What's New in ClassLink Roster Server

Product: Roster Server

Dec 10th, 2020

Thresholds can now be set as percentages, for more info, see this article.
Updated various buttons on Manual Records page and Preview Data pages for consistency.
Add new Skyward OR Connector, for more info, see this article.
New User Permissions section under settings to allow teachers the ability to login to Roster Server, for more info, see this article.
General quality of life improvements

Improved Exports error logging.
New Veracross SIS Connector, for more info, see this article.
Various SIS Connector improvements.
Improved Manual Records page buttons.
Improved Exports warnings when Filter Fields are used in custom configs.
Aggregate Folders permission counts improvements.
Various Custom Exports improvements.
New postfix option for preprocessors under classes and course to generate grades based on enrollments, for more info, see this article.
General quality of life improvements.

OR Cache Connection Status in settings, Server Details.
Custom Export Config are now Custom Export Templates.
New refresh button on apps page for apps that fail/error on permission calculation.
General quality of life improvements.

Added an option on the Imports page to ignore errors caused by missing agentSourcedIds.
Apps page permissions summaries now show Active + Inactive as an option.
Preprocessor file merge options have been upgraded for extended functionality.
OneRoster SIS Connector can now switch authentication method using the HMAC SHA1 or SHA-256.
General quality of life improvements.

Apps page pagination improvements and optimizations.
Google Classroom queries and tables optimizations for better and quicker results.
New icon under Recent Activity column indicating permissions are being updated, for more info, see this article.
ED-FI connector improvements.
Custom Exports improvements.
Focus connector now has the option to pull orgs into a userOrgs.csv link file.
Power School connector now has the option to filter on orgs when importing.
Aeries and Black Baud Sky improvements.
General quality of life improvements.

Privacy Officer expired emails, for more info, see this article.
Reset All button in settings, for more info, see this article.
Ability to add custom Role Names for Black Baud ON, for more inf, see this article.
Ability to pull guardians while using SchoolTool connector.
General quality of life improvements.

Apps page now loads asynchronously for higher load speed.
Kimono connector now has an option to pull longer lists of orgSourcedIds (longer than 4500 total characters).
New MiSTAR Connector now available.
New login method for Independent Schools to assign PID Mappings.
General quality of life improvements.

Added ability to manually enter PID Mappings for users who can't authenticate using HMH. For more info, see this article.
Inherit app folders will now be known as Custom app folders.
Folder descriptions have been updated.
Added a new Update Permission button in Manual Records to update app permissions after manual entries.
Ed-Fi connector now pulls teacher emails.
Aeries connector now pulls Agents/Guardians.

New App Folders
- Added the ability to group your apps by vendor in folders where the sub-apps can either inherit that folder's permissions, filter fields, and export settings or aggregate the folder's permissions. For more information, see this article.
PID Mappings
- We have also added integration for HMH PID Mapping into Roster Server. This will help tenants migrate off of existing HMH tools (Integrate and Limber) so that their rostering can be provided by ClassLink. To read more about this feature, see this article.
Other Quality of Life Improvements