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Recent updates - November 2023

This month we launched our new student details page and completed our AWS migration. Read about these and several other updates in this month's updates blog.

Staff profile picture Ben DunfordNovember 2023 - 3 minute read

Student details view

Available now

This November, we're excited to launch a new view for teachers that will make it easier to find out important information about a student. Previously some of this information was available within a class or hidden within the MIS link page. So far, we've added the following:

  • Student name
  • Year group
  • Tutor group
  • House
  • Date of birth
  • Email
  • Address
  • Ethnicity
  • Nationality
  • Indicators
  • SEN needs
  • Medical needs
  • Identifiers
We will look to build on these areas going forward, so if you've got any suggestions please let us know.

Epraise student details page

AWS migration

Completed

We're delighted to say that our AWS migration has been a huge success, and we are now making use of all the modern technologies this migration has enabled for us. We hope that you'll find that using Epraise will be even faster that before and will enjoy how much more quickly we can bring future feature updates to you.

Other improvements

Available now

As always, we've also been working on a long list of smaller incremental improvements - here are some examples:

  • Exports: We've spent quite a bit of time this month improving our exports, which will now only show relevant indicator fields for your school. We've also added some extra fields to some exports, such as point subcategories on the points exports, and significantly improved the performance of exports in general.
  • Integrations: Our Veracross integration will now display preferred names wherever possible.
  • Demerit insights: This feature can now look back a full 60 days.
  • Bios: Links added to bios will now become clickable once saved.
  • Apps: We've added a new download page for our Android app for users in regions where the Google Play store is unavailable.

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