporary redirect to the Python Den from the old Rapid Router levels
Included the Python Den in our Terms of Use
Fixed the broken level moderation page, teachers can now view and delete custom levels again

Tuesday 15 October 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.4.0

Updated Home Learning page to reflect Rapid Router changes following Python Den release
Added a tester Donate button to the header which links to a contact list in DotDigital

Tuesday 8 October 2024

rapid-router: 6.6.0

Released Blockly translations for Bulgarian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese and Russian.
Amended Python Den level 15 to accept more solutions.

Monday 30 September 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.3.7, rapid-router: 6.5.3

Fixed "days left" data binding in inactivity reminder emails
Fixed broken links to the old CSR page, now redirecting to the Sustainability page
Updated migrations to be Postgres-compatible

Wednesday 18 September 2024

rapid-router: 6.5.2

Fixed column alignment issue in Python Den scoreboard.

Wednesday 11 September 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.3.3, rapid-router: 6.5.1

Update Python Den web pages to ensure title says "Python Den" instead of "Rapid Router"
Mark some MUI icons in the login dropdown as data-nosnippet to see if search engines stop rendering their text version

Tuesday 10 September 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.3.2, rapid-router: 6.5.0

Shoutout to @Ridwanah: Going back to the levels page from within a Rapid Router / Python Den level using the browser's back arrow now only takes one click instead of several
Added the scoreboard feature to the Python Den
Fixed link to Blockly phrasebook in Play page
Allow admin teachers to move students from any class in their school

Thursday 5 September 2024

rapid-router: 6.4.4

Replaced cows with pigeons in City theme
Added solar panel options for Snow and City themes
Fixed Python Den banners to match Rapid Router banner height
Fixed links to Blockly phrasebook and Python guides

Tuesday 3 September 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.2.1, rapid-router: 6.3.7

Upgraded to Python 3.12

Thursday 29 August 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.2.0, rapid-router: 6.3.5

Released Python Den
Changed colour of upper-left hand corner text in Rapid Router game view from black to white.

Friday 9 August 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.1.1, rapid-router: 6.0.2

Shoutout to @Ridwanah: Show failure popup when trying to deliver at a non-destination square.
Fixed the "exploding flying van bug" where using an action block / command in front of a cow would cause a crash.

Tuesday 6 August 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.1.0

Added three email alerts for users who haven't been active in a while, warning them that their account is about to be anonymised. The first reminder happens 2 years since last activity, the second 2 years and 8 months, and the final reminder 2 years and 11 months, 1 month before the anonymisation happens at 3 years of inactivity.

Thursday 1 August 2024

codeforlife-portal: 7.0.0, rapid-router: 6.0.0

BREAKING CHANGE: Removed everything Kurono-related, including game dashboard functionality, Kurono-related text, images and videos and deregistered the URLs for Kurono.
Added a migration to clean dirty class data, i.e. to nullify the creation_time of the few classes that inexplicably had a creation_time set to before we actually started tracking that data.
Reintroduced the missing buttons to the "Overwrite" popup in Rapid Router's level editor.
Enabled the is_animal_crossing() and sound_horn() commands in Python levels.
Gave the "sound horn" action a wait time equal to all other action animations, allowing for the highlighting of the "sound horn" block or the sound_horn() command to be visible.

Wednesday 31 July 2024

rapid-router: 5.27.0

Shoutout to @Ridwanah: Updated the Python commands modal so it only shows the commands relevant to the level that's being played.

Friday 19 July 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.46.0, rapid-router: 5.26.1

Introduced functional cookie to save a user's preferred language in Rapid Router.
Functional cookies are now automatically deleted from the browser after a user withdraws their consent and navigates back to Rapid Router.
10 years celebration page is under construction!

Friday 5 July 2024

Reintroduce the 2 email reminders for unverified users before their account gets anonymised.

Monday 1 July 2024

rapid-router: 5.25.0

Added a sounded effect for when the Electric Van starts.
Added a "battery gauge" for the Electric Van, similar to the fuel gauge for the classic van.

Thursday 27 June 2024

rapid-router: 5.23.1

Level subtitle, description and hint can now be customised with creating a level in the level editor.

