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v01.059.03.200

Friendly Release Date

March 7, 2024

General Release Date

March 18, 2024

Major Items

Module

Details

Employment Position & Roles History

TASS.web users can view 'Position Title' History, 'Position Code' History and 'Person Entity Type' details in Payroll HRM > Employee/HR > Employee Information > Employees and Payroll HRM > Payroll > Employee Information > Employees.

Refer to the ‘What's New’ section below and ‘Employees’ on Knowledge Base for more information. 

Calculate Activity Total Scores from the Markbook

A new ‘Activity Total Score’ column is available on the ‘Markbook - Activity Assessment’ screen. 

From the new Activity Total Score ‘hamburger menu’, Staff Kiosk users can Calculate Results, Fill Down, Clear Results, and setup the Calculation Rules.

Refer to ‘Markbook - Enter or Calculate Activity Results’ on the Knowledge Base for more information.

Custom Rolls - Adding Students on the fly

A new 'Add Students' option is available in the 'hamburger' menu of Staff Kiosk program Rollcall > Custom Rolls. 

This option allows users to record attendance for added students when they are not part of the original Custom Rollcall (e.g. a student who got on the incorrect bus). 

  • When a student is added using this method an orange ‘info’ icon appears on the Custom Rollcall screen as a visual cue to indicate that “This student was added at the time of roll marking".

  • If a student is added to another Custom Roll on the same date, an orange ‘clipboard-check’ icon will display on the Custom Rollcall screen next to the student's name. Hover over this icon to reveal which other Custom Roll/s the student has been added to today, and if the roll/s have been marked or not.

Refer to the ‘What's New’ section below and ‘Marking a Custom Roll’ on the Knowledge Base for more information.

Staff Orbit App | General Release Endpoints

New OAuth2 API Application endpoints introduced, and existing endpoints updated for Staff Orbit App General Release.

Rollcall Endpoints
To facilitate Class Rollcall and allow Teachers to mark rolls for substitute classes. 

  • RollCall

  • Save Rollcall

  • Teacher Timetable

  • Rollcall Student Photos

  • Teacher Substitution Attachment

Notifications Endpoints
To allow Staff Orbit users to receive staff notifications, view staff notifications history and other general notifications for students and parents.

  • Acknowledge Staff Notification

  • Notifications List

  • Notification Details

  • Staff Notifications

Calendar and Daily Notices Endpoints

  • School Calendar

  • School Calendar Attachment

Refer to the ‘Staff Orbit Release Notes’ for more information.

Entity/Object names added to Notes modal screen headings

'Notes' and 'Confidential Notes' modal screen headings have been updated to display the ‘entity/object name’ based on 'base' record that was selected in the earlier screen that the user open to access the Notes program. 

The following program areas have been updated:

  • Enrolment > Enrolled Student / Enrolled Parent

  • Parent > Parent/Account Diary in Parent Records/Parent Account Enquiry/Account Diary

  • Teacher

  • Boarder > Notes/Confidential Notes

  • Equipment

  • Accounts Payable > Supplier

  • Fundraising > Donor

  • Fixed Assets

  • Commercial Debtors > Customer

Orbit Firebase HTTP v1 API Changes

New Orbit Push Notifications APIs available to support Firebase HTTP v1 requirements, as the Firebase Legacy Push Notifications API will soon reach it's end of life.  

  • The existing ‘Orbit Push Notifications’ permission point has been updated and renamed to ‘Orbit Parent Push Notifications’.

  • A new permission point is available for ‘Orbit Staff Push Notifications’.

What's New?

Module

Menu

Details

Customer

Reference

Parent Lounge > Accounts & Payments

School Fees Account

Enhancement to Accounts & Payments. Program logic updated to ensure 'Payment Method' and 'Payment Schedule' menu options appear in Parent Lounge when the school has Edstart or Easypay APIs enabled, and the parent has an active Parent Account in TASS.web. 

ROC01

TASS-3104

Staff Kiosk > Assessment

Markbook

Enhancement to Markbook > Activity Assessment.  New ‘Activity Total Score’ column and 'hamburger menu' introduced on the Activity Assessment screen. Visible to users when ‘Calculate Activity Total Score?’ is set to 'Yes' in the Create Activity program. 

