What’s new in February?

Anna Christie - 1 March, 2023

Product updates

Category : Blog

What’s new in February?

With winter coming to an end and spring is just around the corner, we’ve got a bunch of exciting things to share with you!

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What’s new for schools

At Arbor, we’re on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better. Here are just some of our recent launches and updates: 

Bulk Add Assessment Columns in the Custom Report Writer

Want to add columns for Summative or Ad Hoc assessments to a Student Custom Report Writer in one go? You now can! Plus, add different components for Summative assessments, such as Baseline, Predicted Mark, and Year Target. 

Learn more here

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New layout and tools for tables

We’re very excited about the new tables in Arbor! The new tables are much more than just a visual change, they’re a whole new tabling tool. We’ve now removed the toggle to switch back to the old table format, and we’re focusing on improving important areas like spacing and readability. We’re looking to add even more functionality in the future – but we can only do so with the old tables switched off. Learn more here

Here are some of the things you can do in the new tables that you may have missed:

• Rearrange and hide columns, search for data quickly, and filter tables in places like the Custom Report Writer, Behaviour and Attendance
• Navigate and enter data using only the keyboard, copy and paste and drag to fill, plus whole screen tables
• Analyse all of your data in Arbor, reducing the need for external spreadsheets
• Customise your view of the tables and sort data how you want to 

Based on your feedback, here are some recent improvements we’ve made this month:

• For better visibility, you can now turn on the column borders in tables, under the settings button, and it will save on a per-table basis
• Now when you select ‘Autosize all columns’, the width of the columns are saved so you can see them the next time you return to the table
• We’ve improved the spacing on the ‘Small’ and ‘XS’ view to read your data more clearly
• We’ve added a popup to tell you if you have unsaved changes when leaving a page

What’s coming up next for tables: 

• A ‘Disable Cell Colours’ setting to increase visibility for colour blind users – we’re looking at the accessibility of our tables closely and will be making more improvements to the readability and visibility in the future 
• Wrap text in headers so that long header names can be easily read without making the columns too wide
• Improving the widths of columns on tables in the Attendance and Cover modules to make for clearer, easier-to-read data
• Visualising data in a variety of formats by selecting data in a table

We always want to hear your feedback – if you’ve got something you’d like to see in the new tables, leave a comment on our Product Roadmap.

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What’s new for MATs

MAT MIS is custom-built for better collaboration across your trust, with tools that make it easy to work together as one organisation.

New and improved Single Central Record

We’ve made some updates to Single Central Record (SCR) so you can easily and quickly keep staff details up to date across your trust. Choose which columns you want to see in your SCR, and email staff members directly. Plus a small change we know will have a big impact, we’ve added the category of Business Role to the filter options! 

Learn more here

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To keep up-to-date with all our latest releases visit our Change Log or to see what we are working on next and to give feedback visit our Product Roadmap.