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Previously, all lesson sequences incremented by a single value, for each day it was scheduled.

Now with split and grouped sequences, we can alter this behavior where desired.

Lessons in a sequence can be split or divided, across multiple days, so that the same lesson appears for multiple scheduled days.  You might use this if you want, for example, a chapter of your book for a whole week.

A split sequence is the equivalent of creating a sequence with one value for a number of days, then the next value for the next few days, and then the next value for the next few days...

Split sequences are indicated by following the range with a slash '/' and the number of days to split the lesson across.

 

The above split sequence generates lessons with the following pattern:

Read and Outline Genesis Chapter 1

Read and Outline Genesis Chapter 1

Read and Outline Genesis Chapter 4

...

and would result in 2 chapters a week, since the student has it assigned 4 days per week.

While splitting uses the same values in a range multiple times, grouping does the opposite - specifying multiple values from the range show up in a single day.  A group is useful to, for example, assign a certain number of pages from a range each day.

A grouped sequence is the equivalent of entering a literal range each day, with each new range starting after the previous range ended.

War and Peace Pages 7-16

War and Peace Pages 17-26

War and Peace Pages 27-36

War and Peace Pages 37-46

War and Peace Pages 47-56

...

and would result in 30 pages per week, since the student has it assigned 3 days per week.

Note that the range 7-100 does not divide evenly into sets of 10.  Scholaric detects this, and makes the final range smaller.  In this case it is 97-100.

Happy Planning