Enhancements

Jackrabbit is always improving and adding new features and enhancements. Review the latest
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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.

#	Date	Enhancement	Description
1	06/25/19	Student Photos - Added in Parent Portal	Parent Portal now shows student photos and allows the parent to upload their own photo\! Additional benefits are: the photo also shows in the Clock and adding photos in Jackrabbit Care was improved to be more user friendly. See Parent Portal Edit Photo Blog for more information
2	06/25/19	New Tax ID	A new Tax ID field has been added\! This allows you to enter your tax ID number so it can appear on receipts, statements and parent portal transaction lists. You also have the ability to name the field yourself. To see this, go to Edit Settings>Tools>Org Defaults. See Tax Id Fields Blog for more information
3	06/18/19	Discounting & Prorating Tuition - New Settings	Tuition Fee Settings has two new settings so you can choose how to calculate tuition from web registration, quick registration, enroll button/links, and parent portal: How to count multi-class discounts across different Sessions Category 1 values Tuition Discount Rules How to add hours across Sessions Category 1 values See New Tuition Settings Blog for more information
4	06/18/19	Families Search - Added Email	Families Search can now send emails\! To do so, select the individual families or use the Email All checkbox at the top of the column. Then click the Email button. See Families Search Email
5	05/20/19	Aged Accounts Details: Several Improvements	Aged Accounts Details has been improved with the following: Search by Transaction Type Search by Subtype See the Billing Contact Email, Transaction Type and Subtype in report columns Email directly from the report See Aged Accounts Details
6	05/20/19	Class Skills/Levels Report: Several Improvements to the Worksheet Display	Class Skill/Levels Report Worksheet display has new options\! Display Enroll Type Display Birthdays in the next X Days \'Include Skills without a date started\' can now be changed to \'Yes\' See Class Skills/Levels Report Blog for more information
7	05/07/19	Transaction Search - Added Mass Edit	Search Transactions can now edit multiple transactions at once\! To do so, run the transaction search and individually select the transactions you want to edit or use the Edit All checkbox at the top of the column. You\'ll then see a blue message'); box with an edit icon on the right. Click this edit icon to change the transactions. See Transactions Mass Edit Blog for more information
8	05/07/19	Online Web Registration - Added Show/Hide Class Information	Online Web Registration Settings now have the ability to hide class information on the registration form, including instructor nickname, openings and start/end dates. To do so, go to Tools>Online Web Registration>Settings and look for the new Show/Hide Class Information on the Registration form section. See Show/Hide Class Information Blog with more information
9	04/23/19	Transaction Subtypes - Added Hide Option	Hide Transaction Subtypes you\'re no longer using to reduce errors. To do so, go to Tools>Edit Settings>Drop-Down Lists and select Transaction Subtypes. See Hide Transaction Subtypes Blog with more information
10	04/23/19	Masking Personal Information	For continued protection of sensitive information, we\'re now masking these fields: Staff>Compensation tab>SSN (social security number) See Masked SSN Family>Billing Info tab>Enter/Edit New Card # See Masked CC# Blog with more information
11	04/03/19	Enrolling Students - Improved Workflow	Enrolling students is now easier with several improvements made to the workflow. For more information, use the blog links below: Blog Information Part 1 Blog Information Part 2
12	04/03/19	Express Payroll Improvements	Several improvements have been made for Express Payroll clients: Staff ID will be automatically populated when a staff person is created Export to Payroll has 2 new options: Export Staff Details - Export staff details to send to your payroll company See Export Staff Details Payroll Codes - Add payroll codes as a column in the export to payroll file. Use these to enter flat wage payroll items, such as birthday parties, competitions, etc See Payroll Codes
13	04/03/19	Post Tuition Fees - Added Category 1,2,3 as a Class Filters when post by Class Fee	Post Tuition Fees, when posting by class fee, now has Category 1,2,3 as a class filters. This allows you to target your families easier and ensure you are posting fees to the right people. See PTF Cat 1,2,3 Blog with more information
14	04/03/19	Staff Search - Added Email	Staff Search now has the ability to email staff from the search results list. See Staff Search Email Option Blog with more information
15	04/03/19	Email Template: Added Search	Email Templates now has the ability to search by template name to make finding the template quick and easy. See Email Templates Search Blog with more information
16	03/19/19	Staff Portal - Added Email Reply Option	When a staff person is allowed to send emails from the staff portal, there\'s a new option to have the email replies be sent to the staff person\'s email, instead of the organization email. This setting is found either in Staff Portal>Settings>Edit All Staff Portal Settings or in each person\'s Staff Record>Portal Settings tab. See Setting If you haven\'t started using the staff portal, use the Staff Portal Guided Set Up to get it up and running. Blog with more information
