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v3.2.2

Style updates to Featured Course and Camp Card

Lesson of the Day has been ported to the website

This update fixes a bug where the app would crash upon launch. This update also includes slight design and layout improvements, along with a significant reduction in overall app size.

v3.2.1/v4.0.1

There are tons of new updates, and we want to share a few of them. We've redesigned all of STEMpump from the ground up, so expect things to be neater, faster, and more helpful for you.

 tab has been redesigned, giving you more information on your learning, progress, and a few new things such as Lesson of the Day. This rotates every day, so you'll always find something new. At the top, you'll see a featured course that cycles every week, rather than every day.

However, if you're looking for a daily course, the Lesson of the Day has that content as well.

 section, which we'll talk about in a bit.

, making it easier for you to see what we have to offer.

Choose a subject, and find specific courses which you can filter with topics. Or check out what's popular on STEMpump. Maybe you want to see the recently updated content.

 to find something new. You can reroll the dice as many times as you'd like...

Courses now look all-new, with more information and structure than ever before. We've also added Chapters, a new way to section our lessons, quizzes, and projects. And yes - quizzes and projects.

Courses now have quizzes and projects, allowing you to practice the knowledge that you just learned. With Quizzes, test what you've learned with multiple choice and text-based questions! And with Projects, apply what've you learned in open exercises to solve real-world problems.

And we've also brought Course Navigation. You don't need to use the back button anymore - just keep moving forward. Or backward. Or across chapters.

Lessons also have been updated to scale with your device's text size, syntax highlighting, and general fixes. Courses have been updated to have more resources and content than ever before.

 tab for STEMpump Camps! Here, you can register and watch live camps. We have new camps every month, going over different topics in STEAM - and they're all free!

When you register for camps, you'll receive a confirmation and reminder email - plus, your camps are stored on device if you ever need to access them quickly or go back.

We can't forget about Favorites. We've rebuilt Favorites on a whole new system, allowing more data to be saved, and giving you more control.

Favorite Courses, Camps, Lessons, Projects, Quizzes, whatever. It's as simple as pressing the ★ icon.

And even cooler? The app can detect if you have Favorites from the older system, and transfer them for you. (Not all courses are available for transfer.)

The new Continue Learning feature is built on the same Favorite system - it tracks your last ten pieces of content, allowing you to jump back in, any time. Courses will also start back off where you last left, depending on whether you were recently looking at it.

New Widgets allow you to see your most recent items to continue learning. Just add them to your Home Screen, tap them, and you're back in.

There are so many more updates, but here are a few more we want to highlight:

Universal Search (search through anything)

We hope you like this latest STEMpump App update - we'll be rolling out monthly updates to add and update features, so keep on the lookout!

v4.0

This update brings significant design and functionality updates to STEMpump.org.

If you haven't noticed, STEMpump now uses an all-new font for any major piece of textual content. This is for our new STEMpump App update, which contains the same font - yay! Design parity!

With this, we also have an all-new landing page, featuring new graphics and an awesome horizontal scroll of our favorite camps and courses. (you might even see some cool app stuff)

, a radical update from our old hiring system. It's simpler, easier, and just looks better. Want to work at STEMpump? 

We've also fixed a bug where you cannot use STEMpump Support in Support Articles. The 

 page has been redesigned to be easier and simpler to use.

STEMpump Camps also got a new landing page that's more helpful, wayyy more stylish, and simpler. It helps you register and view past camps easier.

Also, for the whole site, camps now show their time in YOUR timezone. No more trying to figure out what your time in EST is - it's all done automatically.

Registering for camps also looks more colorful, with ambient gradients. A few smaller changes were made here as well.

And coming very soon is the all-new STEMpump App! Expect all the greatest features from the site, and more! You can learn more about it and how it was made here! 

This update brings major design updates to a few of our older pages. Expect more minor updates to address STEMpump Support, Blog, other Camp pages, and the About pages.

We're also now uploading video content for select courses, with more content on the way!

If it wasn't mentioned, quizzes now have code block components that are also rendered with code highlighting. (The same for the app)

Performance updates have also been made, making everything faster and smoother. We're working on making everything more performant and optimized over time.

Courses in Coming Soon state, currently being worked on

v3.2

This update brings a few significant changes to STEMpump.org.