Wednesday 19 June 2024

rapid-router: 5.22.0

Scenery (cows and traffic lights) can now be dragged directly from the sidebar in the level editor!
Added solar panels to grass and farm scenery!
Added the electric van as a character option!
Blocks can now be translated into Catalan and Spanish.

Thursday 6 June 2024

rapid-router: 5.19.0

Scenery (trees, bushes and ponds) can now be dragged directly from the sidebar in the level editor!
Disabled algorithm score for all custom levels
Fix cow placement so they cannot be put on start or destination blocks

Thursday 30 May 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.45.1, rapid-router: 5.18.2

Shoutout to Jibran1998: Updated the Gmail button links to search for our new email service domain
Added missing translations for the "Do" block
Clarified verification email that gets sent to released school students
De-verify students when they are released as verification of their new email address is required
Clarified error text when requesting to join a class that doesn't exist or isn't accepting join requests

Thursday 23 May 2024

aimmo: 2.11.3, codeforlife-portal: 6.44.9, rapid-router: 5.18.1

Fixed level 36 so the van now drives under the trees instead of over them.

Monday 20 May 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.44.5, rapid-router: 5.18.0

Introduced a translation feature for the blocks in Rapid Router! Initial deployment includes English (UK), English (US), French and Hindi.
Updated the level editor to allow for creation of multiple destinations (houses)
Fixed the "wonky" level editor layout
Added the Gmail and Outlook redirection buttons to the password reset request sent page
Updated the contribute page with more up to date figures

Thursday 9 May 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.44.3, rapid-router: 5.16.25

Transferred all the other emails to DotDigital
Ran migrations to clean illogical data states:
- Anonymised "typeless" users
- Anonymised empty schools
- Verified all returning users
All students are now automatically verified upon their first login
Updated footer layout with social media icons

Tuesday 23 April 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.41.12

Moved the jQuery script tag higher up in the DOM - seems to have fixed, or at least warded off, the ghost bug.

Friday 19 April 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.41.11, rapid-router: 5.16.24

Host js-reverse script directly instead of downloading as an attempt to fix the jQuery ghost bug - turned out to be unrelated.

Friday 12 April 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.41.10, rapid-router: 5.16.21

Transferred some of our email messages from AWS to DotDigital to help with email authentication:
- Email address verification on account creation
- Email address verification on account email change
- Email address update notification
- Parent's / Guardian's email address verification on account creation for independent user under 13
- Email address verification first reminder
- Email address verification second reminder
- Forgotten password reset
Updated Privacy Notice to highlight the use of YouTube embedded videos
Fixed broken Mouseflow cookie

Thursday 21 March 2024

aimmo: 2.11.2, codeforlife-portal: 6.41.5, rapid-router: 5.16.21

Updated main logo to its trademarked version.
Fixed broken mute cookie.

Friday 15 March 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.41.3, rapid-router: 5.16.20

Updated text on email verification and reset password pages to highlight need to check spam folder.
Updated solutions to levels 106-109 to replace n variable with number.

Friday 1 March 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.41.2, rapid-router: 5.16.19

Fixed issues relating to max scores in Rapid Router.

Monday 19 February 2024

aimmo: 2.11.1, codeforlife-portal: 6.41.1, rapid-router: 5.16.15

Added a button which links to Outlook on the email verification page.
Added the 10-year badge image to the footer.
Slightly amended level and episode names to make them consistent.
Teachers can no longer select Episodes that aren't ready in the scoreboard.
The scoreboard now properly shows the results for all Episodes to the teachers.

Friday 2 February 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.40.0

Added a link to the 2023 Impact Report in the footer.

Tuesday 23 January 2024

rapid-router: 5.16.12

Shoutout to AbdelrahmanDeghedy: Fixed the saving functionality of level workspaces.
Shoutout to akurtle: Removed level 14's solution's random block on the side of the workspace.

Thursday 18 January 2024

codeforlife-portal: 6.39.10, rapid-router: 5.16.10

Shoutout to AbdelrahmanDeghedy: The Start block now always spawns at the same location in the game, instead of a random location sometimes too close to the edge.

Monday 8 January 2024

rapid-router: 5.16.9

Shoutout to AbdelrahmanDeghedy: Dee no longer appears in the intro popup for level 116.

