# August 8th, 2014 – Release Notes

## **New Content**

**A Skills Approach – Access Chapter 5** is now available, as are all the questions related to it. This means that In Practice Access will also have additional questions available for chapters 1, 2, 5, 8, and 9.

**Access Projects using new Grading Technology**

* Access 2013 In Practice – Ch 1 Guided Project 1-2 (Upload .accdb)
* Access 2013 In Practice – Ch 2 Improve It Project 2-7 (Upload .accdb)
* Access 2013 In Practice – Ch 3 Independent Project 3-6 (Upload .accdb)
* Access 2013 In Practice – Ch 4 Independent Project 4-4 (Upload .accdb)
* Access 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 1 Skill Review 1.1 (Upload .accdb)
* Access 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 2 Challenge Yourself 2.3 (Upload .accdb)
* Access 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 3 Challenge Yourself 3.3 (Upload .accdb)
* Access 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 4 Skill Review 4.1 (Upload .accdb)

**Capstone Projects**

* Word 2013 Capstone – Level 3 Writing a Research Paper

**Advanced PowerPoint Projects**

* PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Ch 4 Guided Project 4-2
* PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Ch 4 Independent Project 4-5

## New/Improved Project Grading Features

**Access**

Our new grading software allows students to [directly upload their Microsoft Access database files](/blog/2014-posts/new-direct-access-grading.md). The new access projects listed above will replace the previous projects with the same name. Here are some of the new features we are now able to grade:

* Determine if table fields have the correct data types, field size, and whether the field is required.
* Determine if relationships have been created between tables, whether the relationships are one-to-one or one-to-many, and whether enforce referential integrity, cascade on update, and cascade on delete have been checked.
* Determine if a query contains specific fields including calculated fields.
* Determine if a query has correct criteria including parameterized criteria.
* Determine if a query searches for records with duplicate values in a table.
* Check the control types on a form or report.
* Check properties of controls on forms or reports such as format, height, width, and control source.
* Determine if form and report headers and footers contain specific controls.
* Check the type of form such as split form or data sheet.
* Check if a form contains a sub form.
* Determine if reports group records by specific fields.
* Check report page setup properties.

**PowerPoint**

Slide Master and Slide Layout Grading

* Determine if placeholders exist, have the correct size, fill color, outline, fonts, and other properties.
* Determine if shapes exist, have the correct shape type, size, fill color, outline, and other properties.

Pictures

* Determine if a picture background has been removed.
* Determine if a picture has been cropped to a shape.
* Determine if a picture has specific effects such as shadows and artistic effects such as gray scale.
* Determine if a screen clipping has been inserted.


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