Updates

Updates

Evidence for Learning is continually improving.  We generally try to release updates every month, below you can see what we have delivered in previous updates.  We love feedback and criticism so feel free to get in touch, it all helps us improve and add to the current features.  Almost all the new features below originated from our users.

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Version 5.8.2 – Release Notes

Release date: 2nd February 2019

We recommend that you update ALL your devices with this update.

IMPROVEMENTS
– Display baseline data in Assessment Book when Show Aspects is enabled.
– Improved how you export Assessment Book data …now you can filter the Assessment Books or pick whole Assessment Books to export rather than having to specify individual Learners.
– Export Assessment Books has CSV and HTML options.
– Export Assessment Transaction Logs has CSV and HTML options.

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Version 5.8.1 – Release Notes

Release date: 21st January 2019

We recommend that you update ALL your devices with this update.

NEW FEATURES
– The ability to force an Assessment Date for Baseline Flags.
– Give your Baseline Flags different colours.
– Delete an Assessment Record… and control who can do this.
– Added a Clear Button to clear Judgements when editing Historical Assessments
– Added an optional Edit mode when looking at Historical Assessments

IMPROVEMENTS
– Improved Assessment Book layout
– Improved Historical Assessment Layouts

FIXED
– A few Bugs with Edit Assessments, Baselines and Assessment Books – Fixed!

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Version 5.8 – Release Notes

Release date: 7th January 2019

We recommend that you update ALL your devices with this update.

NEW FEATURES
– Baseline Flags – Setup multiple Baseline Flags and record Judgements and Professional Statements as baselines
– Edit Assessment data – … and control who can edit Assessment data
– Baseline Bulk Entry – Add Baseline data and backdate

IMPROVEMENTS
– Added Are You Sure? when backing out of Assessment Module and Cloud Admin
– Expand and collapse frameworks whilst in Assessment Books

FIXED
– Export Assessment Book Data is more stable

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Version 5.7.1 – Release Notes

Release date: 11th September 2018

Recommended Update!

IMPROVEMENTS
– Improved the device session lifecycle management.

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Version 5.7 – Release Notes

Release date: 5th September 2018

We recommend that you update ALL your devices with this update.

NEW FEATURES
– Web Console Settings – allowing you to setup your Web Console.

IMPROVEMENTS
– Improved and Fixed a bug that occurred in some circumstances when Editing PLGs

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Version 5.6 – Release Notes

Release date: 24th August 2018

We recommend that you update ALL your devices with this update.

NEW FEATURES
– PLG Templates – Now you can save templates for PLGs and use them to quickly build similar PLG Frameworks and Assessment Books
– Lock top-level headings in PLG Frameworks to help maintain a consistent structure for your PLGs
– Restrict Assessment Schema for your PLGs to make it easier for your Assessment Users to set up Assessment Books

IMPROVEMENTS
– Auto-refreshing logos and we’ve removed the Refresh your Logos option from the Device Menu

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Version 5.5.2 – Release Notes

Release date: 7th June 2018

We recommend that you update all your devices with this update.

– Improved the layout when capturing Evidence with iPod.
– Fixed a couple of bugs affecting how Indicators are displayed in the Assessment Book.

Thank you for your support.

Version 5.5.1 – Release Notes

Release date: 19th May 2018

Recommended Update!

– Fixed a few bugs affecting some devices whilst capturing evidence.

Thank you for your support.

Version 5.5 – Release Notes

Release date: 16th May 2018

Recommended Update!

NEW FEATURES

Indicator Module

– This module lets you create various ‘indicators’ (single indicators and sets of indicators) which can be used by staff when gathering evidence to assess engagement and other key indicators of learning and development. Perfect for using with the Engagement for Learning Framework and Engagement Profile.
– Indicators allow you to capture more structured qualitative and quantitative observational data such as ‘Levels of Engagement’,  ‘Learner Feedback’, ‘Levels of Support/Prompting’, etc…
– You can create and define your own Indicators to meet your school’s needs or use pre-loaded Indicator Sets such as the Engagement Profile.
– Users can record Indicator data when capturing new Evidence or when editing existing Evidence.
– You can filter Evidence according to Indicators and view relevant Indicator data in Assessment Books to inform assessment and professional judgement of progress.
– New report type – Indicator Report, instantly generates PDF reports of your Indicator data including graphical charts if relevant. These can be shared with parents / carers and other stakeholders.

