Release Notes

Direct Video Upload

Release date: October 2025
Scope of change: Newsletter New Feature

Objective: Allow users to upload videos directly in their newsletter, without having to upload to YouTube or Vimeo and embed.

This new feature allows users to upload videos directly into Schoolzine without having to upload to YouTube or Vimeo and use an embed link. This feature also has built in closed captions and will create subtitles for the video automatically, allowing for more accessible video sharing with communities.

Image Editor

Release date: October 2025
Scope of change: Newsletter New Feature

Objective: Allow users to edit uploaded images directly in their newsletter.

When uploading an image directly in their newsletter, users will now be able to use the edit tool to edit the image. The Image Editor allows users to blur faces, add text, crop, add filters and borders. The edited image will also be saved in the Media Library.

Calendar Sync

Release date: September 2025
Scope of change: Quality of Life Improvement

Objective: Making it easier to sync your Schoolzine Calendar with different calendar apps.

When a user clicks/taps “sync” on the calendar, a new pop up will appear, allowing users to select the calendar app they are syncing to. Once synced, events will automatically flow through.

Image Editor

Release date: May 2025
Scope of change: Media Library New Feature

Objective: Allow users to edit uploaded images in the Schoolzine platform.

When uploading an image in the Media Library, users will now be able to use the edit tool to edit the image before saving it to the media library. The Image Editor allows users to blur faces, add text, crop, add filters and borders.

Recycling Bin

Release date: 01/03/2025
Scope of change: Control Center

Objective: To make it easier for customers to restore deleted items, such as content, contacts, forms, etc.

Users will see a Recycling Bin icon in the bottom right of their menu. Clicking this icon will take them to a panel using familiar design language and components. They can search, filter deleted items and restore them.

Control Center Help Chat Widget Changed

Product: Whole Schoolzine Platform
Release date: October 2024
Scope of change: New Feature

Users will see an orange chat window to talk to our staff immediately rather than finding the live chat button in the side panel. The chat is more sophisticated and lets us better support users.

Login screen changes

Product: Whole Schoolzine Platform
Release date: September 2024
Scope of change: Login Screen Only

Users will be presented with a separate screen to enter their password after entering their email. Previously a user would enter their email and password on the same screen. For users with SSO enabled, they will not have to enter a password and will login via their organisations SSO.

Removed protocol relative links

Product: Whole Schoolzine Platform
Release date: June 2024
Scope of change: Bug Fix

This bug was causing issues with bug scanners as well as printing newsletters.

Authentication Server Improvements

Product: Whole Schoolzine Platform
Release date: June 2024
Scope of change: New Feature

Users should login via global2.schoolzineplus.com instead of global.schoolzineplus.com as we have shifted our authentication infrastructure.
Users must now set a 14 character password including symbols, numbers and a capital letter to help protect their accounts against the global cyber threat.

SchoolTV Integration

Product: Newsletter
Release date: June 2024
Scope of change: New Feature

From the Schoolzine Newsletter platform, users with a SchoolTV subscription can directly add SchoolTV videos, articles and curated wellbeing content into the newsletter.

May 2024

• Accessibility changes to the backend of the system (CRM) including to improve WCAG compliance:
  • Keyboard activated tooltips for users with dexterity issues who cannot use a mouse
  • Navigation skip links for those operating via keyboard
  • Other general accessibility improvements

February 2024

• Added Stripe integration for organisations who use the members dashboard so that they can take payments online via credit card

November 2023

• Security Enhancements to the platform as a backend fix has allowed us to address outcomes of security penetration tests and scans

September 2023

• The Schoolzine logo in the footer space of some websites was not loading correctly, we’ve resolved this issue.
• Calendar events with restricted tags were incorrectly showing on the new Accessible/List view.

August 2023

• A new Accessible/List view has been released for the Schoolzine Calendar. This view is laid out in a manner that is much more easily navigated by screen-readers and those with visual/cognitive impairments. Users can define their preferred view in the Calendar Settings, or toggle between the views when viewing the calendar.
• The iFrame embed code for the Schoolzine Calendar no longer displays the account/newsletter header at the top of the calendar.
• The Schoolzine logo has been added to a number of HOP/SKIP website footers
• A new button was added to the Control Centre for those on a legacy subscription (wherein Schoolzine builds the newsletter for them), to allow for easier content submission.

