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PhD Science Texas 2025-2026 Digital Updates

For Back-to-School 2025, Great Minds® has undertaken a series of updates to streamline the user experience and improve our digital platform.

⚠️  Action needed: As a result of these updates, teachers and administrators must take specific actions to retain access to the following:

Teachers and administrators must perform these actions prior to July 6, 2025, to avoid losing access to existing data. Rostering data shared with Great Minds via Clever, ClassLink, or OneRoster CSV is not impacted by these updates.

Additional changes to the PhD Science® Texas digital experience are outlined below, including:


Administrator Reports

Administrator visual and CSV assessment reports from prior school years will not be available to view and export from the platform after July 6, 2025. Administrators should screenshot and/or export any reports they wish to retain prior to this date.

⚠️ Action(s) needed:

  • Export CSV reports prior to July 6, 2025
  • Screenshot any visual reports prior to July 6, 2025


Teacher Reports

Class-level assessment reports from prior school years will not be accessible after July 6, 2025. Teachers can print student assessment reports and/or any student assessment submissions they wish to retain. They can also screenshot any visual reports.

⚠️ Action(s) needed:


Lesson Annotations

Going forward, PhD Science Texas lessons will be available in printable PDF format. Teachers can use in-platform annotation tools to annotate lesson PDFs, and their annotations will be saved in the platform. If teachers return to a lesson PDF, any annotations from their previous session(s) will be visible and can be modified if needed.

Existing lesson annotations (notes and highlights) on module, concept, and lesson pages will not be accessible after July 6, 2025.

⚠️ Action(s) needed:

 
Assignment Submissions

Teachers will not have access to PDF assignment submissions from prior school years after July 6, 2025. Teachers can download student assignment submissions they wish to retain.

⚠️ Action(s) needed:


Presentation Slides

Teachers will now have the flexibility to download and edit lesson slides as PowerPoint files, allowing for greater customization. As an alternative to downloading the files, teachers can preview and display the full PowerPoint file in the platform and use the annotation tools provided to annotate the slides. Sending slides to students while presenting will no longer be available. However, the PPT files can be uploaded elsewhere to allow for student access.


Simplified User Experience

The new PhD Science Texas digital experience includes a streamlined and simplified layout and design. Customers that use other Great Minds curricula, such as Wit & Wisdom® or Eureka Math® TEKS, will be familiar with the layout and navigation as it closely mirrors the current digital experience for those products.

Thank you for your continued partnership and feedback as we work to enhance PhD Science Texas for your students and classrooms. You can contact us if you have any questions or feedback regarding these updates.