Additional New Features

– More versatile reporting options that let you include the most recent professional statement with the Assessment Book PDF tool and an ‘As at’ date filter so you can go back in time.

IMPROVEMENTS

– You can now choose to display the Framework Items first when making a PDF document.
– Export Assessment Book data now includes most recent Professional Statement.
– We’ve suppressed the Group Name (if selected) from the title page of a generated PDF Document.
– Historical judgements in the Assessment Book have an improved layout.

BUG FIXES

– Fixed a bug causing the image processing to fail when capturing images in certain circumstances.
– Various performance and stability improvements

 

Thank you for your support.

Version 5.4.9 – Release Notes

Release date: 1st March 2018

Recommended Update

Bug fixed and performance improved.

Thank you for your support.

Version 5.4.8 – Release Notes

Release date: 26th Frebruary 2018

Recommended Update!

NEW FEATURES
– Make a Document now lets you specify which Tags to display as Headings and in which order.

IMPROVEMENTS
– Select all button available when downloading Tags from the Cloud to the Device.

BUG FIXES
– We’ve made managing Assessment Books, Assessment Frameworks and converting existing Frameworks to PLGs more stable.

Thanks for your support.

Version 5.4.7 – Release Notes

Release date: 30th January 2018

Recommended Update!

Update your app to this version for improved stability and bug fixes.

Remember to update all devices at your school or setting.

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Version 5.4.6 – Release Notes

Release date: 26th January 2018

Recommended Update!

In this update we’ve improved stability for the latest iOS updates and fixed some bugs!!
– Move and scale image when capturing and editing images – Fixed
– Ocasional crashing when try to save image/video to Camera Roll – Fixed
– Convert PLG, bug preventing conversion if previously failed – Fixed
– Occasional Freezing – Fixed
– Tidied up the PLG manager when in portrait orientation – Fixed
– Moved the version number

Remember to update all devices at your school or setting.

Thanks for your support!

Version 5.4.5 – Release Notes

Release date: 22nd January 2018

Important Update…

NEW FEATURES
– You can now Change Owner for PLGs.
– The Learner Cloud Profile now shows total Evidence count.
– Added a Duplicate button when editing PLG Frameworks.
– When looking at Evidence relating to Assessment Item it now indicates any new Evidence since the last Assessment

IMPROVEMENTS
– Improved performance in Edit/Filter Evidence
– Improved performance in Cloud Learner Profile

BUG FIXES
– Fixed a few bugs

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Version 5.4.4 – Release Notes

Release date: 12th January 2018

Recommended update.

Bug Fixes, Stability and Performance updates

Thanks for your support.

Version 5.4.3 – Release Notes

Release date: 10th January 2018

Recommended update.

Make a Grid and Routes For Learning RouteMap now has an option to choose All Dates/Ever.
You can now reset assessment data for draft Assessment Books.
Improved formatting for the Aspect Names when viewing historical judgements.
Improved the Assessment Book and PLG PDF document formatting.
Bug Fixes

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Version 5.4.2 – Release Notes

Release date: 20th December 2017

Recommended update.

Improved performance and user interface.

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Version 5.4.1 – Release Notes

Release date: 15th December 2017

Important update!

Bug fixes and improved help text for the PLG screens.

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Version 5.4 – Release Notes

Release date: 11th December 2017

NEW FEATURES
– PLGs (Personal Learning Goals) enable you to create personalised Learner Framework/Assessment Items and change/update the frameworks, inserting new items, deleting and renaming others, re-ordering the items and so on.
– Convert your existing Individual’s Frameworks and Assessments to the new PLG format allowing you to modify existing Frameworks.
– Assessment Managers can control/approve changes and view all Assessment Books and edit all PLGs.
– Make a PDF from inside an Assessment Book reflecting the PLG/Assessment Books’ assessment data and evidence summary, save the file directly into the Learner’s Cloud Profile and share with Parent/Carer.

