5.47
2020-07-21
A few little tweaks to improve interface performance.
5.45
2020-06-17
Squashed a few bugs relating to the following questions:
i) Nth term linear sequence
ii) Choosing appropriate operations
5.43
2020-05-01
Fixed a few bugs.
5.37
2020-04-01
New revision schedule monitor for staff. This will allow you to look at the progress students are making with their individual revision plans. This new feature can be found under "Class analysis".
5.34
2020-03-18
Further PowerPoint resources have been tagged to the app questions.
Individual questions have now been added to the FF menu under "Paper QLA".
Bug fixes.
5.26
2020-03-12
For students:
Introducing the new student home screen; all the best bits and more.
Introducing the revision schedule that can be produced either from the PLC list or from any paper QLA.
New questions on area under a graph, algebraic proof and interpreting a frequency polygon.
For staff:
Consultation tool (similar to the student home screen) has been added to "Class analysis".
Intervention quadrant has been added to "Class analysis" to highlight effort/achievement stats held within the app.
Fix for "Class analysis" buttons.
5.22
2020-03-10
For students:
Introducing the new student home screen; all the best bits and more.
Introducing the revision schedule that can be produced either from the PLC list or from any paper QLA.
New questions on area under a graph, algebraic proof and interpreting a frequency polygon.
For staff:
Consultation tool (similar to the student home screen) has been added to "Class analysis".
Intervention quadrant has been added to "Class analysis" to highlight effort/achievement stats held within the app.
5.19
2019-12-11
Bug fixes.
5.17
2019-11-19
Support for older devices restored.
"What would I do to answer this question?" added to iterative process, functions and stratified sampling.
5.15
2019-11-11
Staff feature - Bulk add/edit link has been integrated into the app again.
Fix for the working out in the area of a composite shape question.
Fix for staff scoreboard.
5.14
2019-11-07
Staff feature - Bulk add/edit link has been integrated into the app again.
Fix for the working out in the area of a composite shape question.
5.08
2019-10-23
Bug fixes for certain questions (text not visible and general maintenance).
5.04
2019-10-14
What do you do when you get an answer wrong? Watch a video? View the PowerPoint? How about learn from the method of a teacher? Well... now you can! Starting with version 5.04, you will be able view the "What would I do to answer this question?" section anytime you get an answer wrong.
5.03
2019-07-24
A few little improvements to get the app ready for September 2019. The changes in this update mainly relate to the way that staff will interact with your account information making your data more secure.
4.82
2019-05-22
Includes a few lines of code so that I can push out tests based on predicted topics (focus on year 11) at login.
In this update you will find predicted topics for each exam board (Edexcel, AQA and OCR) and tier. After paper 2 has been sat, paper 3 topic areas will not require another update as they will change at login once the tests have been generated.
4.81
2019-04-28
New message relating to passwords has been added to the "Edit your profile" section within the student account.
4.79
2019-04-05
Corrections have been made to a few questions that weren't behaving.
The daily challenge has now been amended to only draw upon the designated tier. This had not been happening each time in the previous release.
Dark mode has been added to the Paper QLA covey board.
4.78
2019-03-30
A little tweak to the way we log attempts to particular questions. You won't notice any difference but it will have a positive impact on what staff can see from the app.
Also changed the typo in the expression, formula and identity question (previously identify instead of identity).
4.77
2019-03-28
Added a new question into the missing value problem relating to the mean. Saw a previously missed opportunity to ask another question about the same PLC.
Fix for the product rule and trig exact value questions.
Removal of the "League table" button from the passwords screen under the staff account. This should now only appear under "Scoreboard".
Fixed an issue that caused a topic screen to appear white when returning from answering a question.
4.76
2019-03-26
Fix for the product rule question.
Removal of the "League table" button from the passwords screen under the staff account. This should now only appear under "Scoreboard".
4.75
2019-03-08
Student login - Daily challenge will now provide more variation in the questions produced as the daily challenge.
Staff login - The toggle is now easier to press. I have also introduced a weekly league table. This will be backed up every Sunday so you have the previous weeks results. An option to produce certificates will appear as an option on the backup screen. To get to the league table, go to "Scoreboard" then select a year group.
4.74
2019-03-05
Resolved issues relating to the scoreboard not showing correctly in some schools:
- staff now get the correct background shown for students potentially completing the same question again and again to earn engagement points. The highlighting of students on the scoreboard should be used to investigate what they have been up to rather than ruling them out of any prizes if you have a reward system in place.
- students now see their position within the scoreboard more clearly.
4.73
2019-02-28
A few bugs have been squashed.
Thank you to everyone who provides meaningful feedback that helps to make this app get better and better.
