Academic Writer®

Platform Updates

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  • May 30, 2023

    • 17 new lessons on Fundamental Writing Skills were added to Academic Writer

  • September 13, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • August 31, 2022

    • Updated paper comments design and functionality
    • Added product tours for new users
    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • August 2, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • July 19, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • July 5, 2022

    • Added Trash and Leave actions to My Papers in the Writing Center
    • Added Trash tab to My Papers, from which papers can be restored within 30 days
    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • June 21, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • June 7, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • May 24, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • May 10, 2022

    • Added Associated Papers to My References
    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • April 26, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • April 12, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • March 29, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • March 15, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • March 1, 2022

    •  Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • February 15, 2022

    • Added “Student Assignment” and “Professional Manuscript” labels to sample papers in Learning Center
    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • February 1, 2022

    • Added “Check My Writing” tool to the Writing Center
    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • January 25, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • January 18, 2022

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • December 21, 2021

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements 

  • December 8, 2021

    • Updated product user experience
    • Made product responsive to smaller screen sizes 
    • Added new samples of student papers to the Learning Center
    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • November 9, 2021

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • October 26, 2021

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • October 12, 2021

    • Made accessibility improvements to quick guides and tutorials
    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • September 28, 2021

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • September 14, 2021

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • August 31, 2021

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • June 22, 2021

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

  • June 8, 2021

    • Made additional bug fixes and improvements

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