IMPROVEMENTS
– Added indicators to show Parent/Carer submitted evidence in Make a Document.
– Added indicators to show Parent/Carer submitted evidence Assessment module.
– Removed spell checker/autocorrect from the QuickPair passphrase

BUG FIXES
– Fixed QuickPair bug in iPhone, iPod
– Many other bugs fixed

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Version 5.3 – Release Notes

Release date: 22nd June 2017

NEW FEATURES
– Parent/Carers 2-way communication for shared Evidence
– Enable Parent/Carers to submit Evidence
– Reply, Delete and Edit Parent/Carer Feedback and Comments
– Control new features in the Parent Services screen
– Include Parent Comments in Make a Document
– Page Numbers have been added to Make a Document
– Option to use Abbreviated Frameworks in Make a Document
– Export Learner Assessment Book Data now has an option to include DoB and Age
– Export Learner Assessment Book Data now has an option to add up to 7 Review Dates
– Export Learner Assessment Book Data now has an option to include Date of Most Recent Evidence

IMPROVEMENTS
– Improved Parent Portal including the ability to enlarge photos
– Choose a Date Range when making a Grid
– Maximum Aspects increased from 100 to 1000
– Sync Engine streamlined and updates the Status on the Settings screen
– Assessment Books can’t be set to Live if no Assessment Items set
– Removed spell checker/autocorrect from the QuickPair passphrase

BUG FIXES
– Sync Engine stalled if working with corrupt images – Fixed
– Bug uploading files if a Learner’s name had brackets in it – Fixed

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Version 5.2.3 – Release Notes

Release date: 14th March 2017

NEW FRAMEWORKS
– VCE Science F-7

BUG FIXES

– Issue when picking Learners when making Grids – Fixed
– Historical Judgements was truncating some Users’ names – Fixed

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Version 5.2 – Release Notes

Release date: 1st March 2017

Recommended update!

NEW FEATURES
– QuickPair a device
– Cohort Data can be saved with Learners
– Show all Aspects in the Assessment Book screen
– Select All Learners button in all Select Learners screens

IMPROVEMENTS
– Updated the manual ‘Pairing’ screens in the Cloud Admin
– Popup Assessment screen now scrolls the Aspect values if not enough space
– Auto name an Assessment Framework
– Assessment Book loads more quickly
– Updated the Professional Statement Screen in the Assessment Book
– Learners sorted Alphabetically in the Assessment Book
– Export Assessment Data can include Professional Statement
– Export Assessment Data can include Cohort Data
– Export Assessment Data will let you choose which columns to include
– Tidied up the Historical Assessments screen

NEW FRAMEWORKS
– Quest for Learning
– NSW Numeracy Continuum K-6
– NT Student Competencies Assessment Framework
– Northern Territories Preschool Curriculum
– VCE English F-7
– VCE Mathematics F-7
– VCE Humanities F-7
– VCE Visual Arts F-7
– VCE Physical Education F-7
– VCE Health F-7

BUG FIXES
– Saving Assessments sometimes caused a crash – FIXED
– Show Evidence for an Assessment Framework caused a crash in some circumstances – FIXED
– Historical Assessment Data was displaying the current user instead of the person who made the assessment – FIXED
– Add Assessment Items footer text now displays correctly – FIXED
– Bug with deleting PDFs – Fixed
– Assorted Minor bugs – FIXED

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Version 5.1 – Release Notes

Release date: (expected) 6th January 2017

Recommended update!

NEW FRAMEWORKS
– EYFS (30month+)
– NSW Literacy Continuum K-6
– NSW Literacy Continuum 7-10

IMPROVED
– Improved screen navigation for Assessment
– Improved the export data tools for Assessment

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Version 5.0 – Release Notes

Release date: 19th December 2016

Recommended update!

NEW FEATURES
– New App Icon
– Assessment
— Create Assessment Users
— Create Aspects & Schemas
— Create Assessment Frameworks
— Create Assessment Books
— Export Data
– Archive Frameworks
– Rename Frameworks
– Archive Tags
– Archive Learners

IMPROVED
– Improved Screen Layouts
– Display Friendly Names for Devices in Device Manager
– Updated the Filter Status message when browsing Evidence
– Rename Unique Ref to External ID

BUG FIXES
– Fixed bug causing the internal-use tags message to display twice when PAYG switching them on
– Fixed a bug causing the Upload Framework to fail in some circumstances

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Version 4.5.5 – Release Notes

Release date: 15th September 2016

iOS 10 updates

Also…
UPDATES
– Streamlined the signup/first-use screens
– Updated example date ranges, comment templates and default frameworks.

BUG Fixes
– Fixed a cosmetic bug with managing groups in the Cloud
– Fixed a bug that limited the learners that were imported when adding groups from the cloud to the device
– Fixed a bug that occurred in certain circumstances when uploading PDF files to the cloud.