17	03/19/19	List All/Active Classes - Improved Tuesday & Thursday Filters	Filtering classes by Tuesday and Thursday is now easier\! Simply use Tu to search for Tuesday classes and Th for Thursday classes. Blog with more information
18	03/19/19	Fee Summary Report - Added Summary	The Fee Summary Report now has a Summary option which summarizes fees for each Category 1 and Transaction Type. See Summary Setting, See Summary View
19	03/07/19	Paid Fees : Added Fee Date Search Criteria	Paid Fees now has Fee Date From/Through as a search criteria\! This will helps schools using accrual accounting, to make adjustements for: Payments received after the cut-off date for a revenue period, eg., month end or year end See Settings Example Prepayments received See Settings Example Blog with more information
20	03/07/19	Class Skills/Levels Report - New Progress Report Option	Class Skills/Levels Report has a new progress report option\! This report includes: An overall skills status bar Status bar for how many skills have been started, tested and attained A legend for started, tested and attained Each skill and sub-skills\' status Your logo See New Progress Report To see the progress report in your database, go to the Class Skills/Level Report and in the Display Settings Section, select I would like a skills progress report. See Skills Progress Report Setting Blog with more information
21	02/19/19	Scheduled Emails - Added Send Now Option	Scheduled Emails now has the ability to send a s'); cheduled email now. To do this, go to Scheduled Emails and click the new Send icon See New Send Icon Then click the Send Now button See Send Now Option Blog with more information
22	02/19/19	Student Attendance Report - Added Setting	Student Attendance Report has a new display setting option to Ignore class start and end dates. This is helpful to those who run perpetual classes, meaning their classes don\'t have end dates and the same classes are used indefinitely. This allows more attendance history to be displayed. See New Setting, Blog with more information
23	01/29/19	Email Families: Search Criteria Change	Email Families now has the Enrollment Status search criteria grouped together and moved to the top. Also, if you select search criteria which doesn\'t work together, Jackrabbit recognizes this and will notify you with an on-screen alert. See Email Families Changes
24	01/29/19	NEW Fee Summary Report	A new Fee Summary Report was created to help you easily see what has been paid and what is still owed. Highlights about the new report: Simple format provides valuable information using the Transaction Date Easy to read - only one row per fee Amount paid column includes all account credits, not just the payment View accounts receivable by a specific Category 1 or Transaction Type See Fee Summary Report
25	12/20/18	New Makeup Expiration Date	New makeup expiration date option is now available to you\! Go to Tools>Edit Settings and in the Student Settings section, you\'ll see the following options: No expiration date - they can makeup the missed class at any time Based on a time limit - # days, weeks, months *Until the last day of the session See Makeup Expiration Setting
26	12/20/18	Family ePayment Listing: Add email from grid	Family ePayment Listing now gives you the ability to send an email from the results page, to make contacting families easier.
27	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.
28	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 Example Added Attendance button to shows the student\'s attendance history. This makes it easier to identify any attendance issues. See Example Parent 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
29	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
30	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
31	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
32	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
33	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
34	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
35	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.
36	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
37	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 Quick Registration - Jackrabbit calculates the discounted and prorated tuition in the Post Enrollment Fees page so your front desk doesn\'t have to\! See Quick Registration Post Enrollment Fees Class Detail\'s Enroll button - Similar to Quick Registration, the Post Enrollment Fees page calculates the discounted and prorated tuition. Student Detail\'s Enroll button - Similar to Quick Registration, the Post Enrollment Fees page calculates the discounted and prorated tuition.
38	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
39	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 Report Button also added to the class page *Instructor list now separates active and inactive instructors. Active instructors sort to the top See Absence/Attendance button example in a student page
40	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.
41	09/11/18	Student Attendance Report: Added Class Status	Student Attendance Report now has Class Status as a search criteria See Class Status
42	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.
43	08/28/18	Parent 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
44	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
45	08/15/18	Family Address Listing: Added Email Option
46	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
47	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
48	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
49	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
50	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

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