{"id":1917,"date":"2021-12-27T16:35:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T16:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2021-12-27T16:35:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T16:35:40","slug":"december-2021-release-release-12-27-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/december-2021-release-release-12-27-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2021 Release (Release 12\/27\/2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about the My School Year Homeschool Record Keeping release that occurred on December 27, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>More Sub-Terms Available<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong>\u00a0A single school term can now be split into 5 or 6 sub-terms. Previously, the maximum number of sub-terms was 4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works.\u00a0<\/strong>In the\u00a0Term\u00a0setup section, select\u00a0Yes\u00a0for the\u00a0Use Sub-Terms\u00a0option. Then select the\u00a0Number of Sub-Terms. While the system will evenly divide the start\/end dates among all the sub terms, you always have the option to adjust the dates as necessary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1933\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1933 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-Up-to-6-Sub-Terms.png\" alt=\"Up to 6 Sub-Terms\" width=\"575\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-Up-to-6-Sub-Terms.png 575w, https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-Up-to-6-Sub-Terms-300x101.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Up to 6 Sub-Terms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 20px;\">What is this for?<\/strong> Based on personal preference and\/or governing authority reporting requirements, a student\u2019s overall school term needs to reviewed and reported in smaller time increments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>ISBN Lookup for Reading Log\/List Materials<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong>\u00a0Using the 10 or 13 digit ISBN of your book, My School Year calls OpenLibrary.org&#8217;s public look up service to return book information, including author first and last name, page count, and official book title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works.\u00a0<\/strong>After entering in the 10 or 13 digit ISBN, select the &#8220;lookup&#8221; button. If the ISBN is found, then the author, page count, and book title will be populated. If not found, then a warning message will appear. The system will not duplicate the author entry if it already exists in your account. The ISBN lookup is available on the Materials management screen and student&#8217;s Reading Log\/List screen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1934\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-ISBN-Lookup.png\" alt=\"ISBN Lookup\" width=\"590\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-ISBN-Lookup.png 590w, https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-ISBN-Lookup-300x77.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ISBN Lookup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 20px;\">What is this for?<\/strong>\u00a0To save time entering well known (a.k.a public) information, the system can pre-fill that information for you with only 10 or 13 digits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Send &#8220;No Lessons&#8221; Email Setting<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong>\u00a0 You can now configure My School Year to NOT send a daily\/weekly lesson plan email reminder if there are no lessons listed in the email.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works.<\/strong>\u00a0Going to the\u00a0<em>My Homeschool &gt; My Account &gt; Settings<\/em> page, you can toggle the &#8220;Send &#8216;No Lessons&#8217; Email?&#8221; to either Yes or No.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1935\" style=\"width: 321px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-send-no-lessons-email-setting.png\" alt=\"Send &quot;No Lessons&quot; Email Setting\" width=\"321\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-send-no-lessons-email-setting.png 321w, https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-send-no-lessons-email-setting-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Send &#8220;No Lessons&#8221; Email Setting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By selecting <strong>Yes<\/strong>, you will receive emails on days off, in between terms, and during a school term even if no lessons are scheduled for that day\/week.<br \/>\nBy selecting <strong>No<\/strong>, you will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NOT<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0receive an email if there are not any lessons to be displayed. This will help keep your email inbox clean.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 20px;\">What is this for?<\/strong>\u00a0To help our members better manage their Inbox, and make our emails relevant and purposeful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Undo Delete from Planbook<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong>\u00a0 When deleting lesson plans from Planbook, you are now presented with a &#8220;UNDO&#8221; option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works.<\/strong>\u00a0Go to the\u00a0<em>My Homeschool &gt; Planbook\u00a0<\/em>page and delete a Lesson Plan. The confirmation banner now displays an &#8220;UNDO&#8221; button for selection. &#8220;Undo&#8221; will restore the lesson plan onto the Planbook.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 20px;\">What is this for?<\/strong>\u00a0This &#8220;undos&#8221; accidental clicks or mistakes when deleting a lesson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #353535; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem;\">System Adjustments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In every software system in the world, the need to make tweaks\u00a0will always exist. Since some of you may have encountered these \u201cun-documented features\u201d (e.g. bugs), here is a list of items corrected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Infrastructure changes to better track My School Year support applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Common logging to ensure better visibility of potential issues.<\/li>\n<li>New internal administrative tools to more effectively support expired members.<\/li>\n<li>Allow members to self-close their accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about the My School Year Homeschool Record Keeping release that occurred on December 27, 2021. &nbsp; More Sub-Terms Available What is it?\u00a0A single school term can now be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/december-2021-release-release-12-27-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Enjoy the 12 Days of Christmas with our latest release!","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[9,121],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.11-Up-to-6-Sub-Terms.png","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7urq8-uV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1917"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1976,"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917\/revisions\/1976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myschoolyear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}