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Version 4.5.4 – Release Notes

Release date: 23rd May 2016

NEW FEATURES
– You can now specify ‘Internal-Use’ only tags – not visible to parents
– Group evidence by Tags when making a PDF Document
– Sort Evidence by Date Ascending/Descending when making a PDF Document

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Version 4.5.3 – Release Notes

Release date: 1st May 2016

BUG FIX
– We’ve removed the ability to tap some functions twice which was causing problems in some instances – FIXED!

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Version 4.5.2 – Release Notes

Release date: 19th April 2016

BUG FIXES
– Help screen alignment – FIXED!

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Version 4.5.1 – Release Notes

Release date: 13th April 2016

NEW FEATURES
– We’ve added In-App-Notifications to provide more support when and where you need it.
– You can now add a page break before each Evidence when making a document.
– We’ve added a new grid type: Routes for Learning – RouteMap.
– Added links in the Help to ‘How to…’ information for Getting Started, Add a Framework, Setup your Cloud and Setup Parent Services.
– Tags are now included when sharing Evidence in the Journal feed.
– The Parent Portal now displays the photo/video feed and journal feed as a single feed, honouring access permissions accordingly.

IMPROVEMENTS
– Tidied up capture evidence screen when capturing for multiple learners.
– Tidied up the intro screen when pairing devices.
– The progress indicator when making a grids now works better.
– Improved the parent sharing status indicators for evidence thumbnails.

BUG FIXES
– A bug causing a crash in Make PDF when low on memory – FIXED!
– A bug causing the app to crash when deleting the last file in the Files screen – FIXED!
– A bug that caused a crash when pairing Learners with really short names – FIXED

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Version 4.5 – Release Notes

Release date: 17th March 2016

NEW FEATURES
– Capture VIDEO Evidence
– Hide Video Thumbnails in Document Settings
– Filter multiple Framework Statements when browsing evidence and making a document
– NEW Parent Services
Including:
— PDF Reports Feed
— Photo/Video Feed
— Journal Feed
— Parent Comments
— New Parent Portal pages
— Include Parent Comments in Document Settings

IMPROVEMENTS
– Pick a group/class when choosing Parent Access
– Updated the view framework screen
– Improved the Parent Portal design and usability
– Various other performance and design updates

BUG FIXES
– Fixed a bug with filtering Tags in PAYG

 

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Version 4.4 – Release Notes

Release date: 10th December 2015

In this version we have added a good mix of updates including new features, improvements, new frameworks and bug fixes…

NEW FEATURES
– Tap to enlarge/zoom/pinch photos when capturing and editing evidence (tap and hold to bring up the save/remove options)
– Editing Evidence in the cloud allows you to change the learner
– Show/hide Tags in your Learning Journey PDF Docs

IMPROVED
– Line Wrapping instead of truncation with the grids
– Group name back on the Learning Journey PDF Doc title pages if selected a group
– Reformatted the view Framework screen
– Adding Framework statements to evidence now shows the current coverage for a learner with that framework
– Improved the usability of the Delete Evidence screen

NEW FRAMEWORKS
– NT ESL Early Childhood and Primary Learners – Speaking
– NT ESL Early Childhood and Primary Learners – Listening
– NT ESL Early Childhood and Primary Learners – Reading
– NT ESL Early Childhood and Primary Learners – Writing
– Adult Literacy Core Curriculum (inc Spoken Communication)
– Adult Numeracy Core Curriculum

BUG FIXES
– Plus buttons no longer appear on images when editing evidence in published state
– Pairing Learners bug – Fixed and now isn’t case sensitive either
– Upload grids and docs to the cloud from the learner profile on the device now uploads to all learners’ cloud profiles

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Version 4.3 – Release Notes

Release date: 30th October 2015

In this version we have mainly focused on straightening out some bugs and improving stability and performance.

IMPROVED

– We’ve fixed a bug that was causing the app to crash when migrating from an older version.
– We’ve fixed a bug that was causing the filter evidence to crash
– We’ve added a new launch screen

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Version 4.2 – Release Notes

Release date: 15th October 2015

In this version we have mainly focused on straightening out some bugs and improving stability and performance.

