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Teacher Studio Changelog

What's new in Teacher Studio 2.0.7 Build 120

Sep 2, 2013
  • Fix - a bug that was thought to be fixed in the previous version was not fixed (editing students).

New in Teacher Studio 1.4.293 (Mar 1, 2011)

  • Fix - some users were not able to lock Teacher Studio properly. Because we were not able to reproduce this bug on our machines, please send us a bug report if you are still having problems locking Teacher Studio.

New in Teacher Studio 1.4.292 (Feb 21, 2011)

  • Enh - removed database cleanup routine from non MAS version, no longer needed
  • Fix - added some checks to prevent Teacher Studio from crashing if bad start/end times somehow makes it past the save check routines. This is uncommon, more for users of earlier versions.
  • Fix - the attendance module can cause a crash if classes are created using future dates under certain conditions.

New in Teacher Studio 1.4.287 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • Fix - The planner module was corrupted during the last update build

New in Teacher Studio 1.4.281 (Feb 7, 2011)

  • New - The lesson plan view also shows most text formatting now (bold, italicize, underline, font color, font size - more to come).
  • Fix - Having similar named classes can cause students to be assigned to the wrong class under certain situations.
  • Fix - Disassociating students no longer delete existing data. This is much needed as users can sometimes accidentally disassociate a student by mistake.

New in Teacher Studio 1.4.272 (Jan 12, 2011)

  • Fix - Mac App Store receipt validation routines updated for more better checking
  • Fix - some users were not able edit their lesson plans because of their language and country settings.

New in Teacher Studio 1.4.268 (Jan 10, 2011)

  • New - on startup, a thread will launch that will check for orphaned data that can sometimes occur when removing/unassigning a student from a class.
  • Fix - an error in grade calculation resulted in treating homework, tests and quizzes as being equal in terms of weight (affected reports module only).
  • Fix - if a user clicks on a different date immediately after entering "excused notes" without hitting the enter, return, or tab key (to do a hard save), the entered data gets saved to the newly selected date instead.
  • when loading a saved database while the user is inside the grade book module, the grade sheet does not get cleared. Clicking on any uncleared/old data results in a crash.

New in Teacher Studio 1.4.264 (Nov 29, 2010)

  • Fix - some classes are drawned overlapping each other on the class timeline by about 20 minutes.

New in Teacher Studio 1.4.259 (Nov 27, 2010)

  • New - added switch to compile either for the Apple Mac App Store or for normal web distribution.
  • New - added receipt verification for the Apple Mac App Store.
  • New - added time entering checking routines to the add class and the custom time window.
  • New - added weeka/weekb scheduling (true fortnight scheduling).
  • Enh - if compiled for the app store, update check and registration routines are disabled (including appropriate drop-down menus on the main menu bar and default registration info).

New in Teacher Studio 1.3.602 (Nov 19, 2010)

  • New - automatic update check now runs in the background on startup.
  • New - you can now delete all of your HTQs belonging to a specific class under the gradebook module.
  • New - you can now add a new class directly from the timeline area on the desktop/dashboard area.
  • New - you can now right-click in the student module to bring up printing and editing options.
  • Fix - grades in the reports where not calculated accurately due to an incorrect value in weighing HTQs.
  • Fix - auto-attendance fails to change the attendance sheets under certain circumstances.
  • Fix - general and license key preference panes now show its respective buttons pushed when launched.
  • Fix - fixed internal version (dev, alpha, beta, final) stages to work properly with the dev tool.
  • Enh - added a notice of time remaining before auto-attendance kicks in (notice only shows if auto attendance mode is enabled).
  • Enh - reduced the number of open items being displayed in the dashboard (no longer display future assigned HTQs when clicking on old dates)
  • Enh - codes refactored and unused codes are removed to speed up and make app size smaller.

New in Teacher Studio 1.2.427 (Oct 29, 2010)

  • Fix - some reports are not showing up properly due to some internal negative values.
  • Fix - student names does not show up in the HTQ reports if you have an apostrophe in your class name.
  • Fix - logic for the class bars on the dashboard has been rewritten to be more accurate.

