v01.059.08.200
^ = exclusive to General Release only.
Major Items
Module | Details |
|---|---|
Pay Code and Accrual Code Setup | Payroll administrators can now specify which Accrual Codes to use for specific Paycodes. A new 'Limit Leave Accruals' checkbox and picklist have been introduced in TASS.web Payroll HRM > Payroll > Payroll Setup > Paycodes tab > create/edit screen. This feature allows users to specify the Accrual Codes they want to include and exclude when running the Calculate Pays program. Refer to 'Paycodes Tab' on the Knowledge Base for more information. |
Events and Payments: Details, Images, and Attachments | The Staff Kiosk Events and Payments program has been updated with new features to improve the Parent Lounge user experience.
Refer to 'Creating/Editing an Event and Payment' on the Knowledge Base for more information. |
Markbook Activity Setup | Activity Setup from webBook has been replicated in the Staff Kiosk Assessment > Markbook and Staff Kiosk Assessment > Enter Results and Comments. This update lets users generate, manage, and assign Assessment Activities directly from the Subject Class Selection screen. Refer to 'Activity Setup' on the Knowledge Base for more information. |
Invoicing an Enrolled Student | Enrolled and non-current students can now have charges and credits applied in the Finance module. The School Shop, Parent Accounts, and related reports have been updated to allow users to apply charges and credits for enrolled students before they start as current students, and for non-current students after they have left. This capability was previously only available for current students. Refer to ‘Sale Entry’ and ‘Charges & Credits’ on the Knowledge Base for more information. |
Generate Push Notifications | A Notifications API has been introduced to allow third-party vendors to create push notifications to the Parent Orbit app via the TASS.web notification system. Refer to 'TASS APIs' on the Knowledge Base for more information. |
Staff Orbit Emergencies | The following endpoints have been added to the Staff Orbit API to support the new Emergencies feature within the Staff Orbit app. ^ Emergencies
A new 'Emergency Types (Setup)' module has been introduced in Staff Kiosk > RollCall. This allows administrators to set up Emergency workflows and default settings for each Emergency Type. A new user permission point has also been added to allow/prevent user access to this module. Refer to 'Emergency Types (Setup)' on the Knowledge Base for more information. |
What's New?
Module | Menu | Details | Customer | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parent Lounge > Accounts & Payments | Events and Payments | Added functionality to display multiple attachments for Event 'Options'. Users can click the paperclip icon to display a list of attachments, then click the attachment name to download or open in a new tab. | MIS01 | TASS-3392 |
Parent Lounge > Accounts & Payments | Events and Payments | An 'Additional Info' field has been introduced. The 'see more'/'see less' links allow users to display more or less information about the event on the screen. | MIS01 | TASS-3390 |
Parent Lounge > Accounts & Payments | Events and Payments | The 'Other Details' section now includes icons for 'Attachments' and 'URL Link'. Users can click the 'paperclip' icon to display a list of attachments, then click the attachment name to download or open in a new tab, and click the 'link' icon to open the URL Link. | MIS01 | TASS-3391 |
Parent Lounge > Accounts & Payments | Events and Payments | When the 'Schedule Portal Publish' option is active in Staff Kiosk, Events and Payments will only appear in Parent Lounge after they have been approved and the 'Schedule Portal Publish' date and time have passed. | MIS01 | TASS-3314 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | An 'Activity Setup' link has been introduced to the Markbook Subject Class Selection Screen. This links to the Activity Setup page for the selected Subject Class. | MIS01 | TASS-3708 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Enhancement to Activity Setup: Action links have been introduced to allow users to 'Edit', 'Unassign', and 'Change Dates' for Assessment Activities currently assigned to the Subject Class. A 'New Activity' button has been introduced to create Activities for the selected Subject Class. | MIS01 | TASS-3814 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Enhancement to Activity Setup: 'Assign' action links have been added to the 'Unassigned' and 'Past Activities' sections. These links allow users to assign the Activity to the selected Subject Class for the Reporting Period. | MIS01 | TASS-3838 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Enhancement to Activity Setup: 'Delete' action links have been added to the 'Unassigned' and 'Past Activities' sections. These links allow users to delete Activities when they have not already been assigned to a Subject Class. | MIS01 | TASS-3844 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Enhancement to Activity Setup: 'Edit' action links have been added to the 'Unassigned' and 'Past Activities' sections. These links allow users to