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    On Saturday 9th January we became aware of a number of Tapestry users reporting that photos and videos weren’t available. On investigating we discovered an issue with one of our media servers, which had resulted in data loss. We took Tapes…
    The new age-band tracker is now available. This shows you which children are in each age-band and refinement, across the assessment periods. You can find this on your snapshots screen.
    We've just introduced the 'like' button that so many of you were requesting.
    We've added the ELG+ statements to the apps now!
    We have added the total number of observations, and the date the child was last observed, on the children's postcard profiles- from the children tab
    A new feature has just been introduced- in time for the end of term/year ! Parents can now download their child's learning journey- you no longer have to give the LJ to them on a disc etc., or print it out for them. They can do that thems…
    ECaT assessments are now viewable from your snapshots screen. Just click the ECaT tab, and select the child and assessment period.
    The KS1 assessments are now available from your snapshots tab- just click on KS1, choose the assessment period and child (or group of children) and you'll be able to view the statements you've ticked for each child.
    You can now set your reports to be visible to parents. From the reports tab on the child's profile card, just click the cog at the end of the report title line, and select 'allow parent access'. Parents can then view, and also edit their pare…
    For settings who will receive their Tapestry renewal invoice after February 1st 2015, Tapestry annual subscription rates will be as follows: Tapestry 12- remains unchanged at £30 + VAT Tapestry 20- a new package size- £40 + VAT Tap…
    Following your very helpful suggestions, we've started to overhaul the analysis section. So, some of you will be delighted to see.......the pie charts have returned! Here is the tutorial which will help you get to know the new analysis stru…
    Following lots (and lots) of requests from weavers, we've just added the following features. We hope you like them!   The most obvious changes are on the home page. First of all, you will note that the filters have moved from being next t…
    For those of you who don't have automatic updates turned on, there's a new version of the apple app available in the app store. A few little fixes, and some new features: • You can now move directly between observations in the detail scr…
    Following the government legislation regarding the requirement of settings to provide parents/carers with a summary of their child's development when aged between 24 and 36 months, Tapestry now enables you to prepare a 'Two Year Progress Ch…
    Just thought I would give you a little heads up if you have ever thought how useful an 'All about me' page would be in Tapestry....we have done it (the royal we obviously I had no input at all). Take a look here at the discussion that prom…
    Just to let you know that we'll be turning on a new function in Tapestry tomorrow, so that you can create baselines for your new children. In the past we've suggested using the snapshots feature, but this makes the times at which you can t…
    This is to let you know that the new assessment frameworks we've been working on went live this morning. In particular you can tag observations for: Key Stage 1 P Scales ECaT Aistear (for our Irish users) These aren't enabled by …
    Just to let you know that we've now switched in the new system for creating PDF files of your journals. It looks very similar to the old one, so you shouldn't find it difficult to use. However, it has the following extra features, which we …
    We've now finished the new feature enabling learning journals to be moved to a new setting (eg for when a child leaves nursery and moves into reception, or when a child moves from one nursery setting to another). We have also just added a …
    This is to let you know we've completed the Tapestry upgrade (Monday morning, March 10th). You'll find a number of new features, listed below, but in normal operation Tapestry should look very similar. Brief list of new features: Next Ste…
    Just to let you know that updates to the two apps have been released. The Android one is already available on the Google Play Store, and the iOS one will be available from the Apple App Store early part of next week (Apple take longer to app…
    We'd like to introduce you to the group observation function of Tapestry, which does the following: allows an observation to be added for more than one child (add as many members of a setting as you wish in one submit operation) enable…
    From the 1st December 2013, the price of a Tapestry subscription will increase as shown below. **NB** Current subscribers to Tapestry, ie those who have a subscription that began prior to 1st December 2013, will be unaffected by this price…
    During the next week (weekending 29th November 2013) we will be updating Tapestry to include new features and functionality. Current subscribers need do nothing - their Tapestry accounts will automatically be updated. A brief account of th…
    We're very pleased to let you know that the Android App for Tapestry is now out of beta and available on the Google Play store for you to download. Please be aware that the app is only useful for Tapestry subscribers, so it is not useable a…