School Signals Product Updates

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School Signals Product Updates

School Signals works for you! We listen to our customers real needs to bring new features to the market that significantly improve school communication.

Latest July 2026

Student Portfolios and Calendar Subscriptions

Private portfolio updates for parents, plus school calendar syncing to personal online calendars.

Student Portfolios
Calendar Subscriptions

July 2026

New Feature

Student Portfolios

Schools can now create and manage student portfolios. Student portfolios are a way to provide private learning updates to the student's parents. In other words, only the student's parents see the portfolio entry.

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Calendar

Calendar Subscriptions

Users can now subscribe to School Signals calendars from the main School Calendar page. Once subscribed, entries and events sync to the user’s chosen personal online calendar.

June 2026

Pages

Spanish Translations for School Pages

The Pages feature now includes a Spanish translation option. Create the English page first, click Save, and then click Translate.

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Forms

External Form Links

Schools can add links to externally managed forms so families can access them from the same place, alongside forms created in School Signals.

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May 2026

Forms

Submitted Forms for Parents

Parents and teachers can now use the Submitted Forms tab to review forms they have previously submitted. The submission results were already showing up on the online forms page. This update provides a quicker view just to view the form results.

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Forms

Mandatory Forms and Reminders

Admins can now make forms mandatory, set a submission deadline, and choose reminder frequency and duration. Parents continue receiving reminders until one parent fills out the form.

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News & Updates

Repost to the Feed

School admins can copy an existing post and publish it as a new post. Content can be edited before publishing it.

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April 2026

Chat Messaging

Parent Chat for Clubs & Programs

Schools can allow parents to participate in a private chat within Clubs & Programs. When activated, all parents in the club are automatically added to the chat group. This can be useful for parent-only planning, such as coach appreciation.

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News & Updates

Saved Posts

You can now quickly save posts using the Bookbark button below the post. Just click the Saved Posts button to return to them later. This is an additional tool that helps the school community to stay informed.

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Chat Messaging

Chat Translations

Chat messages are now translated into each parent’s home language. When a parent sends a message in their home language, the recipient sees the message in English or their chosen language, with a clear indicator that it was translated.

March 2026

Forms

Print Form Submissions

Administrators can print submitted form responses from the form results index page.

Platform

Spanish Interface

Parents who select Spanish, or have Spanish set as their language, can now see parent-facing buttons and interfaces in Spanish.

News & Updates

Heart Reactions for Comments

Users can now heart comments.

Volunteering

Volunteering Without a Set Time

Schools can create volunteering opportunities that are not tied to a specific date and time. Donations, for example, may not require someone to arrive in person at a set time. A deadline can still be added to the task.

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February 2026

Groups

Group Membership Visibility Controls

Group Admins can control whether the group’s membership tags are visible to people who are not members of the group.

January 2026

Notifications

Voice Call Notifications

Priority posts include an option to notify parents with a voice call. The call is created from the post text, so no recording is required. Calls are sent in the parent’s home language and are automatically included in Critical Alerts.

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News & Updates

District-Wide Posts

District Admins can publish News & Updates posts across a school district. Questions and comments appear in one feed for easy access by the District Admin.

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Volunteering

Community Notes on Volunteer Sign-Ups

When a parent signs up for a volunteer task, they can leave a note or comment for the community.

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