> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scoutforschools.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Changelog > Latest updates and improvements to Scout ## What's New * **Course planner** — Build school-wide default course plans to auto-assign sections to students in bulk. * **Standards-based assignments** — Attach Common Core standards to assignments. Filter and group assignments by standard, and analyze which standards are addressed in each learning period. * **Narrative assignments** — New rich-text (HTML) description field for assignments with an inline edit modal. * **Curriculum teacher review** — Teachers can now review and edit AI-parsed curriculum pacing guides before they're approved by administrators. * **Bulk caseload assignment** — New page for bulk-assigning staff caseloads, with school-level filtering and a school-year filter. * **Enrollment document compliance** — Track required enrollment documents per student and surface compliance gaps. * **Section restrictions** — Restrict sections to specific learning centers, set max-student caps, and scope sections to a subset of a course's schools. * **Medical info & health conditions** — New medical info card on the student profile with editable health conditions. * **Household section** — Editable household section on the student profile with residence category managed at the household level. ## Improvements * Bulk-assign staff to enrollment invitations, with multi-notifier support * Enrollment board load-time and query optimizations * SSID-based merge-candidate lookup during enrollment * Filter enrollment by learning center * "Use as work sample" button now available for all courses that support activity logs * Multi-student bulk work sample uploads — fixes and review-flow improvements * Printing support added to file viewer * Edit curriculum details directly from the list via a side drawer * Inline editing of student–contact relationships * New Student Success Manager caseload type * Warn before leaving the enrollment form with unsaved changes ## Bug Fixes * Fixed default assignment grouping causing module duplication * Fixed course enrollment form not defaulting to the student's school * Fixed enrollment search to support multiple words * Fixed visitation logs sometimes saving as the day before the day selected * Fixed deleted enrollments still appearing for parents * Fixed school-year/term date selector sometimes disabling certain dates * Fixed objective assignments not appearing in the learning period ## Integrations **CALPADS** * Import staff assignments directly from SASS file in CALPADS * Import SEIDs directly from SDEM file in CALPADS ## What's New * **Teacher mobile app** — Upload work samples and review them in bulk. * **Bulk gradebook actions** — Bulk update grade scales and bulk delete integrated assignments with safety warnings. * **Inbound email + conversation threads** — Replies from parents now flow back into Scout as threaded conversations alongside outbound messages. * **Document import workflow** — Bulk-import student documents with a dedicated review flow and import history tab. * **Address validation** — Validated address entry on the student profile Basic Info tab. ## Improvements * Attendance reports now support selecting multiple teachers * New sections automatically receive a gradebook configuration from connected platforms * LP grades for LP gradebooks shown on the learning period tab * Parents can now sign learning logs directly from the mobile app ## Bug Fixes * Fixed attendance approval stats to account for enrollment dates and absences * Fixed shift-click on gradebook checkboxes * Fixed custom reports showing the most recent report instead of the selected one ## Integrations **Canvas** * Canvas rostering improvements * Gradebook + assignment sync fixes; assignments without submission content excluded from work-sample selection * Excused submissions now pull through correctly ## 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 **StrongMind** * New: Supports assignments, engagement, and work samples ## New Configurations Contact us if you'd like any of these enabled for your school. * Self-service enrollment and re-enrollment configuration * DASS status codes can be hidden during enrollment * Suggested attendance days based on configurable completion multiplier ## 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 **Google Calendar** * New calendar booking sync for scheduling IEP meetings ## New Configurations Contact us if you'd like any of these enabled for your school. * 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 ## 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 **Apex Learning** * New Apex Learning integration for activity, assignments, and work sample data ## New Configurations Contact us if you'd like any of these enabled for your school. * Option to pull work samples starting X days after the beginning of a learning period, instead of X days before the end ## 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