2019 Highlights & Things you May Have Missed

2019 has been a "big" year for BigSIS! We know you may not have heard from us in a while because we have had our heads down making BigSIS bigger and better for you.

This article will list out some of the biggest highlights of what we've worked on this year (and continue to work on). There are more specific release notes from throughout the year that this will link to as well. 

First and Foremost, Tuition Management! 

• BigSIS can now manage your Tuition payments and other payments like Extended Care! Watch our webinar here. This has been a giant combined effort that we are proud to release
• This includes a whole new Families area, including family members, balance, invoices, and lots more
• Extended Care & Student Billing is also a major part of this!
• Read all about BigSIS Tuition Management

And More

• HUGE Dashboard overhaul
  • We did a major overhaul of the dashboard, including tons of new
  • Give me just the basics (10 min): Watch Shorter Video Here
  • I want more details! (25 min): Watch Longer Video Here
  • Or read about all the details here
• Email Signatures & Better Attachments
  • This is a feature that has been requested for quite some time but Email Signatures are finally here
  • We have also revamped how email attachments work, giving each user the ability to easily upload files or images and link or insert them into the email
  • Read more here
• Official/Unofficial Copies
  • This feature allows you to download two different copies, 'Official' copies or 'Unofficial' copies, of all your MPFs. This includes Applications, Contracts, and Enrollment and People MPF's. This feature will ensure that once a form is completed that you will have an 'Official' copy that will never be altered by changes you might make to an MPF. This is an extra step we took to ensure that if you ever make edits to a contract that was already filled out by anyone, their submitted copy will not reflect those changes, but will remain how it was when they filled it out. This is the "Official" copy
  • Read more here
• Leads/Admissions Module Improvements
  • We have a list of major improvements coming over the coming weeks and months, including:
    • Sign Intent Form
      • A form that comes before the contract and allows families to commit to re-enroll and save their spot, including paying a deposit
    • Family deposit
      • Instead paying a deposit for each student, pay once per family
    • Quick Edit for Leads
      • A simplified version of the Lead Edit with limited functionality for quicker tweaks
• Multiple Signatures coming soon
  • We are very excited to release this soon. This is great timing as we learned that NAIS is going to start requiring this capability in the future!
• QuickBooks Sync is almost here!
  • We've been working hard on this and are going to be rolling this out over the coming weeks, so stay tuned. This also includes API access to financial data and more!
• API coming soon
  • We are in the final steps of releasing our API for better integration

New Report Features

• Course Averaging
  • Assessment Reports can now include all grades from all assessment periods in the term (as well as other terms if a course is part of a Master Course). Admins can choose to display averages for the end of the term or year as well as after other selected assessment periods. Admins have lots of options on how to display the new Course Grades Table (e.g., Letter Grades only, Percentage Only, both, decide when to average grades, what weight to give each period, etc. and much more). This was a huge project and we are very excited about it and know a lot of schools will be excited too!
  • Read more here
• Full Health Info Report for People
  • The "Full Health Info" report is now on the People table which means you can collect health data for anyone, not just students, and run that report
• In-Kind Contributions Listed on Tax Receipt Letters
  • The donor tax receipt letter now has an option to list in-kind contributions as well (for recognition purposes only). Please be sure that you follow all regulations in your state, province, or country when electing to provide this information on the official tax receipt letter for donors.

Read all the release notes here! https://my.bigs.is/releasenotes