edit activity details for unassigned and past activities. | MIS01 | TASS-3832 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook Enter Results and Comments | Enhancement to Activity Assessment. A new 'Include Non-Current Students' filter has been introduced to view both current and non-current students in the Activity Assessment grid. | STP01 | TASS-1468 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Enhancement to automatically update Student Activity Status in Markbook. The Student's Activity Status will update to 'Assessed' when all Activity Objective results and the Activity Total Score (if enabled) are entered into Markbook. When the Student's Activity Status is 'Assessed', and an Activity Objective result or the Activity Total Score (if enabled) is removed, the Activity Status will change back to 'Submitted/Completed'. | CAR02 | TASS-498 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | The webBook Activity Setup 'Assigned' section has been replicated in Markbook. This section lists all of the Assessment Activities assigned to the selected Subject Class for the selected Reporting Period. | MIS01 | TASS-3808 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | The webBook Activity Setup 'Past Activities' section has been replicated in Markbook. This section lists the Assessment Activities that have previously been assigned to the same Subject Code and Year Group but have not been assigned to the class in the selected Reporting Period. | MIS01 | TASS-3826 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | The webBook Activity Setup 'Unassigned' section has been replicated in Markbook. The 'Unassigned' section lists the Assessment Activities that have been assigned to the selected Reporting Period but have not been assigned to the selected Subject Class. | MIS01 | TASS-3820 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | A new 'Additional Details' field with rich text editor has been introduced on the Events and Payments > New/Edit screen. Users can add headings, use bold or italics, add and edit links, insert images, undo and redo, use bullet lists and ordered lists, and convert text from a list format back to a standard paragraph format. | MIS01 | TASS-3387 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Additional database tables have been added to improve the functionality of attachments within the program. | MIS01 | TASS-3671 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Data migration for Events and Payments Attachments. Attachment data has been relocated to a new secure database storage area. | MIS01 | TASS-3316 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Enhancement to Approve screen. A new 'Schedule Portal Publish' field has been introduced. This allows approvers to control when event/payment information is published in Parent Lounge and Student Café. | MIS01 | TASS-3389 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Enhancement to Approve screen. Multiple attachments can be added on the Events and Payments > Hamburger Menu > Approve screen. | MIS01 | TASS-3544 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Enhancement to Delete functionality. The Events and Payments program has been updated to ensure that all attachments are deleted when the parent Event is deleted via Events and Payments > Hamburger menu > Delete. | MIS01 | TASS-3727 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Enhancement to Events and Payments. When an event is cloned, a copy of the original event's attachments will be created and added to the new event. If the 'Clone Notes' or 'Clone Event Options' checkboxes are selected, copies of any Notes and/or Options attachments will also be copied to the new event. | MIS01 | TASS-3902 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Enhancement to New/Edit screen. A new 'Schedule Portal Publish' field has been introduced. This allows approvers to control when event/payment information is published in Parent Lounge and Student Café. | MIS01 | TASS-3388 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Enhancement to New/Edit screen. Multiple attachments can be added on the Events and Payments > New/Edit screen. | MIS01 | TASS-3386 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Enhancement to Notes functionality. Multiple attachments can now be added on the Events and Payments > Hamburger Menu > Notes > New/Edit Notes screen. | MIS01 | TASS-3542 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | Enhancement to Options screen. Multiple attachments can be added on the Events and Payments > Hamburger Menu > Options. | MIS01 | TASS-3543 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | The 'Events and Payments Details' field on the New/Edit screen has been relabelled 'Events and Payments Title'. | MIS01 | TASS-3385 |
Staff Kiosk > Events | Events and Payments | When an image is added to the 'Additional Information' field on the New/Edit screen, the validation messages have been updated to refer to 'Image', and the maximum file size in MB is displayed. The acceptable file types have also been updated to png, jpg, jpeg, gif, and web formats. | MIS01 | TASS-3874 |
