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Partnership Standards for Real World Learning — one of seven research and development projects launched by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and ImBlaze by Big Picture Learning alongside partners have launched the Partnership Standards for Real World Learning project, a research and development initiative focused on defining high-quality school-community-employer partnerships. It is one of seven p

✨ Updates Old Apps retired: Both ImBlaze 1.0 and BU Nav 1.0 have been removed from the app stores. No more confusion! Mentor Feedback Auto Save – Auto-save enabled for mentor feedback on the Mentor Verification page. Previously, users had to explicitly click the 'Send Feedback' button. 🐛 Bug Fixes Opportunity Details - Company Website issue - Fixed an issue where company website links without the http:// or https:// prefix were not opening. Regional Admin - User Activation

🐛 Changes Denied Requests -- The waiting period before submitting a new request after a denial has been reduced from 30 days to 7 days. ✨ New Features Advisor Summary Email Pilot We're exploring new ways to get Advisors the critical information they need! A new 'Settings' menu has been added for Advisors to opt in to Daily Student Summary emails. This feature is turned off by default for all Advisors. When enabled, Advisors will receive a daily email summary in the format b

🐛 Bug Fixes Student AI Permissions - Fixed an issue where students created and activated by Regional Admins were not automatically assigned permissions for AI-related features. Permissions have been assigned to students who faced this issue last week. Twilio SMS - Fixed an issue where Twilio messages were attempted for some of the unsubscribed users. Denied Requests -- Fixed an issue where students who had a request denied were seeing that it was still pending. ✨ New Feature

Pilots, Pilots for All! Or at least the trailblazers. In an effort to ship you new major features that are a little more V2 and a little less experimental, we've committed to running an opt-in pilot to get user feedback before releasing to the wide world. This fall, we're running two pilots around helping students communicate, record, and drive their experience -- Quests and Memory Prompts -- and one around helping educators stay on top of their game -- Educator Email Summari

We're rolling out an update to ImBlaze that makes it easier for mentors to share how an experience is going, easier for advisors to support them in real time, and easier for everyone to keep attendance accurate — all in one refreshed Mentor Verification and Feedback page. What's next: A little further down the road, we'll be rolling out a library of resources for mentors — things like "Ideas for working with my mentee" — to help them get even more out of the experience. What'

Every year we get to watch schools do incredible things with ImBlaze. Coordinators building bigger opportunity databases, advisors showing up for site visit, students chasing down internships and finding their passions. This year's awards are our way of saying we see you and we're proud of you. Cultivator of the Year More options = more interest alignment. For the school that expanded their database, opening more doors for their students, we award: City as School Science Lead

Hi everyone! My name is Sienna Sanchez, and I’m joining the ImBlaze team in Customer Success! At Big Picture Learning, I’ll be working as a Digital Partnerships Specialist, supporting educational partners in using ImBlaze to connect students to real-world learning experiences. I’ll support partner onboarding, provide ongoing guidance and troubleshooting, and help ensure educators have what they need to effectively use the platform to support and track student learning experi

ImBlaze will be at JFF Horizons in Washington DC next week, July 13-14! You can find us at the Marriott Marquis, Washington DC at booth 405. If you are hoping to learn new ways to grow your Work-Based Learning program, please come by and talk to us. You can also schedule some one-on-one time with David or Angelena HERE.

ImBlaze is rolling in to ASU-GSV this year with a lot of great events. If you would like to meet up with the ImBlaze Team, feel free to schedule some time with us here . Please join us at the following sessions and events, including Leadership the 6th Leadership Journeys at ASU-GSV! For the sixth time at ASU + GSV - a milestone that feels both hard-earned and deeply meaningful - we're proud to share that Big Picture Learning's Leadership Journeys returns as a celebration of t

Have you notice that new feature on ImBlaze that says "Log a Milestone" and wondered what that even means? A Milestone in ImBlaze is a short, intentional record of a meaningful moment in a student’s journey. This can be an event, skill demonstration, or project checkpoint worth returning to at reflection time or exhibition. Anyone (student, advisor, coordinator, or mentor) can add one. A strong milestone names the moment, links to evidence, and explains why it matters. This c

For years, we’ve heard two things loud and clear from our users: Students wish there were more opportunities and more accurate information in ImBlaze. It can take a lot of time to create those opportunities in the first place. With our newest update for the educators, we’re tackling both challenges at once. Here is a quick video from our Product Manager, Wilson Platt, who will give you a rundown of the key changes you should explore. Then, read though the rest of the blog t

Mentor & Me is a new podcast series from Big Picture that highlights the healthy relationships between young people and the supportive...

September 29th: ImBlaze Portal IC - Admin Settings - Student Announcement message - Fix for character counter not being respected. It will now show a validation text and the Save Setting button will be disabled. Fix for exception being thrown when a user is created with the user account status as Inactive. September 23rd: ImBlaze Portal Internship profession picklist values have been updated and existing records updated according to the new mapping. Fix for suggestion

Please consider voting TODAY for our session at SXSWedu: Ready or Not? Youth at the Center of Work-Based Learning Help us raise up...

August 26th: ImBlaze Portal Suggestion Flow Updates - For suggestions made from external search, the student request will now be created...

We heard you. We heard your students. So , we've launched ImBlaze2.0. August 4th, we have launched the biggest updates we've made to...

Hi Y'all, If you're wondering what ImBlaze 2.0 is, read our recent blogpost here . Looking for resources on the new release? We've got em....

July 29th: ImBlaze Student & BU Navigator Apps Update Updates for ImBlazeStudent & Bu Navigator apps both iOS & Android was released. ...

June 5th Hotfix for Advisor -> Attendance tab showing all students in the school