v55 Major Items

We've summarised some of the big-ticket items in Version 55 below but we've also packed the release with a number of other enhancements and corrections.

Important Resources to Note

Major Items - Feature List

Major Item	Details
Parent Lounge Student UD Areas	Introduction of Student UD Areas to Parent Lounge. Schools will have the ability to make specific UD Areas available in Parent Lounge. Schools will be able to flag specific fields within the UD Areas for display or editing via Parent Lounge
Email Banners	Email Banners will extend on TASS' existing email functionality, allowing Schools to set an Email Banner on emails sent from TASS. This is similar functionality to the existing Email Signature functions.
PTI Enhancements for Online Meetings	Funded enhancement to the Parent Teacher Interview module to allow school administrators and teachers to set a meeting link for Parent Teacher Interviews. Both on a one by one and in bulk. Unlimited breaks within a session A new email option to send Appointment Schedules and Links to Parents and Students A new meeting link in action column at the PTI conference level (Teacher tab) . Bulk update meeting links
Asset Addition via Accounts Payable	Added ability to create an asset when entering an invoice or creating a purchase order in TASS.web.
Deposit Refunds by Electronic Payments	Enhancements to the existing Student Deposit Refunds program to allow refunds to be processed by Direct Credit in addition to Cheque. Introduction of action items for Parent Lounge to allow parents to enter their own details.
Bank Feeds (Phase 2)	Introduction of Bank Feed Rules. This functionality allows users to create rules that will speed up the creation of Cash Book Journals when matching charges or credits appear on the bank statement. Users can now create rules for recurring charges and credits to allow for automatic creation of Cash Book Journals. Rule specific fields: Match on Description Match on amount Transaction type (inherited from transaction)
Additional Approvers for Online Timesheets	Added the ability to have additional approvers for online timesheets, Schools can now have up to four approvers.
Staff Kiosk Current Period banner	The ‘Current Period’ is a new homepage left menu which will display the current timetabled period so teachers can easily see where they’re meant to be.
Flexible Staff Kiosk Homepage	You can now move the ‘My Timetable’ and ‘My Saved Lists’ around in the left menu on the homepage. Previously these items where fixed to the top.
Staff Kiosk My Day View	The ‘My Day View’ is a new homepage left menu which will display todays eDiary Calendar. An quick and easy way to find out what you have on for the day. From the day view, you’ll be able to filter on calendar feeds such as Events, Extra Curricular, Parent Teacher Interviews and more. Users who are a part of multiple Timetables e.g. Junior and Senior, will see an overlay of both.

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v55 Beta Program

Please note, the BETA Program has now concluded for v55.

A BIG 'Thank you' goes out to all the schools who participated in the Version 55 Beta Program.

We appreciate the feedback and collaboration throughout the Program.