CAMI Junior Algebra Version History

Junior Algebra

Version

Date (dd/mm/yyyy)

Enhancement / Revision / Correction

3.3.0

31/03/2008

1. New Exercise JnrAlg55D (4.2.5.4) created. Same as JnrAlg55C 4.2.5.3. Just ends in mixed number format.
2.  Corrected spelling errors in  JnrAlg57A (4.2.7.1). JnrAlg72A (4.6.5.1) JnrAlg39C (4.4.7.4) 
3.  Corrected Spacing in exercise JnrAlg58A (4.2.8.1)
4.  Added missing fraction line in JnrAlg85C (4.7.6.5)

3.2.9

12/11/2007

1. Updated licensing security component.

3.2.8

29/10/2007

1. Improved mechanics of SpeedNotes form.
2. Compiled for 2008 release.

3.2.7

17/10/2007

1. Fixed runtime error in SpeedNotes.

3.2.6

16/10/2007

1. Improved display of SpeedNotes window.

3.2.5

09/10/2007

1. Made revisions to Afrikaans menu grammar in exercise 5
2. Corrected the speednotes for exercise 4.2.8.1 so that no.3 follows directly after no.2
3. Corrected the speednotes for exercise 4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 4.3.1.3, so that there is a space in "n factors".
4. Corrected the speednotes for exercise 4.3.2.1, 4.3.2.2 to law 2.
5. Corrected an exponential sum in the speednotes for exercise 4.3.3.
6. Corrected the speednotes for exercise 4.3.4.1, 4.3.4.2, 4.3.5.1, 4.3.5.2, 4.3.5.3, 4.3.6.1, 4.3.6.2, 4.3.6.3, 4.3.6.4, 4.3.6.5, 4.3.6.6 so that there is a space in "n factors".
7. Corrected the speednotes for exercise 4.3.4.1, 4.3.4.2, 4.3.5.1, 4.3.5.2, 4.3.5.3, 4.3.6.1, 4.3.6.2, 4.3.6.3, 4.3.6.4, 4.3.6.5, 4.3.6.6 so that law2 becomes law4 and visa versa.
8. Corrected an exponential sum in the speednotes for exercise 4.3.4.1, 4.3.4.2, 4.3.5.1, 4.3.5.2, 4.3.5.3, 4.3.6.1, 4.3.6.2, 4.3.6.3, 4.3.6.4, 4.3.6.5, 4.3.6.6.
9. Corrected example 5 in the speednotes in exercise 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.3.
10.Corrected example 2 (took out fullstop) in the speednotes in exercise 4.4.3.1, 4.4.3.2, 4.4.3.3.
11.Corrected example 4 in the speednotes in exercise 4.4.7.1, 4.4.7.2, 4.4.7.3, 4.4.7.4.
12.Corrected example 1 in the speednotes in exercise 4.4.9.1, 4.4.9.2.
13.Corrected example 3 in the speednotes in exercise 4.5.1.1, 4.5.1.2, 4.5.1.3, 4.5.1.4, 4.5.1.5.
14.Corrected example 1 in the speednotes in exercise 4.5.2.1, 4.5.2.2, 4.5.2.3.
15.Corrected the speednotes in exercise 4.5.3.1, 4.5.3.2, 4.5.3.3, 4.5.3.4, 4.5.3.5.
16. Added print button on SpeedNotes form.
17. Removed 'Exit' button when doing assessments.

3.2.2

24/07/2007

1. Made revisions to Afrikaans menu grammar in exercise 45

3.2.1

17/07/2007

1. Fixed wording in exercise 21C

3.2.0

09/07/2007

1. Added module support for handling worksheets
2. Corrected Afrikaans headings in exercise 32

3.1.9

23/05/2007

1. Revised component installation for update compatibility.

3.1.5

25/04/2007

1. Made general revisions to Afrikaans phrases and SpeedNotes
2. Made general revisions to English phrases and SpeedNotes
3. Fixed high CPU usage problem when running application with multiple Terminal Services sessions
4. Corrected final marking comment alignment in exercise 31B

3.1.4

29/03/2007

1. Added Afrikaans SpeedNotes and made general revisions to Afrikaans phrases

3.1.3

22/03/2007

1. Implemented new menus for Australia
2. Compiled with new version of CAMIMaster component
3. General revisiosn to Afrikaans language
4. General revisions to Speednotes

