v3 Preview 1

Candle 3 re-imagines school software. Take a look at the feature breakdown below.

  • Improved reporting system
    • List of reports with previews
    • Ability to pin frequently used reports
    • Built-in report editor
    • Patron Notice Generator
    • Several new reports (Health Notices, Average Matrix, Student Absences, Library Books Label)
  • Enhanced grading system
    • Fine-grained specification of weights, averaging, and rounding methods
    • Fine-grained letter grading
  • Student Groups
    • Assign teacher roles within a student group (helper, tutor, homeroom)
  • Conduct and Absences
    • Incident editor
    • Conduct adjustment sheet
    • Improved absences entry
  • Broadcasting (in beta)
    • Allows broadcasting a text message or phone call to contacts
    • Upload a recording or have a phone call for a recording
  • Filebox
    • Basic file box for uploading files for all users to see (except typing students)
  • Accounts and login
    • Automated patron registration system via SMS or phone call
    • Added ability to change auto log-out time
  • System Maintenance
    • Automated backups
    • Query tool for interacting with the database
    • Improved, file-based, licensing
    • Auto-login by scanning QR code beside the Candle logo
  • General UI changes
    • Move the app bar from the top to the side
    • Vastly improved home page
    • Better styling on Health record entry
    • Streamline typing system for students
    • Styling improvements throughout the app
    • More tooltips and infoboxes to help explain difficult concepts

Fixed a variety of bugs, including an issue where the app would auto log out in 5 minutes.


Released April 13, 2021