Release Notes 3.4 (August 2023)

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Last updated: 05 Oct, 2023 by Yolande (Deactivated)
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New and improved functionality

Adding Carers to a Communication as the Recipient (not the student themselves)

 

This new functionality will assist schools in sending communications to the carers of their students.

In the example provided we wish to send a communication to all the carers of students in the Year 7 Geography class about an upcoming excursion.

Initially the student search defaults to “Show Students.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By activating the “Show Carers,” rather than the students themselves Educonnex will return search results of those students' carers we wish to send the communication directly to.

 

 

 

 

 

Adding Attachments to Communication



We have added functionality to add attachments to Email, SMS, and Push communications.


Attachments to SMS and Push notifications are provided as clickable links.



How to add an attachment:

  1. Select the attachment/s by either Dragging and Dropping the file, or selecting the file/s.

  2. Your selected file/s will be added to your communication and listed separately.

  3. Attached documents can be deleted, and re-attached as needed.

A limit of 5mb applies to individual attachment sizes.

 

Deleting Recipients in Bulk



We have added the ability to Delete All recipients to a draft communication, whereas in the past recipients had to be deleted one by one.




 

Communication Scheduling

We have added the ability to schedule the release of communications.

There are now three scheduling options:

  • Don’t send (hold)

  • Send Message Now

  • Schedule Date and Time

As shown, to schedule delivery of a communication simply select the Schedule Date and Time option and nominate the required date and time.




Once the required date and time are selected the message can be progressed and will be placed in a Status of “Ready To Send” until the nominated date/time arrives.

Message with a “Ready To Send” status will appear in your list of Draft messages until sent.

 

 

Creating a New Communication from your My Communications Page

To streamline navigation, we have added a Create New Communication button to the My Communications screen.



Deleting unwanted draft messages







Up until now you could only deactivate draft messages you didn’t send.

You can now Delete draft messages, after you mark them as Deactivated.







This will assist keep your communications record workspace clear of unwanted drafts.





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Other

Other general user experience improvements and bug fixes implemented.