Thursday 21 December 2023

codeforlife-portal: 6.39.9, rapid-router: 5.16.8

Shoutout to benbacardi: fixed the broken student login link in the level editor popups.
Shoutout to sebp999: fixed the level editor so the "level language" setting persists through saving & loading.

Tuesday 19 December 2023

rapid-router: 5.16.6

Shoutout to AbdelrahmanDeghedy: videos in Rapid Router popups now stop playing when the popup is closed.
Shoutout to juandesenvolvedor: renamed level 36 to include else if concept.

Monday 11 December 2023

rapid-router: 5.16.4

Replaced the van with the sleigh in the Start block during the Christmas theme.
Updated the description of level 36 to show example code and cog icon.
The level selection page now remembers which Episode the user was last on and opens that accordion by default.

Thursday 30 November 2023

aimmo: 2.11.0, rapid-router: 5.16.1

Imports in Kurono are now restricted to the ones used in the worksheets.
Cows are now always visible in Rapid Router.
The van now needs to be on the square directly before a cow in order to honk the horn to make it disappear, instead of two squares away.

Tuesday 28 November 2023

aimmo: 2.10.15, codeforlife-portal: 6.39.8, rapid-router: 5.15.13

Introduced else in Level 36 (in level intro and solution)
Fixed and updated styles of missing Level Editor popup buttons

Wednesday 15 November 2023

aimmo: 2.10.12, codeforlife-portal: 6.39.4

No longer gathering and processing school postcodes
School countries are now optional
UK schools can be linked to a county, which is also optional
Fixed and issue with the flow for changing emails addresses
Now tracking worksheet usage, worksheet badges and game load time in Kurono

Friday 3 November 2023

aimmo: 2.10.9, codeforlife-portal: 6.38.1, rapid-router: 5.15.5

Created levels 110-122 in Rapid Router, within Episode 12 as an introduction to While Loops.
Added episodes 13-15 to the levels list and marked them as coming soon.
Added a formal method to capture volunteer acceptance of contributing terms.
Password fields in forms now have a "reveal password" icon.
Removed autocomplete for some password fields.
Increased the size of the Rapid Router level map so it takes up the whole section.
Updated the button styles for the hint and level failure / completion popups in Rapid Router.

Tuesday 17 October 2023

aimmo: 2.10.7, codeforlife-portal: 6.37.1, rapid-router: 5.12.3

Introduced cows to levels 38, 39 and 47
Removed the game-creator and moved its logic to the Django aimmo app

Wednesday 20 September 2023

codeforlife-portal: 6.37.0

Unverified users are now anonymised instead of deleted.
Keep track of daily and total unverified users anonymisations.

Tuesday 19 September 2023

codeforlife-portal: 6.36.2

Implemented a quick fix for the 2FA bug.

Thursday 7 September 2023

codeforlife-portal: 6.36.0

Keep track of total registrations.

Tuesday 5 September 2023

codeforlife-portal: 6.35.3, rapid-router: 5.11.3

Added a comma in some of the Rapid Router levels instructions for better readability.
Only the selected road type in the level editor has a border now to improve user experience.
Created two automated email verification reminders for unverified users who registered 7 days ago and 14 days ago.
Created an automated deletion job which deletes unverified users who have registered over 19 days ago.

Monday 14 August 2023

aimmo: 2.10.6, codeforlife-portal: 6.34.1

UK schools are now linked to a county.
Kurono games are now stopped immediately upon deletion.
Implemented a max limit of 15 for concurrent Kurono running games. Attempting to create or start a 16th game will show the user a friendly error message.
Updated the starter code for worksheet 2 to reflect changes on Gitbook.

Thursday 20 July 2023

aimmo: 2.9.1, codeforlife-portal: 6.33.6, rapid-router: 5.11.1

Fixed a bug with the password strength indicator on password reset.
Fixed a bug with the password reset email form.

Thursday 29 June 2023

rapid-router: 5.11.0

Enabled secure boot for GKE nodes.

Wednesday 28 June 2023

aimmo: 2.9.0, codeforlife-portal: 6.33.0

Upgraded to Python 3.8.
Added a check for commonly used passwords upon registration.