3.1.2

07/03/2007

1. New exercise: Integers without variables (18C and 18D)
2. Added support for Afrikaans SpeedNotes

3.1.1

21/02/2007

1. New exercise: Exponents without variables (21C)

3.1.0

14/02/2007

1. Added message at beginning and end of each section indicating that it is the first and last exercise respectively.
2. Fixed the alignment of the fraction values in exercise 83B
3. Changed background and marking images
4. Revised auto-pilot to not move back or forward with first or last exercise respectively of each section
5. Fixed the incorrect marking of single digit answers in exercises 21
6. Fixed the problem where the user can type past the end of the block in exercise 33
7. Revised incorrect statusline text in exercise 52
8. Corrected the marking comment alignments as well as displaying of fraction lines in exercise 56
9. Corrected alignment of marking comments in exercise 81E and 82D
10. Corrected alignment of the fraction values in exercise 83B
11. Fixed alignment in exercise 84B
12. Fixed alignment of fractions in exercise 95B and 95C
13. Fixed marking comment and fraction line alignments in exercise 93
14. Fixed fraction line alignment in exercises 98 and 99
15. Tested for Windows Vista (tm) compliancy

3.0.2

10/01/2007

1. Fixed marking comments alignment in exercise 53

3.0.1

11/12/2006

1. Removed the runtime error that occurs when giving empty answers in exercise 22
2. Changed the text on the speednote button to read 'SpeedNotes'
3. Fixed alignment of text in exercise 63
4. Fixed the marking of answers in exercise 39A
5. Removed the auto formatting of answers in exercise 55C to fix problem with numbers that disappears
6. Terms can now be given in any order in exercise 63
7. Revised exercise 92B to give answers in their simplest form

3.0.0

22/09/2006

1. Revised module to be NCS compliant
2. Integrated module with EduSuite
3. Added the autopilot feature. The autopilot feature does a real-time assessment of the student while the student is busy doing exercises and then, without human intervention, adjusts the difficulty level accordingly.
4. Added the ability to resume from the last exercise
5. Repositioned the incorrect tick in exercises 11, 13 and 14
6. Integrated speed notes into module

2.8.0

27/06/2006

1. Added more problems to exercise 21A
2. New exercise: Expanding exponents (21B)
3. Added more problems to exercise 22A
4. Fixed the incorrect marking of certain sums in exercise 51AB
5. Improved the drawing of the fraction lines in exercise 86ABC
6. Made adjustments to marking routines in exercise 21
7. Added feature to disable marking comments
8. Re-positioned marking comments in exercise 54
9. Fixed the "blank screen" issue when Alt+Tab is pressed

2.7.3

23/01/2006

1. Removed 'Evan Chetwin Theorem' (75C) pending review

2.7.2

17/10/2005

1. Displayed the final answer incorrectly with certain problems in exercise 57A
2. Corrected the marking procedure in exercise 44/A
3. New exercise 'Removal of brackets' (15CD)
4. New exercise 'Division of polynomials through inspection' (75AB)
5. New exercise 'Evan Chetwin Theorem' (75C)
6. Added password protection to the database

2.7.1

01/09/2005

1. Fixed runtime error (in JnrAlg 22) that occurs when the student only enters exponents
2. Corrected title of exercise 55

2.7.0

28/07/2005

1. Fixed runtime error (in JnrAlg 14/A) when doing assesmentment "Grade 8 - Grouping and addition of terms"
2. Fixed memory leak in FloodFill procedure

2.6.5

15/07/2005

1. Added support for widescreen laptops

2.6.4

14/06/2005

1. Corrected issue "EQUATION OF FORM T + 7 = (T+7)" where T is any real number in exercise 61/B
2. Exercise 22A now also accepts answers in their simplified form
3. Fixed the alignment in exercise 58AB, 55ABC, 57AB and 62A
4. Exercise 97B was changed to mark the problems correctly
5. All mathematically correct answers are now marked correctly in exercise 33

2.6.3

30/05/2005

1. JnrAlg 27 marked the power correct even when they were not.
2. Jnralg 42/C sometimes sometimes asked for 1 as a coefficient for the variable.
3. JnrAlg 12 has been modified to comply with the definition that a coefficient must be a constant (i.e. can not contain variables)
4. The hintline in JnrAlg 11 read 'decreasing' order instead of 'alphabetical' order.

2.6.2

16/05/2005

1. JnrAlg 31 sometimes required "1f" or "1d" instead of just "f" or "d".

2.6.1

14/04/2005

1. Jnralg 33/E occasionally added the exponents incorrectly.

2.6.0

17/03/2005

1. JnrAlg 15/B sometimes added positive and negative terms incorrectly.

2.5.8

03/03/2005

1. JnrAlg 18B occasionally gave an 'Error 9 - subscript out of range error. This has been corrected.
2. JnrAlg 37/C required certain terms be entered non-alphabatical order. This has been corrected.

2.5.7

01/02/2005

1. JnrAlg 43 has had two levels added which combine 'perfect square' factorsiation with 'difference of squares' factorisation.
2. JnrAlg-37C had a missing variable in the second bracket.
3. JnrAlg-63 : The last line was sometimes covered by the Hintline.
4. JnrAlg 14 - A hint has been added indicating the terms must be entered alphabetically.
5. JnrAlg-27 asked for the answer in scientific notation when it actually meant in normal notation.

2.5.6

03/01/2005

1.JnrAlg 96 - The font has been made bigger so that the exponents are more readable.

2.5.3

08/11/2004

1. JnrAlg 15 placed the surrounding box over the sum on certain screen resolutions.

2.5.1

18/10/2004

1. JnrAlg 24 marked the whole sum right as long as the first coefficient was correct.
2. JnrAlg 22/B will now accept a simplified coefficient e.g. 16 instead of 4 squared.

2.4.3

12/10/2004

1. JnrAlg 22 would require 1 to be entered as a coefficient e.g. 1x.
2. JnrAlg 15/B occasionally omitted a sign, resulting in it requiring and displaying an incorrect answer.
3. JnrAlg 97 accepted any answer as correct as long as the first term was correct. This has been corrected.
4. JnrAlg 16 now accepts the answers in any order, and even accepts the final answer without the steps.

2.4.2

04/10/2004

1. JnrAlg 18 presented only subtraction sums. It now presents both addition and subtraction, as well as allows for special cases when a coefficient is 0.
2. Various alignment inaccuracies sorted out in JnrAlg 92.
3. In JnrAlg 92, in test mode, certain values were not initialised, resulting in unpredictable alignments and marking outcomes.
4. JnrAlg 92, level B, produced some very incorrect sums. This has been fixed.
5. JnrAlg 57 had various placement and alignment issues. These have been corrected.
6. JnrAlg 99 developed unpredictable problems whilst in test mode. This has been corrected.
7. JnrAlg 12 now has an added level with more complex expressions.

2.4.0

31/08/2004

1. Junior Algebra 44 did not display everything that was entered, causing sums to look right and be marked wrong. This has been corrected.

2.3.3

10/08/2004

1 Junior Algebra 57 displayed junk after the first sum. This has been corrected.
2. Junior Algebra 93 gave the same question over and over again. This has been corrected.
3. JnrAlg 84 sometimes generated an 'Overflow: division by zero" error. This has been corrected.
4. Junior Algebra, 14, now presents more varied and challenging questions.

2.3.2

13/07/2004

1. The unloading of modules has been improved, resulting in increased stability during test editing.

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. Whilst in 'Test' mode, the progress counters on the left occasionally reset to "0/0". This has been corrected.

2.2.2

07/06/2004

1. Junior Algerbra 22 did not allow the entering of the powers 9 or 0. This has been corrected.

2.2.1

03/06/2004

1. JnrAlg 72 had comments overlapping the text. This has been corrected.

2.2.0

20/05/2004

1. JnrAlg 83 to 84 gave incorrect exercise headers
2. JnrAlg, Long division of polynomails, always asked the same question, as was incorrect to boot.
3. JnrAlg 84 sometimes required a triple digit denominator to be calculated. The some now endures smaller LCD can be found.

2.1.0

27/04/2004

1. JnrAlg 34, Level D, now uses the same variable with different powers in each bracket.
2. JnrAlg 52 displayed garbage after the first sum. This, as well as various comment alignment issues, has been corrected.
3. Jnralg 27, Scientific notation has been added.
4. Junior algebra 26 marked every answer correct.
5. Junior algebra 85 had various fraction alignment issues.
6. Junior Algebra 98 displayed confusing lines in the help
7. Junior Algebra 99 had an incorrect header.
Junior Algebra 99 sometimes required a bracket which was not fully factorized.

2.0.0

15/03/2004

1. JnrAlg 86/B, sometimes had numerators and denominators with a one preceeding the variable e.g. 1p. This has been corrected.
2. JnrAlg 86 displayed different sums for the same input string, thus resulting in Test questions appearing differently. This has been corrected.
3. JnrAlg 22 and 23 not accept simplified brackets i.e. 2² for (-2)².
4. 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 ).
5. Various alignment issues in JnrAlg 56 have been cleaned up.
6. An inaccuracy in the timing of exercises resulted in incorrect times being recorded. This has been corrected.
7. JnrAlg 37 now allows the student to give the final answer immediately.

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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