Educate Release Notes: MN v9.16.0 March 4, 2026

Preferred Name in Attendance | School Email Requirement & Improved Notification Replies | Security Template Management | Maintenance and Bug Fixes

🌟Preferred Name in Attendance

We’ve updated Attendance views (Daily, Weekly, and Visual) to display preferred names, making it easier for teachers and administrators to quickly recognize and address students. This enhancement streamlines attendance taking and aligns the system with how students are commonly addressed in the classroom.

The display format is Last Name, First Name (Preferred Name). Example: Doe, John (Johnny)
If no preferred name is set, the student’s legal name will appear as usual with no parentheses.
You will see the change in both Classroom module - attendance and School module > Instruction > Attendance pages.

🌟School Email Requirement & Improved Notification Replies

School Contact Email Now Required
: The Contact Email Address under Setup > School Contact Info is now a required field to ensure consistent communication.
Automated Email Reply Update:
System-generated notifications (attendance, gradebook, conduct, login alerts, etc.) will now use the school’s email address as the default Reply-To, so parent responses go directly to the school instead of support.

These updates improve communication accuracy, reduce misdirected replies, and ensure families connect directly with your school.

🔐Security Template Management

We’ve enhanced the Security Template page to improve configuration efficiency:

Sticky Header
: Permissions header remains visible while scrolling.
Select All / Deselect All
: Quickly manage multiple permissions at once.
Bulk Actions:
Apply permissions options in a single step.

While Security Templates are managed by our support team, these improvements significantly reduce setup and update time — allowing for faster implementations and quicker turnaround for schools.

🌟Maintenance and Bug Fixes

Enhanced Year Rollover for Courses & Sections:
All course and section settings — including Standard Rollup Type — now carry over correctly to the new school year, reducing manual setup and ensuring a smoother transition.

Gradebook Export Fix:
Assignment names and associated standards now export correctly to Excel, providing complete and accurate gradebook data.

Household Portal Layout Fix:
The Change Password page now displays properly aligned fields with a single Security Questions section for a cleaner, more consistent experience.

Report Card Regeneration Update:
The “Regenerate” filter has been renamed to “Show records needing regeneration” and converted to a toggle, making it easier to identify and update report cards marked with an asterisk (*).

Attendance Arrival/Dismissal:
Manual Time Entry: You can now type arrival and dismissal times directly, making attendance entry faster and more intuitive.
We have also fixed additional issue of unwanted validation errors when the configuration is twice attendance a day.