Friday 16 June 2023

aimmo: 2.8.7, codeforlife-portal: 6.31.1

Removed intermediate Teaching Resources pages, dropdowns now link directly to Gitbook.
Shortened email verification links.
Fixed Kurono cross-worksheet badges trigger bug.
Testing out new GA4 script.

Wednesday 31 May 2023

codeforlife-portal: 6.30.11

Fixed mistakenly removed riveted.js library.

Thursday 25 May 2023

aimmo: 2.8.5, codeforlife-portal: 6.30.10, rapid-router: 5.10.6

Updated an outdated JS library.

Sunday 30 April 2023

aimmo: 2.7.0, codeforlife-portal: 6.30.4

Updated Kubernetes to 1.26 and Agones to 1.31.
Addressed a number of security issues related to the clusters and node pools.
Added a custom action in the Django admin panel allowing admins to bulk stop Kurono games.
Added text in Terms of Use describing the school admin powers.

Wednesday 26 April 2023

aimmo: 2.5.20, codeforlife-portal: 6.30.2

Implemented JWT tokens for the registration process, allowing users to have simultaneous valid email verification tokens on registration.

Wednesday 12 April 2023

aimmo: 2.5.19, codeforlife-portal: 6.29.9, rapid-router: 5.10.5

Fixed Avatar auth token generation when creating an Avatar in Kurono.
Teachers can now access the account settings page even if they don't have a school.
Updated the solution for level 43.
Matched the green in the level editor sidebar to the one in the actual game.
Verification emails are now sent before the newsletter confirmation emails.

Tuesday 21 March 2023

aimmo: 2.5.18, codeforlife-portal: 6.29.4

Updated text and padding of the Get Involved page.
Added a "pause" functionality to the Kurono game - users can now pause their avatar, effectively stopping their code and the logs while the rest of the game carries on.

Monday 13 March 2023

aimmo: 2.5.16

Updated the Kurono avatar marker - made it bigger, changed the model to the Kurono logo and added a bounce animation.

Friday 10 March 2023

rapid-router: 5.10.4

Reverted an issue introduced in the previous deployment which made the map no longer scrollable on tablets.
Fixed the broken coin image that appears in the Episode title when all levels have been completed.

Wednesday 8 March 2023

rapid-router: 5.10.2

Fixed some issues with the zoom buttons in Rapid Router, namely, the game doesn't randomly zoom in on the first input, and the buttons remain in the screen for all screen sizes.

Tuesday 21 February 2023

rapid-router: 5.10.1

Fixed scoreboard bug whereby custom level names prevented the page from loading.

Friday 17 February 2023

aimmo: 2.5.15, codeforlife-portal: 6.29.3, rapid-router: 5.10.0

Fixed level editor disappearing scenery bug
Updated introductory videos order in Rapid Router

Wednesday 15 February 2023

aimmo: 2.5.12, codeforlife-portal: 6.29.2, rapid-router: 5.9.1

Fixed a broken DB migration.

Monday 6 February 2023

codeforlife-portal: 6.29.0

Added ratelimit to the student login as well as the tracking for the lockout reset mechanic.

Wednesday 25 January 2023

codeforlife-portal: 6.28.3, rapid-router: 5.8.1

Updated Privacy Notice with updated text and correct personal data information.

Thursday 19 January 2023

aimmo: 2.5.11, codeforlife-portal: 6.28.0, rapid-router: 5.8.0

Added cows and cow-related blocks to Rapid Router
Implemented a data tracker for when users reset their passwords to unlock their accounts (teachers and independent students only)
Having no nearby artefacts in worksheet 4 no longer raises an error which blocks the user from progressing, instead it prints out a more user-friendly warning.

Wednesday 4 January 2023

codeforlife-portal: 6.27.8, rapid-router: 5.7.4

Removed the snow in Rapid Router.
Coding club page link now opens in the same tab as expected.

Monday 19 December 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.27.7

Updated instructions for level control and added a usage tracker for it.
Fixed broken independent student newsletter subscription.
Added a link to the coding clubs page on the Get Involved page.

Tuesday 6 December 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.27.3, rapid-router: 5.7.3

Brought back Rapid Rudolph
Updated incorrect email address in privacy policy.
Update Rapid Router UI including previous and next level buttons.