NEW FEATURES

– 2x New Grid Schemes – Emerging Developing Secure (EDS 1 and EDS 2)
IMPROVED

– Now shows the app version on the launch screen
– Fixed the migration issue that was causing ‘freeze/timeout’ on some devices
– Fixed subscription not overiding zero credits on save evidence
– Fixed ‘Filter Criteria’ text from being truncated
– Fixed upload to cloud for some files experiencing problems
– You can no longer add duplicate Tags to the Cloud System Data during device pairing
– You can no longer add duplicate Frameworks to the Cloud System Data during device pairing
– Removed ghosts of deleted frameworks
– Documents Settings updated to work more smoothly
– Changed destination of [Info] button pre-registration
– Fixed some issues on ‘Filter Evidence’ causing a crash in some conditions
– Fixed a bug with Make a Document which was causing a crash in some conditions
– Fixed a bug adding Comment Templates under certain scenarios
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Version 4.0 – Release Notes

Release date: 17th September 2015

Version 4.0 is a significant upgrade with many new features and updates to the cloud infrastructure and the iOS app in particular new synchronisation engine and user interface.  We can’t list them all but here are the main updates.

NEW FEATURES

– All new user interface and menus
– You can use the app in a range of 11 pre-set themes (pink, blue, orange, green, yellow, carbon, candy floss, ocean, opal, fire, sunset) It’s great for multi-device settings or just for fun
– Upgraded Cloud and Synchronisation Engine including…
— New Educator and Administrator Roles provide the user with context sensitive features, either for setting up the device or using it
— We’ve replaced the merge and add to cloud data processes with ‘Pair this Device’ as a step by step assistant to sync data between your device and the cloud
— Once ‘paired’ your device will sync your system data automatically (Learners, Groups, Tags, Frameworks, Date Ranges and Comment Templates)
— Once ‘paired’ your Evidence will automatically sync to the central Learner Cloud Profiles.  (This lets you capture evidence on one device and see it almost immediately with another and gives you total peace of mind that ALL your data is safe and secure in the Evidence for Learning Cloud)
— View Evidence and Reports in the Learner’s Cloud Profile
— Use the Device Manager to view all connected devices, their status and any alerts/warning

IMPROVED

– You can now use multiple tags for tagging evidence
– You can filter evidence using multiple tags too
– Swipe to re-order the images in the Capture screen
– Date of Birth added to the Learner details

 

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Version 3.5 – Release Notes

Release date: 12th April 2015

NEW FEATURES
– Added a video tutorial to the Getting Started screen

IMPROVED
– Tidied the Getting Started screen for iPhone 4s

NEW FRAMEWORKS
– EYFS ‘exceeding’ descriptors
– National Curriculum: English
– National Curriculum: Mathematics
– National Curriculum: Science
– National Curriculum: Art and Design
– National Curriculum: Citizenship
– National Curriculum: Computing
– National Curriculum: Design and Technology
– National Curriculum: Geography
– National Curriculum: History
– National Curriculum: Languages
– National Curriculum: Music
– National Curriculum: PE

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Version 3.4 – Release Notes

Release date: 23rd February 2015

BUG FIXES
– A bug with processing dates, affecting some devices, causing the app to crash on load – Fixed
– A bug displaying some Groups and with adding Learners to Groups who have unique reference data causing the app to crash – Fixed

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Version 3.3 – Release Notes

Release date: 10th February 2015

NEW FEATURES
– Double tap the photo on the capture evidence screen to save the image to the Camera Roll.
– When adding framework statements to a Grid Template you can now ‘select all’ by tapping the section name above statements you want to select.
– When searching for learners (adding to evidence, filters, etc) you can select a group first so you only see your class of learners.
– Change Cloud Admin Password.
– Ability to remotely reset your Passcode.
– Added active URLs to the edit/capture evidence screen – tap to open link.
– New Grid Scheme (Green = 7+)
– Getting started splash screen for first-timers.
– New registration screen.

IMPROVED
– Capture evidence screen now has a ‘Cancel’ button instead of a back arrow.
– Clearer wording and labels throughout.
– Merge learners with cloud now lists possible matches based on surname not first name.
– Now displays unique reference when listing learners in the cloud.
– Removed unused [+] button in merge data (cloud settings).
– List grid templates shows how many learners and how many framework statements the grid has.
– Refreshed the Tips screen – swipe through them.
– Cloud settings removed from the quick menu.
– We’ve made it more obvious to see when you are in the cloud with a bright cloud background graphic.

NEW FRAMEWORKS
– Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development.
– Characteristics of Effective Learning (as a separate framework).
– EYFS without the stages (SEN friendly).
– Updated P Scales 2014 with statements broken down.