New in Teacher Studio 1.2.312 (Sep 7, 2010)

  • New - added a reset button to the seating charts to rebuild and reset seating chart.
  • Fix - renaming classes causes orphaned/zombie students (students becomes disassociated).
  • Fix - could not create HTQs with the same title/name although it was created under a different class.
  • Fix - seating chart module fails to populate students under certain circumstances.
  • Fix - editing existing HTQs sometime fails.
  • Enh - seating module will now populate and draw students in multiple columns if you have a lot of students.

New in Teacher Studio 1.2.258 (Aug 22, 2010)

  • Fix - bug in the new import feature causes some import cases to fail.

New in Teacher Studio 1.2.257 (Aug 18, 2010)

  • Fix - student picture in the seating chart module gets drawn twice, with the second picture appearing when resizing the application to a certain size.
  • Fix - several other minor bugs have been fixed.
  • New - color headers are added to the seating module.
  • Enh - printing routines have been tweaked to provide better/sharper images of student pictures and seating charts.
  • Enh - the student data import feature has been rewritten to make importing of student data much simpler.

New in Teacher Studio 1.1.293 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Fix - UTF-8 encoding introduced to handle umlaut-like characters (in special circumstances).
  • Fix - when clicking on attached documents in the small document summary window, Teacher Studio crashes due to orphaned pointers.

New in Teacher Studio 1.1.271 (Feb 12, 2010)

  • New - the help system for Teacher Studio has been completed. This new version is available online as well as from within TS itself.
  • Fix - dashboard, opened item dates don't show up when showing class detailed view'.
  • Fix - there was a memory leak which occurs when you drag a picture from 3rd part apps into TS (when adding a picture to students).
  • Fix - on rare occasions, text in the Preferences panel gets mangled.
  • Fix - in the window to add new HTQs, two text fields were not set to transparent.

New in Teacher Studio 1.1.265 (Feb 7, 2010)

  • Fix - (high severity), if you edit a class and then immediately add a new class, your last edited class will get renamed and its information changed with the new class information (instead of the new class being created).

New in Teacher Studio 1.1.261 (Feb 2, 2010)

  • New - users can now import student informaiton from a properly formatted CSV file, instructions and examples provided.
  • New - users can now print a class roster from the grade book module. Right-click a class from the class list and select "Print Class Roster".
  • New - users can now print the current grade sheet from the grade books module via right-click.
  • New - users can elect to print individual student's grade for a HTQ from the grade book module via right-click.
  • New - users can now print the currently viewed attendance sheet by right-clicking inside the attendance module.
  • New - users can now right-click in the grade sheets and attendance sheets to select an option to view the student's picture.
  • New - users can now right-click a student in the seating module to view the student's picture.
  • New - a history report of HTQs has been added to the reports under the HTQ tab.
  • Fix - adjusted a timer issue in "auto-attendance" mode which can quickly switch back before users can mark their attendance sheets.

New in Teacher Studio 1.1.235 (Dec 10, 2009)

  • Fix - release 1.1.233 introduced a bug which prevents users from editing lesson plans in "My Homeroom"
  • Fix - the HTQ tab in reports now displays the list for "All Classes" correctly

New in Teacher Studio 1.1.233 (Dec 9, 2009)

  • New - you can now define multiple time schedules for the same class.
  • New - you can now mark an entire day as "No School" or a holiday.
  • New - database integrity check routines added.
  • Fix - when you navigate to My Planner and have not yet defined a class, you get a warning message.

New in Teacher Studio 1.0 Build 1428 (Nov 23, 2009)

  • Sparkle framework integrated to make future updates/upgrades easier for users. Users will now see a new "Check for Updates..." menu item under the Teacher Studio menu.
  • Fixed a bug where the controls in the reports module were not updating correctly when a class is added or removed.
  • Fixed a bug to update report controls when a new database is created or when loading saved/backed up databases.
  • Fixed an accuracy issue for the overall grade (at the bottom) when viewing grade sheets
  • Fixed a memory leak that occurs when a user clicks on the delete student button and there are no students in the student list (student module).
  • Other minor fixes and optimization.

New in Teacher Studio 1.0 Build 1422 (Nov 17, 2009)

  • Updated to address a bug where newly created classes are not appearing in the Planner module's class list (unless you restart Teacher Studio).