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Overview Messages, Auto Notices, Email & Phone Activity, and Settings all have an updated, modernized interface! Same familiar tools, cleaner experience.

The same features you rely on, refreshed Everything you use today in Mass Communications, sending messages, managing auto notices, reviewing email and phone activity, and configuring settings, works exactly as it did before. We've simply given these pages a more modern, consistent interface as part of our ongoing platform updates.

A few nice improvements along the way

• Archive and restore messages: Clean up your message list by archiving ones you no longer need, and bring them back anytime
• Managed message templates: Message templates are now admin managed and are usable by everyone

Nothing to set up All your existing messages, auto notices, templates, and settings carried over automatically. There's nothing you need to do to prepare for or adjust to this update.

This is part of our continued work modernizing the Edlio platform experience across the dashboard.

Overview You can now choose from three layout styles for both your News and Events page blocks, giving you more flexibility to match your site's design!

New settings, right on the block Both the News and Events page blocks now have a settings (gear) button. Click it to open layout options where you can show or hide the block title and choose from three different layout styles.

News block layouts

• Layout 1 (default): The classic layout you're used to today
• Layout 2: A narrower layout showing up to 2 items per row
• Layout 3: Image on top, with title and description below, showing up to 3 items per row

Events block layouts

• Layout 1 (default): The classic layout you're used to today
• Layout 2: Displays the event date in a bold square box, along with the event title, time, and location, showing up to 3 items per row
• Layout 3: Similar to Layout 2, but with event details stacked vertically instead of side by side

How to use it Open the News or Events page block on any page, click the new settings icon, and choose the layout and title visibility that works best for your site.

Perfect for

• Schools wanting a more compact news feed with smaller items per row
• Sites that prefer image-forward news presentation
• Calendars and event pages that need date information to stand out visually
• Any site looking to freshen up how news and events content appears

This gives you more ways to present news and events content so you can match your site's overall look and feel.

Overview Adding individual recipients to a mass communication just got easier! Search now finds parents by their student's name, shows you more detail about each person, and lets you upload a whole list of recipients at once.

Find the right person, faster When you need to add specific people to a message, searching used to give you just a name and a photo - which made it hard to tell people apart or find a parent when you only knew their child's name. Now the search works the way you actually think.

Search by student name and find their parents: Type a student's name and your results will now include both the student and that student's parents. No more needing to know a parent's exact name to reach them.

See who you're adding: Each search result now shows:

• The person's role so you know exactly who they are
• Their related student if the person is a parent, so you can confirm you've got the right family

Add a whole list at once Already have a list of recipients exported from another system? Instead of searching for each person one by one, you can now upload a spreadsheet directly from the people search card. If you're uploading student IDs, you can even choose to include the related parents automatically.

How to use it

• Search: Start typing a name (student or otherwise) and pick from the detailed results
• Bulk upload: Open the people search card, choose the upload option, and add your spreadsheet of recipients

Perfect for

• Reaching a family when you only know the student's name
• Telling people apart in a long list of similar names
• Adding a large ad-hoc group from a list exported from your SIS or another system
• Quickly pulling in parents of a specific set of students

This makes building a one-off recipient list quicker and more accurate, whether you're adding a couple of people or a few hundred.

Overview The Call button in your app toolbar can now hold up to 5 phone numbers! Parents tap once and pick the number they need, perfect for schools with multiple departments or districts covering several schools in one app.

One button, the right number Until now, a Call button in your app toolbar could only dial a single phone number. But many schools have more than one number parents might need - a front office, an attendance line, a transportation department - and single-app districts often need to list numbers for different schools. Now one Call button can hold them all.

How it works

Adding numbers: In the Toolbar builder, you can add up to 5 phone numbers to your Call button. Give each one a description (like "Front Office" or "Attendance Line") so parents know exactly who they're reaching.

What parents see:

• One number: Tapping the Call button dials it immediately, just like before
• Multiple numbers: Tapping the button opens a popup listing each number with its description. Parents tap the one they want, and the call starts. Tapping outside the popup closes it.

Setting it up

1. Open your App Toolbar builder
2. Edit or add a Call button
3. Add your phone numbers (up to 5), each with an optional description
4. Save your toolbar

Perfect for

• Schools with multiple departments: Offer the front office, attendance, and transportation lines in one place
• Single-app districts: Provide phone numbers for each school in the district
• Schools with separate language lines: List numbers for different language support

Your existing Call buttons still work If you already have a Call button set up, nothing changes. It automatically becomes a single-number entry and behaves exactly as it did before. You can add more numbers anytime you like.

