What's New in Renaissance Place 4.0
Renaissance Place™ has an updated look and feel throughout. In addition to several user interface improvements, all reports have been updated to promote consistency in reports across all products, making it easier to use reports because the time invested in understanding one report carries over to others.
Installer/Components
We have moved from Microsoft.Net 1.1 to Microsoft.Net 2.0.
Renaissance Place Management
Several user-requested enhancements have been added throughout the management software.
Alerts
Additional alerts have been added to the Home page depending on the level of your software:
- Licence Agreement - An alert will appear for administrators immediately after an upgrade or new install to view and agree to the software licence.
- Updates - An alert will appear for administrators anytime we have a cumulative patch or high-priority fix available (only if connected to the Internet).
- Subscription - An alert will appear for all school users once an active subscription is within 90, 60, 30, 15 and 0 days from a subscription end date.
Usability
The following enhancements were added to streamline setup and give you additional security options:
- New school years can now be set by the school administrator for all classes.
- Streamlined setup allowing you to assign products to multiple classes simultaneously.
- Search results will now show up to 50 items per page so there are less pages to click through.
Dashboard
The most exciting addition to Dashboard this year is the teacher level drill down. This will allow administrators to view their implementation and success data at a teacher level. Teachers will be able to see this information as well, however, they will only see that information about themselves, not other teachers.
Home Connect
Many of the new features in Home Connect™ are specific to maths and reading and have been covered in those sections. However, there are benefits to the way Home Connect is managed. Home Connect was designed with the teacher and school in mind:
- No additional password management required by the school or teacher. The pupils' Renaissance Place login and password are used for Home Connect.
- Any written correspondence to the parent is readily available. Simply print it out and send it home.
- Easy setup. Almost anyone in the school can be set up in a matter of minutes.
- Email notifications to parents or guardians required by Home Connect are handled via Renaissance Learning mail servers.
Renaissance Place Management Consolidation
Consolidation was reviewed and has been updated to provide optimal performance.
Reports
In addition to consistent report styles throughout for improved readability, a new Engaged Time score is available on Maths and Reading reports.
