The AdminPlus and District/Diocesan Manager team wishes our schools a great start to the 2020-21 school year! We understand that administrators continue to adapt their schools to the current world situation. To support their efforts, our developers continue to improve our software. We have included several feature fixes and improvements in this build. These updates will help you manage your school's data efficiently.
We always appreciate your feedback, as it helps us decide what to build or improve next. Please feel free to send us your ideas!
| AdminPlus: New Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| AdminPlus Notify App | Using the new AP Notify app, you can send text, voice, and e-mail notifications to students, parents, and staff. Districts/dioceses can now send notifications to the entire district/diocese as well as individual schools. | |
| AdminPlus: Improvements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Improved Excel WIzard Logs | The Excel Wizard's grade-change logs now include changes to course requests. | |
| Improved OneRoster Export | The OneRoster Export tool has a new specification you can use to select course sections for export. | |
| AdminPlus: Feature Fixes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fixed Sustain Export | The Sustain Export now accepts non-standard school year formats. | |
| Fixed Admissions Holding Bin | The Admissions Holding Bin now receives student SuperDB information from AdmissionsPlus for districts/dioceses where schools use a common SuperDB storage location. | |
| Fixed OLF Holding Bin | The Online Forms Holding Bin now performs letter case conversion when you receive student data from Online Form | |
| Fixed Mandatory Field Warnings | Mandatory contact fields now provide a warning if you try to save a contact when the field is empty. | |
| Fixed Student Bulletin | The Student Bulletin now prints the full first name for students without a recorded middle name when the bulletin is set to include middle names. | |
| Fixed Billing Report | The Billing Report Writer no longer prints a blank page when you enable the "All Contacts" specification. | |
| Fixed QuickMail Bcc | QuickMail's Blind Copy feature now functions for the "All Contacts" recipient setting. | |
| Fixed Excel Wizard Attendance Summary | The Excel Wizard Student Transcript export correctly exports the birth date field as a date type field. | |
| Fixed AP OLF Payment Log | The AP Online Forms Payment Log for the Scheduling Year is now moved to the Active Year when you change the Active Year during the end-of-year process. | |
| District/Diocesan Manager: Improvements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Improved Student/Staff Snapshot | The Student/Staff Snapshot now includes a student or staff member's school above their name. | |
| Improved OneRoster Export | The OneRoster Export tool has a new specification you can use to select course sections for export. | |
| District/Diocesan Manager: Feature Fixes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fixed Excel Wizard Attendance Summary | The Excel Wizard's attendance summary functions as intended. | |
| Fixed the District Office Clever Export | The Clever Export tool exports data to Clever for districts where only some schools use study halls. | |
If your school, district, or diocese is not hosted, you can download the update from our Application Downloads page:
AdminPlus New Features
Added an AdminPlus Notify App for Android and iOS
Using our AdminPlus Notify App, you can send text, voice, and e-mail notifications to students, parents, and staff. Districts/dioceses can send notifications to the entire district/diocese as well as individual schools.
To use this app, you need to activate it in AdminPlus. For more information, see Install and Set Up the AP Notify Mobile App.
This app is available for schools with licenses for the AdminPlus Mobile App and AdminPlus Notify.
AdminPlus Improvements
Improved the Excel Wizard Logs
The Course Grade Change Log and Skills Grade Change Log (in Tools > Excel Wizard > Logs) include changes to course requests.
Improved the OneRoster Export Tool
The OneRoster Export tool (in Tools > OneRoster Export > Section Information) has a new specification you can use to select course sections for export.
In the OneRoster Export Specifications dialog box, on the Section Information Tab, click 
next to 1. Use Advanced Course Selection to select sections for export.
AdminPlus Feature Fixes
Fixed Sustain Export for Non-standard School Year Formats
The Sustain Export (in Data Base > Cust DB > Set School Office Suite (SOS) Interface Options) accepts school years that don't follow the standard yyyy-yy (e.g., 2020-21) format.
Fixed Admissions Holding Bin: Receive SuperDB Information
The Admissions Holding Bin (in Data Base > New Files > HB: Admissions) can receive student Super Data Base information from Admissions Plus Pro for districts/dioceses where schools use a common SuperDB storage location.
Fixed Online Forms Holding Bin: Perform Letter Case Conversion
The Online Forms Holding Bin (in Data Base > New Files > HB: Online Registration) performs letter case conversion when you receive student data from Online Forms.
Fixed Mandatory Field Warnings for New Contacts
Mandatory contact fields (in Data Base > Address) provide a warning if you try to save a contact when the field is empty.
Fixed First Names on the Student Bulletin
The Student Bulletin (in Attendance > Enter Daily > Print Bulletin) prints the full first name (up to 25 characters) for students without a recorded middle name even when you set Print Middle Name to Yes on the Print Specification Screen.
Fixed Billing Report Pagination
The Billing Report Writer (in Billing > Report Writer) doesn't print a blank page when you enable the All Contacts specification.
Fixed QuickMail Blind Copy for All Contacts
QuickMail's Blind Copy feature (in E-Mail > QuickMail) functions for a recipient setting of All Contacts.
Fixed the Excel Wizard Student Transcript Export
The Excel Wizard Student Transcript export (in Tools > Excel Wizard > Report Card Plus > Student Transcript) correctly exports the birth date field as a date type field.
Fixed the AP Online Forms Manager Payment Log
The AP Online Forms Payment Log (Tools > AP Online Forms Manager > Payment Log) for the Scheduling Year is moved to the Active Year when you change the Active Year during the end-of-year process. You won't lose any payment log data.
District/Diocesan Manager Improvements
Improved the Student/Staff Snapshot
The Student and Staff snapshots in District/Diocesan Manager includes a student or staff member's school above their name.
Improved the OneRoster Export Tool
The OneRoster Export tool (in District Office > OneRoster Export > Section Information) has a new specification you can use to select course sections for export.
In the OneRoster Export Specifications dialog box, on the Section Information Tab, click next to 1. Use Advanced Course Selection to select sections for export.
District/Diocesan Manager Feature Fixes
Fixed the Excel Wizard Attendance Summary
The Attendance Summary (in Excel Wizard > Attendance Plus > Attendance Summary by Date) functions as intended.
Fixed the District Office Clever Export
The Clever Export tool (in District Office > Clever Export) exports data to Clever for districts where only some schools use study halls. (This issue didn't affect districts where all schools or no schools use study halls.)