Release Notes

Fixed: Accepting student applications no longer crashes when the parent already has an account.

If a parent submitted an application weeks ago and already had a user account in the system, accepting their application via the bulk dropdown would fail with an internal error. This happened because the system tried to create a parent profile in the wrong database location. Schools with a backlog of applications may have seen this error repeatedly.

This is now fixed. Accepting applications works correctly whether the parent is a brand-new user or already has an existing account. The parent's account type is updated to "Parent" and their profile is created in the correct location.

Fixes¶

• Bulk-accepting applications no longer crashes for parents with existing accounts
• Parent profile creation now happens in the correct location
• Added a safety guard that prevents profile creation in the wrong location even if future code misses this pattern

All students now appear in the Progress Report dropdown regardless of grade level.

If your school has students in elementary grades (or grades that haven't been categorized as upper or middle school), those students were not appearing in the Progress Report student dropdown. This meant teachers and administrators couldn't generate progress reports for those students, and parents couldn't see their elementary-age children in the reports page.

This is now fixed. The Progress Report page shows all students for every user type -- administrators see all students and all subjects, students can always generate their own report, and parents see all of their children regardless of grade classification.

Fixes¶

• Elementary students now appear in the Progress Report student dropdown
• Students with uncategorized grade levels now appear in the Progress Report dropdown
• Students with elementary grades can now generate their own progress reports
• Parents can now see all their children in the Progress Report page, including elementary students
• Class Report subject list now includes subjects from all grade levels

Homeschool parents: you can now teach your own classes.

If you run a homeschool or microschool and tried to add a subject, you may have noticed a frustrating problem—the "Teacher" dropdown was empty. That's because NavEd was only looking for staff members, not realizing that you are the teacher.

We heard from a homeschool parent (welcome to NavEd!) who hit this exact issue. Within hours, we shipped a fix. Now, school administrators appear in the teacher dropdown alongside any staff members. Whether you're a homeschool parent teaching all subjects yourself or an admin at a larger school who occasionally teaches a class, you can assign yourself as the teacher.

New students now appear in all the right places.

We also fixed an issue where newly added students would show up in the User Directory but not in the Students list. This happened because the student profile wasn't being created at the right moment.

Now, when you add a student (or staff member, or parent), their full profile is created automatically—no extra steps needed. They'll appear in all menus immediately, ready for you to enroll them in classes, take attendance, and enter grades.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Administrators now appear in the "Teacher" dropdown when adding or editing subjects
• Student, Staff, and Parent profiles are now created automatically when users are added
• Fixed an error that could appear when adding students ("duplicate key" message)
• Improved form validation with clearer error messages when something goes wrong

Cleaner forms for adding students and subjects.

We've refreshed the "Add Student" and "Add Subject" forms with a modern, consistent design. The new forms are easier to read, with clear section dividers, helpful hints under each field, and better mobile responsiveness.

For "Add Student," we've organized fields into two logical groups—Personal Information and Academic Information—so you can quickly find what you need. The "Add Subject" form now shows clear placeholders in dropdown menus, so you always know what to select.

These updates are part of our ongoing effort to make every page in NavEd feel polished and intuitive.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Redesigned "Add Student" form with grouped sections and improved layout
• Redesigned "Add Subject" form with consistent styling
• Added helpful field descriptions and placeholder text to both forms
• Improved mobile responsiveness with single-column layout on small screens

Adding new grade levels works again.

If you tried to add a new academic grade today and got an error message, you weren't alone. A typo in our code meant the "Add Grade" form was broken for everyone.

We fixed it within minutes of hearing from you. Grade levels like "Kindergarten," "1st Grade," or "High School Senior" can now be added without issue. Thank you to the school admin who reported this—your feedback helps us catch problems fast.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Fixed "Add Academic Grade" form that was returning an error on save

Atlas is learning from your questions—so we can make NavEd even better.

Every time you ask Atlas a question it can't answer, that's a signal to us. Maybe we're missing documentation, or maybe there's a feature that's hard to find. We want to know.

Starting today, Atlas quietly logs the questions you ask (not on demo accounts) so our team can review them and improve the help content. We already discovered that users were asking about changing themes, printing schedules, inviting new users, and filtering reports by quarter—and Atlas couldn't help with any of them. So we wrote new help articles for all five topics.

