What's New in Plus Edition
The current version of Homeschool Tracker Plus Edition is Version 6.1 Release 7
For additional details about any of these features, please refer to the Help File (F1) or User Manual.
Read the full release notes for Version 6.0 Release 1 - April 3, 2009
Version 6.1 Release 7 - May 18, 2010
Fixes
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Attendance Report
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Corrected display and totaling errors of hours in
the List style report when using Time Spent or Sessions
Version 6.1 Release 6 - May 17, 2010
Fixes
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Assignments
o
Repaired an issue where the All Dates selection on
the Assignment Grid was ignoring the date selection within a Custom filter
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Memorization
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Adjusted display so that items with a completion
date are only displayed when that date is within the active school year
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Detail Progress Report
o
Added display of option to turn on/off summarizing
courses into subjects
Version 6.1 Release 5 - January 30, 2010
Fixes
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Reschedule
o
Created a message when your options preclude any
viable new dates, instead of a program-closing error.
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Repaired the 2-week and every other day options so
the correct dates are calculated
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Assignment Copy
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Repaired the 2-week and every other day options so
the correct dates are calculated
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Security
o
Correctly disabled right-click Group Edit option
when student has limited access to database functions in the Security feature.
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Transcript
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Corrected formatting error on full page format
when displaying Pass/Fail and percentage grade.
Version 6.1 Release 4 - November 20, 2009
Fixes
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Assignments
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Fixed “Past Due” display to show all appropriate
items – those which are due prior to date range and not yet marked as complete,
as well as all those due on or within the selected date range.
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Attendance
o
Auto-Attendance correctly updated when using the
right-click menu option to “Mark as Complete” or “Mark as Incomplete”
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Main Menu
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Fixed display to show words “Year” and “Term”
correctly
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Reports: Monthly Progress
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Fixed report generation so that it correctly pulls
completed items from the designated month/year. Previously pulling based on
date range of other reports.
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Weekly Planner
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Updated Help File section to correctly sate that
the Search function here does not include the page/lesson/chapter field since
it is a different field than other areas of the program
Version 6.1 Release 3 - September 28, 2009
Fixes
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Attendance
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For ½ day Present, Time Spent or Sessions limits
will be followed based on the type of time you’ve selected to track in the
Attendance option.
o
Fixed an issue where using auto-attendance and
manual hours removed the manual hours entry when new items were marked as
complete on that date.
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Grading
o
Letter grade displayed in Assignment add/edit
window will now reflect the letter grade based on your rounding selection.
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Lesson Plan: Submit – preview window
o
Created a task bar item for the preview window so
that if you accidentally minimize the window, you can still find it.
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Maintenance: Library and Maintenance: Resources
o
When you get the “this is a duplicate” message and
choose no, a duplicate will no longer be created.
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Memorization
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When you remove the date complete, it now stays
removed.
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Reports
o
The “nothing to report” message now gives some
ideas of things to check to change those results. Clicking OK on the “nothing to
report” message window will open the options window for that report.
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Reports – Library Items and Resources
o Cleared up some ambiguity in the report options for used/un-used; and
borrowed; loaned or neither by separating those option items.
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Reports – Reading Log
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If an entire entry cannot fit on the bottom of a
page, a new page will be started instead of splitting the information across
two pages, for better clarity.
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Reports – Transcript
o
Report options now properly holds on to “combined”
option after closing the program.
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Reschedule with LP Schedule
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When rescheduling by LP Schedule, the “skip
non-school days” option will be disabled as items are only placed according to
the schedule selected.
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Security – new option – “Can change library items”
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Enabling this option allows your student to add
new Reading Log items without requiring that you give them permissions to
change any other fields in assignments.
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Tools: Options: Assignments: Assignment Location
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Disabling this field no longer incorrectly
disabled the Resource Location field in the Library Group Edit form.
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Tools: Options: General
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Disabling the Attendance tab no longer disables
the option to skip over Holiday/Vacation/Other days or non-school days in copy;
submit and prepare features.
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Weekly Planner: Prepare – preview window
o
Created a task bar item for the preview window so
that if you accidentally minimize the window, you can still find it.
Version 6.1 Release 2 - August 17, 2009
Fixes
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Library - ISBN Lookup
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Adjusted ISBN lookup process to meet new requirements from Amazon Web Services
Version 6.1 Release 1 - August 15, 2009
Fixes
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Reclassify of Course for Resources
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This process was not properly reassigning the
subject to go with the new Course selection for the Resource
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Rounding of Grades
o
Corrected the display of letter grade in the
Transcript to reflect the rounded percentage value, rather than the actual
value
Version 6.0 Release 9 - August 9, 2009
Fixes
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General
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Corrected inconsistency in Relase 8 setup package.
Version 6.0 Release 8 - August 9, 2009
Fixes
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Autobacks
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Added the same check for space before beginning
the process that we added for regular backups to avoid program-closing error.
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Import/Export
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You can now properly select any location/folder
for your exported files.
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ISBN Lookup
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Should Amazon again experience issues, you’ll get
a message that there is a problem connecting and to try again later, rather
than a program-closing error.
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Lesson Plan – Change Sequence Numbers
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The “Make it Fit” option now calculates the new
sequence numbers correctly, no matter how the Lesson Plan grid is grouped.
