Planning, Tracking & Daily Use
Tips for making the most of your planner, daily check-ins, and activity tracking features.
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...
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, yo...
Using the Journal Function in HomeTrail
The Journal function in HomeTrail makes it easy to track your homeschooling journey, record daily reflections, and keep...
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 th...
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 re...
Recurring Activities/ Copying Weeks
Can I generate a transcript?
We're currently in the process of building transcript functionality into our Grading Module, which is available to suppo...
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 st...
Managing Generated Pack Cards in Nest
PlusWhat to do when you want to keep one generated pack card but remove, hide, or clean up other generated pack cards in Nes...
Getting Started with TrailGuide
PlusTrailGuide helps Plus families log learning, plan sessions, generate packs, check progress, send Trail Mail, and answer...
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 acc...
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 M...
Using Nest, the Student App
PlusNest gives Plus families a student-facing place for generated packs, Trail Mail, planned activities, and learning cards.
Using Trail Mail
PlusTrail Mail lets Plus families send student-facing messages, photos, and voice notes into Nest.
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,...
Generating Packs for Students
PlusPlus families can generate student pack cards for Nest, including cursive practice, word searches, quizzes, videos, and...
Supporter: Campfire Feature
What Is Campfire in HomeTrail?Campfire is HomeTrail’s community space for supporters, a place where homeschool families...
Supporter Feature: Grading in HomeTrail
Supporter Feature: Grading in HomeTrailHomeTrail is designed to support many different homeschooling styles, from relaxe...
The Day Page
The Day Page in HomeTrailThe Day Page is one of the most important parts of HomeTrail. It is your daily homeschool dashb...
Learn to Use TrailGuide (Supporter)
TrailGuide Text AssistantTrailGuide is HomeTrail’s AI-powered homeschool assistant. It allows you to manage your homesch...
