23 December, 2021
This is a small but important release that updates several packages in the Linewize Connect for Windows agent that may have been susceptible to the log4j vulnerability. We will be rolling this update to all users automatically from today (23rd of December 2021, starting at 2:30 pm AEST). We strongly encourage you to ensure that all Windows devices using Connect have been updated to 3.1.2.
We’re also fixing an issue in this release that stopped the text-to-speech Chrome plugin Co.Writer from working when Man in the Middle (MITM) is enabled.
23 December, 2021
We have introduced more improvements to the Advanced Connection Search to help you generate reports more quickly and accurately. We have also introduced improvements to the emailed reports and squashed a few bugs.
The Advanced Search Report is on limited release to our Early Access Schools. To know more about this feature, contact Linewize Support (United States (844-723-3932) | Australia 1300 687 052 | New Zealand 0800 445 206).
The Advanced Connection Search now features more accurate report generation.
The date picker now lets you choose a specific date range for generating Advanced Search Reports. Instead of selecting from a preset number of days, you can now specify the date range which results in more accurate and faster report generation. Should you reach the limit on the data set, the application will prompt you to adjust the parameters.
When you open Advanced Connection Search the date picker will show the current date by default, allowing for a more efficient and relevant report generation. And when you refresh or go back to the page, the date picker will still automatically select the current date.
The dropdown lists which set the parameters for generating reports now more accurately reflect the selected date range. The options available in the dropdown lists increase or decrease according to the date range that you have selected.
The options for each dropdown reflects the available options that occur within the selected date range. If an option is not available in the drop down list, then that option did not occur within the specified date range.
We have introduced several improvements to the Emailed Reports to give you a better user experience, including giving a crisper look to the Linewize logos in Red Flag Alert and Filtering Alert emails. We have also removed extra spaces to give our Rate Limiting emails a better look and feel.
To prevent accidental opening of filtered sites, we removed the hyperlinks from the URLs that are included in Email Alerts. When you receive a new Email Alert, the URL provided in the message will be in plain text instead of linked text.
An additional upcoming update will remove the hyperlinks from URLs for Red Flag emailed reports.
We have fixed an issue with OneRoster Oauth2, which caused importing data to fail. Data integration through Oauth2 now works and presents no issue.
We have fixed an issue with a shared library which previously crashed and prevented School Manager from sending important email alerts that contained unicode characters.
6 December, 2021
This release of School Manager introduces an update to the Knowledge Drawer by making it context-sensitive.
When you select Help on the toolbar, the Knowledge Drawer immediately presents links to help articles that are relevant to the School Manager screen that you are viewing. Previously, users had to refresh the screen to access the relevant guides on the Knowledge Drawer.
3 December, 2021
This week’s release is just a quick one to make some improvements for our schools that have Chat enabled.
25 November, 2021
This release of School Manager features improvements to the Red Flag and Filter Alert emails.
We’re making sure that email alerts and reports help you jump quickly into School Manager whenever you need to take action immediately. Once you have reviewed the emails, simply scroll down the page to find the Sign in to School Manager link.
School Manager email alerts and reports now include links to help guides that are relevant to the reports. Simply select How to use this report on the footer for instant access to our knowledge base articles.
If you want to speak or chat to our technical support specialists, select Contact Support.
The Red Flag and Filter email alerts now have a more consistent and modern appearance, featuring branding elements, such as background colors, logos, and alert or report type. The new design ensures it’s easier for you to scan the message without missing relevant information.
19 November, 2021
We’ve got a bumper update for you this time, containing a lot of work we’ve done over the past few months to improve Classwize and release new features.
The big news is that we've been rolling out our new Classwize Chat feature to schools that have a Chrome environment. Classwize Chat allows teachers to direct-message students in their current class without letting students chat with each other.
We’ve also continued to make big improvements to the Live View feature by adding the ability to take high-quality, time-stamped screenshots of students’ screens!
If you’re not at a school with Chat or Live View yet, don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten about you! We’re working hard to bring these features to you. In the meantime, we have made improvements to your Classwize experience, including making Google Maps much more responsive for your students.
11 November, 2021
This release contains a fix that was affecting the behavior of the “What’s New” icon on the School Manager dashboard, as well as an update to the date picker behavior.
The date picker now defaults to the current date. In addition, when a user selects a different date, their date selection will appear on all subpages, and School Manager will retain the date until the user picks another date, logs out, or closes the School Manager screen.
We have fixed an issue with the “What’s New” icon on the toolbar, where the icon would move around the screen while the user scrolls through the application. This icon now remains stationary.
3 November, 2021
We continue to introduce improvements to School Manager by giving you quicker access to help documentation. We have also renamed some of Classwize’s configuration items within School Manager.
We have made it easier for you to access Help pages by embedding links to documentation within School Manager. Access our feature and and how-to guides by clicking the Help button at the top of the interface, and the knowledge drawer will appear on the side.
The knowledge drawer opens with document categories and you can also use the Search feature to instantly locate the most relevant articles.
We have given several configuration elements of the School Manager application that control Classwize functionalities a new name.
These elements have been renamed to better clarify their use, and when you navigate to Configuration > Classwize, you will notice that:
We have fixed an issue where the list of teachers who have signed in to the application includes non-teachers. This correction now only allows teacher sign-ins to be displayed on the list.
14 October, 2021
We continue to add improvements to School Manager with the release of Advanced Connection Search, updates to emailed reports’ look and feel, and bug fixes to Safe Search display issues and LDAP configurations.
ACS is a new feature that allows users to generate connection data reports to help them troubleshoot issues with access, conduct forensic analysis, and build detailed usage reports. Data generated in the reports are based on the device’s timezone, and users have the option to select child devices from the Device Selection menu.
Access to ACS data is limited to users with Owner/Global, Filtering/Reporting, and Global Support administrator roles.
ACS is on limited release to our Early Access Schools. For more information about this feature, contactFor more information about this feature, contact Linewize Support (United States (844-723-3932) | Australia 1300 687 052 | New Zealand 0800 445 206).
The device ID has been removed from the Weekly and Welfare Report emails. Users now receive emailed reports that look better and are easier to use.
We tweaked our naming conventions a little by renaming the Student Journey Report to User Journey Report, referring not only to students but also to other users within the School Manager Network.
We’ve corrected an issue with the Safe Search configurations where the modal appeared broken when group criteria is used. The modal now displays correctly.
We’ve corrected an issue with the LDAP configuration that occurred whenever the port text was removed. The configuration now displays correctly.
29 September, 2021
In this release of School Manager, we fixed a bug that caused drop-down lists and options to appear incorrectly when editing rules.