This gives parents a faster, clearer way to reach the right person at your school, all from a single tap in your app.

Overview Building a form field with a long list of options just got a lot faster! You can now paste or edit all your options at once instead of adding them one at a time.

No more clicking "Add Option" over and over Adding a handful of choices to a form field has always been simple. But if you needed a dropdown with every bus route, a checklist of 100 clubs, or a long list of course options, adding them one at a time was slow and tedious. Bulk Edit solves that.

How it works

1. Open any option-list field: Checkboxes, Multiple Choice, Dropdown Menu, or Table
2. Click Bulk Edit: You'll find it right next to the usual "Add Option" controls
3. Paste your list: Enter your options in the text box, one per line. The box opens already filled with any options you've added so far, so you can edit them in place
4. Confirm: Your options appear in the field instantly

Works on all option-list fields

• Multiple Choice
• Checkboxes
• Dropdown Menus
• Table rows and columns

Perfect for

• Long dropdowns like bus routes, teachers, or course selections
• Club and activity sign-up checklists
• Any field where you're pasting options from a spreadsheet or existing document
• Quickly cleaning up or reordering a large set of existing options

This makes building and maintaining option-heavy forms dramatically faster, especially when you already have your list ready to paste from somewhere else.

Overview Say goodbye to printing, stuffing envelopes, and hoping documents make it home! Secure Document Delivery lets you electronically send student-specific confidential documents - report cards, progress reports, attendance letters, schedules, and more - to verified parents and guardians, all from one bulk PDF upload.

The paper chase ends here Sending confidential documents home has always been expensive and unreliable. Printing and postage add up, staff spend hours preparing mailings, and there's no way to know if a document actually reached the family. Secure Document Delivery replaces that entire workflow with a tracked, verified, digital one.

Upload once. The system does the rest. Here's the workflow:

1. Create a template: Set up a reusable template with your student identifier type, who should receive documents, notification messages, and delivery channels
2. Upload your bulk PDF: Use the same PDF you already generate - one file containing all students' documents
3. Automatic splitting and matching: The system reads the student identifier on each page, splits the PDF by student, and matches each document to the right parents and guardians
4. Secure delivery: Families receive a secure access link via email and/or text message
5. Track and follow up: See exactly who opened their document and who hasn't, so you can follow up only where needed

Verified access for peace of mind Before viewing a document, parents verify their identity using the method you choose: Student ID, Date of Birth, Last Name, or Zip Code. Once verified, they can return to the document as many times as needed until the link expires on the date you set.

Built-in safeguards

• Missing contact info surfaced: Students who match but have no guardian contact information appear in a separate tab so you can handle them manually
• Template locking: Lock a template so staff can see the notification message but can't change the content or channels before sending - perfect for sensitive document types
• Separate permissions: Control who can manage templates versus who can only send deliveries using existing templates

Per-recipient tracking Your delivery reports show open status for each individual guardian with timestamps - not just whether the batch was sent. No more blanket follow-up calls; you'll know exactly which families need a nudge.

Perfect for

• Report cards and progress reports
• Attendance letters and truancy notices
• IEP and 504 notices where delivery auditability matters
• Student schedules
• Any student-specific confidential document you currently print and mail

Where to find it Head to Mass Communications > Secure Document Delivery. Admins can set up templates from the Templates page, and staff can start a new delivery anytime with the New Delivery button.

Less printing. Less postage. Less manual work. And full visibility into who got what, when.

Overview You can now select specific staff members to receive email notifications whenever a hall pass expires, so the right people stay informed about students who haven't returned.

The right people, notified automatically When a hall pass expires, it often matters to more people than just the teacher who issued it. An administrator, dean, or security staff member may need to know a student hasn't checked back in. Previously, there was no way to route these notifications to additional staff. Now you can.

How it works

1. Go to your Hall Pass settings
2. Find the new "Notify these people on expiration" option
3. Select the staff members who should be notified
4. Each selected person receives an email whenever a hall pass expires

Helpful details in every email Expiration emails include the hall pass start time and duration, so anyone reviewing these notifications has the context they need at a glance - especially useful for staff tracking patterns across many passes.

Perfect for

• Administrators who want visibility into expired passes school-wide
• Deans and security staff monitoring students out of class
• Front office teams keeping tabs on hallway activity
• Schools with accountability policies requiring follow-up on overdue passes

This setting works alongside your existing hall pass notifications, giving you full control over who stays in the loop when passes expire.

