Compass can turn a curriculum PDF into a sequence of HomeTrail planner entries. It creates references and scheduling details; it does not reproduce or replace the curriculum.
Planner import is included with HomeTrail Plus. Open Plus Hub → Compass and find Create planner entries from an authorized curriculum PDF.
Create the draft
- Select a PDF up to 20 MB.
- Enter a curriculum name when the title is not clear from the file.
- Choose the students who will use it.
- Set the first date, normal session duration, and days of the week.
- Confirm that you own the material, it is public or OER, or your license or school permits this planning use.
- Choose Create planner entries.
Compass can review readable-text PDFs up to 500 pages. For a long curriculum, it works through the document in sections and combines the lessons into one draft, including lessons found near the end. Image-only scanned PDFs are not supported yet.
Review before adding
Compass shows the sequence it found, including titles, source page ranges, estimated minutes, and objectives. Estimated minutes are informational; created sessions use the default duration selected in the form. Check the order and references against the original curriculum.
Any team member can choose Confirm to create the custom curriculum and planner entries, or Discard to remove the draft. Continue using the original curriculum for teaching content.
Remove a confirmed import
If you confirmed an import while trying it out or need to choose a different schedule, you can remove the plan Compass added:
- Return to Plus Hub → Compass.
- Under Recently added from Compass, choose Remove imported plan.
- Review the confirmation. HomeTrail shows whether the plan contains completed sessions, uploaded files, or portfolio entries.
- Choose Remove imported plan again to confirm.
This permanently deletes every planner session created by that PDF import and removes its curriculum assignment. Completed-session records, uploaded files, and portfolio entries attached to those sessions are also removed. The custom curriculum definition remains available, so you can schedule it again when you are ready.
Adjust after a missed lesson
If a lesson is missed later, tell TrailGuide which lesson was missed and when you want to resume. For example:
“We missed Fractions Tuesday; resume Thursday and reflow the rest.”
TrailGuide will show the proposed change and ask you to confirm it. After confirmation, TrailGuide moves the missed, incomplete lesson to the requested resume date and reflows every later incomplete lesson in that sequence. Later lessons continue on the curriculum weekdays you selected during import.
Completed lessons stay on their original dates, and existing planner notes are preserved. This sequence reflow is available only for planner entries created from a Compass curriculum PDF import.
