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Changelog

Stay up to date with the latest changes and improvements to Scout.
December 2025

What’s New

  • Command palette enhancements — Press CMD+K to quickly navigate to specific student profile tabs. Try searches like “John Smith LP2” or “John S documents”
  • Faster load times — Performance improvements across the entire web portal
  • Parent/guardian communication history — New tab on parent/guardian profiles showing all text messages, emails, and notifications
  • Direct messaging — Send texts and emails directly to parents/guardians from the communication history tab
  • Internal comments — Staff can now add internal comments on parent/guardian profiles
  • Expanded file support — .HEIC images and .MP4 videos are now supported as work samples
  • CALPADS validation — Reports now display validation errors so you can fix issues before submitting
  • PE logs as work samples — Convert PE logs to work samples with the new “Use as work sample” button
  • Assignments section — New assignments section added to the learning period page
  • Curriculum assignments — Assign and remove curriculum assignments to students for specific learning periods
  • Custom tags — Add custom tags to student profiles for better organization

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where students with engagement logs on non-enrolled days would incorrectly appear on the learning period page

Improvements

  • Enhanced custom report and AI report agent quality
  • Redesigned admin approvals page with improved layout, faster loading, and streamlined approval workflow
  • Improved work sample selection algorithm to reduce pulling unusable samples
  • Updated student profile learning period tab layout
  • Refreshed demographics page layout

Integrations

Edgenuity
  • Work samples now include the full student work, not just the cover page
Edmentum
  • Expanded the types of work samples that can be pulled
Subject.com
  • Time spent in Subject.com now syncs to activity logs
Canvas
  • Assignments with no submission content will no longer be selected as work samples

New Configurations

Contact us if you’d like any of these enabled for your school.
  • Option to display assignment completion percentage to teachers when taking attendance