Nearly a dozen brand new improvements and fixes went out this week. We updated the look of the guardian profile to make information easier to find, improved the daily view for staff, and significantly improved loading times on enrollment and payroll.

Improvements

• Improved guardian profile to by styled like the new student profile

• Improved daily view to see all transitions and clock-ins on a given day for a staff member

• Able to now record meals for any day on food program

• Admins will receive a popup to add in MFA once per week

• Improved enrollment listing load times for families

• Improved payroll flow load time

• Improved the billing plan overview rows

• Able to now edit a form directly from enrollment

Fixes

• Enterprise admins can now be selected as author on feed filters

• Fixed issue with creating a chat with a name and no chats leaving ghost chats

• Expiration dates should always show and update properly

This week was all about improving the general quality of life on Playground. We added new improvements like better date filtering on ledgers, a dedicated place to manage custom fields, and a new report to help with payment reconciliation. Continue sharing feedback as we strive to continue making your experience on Playground better than ever!

Improvements

• Added a dedicated page on settings to manage custom fields

• Added date filtering on student and family ledgers

• Added print buttons to the transactions tables

• Added a payouts debit report to view which debits were paid for in a specific payout

• Added more data imports from other systems

• Added more warnings for deactivating staff members that are on payroll

• Added all clocked hours on the staff hours table

• PTO hours shows more clearly for salaried employees when creating a payroll

• If all students are inactive, families will now show their autopay as inactive

• Improved the delete installment flow

• Improved status handling for billing plans

• Updated copy across the website for delete vs remove

Fixes

• Teachers will always be able to view their own paperwork, regardless of permissions

• Teachers who have ever had payroll will always be able to see their previous payroll info

• Fixed sidebar highlighting for specific pages

• All statement overview values update as you filter and search

17 brand new releases & improvements coming your way this week! Starting with filters on your CRM notifications to make it easier to find information. We also launched draft messages on mobile, which was a massive request from dozens of teachers. Now, if you start a message and don't have time to finish it in the moment, Playground automatically saves it so you can pick up where you left off. We've also improved translation on feed posts and enrolling leads from CRM into the core platform.

Releases

• Filter CRM notifications -- see just the notifications you want, when you want

• Translate feed posts -- easier translations, even if your device is in a different language

• Draft messages now save on mobile -- start a message and come back to it later

• Enrolling leads from the CRM can now happen per child and from any stage

Improvements

• Predictive enrollment shows upcoming available spots for part time students

• Predictive enrollment now shows future over-capacity warnings when scheduling transitions

• Able to see who recorded staff clock-in/outs

• Able to filter by guardian invite status

• Able to filter debits by post dates

• Adjusting billing frequency now allows you to retain previous service dates for existing plans

• Added filters to the payroll confirmation screens

• Daily staff hours report now has a column to show all times

• Guardian custom fields can now be pulled on the emergency custom report

• Now more clear which fields on forms map to student profile fields

Fixes

• Spelling fixes

• Naming is now consistent

• Fixed small bugs with rich text editing on feed

This week we added even more AI functionality, launching AI meeting reminders to help you create better reminders for higher show rates. We also released UTM tracking so you can properly attribute leads to sources. Finally, we gave the student profile a fresh coat of paint and streamlined the design to make it easier to navigate. In addition, the team released over a dozen improvements to continue improving your Playground experience.

Releases

• AI meeting reminders — use AI to generate great meeting reminders

• UTM tracking — all public forms and event bookings now auto-populate lead fields based on UTM tags

• Student profile redesign — find information on students, easier

Improvements

• Able to bulk adjust GL codes using the debits table

• Able to see classroom checked-in to on the attendance table

• Removed $0 fees

• Better grouping of student updates on the student activity page

• Carpools should now load faster and be quicker to create

• Added totals on the tables for payroll approval

• Improved handling of previously submitted paperwork on mobile

• Added empty states to role dropdowns

• Create charges email now shows the list of all charges for parents

• Able to now duplicate automations

• Able to now edit discounts on the edit transaction modal

• Forms are now clearer to create and fill out

• Improved the flow for guardians to find support from their program

• Predictive enrollment classroom dropdown now show age ranges to more easily find correct classrooms

• CRM forms now scroll to the error when trying to submit

Fixes

• Expense filters should now properly by “all” when reseting