Change Log

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May 2024

Collaborator now displayed on the Staff Members screen

The Staff Members screen now has the option to show the collaborators for the current review cycle on the screen.

Two new settings have been added to allow this in the Settings->Staff_>Settings

New settings:

  • Show collaborators column on the staff members screen?
  • Show the full names of the collaborators?

 

If only the 'Show collaborators column on the staff members screen?' is selected it will add a new column  with the Icon for Collaborators which will show a tooltip with the collaborators name(s)

If both Setting are selected it will add the column but display the collaborators full name in the column


CPD Controlled Courses can be copied

CPD Controlled Courses can now be copied in the Setting->Review->CPD->CPD Activities/Courses.

Next to each of the course records in the tab there is now an paper icon that will allow you to copy the details from the description but you will need to add a new Title, Cost, Provider and Dates 

Once you add the course you will be able to assign it to staff from the main CPD Activities/Courses area using the Assign Staff button

NB: CPD Coordinators will need to have the following rights added to allow them to access this area.

To set the rights you can either set them at group level or at user level

Setting at groups level go to Settings, Staff, Standard user rights, edit the group of the CPD Coordinator

Under the setting section tick the following

  • Access Settings
  • Access Performance Management Settings

Now Go to the CPD Section of the rights and tick:

  • Access CPD Settings
  • Manage CPD Settings

To set this at user level go to the Staff Member screen and find the user, then click the edit pencil.

Once there account loads click the edit pencil next to the user rights dropdown and this will load their personal rights where you will be able to set the above rights just for them

We would recommend using the user option or making a copy of the group rights to apply to the CPD Coordinator


Activities tabs are now configurable on the Development Plan

New setting have now been added to the system to allow individual tabs to be turned on and off for activities in the Development plan.

To change the configuration of the activities go to Settings->Development Plan->Activities

So when the option is unticked this will hide the relevant tab from the Activity screen


New Export Review Option

A new export option has been added to the system which will download the Staff Summary Report and all the evidence added to the review into one Zip File.

To export the data for the selected review click the export button on the staff members portfolio screen

NB: for the Export button to appear the user requires the following right to be set under the Performance Management section of the user rights

  • Allow Portfolio Exporting

Once the export button has been selected the Zip file will be downloaded into your download folder as below:

When you  open the Zip file it will show the files and staff summary


April 2024

Collaborator screen now show the line manager

Within the Portfolio, the Collaborator table will now display the staff members' line manager by default

Please Note: 

The line manager will be displayed at the top of the table and can not be removed


My Staff Tab on the Home Screen now includes filtering

The My Staff tab on the Home screen can now be filtered 

 

  • Select the filter using the dropdown t
  • Enter the value you wish to filter the My Staff tab by,
  • then click search to return the data.

The filters include the option to filter by the review status allowing you see which reviews have been completed or are still open.


Fiiltering added to the Objective screen on the Portfolio

The filtering has been altered to allow the objective screen to be filtered by linked items as well as the objective status

 

 


March 2024

CPD Calculator

The system now will show the time that a member has accrued over a set period that is being looked at.

The staff member can set the duration of the courses against the course by editing the dates set for the course once added.

 

Once set the system will calculate the duration and display it on both the Portfolio CPD Activities screen and the CPD Activities screen available to the CPD Coordinators.

Portfolio

 

CPD Activities/Courses

On both of these screens at the bottom of the table, it will show the total number of time.

 


Linking Area for Development to Monitoring forms

You can now link Areas for Development to monitoring forms by clicking the Monitoring dropdown and selecting the form within the Areas for Development screen.

 


Linking Improvement Plan Activities to CPD Activities/Courses

The Improvement Plan Activities can now be linked to the CPD Activities and Courses within the portfolio.

When adding or editing the CPD Course in the portfolio you can now use the link to tab to link the Improvement PLan Activities using the dropdown

 


Areas for Development status chart

The CPD Areas for Development screen now includes a status chart

Selecting each segment will filter the results table down to the selected status.