4.72
2019-02-15
PowerPoint files have now been added to certain PLCs to try ensure that every PLC has at least a video or a PowerPoint to support the learning
I have also added the following questions:
I can identify graph transformations
I can interpret trigonometric graph transformations
I can use the product rule
I can evaluate the coordinates needed to plot a frequency polygon
I can identify key features of an exponential graph
I can identify a sketch of a trigonometric graph
4.69
2019-02-09
- Tidied up a few questions containing bugs.
- Staff - Bulk adding and editing of students has now been moved outside of the app. Please go to https://mathsapp.pixl.org.uk/studentuploadlogin.php to edit registers.
- Staff - You can now no longer add or edit students to have the same admission number as someone that already exists within the app.
4.67
2019-01-18
Thank you ever so much for the feedback. To accompany the last release, the homework section has now been divided up into current and past homework tasks for students. This will make the homework section much clearer in light of the way the homework results section has been laid out.
4.65
2019-01-10
Students can now see their homework profile. Students will be able to check why certain questions remain on their homework schedule and why some have now been removed (depending on whether they are green or not).
4.64
2018-12-17
Improvement to the messages shown when saving results to the server from an online question fails.
4.63
2018-12-11
A few things have been ironed out, including loci question now displaying correctly and a bug that prevented you from seeing the questions you have selected in design a test following the completion of challenge/homework/gap analysis questions.
Edit a profile also sorted.
Slowly moving away from csv files to xls files. It begins with bulk adding or editing students.
4.58
2018-11-15
Finally sussed the scroll pane for mobile/tablet!! You can now use your finger to scroll through the menus without it triggering the button. The button will now only be triggered once the button has a definite press.
Staff - you now have the capability of setting a homework task to an entire year group.
Staff - the problem solving tasks have now been renamed on the homework screen so they can now be read correctly.
4.55
2018-11-13
A few little refinements relating to the "Paper QLA" worksheet tool
Fixed an issue where the same question was appearing more than once when cycling back through a challenge.
Added "I can define percentage as a number per 100" (this will also appear in the arithmetic challenge as well).
Made "I can write one number as a percentage of another" a little simpler. The question will now use more suitable multiples of 10 as the total for a non-calculator question.
Renamed "I can interpret a calculator display" to "I can use a calculator effectively" (this does not change the outcome of this question if previously attempted).
4.52
2018-10-11
Fixed a few little errors
Homework order has changed - most recently tasks followed by any previously incomplete tasks
Staff - 'The Lens' document for both 'Class analysis' (full breakdown of engagement) and 'Gap analysis' (full breakdown of all gap analysis record) from 11th October. Also released will be a brand analysis screen showing video viewing time and PowerPoint count
New data is being recorded behind the scenes, including first and latest score with a question and number of attempts
Stem and leaf re-added.
4.51
2018-10-09
Fixed a few little errors
Homework order has changed - most recently tasks followed by any previously incomplete tasks
Staff - 'The Lens' document for both 'Class analysis' (full breakdown of engagement) and 'Gap analysis' (full breakdown of all gap analysis record) from 11th October. Also released will be a brand analysis screen showing video viewing time and PowerPoint count
New data is being recorded behind the scenes, including first and latest score with a question and number of attempts
4.49
2018-10-05
Fixed a few little errors
Homework order has changed - most recently tasks followed by any previously incomplete tasks
Staff - 'The Lens' document for both 'Class analysis' (full breakdown of engagement) and 'Gap analysis' (full breakdown of all gap analysis record) from 11th October. Also released will be a brand analysis screen showing video viewing time and PowerPoint count
New data is being recorded behind the scenes, including first and latest score with a question and number of attempts
4.47
2018-09-23
Fix for editing your profile.
Fix for standard units of length question.
Fix for Physics substitution question.
New measures put in place ready for "The Lens" to be launched at the PiXL Maths Conference.
4.46
2018-09-07
New checking procedure for staff account password allowing additional characters to be used. Please note that passwords will become case sensitive.
Correction to a changing the subject and a transformation question.
4.44
2018-06-27
Nothing really to shout about. A couple of changes to the way a few questions were being marked, e.g. factorising a quadratic where a is not 1.
4.41
2018-06-17
The app will behind the scenes start to track the number of times PowerPoint and Video material is opened. This will be added to the 'Usage data' area for staff to view before the summer break.
Fixes for a few questions that resulted in a crash.
Fix for a crash that happened when the video/PowerPoint button still appeared but no material was available.
4.36
2018-05-24
Added in a fast forward and rewind button within the video tool for devices where the scroller does not appear.
Addressed an issue with the homework preview tool for staff.
I have sorted out a few questions so they behave properly.
Reduced file size.
Improved initial loading speed for older devices.
4.34
2018-05-22
Addressed an issue with the homework preview tool for staff.
I have sorted out a few questions so they behave properly.
Reduced file size.
Improved initial loading speed for older devices.