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A Super Spring Clean!

Spring is here, and we've taken a moment to tidy some areas of Hero: Pinned Posts that appeared on 'Older Posts' pages now successfully pin to the top.

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Sep 20, 2023

Spring is here, and we've taken a moment to tidy some areas of Hero:
  • Pinned Posts that appeared on 'Older Posts' pages now successfully pin to the top.
  • List Builder report 'Caregiver Financial Viewing' is back to showing caregivers with financial access.
  • For non-MoE schools, the Destination school will now show in List Builder reports.
  • Groups > All Posts will again show the name of the post proof-reader. Note: this will not backfill those currently missing.
  • Deleted posts no longer prevent notifications being displayed to staff and caregivers.
Along with these, we have given a spruce to recent releases:
A hard refresh is required to view the full results.
  • Shift-F5 for a PC
  • Cmd-Shift-R for a MAC
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Student Name Added to Sickbay Notifications!
Teachers can now instantly see which student has been admitted to the Sickbay, with the addition of the student's name to Sickbay notifications.
Note: As the notification stems from the post title, the name will also appear on the created post.
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'Reason for Absence' Made Mandatory for all Options when Caregivers Utilise Hero's 'Report an Absence' Feature
(Premier package only)
Attendance tracking is a key priority for schools, so to better support this focus, we've extended the mandatory 'Reason for Absence' to sick and late.
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Unexplained Absence Alerts
(New South Wales Schools Only)
To assist with required attendance tracking, teachers will receive automatic alerts when a student absence has been unexplained for a designated number of days.
View the article below for more information on this new feature:
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Create a Group from a List Builder Selection
We've extended your ability to create groups even further.
You can now create a group from any List Builder student selection.
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