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Planning, Tracking & Daily Use

Tips for making the most of your planner, daily check-ins, and activity tracking features.

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Mastering the HomeTrail Planner: A Complete Guide

The Planner in HomeTrail is a powerful tool designed to help you stay organized, track lessons, and create a customized homeschooling experience. Whether you need to schedule lesso...

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How to Turn Off the Daily Check-In in HomeTrail

HomeTrail’s daily check-in feature helps you stay on top of your homeschooling routine, but if you no longer need it, you can easily turn it off. Whether you're using the web or th...

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Using the Journal Function in HomeTrail

The Journal function in HomeTrail makes it easy to track your homeschooling journey, record daily reflections, and keep notes on your child's progress. Whether you want to jot down...

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Edit or Delete Activities/ Sessions

How to Edit or Delete Session (Mobile)On mobile, you can edit or delete any planned activity by directing yourself to the planner section and clicking the session. You can add or d...

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How to Use the Ideas Board in HomeTrail

HomeTrail’s Ideas Board is a simple yet powerful tool designed to help you keep track of curriculum options, learning resources, and inspiration for your homeschool—before you're r...

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Recurring Activities/ Copying Weeks

At this time, HomeTrail does not support recurring activities in the traditional sense. Instead of setting a lesson to repeat automatically each week, we offer the ability to copy...

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Can I generate a transcript?

We're currently in the process of building transcript functionality into our Grading Module, which is available to supporters. You can learn more here:https://hometrail.net/support...

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Guide to Using Attendance in HomeTrail

Using Attendance in HomeTrailHomeTrail makes it simple to log and track student attendance in a way that matches your state’s requirements and your family’s homeschooling style. He...

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How do I log attendance from a previous date?

If you forgot to mark attendance on a past day, HomeTrail makes it easy to back-fill attendance so your records stay accurate. It is especially helpful if you’re catching up for th...

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How do I add a recurring task?

Option 1: Add Recurring Days Through Custom Curriculum (Day Page)This is the best option if you want an activity (like Music, Therapy, Read Aloud, or Math Practice) to appear on sp...

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Editing or Adding Details to a Completed Curriculum or Activity

Adding Session Details to a Checked-Off Custom Curriculum ItemWhen you check off a Custom Curriculum item in HomeTrail, you’re not just marking it as complete; you can also add ses...

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Supporter: Campfire Feature

What Is Campfire in HomeTrail?Campfire is HomeTrail’s community space for supporters, a place where homeschool families can connect, share, and learn from one another.Homeschooling...

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Supporter Feature: Grading in HomeTrail

Supporter Feature: Grading in HomeTrailHomeTrail is designed to support many different homeschooling styles, from relaxed, interest-led learning to structured academic planning. Fo...

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The Day Page

The Day Page in HomeTrailThe Day Page is one of the most important parts of HomeTrail. It is your daily homeschool dashboard and a place where everything for a specific day comes t...

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Learn to Use TrailGuide (Supporter)

TrailGuide Text AssistantTrailGuide is HomeTrail’s AI-powered homeschool assistant. It allows you to manage your homeschool using simple text messages instead of navigating menus o...

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