Online EYLF Tools

[Lorina]

WOW,
Fantastic once again. I sound like a broken record but thank you for all the time and effort you at aussiechildcarenetwork put into making our documentation enjoyable.
Thanks
Linsaa

THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU Happy Dance happening

You're most welcome!

It absolutely my pleasure designing these templates to support and assist my fellow educators!

Cheers,

,
L.A

[linsaa fdc]

Hi All,

A question about the new Reflections of our day and week for Family Day Care.
How do I make a comment on the questions that I might put yes but still want to write something down.
At the moment I can only do it on a couple, the others will only let me comment if I click No.
ie, no:5. As FDC Educators we are always [or should be always] interacting with each child, but there is always room for improvement and I can only comment if I put no.
Would it be possible to allow for a comment whether we choose yes or no?
Thanks
Linsaa

[Lorina]

Hey Linsaa,

No problem, we should be able to fix that up for you. Did you want a comment box to be visible for all of the questions then for both yes or no options?

,
L.A

[linsaa fdc]

Hi L.A
That would be fantastic......Thank you

[Lorina]

Hi Everyone,

Online Tools Version 0.3.1 is now released. This is a minor update with changes to a few templates along with a few bugfixes. Here is the list of changes done in this release:

1) [Update] 'Reflections Of Our Day' and 'Reflections Of Our Week' templates have been updated for all formats (LDC, FDC and OOSH). The textfields in the second page for reflections questions are now visible for all questions irrespective of choosing 'yes' or 'no'.

2) [Bugfix] FDC Child Obs Learning Outcome 5 Template has been updated. This template wasnt loading in some version of Adobe Readers and this is now fixed.

3) [Bugfix] LDC Reflections Of Our Day's completed sample is updated. The sample file wasnt loading properly in browser.

4) [Bugfix] LDC Reflections Of Our Week template was showing 404 error. This is now fixed.

5) [Bugfix] LDC Daily Curriculum Plan (Play Based Learning) format was showing Xml parsing error. This error is now fixed.


Remember to discard the old version and download the latest updated version from here.

Thanks to our users for your feedback and for reporting these errors so we were able to fix it.

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Cheers ,
L.A

[linsaa fdc]

Thank you for the FDC alteration

[catchmeifucan]

Love the new templates..esp the new learning story and daily info sheet! Simply awesome!

[goretti6]

Hi LA ;
back to Oosh again end of January. Any new ideas in programming, child observation, reflective practice and quality improvement plan? ideas and suggestions are most welcomed. Have been away last 3 months hence out of touch with the latest. All suggestions and help/links will be most welcomed
Million thanks for all your efforts in making our work interesting and a learning experience.
Goretti 6

[Lorina]

I am currently re-working on simplifying and re-designing another type of curriculum plan which can be used in all settings. I also have some more ideas for observation templates... I'll keep you updated once I have worked out exactly what I'm going to do...

,
L.A

[linsaa fdc]

Hi,
The new end of year templates were fantastic and my coordination unit were very impressed with the EYLF Achievement Report.
I loved the "Thanks for the Memories" and I know there was a hiccup with the photo at first but
I was wondering if there is anyway of making the photo bigger, possibly in line with the writing below? Make use of the extra space and so we can see the children better.
It is so nice and I know it is really for the end of the year but I am also using it for the children when they leave my service so they have a beautiful memory of the children in their group for each day they were in care.....[different children each day].
If not that's ok.....just wondering.
Thanks
Linsaa

[Lorina]

Hi Linsaa,

I have tried making the boarder smaller and then moving the text down to create a bigger photo box but when this happens the boarder doesn't stretch all the way around the page and we will lose even more space. I have also tried making the photo box bigger but as you know when this happens it stretches the photo and having the text and photo box side by side doesn't look nice. Maybe in the future I could try and come up with an alternative to create a bigger photo box. As for this moment this template will stay as it is...

Thanks for your feedback and I'll keep it in mind!

,
L.A

[linsaa fdc]

Thanks for trying.

