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Tracker.Net Version 4 New Features
  • Jeffrey M. Rhodes
  • Platte Canyon Multimedia Software Corporation
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Set Course and Lesson Status via Administrator
  • Can add students or edit status of existing students
  • Either online or offline lessons


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Settable Values for Course/Lesson Status
  • Completion Status
  • Success Status (Lessons only)
  • First Completion Date
  • Most Recent Completion Date
  • Expiration Date
  • Cumulative Time
  • Raw/Min/Max/Scaled Score (Lessons only)
  • Progress Measure (Lessons only)


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Addition of Offline Lessons
  • SCO’s and Assets can be launched. All other types can still be included in courses but must have their status set via the Administrator


  • Can optionally include offline lessons on the My Courses screen
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My Courses: No More Refresh
  • Completion status and enabling of lessons done via JavaScript
    • Significantly improves response time, particularly if there are lots of courses and lessons

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My Courses: Lesson Update Notification Message
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Report Viewer Reports in Addition to Standard Reports
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New Reports
  • Students
    • Courses Requiring Completion*
    • Lesson Interaction Information By Identifier*
    • Lesson Interactions By Identifier - Incorrect*
    • Lesson Certificates*
    • Course Certificates*
    • Class Certificates*
  • Lessons
    • Interaction Information by Identifier*
    • Interactions by Identifier - Incorrect*
    • Student Certificates*
  • Courses
    • Course Compliance
    • Course Compliance (Incomplete Students)
    • Student Certificates*
  • Classes
    • Student Certificates*
    • Students Assigned to Class via Organization*
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Ability to Email and Save Certificates to HTML
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Scheduler Application for Sending Course/Class Emails
  • Communicates with Tracker.Net via Web Service
  • Schedule periodic emails based on completion status, type of
    assignment, etc.
  • Compare file
    dates/versions
    with “Master”
    Tracker instance
  • Separately
    priced at $495
    per user
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Dramatically Faster Administrator Operations
  • Use Ajax to communicate with server without refreshing pages
  • Much faster to view or assign students, courses, classes, etc.
  • Uses “callbacks” to retrieve more data as needed
  • Validate data behind the scenes


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Tracker Store
  • Online shopping cart for courses and/or classes
  • Can optionally validate or add themselves to Tracker.Net
  • Separately
    priced ($995)
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Improved Student Import Utility
  • Ability to assign imported students into one or more classes
  • Save column
    headings and
    other settings


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Can Set Students, Lessons, and Courses to Inactive
  • Preserves data but eliminates information from most reports
  • Inactive students cannot log into the system
  • Inactive courses or lessons do not show up on the My Courses screen



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Ability to Support Windows Authentication
  • Students imported previously via Student Import Utility
    • User Name set to the User.Identity.Name such as Jeff-PC/Jeff
    • Password set to the Security Identifier (SID) such as S-1-5-21-2264705100-1831356049-1397210148-1001

  • Link to Tracker4Auth. That site validates the user and takes her immediately to the My Options page


  • Set Exit URL so that user is
    not caught in an endless loop
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Up to 10 Simultaneous Languages
  • All text, messages, tooltips, etc. are stored in the database and editable via the Administrator


  • Images stored in either \images (if not language-dependent) or in a
    directory per language (images_0, images_1,
    etc.)


  • Report Viewer reports
    and help files also segregated by language
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New Global Settings
  • Email Credentials (name, password, domain)
  • Match Graphics to Organization
  • Count Failed Lessons Toward Course Completion
  • Use Ajax Callbacks to Communicate with Database
  • Number of Minutes until Authentication Expires
  • Default Lesson Window Left, Top, Width, and Height Settings
  • Display an Alert Messages When Lesson Information Has Been Updated
  • Include Offline Lessons on My Courses Screen


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Other New Features
  • Setting to discard lesson interaction data
  • Setting to lock lesson status once it has been set to completed or passed
  • Publication Date for courses. Before this date, courses are not available on the My Courses screen
  • Simplified search functionality
  • Major improvement in backend architecture