Blackbaud’s Education Management Solutions: What’s New For August 23rd, 2022

Billing management
Payment plan column added to Transactions list

A new optional column, Payment plan, is now available on the Transactions list. Add the Payment plan column to see the name of the payment plan the charge is associated with.

Amount remaining added when applying payments and credits

Applying payments/credits to charges or charges to payments/credits now shows an Amount remaining field in the footer; the Amount remaining is the amount (e.g., charge) minus the total applied (e.g., payment).

This change also moves the existing Payment/Credit amount and Total applied fields from the header to the footer.

Core

Students List: Locker Combination

Now, list managers can choose to show Locker combo as a column in the Students list. The list already includes Locker number.

Blackbaud ID: Update your branding

In the coming weeks, users will see some improvements to app.blackbaud.com, including your Organization display name and Logo icon, which will take them directly to your Education Management site. If the user has admin access to a solution, such as Education Management or Raiser’s Edge NXT, they will see it listed under Solutions on this page.

To prepare for these changes, an organization admin should update your branding from blackbaud.com. Go to Admin > Settings > Branding and be sure to review your branding settings – especially the Organization display name and Logo icon, which will appear at app.blackbaud.com.

Be mindful to follow the recommended logo ratios so your image will display appropriately next to your Organization display name.

Blackbaud ID: Sign in with Apple

Looking for help? Check out the how-to videos on our YouTube channel:

• Connect Apple ID

• Disconnect Apple ID

Or view the online help for Blackbaud ID.

Blackbaud ID: Migrate by September 27, 2022

Platform managers should migrate users to Blackbaud ID via the links on the Core home dashboard. They can also export user lists for use in mail merges and other communications.

Ensure your school’s users are on BBID by September 27, 2022.

Authenticating with Blackbaud ID:

• ensures an even more secure authentication process,

• enables users to further enhance security by enabling multi-factor authentication through text messages or mobile authenticators,

• enables users to login to multiple Blackbaud solutions and support resources with a single username and password,

• enables users to login with “social authentication” via Google’s authentication requirements, password resets, and other support needs,

• enables users to help themselves reset forgotten passwords, rather than platform managers needing to provide tech support for forgotten passwords,

• enables schools to enable an optional SSO for any roles they prefer, so that those users sign in with the school’s identity providers and the school can then manage the users in their claimed domains.

Enforce Blackbaud ID Requirement (Opt-In to EAP)

Platform managers can select to join the early adopter program (EAP) which forces all users to log in with Blackbaud ID (BBID) before it’s required for all schools.

From Core, select Security, select Blackbaud ID authentication, select Enforce Blackbaud ID authentication, and finally select Enforce to confirm you want to join the EAP.

When you enforce BBID, all users, regardless of their security role, will be required to log in with Blackbaud ID.

During the EAP, you can revert and opt out to stop enforcing BBID. However, later this year, it will still be enforced for all schools, all users, and all security roles, as previously announced.

API and Integrations

(School) SKY API

For information about recently added endpoints and updates, view the School API changelog.

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