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+ | ====== Release 5.0 - Key Features ====== | ||
+ | This big new in this release is that scout-badges.com is now an official Scouts Canada app, and will now be called " | ||
+ | ===== Name Change to ScoutsTracker! ===== | ||
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+ | If you've currently bookedmarked scout-badges.com or saved it to the home screen of your mobile device, there' | ||
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+ | And, I'm still the one who will be supporting and extending the app. Of course, the downside to that is that it means there will be no change to the fee structure. | ||
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+ | ===== Beavers! ===== | ||
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+ | The UK Beaver Program is now supported. UK? Well as most Beaver leaders already know, Scouts Canada is in the process of developing a Beaver Badge Program. It is likely that we will use some elements of the UK program in our own Program. Even for groups not running a badge program, this will let you track events and costs. | ||
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+ | Because it's the UK program, you'll notice some odd spellings and vocabulary. | ||
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+ | The only caveat is that if Scouts Canada ends up rolling out a Program that differs substantially from the UK Program, then some of your record-keeping may be rendered obsolete... this is a risk you'll have to take. | ||
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+ | ===== New Youth/ | ||
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+ | When you create a new user you can optionally send out an email (the standard text can be personalized) that welcomes the new user and provides them with their sign-in credentials. | ||
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+ | There is a " | ||
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+ | The welcome email can also be used with existing logins, if you want to reset a password for user or re-invite a youth/ | ||
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+ | ===== New Youth/ | ||
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+ | Under " | ||
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+ | ===== Cost-Tracking ===== | ||
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+ | Just in time for tax season, a " | ||
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+ | This shows, for each youth, the sum of the program-related costs associated with the events you run within a particular calendar year, which you could then add to the eligible cost of registration. Of course, it assumes your records of eligible costs and participation are accurate! | ||
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+ | Guidelines for what constitutes eligible expenses can be found at http:// | ||
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+ | ===== Report Enhancements ===== | ||
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+ | * You can now view (but not edit) your inventory when offline | ||
+ | * When you print out an event, it will include full text for each of the " | ||
+ | * Attendance report now allows for In Bulk editing | ||
+ | * Attendance report now shows which youth have customized participation in an event | ||
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+ | ===== Bug Fixes ===== | ||
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+ | * Account expiry was showing up as NaN-NaN-NaN | ||
+ | * Couldn' | ||
+ | * List of accessed youth for each login wasn't updated until you reconnected (e.g., F5) | ||
+ | * Updated the database to accommodate changes to chiefscout.info workbook names | ||
+ | * Clicking on blank calendar entries wasn't creating a new event, except in FF on Windows | ||
+ | * Embedded calendar was showing the entire app, rather than just read-only upcoming events | ||
+ | * Completion report could falsely show some reqs as not needed in very specific cases |