 


February 2024

Changing installation as a Multi-centre user

A user that has a multi-centre account set up within their trust can now switch schools without having to log out and back in.

Simply select the centre selection option at the top right of the screen and click the centre you want to change to.

Please Note: 

1. The centre will only be listed if it has been set with the same email and password. 

2. Will only show the centres connected to Single Sign-On if using Single Sign-On (Any centre not using single sign-on for the trust will not be listed)


Bulk monitoring to add User and line manager to Self Reflection form

When bulk adding a Self-reflection from to reviews it failed to add the line manager when the option was ticked against the form

The option is available on the Edit monitoring ->Options Tab

When you now have this selected and bulk add the form it sets both the User and their line managers as observers.


New Single Sign-On setting for Azure to stop new user being created

A new setting has been added for the Azure Sign-On settings screen to prevent the Single Sign-ON from creating new accounts.

Setting: "Automatically Create New User Accounts?"

The setting is available in Settings->School->SSO and is defaulted to on.


Help and Live Chat added to the login Screen

The login screen now has the Help and Live Chat options available for you to get help with login issues. 


Improvement Plan priority filter includes a 'Not Set' option

The Improvement Plan filter for Priorities now includes the option to filter to objectives which don't have a priority set against them.


Ordering Objecitive Actions by due date

The system will now allow you to order the Objective Action by the due date in the staff members' portfolio using the ordering arrows at the top of the due date column


January 2024

Polciy Agreed/Viewed for Multi-centre user

Users with multiple accounts from within a trust system had to previously log into each centre to set the policy to Agreed or Viewed.

We have made a change that will now set the Policy at each centre when it is viewed at one centre


Centre Column added for Policies at the Trust level

At the Trust level when viewing the Policies history tab it now shows the centre where the user has acted on that policy.


Approver set to viewed/agreed when they Approve a policy

Previously the Approve had to first Approve a policy and then either Agree or view the policy to complete the process for their account.

The system has been changed so when the Approve set the policy to approved it auto sets the policy to show they have agreed or viewed that policy


December 2023

Policy Guidance

A new guidance option has been added to the policy screen.  Access to this is controlled via a new right.

This will allow the administrator to write guidance on what the policy should contain and then this guidance is shown to the owner of the policy when adding/editing.


Development Plan - Actions Monitoring/Task - Chart

A new chart has been added to the development plan to show the status of all the monitoring tasks.


Monitoring Type - New Lookup

A new lookup has been added to the development plan to allow the monitoring type to be defined.  This can then be set when adding a monitoring item.


Audit - Allow HTML For Selection Options

The selection options in the audit have been changed to support HTML - this allows for better formatting of the audit.


Increase Class Name Length

The size of the field for the class name has been increased.


November 2023

Help Centre

Welcome to the new Derventio Help Centre.  The help centre is a single repository for all the help you will require for the Derventio applications.

Guides - All of the guides (how do i's) can now be found in the help centre.  We will be adding lots more guides over the coming months. Click here to view the guides.

Change Log - information on all the latest releases can be found within the change log.  

Note: if you are not sure about any of the updates then please get in touch with the team - customercare@derventioeducation.com - they will always be happy to help.


New Right CPD Request

In the previous version, the CPD request was available to users within the software.  Following requests from a number of users we have introduced a new right to control access to this feature.

By default, this has been turned on for all users so their experience of the software is unchanged.   

If you wish to stop users from making requests then the administrator will need to update the rights against Standard User Groups.  This option can be found in the staff settings section.


Select the group that you wish to change by clicking on the name.  This will display the rights page.


The new right can be found at the top of the list within the CPD section.


Audit Report

A new Report option is now available within the Audit section.

Navigate to any of the audits that you are currently using and you will now see a new Report icon at the top of the screen.

Selecting this icon will allow you to print off a professional report of your audit.

Note: if you are not using the audit module and would like to find out more then please get in touch with the team - customercare@derventioeducation.com - they will always be happy to help


Policy Notification Emails

An issue was reported with the reminder emails within the policy module.  This has been rectified and all emails are now being delivered.


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