Staff Kiosk > RollCall | Emergency Types (Setup) | A new 'Emergency Types (Setup)' module has been introduced in Staff Kiosk > RollCall. This allows administrators to set up Emergency workflows and default settings for each Emergency Type. A new user permission point has also been added to allow/prevent user access to this module in TASS.web > System Admin > Users. | MIS01 | TASS-4254 |
Staff Kiosk > RollCall | Emergency Types (Setup) | A new 'Emergency Types (Setup)' menu item and user interface have been introduced in Staff Kiosk > RollCall. This allows administrators to set up Emergency workflows and default settings for each Emergency Type. A new user permission point has also been added to enable/prevent user access to this module in TASS.web > System Admin > Users. ^ | MIS01 | TASS-4254 |
Student Café > My Activities | Events and Payments | When the 'Schedule Portal Publish' option is active in Staff Kiosk, Events and Payments will only appear in Student Café after they have been approved and the 'Schedule Portal Publish' date and time have passed. | MIS01 | TASS-3725 |
TASS.web > General Ledger | Bank Reconciliation | Enhancement to ensure that Bank Accounts that are closed or are no longer in use do not appear on the Bank Account Dashboard. | HIL01 | TASS-2667 |
TASS.web > Parent Accounts | Billing Cycle | Enhancement to Parent Statements. The 'Parent Statements Report' has been updated to include enrolled student names and status details where charges or credits have been assigned. | MIS01 | TASS-3102 |
TASS.web > Parent Accounts | Charges & Credits | Enhancement to the Parent Code field. Updated to ensure that the Parent Code automatically populates when an Enrolled Student is selected in the Student Code field on the New/Edit screen. | MIS01 | TASS-3714 |
TASS.web > Parent Accounts | Charges & Credits | Enhancement to Charges & Credits. The Parent Lookup function has been updated to allow users to search for and allocate charges and credits to enrolled students, current students and non-current students. | MIS01 | TASS-3098 |
TASS.web > Parent Accounts | Charges & Credits | Enhancement to Charges & Credits. The Student Code drop-down has been updated to include Student Status details. | MIS01 | TASS-2630 |
TASS.web > Parent Accounts | Listings & Reports | Enhancement to Parent Transactions Report. The report format has been updated to include enrolled student names when charges or credits have been assigned to enrolled students. | MIS01 | TASS-3420 |
TASS.web > Parent Accounts | Listings & Reports | Enhancement to the Ledger Trial Balance report. When the 'Include Student Details' checkbox is ticked on the 'Print' tab, the report will contain a Student Status details to indicate if the student is enrolled, current or non-current. If the student has yet to enter the school, Date of Entry (DoE) and Year Group will be also be displayed. | MIS01 | TASS-3160 |
TASS.web > Parent Accounts | Listings & Reports | Enhancement to the Ledger Trial Balance report. A new 'Print A/C's with Enrolled Students only' checkbox has also been introduced on the 'Print' tab, which allows users to generate the Ledger Trial Balance without Current and Non-Current Student data. | MIS01 | TASS-3160 |
TASS.web > School Shop | Setup Information | Enhancement to On Hold Maintenance. Two new columns, 'Status' and 'Date of Entry', have been added to the grid and the export (accessed via the Print button). | MIS01 | TASS-3101 |
TASS.web > School Shop | Setup Information | Enhancement to On Hold Maintenance. The Student Lookup (accessed via the 'New Hold' button), has been enhanced with the ability to search for and filter by enrolled students, current students, and non-current students. | MIS01 | TASS-3101 |
TASS.web > Payroll | Calculate Pays Timesheets > Calc Pay | Enhancement to Calculate Pays: When calculating pays, any selected Paycode 'Accrual Code Limits' are now included in the Leave Accrual calculations, and any unselected codes are excluded. | MIS01 | TASS-3396 |
TASS.web > Payroll | Payroll Setup | Enhancement to Payroll Setup > Paycodes tab: A new 'Limit Accrual Codes' checkbox and picklist have been introduced on the create/edit screen. Users can now specify which Accural Codes to include and exclude from calculations for the Paycode when the Calculate Pays program is run. | MIS01 | TASS-3395 |
TASS.web > School Shop | Listings & Reports | Enhancement to Transactions Detail Report. The report format has been updated to include the student’s 'Status' (Current, Non-Current or Enrolled) and ‘DoE’ or ‘Entry Year' based on the status. | MIS01 | TASS-3099 |
TASS.web > School Shop | Period End | Enhancement to Student/Family Statements. The 'Family Statements' and 'Student Statements' reports have been updated to include the student’s 'Status' (Current, Non-Current or Enrolled) and ‘DoE’ or ‘Entry Year' based on the status. | MIS01 | TASS-3100 |
TASS.web > School Shop | General | Enhancement to School Shop. The Parent Lookup control now includes details for enrolled, current and non-current students, a 'Date of Entry' column and a 'Status' column in the following program areas:
| MIS01 | TASS-3735 |