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LP Schedule Display
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Each entry will display specified items only. If
you choose “Any Course” or “Any Activity”, those words will not appear on
screen.
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Reclassify
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Reclassifying a Course to the none/blank course
will no longer generate a program-closing error.
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Resources
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When re-enabling this option, the Library
right-click menu is properly updated without having to restart the program.
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Same Page/Lesson/Chapter
o
Correctly limited the field to 100 characters to
avoid the “field is too small to accept the number of characters” error.
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Student: Activities & Achievements
o
Fixed an issue with the “Add Time” area where the
cache was not clearing correctly.
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Supplies Report
o
Fixed an issue where the listed items would not
clear properly when options were changed
o
Added a date field to the report output.
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You can now choose to sort the report in
alphabetical order by supply name or by date
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When printing the report for Assignments, the Date
field will show the Date Given for the assignment where the supply is listed.
If you are not using the Date Given field, the Date Due will be listed
§
The date field will be blank for Lesson Plan and
Weekly Planner items.
§
Items without dates will appear first on the list
when sorting by Date
Version 6.0 Release 7 - June 29, 2009
Fixes
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Help File (F1)
o
Recompiled the Help File so that more topic
headings appear under each of the major categories, making it easier to find
what you’re looking for.
New
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Journal Font Option
o
Added a “Default Journal Font” option to the
Tools: Options: General page which allows you to select the starting font
(type; style; and size) for your Journal entries.
o
This will NOT change any existing journal entries.
If you change the default font again down the line, new entries will show that
font selection; old entries will retain their previous settings.
o
You can still elect to change the font and font
attributes within individual Journal entries, as before.
Version 6.0 Release 5 - May 25, 2009
Fixes
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Auto-Increment Page/Lesson/Chapter
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When choose the “letters” option – failing to
enter start with/end with values will create a reminder, rather than a
program-closing error.
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Backup
o
Prevented clicking of “Create Backup” button until
a valid file name is entered
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Chores
o
Fixed an issue where reclassify a chore caused a
program-closing error.
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Lesson Plan Submit - # of Days
o
Fixed an issue where Tracker was including
non-school days in the calculation of Date Due
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Lesson Plan Submit – Spread Evenly
o
Finally fixed the calculation for “spread evenly”
so that it will always generate the correct data and never a program-closing
error.
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Lesson Plan Export
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Now allows export to a folder location other than
the Desktop
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If all items are copy-protected (excluded from
export) you’ll get a polite message instead of a program-closing error.
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Monthly Progress Report
o
Margins fixed at 0.5” all around and Portrait
format to insure proper display of report
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Choosing selected Subject/Course/Activity/Resource
filters now properly affect the resulting report.
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Program Options
o
Excluding Memorization and Reading Log tabs now
disables the correct options in the Daily Task List Report options window.
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Reading Log
o
Deleting the last “Add Time” entry no longer
throws an error.
o
If you enter a book with a starting date that does
not exist in any created school year, you will see a note that it is outside
the active year, but no longer receive a program-closing error.
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Reports
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Added Pages field to “Fields to Include” options
in Library; Resource; and Resources by Student reports.
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Reschedule
o
Fixed an issue with the “Make It Fit” option (it’s
a tricky process!)
Version 6.0 Release 4 - April 24, 2009
Fixes
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Agenda
o
Fixed a display issue from Monthly to one of the
other views when the All Students setting is selected in the drop down list
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Lesson
Plan Submit
o
Fixed a calculation issue when using Submit and
“spread evenly” option. With certain combinations of number of items over
number of days, a calculation issue caused an error. Now fixed.
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Reschedule
o
Fixed a calculation issue when using Reschedule
and “make it fit” option. With certain combinations of number of items over
number of days, a calculation issue caused an error. Now fixed.
·
Resource
o
Fixed an issue where the Library add window would
come up when the Resource add window should have appeared.
Version 6.0 Release 3 - April 10, 2009
Fixes
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Choose
Columns
o
Fixed an issue where it was ignoring selection
when a number of fields were disabled/hidden
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Time
Spent Report
o
Fixed and issue where totals were correct but details
were missing in the home/away versions of the report.
Version 6.0 Release 2 - April 8, 2009
Fixes
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Assignments
o
Fixed an issue where using the COPY function
created the assignments as completed – regardless of the status of the original
copied item.
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Choose
Columns
o
Fixed an issue where it was ignoring selection
when Student field was disabled/hidden
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Grouping
& Sorting
o
Fixed an issue for databases where the Lesson
Plan; Resource and Reading Log tabs would throw an error if the previously
grouped on field was no longer available.
o
If a sorting error occurs on startup, setting will
be removed rather than throw an error.
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Reading
Log & Resource Grids
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Added the option to view the Author; Publisher;
Resource Type; Pages and Grade Level columns in these grids. These fields
cannot be edited in the grid – only via the add/edit window or in the Library.
However, with these fields in view you can group and sort on them if desired.
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Reschedule
o
Fixed an issue where a program-closing error
occurred when all items being rescheduled were set to the “None” (blank)
Resource
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Search
o
Ignores invalid characters – rather than throwing
an error.
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Windows
Vista 64-bit
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Fixed an issue with installation on Vista 64-bit platforms.
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