Wednesday 16 November 2022

aimmo: 2.5.10, codeforlife-portal: 6.27.1, rapid-router: 5.6.1

Teachers can now control which levels of Rapid Router are available on a per-class basis.
Fixed missing padding in level editor.

Monday 31 October 2022

aimmo: 2.5.7, codeforlife-portal: 6.24.1

Fixed a bug where old games would show in the Kurono games table.

Tuesday 25 October 2022

aimmo: 2.5.6, codeforlife-portal: 6.23.1, rapid-router: 5.5.2

Upgraded Kubernetes to version 1.23 on all Kurono resources.
Admin teachers can now create Kurono games for their colleagues.
Updated Rapid Router Python levels styles.

Thursday 13 October 2022

aimmo: 2.5.2, codeforlife-portal: 6.22.1, rapid-router: 5.5.1

Made the alert banner on the homepage dynamic.
Fixed some bugs in the level editor.
Admin teachers can now see, play, edit and delete any Kurono game in their school.

Friday 7 October 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.21.0, rapid-router: 5.5.0

Admin teachers can now see, play and share any custom level in their school.

Friday 30 September 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.20.3

Updated the Data Protection Officer's email address in the Privacy Policy.

Wednesday 21 September 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.20.2

Removed the Kurono maintenance banner.

Thursday 15 September 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.20.1, rapid-router: 5.4.3

Fixed missing cookie banner and settings
Fixed some UI bugs in Rapid Router

Friday 9 September 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.19.1

Added code clubs page with free downloadable content
Updated text to registration forms
Fixed issue where the Kurono preview video would not load on the independent student dashboard

Tuesday 6 September 2022

aimmo: 2.4.6, codeforlife-portal: 6.18.3, rapid-router: 5.4.2

Fixed a major issue where deployment was broken by removing the legacy django-autoconfig package
Added a banner on the homepage to warn users of ongoing issues with Kurono
Updated session timeout to 30 minutes and added a 2 minute countdown to warn users of it
Fixed some issues with Rapid Router button designs
Users can now see their scores for custom levels on the scoreboard page

Friday 5 August 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.16.0, rapid-router: 5.3.1

Admin teachers can now see and moderate all custom levels in their school
Admin teachers can now see, accept and reject all external requests to their school's classes
Updated Rapid Router icons
Updated Rapid Router Python levels design and made each component resizable

Wednesday 27 July 2022

aimmo: 2.4.3, codeforlife-portal: 6.15.4

Admin teachers can now see, edit and delete all the classes in their school
Admin teachers can now create a class for a fellow teacher
Updated the "Make admin" popup

Thursday 14 July 2022

aimmo: 2.4.1, codeforlife-portal: 6.15.3, rapid-router: 5.1.0

Updated Rapid Router levels design
Removed Dee from Python levels
Added Bav the Brain to brainteaser levels
Admin teachers can now see all classes in their school
Gave admin teachers the ability to create classes for other teachers
Updated the "Make teacher admin" popup
Created child-friendly versions of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Independent students under 13 now need to provide their parents' or guardian's email address

Friday 1 July 2022

aimmo: 2.4.0, codeforlife-portal: 6.12.4, rapid-router: 4.4.1

Gave admin teachers the possibility to invite other teachers directly to their school
Removed the ability to join another teacher's school by looking it up and sending a join request
Added a confirmation popup to the independent student account deletion process
Updated the teacher registration form and added a consent checkbox
Added a one hour screen time warning popup
Made the Rapid Router scoreboard clearer and easier to work with

Tuesday 21 June 2022

aimmo: 2.3.5, codeforlife-portal: 6.8.9

Removed newsletter signup for independent students
Fixed registration boxes width

Friday 17 June 2022

aimmo: 2.3.4, codeforlife-portal: 6.8.8, rapid-router: 4.3.0

Added badges for challenge 1 in Kurono
Independent students can now delete their accounts
Signing up for the newsletter using the footer form now requires the user to be over 18
Rapid Router solutions for levels 101-104 now have a main() method
Teachers can now re-share the levels that are shared with them
Fixed deleting workspaces in Rapid Router
In Kurono, when moving towards is blocked by an avatar, a message is now displayed in logs
Security updates

