campusM 2024 Release Notes

Calendar - Activity Reminders

August 2024   Idea Exchange

React Native

CAM-24136

End-users can now set up reminders for all calendar activities (classes, events, etc.). They can determine whether or not to receive reminders for each type of activity, and can set the timing for the reminders they choose to receive. For customers using the Attendance module, the existing reminder functionality remains unchanged for Attendance activities (see Configuring Attendance; campusM Attendance Student Experience), but users now have the additional ability to set up reminders for non-Attendance activities.

Activity reminders pop-up on end-users' devices at specified intervals before the activities are scheduled to take place. (They are not included in the Alerts list.)

Configuration for this feature is part of the app settings, so end-users can configure their reminder settings themselves. Reminders for each timetable endpoint can be configured individually, and end-users can choose whether to have reminders at all, and if so, whether to have multiple reminders for each activity, at specified times before they are scheduled to take place. For example, they could choose to have reminders for events 1 hour before they are scheduled to begin, and reminders for exams 5 minutes and 15 minutes before they are scheduled to occur.

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Attendance - Invalidation of Mock Locations

August 2024CAM-24884

When the attendance system is set to use geolocation to validate students' locations when they check into a class, it now automatically checks whether the GPS location coordinates were manually set on the student's device, indicating that the data from the location sensor was overridden in order to spoof the geolocation system. Location data that is found to have been tampered with on a device now invalidates the student's check-in. 

For additional information about using geolocation in the check-in validation process, see Configuring Attendance.

Information about mocked locations that were detected can be retrieved by admins via the API, using the Check In Report API, in the isLocationMocked parameter. For additional information about the Check In Report, see Check In Report in the Developer Network.

Product Integration - Syncing of User Role Data with Alma

August 2024CAM-23518

A new vendor, Alma, is now supported by the Roles Product Integration. This vendor enables syncing user-role information with Alma's student information system (SIS) in order to import the latest information about students' user groups.  

For more information, see Roles.

Notifications - Search All History 

August 2024CAM-24555

You can now search for notifications that were sent more than 30 days ago. The Date field in the Notification Center now allows you to select any date in the past in order to find notifications that were sent on that day. 

For more information, see Sending Notifications to End-Users from Notification Center.

App Settings - Default Language for Landing Page

August 2024CAM-24469

You can now set the default language for the landing page that end-users see the first time they open the app. The language can be set in a new field, Language pack, which is located in the App Manager at App Settings > App Settings > General Settings.

For additional information, see Configuring App Basics. 

App Builder - Alerts and Maps Tiles

August 2024CAM-17870

Two new types of tiles can now be added by admins to the end-user apps:

• Alerts
• Maps

Previously, these types of tiles could only be added by Ex Libris customer support.

For information about creating new tiles for the end-user app, see Creating Services.

Calendar - New Agenda View

July 2024 (Added to the June 2024 release)

React Native

A new view has been added to the calendar on the React Native platform: Agenda view. As compared with the default view, Day view, this view enables end users to see the activities of the selected day as a list, presented as equal-sized rectangles, each of which represents a single activity, regardless of its duration. Times for which no activities are scheduled do not appear in this view. To switch between calendar views, end-users select  (Day to Agenda view) or  (Agenda to Day view).

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Day View Tile - Customizable Backgrounds

July 2024 (Added to the June 2024 release)

React Native

The Day View tile, which shows end-users their next scheduled activity, now includes backgrounds as follows:

• Upcoming activities – When the end-user has at least one remaining activity scheduled for the day, information about the next upcoming activity appears in the tile with a solid-color background. The color of the background can be configured in the tile's settings, so it can match your institution's standard color-scheme.
• No upcoming activities – When the end-user has no remaining activities scheduled for the day, the tile appears with a standard background image and message. Several versions of the background image, employing different color-schemes to better match the institution's standard color-scheme, are available for selection in the tile's configuration.

