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This Week in Features and Fixes [8/31/2012]

8/31/2012

Why is the "u" lost in curiosity? It's very curious.

On the last Friday of the month, August 31st, 2012, we published these updates to STAR Online.

STAR Reports: Reports completed by the Evaluation team can be uploaded to your building and are accessible on the Home tab - use them as a reference point for your SMART Goals
Documents: STAR Framework 2012 language incorporated into the documents that have the framework within them (i.e. top row)

Observations: The observation reference field (a.k.a. index value) in the left column, created to help you see which classes you've visited, now displays in the form: Observation <#>: <Index field value> (e.g. "Observation 2: 8th Grade")
Free Account: Cleaned up some formatting, etc.
SMART Goals: [Today - 30 days] is no longer a forced comparison range in the Observation Details chart
SMART Goals: Selected comparison ranges in the Observation Details chart now persist when closing and re-opening the Compare pop-up
Playlists: New playlists now appear when created

8/24/2012

Where would you end up if you used the 5 Whys technique on itself?

I guess you might figure out why it was created. Here are the updates for Friday, August 24th, 2012.

Playlists: Load playlists straight from the drop-down, changes are automatically saved, share with users, roles, and/or buildings, view the "BERC Recommends" playlist, and delete unwanted playlists
Free Account: Updated the Home interface to focus specifically on teacher-related functionality (i.e. Lesson Planner)
Manage Building: Observations page can now be edited fluidly (i.e. page doesn't refresh and jump to the top after making a change)
Manage Teams: You can now add users to your team in bulk, rather than one at a time
Free Account: We intentionally selected and made available a good array of classroom videos
Free Account: Users can upgrade from the free personal account to an organization account that has access to all the modules

SMART Goals: Cleaned up some glitches with Present Reality numbers when linking to a STAR Data Collection
SMART Goals: Also cleaned up some glitches with saving manually-entered Present Reality values
SMART Goals: Since the Title and Description fields are new, we added titles in "<Essential Component>: <Indicators>" form to all the SMART Goals that were created prior to the release of those fields
Sign-in: "Remember Me" now remembers you