TASS.web > School Shop | Shop Transactions | Enhancement to Sale Entry > Sale Type = Student Sale. Updated to display Student Status details in the module header when a student is selected via the Lookup or Search/Input. | MIS01 | TASS-3726 |
TASS.web > School Shop | Shop Transactions | Enhancement to Sale Entry > Sale Type = Student Sale. The tooltip for the 'question mark' icon on the Student Code field has been updated to provide clear guidance on searching for students during the sale entry process. | MIS01 | TASS-3210 |
TASS.web > School Shop | Various | The Student Lookup function has been updated to allow users to search for and allocate charges to enrolled students whose enrolment status matches or exceeds the minimum enrolment status defined in the Enrolments Setup > Enrolments tab in the following program areas:
| MIS01 | TASS-2385 |
TASS.web > School Shop | Various | The Student Search/Input function has been updated to allow users to search for and allocate charges to enrolled students, current students and non-current students in the following program areas:
| MIS01 | TASS-2382 |
TASS.web > School Shop | Various | The Student Code drop-down has been updated to include Student Status details in the following program areas:
| MIS01 | TASS-2630 |
TASS.web > Student Admin | Enrolments Setup | Enhancement to the Enrolments tab. The ‘Enrolment Status for Parent Lounge access’ field has been renamed ‘Minimum Enrolment Status for ‘Parent Only’ transfers’. This field also has a new ‘question mark’ icon and tooltip that says, ‘Enrolled Students with this status will be accessible in Parent Lounge AND can be billed from School Shop and/or Parent Accounts.’ | MIS01 | TASS-2381 |
TASS.web > Student Records | SCSA Processing (WA) | Enhancement to OFCOS Report to ensure that courses assigned to Semester/Term 3 or 4 appear in the report when the school is term-based. | LIV02 | TASS-4170 |
TASS.web > Teacher Records | Daily Substitutions | Enhancement to improve program performance and load times in the Daily Substitutions program. The program now fetches data for the selected month - 1 week + 2 weeks instead of using dates to generate calendar information. ^ | MIS01 | TASS-4587 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Parent API. A new 'getParentNotifications' endpoint has been introduced, which allows third-party vendors to generate push notifications within TASS.web via the new TASS API called 'Notifications' (API30). | MIS01 | TASS-3186 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API. The 'getCustomRollDetail' endpoint has been updated to include details on student absences. ^ | MIS01 | TASS-4263 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API. The 'setLeaveApps' endpoint has been updated to allow substitutions for Teachers when submitting leave applications. ^ | MIS01 | TASS-4501 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API. A new 'getEmergencies' endpoint has been introduced to support the Emergency workflow in the Staff Orbit app. ^ | MIS01 | TASS-4248 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API. A new 'getEmergencySetup' endpoint has been introduced to support the Emergency workflow in the Staff Orbit app. ^ | MIS01 | TASS-4247 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API. A new 'getEmergencyStudents' endpoint has been introduced to support the Emergency workflow in the Staff Orbit app. ^ | MIS01 | TASS-4249 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API. A new 'setAccountedFor' endpoint has been introduced to support the Emergency workflow in the Staff Orbit app. ^ | MIS01 | TASS-4250 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API. A new 'setEmergencies' endpoint has been introduced to support the Emergency workflow in the Staff Orbit app. This endpoint allows staff to create and end emergencies and automatically generate custom rolls based on predefined criteria. ^ | MIS01 | TASS-4246 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Staff API. The 'getNotifications' endpoint has been updated to support the new TASS API called 'Notifications' (API30). | MIS01 | TASS-3187 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to TASS APIs. A new 'Notifications' API (API30) has been introduced, which allows third-party vendors to generate push notifications within TASS.web and send them to parents via the Parent Orbit app. | MIS01 | TASS-3184 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Enhancement to TASS APIs: Update to allow the new 'Notifications' API (API30) to be selected on the TASS API's screen. | MIS01 | TASS-3740 |
TASS.web > Utilities | TASS Licencing | Enhancement to TASS Licensing: Update to allow user licences to be applied for the new 'Notifications (API30)' API. | MIS01 | TASS-3741 |
Corrections