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Calendar - Refresh Mechanisms

July 2024 (Added to the June 2024 release)

React Native

Three methods end-users can employ in order to update their calendars are now supported:

1. Tap the Updated... line at the top of the calendar
2. When the first week of the month is visible in the calendar area (above the schedule of the selected day; in Week or Month view) drag down from the row of that week in the calendar area.
3. Drag in the schedule area:
   • In Day view – When 12:00 AM is visible at the top of the timeline, drag down from the 12:00 AM row.
   • In Agenda view – When the first activity of the day is visible, drag down from it.

For additional information about working with the calendar in React Native, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Feeds Tile - Icon Position Configuration

July 2024CAM-20437

A new field has been added to the configuration of a feed in a Feeds tile, Icon Position. The new field allows you to choose from six possible positions of an icon when one is superimposed on the tile (e.g., the logo of the provider of the RSS feed): top left, top center, top right, bottom left, bottom center, and bottom right.

For additional information about adding and configuring tiles in the App Builder, see Configuring Services.

Accessibility - Improved Page Headings

July 2024CAM-24779

As part of our continuing efforts to optimize the accessibility of our applications, page headings have been added to a number of pages in which they were not previously displayed.

Calendar - Week-Month Display

June 2024

React Native CAM-24367

In React Native mobile apps, the calendar views have been streamlined. Expanding from week view to month view is done by dragging down to open a "drawer"; expanding from month view to week view is done by dragging up to close the drawer. The Day view is always displayed whether or not the week/month view are expanded.

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Notifications - Specify Recipients Based on Their Roles 

June 2024 CAM-24442

You can now configure notifications to be sent to users based on their roles. This powerful enhancement even enables you to define groups of recipients based on two roles, using logical operators to define the relationship between them. For example, you can define a list of recipients that includes all users who are both first-year students and physics majors.

For more information, see Sending Notifications to End-Users from Notification Center.

API - REST API for Account Information

June 2024CAM-24563

A REST API is now available for retrieving user-account information from the database.

API - REST API for User Holds

June 2024 (Updated May 27, 2024)CAM-24562

A REST API is now available for retrieving user-holds information from the database.

Calendar - Combined Display of Activities

May 2024

React Native

CAM-24054

In React Native mobile apps, the calendar now incorporates more scheduled activities in a single display – timetable items such as courses and exams, as well as scheduled events from other event product integrations (PIs). Items are color-coded to indicate their type. Tapping on an item opens its details.

Only events that the end-user has registered for or tagged as favorites are included in the calendar. Favorites for which the end-user has not registered appear in the calendar with the same color-coding as other events from the same feed, but in a much paler shade. All favorites are marked with a Heart icon ().

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Calendar - New Day View Tile

May 2024

React Native

CAM-24318

In React Native mobile apps, a new tile, Day View, is now available. This tile gives end-users information about their next upcoming activity of the day, taking the information from the new calendar, which includes information from timetables and other event PI feeds (see above). Selecting the tile opens the calendar with the activity displayed.

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Calendar - New Calendar Button in Menu Bar

May 2024

React Native

In React Native mobile apps, a new Calendar button () has been added to the menu bar of React Native mobile apps, enabling end-users to open the calendar quickly from any screen in the app (see illustration above). The button is added to the app automatically if the system has any scheduling feeds – timetables such as courses or exams, and/or other event PIs.

Customers who do not have any active timetables, but do have event PIs, or who do not have any event PIs nor any CAL endpoints, can have the Calendar button removed if they wish. 

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Attendance - Export of Data to CSV

May 2024CAM-XXXXX

Attendance data can now be retrieved for review and further processing by exporting it to a CSV file. The export process can be scheduled to take place daily or weekly, and/or performed ad hoc, as required. CSV files can be opened by spreadsheet applications like Excel.

For more information, see Exporting Attendance Data.

Product Integration - Support for New Leganto UI

May 2024

The new Leganto UI is now supported by campusM. In organizations in which Leganto is deployed with its new UI, the Leganto product integration opens in campusM in the new UI.

Directory Search Results - Contact Information Display

April 2024CAM-23802

You can now control which contact information is displayed in the Contact page, which is the page that opens when a user selects a contact from the list of contacts retrieved by a directory search. To configure this, in the App Manager, in the Product Integrations module, in the settings of the Directory Search Instance, under Contact Page, select the items that should be displayed in Contact pages for this type of directory search.

