Enhancements
Jackrabbit is always improving and adding new features and enhancements. Review the latest
enhancements below and click at the bottom to see more enhancements.
| # | Date | Enhancement | Description |
| 1 | 12/04/18 | Parent Portal - Fixed Fee Messaging for Enrollments | Families with fixed fees will now see messaging in the parent portal when enrolling. This lets them know they have a fixed fee and no fees will be posted at the time of enrollment. It also tells parents the fixed fee amount is subject to change due to the new enrollment and will be reviewed by your organization. See Messaging Example Your organization will receive an email letting you know a family/student with an active fixed fee has enrolled into more classes. This is your notification to review the fixed fee for possible changes. |
| 2 | 12/04/18 | Attendance Improvements in Staff & Parent Portal | Staff Portal has been improved to make it a cleaner and easier experience.*Replaced icons with words See ExampleParent Portal now has the option to show attendance issues. If you\'d like parents to see this information, go to Tools>Parent Portal>Setting to turn it on. See Example |
| 3 | 12/04/18 | Skills Email - Added Notes, Date & Direct Links | The skills email sent to parents now includes the skill note, along with the date the note was updated. We\'ve also added a direct link to the Parent Portal and links to view the skill or watch the skill video. See Skill Email Example |
| 4 | 12/04/18 | New Family Discount Rule | Tuition Discount Rule can now be at the family level. This makes tuition discount rules even more powerful by over-riding the rules associated with the student\'s classes and forcing Jackrabbit to use the family assigned rule insted. See Family Rule Example |
| 5 | 11/20/18 | New Custom Billing Cycle | New Custom Billing Cycles are now available in Tuition Billing Settings\! You can now easily create a custom billing cycle starting from the date of your choice and running anywhere between 1 to 52 weeks. To add a custom billing cycle, click Tools>Edit Settings>Tuition Settings. Then click on Manage Tuition Billing Settings. Visit our Help Center for more information See Tuition Billing Settings Example |
| 6 | 11/20/18 | Post Tuition Fees - Billing Cycle Format Change | Post Tuition Fees\' Billing Cycle start date is now a drop-down list. See Billing Cycle Start Date Example |
| 7 | 11/20/18 | Student Attendance Report - New Summary Option | Student Attendance Report now has a summary option, which will show one row per student. See Student Attendance Report |
| 8 | 11/06/18 | Staff Portal - New Skill Started Icon | Staff Portal has a new icon to represent the Skill Started status. See Skill Started Icon |
| 9 | 11/06/18 | Parent Portal - Added Add/Update Credit Card Address | The Parent Portal now allows parents to add and update their credit card billing address. |
| 10 | 11/06/18 | Skills Email - More Visually Appealing | The Skills email sent to parents is now more visually appealing and mobile responsive. See Skill Email Example |
| 11 | 11/06/18 | Discounting & Prorating - Added to Parent Portal, Quick Registration, Class & Student Enroll Buttons | Automatic discounting & prorating has been added to several places\!*Parent Portal - Parents will see an accurate tuition amount in their cart to see the exactly amount of tuition. Parents can also click on the transaction after it\'s posted to see the calculation details. See Parent Portal Cart |
| 12 | 09/25/18 | Staff Portal - New Attendance Options | Staff Portal has additional attendance options\! These are Late, Left Early, and Observing. This allows staff to correctly represent the student\'s presence in a class. To try it in the staff portal, click the Present button\'s down arrow See New Options in Staff Portal The Student Attendance Report was also updated with new columns for % Late, Left Early, and Observing. This will allow you to quickly and easily identify problems. See Student Attendance Report New Columns |
| 13 | 09/25/18 | Student Attendance Report: Misc Improvements | Student Attendance Report has a few improvements:*New Absence/Attendance button on the student page. This button opens the Student Attendance ReportSee Absence/Attendance button example in a student page |
| 14 | 09/11/18 | Parent Portal: Fees for Waitlisted Classes Not Shown | Parent Portal will no longer show the class tuition fee when a student is waitlisted into a class. |
| 15 | 09/11/18 | Student Attendance Report: Added Class Status | Student Attendance Report now has Class Status as a search criteria See Class Status |
| 16 | 09/11/18 | Class Rolls: Added Parent Last Name | Class Rolls will now show the parent last name. Also, if you track attendance, the Absences/Makeups section will no longer show. |
| 17 | 08/28/18 | P'); arent Portal - Added Staff Nickname | There\'s a new Parent Portal Setting for Show Instructor Nickname. When set to Yes, a new field appears in the Staff page called Public Nickname. When a nickname is entered, the Parent Portal shows the nickname instead of the instructor\'s first and last name. See Parent Portal Setting, See Staff Page, See Parent Portal |