Gone is the messy layout for dynamic content in the Library. We've simplified it down to a Course of the Week and Camp Card, both of which dynamically update.

You'll always find the most recent or upcoming camp here and can register or watch it. With the new COTW card, you can jump straight into it, just by clicking.

(You'll see these cards in the new STEMpump App update as well 😉)

When accessing STEMpump.org on your phone (or equivalent "handheld" device), you will see a brand new navbar with all new menus!

We've separated both the pages and Universal Search, giving rise to a new Quick Search feature. Press the Search icon, and you'll be directly ready to search. There's more content shown with more space as well!

The Menus are simpler and make it easier to traverse across the site.

The entire Dice experience has been refreshed, with new animations to make the course (and camp!) randomizing nicer. Try it out!

! With this new update, you can now search for camps across the site, from the same search bar you know and love.

I'm also excited to share that this Universal Search will 

 be a part of the next STEMpump App update as well! It's been a challenge to bring the same stuff over, but it's working, and the search experience there will be just as good.

In v3.1 we had to switch to a code highlighting system that was subpar compared to the previous method. Nonetheless, we've reverted to the better standard, with improved speeds and better compatibility. (Yes, the app will also have this 😄)

The backend architecture for STEMpump has been updated as well, as we removed clutter and redundancy, giving a smoother experience. We've also started to make quizzes more dynamic: quizzes now have highlighted syntax if the question contains code.

v3.1.1

Our first significant minor update! This update brings new services, features, and content to STEMpump, as well as improved performance and speed. You'll also see an improved design language on most pages (we will be bringing this language to more pages within the next two months.)

Here's a bit of what's new with v3.1 for STEMpump.org:

We're going back to our roots, with our free live streams

We're kicking it off with three camps for January, with all new content

There's an amazing new sign-up process that makes it easier than ever to sign up! You'll even receive emails leading up to camp!

When camp starts, a custom video interface will show the camp in full screen, with important information and content on a sidebar.

We've brought the Resources panel from Courses to this, so expect some familiarity

After camp, the interface will update to have sections and additional content

And on mobile, this works the same way, so you'll still have an amazing experience, regardless of where you join from

All Online courses have already been moved to this new standard, so you can now see them as Camps!

What's also new is the Library, one page for all STEMpump Content

This can mean courses, camps, whatever. Subjects have been reorganized to be nestled inside of the Library

New filtering options make it easier to find content that you're looking for

Camps have also been put on the new Library page

On the Discover tab, you'll find important content for the week

We've also added our v1 of Dice to this tab, an idea we're actively exploring on how to expand (it's a content randomizer for now)

And there's a custom mobile interface, making it easier than ever to find something new

On the technical side, we've updated to Next.js 12 and TailwindCSS V3. This brings amazing performance upgrades everywhere. Netlify has also been updated to support our content rendering

 Lessons have been updated slightly, in part to a new rendering engine, allowing for content to appear faster

An improved and lighter design language is now on most pages, with plans to bring it to all pages within the next two months

Disabled PDF Exports & Certificates (we are actively looking for a solution)

v3.1

This update improves loading times and speed within STEMpump, along with minor design improvements.

On top of this, we have started on transitioning from NextJS 11 to 12, which should bring even better performance to the site. Expect a larger update soon.

v3.0.1

This update brings a slew of new features across the board. First, a full design refresh. The new design is simpler, faster, and more accessible. Design shouldn't stop you from learning, but make it easier. Then a bunch of new updates to courses:

Updated PDF Exporting and Code Highlighting

 courses will be getting massive updates soon

Topics are now built into subjects as a filtering function. A new Support Center makes it easier than ever to find the answers to your questions. Universal Search v1, allowing you to search anywhere on the site. Right now, it only works with Subjects and Courses, but we will be adding more functionality in future versions.

There are a ton of new updates, and we have more planned for every few weeks.

PDF Exporting does not work on mobile devices

Releases

v3.2.2

v3.2.1/v4.0.1

v4.0

v3.2

v3.1.1

v3.1

v3.0.1

v3.0

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Releases

v3.2.2

v3.2.1/v4.0.1

v4.0

v3.2

v3.1.1

v3.1

v3.0.1

v3.0

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