Overview Your Pay Dashboard now includes quick action buttons for faster access to the features you use most often.

Get to common tasks faster We've added convenient navigation shortcuts right on your Pay Dashboard so you can jump directly to frequently used areas without extra clicks.

Available quick actions

• Products: Go directly to your Products list, plus a handy "+ Add Product" shortcut to create new items quickly
• In-Person Sales: Quick access to receipt entry for in-person transactions
• View Store: Open your store in a new tab to see exactly what families see

These shortcuts help you manage your payment operations more efficiently by putting your most-used tools just one click away.

Overview You can now hide individual shuffle slides temporarily without deleting them! This makes it easy to feature a single important announcement while preserving other slides for later use.

Perfect for urgent announcements Sometimes you need to show just one critical message on your homepage - like emergency closures, important deadlines, or breaking news. Instead of deleting all your other shuffle slides, you can now just hide them temporarily and bring them back when needed.

Simple show/hide controls Each shuffle slide now has an eye icon button next to the delete button:

• Eye icon: Slide is currently visible on your homepage
• Eye-slash icon: Slide is temporarily hidden
• Click the button to toggle between visible and hidden states

Hidden slides stay in your system When you hide a shuffle slide, it:

• Stops appearing in your homepage shuffle rotation
• Keeps all content intact so you can show it again anytime

Great for common scenarios

• Emergency announcements that need exclusive homepage visibility
• Seasonal content you want to hide temporarily but reuse later
• Testing new slides while keeping existing content ready
• Event promotions that need temporary spotlight
• Rotating content based on school calendar

Easy to restore When your urgent announcement period is over, simply click the eye-slash icon to make hidden slides visible again. No need to recreate content or lose your carefully crafted shuffle messages.

This gives you flexible control over your homepage messaging while preserving all your content for future use.

Overview Teachers and staff can now set and change their Hall Pass security PIN directly from the mobile app! No need to log into the Dashboard - manage your PIN right from your phone.

Complete mobile management Many schools prefer teachers to handle everything from their mobile devices without switching to computers. Now you can set up and update your Hall Pass security PIN entirely from the app, making it easier to get started with Hall Pass or update your PIN when needed.

Easy access in your profile Just open your profile in the app and you'll see the Security PIN field where you can set or change your PIN. This is available for all teachers, staff, and administrators who use Hall Pass.

Perfect for mobile-first schools This enhancement is especially helpful for:

• New teacher onboarding when setting up Hall Pass for the first time
• PIN updates without needing computer access
• Quick changes when you need to reset your security settings
• Schools with mobile-focused workflows where teachers primarily use phones and tablets

Note about synced PINs If your school syncs security PINs from your student information system, you'll see your PIN displayed but won't be able to edit it (since it's managed through your SIS).

This gives you complete control over your Hall Pass security settings right from your mobile device, making Hall Pass management simpler and more convenient.

Overview Individual news stories now show breadcrumb navigation at the top of the page, making it easy for visitors to navigate back to the news category they came from!

Clearer navigation paths When someone clicks to read a full news story, they'll now see a breadcrumb showing the news category and story title (like "Athletics >> Football Team Wins Championship"). This helps visitors understand where they are on your site and easily navigate back to browse more news in that category.

Smart about multiple categories If you post a story under multiple news categories (like both "Athletics" and "News & Announcements"), the breadcrumb will show the category the visitor actually clicked from, giving them a clear path back to where they were browsing.

Improved visitor experience This small navigation enhancement helps your community:

• Find their way back to category pages without using the browser back button
• Understand site structure with clear visual hierarchy
• Browse related content by easily returning to category pages

Works everywhere Breadcrumbs appear automatically on all individual news story pages whether visitors access them from:

• News category pages
• Homepage news feeds
• News page blocks throughout your site

This navigation improvement makes your news content easier to explore and helps visitors engage with more of your school's stories.

Overview We've added three helpful enhancements to Hall Pass based on your feedback! These improvements give you better control over student exclusions, prevent pass abuse, and make it easier to issue passes for group activities.

Smarter student exclusions Student exclusion groups now work more effectively - when students in an exclusion group are out on hall passes, the exclusion stays active until they actually check back in, not just when their pass time expires. This prevents conflicts even when students overstay their allotted time.