| 18 | 08/28/18 | Calendars - Font changed for dark backgrounds | The calendars (weekly calendar, day view, room view) now use a bold white font when the class\'s background color is dark. This makes it easier to read. See Calendar Example |
| 19 | 08/15/18 | Family Address Listing: Added Email Option | You can now email directly from the Family Address Listing report. Simply check the families to include and click the Email button at the top left of the page. |
| 20 | 08/14/18 | New Term Legacy Skills | A new term has been added to Jackrabbit for Legacy Skills. This is to differentiate between the skills shown at the top of the student\'s Skills tab and the skills shown at the bottom of the page. See Students Skills Tab. The Skills label on the Class Rolls search criteria page was also updated to Legacy Skills. See Class Rolls Search Criteria |
| 21 | 08/14/18 | Staff Portal: Added Grade Level | Staff Portal now shows students\' grade level inside the More button. The layout of the information was also updated to make it easier to read. More button with Grade Level & New Layout |
| 22 | 08/07/18 | New Discounting & Prorating Wizard | A wizard for discounting and prorating tuition is now available to guide you through the set-up\! We also updated the tuition settings page to a simplified look. To see the wizard and the new settings page, go to Tools>Edit Settings and click on Tuition Settings. See Wizard , See Tuition Settings |
| 23 | 08/07/18 | Email Listing Report: Added Column Search Filters | Email Listing now has a search filter in each column to find what you need faster. See Email Listing |
| 24 | 08/07/18 | Family Balance Summary & Contact Listing: Added Email Option | You can now email directly from the Family Balance Summary and Contact listing reports. Simply check the families to include and click the Email button at the top left of the page. See Email Option Example |
| 25 | 07/31/18 | New Student Attendance Report | New Student Attendance Report is now available\! This report gives visibility to the following for each student:*Number of classes for the date rangeTo see the new report, click on the Report option in the top menu and then click New Reports. Find the report, See search criteria, See report |
| 26 | 07/17/18 | Weekly View/Schedule: Name Change to Weekly Calendar | The Weekly View, Weekly Schedule and Monthly Schedule names have changed to Weekly Calendar or Monthly Calendar. See Name Changes |
| 27 | 06/19/18 | Parent Portal: Added Print Skills, Cart Financial Summary | Parent Portal now has the following:*Print Student Skills See Print Skills |
| 28 | 06/19/18 | Parent Portal: Added Print Schedules | Parent portal now has the option to print student schedules\! View Print Schedules |
| 29 | 06/06/18 | Events: New Copy & Edit Options | Events have new copy and edit options\!*New Copy Event Type button See Copy Event Type |
| 30 | 06/06/18 | Edit Settings>Drop-down Lists: Renamed Hide & Private | Edit Setting\'s Drop-down List pages were changed to improve the Hide and Private names, so they are more meaningful to you. The new names are Hide from customers and Hide from users. See New Names |
| 31 | 06/06/18 | Staff Portal: Change to Class Name for Private Classes | Staff Portal\'s Manage Classes list now shows the student name, instead of the class name, when the class max size is 1 and enrollment is also 1. |
| 32 | 06/06/18 | Parent Portal: Added Print, Changed Category Display | Parent Portal now does the following:*Print Class Schedule See Print Schedule |
| 33 | 06/06/18 | Parent Portal: Cart Improvements | Parent Portal\'s Cart is updated to improve the parent experience when enrolling*If you don\'t post tuition fees in the parent portal, parents will not see the cart. Instead they\'ll see a confirmation of enrollment.See example |
| 34 | 06/06/18 | Who\'s Scheduled to Be Here: Multiple Changes | Who\'s Schedule to Be Here report has improved with the following:*Category1 is multi-selectSee New Options |
| 35 | 05/22/18 | Reports Menu: Added Report Categories, Removed Individual Reports | The Report menu no longer shows a long list of individual reports. Instead, it shows report categories, for example Families/Students, Classes/Enrollment, etc. See Report Menu If you don\'t know the category the report you\'re looking for belongs to, click on Find Reports in the Report menu and use the Keyword Search field. You can save any report as a Favorite for quick access. Saving a report as a favorite |
| 36 | 05/22/18 | Time Report: Added Salaried Search Criteria | Time Report has a new search option for Salaried. This includes a drop-down option for Yes, No and No Value. No Value makes it easy to find staff who\'s Salaried field is blank because it hasn\'t been set. See Time Report\'s Salaried Search Criteria |
