New and Very Improved

Well, as Mark mentioned last month, we've been working hard on some major improvements to the algorithm (process) that calculates schedules in Gradefix. It's basically like giving the site a brain transplant or something. Gradefix users will notice a big difference in how much the schedules have improved and how flexible and customizable they are.

One of the major changes is the addition of the Schedule Adjustor. You'll notice it on the bottom left in your Schedule view. Because all students aren't created equal, now each person can individually specify how much work they can do effectively in one sitting. For example, I tend to fall asleep if I try to read a textbook for more than an hour or two, and can only study for an exam for about two hours before my brain is fried. But I can do homework for 4 hours in a row and still be going strong usually. I can now tell Gradefix that, and it will respect that when it makes up my personalized schedule.

This new schedule generator allows a lot more flexibility, so you can control how early you start on your homework, whether you do it in big chunks or little chunks, and how much it is allowed to pack in on a single day. Another feature you'll notice is that it won't have you do work on two different homework assignments for the same class on the same day unless you finish one before you start on the next one.

We granted an early "sneak preview" at today's release to our beta testing team (contact support@gradefix.com if you're interested in joining it) and to a few bloggers who have expressed an interest in our product. In fact, one of them already blogged about our new release:

http://www.centernetworks.com/gradefix-releases-updated-algorithm

You might also see our press release coming to a college newspaper near you within the next week or so.

So to our users: Keep the great feedback coming! We really appreciate it and take you seriously... the features in this release are almost completely user-driven, suggestions from people just like you who were willing to tell us how we can improve the service to be just what you need.

Keep an eye out this term/semester for other important updates to Gradefix.com, including some top-secret features that we think will really knock your socks off!