Presenting DB Primary Version 4.1

Monday 27^th June saw our new release, verison 4.1, go live! This new release introduces some brilliant enhancements and improvements to DB primary which have been driven by customer feedback and inspired by increasing demands on time and resources in schools. Here is a selection of some of the new features which could save you time:

Task Mark Book

Isn’t it nice when you have all the information you need in one place? The task mark book provides teachers with an easy way to check their pupils’ performance. It presents a table view of all the pupils’ marks enabling teachers to compare results. It also carries an export function to enable teachers to export a copy of the results to a spreadsheet.

 

‘Any File’ task choice

We now have an option to choose ‘any file’ when setting a task. Choosing Any File for your task means that any file located in the My Work area may be submitted in response to the task. This will be useful when you wish to let the children choose the best way they would like to complete their work depending on their preference or ability. 

Repeat weekly tasks

I wonder how many times we have forgotten to do something? Well now you can set a task to repeat on a weekly basis. With the function of now being able to add links into the task instructions you needn’t worry about forgetting to set those weekend spellings again! 

Importing/exporting email addresses

Getting your address book in order can always be a hassle but not any longer! You can now upload your addresses in bulk from a csv or xls file. Similarly, if you would like a separate record of your contacts you can export the information from DB Primary on to a spreadsheet.

And finally...

We have seen the arrival of the wiki skin! There are now 4 different wiki skins to choose from to give your community page a little extra something. Choose from Nature, Maths, Books, or Art if you fancy adding a little something to brighten up your community homepage. For example, below is a picture of our Nature Skin.