Welcome Back to School 24/25
August 9, 2024
Welcome back to school! We hope your new year is starting off well. We’ve had a lot of updates recently, so as a reminder, here’s what's new:
- Increased language support: We have added translation support for 21 new languages, including several right-to-left languages. Learn more.
- Deadlines filter: A new filter has been added to the Students / create new page, allowing users to return students based on their deadlines. Learn more.
- Meeting Mode: We have released a new feature called Meeting Mode, which enables users to conveniently view a document or a set of documents in a presentation format. Learn more.
- Dashboard: A new Dashboard page was added to the left menu that gives users a quick and easy way to see important information in SameGoal. Learn more.
- Bulk actions: We’ve updated our bulk action functionality by allowing users to complete bulk actions on more than 50 items at a time by “selecting all”. Learn more.
- Stored signatures: Districts on the Pro edition of SameGoal can allow users to store their own electronic signatures to “stamp” into documents. Learn more.
- MFA is required: Users must reauthenticate at least one a month on each of their devices. Learn more.
- Non-admin reports: User role permissions may now grant non-administrative users the ability to run reports. Learn more.
- Guardian activity notifications: When parents/guardians make changes to a document, the document owner(s) will now be notified. Learn more.
All users:
- Share your documents: Navigate to your Caseload page, use the Show: All Docs dropdown and select Show: Owner. Share documents with any other users who will need access to them.
- Bookmark SameGoal: You can bookmark your district’s login page to help save you time when navigating to the site.
Admin users:
- Calendars: Update the default and building calendars for the new fiscal year if you haven’t already done so.
- District banks: Review existing district banks and update them as necessary.
- District settings: Review the settings and administrative options in Settings > District Information to ensure everything is configured correctly, especially the MFA Required Interval and Electronic signature storage.
- Add a link to SameGoal to your district page: Consider adding a link to SameGoal to your district website to help users find the site more easily.