Changes to Send Emails window.

To add or remove a recipient in the Send Emails window you can now use the and icons.

If Send to parents is selected, the relevant student is displayed in the Original column of the recipient list next to their parent's email address.

Sending emails or SMS messages to multiple community members from a grid

New replaceable fields ability.

You can add + to the end of replaceable fields to refer to primary parent information instead of the student's.

Using replaceable fields in the body of emails

New handling of siblings when emailing.

When sending emails to the parents of a group of students, parents only receive one email for siblings unless the email is personalised for each student with a merge field.

Sending emails or SMS messages to a community member selected from a grid

Using replaceable fields in the body of emails

Changes to emailing on behalf of another staff member.

When you send an email on behalf of another staff member in SynWeb, a message may be added to the email to indicate this, depending on the OverrideSenderText configuration setting.

OverrideSenderText configuration setting in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.

Email signatures, templates and document classifications.

You can:

• create signatures to place automatically at the end of emails
• create templates for frequently-used emails
• add document classifications to emails.

Maintaining email signatures

Maintaining email templates

Sending emails or SMS messages to multiple community members from a grid

Email credentials remembered.

You can select to remember email username and passwords for the current session when sending emails.

Sending emails or SMS messages to multiple community members from a grid

New Notifications Maintenance.

You can configure SynWeb to automatically send notifications for:

• missing attendance records
• student absence events.

Configuring notifications

Minor changes to email functionality

The button is not active unless there are valid recipients.

A message is displayed showing the number of invalid recipients.

Sending emails or SMS messages to a community member selected from a grid

Faster tag list adding.

You can search for and add community members faster to tag lists from the Tag List window.

Tagging community members from the Tag List window

New Task List functionality.

You can now use the Task List window in Synweb as well as in Synergetic.

Managing tasks

New customisable tab layouts.

You can customise how navigation bars are displayed in the maintenance pages using the Customise Tab Layout window.

Customising navigation bars

New layout in the Send Email(s) and Send SMS windows.

The layout of the Send Emails and Send SMS windows have changed.

Sending emails and SMS messages from grids

Customisable Start Page.

You can choose the page that is displayed when you log in to SynWeb.

Changing your user preferences

Multi-selection in tag lists.

You can select several students from a tag list and manage them at the same time.

Using the Tag List window

Synergetic messages displayed.

SynWeb displays Synergetic system messages configured by the system administrator in Synergetic.

Synergetic system messages

Changes to Add Document window.

The Only Store File Path option is no longer supported in DocMan.

Importing one or more documents

Link to help file is available from:

• main menu
• maintenance windows.

You can display the online help by selecting an option on the SynWeb main menu.

You can link to specific help topics from the navigation bars of the following maintenance windows:

• Class Maintenance
• Staff Maintenance
• Student Maintenance.

Using the online help

Back button available.

The (back button) is used to return to the previous window, except for some transactions.

Navigating around SynWeb

User preference to allow the Active Student field to be set to a default value.

A new option is available to set the Active Student field to default to Yes on the Current Student Search Criteria window.

Changing your user preferences

Remove command link available when sending emails.

You can remove attachments from the Send Email window, if added in error earlier.

Sending emails to a community member selected from a grid

Sending emails to multiple community members from a grid

Replaceable text in the body of email messages.

You can use replaceable fields in the body of email messages. This uses data about the community members to generate the email.

Sending emails to a community member selected from a grid

Sending emails to multiple community members from a grid

Tag List window available.

You can create and maintain tag lists using the Tag List window. Other functions are available, such as adding tagged community members to:

• user-defined constituencies
• classes.

Using tag lists

Document management functions available.

For the selected community member, you can:

• add new documents
• view and delete existing documents
• maintain the details of existing documents.

Using document management (DocMan)

Settings retained on Search Criteria windows.

Your previous settings on each Search Criteria window are retained from the last time you used it.

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Browser compatibility.

SynWeb is compatible with Safari and Google Chrome.

Navigating around SynWeb

New interface.

SynWeb uses navigation bars instead of tabs.

Using navigation bars

New Home window.

A Home screen has been added displaying your timetable and class list.

Using the Home window

New Home button.

A button has been added to allow easy navigation back to the Home window.

Navigating around SynWeb

First search record opened by default.

When searching for staff and students, SynWeb opens the first returned record by default.

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User preferences / Change password.

You can change your:

• user preferences, including term and year, default file type and default campus
• password.

Administrators can change the passwords of other users.

Changing your user preferences

Changing your password

New email options.

You can set email authentication and copying settings when emailing grid records to community members.

Sending emails and SMS messages from grids

New options for sending grid records.

You can send individual records or all records in a grid by email or SMS.

Sending emails and SMS messages from grids

Search option can collapse navigation bars.

You can select Collapse all nav bars on search criteria pages to collapse all the navigation bars on the search results.

Using navigation bars