Compass Scraper v0.5.6

Compass Scraper 0.5.6

A new Reports page brings your school reports into the app.

Download

System	File
Windows 10/11	Compass-Scraper-0.5.6-Windows.zip: unzip it, then run Compass Scraper.exe
macOS	Compass-Scraper-0.5.6-macOS.zip: unzip it and open Compass Scraper.app. The app isn't notarized by Apple, so macOS blocks it the first time: open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway
Linux	Compass-Scraper-0.5.6-Linux.tar.gz: extract it and run Compass Scraper/Compass Scraper

New

• Reports page: in Compass, open the Reports tab and use Download All Semester Reports, then import the ZIP into the app.
• Only what matters is kept: Victorian Curriculum levels for each strand, learning behaviours for each subject and term, and class attendance and teacher for each subject. Teacher comments and everything else are ignored.
• Curriculum levels: each level is coloured against the expected level. 7.0 is the start of Level 7 and 7.5 is halfway through it.
• Graphs: see your levels by learning area and your behaviours over time, plus attendance by subject.
• Behaviour guide: a button that shows the school's table of what each rating means.
• No need to keep the ZIP: the data is saved in your portfolio as reports.json, with the guide at School Reports/learning-behaviour-guide.png.

Changes

• Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+5 now opens Reports and Ctrl+6 opens Sync.
• New dependency: the app now uses pdfplumber to read report PDFs. This only matters if you run from source.

Known issues

• Windows: recent Chrome and Edge lock their cookies, so the app can't read your session from them. Use Sign in here, Firefox or Zen.
• Windows: the Start menu shortcut uses a generic icon for now.
• Tasks without an online submission (for example, in-class tests) show as Overdue until a result comes out. Use Mark done for those.

Compass Scraper v0.5.5

Compass Scraper 0.5.5

New CATs and SACs views, safer syncs and an app menu button on every system.

Download

System	File
Windows 10/11	Compass-Scraper-0.5.5-Windows.zip: unzip it, then run Compass Scraper.exe
macOS	Compass-Scraper-0.5.5-macOS.zip: unzip it and open Compass Scraper.app. The app isn't notarized by Apple, so macOS blocks it the first time: open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway
Linux	Compass-Scraper-0.5.5-Linux.tar.gz: extract it and run Compass Scraper/Compass Scraper

New

• CATs (Year 10 and below): every marked assessment now sits under CATs, with a switch between VCE Number Scores and Percentages. The year level comes from the class code, such as 10MATEA.
• SACs (Year 11 and above): switch between Percentage and Performance. Performance results such as High or High - Excellent are graphed as named bands, not made-up numbers.
• Exams: any marked task with the word "exam" in its name goes under Exams, in every year.
• Add to app menu on every system: add the app to the Windows Start menu or the macOS Applications folder. Linux keeps its app menu button.
• Crash-safe sync: your portfolio only changes once a sync has finished. If the app closes part-way, your files stay exactly as they were, and the next sync picks up what was already downloaded.
• Academic years only: HeadStart years are no longer synced or shown. Folders already downloaded for them stay on your computer until you delete them.

Fixes

• The grade shown for a Year 10 task now puts a number score ahead of a percentage.
• A number under a row called Performance now counts as a percentage, and rows with a curriculum code (such as VCM2MA) count as number scores.
• Performance page cards no longer keep old labels when a year has no marks.
• The Results breakdown scrolls instead of cutting off rows.
• The Linux app menu entry now starts packaged builds correctly and uses the real app icon.
• The packaged app now includes its icon.

Known issues

• Windows: the Start menu shortcut uses a generic icon for now.
• Tasks without an online submission (for example, in-class tests) show as Overdue until a result comes out. Use Mark done for those.

Compass Scraper v0.5.4

Compass Scraper 0.5.4

Timeline, performance graphs, task status and search everywhere.