| 37 | 05/22/18 | Problem Accounts: Added Search Criteria to Several Pages | Several pages have a new search criteria for Include Problem Accounts, with a Yes/No drop-down list. Each page is listed below with it\'s default setting value:*Email/Text Families - default is Yes |
| 38 | 05/15/18 | Parent Portal: New Events Calendar Icon | Parent Portal\'s Find Events page has a new View Calendar icon so parents can see events in the old calendar format. Once a parent selects an event in the calendar, it takes them back to the portal, where they click Add to Cart. See Find Event\'s View Calenard Icon See Event Calendar |
| 39 | 05/15/18 | Parent Portal: Added Class Start Date Options | The Parent Portal\'s Find Classes page has a new class Start Date sort and filter option. See Start Date Sort & Filter The Parent Portal Settings page in your database has a new setting for Show Class Start Date. Your database is set to Yes so there\'s no change for parents. If you change this to No, then all start dates in the parent portal will be hidden. This also hides the new Start Date sort and filter mentioned above. See Show Class Start Date Setting |
| 40 | 05/15/18 | Calendars: Added Class Count | The class calendars now have class count above the calendar to show how many classes exist. This appears in the Weekly View, Room View and Day View. Where are the calendars? Go to your Dashboard and look for the Calendar button towards the top center of your screen. Where\'s the Calendar? See Weekly View Class Count |
| 41 | 05/08/18 | Family Search: Added Total Cards on File column | In Family Search, when Show ePayment Fields is set to Yes, a new Total Cards on File column will display in the report results. This gives you more visibility to how many credit cards each family has saved on file. See Total Cards on File column |
| 42 | 04/30/18 | Parent Portal: Added More Event Filters | Parent Portal\'s Find Events has new filters for Event Type and Days of the Week. See Parent Portal Event Filters |
| 43 | 04/25/18 | Parent Portal: Added Session and Class Start Date | Parent Portal\'s Find Classes page now has the Session and Class Start Date displayed in the class list. See Find Classes |
| 44 | 04/17/18 | Parent Portal: Added Print Transactions | Parent Portal can now print transactions from the Transaction History page. We are working on adding the ability to print from more pages and these will be announced when they are completed. See Parent Portal Print Transactions |
| 45 | 04/10/18 | New Mobile Responsive Parent Portal is Live | We are excited to tell you the new mobile responsive Parent Portal is live\! The new portal has a modern look and adjusts to a mobile-friendly view when using a smartphone or tablet. This makes it easier for your customers to register, make payments and view schedules online. Recommended Procedures: 1.Use email template #108.2 to tell parents the new Parent Portal is now live. Replace the yellow highlighted text with the following link to the parent portal: https://app.jackrabbitclass.com/jr3.0/ParentPortal/Login?orgID=xxxxxx. Make sure to replace the XXXXXX with your Org ID (found under Tools > My Account). See template 108.2 There\'s nothing more for you or your families to do. Here\'s some more detailed information: *Website links to the parent portal don\'t need changed. The old URL automatically redirects to the new URL. |
| 46 | 03/27/18 | New Parent Portal Coming 4/10/2018 | We are excited to tell you the Parent Portal is being updated on April 10th\! We wanted to share the news with you so you can notify your families in advance. The new po'); rtal has a modern look and adjusts to a mobile-friendly view when using a smartphone or tablet. This makes it easier for your customers to register, make payments and view schedules online. We have created two new email templates and a new portal video to send to your families. This is the recommended procedure: *Use email template #108.1 to tell parents the new Parent Portal is coming April 10th.There\'s nothing more either you or your families need to do. When the new portal goes live on April 10th, families will log in as they always have and they\'ll have a nice new portal experience\! |
| 47 | 03/08/18 | Student Enroll Update | The Student Enroll page is updated with the following:*The filters above the grid are changed to column searches. Each of these columns has a drop-down list of options to help you pick the right option.See Student Enroll |
| 48 | 02/20/18 | NEW Twilio Texting Service | Jackrabbit now offers Twilio as another option for sending text messages\! Twilio\'s benefits:*Send more texts daily by purchasing multiple texting numbers.Click Here for Twilio Setup Information |
| 49 | 01/30/18 | NEW EMV Chip Card Terminals | Jackrabbit now supports EMV chip credit card terminals (swipers)\! If you\'re interested Click here for more information |
| 50 | 01/30/18 | Updated Help Center | Jackrabbit\'s help center has a new look\! Saved help center bookmarks need to be updated to open the new help center. Here are a few highlights: *Intuitive, easy to use search |