[admin]

Hi Everyone,

Recently, I have received a few emails from users using Google Chrome browser saying that they keep seeing the error message that says "To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer". You may see this message even when you have the latest version of Adobe Reader installed. I tested this from my end and here is the solution for this problem.

Overview: The reason for this error message is because Google Chrome is trying to open the downloaded pdf file inside the browser itself but it is unable to render the pdf file using the plug-in. So the solution to this is to open the file directly using the Adobe Reader instead of opening it via Google Chrome.


Here are the steps:

1) Go to Online Tools and download the template.

2) In Google Chrome, when you download the template, you will notice the filename of the downloaded file at the bottom of your tab inside the downloads bar. (If you are using another browser, you can right-click on the template link and choose "Save Link As" option to download the file to a location on your computer)

3) IMPORTANT! Instead of clicking on the filename in the download bar, click on the small arrow button next to the filename and select "Show in Folder". If you click on the filename directly, the browser will try to open the pdf using the browser plug-in which will show the error since it will not be able to render these pdf files. So remember to choose "Show in Folder" to view the file inside the download folder in your computer. (See Image Below)
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4) After you choose "Show in Folder", it will open the download folder in your computer. Double click on the filename to open it directly using the Adobe Reader.


By following the above steps, you can ensure that you are opening and editing the templates directly using Adobe Reader instead of the browser plug-in. This will also work much better since Adobe Reader program is more stable than plug-ins.

If you are using another browser, you can follow the same method. Alternative method for step 2-3 will be to right click on the download button and save the file to a location on your computer.

PS: This only applies to Windows / Mac users who are using a Desktop or Laptop. Please note that you will still not be able to open these files from iPads, Android Tablets or other mobile devices.

Hope this helps.

[linsaa fdc]

Hi All,

Can anyone help?
I do the reflections of the day and email it to all of my families.
Recently a lot of families are telling me that they can't open the attachment anymore.
I am emailing it as I always have, by clicking the envelope at the top of the page and adding the families names.
I use windows 7.

Thanks
linsaa

[Lorina]

Hi Linsaa,

Can you try sending an email copy to yourself and see if it opens for you?

Cheers ,
L.A.

[linsaa fdc]

Hi LA,

I just emailed it to myself and it came through just fine and opened it ok.
I will get the families to do some updates on their computers and get them to try again. Thanks

linsaa

[Lorina]

Hi Linsaa,

Sometimes even if they have the latest updates, they can still be unable to open the templates and its due to one of the following reasons:

1) They are either opening it from Mobile devices such as iPads or other tablets. Mobile devices cannot open these templates.

(or)

2) If they are opening from Windows or Mac desktop or laptop which has the latest Adobe Reader and they are seeing the error "To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer", then its possible that the email attachment is opened directly from their browser instead of the Adobe Reader program. This usually happens when the parents click on the attachment and the browser itself is trying to open the template using the Adobe Plug-in which may show the error since the browser plug-in is unable to interpret the contents of the template. In this case, they need to download and save the file to a location in their computer first (like the 'desktop') and then double click on this saved file to open it directly from Adobe Reader. Read this post here for more on this.

Work-around for these problems: If you want a work-around for all of these problems, then instead of emailing the completed form directly, you can print and scan the completed form as a image (or pdf) and then email the scanned file as an attachment. In this case, parents will be able to open these scanned files from any devices including mobiles since they dont need any major requirement that is usually needed when you are emailing the original finalized template file directly. Although it might seem like an extra step to print and scan the template, but it will be worth it as you will have less troubleshooting to do since the parents shouldn't have problem viewing these.

Hope these helps you out. Ask me if you are unsure about anything.

Cheers ,
L.A.

[linsaa fdc]

Thanks L.A, I will do your work around idea.
I always print a copy for myself anyway.
Thanks

[grandma]

Congratulations L>A> and team, you have done a fantastic job once again

[Lorina]

Congratulations L>A> and team, you have done a fantastic job once again

Hi Grandma!

How are you? It's great to see you here on our new site! Welcome back!

Thank you so much for your support! We are extremely happy with our new site!

,
Lorina