BUG FIXES
– Adding learners to grid templates sometimes caused a crash – fixed.
– Uploading learners to cloud now copies the unique reference too – fixed.
– Determining whether the device could reach the internet failed in some circumstances – fixed.
– My Evidence when using a filter with date ranges caused a crash in rare scenarios – fixed.
– Commas in document names caused problems with uploading to the cloud – fixed.
– Cloud user/permissions in certain circumstances didn’t refresh – fixed

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Version 3.2 – Release Notes

Release date: 17th November 2014

NEW FEATURES
– When making a Grid Template you can choose to leave the specified learners blank. If you ‘Make a Grid’ based on a Grid Template that has no learners it’ll ask you to pick one or more prior to producing the PDF file. Now there’s no need to build a progress Grid Template for all your learners!
– Introduced the Merge Data tool for linking your local data to your subscription’s cloud data (Subscribers with cloud services only)

IMPROVED
– Changed the Cloud Profile document sort order.
– Cannot select rows on the Cloud Usage screen.
– Removed the ‘credits: unlimited’ message on the Make a Document screen for subscribers.
– If no documents exist in the Learner Profile it now says it’s empty rather than leaving the screen blank.

BUG FIXES
– Fixed a bug when determining whether the device could connect to the internet – phew!

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Version 3.1 – Release Notes

Release date: 20th October Nov 2014

IMPROVED
– When selecting the Layout Settings for Grid Templates you can now see a visual explanation of the Schemes.

BUG FIXES
– Fixed a bug that was causing a crash for new users.
– Fixed a few other minor bugs.

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Version 3.0 – Release Notes

Release date: 8th October 2014

NEW Features
– Support for iPhone 6/6plus and iOS8.
– Learner Profiles view – a more organised way of browsing your learner journeys and grids by learner.
– Cloud Services Option Pack:
– – Share the Learners, Frameworks, Tags & Date Ranges across all your devices.
– – Share evidence data with other devices in your subscription.
– – Create cloud profiles for your learners and share learning journeys and grids.
– – Cloud Recycle Bin – so you don’t accidentally lose files.
– Parental Engagement Option Pack:
– – Manage parent Information and control access permissions.
– – Share selected files with parents via secure online access.

IMPROVED
– Students now referred to as Learners (more versatile).
– Classes now referred to as Groups (more versatile).
– New Tag button in the Capture Evidence screen.
– New Frameworks button in Capture Evidence screen.
– Documents & Grids – introduced new icons, improved layout.
– Menu – added My Evidence with the filter to the MAIN Menu (as well as the Quick Menu).
– Made the Quick Menu buttons larger.
– Improved network connection detection.
– Improved settings screen.

NEW FRAMEWORKS
– AusVELS
– NQS
– Leuven
– Every Child a Talker

BUG FIXES
fixed iOS8 bugs – date picker and make a document.

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Version 2.9 – Release Notes

Release date: 14th August 2014

IMPROVED
– We’ve improved the various layout combinations with multiple photos in your documents.

BUG FIXES
– Fixed a bug when picking any evidence which has 2 images for Make a Document.
– Fixed a bug which in some circumstances was causing very high resolution images to be added into the docs resulting in very large file sizes – sorry about that! You can re-run the docs now to recreate smaller versions. (then delete the big ones)

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Version 2.8 – Release Notes

Release date: 31st July 2014

NEW Features
– Lots of requests for this… For those with subscriptions you can now capture up to 3 images per observation/evidence. Just slide the image to the left and add another 😀 Great for telling a story showing the beginning, middle & end!

– Bulk delete evidence in one hit. Don’t worry you can’t do it by accident! Menu > Settings > Delete Evidence and choose a Date Range and or Student. This makes it easy to delete last years observations, maybe last term/semester or maybe you just need to clear a single student from the app.

IMPROVED
– We’ve relabelled ‘Subjects’ to ‘Tags’. If you want to carry on using them as subjects thats fine, but it also lets us use tags such as WOW Moment, From Parents, At Home, Learning Walk etc…

BUG FIXES
– Fixed a bug which forgets some Date Ranges in the Filter.

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Version 2.7 – Release Notes

Release date: 2nd July 2014

Thanks again for all your feedback everyone!

