Ellipsis Education’s Curriculum Delivery Platform (CDP) is an online portal where teachers access and navigate Ellipsis courses. The mobile-responsive CDP makes the curriculum teachers know and love easier to use. Features include:

● Streamlined organization;

● Increased access to resources;

● Improved look and feel;

● Access to a standards map on the lesson-level page; and

● Easier movement between courses.

With the new CDP, teachers only see the courses they have access to, color-coded by grade band, on their home screen. Tiles on the homescreen also provide important information about course structure, such as number of days, along with quick access to course-level resources. A “Course Details” page provides days of instruction to make it easier to group lessons. It also offers important lesson-level information such as lesson title, type, length, and sequence, with easy access to information such as activity descriptions, standards addressed, and materials. The “Lesson Detail” page offers the full lesson plan on the left of the screen along with all materials and resources needed to teach it linked on the right.

The CDP also provides single sign-on (SSO) to many educational platforms including Canvas, Google Classroom, Microsoft, ClassLink, brightspace, schoology, Clever, and Blackboard though EdLink.

Formats/platforms used:

The Ellipsis Curriculum Delivery Platform is mobile-responsive and available on any internet- enabled device.

Primary website URL:

https://ellipsiseducation.com/

Problem solved:

The Ellipsis computer science curriculum makes it easy to teach computer science, even for teachers with no computer science background. The new Curriculum Delivery Platform streamlines the process by putting everything teachers need, for one class or several, in one convenient place.

Grade/age range:

Ellipsis offers computer science courses for students in grades K-12, and the Curriculum Delivery Platform hosts them all.

Standards:

Ellipsis courses are aligned to multiple standards, including career and technical education standards, the Next Generation Science Standards, and those published by the Computer Science Teachers Association, the International Society for Technology in Education, and the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Lesson time needed:

Individual lesson times vary. Ellipsis offers full-year courses and multi-year progressions.

Pricing model:

Ellipsis Education prices on a per course per building basis. The per course fees are for an unlimited number of students for a one-year period and vary depending on grade level and course content. For larger adoptions, district-wide pricing is available. Curriculum training and professional development are also offered for an additional fee and are based on the number of course participants.

Additional services needed:

No additional services are required.

What makes Ellipsis Education unique?

Ellipsis provides everything a school needs to offer computer science classes, and the CDP streamlines course management and access for teachers, making it easy to find everything they need for a single class or multiple courses.

Characteristics:

The UI and UX of the Curriculum Delivery Platform makes it easy to access and navigate courses, so teachers can focus on what they do best—teaching. The portal is intuitive, attractive, and structured in a three page hierarchy: Courses > Course > Lesson. This simple interface means that most resources can be reached in a single click, necessary information can be accessed on more than one page, and teachers can get what they need quickly.

Here's what users are saying:

"As someone who has used the curriculum for the past three years, I was so excited to try out the new Ellipsis Education platform. I just LOVE the new platform for instructional materials. The new format for each lesson is much more user-friendly than the previous format. In addition to the syllabus, pacing guide, and standards map located in the header of the home page for my course, lesson materials are easily accessed right at your fingertips and a click away, without looking for links within the lesson plan. Bravo on the new format!"

—Crystal Kistler, middle school teacher