Just a quick holiday update on the construction progress so far.     Today, I finished up D.1, and as of now D.1, D.2, and D.3 are complete.

I also de-activated the old D.4 lessons for now, in anticipation of replacing those lessons over the coming month.

I’ve updated the title of section D in the lessons menu to indicate that the lessons in this section are approximately 50% complete as of now.   This may be a bit of an underestimate, since there are currently 18 lessons posted there, and I don’t think that there will be quite that many new lessons left to go.

There will also be one more lesson going into C.3 to address syllabus topic B.4, on mixtures and common distributions.  That one should go up sometime during January as well.

Do note that this is actually the second new blog post today, so be sure to check out the next post as well, announcing major updates to the video iOS app.

I’m happy to announce that we recently released a significant update to our iOS video app, which we are now calling TIA – Learn. You can download it from the App Store, or simply update your existing TIA app through the App Store.

Updates to the new Learn app include:

– Download unlimited videos to your device for offline viewing
– Fully optimized for all iPhone and iPad models
– Stream videos over WiFi or cellular data with option to download videos over WiFi only
– Track your progress as you watch lesson videos
– See all downloaded (offline) videos in one place (like making a “playlist”)
– Update user interface, including more intuitive video controls for skipping forward/back
– Adjust video playback speed on a video-by-video basis and also set a default preference
– Quick access to the discussion forum for each lesson
– Your lesson progress is synced across your devices and the TIA website. If you stop watching a video on the website or app, you can simply resume in that same spot using the website or the app.
– Free samples included without a TIA registration

We also recently updated the Android version of the app to do the same syncing described above. This was a big feature request, and we are happy to deliver it to all platforms. We have more Android updates planned in the future.

Keep in mind the new Learn app is in addition to the newly created Flashcards app that we released in 2017 for iPhone and Android. We plan to continue enhancing both apps and appreciate all of the positive feedback we’ve gotten so far.

I’ve just finished the file refresh for part C of the seminar, getting all the names within the files changed to MAS-I.

Also, last Friday evening I completed the last new lesson for section C.2, the new C.2.9.   With this lesson, C.1 and C.2 are complete.

Next steps:

File refresh on section E.

One last new lesson for C on Mixtures and Common Distributions

Updates to D.1 lessons

The CAS has updated the answer key for the Fall 2017 sitting of exam S to “final”.

I’ve updated the solutions file in the sample exams to reflect this update.

They did accept both A and C on #7, which was the primary concern. They also accepted multiple answers on #19, which I don’t think anyone really cared about.   They also accepted two answers on #29.

Good luck to all awaiting scores this afternoon!