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An app for homeschool planning
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# homeschool



An app for homeschool planning



## Setup



### Python



`uv` is required.



### JavaScript



Node.js is required.



```bash

brew install nodejs

```



Install JS packages to get Tailwind CSS.



```bash

npm --prefix frontend i

```



## Development



Bootstrap the local database.



```bash

$ uv run manage.py migrate

```



Create a superuser account.



```bash

$ uv run manage.py createsuperuser

```



Start the local web server.



```bash

$ make

```



## Docker Compose



Analyzing image contents:



```

alias dive="docker run -ti --rm  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock wagoodman/dive"

dive klakegg/hugo:0.101.0

```



### uv



If for some reason I need to work with uv inside the container,

there are some settings needed to get around the fact that image doesn't install

packages in a place writeable by the app user.



Here's an example:



```

UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/tmp/uv-venv uv add -n --dev 'types-toml==0.10.8.20240310'

```



## Server config



1. Add ssh keys.

2. Turn off passworth auth



```

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

PasswordAuthentication no

systemctl restart ssh

```



3. Firewall stuff.



```

ufw allow OpenSSH

ufw default deny incoming

ufw enable

```



## Market Research



This is my analysis of the market

to assess the features and positioning

of what is available.



Research plan:

Sign up for a service trial

to test out the account.

Share findings on forums

to solicit feedback.



Measurement criteria:



* Price

* Features

* Quality



[Well Trained Mind reference analysis](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SroV3KdUshFIQMOEKfVDtv5zwmcylL6OHfewTuaeJRo/edit?usp=sharing)



### Product Matrix



| Product | Business Model | Price | Reviewed |

| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| CM Organizer | Freemium | $7.95 / month | 2/1/21 |

| Google Classroom | Free | $0 | 3/12/21 |

| Homeschool Manager | Subscription | $5.99 / month | 3/13/21 |

| Homeschool Minder | Subscription | $4.99 / month | 5/3/21 |

| Homeschool Planet | Subscription | $7.95 / month | 5/20/21 |



### Homeschool Planet



https://homeschoolplanet.com/



"Synchronize your home, school, and work into a single place"



* Landing page

  * Email list capture

* Pricing

  * 30 day trial

  * $69.95 / year

  * $7.95 / month

* Social Media

  * Heavy activity on Facebook (at least daily)

  * Pinterest

  * YouTube to host help docs

  * Instagram

  * Blog (infrequent posts - handful per year, guest posts)

* Marketplace

  * Other vendors provide lesson plans

* Features

  * Daily digest email

  * Text messaging

  * Widgets with the calendar

  * Assignment == School Desk Task

  * Grades have different types and calculations

  * Tracks attendance

  * Tracks resources

  * Profiles (pictures, emails for sending digests, phone number for text messages)

  * Lookup widget (embedded search of other services)

* Testimonials

  * User reviews (but they are old! 2017!)

  * Featured reviews (appear "fresh" from 2019, but are recycled old reviews),

    seems shady

  * Lots of undated testimonials (current user reviews?)



Forum topics:



* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/701712-best-family-calendarorganizer-app/ compat with Google Calendar

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/683608-6th-grade-2019-2020/ winner in comparison

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/574023-need-to-simplify-school/ student access

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/670110-reviews-on-open-tent-academy-writing-classes/ mentioned putting in schedule

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/658388-were-starting-to-hate-math-mammoth/ lesson plan

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/539500-onenote-vs-homeschool-planet/ gushing for planet

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/558061-homeschool-planet-users-help-a-newbie-out/ support question

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/540597-homeschool-tracker-online-vs-homeschool-planet/ beating homeschool tracker

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/481657-homeschool-planet-anyone-trying-it/ beta review 2013

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/684121-homeschool-planet-coupon-code/ looking for coupon code

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/618353-homeschool-planner-and-how-do-you-plan/ product plug

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/666654-mid-year-shakeup/ trialing

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/521718-digital-planner-for-looping-schedule/ looping schedule question w/ no response

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/540799-which-online-planner-will-let-me-bump-two-ways/ bump work to another day

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/681351-educents-shutting-down-changing-direction/ comparison



### Homeschool Reporting Online



https://homeschoolreporting.com/



Forum topics:



Nothing found.



