Here are the latest changes, updates, and new features for the Education management products for January 30, 2024.

Academics

Attendance

Attendance managers can now enable a setting to set the number of hours that faculty has to edit attendance after a class has taken place. Under Attendance Setup, attendance managers can enable the Allow teachers to edit attendance entries during the day, and then specify either For any student or Only for students with faculty approved reasons.



An audit log is now kept when an attendance record is deleted, allowing managers to see who removed the record.

Calendar

This update features a new Calendar view that can be accessed from Academics by using the Group Finder, select Go to groups list, filter on Classes, select the class, and then Schedule. Along with the new look, administrators now have a Day view option, as well as forward and backward arrows to skip to a specific date.

Incomplete and Missing assignment indicator preferences

Faculty can now set their assignment preferences to automatically remove Incomplete and Missing indicators from student assignments when a grade is committed.

1. In Faculty, select My Day, then Assignment Center.
2. Ensure you are in list view using the icon in the upper right.
3. Select More, then Preferences.
4. Select Evaluation.
5. Enable Remove student’s Incomplete status when a grade is entered and Remove student's Missing status when a grade is entered.
6. Select Save.

These settings are user specific. In a class with multiple faculty members, some may have the options to remove indicators enabled while others do not. The preference of the faculty member committing the grade is respected.

Assignment resubmission icon

The Student is resubmitting icon now displays in the gradebook when a student is in the process of resubmitting an assignment that allows online submissions. The icon indicates that since the student’s last submission, they have added a file, deleted a file, or updated the Text field on the assignment, but have yet to submit those changes. The icon is removed when the student selects Resubmit assignment.



The Student is resubmitting icon also displays on the assignment evaluation page.

Award extra points on Assessment questions

When evaluating Assessments, faculty can now manually award more points on a question than it is worth.

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Billing management

Upload attachments to billing profiles

The Attachments tile is a new addition to the Billing profile, enabling Billing clerks to attach relevant files, such as PDFs, Word documents, and more, to a billing profile. Billing clerks upload attachments either directly from their computer or by referencing a static URL that points to the file. Once uploaded, other Billing clerks can reference and download the attachments.



To get started with Attachments, log into Blackbaud Billing management and search for a billing record using the People Finder. Once on a billing profile, scroll down until you find the Attachments section.

Review open balances

The Open items report is a new report that enables Billing clerks to see open balances by a selected date. For each open balance, the total charges, applied payments, applied credits, and percent paid, are all calculated and displayed. A summary of all balance metrics is summed up at the bottom of the report.



To get started with the Open items report, log into Blackbaud Billing management, and hover over Reporting on the navigation. On the drop-down, select Open balances report.

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API and Integrations

School API and OneRoster API

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

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