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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.

Overview Staff page blocks can now automatically populate based on filters instead of requiring you to manually select each person! Perfect for large districts where staff frequently change.

Manual updates take too much time Previously, every staff page block required you to manually select each staff member to display. When someone joined the district, changed positions, or left, you had to remember to update every relevant staff page block. For large districts with hundreds of staff members and dozens of staff directories, this was a constant maintenance burden.

Automatic population based on rules Now you can configure staff blocks to automatically display anyone matching specific criteria. Set filters for user type and position, and the block automatically includes all staff who match - both now and in the future when new staff are added or positions change.

Two ways to build staff blocks

Choose which staff to display (manual mode): This is the traditional way staff blocks work. You hand-pick exactly which staff members appear in the block. Perfect for small, curated lists or when you need precise control over who appears.

Display staff with these attributes (automatic mode): This is the new option. You set filters (user type and position), and the block automatically includes everyone who matches those filters. The list updates itself whenever staff information changes.

How to set up automatic population

1. Add or edit a staff block: Open any staff page block
2. Select automatic mode: Choose "Display staff with these attributes"
3. Set your filters:

• User Type: Filter by staff role types
• Position: Filter by job positions (e.g., "Secretary," "Principal," "Counselor")

1. Preview results: See exactly which staff members match your filters in the preview table
2. Save your block: The staff list automatically updates as staff change

Perfect for

• Department directories: Automatically show all staff in a specific department
• Role-based pages: Display all counselors, all administrators, all nurses, etc.
• District-wide staff directories: Show all staff matching certain criteria without manual updates
• Large schools: Manage hundreds of staff members without constant manual editing

Always up-to-date Once configured, these automatic staff blocks stay current:

• New staff matching your filters automatically appear
• Staff who change positions are added/removed as appropriate
• Retired or departed staff are removed automatically
• No manual maintenance required after initial setup

Existing blocks stay manual All your current staff blocks continue working exactly as before in manual mode. This new automatic option is completely opt-in - you choose when to use it.

This update dramatically reduces the maintenance burden for large districts while giving you the flexibility to choose manual control when you need it.

Overview You can now attach up to 10 images to Facebook and Instagram posts in mass communications - up from the previous limit of 5!

More images for your social posts Whether you're sharing photos from a school event, showcasing student work, or highlighting multiple announcements, you can now include up to 10 images in a single Facebook or Instagram post.

What's new

• Facebook: Up to 10 images per post (previously 5)
• Instagram: Up to 10 images in carousel posts (previously 5)

This gives you more flexibility to share comprehensive photo galleries directly through mass communications without having to choose which images to leave out.

Overview Parents and students now automatically receive notifications from their classroom teachers' news categories without having to manually subscribe! When a student is added to a classroom, students and parents automatically start getting updates from that teacher.

No more manual subscriptions Previously, parents had to manually find and subscribe to a teacher's news categories to receive their updates. Many parents didn't realize they needed to do this and missed important classroom communications. Now this happens automatically.

How it works

When a student joins a classroom: As soon as a student is added to a classroom (whether by the school, through automatic sync from the student information system), parents are automatically subscribed to all personal news categories from every teacher in that classroom - including both the main teacher and any co-teachers.

For students too: Students are also automatically subscribed to their own teachers' news categories, so they stay informed about classroom updates directly.

Parents are still in control Even though subscriptions happen automatically, parents can still:

• Unsubscribe anytime: Parents can go to their notification settings and turn off any category
• See all subscriptions: Parents can view and manage all news category subscriptions in one place

Important to know

More notifications: Parents will likely receive more notifications than before since they will be subscribed to their children's teachers automatically.

Only for new classroom assignments: This automatic subscription only applies going forward - if a student was already in classrooms before this update, parents won’t be automatically subscribed to those existing teachers.

Re-subscription: If a parent unsubscribes from a teacher and later have another child with that same teacher, the parent will be automatically subscribed again. The system doesn't remember that they previously unsubscribed.

This update makes it much easier for parents to stay connected with their children's classroom communications without extra setup steps or technical know-how.