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Gibbon 25.0.00

20 March 2023

Gibbon version 25.0.00 is now available (major release).

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What's New in Gibbon 25.0.00

Headlines

Messages can now be saved as a draft and previewed before sending
Activities, staff duty and coverage now display on the timetable
The new admissions system is turned on by default and is no longer in beta
Staff coverage can now be requested for timetabled classes, activities or duty
New visual tools have been added to help assign and manage coverage internally

Significant Changes

System: activated the lt_LT Lietuvių Kalba - Lithuanian locale
Attendance: added the option to take future attendance for ad hoc groups
School Admin: added an Off Timetable option for special days
Staff: added a drag-drop interface for creating and managing a duty schedule

Changes With Important Notices

Timetable Admin: changed Participant counts to Student counts in Course Enrolment by Class, adding minimum and maximum enrolment controls to courses

Tweaks & Additions

System: improved the access error message for non-logged in users
System: updated Parent Weekly Summary CLI to not send if date is outside school year
System: improved right-to-left support in Default theme
System: added new hooks for Staff Profile and Lesson Planner
System: added Malawian Kwacha, Algerian Dinar, Uganda Shilling, Zimbabwean Dollar as currency options
Activities: display current school attendance when taking activity attendance
Admissions: added custom field support to Student Enrolment
Attendance: enabled taking Future attendance on the current date
Data Updater: added a search option to all Manage Update pages
Data Updater: updated Family Data Updater History to order parents by contact priority
Finance: added Outstanding Amount total to payment log for partial paid invoices
Form Groups: removed website column from View Form Groups page
Individual Needs: add a notification event for New Investigation
Messenger: added the ability to send confidential messages which are not viewable by other users
Messenger: updated the Transport target to be able to handle comma-separated transport values
Messenger: improved the success message for confirmed read receipts
Messenger: added form group name to students in Individual target list
Messenger: added the option to determine confirmation type in Send Report
Markbook: added Term filter to student view, when Group Columns by Term enabled
Markbook: increased maxlength of Name field to 40 characters
Planner: improved the error message when unable to access classes in Unit Planner
Planner: update Add Lesson Plan to suggest dates based on existing lesson sequence
Planner: updated Work Summary by Form Group to account for student start date
Planner: updated Manage Resources to clean up unused tags after editing a resource
Planner: added a message to homework that was assigned before enrolling in the class
Planner: enabled custom fields for Lesson Plans
Resources: differentiated the upload button from the sticky submit button
Reports: improved the UTF8 character set for DroidSansFallback to include wider CJK support
Reports: added a school year switcher to the Generate Reports page
Reports: updated Attendance template to enable displaying present attendance counts
School Admin: added an option to cancel activities in Special Days
School Admin: added custom field support to Departments
Staff: enabled editing the Cover Required field in Manage Absences
Staff: improved the visibility of absences requiring coverage in lists
Students: added a permission check for Family Adult comments in Student Profile
Students: added the ability to search students by first name
System Admin: added filename to Import History in Import From File page
System Admin: added the option to configure phone number fields in Form Builder
System Admin: removed anonymous sessions from the Active Sessions page
System Admin: added the option to set default values for Form Builder fields
Timetable: enabled View Available Facilities for non-lesson periods
Timetable: enabled booking facilities for other users with Manage Facility Bookings_all permission
Timetable: added an option to add a reason when booking facilities
Timetable: added an Edit Timetable by Class tool to Manage Timetables
Timetable: added class teacher names to timetable hover-over information
Timetable: added a simple Print option to student and facility timetables
User Admin: added last login timestamp and IP address to password troubleshooting page
User Admin: added the ability to search users by first name
User Admin: updated Manage Permissions to require filtering by either module or role

Bug Fixes

System: improved exception handling for transactions in Connection class
System: removed unused medical fields from gibbon.sql
System: fixed Form Group link under student photos on Parent Dashboard
System: fixed missing translations for module strings in dashboard tabs
System: fixed incorrect student count with multiple form groups on Staff Dashboard
System: fixed broken View All links in Staff Dashboard Enrolment tab
System: fixed My Classes list including Left classes in DatabaseFormFactory
System: fixed links opening in new tab when using Url object in Format class
System: fixed lesson plans not showing up on Staff Dashboard for multiple classes with a TT exception
System: fixed dashboard hooks displaying when modules are inactive
Activities: fixed activities not viewable from profile after listing end date
Activities: fixed activity attendance tables overlapping the page
Admissions: fixed application username check to include other applications
Admissions: fixed database error when using Add Application to create a blank application form
Admissions: fixed missing Introduction and Post Script on application form
Attendance: fixed duplicate entries in Students Not Present and Students Not Onsite
Attendance: fixed Students Not Onsite reports not displaying student name on mobile
Attendance: fixed Attendance Summary by Date to use end-of-day status for school-wide attendance
Attendance: removed print option from Attendance Summary by Date until the form is refactored
Attendance: fixed numerical indicator on Student History for days with partial attendance
Attendance: fixed non-attendance classes showing up for partial absence in Set Future Absence
Data Updater: fixed incorrect top links on Edit Request pages
Data Updater: removed parent emails from Family Data Updater History when contact email is No
Data Updater: fixed unable to remove all privacy settings via data update
Data Updater: fixed Family Data Updates not checking student start and end dates
Library: fixed the Get Book Data From Google button in Manage Catalog
Library: fixed js issue in QR code scanner on Manage Catalogue
Markbook: fixed Left teachers showing up in "Class taught by" list
Markbook: fixed View Markbook breadcrumb when class name is blank
Planner: fixed selected course resetting when navigating between school years
Planner: fixed CLI scripts attempting to users who are Left or have no email address
Planner: fixed incorrect homework status when both teacher and student recorded homework are used
Planner: fixed homework checkboxes not visible on students mobile view
Planner: fixed Concepts & Keywords tag counts in Add Unit and Edit Unit
Planner: fixed error message after duplicating a lesson into future year
Reports: fixed error when milestones are empty in Manage Reporting Cycles
Reports: fixed batch report bulk-action missing the two-sided option
Reports: fixed HTML being removed from Rich Text template sections
Reports: fixed file upload not working in Template Builder
Reports: fixed json_decode error for hooks in Write Reports By Student
Reports: fixed unable to re-send acceptance email from Edit Application page
School Admin: fixed error in Add Attendance Code when no roles specified
School Admin: fixed possible duplicate values using Copy All To Next Year in Manage Form Groups
Staff: fixed staff absences not showing up if outside school year dates
System Admin: fixed Form Builder submission error when subheading is the first item on a page
System Admin: fixed calendar feed cleared when saving Third Party Settings
System Admin: fixed untranslated fields in Form Builder when viewing a form
Timetable Admin: adjusted column uniqueness interface string
Timetable Admin: fixed Copy All To Next Year to copy custom fields and prevent duplicate values
Timetable: fixed class student counts in Manage Student Enrolment
Timetable: fixed display of room number for short periods
Timetable: fixed the position of the Add Lesson Plan tooltip
Timetable: fixed long-running periods not displaying information on the timetable
Timetable: fixed making facility bookings on another person's behalf
Tracking: fixed Data Points export MySQL error
User Admin: fixed black user photos when using non-jpg image format