For more information, see Directory Search.

Event Product Integrations - Support for JSON Imports

April 2024CAM-23003

Events can now be imported via REST API in JSON format. This can be configured in the App Manager, in the Product Integrations module, in the settings of the Events Instance, under JSON Events.

For more information, see Events.

Map Display Enhancements in Position Pages

April 2024CAM-24061, CAM-24015

React Native Platform

In React Native versions of the app, the following enhancements have been implemented in the map displays in Position pages: 

• An About tab has been added to the page, and is the default tab that opens when the end-user selects a position in the app. When this tab is open, only the location of that position is marked on the map, in order to reduce clutter. By default, the name of the position is displayed in the About tab. However, if the Note field of the position contains text, this text is displayed in the About tab, rather than the name of the position. All marked locations continue to appear in the map when the Around Here tab is selected. 
• Actions that appear in Actions tabs can have icons identifying their types.

  

  Icons Identifying Actions in the Actions Tab of a Position Page

For more information, see Adding Maps and Locations to Services and Feature Focus – Maps.

Enhancements in Class Details Pages

April 2024CAM-24099, CAM-23826

React Native Platform

In React Native versions of the app, the following enhancements have been implemented in the Class Details pages: 

• Timezone display: The times displayed are for the time zone currently selected in the device, and the name of the time zone is indicated above the times. 
• Location Info: Selecting this opens the campusM Position page for the location.
• Navigate to Location: Selecting this takes the user out of campusM and opens the location in the device's map app.

  

  Icons Identifying Actions in the Actions Tab of a Position Page

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

New "Go to Today" Button in Calendar

April 2024CAM-24159

React Native Platform

In React Native versions of the app, a Go to Today button () has been added to the Calendar page.

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Attendance - Configurable Icon of "Unable to Validate" Check-In Status

March 2024CAM-23000

It is now possible to configure how campusM marks check-ins that it identifies as "unable to validate" in the student check-in screen. You can choose whether these check-ins should be marked with the icon used for valid check-ins () or the icon for invalid check-ins (). To configure this setting, in the App Manager, go to Attendance Settings > Attendance > Check-in History Settings, and, under How to Consider Unable to Validate Entries, select Invalid or Valid.

For more information, see Configuring Attendance.

Notifications - Undo for Deletions

March 2024 

React Native PlatformCAM-22216

End users now have the option to undo the deletion of a notification. After the user selects Delete in the Delete Alert, the Undo option appears for several seconds in the Alert deleted message at the bottom of the screen.

Delete Alert

Undo Option

For more information about managing notifications, see Sending Notifications to End-Users.

Product Integration - New SAML Certificate

March 2024CAM-23810

The SAML certificate has been renewed for 2024. For more information, see Configuring Integration Profiles.

React Native: Improved Navigation from Timetable

February 2024CAM-23616

In the React Native UI, a new Navigation button () has been added to the Event screen. Selecting this button takes the user directly to the screen of their device's map app in which they can get directions to the location.

Navigation Button in Event Screen	Map Screen with Directions Option

For more information, see Feature Focus – My Calendar.

Attendance - Enhanced Bulk Management

January 2024CAM-23186

Lecturers can now select multiple students to check-in or mark absent using Select All Unsubmitted Students and Select All With Status buttons. In addition, when one or more students are selected, lecturers can set their status in one action, by selecting an option from below the list of students. For additional information, see campusM Attendance Lecturer Experience

Notifications - Editing of Future Notifications

January 2024CAM-22241

You can now edit scheduled notifications that have not yet been sent. To do so, in the Notifications Dashboard (Notifications), under Date, select All future notifications to open a list of scheduled notifications, and then select the notification you want to edit. For more information, see Sending Notifications to End-Users from Notification Center.

App Builder - Configurable Location for Banner Controls

January 2024CAM-23084

It is now possible to configure where the User Controls of banner tiles are placed - at the top or the bottom of the image. When a Play/Pause control is also included in the banner, it is placed in the alternate location. For additional information, see Configuring Services.