CETA Trainer App
Stable Release
App Package: 3710
For full content, please import a powershell-created content package using the USB import method rather than the download method.
Updates:
- Silenced a "slide data not found" error message.
- Added logic to bypass the "real data vs practice" screen if the app does not have a school select option, which would mean it does not push up data at this time.
- Fixed a bug that was causing the user type to be set to "teacher" for trainer apps without a teacher-class-pupil hierarchy.
Earlier Builds
Updates:
- Added more specific error messages if a piece of slide data cannot be found.
Updates:
- Style updates to activity screens.
- Improved import process.
- Necessary update for downloads with Android 9 and above.
- Switch apps no longer shows up unless this new feature is selected on the app module on this authoring site.
Bug fixes:
- Import errors with code 9 are suppressed during an import since they don't seem to indicate functionality problems.
Test App Package: 3710
Updates:
- Bug fix to download error handling.
- Improved handling of dropped connections during download.
- School and teacher no longer show up on user profile page.
- General settings button no longer shows up on app settings screen.
Bug Fixes:
- title now shows correctly when you go to the first slide.
- slide progression seems to work properly when you go back into a lesson after starting it and leaving it.
- grades now do not show up on user select buttons if there are no real grades.
Updates:
- Fixes to time bugs on video and text slides.
- App now starts with only one user.
- App should now function without teachers and classes since it pulls down 3710.
- Fix to video thumbnail downloads.
Test App Package: 3710
Updates:
- Better handling of dropped connections during download.
- Imports of packages containing 266 MB videos have been successfully tested. (Use Powershell to load large videos into your content packages.)
- The settings gear button should be more responsive to touch.
- Home screen now auto-refreshes after a USB thumb drive is removed.
- Moved "download complete" icon down by 30px.
- The main content directory is now "steppingstone."
- Pie tablet should vibrate when you complete a download.
- After an upgrade from an earlier version, the main content directory name will change from "vernacular" to "steppingstone."
Known issues:
- Logic for calculating total time spent on slide needs to be fixed.
- Slide transitions, while quicker, are not always perfect; sometimes the old slide stays on the screen (rather than exiting) while the newer slide moves on top of it.
- Logic for recording student performance has not yet been added, so class and student accounts do not yet have a purpose.
- Image label still needs to be fully tested.
Updates:
- Learner labels on class edit screen now say "participant" rather than "pupil."
- Auto-numbering of lessons no longer shows up.
- Video playback now uses the HTML5 <video> element rather than the <iframe> element.
- Video play / pause button has been added to the upper-left-hand corner of video slides.
- New content import functionality that is compatible with parent tablet exports and powershell exports.
Known issues:
- Logic for calculating total time spent on slide needs to be fixed.
- Logic for recording student performance has not yet been added, so class and student accounts do not yet have a purpose.
- Image label still needs to be fully tested.
Updates:
- Auto-numbering of lessons no longer shows up.
- Video playback now uses the HTML5 <video> element rather than the <iframe> element.
- Video play / pause button has been added to the upper-left-hand corner of video slides.
- General fine-tuning of slide navigation.
- New content import functionality that is compatible with parent tablet exports and powershell exports.
- General fixes to class and student accounts.
- Passes initial compatibility tests for Android Pie.
Updates:
- Fixed an issue with alerts on activity slides. The alerts are now hidden.
- More specific error alerts in the event of file save errors.
Updates:
- On screens other than the welcome screen, tablet back button now functions like the "back" button in the app or the "previous" hand button on the activity screen.
- On the welcome screen, the tablet back button invites you to leave the app.
- Added a bit more stability on previous / next transitions in the activity slides.
- Vertical alignment fixes to two-line text on slide buttons.
- Trainer slide buttons are now in a pastel purple hue.
Updates:
- Added the CETA trainer app icon.
- Fixed a bug where replacing a participant still kept the old one
- Fixed some labels on the cohort edit and create page
- Gave the "add participant" button an "active" state
- Tests completed on trainer, cohort, and participant creation, as well as lesson progression
Updates:
- Lesson menu can now display lessons under a common category in a collapsible group.
- Issue with HTML markup on video slide fixed.
- Fixes to back navigation logic and lesson complete screen.
Updates:
- Slide navigation now works in trainer mode.
- Lesson select screen can now support four lesson groups in English.