MIS01

TASS-2004

Staff Kiosk > Assessment

Markbook

Enhancement to Markbook > Activity Assessment to allow Activity Total Scores to be viewed, modified and calculated within the Markbook program.

MIS01

TASS-2005

Staff Kiosk > Assessment

Markbook

Enhancement to Markbook > Activity Assessment. New 'Calculation Rules' user interface introduced and available in the 'Activity Total Score' column 'hamburger' menu. 

MIS01

TASS-2008

Staff Kiosk > Assessment

Markbook

Enhancement to Markbook > Activity Assessment.  Activity Total Score Statistics available in the Markbook program. 

MIS01

TASS-2052

Staff Kiosk > Pastoral Care

Meetings/

Communications

Enhancement to Meetings/Communications.  New 'info' icon introduced to advise users when Orbit Push Notification are enabled.  The 'info' icon is only visible to users when API28 is licensed, Orbit Push Notifications are enabled, and Entity Type is E.

MIS01

TASS-3062

Staff Kiosk > Pastoral Care

PC Entries

Enhancement to PC Entries.    New 'info' icon introduced to advise users when Orbit Push Notification are enabled.  The 'info' icon is only visible to users when API28 is licensed, Orbit Push Notifications are enabled, and Entity Type is E.

MIS01

TASS-3058

Staff Kiosk > Rollcall

Custom Rolls

Enhancement to Custom Rolls. 'Add Students' option introduced to Custom Rolls > 'Rollcall' action link > 'hamburger menu' with the ability to look up students and add them to the Custom Roll on the fly.

MIS01

TASS-2744

Staff Kiosk > Teacher

Notifications

Enhancement to Notifications. New 'UD Area' filter option introduced on Staff Kiosk Teacher > Notifications > Add Notification screens, allowing Notifications to be sent out to specific UD Area groups.  

MIS01

TASS-2365

Staff Kiosk > Teacher

Notifications

Enhancement to Notifications. New 'View' link introduced in the Actions column of Staff Kiosk Teacher > Notifications, enabling Teachers to view the message details of their listed Notifications in a read-only format.

MTS02

TASS-2814

Staff Kiosk > Rollcall

Custom Rolls

Enhancement to Custom Rolls > Rollcall.  Icons introduced to indicate when a student has been added to a Custom Roll using the 'Add Students' option.  ‘Info’ icon appears when student is added at the time of roll marking.  ‘Clipboard-check’ icon appears when student is added to another Custom Roll on the same date.

MIS01

TASS-2746

TASS.web > General

Scheduled Task

Enhancement to Scheduled Tasks.  New Scheduled Task introduced to send Push Notifications to registered mobile devices using Firebase.  

 MIS01

TASS-3054

TASS.web > Medical Records

Student Illness/Daily Log

Enhancement to Student Illness/Daily Log program to improve load times and performance when retrieving and manipulating data.

MIS01

TASS-2959

TASS.web > Payroll
& Employee/HR

Employees

Enhancement to Employees program. New 'History' link introduced on the 'Payroll Details' tab under the 'Position Code' field. This link allows users to view the selected employee's previous 'Position Codes'.

MIS01

TASS-876

TASS.web > Payroll
& Employee/HR

Employees

Enhancement to Employees program. New 'History' link introduced on the 'General' tab next to the 'Position Title' field.  This link allows users to view the selected employee's previous 'Position Titles'.

MIS01

TASS-877

TASS.web > Payroll
& Employee/HR

Employees

Enhancement to Employees program. New 'Person' tab introduced to view all 'Person Entity Types' that have been setup for the selected employee/person in the TASS database.

MIS01

TASS-878

TASS.web > Student Admin

Student Records
& Parent Records

Enhancement to Student Admin program. Data storage tables and indexes updated to improve program performance when loading and saving Student and Parent records in TASS.web.

RCEO

TASS-2854

TASS.web > Student Records

Student Subject Grid Entry

Enhancement to Student Subject Grid Entry. Year and Class picklists optimised to improve program performance.  

MIS01

TASS-2817

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Enhancement to TASS APIs > CeD3 (API09): 'getStudents' endpoint updated to include 'OfficialFirstNameOnly' response and return data from Student Records > 'First Name' field only.

CEO01

TASS-3024

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Enhancement to TASS APIs > Employee HR (API13): 'getEmployeesDetails' endpoint updated to include Employee 'First Name'.

