CAMI Basic Numeracy Version History

Basic numeracy
Version Date (dd/mm/yyyy) Enhancement / Revision / Correction
2.8.0 27/06/2006 1. Changed module to ignore invalid picture files in exercise 11
2. Revised the text on the hint bar in exercise 17
3. Fixed the runtime error that occurs when typing letters or invalid characters in section 9
4. Fixed the incorrect marking of answers in exercise 48
5. Corrected the display of a zero number as 00 in exercise 48
6. Added feature to disable marking comments
7. Made cosmetic changes to exercises 43, 63, 65 and 88
8. Exercise 88 now uses the correct decimal symbol in the help window
9. Fixed the "blank screen" issue when Alt+Tab is pressed
2.7.3 09/01/2006 1. Revision: Fibonacci series now starts with "..." in exercise 87I and help has been revised
2. Corrected spelling error in menu 117D where 6 should read 9
3. Fixed overflow error in exercise 87
2.7.2 17/10/2005 1. Fibonacci Numbers 87I
2. Sequences with variables 87J
3. Added password protection to the database
2.7.1 01/09/2005 1. Fixed the incorrect marking of certain sums in exercise 42
2. Corrected heading of exercise 57
2.7.0 28/07/2005 1. Changed exercise 26/ABC to use at least three of the same constants
2. Fixed the incorrect displaying of a line when switching from level D to level A in exercise 81
3. Fixed memory leak in FloodFill procedure
4. Basnum 31/C displayed confusing help. This has been rectified.
2.6.5 15/07/2005 1. Added six additional levels to the 'Counting on a number line' exercise (81E-J)
2. Basic shapes (87D-E)
3. Basic number patterns (87F-G)
4. Odd and even number patterns (87H)
5. Adding numbers using pictures (18A-F)
6. Subtracting numbers using pictures (19A-F)
7. Arranging numbers (86E-I)
8. Addition of constants (26)
9. Halving and doubling (27)
10. Added support for widescreen laptops
2.6.3 30/05/2005 1. Basnum 13 had an incorrect Afrikaans description, saying 'Maximum 7' where it was 'Maximum 9'.
2. Basnum 77B sometimes did not correctly do one of the subtraction components.
3. The 'Goal seeker' exercise (Basnum 94) gave an overflow error if the limits were high.
2.6.1 15/04/2005 1. Basnum 87/C gave the incorrect hint.
2.5.8 03/03/2005 1. Basnum 57 did not display the exercise heading.
2.5.7 01/02/2005 1. A new exercise has been added, Basnum 89 - "Reading fractions on a number line"
2.5.6 03/01/2005 1. Basnum 51 now has surrounds indicating groups for conceptually illustrating the multiplication operation.
2. A level B, C and D have been added to Basnum 51. Levels B and D simply asks for "3 groups of 4" instead of "3 x 4". Levels C and D have an increased limit of 7 x 12..
3. Basnum 52 has had levels "E" and "F" added, also asking for "groups of" instead of the times sign.
2.5.4 19/11/2004 1. Basnum 25 was added - "Add, subtract, halve and double"
2.5.3 08/11/2004 1. Basnum 16 was heavily weighted to include zeros in the sum. This has been altered to produce a more even spread of numbers.
2. The speed tests (Basnum 91-94) now display the numerical values below the graphs of Tempo, % and PI.
2.4.4 14/20/2004 1. Basnum 46/B displayed a bogus example. This has been corrected.
2.4.3 12/10/2004 1. Basnum 35 occasionally allowed a larger number to be subtracted from a smaller number i.e. 3-5. This has been corrected.
2.4.1 15/09/2004

1. Basnum 67 did not accept "x" for times and gave no instructions as to how "x" should be entered. A hintline has been added.
2. Basnum 68 did not allow brackets to be entered. This has been corrected.

2.3.6   1. Basnum 88/A displayed the point on the ruler inaccurately. The point was one decimal place out.
2.3.1 28/06/2004 1. The errors and the 'Shift + F1' hotkey dump are now displayed in a more user-friendly language.
2.2.3 22/06/2004 1 A bug in Basic Numeracy 15 prevented certain information from being displayed when moving between levels in test mode.
3. Basic numeracy 81, Number lines, did not display correctly in "Test" mode. The exercise headings were also omitted.
4. Whilst in 'Test' mode, the progress counters on the left occasionally reset to "0/0". This has been corrected.
2.0.0 15/03/2004 1. While in test mode, the program now indicates the students progress (via the counters on the left used normally to show no. of sums right / total number of sums ).
2. An inaccuracy in the timing of exercises resulted in incorrect times being recorded. This has been corrected.
1.2.4 03/03/2004 1. In the test and exercise reports, sums were written up without a description. This has been corrected.
1.2.2 02/03/2004 1. A bug in Basnum 9X (i.e. speed tests) resulted in the scores being written up twice. This has been corrected.
1.2.1 25/02/2004 1. Various issues in BasNum speed tests have been rectified.
1.1.0 11/12/2003 1. All the modules are now complete.
1.0.0 24/10/2003 1. Many new exercises.


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