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System upgrade
On 9/7/22 5AM UTC Turtle Academy team will perform a system upgrade

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New YouTube Lesson
New YouTube lesson by HL ModTech.
Enjoy !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OA_zHLDnPg&feature=youtu.be

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Turtle Academy is now available in Hindi
Turtle Academy is now available in Hindi.
Thanks Sanjay Rajure for the amazing work.
Have fun coding! :)

New feature
Commenting to programs
Dear Coders/Educators,
Now you can comment on the programs you like or have an idea how to improve.
Please try the new commenting feature and let the program creators know your opinion.
We do think one of the best ways to learn is from each other, so try it on.
Greetings,
Turtle Academy Team

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Adding lessons to your class
Dear Teachers,
We are happy to announce that now you can create your own lessons and share them with your students.
Go to 'Classes' -> 'My lessons' and start creating your lessons. After they have been created, please change 'Can be viewed by' to 'All my students'.
Happy coding!
Turtle Academy

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Welcome back to school
To all our Students & Teachers,
Wishing you an amazing and fruitful year.
Happy coding!
Turtle Academy Team

New feature
Group code/link invitation
Dear Teachers,
We are happy to announce that now students are able to join your groups by using the invitation code/link.
Students can join the group by setting the invitation code in their settings or by pasting the invitation link in the browser.
Happy coding!
Turtle Academy Team

New command
changeshape (csh) command
Dear Coders,
We are happy to announce that now you can change the turtle shape by using the command is csh number or csh "animalname.
csh 0 / csh "turtle.
csh 1 / csh "cat.
csh 2 / csh "fish.
csh 3 / csh "dog.
csh 4 / csh "horse.
csh 5 / csh "tiger.
csh 6 / csh "crab.
csh 7 / csh "snail.
A sample can be viewed Here

Bug fix
showturtle (st), hideturtle(ht) commands
The commands showturtle (st) and hideturtle (ht) are now working properly.

New command
Include command (beta)
We are happy to announce that Turtle Academy will now support the include command (for now only in English).
The command structure is include (e.g include 8080). When we include a program, we actually import all of our defined functions (TO commands) from this program. This is a really powerful tool which enables us to define a function once and use it everywhere.
A sample can be viewed Here

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Turtle Academy upgrade
Hello Everybody,
We are pleased to announce that, after an extended period of work, we have just uploaded a new version of Turtle Academy, which is mobile friendly, and includes a better interface and some new features, such as:
1) Translated programs – Now you will be able to enter any public program and see the code in your own native language.
2) School and class management - improved interface for teachers managing a class.
3) More user friendly - better presentation of rating options of user programs.
4) Include command - You will soon be able to include your program function in another program.
If you have encountered any problems since the upgrade please let us know.

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Merry Christmas everybody!
Wishing you a great year!

Bug fix
Playground bugs fixed!
Some bugs regarding the console focus while having multiple commands were fixed.
Happy programming! :)

New Language
Turtle Academy is now available in Persian
Turtle Academy is now available in Persian.
Have fun coding! :)

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Happy New Year 2017!
Turtle Academy wishes you all happy new year. May your wishes and programs come true! :)

New Language
Turtle Academy is now available in Traditional Chinese
Turtle Academy is now available in Traditional Chinese. Have fun coding! :)
现在海龟学院有了繁体中文,乐趣更多,尽情享受编程的乐趣吧 :)

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New Turtle Academy version is out
1) Improved device compatibility
2) Faster
3) Fixed some issues with overlapping items in certain resolutions
Enjoy coding!

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Today we are starting a new school year
Turtle Academy team wishes you all happy coding.
Teachers who want to manage their classes, please, contact us. Our assistance is for free.

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Changes on the site
Hi All,
In order to let teachers add their own lessons, some changes have been made on the site. If something is not working as before, please, contact our support team.

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Happy New 2016!
Happy new year!
We wish you all a very productive year and we would like to let you know that we are here to support and help. Therefore, do not hesitate to contact us. :)
Turtle Academy Team

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New badges
Hi All,
Some new Turtle badges are now available:
Coder - Created a program
Green Coder - Created at least 3 programs
Have fun coding! :)

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Good luck at school
For all the students who start the new year, Turtle Academy wishes you all the best.
Be great as you are and enjoy your new year.
For teachers, if you want to manage your classes please contact us.
For all users, if you found any problem in the site, please report it to us, so that we can fix it. :)
Have fun!

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New Turtle commands
New Turtle commands have been implemented :
wait - will cause the turtle wait before continuing to the next command
setwaittime, swt - will set the wait time
ellipse (Width , Height) - will create an ellipse expecting Width and Height parameters
setrgbcolor (rgb), srgb (r,g,b) - will set a new color expecting 3 parameters which will determine the amount of red, green and blue

New feature
New badges
Now you can win more badges!
Baby Turtle - completing the first step
Green shield - completing the first lesson
Brown shield - completing the first two lessons
Red shield - completing the first 4 lessons
Gold shield - completing the first 8 lessons
Ninja program - program with more than 50 votes
Teacher - given for teachers
Diligent student - given by the teacher

New feature
Facebook log in
Hello Everybody,
Now you can log in using Facebook. Please, log in and create your own amazing programs.

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Community grows
Over 10,000 verified users and more than 20 schools are already enjoying Turtle Academy.
Help us to improve. Any suggestions are welcome.

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Congratulations for the 4000 verified users!
Currently we have 4000+ verified users using and enjoying Turtle Academy. The users have created so far more than 1000 programs, including commands which have not been yet implemented in the lesson plans.
Turtle Academy is open for suggestions and requests. Therefore, if you have any suggestions, please contact our support team.

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Cool new project designed to help children learn about technology and programming
Mirobot is a DIY WiFi robot designed to help children learn about technology and programming. It's free and really cool. Please check out the following: Mirobot.

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New video lesson!
Thanks to Martin we can all watch a Turtle Academy video demo class on: Logo lesson.

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Now you can add your own programs
Registered users can add and edit programs using a new friendly interface.
Code can be written easily with line separation.

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Supporting organization users
Any organization that wants to teach its students programming using Turtle Academy can now enjoy the new "Supporting organization users" feature.
For more details, email us: support@turtleacademy.com.

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Lessons available in German
Now you can enjoy Turtle Academy lessons in German.
Go to lessons page and choose German language.
Have fun coding!

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User badges available
Hi Everybody,
From now on, you can win the Turtle badges. The badges will be given for doing a variety of activities.
Badges for completing lessons, creating lessons, winning games, contributing the Turtle Academy and more will be available in you own user profile. :)

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New top-bar menu and lesson navigator
Some adjustment made to make Turtle Academy more user friendly.
The improvements include new lessons navigation tool and changing the look of the top-bar buttons.

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New updates will be up soon
Currently we are working on some site performance and making the website more user friendly. Updates will be launched soon.
We are going forward. :)

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New lesson is up
The lesson "15 words challenge" is now up. The lesson can be viewed by logged in users only.
You can register on Turtle Academy for free!

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Supporting registration process
Now Turtle Academy has fully supported the registration process in Chinese.
What are the benefits of being a registered user?
1) Progress cross platform - You can log in from a different computer and your progress will be saved.
2) Learn command is automatically executed when you log in - Did you teach the turtle some amazing commands? No need to re-teach him.
3) Some lessons are only available for registered users.

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Turtle news is up
From now on, you will find updates about site development: new lessons that were added, new features and games.
All you need to know about the turtle will be available here!