What’s New with HomeTrail

Custom curriculum keeps its real name, appears on applicable Planner days with today’s list open, and can be checked off even when an older item was missing its activity link.

TrailGuide now reports recurring custom curriculum separately from dated sessions and keeps specifically named planned or logged activities from being replaced by merely similar ones.

Remove every planner session created by a confirmed curriculum PDF import at once, with a warning when the plan contains completed sessions, uploaded files, or portfolio entries.

Location suggestions now load reliably during setup, helping families confirm their city and time zone and continue onboarding.

Browse public co-op listings by location, compare nearby groups, and tell HomeTrail when a listing is missing or needs an update.

Progress, Grade, and Year-End Reports now include time spent on each activity, while Journey and Portfolio exports carry that time into readable and data files.

Multiple-choice quizzes now independently mix answer positions across A–D, while capitalization-safe choices and stricter completion checks keep generated quizzes dependable.

Switch between Week and Month, move through months, and add or edit activities from a responsive calendar while keeping your date context.

Choose any Monday–Sunday week from the new calendar, keep that week when refreshing or sharing the page, and stay on the date you were viewing after deleting a session.

Compass now works through long, readable curriculum PDFs in sections and combines lessons from the beginning through the end into one reviewable planner draft.

Choose pre-writing, print, name, number, or cursive practice, then adjust the tracing, copywork, practice-line, and drawing options that fit that worksheet.

Ask TrailGuide to update a student’s grade after confirmation. Future packs and worksheets use the new grade while earlier attendance and learning records remain intact.

Ask TrailGuide to find current, grade-appropriate learning materials, review a short list, and approve what reaches a student in Nest.

Leave a publisher out of one search, or confirm a saved exclusion for future article, video, and podcast research.

TrailGuide can use parent-approved sources to create an original, source-backed explanation or a short audio episode for a student.

Existing HomeTrail users can follow an invitation, sign in, and continue accepting it without losing their place.

Make an original coloring page for a student, color it with a finger or stylus in Nest, or print it on a full Letter page.

Switching between HomeTrail Plus billing plans now completes cleanly in both Stripe and HomeTrail.

Parents can clear finished or unwanted generated cards from a student’s active Nest view and restore them later without deleting the recurring pack setup.

Newsworthy cards can include their readable article text in a paper edition, with safer fallbacks when a publisher blocks retrieval.

A Daily Edition can include older packs a student has not opened or skipped, so unfinished work does not disappear from the paper plan.

HomeTrail now prefers explicit skills and curriculum context, recommends suitable worksheet types, and asks for clarification instead of guessing.

Forward or upload an eligible learning report PDF, then review the draft sessions, grades, and attendance before anything is saved.

The revised setup introduces the Plus tools, lets families try sample materials, completes checkout securely, and then guides phone connection from the Plus Hub.

Move a missed lesson and ask TrailGuide to reschedule the remaining incomplete lessons while preserving completed work and notes.

Supported generated quizzes and math worksheets now place their parent-only answer guide closer to the work you are reviewing.

Supported quizzes and math worksheets can include reliable structured answers protected from the student view by the parental PIN.

Upload curriculum material you are authorized to use and review the lesson sequence Compass drafts before adding it to the Planner.

Ask TrailGuide to gather a student’s available activities into a private, paper-friendly edition with printable work and links back to Nest.

HomeTrail uses relevant learning context and saved worksheet guidance to create more predictable packs while keeping private notes out of generated materials.

Compass now separates reading the student’s page from checking readable answers against HomeTrail’s saved guide, while unclear marks remain uncertain instead of being guessed.

HomeTrail now checks whether an SMS number is usable during setup, making invalid-number errors clearer before activation continues.

Curly quotes, apostrophes, and other punctuation now render cleanly instead of appearing as broken characters in imported help articles.

Day, Planner, mobile views, and Nest now use the same date-aware moon phase data so the phase does not shift between screens or time zones.

Custom curriculum entries created without a source can now be reopened and edited without the form getting stuck or showing stale information.

Plus setup can use a family’s students, learning approach, curriculum, and priorities to show sample Nest materials before the trial decision.

TrailGuide can search for suitable current materials, use relevant Compass context to check fit, and wait for parent approval before anything appears for a student.

Compass can review supported Nest worksheet submissions or a clear photo sent by a parent, then provide parent-facing feedback and suggested next steps.

Compass can preserve an appropriate requested theme while planning and generating a math worksheet, helping practice feel more connected to the student.

Successful WhatsApp pairing is recognized more reliably, while pending setup, consent, opt-out, and replay messages stay in the correct setup flow.

Updating a daily check-in time from Trailhead or the mobile app now preserves the chosen time correctly.

When a pack request is already clear and safe, TrailGuide can queue it directly instead of asking for an unnecessary extra confirmation.

Cursive Practice now uses one consistent worksheet format designed for handwriting practice and printing.

Compass can better match everyday descriptions of a worksheet to the available skill and layout choices before generation.