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Ailsa 1.4 Preview
Ailsa 1.4 is coming soon! This free update will contain a complete redesign of the Statistics area of the app. Read below for a sneak peak.
Additional Data Types
View statistics for several new data types:
- Weekday
- Final own and opposition score
- Own and opposition scores per end
- Points up
Summary Values
View new summary values for quantitative data types:
- Mean
- Median
- Q1, Q3
- Range
- Minimum and maximum
Compare Across Groups
For each data type, users can now view charts to compare values across different variables. For example:
- The number of games won, for each day of the week.
- The average opposition score, for each competition.
- The average ’steal efficiency’ for each team position you play.
Improved Design
Existing and new features are easier to use on all devices.
- On the summary screen, each statistic type highlights a value of interest on the chart.
- Charts are larger, with clearer labels, descriptions, and controls.
Availability
Ailsa 1.4 will be available on the App Store at the end of January.
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Consolidate 3.0
Consolidate 3.0 is a major update for macOS, iOS, and watchOS. It brings a new way to track study progress, new features such as Live Study and Shortcuts support, and a brand new design!
New Features
Updated Progress Tracking
Lessons are self-evaluated using a numerical scale of 0 to 4, instead of using a colour/traffic-light system.
- View progress more easily, without needing to differentiate colours.
- View average progress in monochrome widgets (e.g., StandBy, Lock Screen, Complications).
- Previously created study sessions will be automatically mapped to the new system.
Live Study
Use Consolidate as a study assistant whilst you revise a lesson.
- View study duration and a single learning outcome in a new full screen view to minimise distractions.
- Set a goal to motivate you to stay focussed.
- Live Activities display the current duration and goal on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and let you quickly pause/resume the session.
- The Live Study widget displays the current duration, goal and learning outcome on the Home Screen, Lock Screen, Smart Stack, and in StandBy. Interactive buttons let you quickly pause/resume the session and change the current learning outcome.
Shortcuts
Use the Shortcuts app to automate parts of your study journey.
- Create custom workflows using actions for finding, adding, and editing lessons, courses, and study sessions.
- Integrate Consolidate with other apps on your device.
- Discover quick Shortcuts for opening favourite categories, and altering the current live study from the Shortcuts app or Spotlight.
- Get helpful predictions to perform regularly used actions.
New Watch App
The Apple Watch app has been redesigned, making specific use of watchOS 10 features.
- Create live study sessions from your wrist, helping you to study whilst on the go.
- New colourful backgrounds add vibrancy and visual associations to the current view.
- Navigate between sections of the app more easily using the Digital Crown.
- New complications and widgets let you view progress and Live Study sessions from the clock face and Smart Stack.
Other Changes
- The course selector has been redesigned to help users view and edit courses more easily.
- Lesson types have been deprecated in favour of categories, which offer more features and make the app easier for new users. Learn how to upgrade in the app.
- A new, simpler lesson list design focusses on titles and fits more details on the screen.
- A new header gradient shows the selected category colour.
- New widget designs incorporate the Consolidate logo and gradients, bringing a more cohesive visual design.
- The Progress widget shows total study time and average progress for a selected category.
- The Progress widget is now available on the Lock Screen and in StandBy.
- View iCloud sync status within Settings.
Availability
Consolidate 3.0 is available as a free download/update on the following platforms:
- iOS 17 or later
- watchOS 10 or later
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later
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Classes Version 1.3
Version 1.3 of Classes is now available for iOS/iPadOS!
What’s New?
New Features
- Support for Mac App
- Classes is now available for macOS
- Features a modern interface designed for macOS Big Sur.
- All of your data will sync over iCloud
- Free download on the Mac App Store
- New Lesson Details and Summary Design
- Lesson details and summary screens now have a modern, colourful design.
- Improvements in contrast, spacing, and depth make it much easier to view and interact with your content.
- Learning Outcome Filter
- Filter learning outcomes by type and tag
- Browse or use the Outcome Randomiser for specific outcomes only
Improvements
- Improvements to exporting and importing .classesdoc files
- View which lessons are contained in the file before importing
- Selectively import only the lessons you choose
- New option to save to files
- Tag icons within the list view
- Small icons will show its tags.
- This can help you find specific lessons at a glance, without opening and closing each one indiviually.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug where couldn’t create a lesson if no lessons in list
Update Available Now
Click below to update for free on the App Store:
- Support for Mac App
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Classes Version 1.1
Version 1.1 of Classes is now available for iOS/iPadOS! Thanks to everyone who has downloaded it and given suggestions.
What’s New?
New Features
- New ‘Video’ lesson type for pre-recorded content
- Import multiple learning outcomes at once with the new Batch Add Outcomes view
- Touch and hold on a resource or learning outcome to copy the URL to clipboard
- Added links to social media pages in Settings
Improvements
- Today’s lessons have a red countdown timer to easily find in the list
- Added a more prominent button to indicate and change whether a lesson has been watched
- Clearer text in the Learning Outcomes screen when no outcomes have been created
- Removed empty lists when no outcomes or resources have been created for a lesson- Changed the colour of the checkmark to match the app’s colour
- Added ability to swipe on a tag in the “Browse” section to delete it
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where lessons in the list stayed selected after pressing the back button
- Fixed a bug where the cancel button sometimes did not work when adding a new tag
Update Available Now
Click below to update for free on the App Store: