Revision Aid Next Phase

Yes it's been a while due to a longer then expected research phase amongst other things but developments are starting to move nicely again, the new web site is at 99% completion and is now going through a testing phase, once completed the existing Revision Aid app will be updated. Work has also begun on a new version which will have tons of new features and take advantage of some new advanced functionality that will also be available in the new web site.

Sitting on a cloud

Cloud servers is the new buzz word thrown about these days but this is genuinly something to get buzzed about, having ummed and arrred about how to deal with the potential large amount of images and media files a user would like to add to a quiz not to mention increasing traffic the cloud server really does offer an attractive option. Work is currently underway to move to this strategy, this has delayed the web site work a little but I beleive this is important to get right for the future of the site.

What's a cloud server and why should you care? Well simply put this offers performance improvements, unlimited media storage and the ability to expand and apply upgrades with very little downtime.

The new systems should all be in place come post the summer break ready for the next academic year.

Study web site development in full flow

The new web site which will replace the current iRevision Aid site is in full flow and about 80% completed. Expect huge improvements over the current system and Ill look forward to getting feedback on this new system when it's live.

Watch this space for more info soon.

Revision Aid - The next phase

The Revision Aid app is having a full overhall with the development, all the ideas collated over the last year from Schools, pupils and professionals out there we have a clear view of what you want to see.

The aim of the next phase development will be to have a simple to use interface while having a very rich set of functionality. Interface brainstorming is currently underway and now is the time for any suggestions you would like to see in the new version.

We have also deceided on the technology for the next phase of the web site, this will also include a greatly enhanced interface and funtionality set, both the app and web site will see some fantastic changes over the coming year.

The free version of the app has of date of posting reached the top 100 in the UK for the education section, this was very pleasing as it is incredibly hard to get noticed in the app store now there are close to 100,000 apps in the app store. Much of the last two months have been focused on a new strategy to take the application forward and hope you enjoy the fruits of our labour in the coming months.

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Revision Aid - School Trials

With Schools now back in session it's good to see some School trials have been successful with the iRevisionAid app, it's great to see how the app is helping in the classroom and I will look forward with much interest to see how this progresses.

Thanks to all involved for this development and the suggestions made for the app and online improvements. Expect to see some developments on both over the coming months.

Compatibility updates

The recent release of Snow Leopard has caused a couple of headaches as all my projects require rebuilding with new library paths, with several projects on the go this should be fun but required work to take place over the coming week.

Updates will resume for all the apps starting with these compatibility updates, these will be submitted over the next couple of weeks and available as soon as the App Store approval process allows, before the summer break this would take about a week so hopefully this will be similar for the coming development year.

Revision Aid - Online update

The online site has had the following changes applied:

   1. Twitter update widget included on login page, watch this for any announcements of possible outage and news updates,  I thought this would be a great way to keep users informed while logging in.

  2. Quiz ID is now displayed on quiz summary and question edit pages, some users found it confusing to have to go back to the main summary page to find the quiz id.

  3. Fix applied when creating a quiz, if age from/to is not entered then a specific error message is now given.