MIS01

TASS-2950

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API: 'Teacher Timetable' endpoint updated to return timetable data for logged in user, include timetable start date and end date information, and indicate when the user is substituting for another Teacher's class.

MIS01

TASS-2961

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API: 'Staff eDiary' endpoint updated to display the correct Parent Teacher Interview event name and date range. 

MIS01

TASS-3010

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API:  New 'Add Device Data' endpoint introduced for Firebase Notifications.

MIS01

TASS-3059

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API: When 'OAuth Scope - API Access' is changed, all current user sessions will be removed. Users must log in again to access the app.

MIS01

TASS-2996

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Parent API: 'API Setup Details' endpoint.  'Frame Rate' data added to endpoint to enable custom Image Slider transition times in Parent Orbit.  The 'Frame Rate' data is retrieved from TASS.web program Student Admin > Parent Records > Setup Information > Parent Lounge Setup > 'Homepage' tab > 'Frame Rate' field. 

MIS01

TASS-2882

Corrections

Module

Menu

Details

Customer

Reference

Staff Kiosk > Home Page

Video Library

Correction to fix the 403 error that occurred when trying to access the Video Library in Staff Kiosk. 

MIS01

TASS-2973

Staff Kiosk > Assessment

Activity Planner

Correction to calculation of Activity Total Scores in Activity Planner on the 'Assess' screen. Program updated to calculate correct results when Result Format is set to:

  • Activity Assessment Code: non-numeric, Objectives Assessment Methods Code: numeric, and Calculation Rule: Numeric Range.

  • Activity Assessment Code: blank, Objectives Assessment Methods Code: numeric, and Calculation Rule type: non-numeric. 

MIS01

TASS-2463

Staff Kiosk > Assessment

Markbook

Correction to calculation of Activity Total Scores in Markbook. Program updated to use the 'Numeric value to' value from the 'Calculation Rule' instead of the 'sum of the Objective maximum results' when the Objective results are numeric, and the Activity Total Score is non-numeric.

MIS01

TASS-2819

Staff Kiosk > Assessment

Markbook

Correction to the calculation of Activity Total Scores in Markbook to allow the 'Use Addition' Calculation Rules be used for to Activity Total Scores that use Numeric Range Objectives.  

MIS01

TASS-2569

Staff Kiosk > Teacher

Notifications

Correction to Notifications program to improve load times and performance when sending notifications.

IPS02

TASS-2701

Staff Kiosk > Teacher

Requisitions

Correction to Requisitions program to ensure 'Clone' action is available for all requisitions on the 'My Requisitions Searching' screen.

KIN01

TASS-2275

TASS.web > Parent Accounts

Payment Schedules

Correction to Payment Schedules > Parent Instalments screen.   Instalment Date field in Row 0 (Overdue Amount) and Row 1 (Instalment #1) updated to display the correct dates for weekly payments schedules.

MIS01

TASS-2237

TASS.web > Parent Records

Parents

Correction to Parents program to improve load times and performance when populating Communication Log lists.

MIS01

TASS-2837

TASS.web > Payroll

Edit Listing

Correction to Pay Run Preparation > Edit Listing program to ensure 'Superannuation Contribution Cap Warnings' listing displays for all payrolls when an employee's superannuation contributions exceed the Contribution Cap or Early Warning Amount.  

ABB01

TASS-991

TASS.web > Purchasing

Print POs

Correction to Orders > Print PO's program to ensure that all item lines display on the exported PDF document.   

MIS01

TASS-2496

TASS.web > Student Records

Government Returns

Correction to Census (Aus). Total FTE rounded to 1 decimal place for report format to be uploaded to and accepted by SchoolsHub.

AUS13

TASS-1524

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Correction to Microsoft School Data Sync v2.1. Removed blank lines at the end of CSV files.

STP09

TASS-2787

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Correction to OAuth2 API Applications > Parent Orbit API: 'getActivityAssessment' endpoint.  Updated to ensure Curricular Activity Comments appear after Due Date/Time or Delay Date/Time has passed.

MIS01

TASS-3124

TASS.web > Utilities

API Gateway Maintenance

Correction to OAuth2 API Applications: Parent Orbit API: 'getStudentsDetails' endpoint. 'Year Group Description' field information added.  

MIS01

TASS-2822

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