Release Notes

30 August 2022 (Web App Version 1.6.10.3948)

  • Improvement Hub – Filters can be cascaded to all users (ref 3847)
  • Inspection Coach – New Self Evaluation Summary (ref 5414)
  • Improvement Hub – Search tags can be assigned to tasks (ref 5371)
  • Improvement Hub – Dashboard filters can be removed directly from the dashboard
  • Evidence Me – Automatic observation tags for observations with no learners, no objectives, parent share, submitted by parents, have parent notes (ref 5244, 5413)
  • Evidence Me – Improved AoL filtering for small frameworks (Birth-5, Dev Matters Lite) (ref 5278)
  • Evidence Me – Home page performance improvement / thumbnail caching (ref 4063)
  • Evidence Me – Allocation of user to a class when creating the user, removing hidden extra steps (ref 5235)
  • Evidence Me – Ability to always be able to delete empty categories, even if framework is in use (ref 4764)
  • Evidence Me – Framework maximum category depth increased from 5 to 10 levels (ref 4926)
  • Support – New logged events to help with support (parent share, draft, files info) (ref 4851)
  • Support – Framework editing & importing (ref 5390,5386)

5 January 2022 (iOS App Version 1.0.10, Android 1.0.8)

    • Parent Arrival Notification (ref 5036)
    • New Learners tab for parents (ref 5036)
    • Extra framework guidance banner when adding objectives (ref 5233)
    • Bugfixes & performance improvements

5 January 2022 (Web App Version 1.6.8.3739)

    • New logged events to help with support (parent share, reports) (ref 4791)
    • Edit and delete assessment periods that contain assessments (ref 5198)
    • Better support for parents with children in multiple schools (ref 5200)
    • Bugfixes & performance improvements

27 Oct 2021 (Android App Version 1.0.5)

    • Media file handling improvements (ref 5121)
    • Gallery access improvements (ref 5119, 4890)
    • Observation tags (ref 4174)
    • Bugfixes & performance improvements (ref 5135,5129,5121, 5059)

27 Oct 2021 (iOS App Version 1.0.9)

    • Bugfixes & performance improvements (ref 5155,5139,5128,5109,5099)
    • Log improvements to help with support requests (ref 4757)

19 September 2021 (Web App Version 1.6.7.3634)

    • Assessment popup information for each framework where needed (ref 5176)
    • Assessment notes editor for each framework where activated (ref 5056)
    • Various optimisations & bugfixes

12 July 2021 (Web App Version 1.6.5.3567)

    • Expand All / Collapse All on Assessment screen(ref 5078)
    • Improved reports page (ref 4942)
    • Assessment – bring forward judgements from last period (ref 4737)
    • Assessment – option to allow assistant to overwrite all judgements (ref 4737)
    • Remember parent share filters (ref 4741)
    • Reports – remove learner limit on most reports (ref 4732)
    • Parent postcards – undo parent rejection(ref 4732)
    • Learner import – better error reporting (ref 4647)
    • Improved performance (ref 4580)
    • Mobile app (iOS & Android) – improvements to learner profiles assessment screen

4 May 2021 (iOS App version 1.08)

  • Improved media and storage management on device. More options for deleting old media. Device will use less storage. (ref 4991, 4904, 4993, 4936)
  • iPad 2 improvements. Better display of learner avatars for 10 yr old devices (ref 4740)
  • Better free space checking on device, when adding gallery items (ref 4895)
  • Logging improvement (ref 4958)
  • Autosave observation notes after every keypress (was previously autosave 3 seconds after keyboard becomes idle) (ref 4714)
  • Bugfixes and performance improvements (ref  4931, 4922 , 4961, 4960, 4957, 4990, 4893, 4908, 4907)

25 Jan 2021 (Android App version 1.07)

  • Increased size of text on notes screen and  learners screen (ref 3774)
  • Auto-suggest learners (ref 4715)
  • View attachments and links in the app (ref 4516)
  • Easier to choose frameworks (ref 4714)
  • Improved upload speeds and reliability (ref 4752)

21 Jan 2021 (Observations Link API for 3rd Party Assessment)

  • At the request of the school, 3rd party assessment tools can now access Evidence Me observations (with permission).

12 Jan 2021 (iOS App version 1.07)

  • Increased size of text on notes screen and  learners screen (ref 3774)
  • Progress indicators during first login (ref 4552)
  • Improved upload process to help with uploading very large video files (ref 4710)
  • Objectives selectors – tap on category text to select category (ref 4714)
  • Better support for very old iPads (ref 4740)
  • Various bugfixes (ref 4731,4800,4553,4265)

12 July 2020 (Web Version 1.6.5.3351)

  • Classes can be drag & dropped into preferred position (ref 1815)
  • Warning when creating learners with duplicate (or very similar) names (ref 4081)
  • Parent emails can be imported in the CSV/CTF file (ref 4197)
  • Assessment: Adding manual judgements will increase coverage calculation (ref 4247)
  • New “View all classes” option on the classes page (ref 4249). This allows much easier searching for learners
  • Archive classes feature, to help with start-of-year admin (ref 4250)
  • Bulk-setting new yeargroup for learners, to help with start-of-year admin (ref 4250)
  • Parents can add attachments to parent-created observations (ref 4612)
  • Show count of observations before generating observations report (ref 4680)
  • Teachers can send all observations to parents, no just parent-shared observations (ref 3775)
  • Rotate images and videos (ref 4196)
  • Print observations from observation screen – available for parents and teachers (ref 4313)

21 April 2020 (iOS App Version 1.06)

  • New “Links & Attachments” area on the Observation Details screen (ref 4445)
  • More guidance and prompts for parents, regarding how to add observation notes. (ref 4469)
  • New logo & branding (ref 4307)
  • Auto-suggest of learners, based on the observation notes (ref 3533)
  • Annotate photos with text, highlights, arrows, shapes (Full primary licence holders only, ie. active only if user has “NC English” Framework) (ref 3942)
  • Hide objectives & notes for parents, if required (4293)

19 April 2020 (Web Version 1.6.4.3215)

  • New “Attachments & Links” widget on the Observation details screen. (ref 4445)
  • Automatic validation of uploaded Observation Report templates. (ref 4187)
  • New message to make make parent notes more obvious to add on the Observation Details screen. (ref 4467)
  • Faster image/video thumbnails processing (ref 4309)

28 March (Android Version 1.0.2)

  • Parent Access
  • Objectives Auto-suggest (ref 3987)
  • Photo face blurring (ref 3978)
  • Filtering on Observations Summary Page (ref 3221)
  • New logo & Branding (ref 4362)
  • Hide objectives & notes for parents, if required (4435)

28 March 2020 (Web Version 1.6.3.3172)

  • New logo & branding (ref 4307)
  • Output Observation report in ZIP or PDF (ref 4437)
  • Ability to hide next objectives, step objectives & notes for teacher & parents (ref 3462)