February
February 24 2025
We’re excited to introduce the Student Holds feature in ampEducator, designed to streamline the management of student accounts and provide better control over student access based on various criteria.
- Add Holds: Easily place holds on student accounts for financial, academic, attendance, or other reasons.
- Email Notifications: Notify students automatically when a hold is placed on their account via email.
- Holds Display: A Holds column is now available in the Student List to quickly show which students have holds and what type of hold they have. Holds are also displayed in the Gradebook, Attendance, and Student Portal, ensuring visibility for both instructors and students.
- Automatic Holds: Automatically apply holds for students based on balance, payment plan status, academic performance, or attendance by configuring settings in Institution Config.
- Manage Holds: Holds can be placed, cleared, and tracked with ease, ensuring that students and staff are aware of any restrictions on the student’s account.
- Configure Hold Types: Set up and customize hold types under Institution Config / Students / Holds.
- Enable Automatic Holds: Under Institution Config / Accounts / Status, Students, and Attendance, you can configure automatic holds based on overdue balances, poor academic performance, and attendance.
This new feature enhances the ability to manage student accounts and improve communication between students and staff.
February 10 2025
We’ve rolled out a few exciting updates that will streamline your processes, enhance student engagement, and simplify payment management.
Now, you can process international tuition payments through Convera, a secure platform supporting over 140 currencies and 200+ countries. This makes global payments easier and more seamless for your institution.
You can now mark attendance events as Collaborations, making it easier for instructors to track collaboration-based events within the course. This helps with better engagement and clearer attendance tracking.
With the Course Publishing feature, you can now choose to publish courses either manually or by date in the Course Details section. This update also introduces a “Published” column in the course list for better visibility, making it simpler to track course availability.
Watch the video to see how Collaboration Attendance Events and Course Publishing work in action:
February 3 2025
We’re excited to introduce three new features in ampEducator:
- Tagging Tests: Admins can now define global test tags, complete with color, title, and description. Tags can be assigned in the Edit Test page, and you can assign multiple tags to a single test.
- Filtered Test Selection: When creating or editing a course, instructors can filter tests by tag for a more streamlined selection process.
- Global Accessibility: Tags are globally managed by the admin but can be used across courses, allowing users to better organize and locate specific tests.
- Supports All Question Types: Import Tests now supports all question types, offering greater flexibility when bringing tests into ampEducator.
- Student Portal Access: When enabled, students can view the class list under the Resources tab within the Student Portal.
- Customizable Access: Instructors can choose to share the student’s photo, email, and phone number based on course needs.
- Easy Navigation: Students can easily navigate and view the class list, improving accessibility to course information.
These updates enhance the organization, accessibility, and flexibility of your course materials and student information.