We also updated our support email across the entire app. If you need to reach us, it's now [email protected].

New Help Articles¶

• How to invite and add users to your school
• Where to find elective overviews
• How to print student schedules
• Filtering reports by quarter (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
• How to switch between light and dark mode

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Updated support email from [email protected] to [email protected] across all pages and emails

Your school logo is back where it belongs.

Some schools noticed their logo wasn't displaying in the sidebar or on certain pages. Instead of seeing your carefully chosen school branding, you were getting a generic placeholder—not exactly the polished experience you or your families expect.

We traced the issue to a recent platform upgrade and fixed it. Your logo, banner images, and any other uploaded media will now display correctly across all pages. No action needed on your end—everything should just work.

If you're still seeing missing images after today, try a hard refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R on Windows, Cmd+Shift+R on Mac) to clear your browser cache.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Fixed school logo and media files not displaying on some pages
• Resolved image loading issue introduced during platform upgrade

Parents: your children's grades are no longer jumbled together.

A parent reached out and told us something we needed to hear: "As a parent with two children, it's really confusing to have all their classes jumbled together." She was right. When you had multiple kids, the sidebar showed one combined grade alert number with no way to tell which child it belonged to. And when she clicked into classes, the "missing assignments" count didn't match what she was seeing.

We fixed both problems. The Grades section in the sidebar now expands to show each of your children by name, with their own individual alert count. Click any child's name and you'll go straight to their grades page — no more hunting.

Once you're on a child's grades page, you'll see a new alert summary at the top that lists every missing assignment and new grade with the class name, assignment name, and which quarter it's from. Each alert is clickable and takes you directly to the right quarter view, so you can find exactly what needs attention.

We also fixed an issue where missing assignments from previous school years were inflating the alert count. If your child had 5 missing alerts but only 1 was from this year, you'd see "5" and wonder where they all were. Now the count only reflects the current school year — because last year's missing homework isn't something you need to worry about today.

Students see the same improvements on their own accounts, with their grade alerts organized and easy to navigate.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Per-student grade alert breakdown in sidebar for parents and students
• Clickable alert summary with assignment names and quarter navigation
• Missing assignment counts now filtered to current school year only
• Grade alerts show actual assignment names instead of generic labels

Fixed a login issue affecting new parent signups.

Some parents who were invited to NavEd but used "Login with Google" directly (instead of clicking their invite link first) were getting stuck in a redirect loop and couldn't access their accounts.

We've fixed this so the signup flow now works seamlessly regardless of how you choose to log in. If you click your invite link first—great. If you go straight to Google login—that works too. Either way, you'll end up in the right place.

If you were affected by this issue and still can't log in, try clearing your browser cookies for nav.education or using an incognito window. If problems persist, reach out to your school administrator.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Fixed OAuth redirect for users with pending invitations
• Improved tenant routing to handle edge cases in signup flow

See what's new in NavEd—right from your dashboard.

We ship updates constantly, but you shouldn't have to guess what changed. Now there's a "What's New" link in your profile menu and in the footer that takes you to our release notes page.

The page shows the last 6 days of updates at a glance, with pagination to browse further back. Whether you're a teacher curious about new gradebook features or a parent wondering about that new email you received—it's all documented here in plain language.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Added "What's New" link to profile dropdown and footer
• Release notes page with clean card layout and pagination

Duplicate applications? Now you can spot them instantly—and clean them up.

If you've ever had a parent accidentally submit the same application twice (or three times), you know how confusing it can get. Which one should you review? Are they all the same?

We've added automatic duplicate detection that flags applications when the same student name and parent email appear multiple times for the same school year. You'll see an amber "Duplicate" badge right on the application, so you know at a glance which ones need attention.

And when you're ready to clean up, administrators can now delete applications—one at a time or in bulk. Don't worry, we've added safety checks so you can't accidentally delete an application that's already been processed.

Fixes and Improvements¶

• Duplicate detection by student name + parent email + school year
• Single and bulk delete for administrators
• Confirmation dialogs to prevent accidental deletions
• Safety check blocks deletion of processed applications