Release Notes - v2.24.9.0

Released 2024-09-22

Note: In addition to new changes, this release also includes a collection of previously released "previews" which were made available to the colleges as needed during the time since the last full release v2.24.1.0.

USHE Tableau Exports

    • Added support for FY25 reports.

[E]-U-Data Submission -FY25

    • Added new Data Submission report for FY25.

[E]-U-Completers -FY25

    • Added new Completers report for FY25.

[E]-U-Programs -FY25

    • Added new Programs report for FY25.

[E]-U-Perkins -FY24

    • Added new Perkins report for FY24 reporting.

[E]-Maxient Export-Demographic Data

    • Added a new report to facilitate optional, external, integration with Maxient software.

[E]-Sponsored Students

    • Added a 'RetiredDate' column to the results.

[E]-Portal-Self Scheduling

    • Added a 'Program" parameter.
    • Simplified 'Status' logic and adjusted other columns to make report more useful.

[R]-Program Materials

    • Fixed the ordering that courses and materials are listed so that it now reflects the same ordering as the curriculum outline.

[E]-Refunds

    • Added separate 'Student' and 'Sponsor' parameters so that the resulting data can then have context-specific column names such as 'StudentID' and 'Username', respectively.

[E]-ProgressSummary_FinancialAid

    • Updated the parameters to have separate options for filtering by exact or partial match of the Financial Aid Flag.

    • Added credit-related columns to the results
      • EnrolledCredits
      • AwardedCredits
      • TestedCredits
      • TransferredCredits

[E]-Consecutive Absences

    • Replaced the 'Advanced' parameter with separate options to make it more clear how the report chooses which results to include.
    • Improved performance and accuracy for edge-cases of 'withdrawn' enrollments.

[E]-Enrollment Counts

    • Added 'Show Program Location' parameter to allow categorizing the results by campus location.

Google Integration

    • Improved fallback email address assignment. When a new student is eligible for the same email address format as an existing student, they will be issued an adjusted email address using their full 10-digit student ID.

Canvas Integration

    • Configured daily account/enrollment sync as available for all colleges.
    • Added initial support for compatibility with 'Canvas SSO' when using an explicit 'provider ID' in Canvas.
      • If your college is interested in enabling Canvas SSO please notify the Northstar team so we can ensure compatibility with Northstar.

Admin Settings

    • Improved the layout of Canvas integration settings. Now, Account syncing and Enrollment syncing have separate opt-in options, and the specific options that apply to Enrollment syncing are displayed together.
    • Added tool-tips to fields with an asterisk "*" to explain their behavior in more detail.

Daily Auto-drop

    • Added support for college-specific drop criteria such as how many days before or after a course starts it should be dropped. If you college is interested in using this feature, please contact support@northstarmis.org to get started with configuring it.

Clearinghouse-DegreeVerify

    • Removed the "[Beta]" moniker from this form after not receiving any feedback that additional changes are needed.

Schedule Details

    • Improved how course status is displayed, especially when a course has a pending Self-Schedule record.

Course Sign-Off

    • Improved how course status is displayed, especially when a course has a pending Self-Schedule record.

Demographics

    • Improved password reset validation for accounts that have had their Google account removed.

Programs

    • Fixed a validation issue that prevented non-admin users from saving changes.

Program Dashboard

    • Removed an error message that incorrectly displayed to some users upon login.

1098T Records

    • Fixed a validation error that prevented the 'Remove' button from being available when editing the current year's results.
    • Added text-length validation to the "College Contact Info" pop-up.

Academic Standards

    • Updated the automated scheduling to accept flexible process periods.

Sponsorships

    • Fixed an issue that could prevent an inactive Sponsorship from being displayed if the corresponding Enrollment Period was also removed.