We’re welcoming fall with a fresh batch of updates, including improvements to Lesson Packages, Online Resources search, Website Builder, the Student Portal, and dozens of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements throughout My Music Staff. Check it out below!
Lesson Packages
- A student’s Package Balance column will now show a dash (-) when there is no package assigned and a zero (0) when the package balance has been exhausted, to make it easier for admins to distinguish.
- Instead of only showing activity 30 days in the future, the Package Activity default date range displays activity 30 days in the past too.
- Running “Apply Lesson Prices and Package Time” now also reallocates package time from recently cancelled lessons.
- We fixed an issue where package templates couldn’t be updated if an assigned teacher had been made inactive or switched to a non-teaching role.
- Fixed an issue where deleted package templates could cause errors on the Student Portal “My Teachers” page. Ghost packages have been shown the door.
Student Management
- We reordered lesson pricing options to make them easier to read and use
- Event cancellation emails will no longer be sent twice when a student and parent share the same email address. Inbox peace treaty signed.
- Deleted lesson categories will no longer appear in student lesson setting dropdowns. Ghost categories have been escorted out.
- The attendance payment method dropdown now includes a clear “Not Specified” option. Mystery option: identified.
- Student Portal home now shows the package card based on the student’s billing profile.
- In the Student Portal mobile view, the Attendance & Notes column will now display the event date even when collapsed
Teachers & Staff
- Added student assignment options into the Add Teacher confirmation flow, with plenty of drawer, availability, payroll, and UX polish along the way.
- The Time Zone field is now automatically selected correctly when adding a teacher. No more temporal ambiguity.
Calendar & Attendance
- Calendar event windows now wait until student information has fully loaded before displaying event details
- Smoothed out the default start time behavior when adding calendar events. Time should now be less wibbly-wobbly.
- We fixed an issue that was causing the calendar event edit attendee field to look mysteriously empty after switching teachers
- Teacher names in Timeline View are now sorted alphabetically. The alphabet wins again.
- We fixed an error that would appear when searching for “No Teacher – Entire Studio” in the calendar multiple times. The search bar has stopped panicking.
- We fixed an issue that was intermittently preventing teachers from appearing in the Calendar search field
Online Resources
- You can now search for folders alongside files in Online Resources!
- The Student Access and Views columns are now visible again in Online Resources global search results. The missing columns have returned from their mysterious vacation.
- Online Resources space cards now keep their clickable area inside the card where it belongs.
Website Builder
- We improved our website builder SEO to help search engines better discover your site.
- Fixed an unexpected error when switching from External Website to Website Builder. The website lane-change is smoother now.
- Fixed an issue where formatting and spacing could appear differently on your live website than it did in the Website Builder
- Fixed an issue where using Undo in Website Builder could prevent further editing until the page was refreshed. Undo is no longer a trapdoor.
- Website Builder now displays the correct Subject tag types when creating tags. Tags are tagging responsibly again.
- Website settings can now be saved even if a previously valid domain becomes misconfigured.
General/Other
- We added a new Getting Started Guide to help new users get up and running
- When creating an invoice with the same date range as a previous invoice, you will no longer receive a duplication warning if the previous invoice has already been voided
- We fixed an issue where the Mileage year selector could display the wrong year after switching teachers. Time travel (and real travel) privileges have been reset.
- We fixed an issue where single-teacher accounts couldn’t send an email to families who wrote a review
- Images uploaded through the editor’s media gallery now insert at your cursor position instead of jumping to the top of the page
- We improved back-button behavior in form protection windows for a more predictable navigation experience.
- We’ve made a number of behind-the-scenes improvements to our automated testing systems to help catch issues earlier and keep updates rolling out smoothly
- Attendance history no longer credits repertoire assignments to the owner of the piece by default.
- Various cosmetic tweaks throughout. ✨
Please note: If you have any questions or require assistance with your account, please contact our support team at support@mymusicstaff.com