Overview Target Lists has a new name and a whole new look! Meet Groups - the same contact lists you rely on for Mass Communications, now with a cleaner design, a guided creation flow, and reachability insights you've never had before.

Your existing lists are already there First things first: every Target List you've created has automatically become a Group. Nothing was deleted, nothing needs to be rebuilt, and everything works exactly as before in Mass Communications. The only thing you need to do is get used to the new name.

Why the change "Target Lists" never quite described what these really are - groups of people you communicate with. Beyond the name, the old creation flow gave you little guidance, and there was no way to tell whether a list was actually reachable before you sent to it. Groups fixes all of that.

What's new

Guided three-step creation: Building a group now walks you through a clear flow: Group Info, Add Members, then Permissions. Add members by searching for specific people, setting up dynamic filter rules, or adding additional contacts directly - all in one experience.

Know your group is reachable before you send: Every group now displays color-coded reachability badges. Green means you're in good shape, amber means partial coverage, and red flags a problem - so you'll never again send a communication to an empty or unreachable list.

Visual identity for every group: Give each group an avatar using initials with a color theme, a custom icon, or an uploaded photo. Add an optional description so anyone managing your groups knows exactly what each one is for.

Detailed group insights: Click into any group to see its own detail page with reachability statistics by channel, a member summary broken down by identity type (Student, Staff, Family, Community), and a searchable, filterable member table.

Where you'll see the change The rename appears throughout the product:

• People menu: Target Lists is now Groups, with a new icon
• Mass Communications: Groups is the recipient selection step when composing messages
• Visibility settings: "Visible only to" selectors across Directories, Calendars, Classrooms, and more now say Groups

Nothing to do on your end When you log in, a quick banner will introduce the change, and a one-time walkthrough appears when you visit the Groups page. Your lists, your permissions, and your workflows all carry over automatically.

Same powerful targeting, better experience, and a name that finally makes sense.

Overview You'll now receive email and dashboard notifications when your Apple developer account needs to be renewed, so renewal deadlines never slip by unnoticed.

Why this matters Your Apple developer account must stay active for your school's app to remain available in the App Store. Previously, renewal warnings only appeared as a banner on your app dashboard homepage, which was easy to miss if you didn't log in regularly.

What's new

• Email to your Apple developer account address: When a renewal is needed, an email is automatically sent to the email address associated with your Apple developer account
• Notifications for administrators: All administrators at your site also receive a dashboard notification and can opt into email notifications, so the right people are alerted even if the developer account inbox isn't checked often

Managing your notification preferences Administrators can adjust these notifications in Dashboard notification settings:

• Dashboard notifications are on by default
• Email notifications are off by default - turn them on if you'd like renewal warnings in your inbox

The email sent to your Apple developer account address is always delivered and doesn't require any setup.

This helps ensure your school's app stays live in the App Store without interruption from a missed renewal deadline.

Overview Building pages just got easier! You can now add new page blocks directly between existing blocks without having to add them at the bottom and drag them up into position.

No more dragging through long pages Previously, when you wanted to add a new block in the middle of a page, you had to add it at the bottom of the page and then drag it all the way up to where you wanted it. On pages with many blocks or large content sections, this meant dragging through dozens of other blocks - which was slow and awkward.

Add blocks right where you need them Now when you're editing a page, simply hover your mouse between any two existing blocks and an ADD button appears. Click it to insert a new block at that exact spot. No dragging required.

How to use it

1. Edit your page: Open any page in edit mode
2. Hover between blocks: Move your mouse between any two page blocks
3. Click ADD: An ADD button appears - click it to insert a block at that position
4. Choose your block type: Select from the same block options you'd see at the bottom of the page

The bottom ADD buttons are still there Your familiar ADD buttons at the bottom of each zone haven't changed - they work exactly as before. The new inline buttons are just an additional, faster way to insert blocks when you know exactly where you want them.

Perfect for

• Large pages: Quickly add content sections without scrolling and dragging
• Precise placement: Insert blocks exactly between two specific sections
• Complex layouts: Build multi-section pages more efficiently
• Quick edits: Add content in the middle of existing pages without disrupting your flow

Clean interface The ADD button only appears when you hover between blocks, so it doesn't clutter your editing view. Move your mouse away and it disappears, keeping your workspace clean while you focus on content.

This small change makes page building significantly faster and more intuitive, especially for content-heavy pages with multiple sections.