What We Learned Launching Edumo's Beta for Language Teachers

After months of beta testing with language teachers, five patterns emerged: teachers want more exercise variety (both productive and receptive), better visual design for younger learners, expanded AI content generation, shared content libraries, and improved progress tracking. We've already shipped several improvements and are prioritizing the rest based on user demand.

It's been a few months since we launched the beta version of Edumo and already it's been quite a journey! From raising awareness among language teachers and schools to rapidly iterating on user feedback, the process has been fast-paced, intense, and incredibly rewarding. As more teachers joined to test Edumo and explore whether it's the right tool for their students, we've been actively surveying beta users and conducting interviews to gather both quantitative and qualitative feedback.

First, a huge thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time to test the platform and share their insights. Your feedback has directly shaped our roadmap — and here's what we've learned so far.

What Did Beta Users Tell Us?

Five themes dominated: more exercise variety, better visual design, expanded AI capabilities, shared content libraries, and improved learner progress reporting.

1. Teachers Want More Variety in Lesson Types

No surprise here. When we launched, we offered just three exercise types with limited customization. While many of you knew more was coming, you emphasized the need for greater flexibility to build dynamic learning paths. Your requests fell into two main categories:

• Active exercises (productive skills practice), where students apply what they've learned, like writing short answers, recording audio, or selecting the right words from a list.

• Passive exercises (receptive reinforcement), to support memorization — like mix & match, quizzes, or flashcards.

We've already responded by launching our Find Pairs activity and expanding the customization options in multiple choice questions (which now support quizzes, color themes, and multimedia). We've also added a batch mode to help you build entire exercises quickly without repeating the same steps over and over.

Creating varied exercise types is a time-consuming aspects of lesson preparation. For more on these challenges, see our post on what challenges language teachers face with lesson preparation.

2. The Design Needed to Pop (Less Brown, Please!)

Several of you noted that Edumo's original design felt a bit too neutral — especially for younger learners. "Too much brown" came up more than once.

We've listened: you can now customize background and font colors, and upload images and audio to enrich your activities. 

Many of these design decisions built on what we learned while developing the beta itself. We wrote about those early design choices in how we built Edumo's first beta for mobile language teaching.

3. You Loved the AI And Want More of It

Our AI story generator was a big hit (thanks Alan Fisher for the great review!). Many of you asked for AI support across a wider range of exercise types — and even predictive AI that suggests content based on your past work and your students' needs.

We're building toward that but we're also conscious of how we use AI. Edumo is here to amplify your creativity, not replace it. In the coming weeks, you'll see new AI features that accelerate content creation while keeping you in the driver's seat.

AI-assisted content generation is a core part of our vision for helping language teachers work more efficiently. We wrote more about this in how AI can empower freelance language teachers.

4. A Desire for Shared or Ready-Made Content

Many of you asked if it would be possible to see what other teachers have created. This request excited us — and we're working on ways for teachers to share learning paths with one another.

Others asked for pre-made content as a starting point. While this hasn't been our focus, we understand how valuable it is, especially when time is short. We're tracking these requests closely and may end up looking into this if the demand is strong enough.

5. More Reporting and Overview Tools Needed

A common request was better visibility into student progress — through formative assessment tools, course overviews, calendars, or error metrics.

We haven't tackled this fully yet, but you can already view how much content your students have completed. More reporting tools are definitely in the pipeline — once we knock out the higher-priority updates above.

What's Coming Next for Edumo?

We're prioritizing the most-requested features — more exercise types and expanded AI content generation — while continuing to gather feedback from our growing beta community.

We're incredibly grateful for the enthusiasm and feedback we've received so far — and even more excited for what's ahead.

Which of these features are you most looking forward to? Is there something else on your wishlist? Leave us a comment on social!