Release Notes

Any future Connect AI access to student information will require a separate, explicit switch.

Connect AI's curriculum tools and any future student-information tools are now controlled by fully independent switches — turning one on will never automatically turn on the other. Nothing changes about what Connect AI can see today; this is groundwork so that if we ever add AI features that read student data, each school chooses that separately and it stays off until a school turns it on.

Connect AI connections now automatically slow down instead of allowing unlimited requests.

Each Connect AI connection is now limited to a reasonable number of requests per minute. If a connection is ever compromised or something misbehaves and starts making requests too fast, it's automatically and briefly throttled rather than able to pull data without limit. Extra protection ahead of any future AI features that would read student information.

Connect AI now keeps a record of everything it reads, not just what it changes.

Until now, Connect AI logged every change an AI assistant made to your curriculum, but not what it looked at. Every read is now recorded too — including which teacher's connection it came from — so there's a full trail of who saw what and when. Extra protection ahead of any future AI features that would read student information.

Connect AI access now automatically expires and turns off if the person who set it up leaves.

Connections created through Connect AI now expire on their own after a few months, and stop working immediately if the staff member who created the connection is deactivated. Extra protection ahead of any future AI features that would read student information.

Teachers can only change grades, assignments, and grading categories for their own classes.

Editing or deleting an assignment, changing a grading category's weight, and saving grades from the class roster now all require that teacher to actually teach that class, matching the same rule already in place for entering individual grades.

Teachers can now only enter or change grades for their own classes.

Saving or editing a grade now requires that teacher to actually teach that class, matching the same rule already in place on the student's profile page and class gradebooks.

Class gradebooks and student search now show teachers only the students and classes they teach.

A teacher's view of a class's gradebook, grade analytics, and student search results now requires that teacher to actually teach that class or student, matching the same rule already in place on the student's profile page.

Report cards and transcripts now open only to a student's current teachers, their family, and school admins.

A teacher's access to a student's report card PDF and transcript now requires that teacher to actually teach that student this school year, matching the same rule already in place on the student's profile page.

A student's own teacher now sees that student's complete academic record on the student's profile page.

Once a teacher opens the profile of a student they actually teach, they now see that student's full grades and coursework, not just the classes they personally teach.

Student attendance pages now open only to a student's own teachers, their family, and school admins.

A staff member's view of a student's attendance history now requires that staff member to actually teach that student this school year, matching the same rule already in place on the student's profile page.

Student profiles now open only to a student's own teachers, their family, and school admins.

A teacher's view of a student's full profile page (grades, GPA, family contact info, coursework, and attendance) now requires that teacher to actually teach that student this school year. Teachers can still browse the shared student roster (name and grade level) as before.

Teachers now see gradebook details only for students in their own classes.

When a teacher opens a student's profile, the grades and subjects shown now match the classes that teacher actually teaches that student, instead of showing every subject and grade on the student's record.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on how NavEd decides who sees which students.

More internal groundwork to make student visibility consistent across every page, this time on the student profile page. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know if anything does.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on how NavEd decides who sees which students.

More internal groundwork on the grades page, this time making sure grades from past grading periods keep showing up correctly. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know if anything does.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on how NavEd decides who sees which students.

More internal groundwork to make student visibility consistent across every page, this time on the grades page. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know if anything does.

Atlas finds answers anywhere in an article, not just the title.

Atlas, NavEd's built-in help assistant, previously only checked an article's title and short summary when looking for an answer — so it could miss information that was there, just further down the page, and tell you it didn't have an answer when it actually did. Atlas now reads the whole article, so it can find and reference the right answer no matter where it appears.

A small behind-the-scenes improvement to our internal product analytics.

Nothing changes in how NavEd looks or works today.

Entering grades is more forgiving.

If you typed a grade with a percent sign, like "95%", the gradebook used to reject the whole save and show a confusing message. Now it simply reads "95%" as 95, so your grades save the way you'd expect.

You can now also enter letter grades. Type "A" or "B+" and the gradebook records it using the middle of that grade's range from your school's grading scale, so you can grade the way that feels natural to you.

We also made the message clearer when an entry genuinely can't be read as a grade, and added a short reminder right above the gradebook so you always know what to type: a number (like 95 or 95%), a letter grade, or E for excused and M for missing.

Missing icons are back.

A number of icons throughout the app weren't appearing, leaving blank spaces next to buttons and labels. They now display correctly.

Dark mode now matches the refreshed design.

If your device is set to dark mode, NavEd now follows it properly, with readable text and buttons throughout. You can also pick light or dark yourself from your profile menu at any time.

Continued polish on the refreshed look.

More refinements to the new design ahead of its rollout, cleaner layouts and smoother interactions. Nothing changes in how the app works today.

Behind-the-scenes work on how NavEd decides who sees which students.

Internal groundwork to make student visibility consistent across every page. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know if anything does.

A refreshed look across NavEd.

We're rolling out a cleaner, warmer, more consistent design throughout the app, easier to read, calmer to work in, and the same on every screen. Everything works exactly as before; only the styling has changed.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today, we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today — we'll let you know when it's ready to try.

Continued behind-the-scenes work on guided school setup.

More internal groundwork for the upcoming guided, AI-assisted school setup. Nothing changes in how you work today — we'll let you know when it's ready to try.