Thursday 19 May 2022

aimmo: 2.1.2, codeforlife-portal: 6.8.2

Add worksheet 4 for Kurono
Security updates

Thursday 12 May 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.6.0, rapid-router: 4.1.0

Update Rapid Router level 48 to include multiple houses
Anonymise schools and classes without any active teachers

Thursday 5 May 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.5.2

School is now anonymised when the last admin leaves and marked as inactive
Fix email display and link

Friday 29 April 2022

aimmo: 2.0.4, codeforlife-portal: 6.4.4, rapid-router: 4.0.9

Anonymise classes instead of deleting them
Update style and content of emails sent to users
Update Pyodide to fix Kurono issue running on certain browsers
Rename v variable in Rapid Router to my_van
Fix multiple start blocks bug in Rapid Router

Friday 8 April 2022

codeforlife-portal: 6.3.1, rapid-router: 4.0.4

Delete account functionality for teacher
Admin role is passed to the next teacher when admin account is deleted
Fix bugs where deleted teachers were showing
Update image credits and alt texts

Friday 18 March 2022

rapid-router: 4.0.2

Fixed Rapid Router not loading properly

Friday 18 March 2022

aimmo: 2.0.1, codeforlife-portal: 6.0.1, rapid-router: 4.0.1

Upgraded Django to version 3.2

Monday 14 March 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.42.0

Independent student and login update to use email only and no username
Added videos to Educate and Play pages

Tuesday 8 March 2022

rapid-router: 3.8.9

Fixed student scoreboard not showing data.

Friday 4 March 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.40.0

Added Dotmailer address books integration on registration / newsletter subscription (user types).

Thursday 3 March 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.39.1, aimmo: 1.4.11, rapid-router: 3.8.8

Scoreboard now does not display everything on page load
Kurono student dashboard update
Fixed Rapid Router freeze issue when using fast play
Fixed Crowdin resources that were blocked

Tuesday 1 March 2022

rapid-router: 3.8.5

Fixed Crowdin's In-Context translation tool.

Monday 28 February 2022

rapid-router: 3.8.3

Fixed bug introduced with previous level 74 improvement.

Friday 25 February 2022

rapid-router: 3.8.2

Improved Rapid Router level 74 solution.

Thursday 24 February 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.37.2, aimmo: 1.4.10, rapid-router: 3.8.1

Thickened road divider lines in Rapid Router
Updated remove / leave teacher page

Wednesday 23 February 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.36.1, aimmo: 1.4.9, rapid-router: 3.8.0

Improved registration process
Disabled local storage in Rapid Router

Thursday 17 February 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.35.1, aimmo: 1.4.7, rapid-router: 3.7.8

Ensure no duplication of email when releasing student
Cookies updates

Monday 14 February 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.34.3, aimmo: 1.4.6

Data tracking for join and release of student
Updated starter code for Kurono worksheet 3

Wednesday 9 February 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.33.3

Cleaned up some teacher and independent student accounts that had the same email.

Monday 7 February 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.33.0

User sessions will now expire on browser close.

Thursday 3 February 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.32.3

Updated 2FA pages
New registration for independent student or teacher now require unique email across the different account types

Friday 28 January 2022

rapid-router: 3.7.1

Removed snow from Rapid Router.

Thursday 27 January 2022

aimmo: 1.4.5, codeforlife-portal: 5.32.0, rapid-router: 3.7.0

Updated OneTrust instance for cookie management
Added scrollbar in Python pane in Rapid Router Python levels
Made Python pane resizeable in Rapid Router Python levels
Made email verification link expiry time explicit on verification page
Redesigned password reset and email verification pages
Redesigned Kurono teacher dashboard
Redesigned level moderation page
Fixed level moderation delete level bug
Scoreboard page now loads all classes and levels data by default
Deleting Kurono games now archives them instead of deleting them completely
Upgraded to Kubernetes 21.7.0
Tidied up independent student duplicate accounts with the same email

Thursday 13 January 2022

aimmo: 1.3.3, codeforlife-portal: 5.28.1, rapid-router: 3.5.7

Account details page updates
Registration page update
Kurono worksheet 2 starter code update
Crashing, running a red light and running out of fuel in Rapid Router now count as an attempt
Scoreboard filter update

Friday 7 January 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.27.9, rapid-router: 3.5.5

Fix scoreboard loading issues.