Module | Menu | Details | Customer | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Correction to Activity Assessment. Update the program logic to ensure no server errors occur when Activity data cannot be found. | WHI02 | TASS-3896 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook Enter Results and Comments | Correction to Activity Assessment. Update to ensure that the [SUBJECT] keyword populates correctly when used in an Activity Comment. | CEO01 | TASS-3179 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Correction to Activity Assessment. Update to fix rounding errors in non-numeric to non-numeric calculations using Method 1 or Method 2 in non-addition mode. | MIS01 | TASS-4061 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Correction to Enter Results and Comments and the Results Grid. Update to ensure that all students in a class appear, regardless of their year level in a unitised timetable environment. | STM06 | TASS-3674 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Correction to Enter Results and Comments. Update to ensure that comments save and display correctly for non-current students. | STP20 | TASS-2305 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Correction to Enter Results and Comments. A fix was applied to prevent the loss of comments when selecting "Yes" to the save unsaved data prompt. | WES01 | TASS-3940 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Correction to Enter Results and Comments. Update to the 'Print' feature to ensure that all filters applied to the user interface are carried through to the printed report. | MAC03 | TASS-2404 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Correction to Enter Results and Comments. Update to the 'Search and Replace' button, allowing users to access this feature without encountering the "You do not have permission to view" message. | STG01 | TASS-4004 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Correction to Results Grid. Update the 'Include Non-Current Students' filter to allow entering and modifying results in the grid for non-current students. | CEO01 | TASS-3897 |
Staff Kiosk > Assessment | Markbook | Correction to Results Grid. Update to ensure that the 'Student Code' and 'Student Name' columns display correctly in the Results Grid when there are more than 20 Objectives on the screen. | MIS01 | TASS-3778 |
TASS.web > Academic Reporting | Generate Student Reports | Correction to ensure that Activities appear on Academic Reports for students who attend multiple campuses when Activity Options are enabled. | PAC02 | TASS-4115 |
TASS.web > Academic Reporting | Generate Student Reports | Correction to ensure that all numbers, including whole values, print with the correct decimal places on reports. | GOO01 | TASS-3647 |
TASS.web > Attendance | Generate/Send Notifications | Correction to Attendance Notifications: If an invalid Parent Orbit device ID is detected, an error message will be logged, and further attempts to resend the notification will be prevented. | MIS01 | TASS-4182 |
TASS.web > Parent Accounts | Charges & Credits | Correction to save the 'Save' button to prevent a double-clicking issue when applying credits. The save button on the credit application page is now disabled after being clicked to ensure that the form cannot be submitted twice. | MIS01 | TASS-4128 |
TASS.web > Parent Accounts | Receipts | Correction to prevent the over-application of receipt amounts and discounts during the 'Apply' process. The program now limits the total distribution of a discount to its value. | MIS01 | TASS-4175 |
TASS.web > Payroll | Payroll Setup | Correction to resolve an issue where an infinite loop occurred after clicking or tabbing out of the 'Abbreviation Code' field without input. | MIS01 | TASS-4147 |
TASS.web > Users | Orbit Dashboard | Correction to Parent Statistics > Total Parents not Registered. Update to resolve the internal server error that occured for Split Family Access (SFA) parents with the same mobile number. | CEO01 | TASS-3906 |
TASS.web > Users | Orbit Dashboard | Correction to Parent Statistics > Total Parents not Registered. Program logic updated to check both Mobile Phone 1 and Mobile Phone 2 for valid SMS-enabled mobile numbers, and fix an Oops! error that occurred for split families where both parents have mobile 1 and 2 enabled for SMS and mobile 2 is a linked mobile. | BAL01 | TASS-3862 |
TASS.web > Users | Orbit Dashboard | Correction to Parent Statistics > Total Parents not Registered. Update to ensure that complex split parents' mobile numbers are recognised when enabled for SMS on the Parent Record. | CEO01 | TASS-4079 |
TASS.web > Users | Orbit Dashboard | Correction to prevent an internal server error message from appearing when an SMS is sent to multiple parent users. | MIS01 | TASS-4220 |
TASS.web > Utilities | API Gateway Maintenance | Correction to OAuth2 API Applications > Orbit Parent API. The 'getStudentMedicalIllnesses' endpoint has been updated to ensure Medical Conditions appear as per the Parent Lounge Flag set in TASS.web Student Admin > Medical Records > Setup Information > Medical Setup. | MIS01 | TASS-4450 |
TASS.web > Utilities | Email Settings | Correction to System Email Templates. The 'Payment Schedules Bulk Update' has been updated to ensure that the 'Instalments' and 'Transactions' keywords are formatted correctly in the email template. | MIS01 | TASS-4094 |
TASS.web > Utilities | TASS Software Update | Correction to the TASS update processes to improve compatibility with older versions of SQL and reduce potential update issues. | ISL02 | TASS-4430 |