HomeTrail session and Masterpiece uploads currently accept images. Use them for photos of student work, art, worksheets, projects, or book covers.
Add a photo on the website
- Open Planner and select the date.
- Open an existing session, or select Add Masterpiece on the Day page.
- Choose an image from your device.
- Add a description when it will make the record easier to understand later.
- Save the session or Masterpiece.
Images may be up to 10 MB. Add only files that belong to your family and that you are comfortable storing with the student's private learning record.
Add a photo from an iPhone or iPad
The mobile app can choose images available to the Photos picker. If student work is saved as a PDF in Files, save an appropriate page as an image or take a screenshot, then upload that image.
Before taking a screenshot, crop out unrelated notifications, account information, or other private content.
When you have a PDF
General session and Masterpiece uploads are not the place for PDF documents. HomeTrail Plus has two specific PDF workflows in Plus Hub > Compass:
- Create planner entries from an authorized curriculum PDF turns a readable curriculum into a reviewable plan.
- Import a learning report PDF creates a reviewable draft of completed sessions, grades, and attendance.
Curriculum PDF uploads may be up to 250 MB; learning report PDF uploads may be up to 20 MB. Nothing is added to the planner or student record until you review and confirm the draft.
For a PDF that is not a curriculum or completed-learning report, keep the original in your own file storage and attach representative pages as images when useful.