NEW Features
– Introduced dynamic date ranges to the date range picker. This means you can add your own date ranges as before but also choose from the these too… Today, Yesterday, Last 7 days, Last 14 days, This Month & Last Month.
– New Evidence browser – more useful, more powerful and faster. Basically you open My Evidence from the Quick Menu and then choose your filters and Hey-Presto! You can filter drafts/published, dates, students, subjects, classes, framework items. It remembers a filter, it’ll tell you the filter criteria as you open the view and it’s got the NEW dynamic date ranges too. So you can leave it set to this week’s evidence and never have to scroll and scroll and scroll and scroll ever again 🙂 If you do like scrolling we’ve left the original evidence browsers in the Main Menu.

IMPROVED
– We’ve relabelled Menu to Main Menu, so it’s more obvious that there are 2 menus (Main Menu and Quick Menu)
– The Evidence browsers now sort by student then by date (most recent at the top)
– Improved sort order with My Documents & Grids when set to sort by Student.

BUG FIXES
– Fixed a bug with the Date Ranges
– Fixed the links to the review page and the other apps.

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Version 2.6 – Release Notes

Release date: 25th May 2014

Thanks again for all your feedback everyone!

NEW Features
– ‘QUICK MENU’ – Switch between the classic and a quick menu with fewer options, less busy, easier to use!
– Register your email for improved support (get 10 free credits)
– Grids now have a description
– Grids can now be previewed whilst making the template
– Grids now have an option to display the evidence count
– Documents now have an option to support high resolution images with more detail (available as an option for subscribers only)
– Documents now have the option to hide/suppress the framework items

NEW Frameworks
– My Time Our Place
– Schema

IMPROVED
– We’ve improved how framework items are displayed to save space and make them easier to read
– Renamed references of School Subscription to just ‘Subscription’ to be relevant for Individual, Early Years and School Subscriptions
– New terminology – You now ‘Activate’ a subscription rather than ‘Sign In’
– Made font size when selecting a grid to make the same as the other fonts throughout
– Changed link from ‘YouTube’ channel to ‘Video Tutorials’
– Added more tips
– when you refresh your logos or DeActivate a subscription you can see what Device ID you have signed in with.

BUG FIXES
– Fixed a bug with the Date Ranges
– Corrected the colour of the Navbar for iPhone users

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Version 2.5 – Release Notes

Release date: 14th March 2014

Thanks again for all your feedback everyone!

NEW Features
– NEW ‘light-weight’ subscriptions now available. Great for Childminders, Power users, FDC, etc…
– Updated iOS7 User interface.

NEW Frameworks
– Curriculum for Excellence – Early Years Experiences and Outcomes.

IMPROVED
– We’ve replaced the User Guide with a new online Help Center which will continue to improve.
– We’ve renamed ‘Helpful Hints’ to ‘Tips’.
– Date Ranges now displays the date ranges in ascending date order (based on the start date).
– We’ve made all the fonts consistent through the app.
– Documents and Grids now have shorter friendlier filenames.
– Set borders and shadows as a default for images in your Learning Journeys.

BUG FIX
– Fixed THE bug making the app too strict on needing WiFi for recording observations!!

Thanks for your support too!

 

Version 2.4 – Release Notes

Release date: 10th February 2014

Thanks for all your feedback so far, keep it coming, we prioritise our new developments and features based on the feedback we receive.

Our focus for this release has been to add more built in frameworks and improve the Grids.

IN THIS VERSION…

New Features
– 2 New Grid schemes using RAG (Red Amber Green)
– Duplicate Grid templates
– Renamed ‘Legend’ to ‘Scheme’ in Setup Grid Templates
– Choose a framework item in the filter criteria for ‘Make a Document’ (this is great for moderation!)
– User Guide has a link to a web page with more information.
– Updated ‘no connection’, ‘account expired’ and ‘no Credits’ messages

Bug fixes
– Square images from 3rd party apps weren’t printing in docs – Fixed!
– Grid formatting issues – Fixed

NEW FRAMEWORKS…
– Australian Curriculum General Capabilities Learning Continua (x7)
– NSW Literacy Learning Continuum K-6
– Tennessee Pre-K Mathematics
– Pennsylvania Pre-K
– Arkansas Early Childhood Framework
– Routes For Learning

Thank you again for your support and as always please send your feedback through to services@theteachercloud.net

Version 2.3 – Release Notes

Release date: 15th January 2014

Thanks for all your feedback so far, keep it coming, we prioritise our new developments and features based on the feedback we receive.