Wednesday 5 January 2022

codeforlife-portal: 5.27.8, rapid-router: 3.5.4

Fix alignment and text issues in edit class pages
Fix scoreboard spacing and functional issues
Allow logged in users to view other login pages

Friday 31 December 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.27.5, rapid-router: 3.5.3

Update Scoreboard page with new designs and Improvements table
Update all class edit pages

Monday 20 December 2021

aimmo: 1.3.2, codeforlife-portal: 5.26.14, rapid-router: 3.4.5

Remove Wagtail
Align pages to container width
Fix 2FA QR code not showing bug
Fix 2FA banner bug
Stick website footer to bottom of the screen
Remove all Rapid Router resource pages and link to Gitbook instead
Fix heading sizes on Play page

Thursday 9 December 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.26.3, rapid-router: 3.4.4

Student login details CSV now includes student passwords and class link
Fix for class code login issue
Rapid Router functions renaming to be more descriptive
Data and error logging

Friday 3 December 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.24.2, rapid-router: 3.4.3

Enabled Rapid Rudolph 🎄
Updated Educate page
Updated Play page
Updated teacher and independent student navigation bars
Fixed alignment issues on student Kurono dashboard
Fixed alignment of header and footer
Fixed teacher dashboard and Kurono page
Fixed size of table buttons

Friday 26 November 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.21.3, rapid-router: 3.4.1

Further CSP fixes.

Thursday 25 November 2021

aimmo: 1.3.0, codeforlife-portal: 5.21.2, rapid-router: 3.4.0

Home Learning page update and Independent student resources
Fix for deleted students appearing at places
Class code is now case insensitive plus related fixes
Implemented CSP header
Kurono worksheet updates - moved from model to a data file
Privacy policy and Terms of use pages design updates

Friday 19 November 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.17.1, rapid-router: 3.3.1

Updated Rapid Router level selection page
Removed django-hijack

Friday 12 November 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.17.0

Added student login type data.

Friday 5 November 2021

rapid-router: 3.2.0, codeforlife-portal: 5.16.3

Moved and linked Kurono resources to Gitbook
Updated teacher onboarding pages
Updated About Us page
Updated student dashboard including independent student
Updated lockout page
Removed Ocado logos from in-game images
Added functionality to import students from CSV file
Fix for class deletion

Wednesday 20 October 2021

rapid-router: 3.1.0, codeforlife-portal: 5.10.0

Updated most of the Rapid Router level help texts (morning)
Updated student deletion data (afternoon)

Monday 18 October 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.9.0

Added school and class creation time and data.

Friday 15 October 2021

aimmo: 1.1.0, codeforlife-portal: 5.8.0

Updated reminder cards design
Replaced IndexError of scan_nearby returned list with a more meaningful error
Fixed "Update account details" in the account dropdown
Added login metrics
Upgraded reportlab and pillow libraries

Monday 11 October 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.6.1, rapid-router: 3.0.5

Student login updated - option with class code or with direct link
Updated page with student login details
Updated class code format and student password policy
Split teacher dashboard in 3 tabs and updated designs
Updated teacher password policy
Updated login pages to have branding shapes

Monday 27 September 2021

Updated Dotmailer's "Thanks for staying" campaign ID env var to point to the new one, which is aligned to the new design.

Thursday 23 September 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.2.3, rapid-router: 3.0.4

Fixed some issues with page banners and header styles
Improved 2FA pages UI to match new styles
Disabled Turkish language localisation in Rapid Router after reports of it causing issues in classrooms

Wednesday 15 September 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.2.1, rapid-router: 3.0.3

@sebp999: Fixed bug with deleting Rapid Router custom level
Added index to Terms of Use
Removed country flag from Update School form
Header image repositioning and other header updates

Friday 10 September 2021

codeforlife-portal: 5.0.1

Button and table display fixes.

