NO cumulative change doc?

[dsmccracken]

There apparently is no document available listing cumulative changes for ActivInspire. Surely it makes sense to merge each set of changes into the existing list to give all changes from Version 3! In fact, on the page that lists Promethean documentation available (Support|User Guides and Docs), none is listed for ActivInspire. Is at least a full change list available, or planned?

[saha]

Activinspire has been built ground up and quite different from Activstudio.

But here are the cumulative changes from Inspire 1.1 to version 1.2 as posted by Louise


Here are the details from the readme file for this release giving you a quick list of the new functionality & bug fixes that have gone into this release.

Functionality Changes
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- self paced voting is available for use with expression devices. (requires firmware update to expression devices) It is possible to generate basic numeracy tests. You can also create tests with your own question set. With this students are given a question individually so they can work through the test at their own pace. Questions are displayed on the expression device & not on the flipchart page. - local resource searching. It is now possible to search local resources using keywords & filenames & also by resource type.
- Compass now has menu options that enable it to be resized, show angle & mark centre
- clock can now be resized smaller by hiding the options & just displaying the clock face
- PDF import facility has been added
- can now create shapes by dragging from centre by use of new setting found in settings/tools
- voting results now display summary results for the whole flipchart & not just results for each individual question
- new settings for voting including default device type to use when voting
- property browser sections can now be expanded & hidden for ease of use
- can no longer use keyboard shortcuts or flipchart bin to delete a page to prevent accidental deleting of page
- area screen recorder is now available



Bug Fixes
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- improvement on how absent devices are displayed in the voting browser
- voting results display in front of dice roller
- sound continues to play when turning flipchart pages
- button order changed on save flipchart prompt in primary mode
- reward sound default location is now shared resources
- keyboard shortcuts improved for mac users
- when restarting the app assigned student names are remembered so students do not need reassigning
- changing colours on the colour palette is now remembered when the app is restarted in primary mode
- assign devices mode is remembered instead of always defaulting to PIN registration
- sorting by device name in assign devices screen now sorts correctly
- improvements made to the import of v3 flipcharts
- number & letter bullet points are no longer lost when turning the flipchart page
- sort in order questions now retain the correct order when the flipchart is saved
- 100 grid resource now works correctly & displays the correct numbers
- turning page after using page zoom will now display new page at top left hand corner
- last class used in assign devices will be selected by default the next time devices are assigned
- new setting implemented to control how many devices are displayed when less students are assigned than are available devices
- Having Ink switched on on Mac will no longer cause slow performance in inspire
- Unanswered devices can now be included in the voting results by use of a new LRS setting
- starting safari or firefox web browsers through inspire will now open one instance instead of two
- Error 1606 no longer occurs on network install
- connectors are now added to the top layer so the connector end point is not hidden behind the object it is connected to
- can use fill tool to fill punctuation marks
- sound is recorded when using screen recorder
- extract text now works correctly in saved flipcharts
- flash objects will work correctly in imported notebook files
- send to back action on imported v3 flipcharts now works correctly
- problems in primary mode with text on imported v3 flipcharts has been fixed.
- can now fill text dragged onto the page from firefox web browser
- align actions work correctly
- number entry expression question now allows more than 48 characters to be used in the question
- Flipchart files now show flipchart icon in finder on the Mac
- percentages in voting results are now correct & a new setting, "count unanswered devices", is available so users can control how the percentages are calculated
- improvements made to PPT import

[dsmccracken]

Thanks, but what I'm saying is needed is a cumulative list of changes as new releases come out--one place to look for everything that has changed from the beginning of Inspire. This would be very useful in helping people move from version 3, especially as more is changed. It would be good to have the date/version of the change along with the description.