Changelog
Stay up to date with the latest changes and improvements to Scout.March 2026
What’s New
- Class rank — Automated class rank calculation and display with school-level filtering
- Grading scales — Create and manage custom letter grade scales for use across the gradebook
- Multi-student bulk work sample uploads — Upload a single PDF across multiple students at once
- Curriculum review UI — Side-by-side review interface for verifying AI-parsed curriculum standards before saving
- AI chat history — Data chat conversations now persist so you can revisit and continue previous queries
- Report builder redesign — New, intuitive design for building custom reports
- Collapsible sidebar — Sidebar collapses to icon-only mode for more screen space
- Permanent student deletion — Permanently delete student records when needed
- CALPADS updates — Cross-file error validation and push errors to school admins for resolution
Improvements
- Gradebook reports page with email trigger tracking and template configs
- Approve all pending engagement logs with one click
- Work sample score shown in approval drawer
- Concurrent section enrollments anomaly report
- Various visual and data improvements
Bug Fixes
- Fixed admin approval status filtering
- Fixed unassigning a module incorrectly removing the entire curriculum
- Fixed due date refresh in gradebook tab
- Fixed curriculum search results
- Fixed Canvas excused submissions and PDF image loading
- Fixed mailing address update overwriting physical address
- Fixed communication during enrollment
- Fixed legal name display in Basic Info tab
- Fixed Hep B compliance dose count
Integrations
Canvas- SIS CSV integration for syncing course and enrollment data
- Gradebook sync for pulling gradebook configuration directly from Canvas
- Assignment due date overrides now respected
- New: Supports assignments, engagement, and work samples
New Configurations
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- Self-service enrollment and re-enrollment configuration
- DASS status codes can be hidden during enrollment
- Suggested attendance days based on configurable completion multiplier
February 2026
What’s New
- Data anomaly reports — New suite of reports to surface dozens of data quality issues: e.g. duplicate contacts, concurrent enrollments, grade/credit anomalies, and section enrollment mismatches
- County/district of residence verification — Scout automatically calculates county/district of residence during enrollment using address geolocation
- Caseload teacher ADA & Chronic absenteeism reports — New reports for identifying and tracking ADA and chronically absent students
- CSAC report — New California Student Aid Commission report export
- Credentials management — Sync staff credentials directly from the CTC
- Immunization AI — Upload immunization documents and automatically extract records using AI
- Gradebook — Major gradebook overhaul with bulk update/delete actions and support for various types of grading and overall grade calculation
- Curriculum standards extraction — Upload curriculum PDFs and automatically extract learning standards using AI
- Graduation planner — Build graduation plans with specific courses to track on-time graduation and automatic course-rollover each semester
Improvements
- Enhanced custom report and AI report agent quality and made it available via the CMD+K quick-actions menu
- Overhauled the mobile app: assignments, engagement, and grade reporting now available for parents
- View per-student compliance documents and audit packets in the revamped attendance admin approval drawer
- New bulk attendance view for managing attendance across students
- Bulk send report cards via email to parents/guardians
- New enrollment document types: proof of withdrawal and secondary proof of residence
- Optionally assign a SPED teacher alongside teacher of records during enrollment
- Engagement log filters and UI cleanup on the learning period dashboard
- Students can now select course enrollment preferences during enrollment
- Roster teachers can now bulk assign curriculum and assignments to students on the learning period dashboard
- Address changes can now be automatically propagated to related family members
- Various visual and data improvements
Bug Fixes
- Notes on the learning period tab no longer lag while typing
- Work sample review modal no longer gets stuck with the loading spinner
- Signing master agreements from the home page now works reliably
- Report cards automatically sync when course enrollments change
- Course search now correctly filters by name
Integrations
Edgenuity- Manually add or remove Buzz and Edgenuity connections per student
- New calendar booking sync for scheduling IEP meetings
New Configurations
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- Option to not require matching engagement logs for attendance claims
- Configurable master agreement approval requirement
- Configurable required fields on enrollment forms
- Configurable document expiration dates
January 2026
What’s New
- Redesigned home page — New layout shows what you’ve completed alongside what’s still needed, giving you a complete compliance picture in one place
- Compliance dashboard — See exactly what’s in and out of compliance for master agreements, addenda, work samples, and attendance records
- Enrollment analytics dashboard — Visualize student count trends and retention gaps with our first AI-generated dashboard
- PDF annotation — Add text, lines, and boxes to pending work samples directly in Scout—no more download-edit-upload cycles
- Bulk work sample uploads — Upload a single PDF containing multiple work samples for a student and we’ll split them automatically
- GPA rankings — View class rankings by GPA from the Students page
- Term work sample report — New report showing all of a student’s work samples for an entire semester
- Printable enrollment form — Generate paper enrollment forms for families who prefer to fill them out by hand
- Quick-select curriculum assignments — When assigning new work, quickly select from assignments in a previously assigned curriculum
- Student immunizations — New immunization section on the basic information tab displays immunization history and compliance status
- State report exports — View all historical exports for CALPADS, CBEDS, and PADC reports
- CCGI export — Export is now fully compliant with state requirements
- Partial attendance claims — Teachers can now claim partial attendance for mid-learning-period reporting periods
Bug Fixes
- Work samples for weekends or holidays can now be submitted using “Submit anyway”
- Student profiles now consistently display the correct current grade level
- Student queue no longer shows withdrawn or inactive students
- Admins can now re-approve work samples after a teacher fixes issues from a previous rejection
- Infinite scroll in tables now reliably loads additional data
Improvements
- Enhanced custom data exports with power-user features including grouping, aggregations, and nested filters for complex report building
- Student profile learning period tab now loads significantly faster
- Student profile master agreement tab now loads significantly faster
- Admin approvals page now loads significantly faster
- Work samples validate in the background, allowing you to upload multiple samples without waiting
- New enrolling students can be merged with historical records to maintain a complete schooling history
- Admins can view the Sections page on behalf of any teacher
- Section pages now display pending work sample requests
- Various transcript generation improvements
- Various report card improvements
Integrations
Microsoft Teams- New Microsoft Teams integration for meeting activity data
- New Apex Learning integration for activity, assignments, and work sample data
New Configurations
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- Option to pull work samples starting X days after the beginning of a learning period, instead of X days before the end
December 2025
What’s New
- Command palette enhancements — Press
CMD+Kto 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
- Expanded the types of work samples that can be pulled
- Time spent in Subject.com now syncs to activity logs
- Assignments with no submission content will no longer be selected as work samples
New Configurations
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- Option to display assignment completion percentage to teachers when taking attendance