Monday 6 September 2021

aimmo: 1.0.0, codeforlife-portal: 5.0.0, rapid-router: 3.0.0

Updated website logo, design and style
Removed teacher title
Updated privacy policy

Monday 23 August 2021

codeforlife-portal: 4.34.0, rapid-router: 2.7.14

@sebp999: Disable saving and loading of workspace when user is not logged in
@sebp999: Disable save and load buttons in the game template when user is not logged in

Thursday 5 August 2021

codeforlife-portal: 4.33.0

Added Get Involved and Contributor pages.

Monday 26 July 2021

aimmo: 0.69.19, codeforlife-portal: 4.32.4, rapid-router: 2.7.13

Improved user experience of login forms.

Thursday 22 July 2021

aimmo: 0.69.18, codeforlife-portal: 4.32.3

Kurono games now stop properly
Fixed empty game name bug
Dockerised portal for development

Wednesday 7 July 2021

aimmo: 0.69.14, codeforlife-portal: 4.31.4, rapid-router: 2.7.12

Changed Kurono game load text to be more informative
Improved load time of Kurono games

Monday 28 June 2021

codeforlife-portal: 4.31.2

Enforced account's email verification on login.

Friday 25 June 2021

codeforlife-portal: 4.31.1, rapid-router: 2.7.11

Additional hint text for Rapid Router level 80 onwards
Top navigation bar fix on onboarding phase

Wednesday 23 June 2021

codeforlife-portal: 4.30.13, rapid-router: 2.7.10

Display updates to the Rapid Router 'if else' block: clearer separation, clearer hints
Security header update

Thursday 17 June 2021

codeforlife-portal: 4.30.12, rapid-router: 2.7.7, aimmo: 0.69.11

Upgrade to Django 2.2.24
Prevent changing an account's email address to that of another account's

Thursday 10 June 2021

codeforlife-portal: 4.30.8, rapid-router: 2.7.5, aimmo: 0.69.8

Prevent concurrent login sessions for the same user
Security fixes and documentation updates

Friday 21 May 2021

codeforlife-portal: 4.29.2, rapid-router: 2.7.4, aimmo: 0.69.3

Added ability to edit saved custom levels
Fixed invalid character bug

Friday 21 May 2021

Fixed ReCaptcha bypass issue
Added ratelimit to sensitive forms and re-implemented 24 hour lockout
Fixed session not invalidated after password change issue
Removed autocomplete from forms
Added warning banner for email verification

Friday 7 May 2021

Security fixes and JavaScript updates

Thursday 22 April 2021

Added Dotmailer consent renewal form
Fixed interchangeable GETs/POSTs issues

Monday 19 April 2021

OneTrust Cookie Management
Updated Privacy Policy

Thursday 15 April 2021

Removed the admin login page! Admin access now requires a superuser profile with 2FA enabled.

Friday 9 April 2021

Fixed a link in the Worksheet 3 resources.
Made portal only send Google Analytics events in prod environment.

Thursday 1 April 2021

Released Kurono Challenge 3!
Added MoveTowardsAction and scan_nearby methods to Kurono.
Challenge 3 has a new theme and two new different artefacts.
PDFs and solutions file have been updated with Challenge 3.
Not an April Fools, the above actually happened 🙂

Friday 26 March 2021

Fixed worksheet selection bug.
Fixed Recaptcha dual-script bug.

Monday 8 March 2021

Revamped the admin login page.
Added 2FA to the admin login form for accounts with 2FA.

Friday 5 March 2021

Fixed pickups not spawning.

Monday 1 March 2021

Navigation and text updates on Kurono pages.

Monday 1 March 2021

Consent data when signing up to newsletter is now saved.

Monday 1 March 2021

Agones has been integrated to improve game creation and loading.

Monday 1 March 2021

Stats on Home and About page updated with the latest data.
Copyright year in the footer now updates automatically.

Monday 1 March 2021

Console update to increase font size and make colour contrast more accessible.

Tuesday 9 February 2021

Fixed the "Trash Can" bug.

Tuesday 2 February 2021

Finished updating games table on Teacher Kurono Dashboard page.
Added the Kurono solutions file to the Kurono Packs page.

Friday 29 January 2021

Updated the Teacher Kurono Dashboard page by simplifying the resources section and add the "Add Class" and "Challenge" dropdowns.
Updated Recaptcha script in hope to fix Recaptcha issues in certain countries.