After installing the app, you first have to login with your usual moodle credentials.
Course Selection
After logging in successfully, you can select courses that you want to incorporate in your plan. To assign a color to a course, you can use the three dot menu.
Dashboard
If everything worked as intended so far, you should be able to see the dashboard now. Here you can see the assignments you set out to do today. If you want to see how close to done you are this semester, you can take a look at the status overview. Your test dates can be found in the test overview section.
Planning
Here you can incorporate your assignments into the calendar via drag and drop. The three point menu in the top right is for adding new assignments.
Module Overview
You can switch between the plan and calendar views by using the arrow in the top left corner. The overview shows which assignments are due in which months.
Settings
Here you can select your preferred language, theme and courses, as well as leave us some feedback to report bugs or suggest features.
Dashboard
All of the most important information is shown within the dashboard. Today's tasks shows which modules are planned for today. Status overview displays your current progress. Exams shows upcoming exams - duh.
Course Colors
Should you fancy a different color or label for a course, you can change it by pressing the three dot button to open the course colour/label popup. To submit the changes, you have to press Confirm in the bottom right corner.
Notifications
On every page (besides Login and Select courses), there's a bell icon with which you can open the notifications popup. There you can see invites for plans other people sent you and other notifications.
Open Module in Moodle
All assignments that are displayed in the app can also be opened in Moodle. To do this, you have to perform a right-click on top of the assignment and then click Show on Moodle.
Colors
Green: Assignment was positively graded
Yellow/Orange: Assignment was handed in, but hasn't been graded yet
Red: Assignment is overdue or was negatively graded
Grey: None of the above
Invite Friends
First you click Members: Then click Invite Users:And finally click Invite on the correct profiles. Furthermore, you can search for your friends via the searching bar.
Change Plan Name
After clicking the current name of the plan (in this case "Plan for Max"), it should transform into an editable text field.
Module Overview
You can switch between the plan and calendar views by using the arrow in the top left corner. The overview shows which assignments are due in which months.
General
At Alpha v0.0.0, you can check for updates.
Below that, you can clear the application Cache, so it runs smoother.
You can delete your profile at Delete profile.
The last one, Credits shows the credits.
Course Selection
Here you can search for courses and add or remove them to/from the app. The three dot menu does the same thing as the one in Course selection at the beginning.
Themes
You can change the look of the app by selecting different themes. Pick the one you like best 😊
Feedback
Here you can pick the type of feedback you'd like to send to us. Type your thoughts into the text field below and submit them by pressing Submit.
Courses
The year has to be present e.g. (21/22)
If this is NOT present, the course won't show up in the app.
Grading key (optional)
Grading keys, the overall grade and other important information should be present in markdown syntax and be marked with "[INFO]" in the respective courses. Example:
# Grading key
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime mollitia,
## Overall grade
- A: x%
- B: x%
- C: x%
- D: x%
- E: x%
- F: x%
## Assignments
- A: x%
- B: x%
- C: x%
- D: x%
- E: x%
- F: x%
Modules
Assignments have to be tagged to make the LB Planner work. The tag can be capitalized or not and at any point in the assignment's name, but they have to be in square brackets.
Participation
Non-compulsory practice assignments for basic learning material have to be marked with "[M]". Not all subjects have such assignments.
Example:
[M] Ü 6a.0: Generic Stack
Basic Modules
Basic assignments have to be marked as "[GK]"
Example:
[GK] Ü 6a.0: Generic Stack
Extended Modules
Extended assignments have to be marked as "[EK]"
Example:
[EK] Ü 6a.0: Generic Stack
Exams / Tests
Exams and tests have to be marked as "[SA]" or "[Test]".
Example:
[Test] Writing exam
oder
[SA] Grade 2nd Test
Not visible to students in the app
If no tag is used within the assignment's name, it won't show up in the app.
Deadlines
To present an assignment overview in the app, assignments should contain a SUGGESTED hand-in date (see screenshot).
Estimated work time
An estimation of the time needed to complete the assignment should be appended to the end of its name. It has to be formatted in hours, with the trailing h, after a dash between two spaces. Please use a point as the denominator for floating-point numbers.
Example:
[GK] Ü 6a.0: Generic Stack - 4h
or
Ü 6a.0 [GK]: Generic Stack - 4.5h
or
Ü 6a.0: Generic Stack [GK] - 0.5h
Other
Additionally, you have to regard some important rules when grading assignments. Those either have to be graded with the appropriate status (not fulfilled, GK sufficient,GK complete, EK sufficient and EK complete) or with ascending points or percentages.
These tags shall NOT be mixed ([GK] / [EK]).
Quizzes (study progress evaluations; selfchecks,...) have to follow the same rules.
Deadlines have to be set for each assignment to make the assignment overview work properly.
Append estimated time to complete to the end of the assignment name.
NO GOs
Grades from 1 to 5 as Points (1/5, 2/5...)
That can't be correctly parsed by us and would cause problems for the app.
How can I plan with my friends?
First you have to login and go to the calendar page. There you click the three dot menu:Now you should be able to see this window, where you click on Members:Now you press Invite users and search for the wanted profile within this popup. When you've found it, press Invite. The person in question will receive the invite as soon as possible.
What happens to my plan when I join another one?
When you join another plan, your current one gets deleted. There's a dialogue window warning you before that happens though.
What happens to a shared plan when I leave it?
You get a copy of the shared plan and can use it separately afterwards.
Do teachers have access to my plan?
Teachers don't have any access to your plan or overall progress.
Who can track my plan?
Only peers who you share your plan with can access your plan. If you plan alone, nobody can see or change your data.
When are new features coming?
We continously develop new features and fix bugs, but there's no roadmap yet.
Will a new learning office planner be implemented?
We want to add this system at some point, but there's no time estimates for when this will happen.
How does my current status get calculated?
Your current status is composed of all assignments of the courses you selected. Here, we look at how many assignments are graded, handed in or overdue.
Can I have more than one plan?
You can only have one plan, regardless if it's shared or not.
How can I give feedback to LB Planner?
In the settings section, there's a feedback form for bug reports, feature requests and more. You can send it after choosing the type of feedback and entering some text.Alternatively, you can write us a mail at lb-planner@tgm.ac.at.
Why is the app detected as malware?
LB Planner is detected as malware because we cannot sign the application. Singing an application can cost up to 500€ per year, which is too expensive for a non-profit project. However, you can trust us to not have any malware included in our software 😉. If you don't, you can check out the source code on GitHub.
To install LB Planner regardless, please follow these steps below:
On Windows
Open LB.Planner.Setup.exe
Click on More info
Click on Run anyway
On macOS On macOS the app can be installed but not opened. Please follow the guide from Apple to open the app.