### Homeschool Skedtrack



http://www.homeschoolskedtrack.com/HomeSchool/displayLogin.do



Forum topics:



* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/109604-anyone-use-homeschool-skedtrack/ discussion of site

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/521718-digital-planner-for-looping-schedule/ looping questions

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/540598-lets-share-how-we-set-up-onenote/ onenote replacing skedtrack

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/265754-gradingrecord-keepingtranscripts/ looking for tools 2011

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/109114-free-curriculum-list/ curriculum list 2009

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/337281-if-you-have-a-long-loop-schedule-for-your-homeschool-can-you-share/ looping schedule topic

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/397457-scholaric-or-homeschool-tracker-plus/ tool comparison

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/401214-which-homeschool-planners-allow-you-to-print-like-this/ printing schedules

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/338659-if-youve-done-both-mfw-and-hod/ preparing schedules

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/586966-how-do-you-schedule-your-180-days/ planning many days in advance

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/449025-is-there-has-planner-app/?tab=comments looking for ipad app

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/665813-opinions-on-memoria-press-core-curriculum/ product plug



### Homeschool Tracker



https://www.homeschooltracker.com/



Forum topics:



* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/383203-edu-track-vs-homeschool-tracker/ vs EduTrack 2012

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/23954-homeschool-tracker-questions/ HST vs HST+ 2008

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/540597-homeschool-tracker-online-vs-homeschool-planet/ vs planet 2015

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/254395-record-keeping-homeschool-tracker-and-ipad/ ipad

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/54161-homeschool-tracker-question/ questions about product 2008

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/397457-scholaric-or-homeschool-tracker-plus/ vs Scholaric 2012

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/186110-whats-a-good-homeschool-planner/ product plug 2010

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/5826-do-you-find-lesson-planning-software-useful-any-for-mac-users-other-suggestions/ product plug

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/265754-gradingrecord-keepingtranscripts/ product plug

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/401214-which-homeschool-planners-allow-you-to-print-like-this/ print question

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/649011-do-you-lesson-plan/ product plug

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/249069-transcript-for-7th-and-8th-grade/ passing reference

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/109114-free-curriculum-list/ product plug 2009

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/683608-6th-grade-2019-2020/ tried but planet won 2019

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/637551-is-classical-conversations-a-cultor-productor/ for transcripts 2017

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/8909-how-much-is-too-much-or-not-enough/ product plug 2008

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/129844-homeschool-tracker-question/?tab=comments#comment-1222284 question about product

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/203459-terribly-embarrassed-herewhyhow-do-you-create-lesson-plans/ product plug

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/222511-ambleside-online/ for printing

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/341507-wondering-about-tearing-up-workbooks-vs-leaving-them-whole/ product plug

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/111220-baffled-by-michael-clay-thompson-la/ lesson plans

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/100480-ambleside-online-users/ product plug

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/84644-need-ideas-for-tracking/?tab=comments#comment-828678 product plug



### Homeschooling Records



https://homeschoolingrecords.com/default.aspx



Forum topics:



Nothing found.



### Lessontrek



https://lessontrek.com/



Forum topics:



* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/618353-homeschool-planner-and-how-do-you-plan/ former user 2016

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/688779-how-do-i-make-a-custom-planner/?tab=comments#comment-8402441 asked about usage



### My School Year



https://www.myschoolyear.com/



Forum topics:



Nothing found.



