ASCRIPTICA 8.5

Release Date : 6/29/2020

What’s new!

Approval and Payment Updates:

The following updates have been made to make the approval and payment process a bit more smooth:
Ability to determine if final approval should be restricted to the requester only or leave open to all users with “Final approval” permission.
Determine if payment should be collected before or after approval is provided.
Control whether or not a PO# is required during payment processing.
Get notifications when a credit card is used,
Include work location in the approval email for greater visibility
Provide the ability to re-send approval requests (work location, and district)
Control whether or not payment remains pending unless a credit card is used.

Course Manager and Course Updates:

Provide the ability to cancel a course, but have the cancelled course remain on participants’ course history.

Enrollment module Updates:

The following updates have been made to the enrollment module:
Card view updated to include requester and instructor for easier identification and selection.
New Enrollment status and behaviors “Withdrawn, Cancelled, Exempt, Failed”
New column showing registration status at all times
Ability to re-send confirmation/acknowledgement email

Instructor Permission:

Control what an instructor can see and/or do within the enrollment module:

User Manager Updates:

The following updates have been made to the user manager:
Filter list based on status (Active vs inactive)
Print certifications for a specific user from within the user manager

Reporting/Export Updates:

The following reporting updates have been made to AscripticaTM:
Export course data for reporting to various entities or internal use case
Export users and report in XL

Canvas LMS Integration 1.0 BETA:

AscripticaTM is now integrated with Canvas LMS.
Automatic Enrollment of students in canvas when they register for a course in AscripticaTM
Automatic withdrawal of students from canvas when they withdraw from a course in AscripticaTM

Improvements and Tweaks

Specify someone to get notified when an unknown district is used
Fixed pending courses list appearing as duplicates in the user manager
Make certification date required or not in the user profile
Provide the ability to add custom fields to the enrollment export
Provide the ability to add custom fields to the certificate
Update card views to show full year vs 2 digit year
Provide ability to see who is online and for how long
Access enrollment tool from course manager
Control whether or not a focus area requires the percentage to add up to 100%
Control the label for Training Center using the label manager
Added tool tip for pasting content into the course description
Improved bread crumbs for tools and settings to make it easier to return to previous windows/modules
Provide the ability to add hyperlinks to course descriptions
Provide the ability to turn on/off the use and management of Rubrics/Standards and tie to courses and reports
Set evaluation reminders based on date participant marked as complete
Ensure Points/Credits are auto updated if the course is changed after participants have registered
Fix sign-in sheet template now allowing certain columns to be modified
Ensure the dashboard correctly calculates points taking into account settings for points calculations
Fixed error updating a user’s work location
Fixed bug preventing category admins not being able to see users within their category in the user manager
Fixed error preventing the enrollment tool from launching
Fixed mass email bug from the enrollment tool preventing emails going to participant list
Addressed conditions causing approval emails from duplicating
Fixed bug providing PO# during registration
Update Global survey questions to show the training year the questions are associated with
Ensure evaluation reminder shows the correct instructor
Fix repeating positions in Global survey questions
Ensure certificate export is sorted by last name
Fixed weird error encountered during registration showing “dddddx”
Fixed icon overlapping the image name in the user profile
Fixed bug setting large class sizes
Corrected spelling error during registration process
Fixed bug attempting to search by course number using basic search
Fixed bug preventing approval notification email populating correctly
Fixed bug when attempting to filter approval request list
Course catalog search will require clicking search
Ensure if a user begins an activity prior to logging in that the application takes them to the destination after authenticating
Fixed bug while attempting to filter user list by user type and work location
Fixed bug showing or hiding the advanced search in the course catalog using the arrow
Ensure information and error notifications are cleared appropriately after completing registration process
Fixed card vs list view tool tip screen glitch
Changed Course catalog sort by “No.” to “Course No.” for improved clarity and ensure sort fields are all visible
Maintain selected filters and sort control as you switch between list and card views in the course catalog
Improve validation to prevent an invalid email from being used in a user’s profile
Corrected spelling error in login configuration error message
Ensure external participant restrictions are obeyed during registration process
Ensure minimum enrollment restrictions are obeyed if not met including the auto cancelling of a course.

Ascriptica 8.5 Webinar Video Recap: