Summer 2026
🔊 Add Audio Clips to Writing Activities
You've been able to add audio to Whiteboard activities—now you can add audio clips to both the prompt and sources in Writing Activities, too! Plus enjoy a redesign of the audio recording and upload experience!
🎬 Add Videos to Activities
Embed YouTube videos or upload your own for students to watch and respond to on any whiteboard or writing activity.
🚫 Prevent Pasting from Outside Sources
Choose whether students can paste text from outside sources into activities.
💻 Use Claude with Snorkl (MCP)
Snorkl's MCP (Model Context Protocol) server lets you connect your Snorkl account directly to AI assistants like Claude. Once connected, you can ask questions about your classes, assignments, and student progress in plain language — no exporting, no copying and pasting. You can even find and assign new activities without leaving the conversation.
📑 PDF Uploads to Writing Activities
Upload text and images from PDFs directly into Writing Activities.
👥 Rostering with Clever, ClassLink, and OneRoster
Quality of Life Improvements
Quality of Life Improvements
Renamed Collections to Folders
Zoom controls are available to teachers when editing the whiteboard
Updated audio clips additions to be a side navigation
Ability to select multiple subjects filters when adding activities to the School/District Library
Updated Peer Comments setting with clearer anonymity controls
April 2026
PDF Snippets ✂
⬆️ Upload a PDF
✂ Snip what you want to add
🪄 Add it to your Snorkl activity
March 2026
Quality of life improvements
Quality of life improvements
Image descriptions are now generated from Sources on Writing Activities
Students can see when an activity's submissions are Closed
If students are using Snorkl for the first time, they will see a quick tour of the whiteboard
February 2026
Audio Clips 🔉
✨ Record questions aloud so students hear your voice
✨ Add verbal explanations to enhance your whiteboards
✨ Create new question types, especially for language learning
For more ideas, check out this WIDA Grade 1 activity or this beginning French activity.
Other fun releases
Other fun releases
Late submissions now allowed for assignments with due dates
Students can now see how many attempts remaining they have when response attempts are limited
The "Lead Teacher" role can now be transferred, this role will be the one that can archive or delete the class
Karen / Karenni added as a language option
Easily switch between "administrator" and "teacher" dashboards
Hexagons now a shape type
Additional details added on class progress exports
Downloaded and copied responses now keep the response's formatting
January 2026
View Previous Feedback ↺
Students can now see what their previous feedback is on their next attempt at responding. Just click the "view previous feedback" button!
Other fun releases
Other fun releases
Dropdown switching enabled for student responses
Copying or downloading Snorkl responses for Writing enabled and maintains formatting
Share your activities with others by email
Administrators can more easily navigate to the administrator portal and switch to different schools
Snorkl Coach acknowledges and incorporates previous feedback
Added guest log in
Added schedule activity option
Students can see attempts remaining
More easily navigate between trying Snorkl as a student and going back to your teacher account
2025
Platform Highlights
Platform Highlights
Teachers can now limit attempts for student responses on each activity
Writing activities display sources
All activities have a Read Aloud functionality
Improved feedback and criteria context
Snorkl Coach
Content Highlights
Content Highlights
New activities in the Snorkl Library
NY Regents practice for Algebra I, Life Science Biology, and Chemistry
English Language Development
High School Psychology
Additional EduProtocols