### Scholaric



https://www.scholaric.com/marketing



Forum topics:



* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/397457-scholaric-or-homeschool-tracker-plus/ vs HST+ 2012

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/423847-scholaric-review-and-giveaway/ product plug 2012

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/675595-grading-software/ product plug grading software 2018

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/540799-which-online-planner-will-let-me-bump-two-ways/ product plug 2015

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/401214-which-homeschool-planners-allow-you-to-print-like-this/ for printing 2012

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/297229-scholaric-vs-skedtrack-for-planning/?tab=comments#comment-2986890 vs skedtrack 2011

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/481657-homeschool-planet-anyone-trying-it/ vs planet 2013

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/521718-digital-planner-for-looping-schedule/ looping question

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/640723-do-you-use-a-planner-of-some-sort/ planner question 2017

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/618353-homeschool-planner-and-how-do-you-plan/ product comparison 2016

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/624024-record-keeping-for-relaxed-homeschooling-with-larger-families/ large family 2016

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/611151-truthquest-vs-veritas-press-self-paced-history/ product plug 2016

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/477446-little-known-secret-curric-to-try/ product plug 2013

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/358659-ipads-for-homeschooling/ product plug 2012

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/343523-well-my-paces-curriculum-came-today/ product plug 2012

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/449025-is-there-has-planner-app/?tab=comments ipad 2012

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/376514-curious-about-winter-promise/ product plug 2012



### Well Planned Gal



https://shop.wellplannedgal.com/index.php/shop/well-planned-day-online.html



* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/393417-ultimate-homeschool-planner-vs-well-planned-day/ product comparison 2012

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/195695-anyone-try-the-well-planned-day-planners/ paper? 2010

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/186110-whats-a-good-homeschool-planner/ product comparison 2010

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/618353-homeschool-planner-and-how-do-you-plan/ product comparison 2016

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/481657-homeschool-planet-anyone-trying-it/ vs planet 2013

* https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/415058-ipad-users-homeschool-helper-app/ ipad 2012



### Audience



Things to try:



* Google Adwords keyword planner

* followerwonk.com

* Topsy Analytics to check social mentions?

* Ahrefs Site Explorer to see referral traffic for other sites

* BuzzSumo for Twitter analysis

* Homeschool magazines? Is that a thing?

* Amazon reviews of homeschool stuff

* Reddit has a homeschool subreddit

* Popular homeschool blogs to contact?

* Homeschool podcasts?

* Monthly webinars?



### Future



* Dunning - Don't make customer sign in to update card info

* Dunning - Don't email until the card has actually failed (wait until 3rd reattempt or 5 days)

* Dunning - Email multiple times. It's ok. People miss stuff.

* Churn Buster if crazy popular by some remote chance

* Make Annual <-> Monthly up/downgrade not hard



### Persona



This is an exercise to build a reasonable persona

of the ideal customer for School Desk

as suggested in SaaS Marketing Essentials.



Hannah Homeschooler:



* Hannah is a 30 - 45 year old woman.

* She is educated and a self-starter (fiercely independent).

* Hannah has two children.

* Hannah lives in a suburban area or small to mid-size city.

* Her time is constrained while balancing home obligations with child education.

* Hannah has a fondness for paper for keeping records.

  Before finding School Desk,

  she was starting to hit the limits of her process

  and was looking for a way to save time.

* Hannah wants full control of *what* she teaches her children,

  but would like some tools that can take out the drudgery

  of building weekly schedules for school.

* After using School Desk,

  Hannah benefits from the automatically generated schedules

  that show *her* material

  in a timeframe that fits the constraints

  that she specified to School Desk.

* School Desk makes it painless to stay on top of homeschool

  so that she focus her attention on other parts of her life.



### Product Position



What's the point? Why would Hannah want to use School Desk?

Is it control? Is it time saving?



What is the benefit?



* "Take Control of Your Homeschool Plan"

* "Save Time Building Your Homeschool Plan"

* "Focus on Your School, Let Us Handle the Schedule"

* Stop swimming in spreadsheets

* Not an airplane cockpit



Customer answer: The key benefit is simplicity.