July 2023

• Styling improvements have been made for tables within the eNewsletter product.
• The Publish Date field of eNewsletters was displaying incorrectly in some views, this has been remedied.
• The anchor arrows that appear in the Article Index of older newsletter versions have made a return to the eNewsletter product.
• The Calendar Sync logic has been updated to accommodate the formatting of SmartSheet and SENTRAL Calendars.
• We’ve officially released our new ‘Text Messaging’ product! This new product is available for clients in Australia only (for now). Enable the product from the side-menu in your Control Center, or check out the Knowledge Base for more information.
• Microsoft Single Sign On became inaccessible, via the login page. We’ve resolved the matter and re-implemented this button to the login page.
• The ‘Print Newsletter’ button used on some eNewsletter Builder Templates wasn’t correctly generating a PDF File, this issue has now been resolved.
• Some fine-tuning has been completed before the release of the new ‘Text Messaging’ product.
• The Outlook Web App was not displaying images within emails sent from the Schoolzine platform. We’ve reconciled our differences and images are once again visible.

June 2023

• We’ve fixed an issue where the ‘PDF Flyer’ function (for eNewsletters) was causing crashes for some iPhone users, when viewed in Safari.
• We have addressed an issue where the “/latest” dynamic newsletter link did not correctly consider the “Publish Date” of Content Builder Newsletters. This fix ensures that the link now accurately reflects the most recent content based on the newsletter’s publishing date.
• The groundwork for the new ‘Text Messaging’ product has been laid and we’re fine-tuning before release.

May 2023

• We have included Privacy and Cookie policies at the bottom of newsletters, surveys, and web forms for all users. This addition ensures compliance with privacy regulations and provides users with easy access to the necessary policies while interacting with these pages.
• In our latest release, we have resolved an issue related to the dynamic link within the tile on Older Websites that leads to the account’s newsletter archive page. Previously, this link was not accurately considering the Publication of the newsletters. We have now fixed this issue to ensure proper accounting for the Publication.

April 2023

• This month saw the release of the next major iteration of SZapp (the Schoolzine mobile application). This version has been re-built from the ground up to ensure the latest security, privacy and accessibility standards are met. The migration to a new language means support for greater functionality, and that future updates can be completed much quicker.
• Feedback from the SZapp release was received and addressed, including login difficulties for some users and regional password resets.
• An additional three ‘HOP’ Website templates were produced and are now available for purchase, increasing the range of offerings within the Website package and the Website Upgrade package.

March 2023

• March was the month of Accessibility Improvements. This month saw significant improvements to our existing Website Templates including Aria Label improvements, minimum and maximum font-size refinements, standardisation of Focus Indicators for the visually impaired, improved ordering for tabbing through page content and a new tickbox so you can easily add the Page Name as a Heading 1 to any webpage.

February 2023

• Only minor bug fixes this month, stay tuned for more!

January 2023

• We’re settling in to the New Year and lining up our projects for commencement.
• Decommissioning of old/unused infrastructure to improve security and load times.

December 2022

• The ‘Tag Cloud’ functionality for streams was always fond of the first tag in the list. Regardless of what tag was clicked, the first tag was already selected. This has been corrected.

November 2022

• Fixes this month were small and/or unnoticeable to users, stay tuned for more!

October 2022

• We’ve worked closely with SiMON to establish a new API. This API allows users of both SiMON and Schoolzine to seamlessly manage their Schoolzine Control Center.

July 2022

• Those users who had Vimeo videos embedded in their Newsletters noted that the link for the video was being incorrectly shortened. A change to the Vimeo URL has now been accommodated.

June 2022

• You might not have noticed any visual changes this month, but a lot of work has been completed behind the scenes. All Schoolzine products are now running behind CloudFlare. This means products are now faster, more private and more secure!

May 2022

• Session Keeper appointments temporarily lock themselves when a user is making a booking. These temporary locks were not expiring, leaving the appointment locked. Unlocking has now been resolved.
• The ‘Recipients’ tab on the Manage SZapp page wasn’t showing all groups in the account, if the account had over 1,000 active groups.
• Reminder emails for Session Keeper appointments were not being sent at their required times. Reminders are now back on track.
• External Calendar Syncs weren’t automatically syncing as intended. The daily sync has now been resolved.

For release information prior to this date, please contact us.