Our focus for this release has been to improve the formatting of the Learning Journey Documents and the Grid PDFs. Details of the new features are below, we hope you like them.

IN THIS VERSION…

We’ve improved the PDF Documents & Grids
– Now you can have grids that spill over into multiple pages
– The grids have improved formatting and page numbers
– We’ve added the frameworks name to the grids
– The Documents look smarter and more professional
– Framework items now have a subtle background to help them stand out
– We’ve improved the pagination to make them more efficient and economical
– You can specify the font size (Small/Medium/Large) to suit your needs
– The file names created are a little more friendly.

ALSO…
– Framework items listed in the capture evidence screen with the observation comments are now ordered, as are the framework statements listed in the documents.
– Evidence appears in date order by student when browsing in Drafts, Published and the Everything screens

Thank you again for your support and as always please send your feedback through to services@theteachercloud.net

Version 2.2.1 – Release Notes

Release date: 18th November 2013

IN THIS VERSION…

Bug – Set Default Framework was causing a problem under certain conditions – Fixed

Version 2.2 – Release Notes

Release date: 10th November 2013

Thanks again for all your excellent feedback!

IN THIS VERSION…

– Grids! We’ve tried to make them as versatile as possible. Create a Grid Template in the Settings (specify Students, frameworks, layout options, paper size etc) and then use the templates to Make Grids anytime for an instant real-time view of all the evidence in the app saved as a PDF. As with the profiling documents you can choose to send to email, printer, Google Drive, Dropbox, SkyDrive and other apps etc… Excellent for planning or to track progress. Can even be used to make and track progress for IEPs or individual plans for students.
– Now when you link framework items for a single student the framework picker indicates the parts of the framework that student already has evidence for.
– Word wrapping on the framework items
– We have added a Helpful Hints section
– We’ve also updated the preload Frameworks
– We’ve made a quicker way of adding frameworks including the Australian and New Zealand Curriculum

ALSO…
– A few tweaks and performance improvements

As usual keep the ideas coming.

Version 2.1 – Release Notes

Release date: 26th September 2013

Thanks again for all your excellent feedback, please keep it coming!

IN THIS VERSION…

– We’ve speeded up the save process – It’s now super-FAST!
– We’ve changed Reports to Documents. They work in exactly the same way, they are the same thing, we’ve litereally relabelled them so ‘Make a Report’ is now ‘Make a Document’, ‘All Reports’ is now ‘All Documents’, ‘Report Settings’ is now ‘Document Settings’ and ‘Report Credits’ are just called ‘Credits’. We think this is a more fitting descriptionwe hope you like it.
– For Pay-As-You-Go users your Credits balance is now displayed in the menu to make it easier to keep track.
– The white borders and shadow effect for images are now available to Pay-As-You-Go users 😀
– We’ve tidied the school subscription optionsin the menu to say ‘Sign In’ and ‘Sign Out’ and we’ve reworded the credentials on the sign in page itself.
– We’ve fixed an issue with the footer logo in documents which was being slightly stretched
– In Setup Frameworks we’ve tried to make it clearer how to learn more about importing ANY framework and also now link directly to the Framework Library.
– We’ve reworded some of the messages that pop up to try to make them more user friendly.
– We’ve added a message that better explains draft and published evidence on first use.
– New splash screens
– We’ve updated the user guide

ALSO…
– A few tweaks and performance improvements

Version 2.0 – Release Notes

Release date: 19th August 2013

We’ve listened to ALL your feedback and put together a fabulous upgrade with many new features. We hope you like the changes.

IN THIS VERSION…

– A new slide menu which gives us more scalability for future features.
– Improved the layouts, made the most of the full screen for iPads particularly with the list evidence and capture evidence screens.
– You can now take a photo on the fly, no need to create an activity first.
– You dont need to add comments or objectives to save, you can save a draft and come back to it later to publish. In fact you don’t need a photo either.
– Easier to look up framework items, add multiple in one hit.
– Add your own Frameworks!!! We’ll share frameworks on our Framework Library.
– You can specify a default framework.
– Activities are still there but we now call them Group Activities.
– We’ve added activity indicators on long operations so you know it’s thinking.
– File sizes on the reports page so you can see what you are creating.
– We’ve made images higher resolution.

ALSO…
– Lots of cosmetics changes.
– A few bugs fixed along the way…

Pre 2.0 – Release Notes

See iTunes/App Store for release notes for versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6