Product Updates: August-October 2026
We've got some great new product features to share with you this fall—from new lesson plans, to reality fair materials, a new FICO Course, and more.
Banzai is excited to announce all of the amazing new features we made available at our partner and teacher base this fall season.
All-New Banzai Lesson Plans
Banzai educators now have access to a fast, flexible lesson-plan experience.
Lesson Plans deliver turnkey, bell-to-bell learning built directly into the Banzai platform, allowing educators to teach full courses end-to-end or drop individual modular units into an existing curriculum.
Each plan follows a structured 30–45 minute lesson flow, making it easy for any educator to teach with confidence—even outside their primary subject area:
- Bellringer: Quick, engaging warm-ups.
- Direct Instruction: Fully editable presentation decks.
- Discussion: Real-world prompts that drive active classroom participation.
- Interactive On- and Off-Screen Activities: A mix of printables, offline worksheets, and digital games with built-in pre- and post-tests.
New Educational School and Community Videos
We are excited to introduce educational videos across both our school and community apps. Launching with 24 featured videos, these resources give learners a quick, clear rundown of essential financial literacy topics.
Check out the free community videos in our Wellness Center today, or log into your Teacher Dashboard to explore what is available for your classroom.
Grading and Rostering Made Simple
Every class has a Gradebook tab that shows all a students’ work in one place, with each student’s attempt history and a CSV download for any assignment.
If a district uses OneRoster, teachers can now import classes from it when you set up a class, and Banzai will keep the roster in sync for you.
In-Game Voice Narration
Banzai games now feature audio narration. Players can easily toggle voice narration on or off in the bottom-right corner of featured games.
Master Your FICO® Score Game
Building on the FICO® Score series we shared in April, we’ve developed a full game for students: Master Your FICO® Score. In this interactive experience, students learn how credit scores are calculated and discover practical strategies to keep their scores as high as possible.
The Banzai Reality Fair
The Banzai Reality Fair helps educators prepare students for life after graduation through experiential learning—provided completely free courtesy of our community partners.
Banzai’s Reality Fair uses state labor data to assign students realistic incomes and lifestyle costs, throwing in financial twists at the “Life Happens” booth so they learn to adapt on the fly.
During the hands-on simulation, students:
- Build their personalized profile.
- Walk between interactive stations and booths.
- Track their progress in physical paper workbooks.
Forms on Rewards
Banzai Community Partners can now attach a short survey to any reward. Users complete it as one step of the redemption process, and sponsors can view responses or export them via CSV directly from the Rewards report in Partner Manager.
This feature is completely optional: rewards without a form work exactly as before.
Banzai’s interactive courses are free for educators. Already a user? Log in to explore what’s new. Questions? Contact us or sign up today.