Blackbaud’s Education Management Solutions: What’s New For July 12, 2022

Denise Kadilak
Denise Kadilak Blackbaud Employee
Tenth Anniversary Kudos 1 Participant Facilitator 1
in Blackbaud K-12 Education Solutions™ Blog
Here are all of the latest changes, updates, and new features for the Education management products for July 12, 2022.

Academics

Delete Departments associated with faculty

Managers are now able to delete a Department even if it is linked to faculty through their Employment. Previously, faculty had to be removed from a Department before users could delete it.

Core

Blackbaud ID: Awaiting Response

When platform managers review the list of users who’ve been connected to Blackbaud ID, but are still Awaiting Response, they can now select to:

  • View a column for and sort by Last Invited Date
  • View a column for and sort by the most recent Connected Date (includes users with and without email invitations)
  • To filter based on how many days the user has been in the Awaiting status, such as over
    • 7 days
    • 14 days
    • 30 days
    • 60 days
    • 90 days
    • All

Use these columns and filters to identify users who need additional coaxing, communications, or assistance migrating to Blackbaud ID.

Blackbaud ID: Migrate this by September 27, 2022

Platform managers can 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.

We’ve extended the deadline to migrate users. 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.

Extracurricular

Delete Sports associated with faculty

Managers are now able to delete a Sport even if it is linked to faculty through their Employment. Previously, faculty had to be removed from a Sport before users could delete it.

API and Integrations

(School) SKY API

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

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