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Edumaps Updates & News - Summer 2026

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⭐ Top Highlights5

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Welcome to the Edumaps News

  • Here you will find all new features since our last update from spring 2026. It is our biggest update yet, with over 30 improvements.
  • Read the news by category by scrolling down. Or use the button below to read each item in fullscreen.
  • Read news in fullscreen
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📓 New map format “Journal”

  • With the new Journal map format, content can be presented chronologically, like in a diary or blog.
    • Ideal for class diaries, project documentation and learning journals
    • Entries appear clearly arranged one below the other
    • Selectable in the map settings under Format
  • This means several map formats are now available, including pinboard, gallery and journal.
  • Vorschaubild Map format “Journal”
    Map format “Journal”
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🤖 New: Map analysis with AI

  • Have an entire map analyzed by AI. You will find the new feature in the map menu under Analysis (AI).
    • Ask your own question or give a task related to the map
    • The result can be inserted directly into the map as a new box
    • Includes a checkbox to confirm that the map contains no personal data
  • Get summaries, feedback or ideas about your content in seconds.
  • Vorschaubild Analysis with AI
    Analysis with AI
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🔁 Recurring calendar events

  • The calendar now supports recurring events. Events can repeat daily, weekly, monthly or at custom intervals.
  • Also new:
    • Redesigned dialogs for creating and editing events
    • Larger color selection for events
    • File attachments directly on the event
  • Perfect for timetables, clubs and regular meetings.
  • Vorschaubild Recurring events
    Recurring events
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🗑️ Trash for maps and files

  • Deleted maps and files now go to the trash and can be restored.
  • Accidental deletion is no longer a problem, as deleted items can be restored within 30 days.
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✍️ Editor & Boxes6

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✍️ Box editor completely revised

  • The box editor has been extensively reworked and is now even more convenient.
    • New toolbar design with a clearer structure
    • Links and uploads appear as fixed building blocks and can no longer be cut apart by accident
    • New table syntax with uniform column widths
    • New button for inserting anchor links
  • Vorschaubild Improved box editor
    Improved box editor
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📑 Automatic table of contents

  • The new Table of Contents module automatically creates an overview of your map.
    • Based on the boxes and anchors of the map
    • Updates automatically when changes are made
    • Also works in single box view
  • By the way, the overview in this news map was created exactly this way.
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🔊 Read-aloud feature (TTS) improved

  • The audio player of the read-aloud feature has been expanded.
    • New buttons for pause and stop
    • Pause by clicking on the text
    • New tutorial map for the read-aloud feature in German and English
  • Ideal for language courses, second-language teaching and accessible content.
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🗳️ Poll module with a new design

  • The poll module has been visually redesigned from the ground up. Polls in boxes are now clearer, more modern and even easier to evaluate.
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✨ Edit box with AI

  • When editing a box with AI, there is a new option: the result can either overwrite the existing box or be created as a new box. This way, the original content is preserved if you wish.
  • Vorschaubild
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📊 Quiz improvements

  • There are several new features around the quiz module:
    • Correct answers are highlighted in the editor
    • Results button shows the number of submissions
    • Progress bar in single box view
    • Quizzes can be retaken after 10 minutes
    • Courses and quizzes start with a clear start dialog
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🤖 AI & Language Courses3

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🌍 63 languages for AI language courses

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🇬🇧 New English course with 101 lessons

  • An English course at level A1 with 101 lessons has been developed for Edumaps, built in the style of modern language learning apps.
    • Interactive exercises with instant feedback
    • Read-aloud feature for all content
    • British English
  • Ideal as a supplement to English lessons or for self-study.
  • Vorschaubild English course level A1 with 101 lessons LINK
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🎬 New animations during AI generation

  • While the AI generates a map, a quiz, a language course or audio, animated graphics now show the progress. Waiting becomes much more pleasant and you can always see that the creation is running.
  • Vorschaubild Animation during AI generation
    Animation during AI generation
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📁 Folders & Calendar5

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📁 Major folder update

  • The folder features have been greatly expanded:
    • Password protection for folders
    • Custom background colors per folder
    • New sharing mode, for example for the whole school
    • Folder icons on the “My Folders” page
    • Central Received area for shared folders
    • Folders can be passed on to other folders
    • Map links can be dragged and dropped into folders
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📅 Central calendar (combined calendar)

  • All calendar boxes of a user now come together in one central calendar.
    • All events from all maps at a glance
    • Symbol legend below the calendar
    • Individual calendars can be subscribed to and unsubscribed from
  • Keep track of everything without having to open each map individually.
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📤 Share calendars

  • Calendar boxes can now be shared in a targeted way.
    • Sharing with read or edit rights
    • iCalendar subscription for external calendar apps
    • ICS import with color selection for imported events
  • School calendars can easily be shared with colleagues or parents.
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📆 Calendar convenience

  • Further improvements in the calendar:
    • File attachments directly on events
    • Event details appear as a popup on mouseover
    • Improved view and handling on smartphones
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🧲 Sort columns

  • For maps with many columns, there is a new sorting dialog: several columns can be rearranged in a single step.
  • The column menus have also been expanded, including the option “Insert column to the right” and new sorting options.
  • Vorschaubild Sort columns via drag & drop
    Sort columns via drag & drop
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🎨 Design & Website4

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🎨 More modern Edumaps logo

  • Edumaps has received a modernized logo. The new design is clearer and looks even better on all devices and in all sizes. You can already find it on the website and gradually in all materials.
  • Vorschaubild Modern Edumaps logo
    Modern Edumaps logo
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🏠 Fresh design for central pages

  • Many central pages have been redesigned:
    • Start page with a new structure
    • Dashboard in a new design
    • Account page completely reworked
    • New notifications page
    • Public profile with a new look
  • Vorschaubild New Edumaps start page
    New Edumaps start page
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🧭 New information pages per audience

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📚 Tutorials & Training3

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📚 New step-by-step handbooks for beginners and for admins

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👩 New directory of trainers

  • The website now features a directory of independent Edumaps trainers. Schools and media centers can find direct contacts for training courses there.
  • Vorschaubild Directory of independent trainers LINK
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🔒 Security & More4

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🚪 Log out from all devices

  • The account settings now include the new option Log out from all devices. With one click, all active sessions are ended, for example after working on someone else’s computer. This increases security for every user who regularly works on multiple devices.
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🔒 Lock maps

  • The map settings now include the new Map Protection section with the option to lock a map. Locked maps can no longer be changed, not even in single box view. Ideal for completed projects and archives.
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👤 New options for open maps

  • For maps that anonymous visitors collaborate on, there are two new map extras:
    • The name dialog for anonymous users can be suppressed
    • Option “Edit and delete own boxes only”: participants can only change their own contributions
  • Both make open pinboards in the classroom considerably safer.
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🧩 More improvements

  • Smaller new features at a glance:
    • Booking module: PayPal payment can be activated independently of the box price
    • SESAM media library login for Baden-Württemberg
    • “Classes” are now called “Classes and Groups”
    • Padlet import reworked
    • Map export dialog with new options
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