- General improvements to download logic.
- General improvements to activity slide navigation.
CETA Participant App
Development Build
Test App Package: 3572
This build is still under development. Please test thoroughly before any demos and run through your demo routine beforehand.
Bug Fix:
- Import errors with code 9 are suppressed during an import since they don't seem to indicate functionality problems.
Earlier Builds
Test App Package: 3572
This build is still under development. Please test thoroughly before any demos and run through your demo routine beforehand.
Updates:
- School and teacher no longer show up on user profile page.
- General settings button no longer shows up on app settings screen.
Bug fixes:
- title now shows correctly when you go to the first slide.
- slide progression seems to work properly when you go back into a lesson after starting it and leaving it.
- grades now do not show up on user select buttons if there are no real grades.
- corrections to download error handling.
Updates:
- Fixes to time bugs on video and text slides.
- App now starts with only one user.
- App should now function without teachers and classes since it pulls down 3710.
- Fix to video thumbnail downloads.
Known issues:
- Slide transitions, while quicker, are not always perfect; sometimes the old slide stays on the screen (rather than exiting) while the newer slide moves on top of it.
Updates:
- Tapping the android back button should result in a popup saying "please use the back button on the screen" instead of leading to undefined behavior.
- General popup fixes on the activity screens.
- Now skipping the initial effort at a website connection and thus the grey startup spinner and the related delay. Downloads should still happen normally.
Notes:
- Inherits all user label updates and other code changes from Trainer app 1.70 (below). Use with app 3572.
Updates:
- Improvements and bug fixes to lesson complete and incomplete screens.
- Time spent on static slides is now recorded.
- New functionality for filtering out teacher lessons so that the same lesson groups can be used for trainer and participant apps.
- The slide transition to lesson complete has been smoothed out.
- The user label chosen for the app package, such as "participant," should now show up.
- Includes the CETA participant app icon.
Improvements to Download Error Handling:
- A warning () icon instead of a checkmark shows up if there are errors in a download.
- In addition to seeing the problematic files that were downloaded in a modal window, there is now a button that lets you retry downloading all the files that had issues.
- During a retry phase, a spinner shows up for the download of the first file, and then morphs into a full progress bar for the rest of the files.
- If the download of the files is successful during the retry phase, then the warning icon turns into a checkmark.
Improvements to Startup & Download Screen:
- A rotating spinner now shows up on the "App Loading..." screen
- Download progress display now shows the size of large files as they are being downloaded
- Improved overall download layout with larger, animated progress bar
- Progress bar turns from green to orange in the event of one or more errors
- Improved download error handling with an ongoing error count and a list of problematic files at the end of a download
Improvements to Lesson Progression:
- Slides now have right & left swipe functionality
- If the one column nonlinear format is selected on the CAT, one column of slides indeed shows up on the app's lesson select screen.
- Previous & next buttons respond to taps more quickly
- "Number of tries" no longer shows up on "lesson complete" screen since few slides involve multiple attempts
Bug Fixes:
- Videos now stop when you go to the home screen
- "Passive learning" slides are now automatically marked complete when you land on them, so going through all of them should result in a "lesson complete" message
Updates:
- Welcome screen logos at the top will now fade in smoothly within a constant layout instead of suddenly appearing and pushing down the layout.
Updates:
- The app is now able to download two logos from the CAT and display them at the top of the welcome screen.
- For this particular build, the "currently running" message no longer shows up.
Updates:
- General bug fixes.
- Fine-tuning and fixes to image label template. You may use app 2954 to test image label functionality.
New Feature:
- Audio player controls have been added on audio slides.
New Features:
- Responses to taps should be slightly faster.
- Loading screen now says "Loading app..." instead of the BASA graphic.
- Default usernames have "user" instead of "pupil."
- The app now has only two default users.
Bug Fixes:
- The "user save" module should now load fine.
New Features:
- Updated user select screen in a style similar to that of the teacher select screen in the Let's Read app.
- On the download screen, specific activity numbers and filenames are shown as they are downloaded.
- This app is designed specifically for the JHU CETA project and should not be used for Let's Read app packages at this time.
New Features:
- First successful test of drag & drop functionality with placeholder farm images. Demo slide for this is "Image Label - Farm Images" (id=2628).
- App starts with ten users.