Minimum wait period You can now set minimum wait times before issuing new hall passes to the same student. This helps prevent students from requesting passes too frequently and gives you better control over classroom disruptions.

Target list convenience Need to issue hall passes to an entire group? You can now select target lists when issuing passes, making it much easier to handle situations like sending a whole club to an assembly or letting all seniors go to a college fair.

These enhancements make Hall Pass management more flexible and effective for common school scenarios.

Administrators can now export conversations for oversight, legal documentation, and record-keeping purposes with CSV, print, and attachment download options.

Export capabilities

• Single conversation exports: Export from action menu or individual conversation view
• Bulk exports: Select multiple conversations and export all at once

Export options

• Export to CSV: Full conversation data with messages, participants, and timestamps
• Print: Professional printable format with clear participant identification and message threading
• Download Attachments: Organized zip file with folders per conversation containing all files

This provides comprehensive conversation documentation capabilities matching form response export functionality.

Overview You can now quickly return to edit a news story right after publishing it! A new "Return to edit story" link appears on the success page, making it easy to make quick changes.

Perfect for common publishing workflows Sometimes you need to publish a story quickly and then make additional edits, or you want to see how it looks on your homepage before making final adjustments. Now you can easily get back to editing without any confusion.

Simple and straightforward After you publish a news story, look for the link that says "Need to go back and edit this story? Return to edit story" in the success notification. Click it to go right back to editing that same story.

This small improvement makes your publishing workflow much smoother and eliminates the frustration of accidentally creating duplicate stories when you just want to make quick edits.

Overview We've improved how people with nicknames appear in your People Directory! Now you'll see both the nickname and the person's actual name, plus the directory will sort consistently regardless of whether someone uses a nickname.

Clearer name display When someone has a nickname set, you'll now see it displayed as "Nickname (First Last)" instead of just the nickname alone. This gives you the familiarity of the nickname while providing the context of their actual name for better identification.

Consistent sorting Your People Directory will now sort people by their first and last names according to your sort settings, even if they have nicknames. This means the directory stays organized alphabetically by actual names rather than jumping around based on nicknames.

Less confusion, better organization These changes make it much easier to find people in your directory while still respecting their preferred nicknames. You get the best of both worlds - personal preferences honored with clear organizational structure maintained.

This improvement ensures your People Directory remains easy to navigate while accommodating individual name preferences.

Overview You can now add icons to buttons in your page editor to make them more visually appealing and help users quickly understand what each button does!

Simple icon selection When you're editing a page with buttons, just click on the "No icon" area in any button block and an icon selector will pop up. You can browse through all available icons or use the search feature to find exactly what you're looking for.

Perfect for better user experience Icons help users instantly recognize button functions - like using a phone icon for contact buttons, a calendar icon for event registration, or an arrow for "learn more" buttons on your pages.

Easy to use The icon selection process is straightforward: click the icon area in your button block, choose your preferred icon from the library, and save your changes. Your page buttons will now have the same icon customization options that link blocks have always had.

This makes your pages more visually engaging and helps guide users toward the actions you want them to take.

Overview You can now add pre-recorded introduction and closing messages to your auto notice voice calls! This lets you use familiar voices to provide greetings or instructions before and after your automated messages.

Make auto notices more personal While auto notices are great for automated communication, sometimes you want to add a personal touch with a familiar voice that your community recognizes. Now you can record introduction messages that play before your main auto notice and closing messages that play afterward.

Multiple ways to add recordings Just like with mass communications, you have several options for creating your audio messages:

• Record from your device: Use your computer or phone to record directly
• Upload audio files: Use professionally recorded messages or existing audio files
• Call to record: Dial in to record your message over the phone

Perfect for adding context Use introduction messages to:

• Provide familiar greetings from recognizable school voices like principals or superintendents
• Give context about why the auto notice is being sent
• Add school branding with consistent voice messaging

Use closing messages to:

• Provide additional instructions or next steps
• Share contact information for follow-up questions
• End with school-specific sign-offs or messaging

Optional and flexible Both introduction and closing messages are completely optional - you can use one, both, or neither depending on what works best for each auto notice. By default, new auto notices won't include any pre-recorded messages unless you choose to add them.

This gives you the automation benefits of auto notices while maintaining the personal connection that comes from hearing familiar voices in your school community.