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Getting Started with HomeTrail
Everything you need to know before diving in—basic features, grade levels, pricing, and whether HomeTrail is the right fit for your family.
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Finish HomeTrail Setup and Fix an Onboarding Loop
Review the required setup fields when HomeTrail keeps returning you to onboarding or appears to be missing family information.
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Get Started and Plan Your First Week
How do I get started? Add your students, plan a simple first week, and record learning as it happens.
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Set School-Year Dates and Attendance Goals
Set first and last days, choose year-round learning, and update each student’s attendance criteria from Home.
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Use Home, Day, and Materials in the HomeTrail Parent App 1.11
Find family Rhythm, record spontaneous learning, create materials, and open reports in HomeTrail parent app 1.11.
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Use Your HomeTrail Home Screen
Add students, manage subjects, set school-year dates, update grades, and review learning from Home.
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How to Set Up and Manage Projects in HomeTrail
HomeTrail’s Projects feature is designed to help you organize and track bigger goals that span across multiple sessions or subjects. Whether you're planning a science fair experime...
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How Many Students You Can Add
There is no limit. Add every child in your family, and HomeTrail Plus covers all of them for one price.
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Choosing a Grade Level in HomeTrail
Start a student at any grade level, and change it later without losing earlier records.
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Record Attendance, View Total Days, Past Dates, Sick Days, and School Breaks
Define attendance, see total days attended this school year in the app or reports, update past dates, and record sick days or school breaks.
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