Download

System	File
Windows 10/11	Compass-Scraper-0.5.4-Windows.zip: unzip it, then run Compass Scraper.exe
macOS	Compass-Scraper-0.5.4-macOS.zip: unzip it and open Compass Scraper.app. The app isn't notarized by Apple, so macOS blocks it the first time: open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway
Linux	Compass-Scraper-0.5.4-Linux.tar.gz: extract it and run Compass Scraper/Compass Scraper

New

• Timeline: every due date in one list (Overdue, Today, This week, Next week, Later).
  • Add your own items, mark things done, and remove tasks you don't need to see.
  • Export to Google, Apple or Outlook Calendar as an .ics file.
• Performance: graphs for each academic year. It only includes Assessments and Assignments.
  • Every marked task falls into exactly one category: VCE Number Scores (e.g. 9.5), SACs (percentages) or Exams (percentages on tasks with "exam" in the name).
  • Each category shows marks task by task (or by due date), your average per subject, and a results table coloured Towards, At, Above or Well above level.
  • A results breakdown counts every level result.
• Task status: Graded, Submitted, Done, Overdue, Due soon or Pending.
  • Tasks with a mark or an uploaded file count as complete automatically.
  • You can mark any other task done yourself.
• Search everything (Ctrl+K): search every task in every year.
  • Use filters like status:overdue, has:rubric or subject:english.
  • Browse also has Status and Score type filters.
• HTML portfolio: shows the same status badges and has the same status and "has" filters.
• Overview: now shows how many tasks are completed or overdue, and Coming up includes your own items.

Fixes

• Sign in here: a new sign-in window inside the app. You sign in to Compass there, and it works on Windows, macOS and Linux without reading any other browser.
• macOS sign-in: the app now finds Firefox, Zen, Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc, Vivaldi and Opera profiles on a Mac, and adds Safari. Clear messages explain macOS's Full Disk Access and Keychain prompts.
• Fixed the macOS app showing as damaged, and the in-app sign-in crashing in the packaged Linux app.
• Zen browser: now supported on every system.
• Bare numbers too big to be a level score (e.g. 100 or 82) now count as percentages, so they go to SACs or Exams, never VCE Number Scores.
• Average by subject now scrolls when you have lots of subjects, and scroll bars match the theme.
• Input boxes on the Sync page are now the same height.
• Dropdowns are redesigned to match the light and dark themes, and their hover text is readable in light mode.

Known issues

• Windows: recent Chrome and Edge lock their cookies, so the app can't read your session from them. Use Sign in here, Firefox or Zen.
• Tasks without an online submission (for example, in-class tests) show as Overdue until a result comes out. Use Mark done for those.

Compass Scraper v0.5.3

Compass Scraper 0.5.3

Timeline, performance graphs, task status and search everywhere.

Download

System	File
Windows 10/11	Compass-Scraper-0.5.3-Windows.zip: unzip it, then run Compass Scraper.exe
macOS	Compass-Scraper-0.5.3-macOS.zip: unzip it, then right-click Compass Scraper.app and choose Open the first time (the app isn't signed)
Linux	Compass-Scraper-0.5.3-Linux.tar.gz: extract it and run Compass Scraper/Compass Scraper

New

• Timeline: every due date in one list (Overdue, Today, This week, Next week, Later).
  • Add your own items, mark things done, and remove tasks you don't need to see.
  • Export to Google, Apple or Outlook Calendar as an .ics file.
• Performance: graphs for each academic year. It only includes Assessments and Assignments.
  • Every marked task falls into exactly one category: VCE Number Scores (e.g. 9.5), SACs (percentages) or Exams (percentages on tasks with "exam" in the name).
  • Each category shows marks task by task (or by due date), your average per subject, and a results table coloured Towards, At, Above or Well above level.
  • A results breakdown counts every level result.
• Task status: Graded, Submitted, Done, Overdue, Due soon or Pending.
  • Tasks with a mark or an uploaded file count as complete automatically.
  • You can mark any other task done yourself.
• Search everything (Ctrl+K): search every task in every year.
  • Use filters like status:overdue, has:rubric or subject:english.
  • Browse also has Status and Score type filters.
• HTML portfolio: shows the same status badges and has the same status and "has" filters.
• Overview: now shows how many tasks are completed or overdue, and Coming up includes your own items.

Fixes

• Bare numbers too big to be a level score (e.g. 100 or 82) now count as percentages, so they go to SACs or Exams, never VCE Number Scores.
• Average by subject now scrolls when you have lots of subjects, and scroll bars match the theme.
• Input boxes on the Sync page are now the same height.
• Dropdowns are redesigned to match the light and dark themes, and their hover text is readable in light mode.

Known issues

• Windows: recent Chrome and Edge lock their cookies, so the app can't read your session from them. Use Firefox, or Paste cookie instead… in the sign-in window.
• Tasks without an online submission (for example, in-class tests) show as Overdue until a result comes out. Use Mark done for those.