We are constantly updating Intellispark products to provide new capabilities, incorporate your feedback, and address issues as they arise. For information about the latest updates, please bookmark updates.intellispark.com to reach this page directly.
July 2024
- General student messaging with templates: The High-5 tool is now a more general student messaging tool that can be used for situations where staff need to message students without specifically sending a High-5. Templates can be created with merge tags for specific situations to have default message language.
- Parent notification option on flags: It is now possible to have parents automatically notified via email when a specific flag is added for a student. This option can be configured per flag and default language for the notification can be created as a template ahead of time with merge tags.
June 2024
- Relationship mapping: It is now possible for teachers and other staff to easily indicate students with whom they have a positive relationship ("key connection"). Teachers can select multiple students from a list and add or remove connections in bulk. They can then easily see all their key connections in the Insights area.
- Primary job role: It is now possible to specify the primary job role of a staff user specific to each account. This will enable future features such as more intelligent automated assignment of flags.
May 2024
- Flags report: There is a new Insights report that allows you to show all Flags that have been opened, all Flags opened for a student or a group of students, or all students with a specific Flag. In addition, the report allows you to view statistics for each Flag, including the total number of each Flag opened, the total number of each Flag closed, and the average number of days to close.
- Adding staff to a Note and sending notifications: When adding a Note, each user receiving a notification is now listed individually. In addition, you can choose to add individual staff members who are not on a student's team.
- Sending Note replies via e-mail: Replies to Notes are now sent via e-mail to anyone who received a notification of the original note. (This option may be disabled in Other Settings, which is available from the Settings menu.)
- Pin notes to the top: It is now possible to pin a note to the top of the list. For example, this would be a good way to pin a document such as an action plan or list of accommodations so that it is always visible on the student hub.
- Supports report: A new Insights report that allows you to show a list of student supports implemented or a count of supports implemented by support.
- Strengths report: A new Insights report that lists students and their strengths or you can list all students that have no strengths noted in their student hub yet.
- Students without connections: A new addition to the Connections reports in Insights. This lists students for whom no key connections are noted.
- Edit teacher course section names: Teachers can now edit the names of their current course sections as listed in Intellispark to make it easier to differentiate them.
April 2024
- Note topics and replies: It is now possible to create topics for notes and assign a note to a specific topic. You can now also reply to a note and all replies are shown on a new notes tab in the Student Hub. In addition, you can reply to notes directly from the activity digest.
February 2024
- Staff form reports: There are two new Insights reports for staff forms. You can view staff forms assigned by student or by staff person. This provides a way to see at a glance which students or staff persons still have staff forms that need to be completed.
December 2023
- A tag can be included in manual csv import: It is now possible to assign a single tag to a student when importing them via manual csv import. This can be helpful when you want to use tags to identify a new cohort of students.
November 2023
- Add action requests within a flag: It is now possible to add an action request from within the flag detail view. This links the action request to that flag and provides a more comprehensive view of all the activity associated with resolving a flag.
- Hide inactive users: The User list (available from the Settings menu to users with access to manage user accounts and settings) now excludes inactive users by default. To show inactive users, click the check box at the top of the list.
- Remaining built-in surveys are now available in Spanish: The check-ins for Belonging & Engagement and Student Relationships, and the Elementary Long-Form 2-5 SEL Survey are now available in Spanish. With this update, all built-in well-being check-ins and ScholarCentric by Intellispark are now available in both English and Spanish.
October 2023
- Google Docs integration: You can now add Google Docs to your notes and supports in Intellispark.
August 2023
- New global add note with multiple students: You can now add a note from anywhere in the application using the global add menu (+ sign). It is also possible to associate a note with more than one student so you do not need to go to separate student hubs and add duplicate notes in the case where you have a note about more than one student.
- Add supports within a flag: It is now possible to add a support from within the flag detail view. This links the support to that flag and provides a more comprehensive view of all the activity associated with resolving a flag.
June 2023
- Staff forms: It is now possible to create forms using our survey builder that can be assigned to staff to complete regarding a specific student. This is useful for referrals or other situations where you want to gather insight or feedback from teachers or other staff members about a specific student.
April 2023
- New school activity summary: The school activity report now includes both activity by staff person and a total summary for the entire school.
- More informative key indicators: The student list view now displays all key indicators for every student and provides more informative color coding.
- Student survey opt-outs: It is now possible to opt a student out of all surveys so they will not be invited even if they are included in a list of students.
- Notifications for supports: You can now choose to notify specific individuals when adding a new support for a student.
March 2023
- New survey reports: You can now view summaries of all responses for a survey administered during a given date range.
- Preferred name: You can now edit a student profile to add a preferred first name.
- Sensitive supports: Supports can now be marked as sensitive, similar to Flags, Notes and Action Requests.
- Filter lists by supports: You can now filter student lists for students with specific supports.
- District Tag manager: District administrators can now manage their district Tags in the settings area and configure data integration keys that map to tag codes if uploading Tags via CSV.
- Manage pinned questions: It is now possible to manage which student survey responses are pinned to the top of the Student Hub. You can pin the response from questions on any custom survey as well, including district surveys.
- ScholarCentric resiliency indicators on Student Hub: If you are using the ScholarCentric universal mental health an well-being screener, you can now view key resiliency indicators and sub-category indicators for each student on the main page of the Student Hub.
December 2022
- District surveys: You can now create custom surveys at the district level and make those available for anyone in a school to use.
- Global student search: It is now possible to search for a student by name from anywhere in Intellispark. This includes being able to search across multiple schools if you have access to students in more than one building.
November 2022
- Filter student lists by Academic Risk Index®: If you are using the ScholarCentric universal mental health and well-being screener, you can now create a custom list of students with a high Academic Risk Index.
October 2022
- Shared custom student lists: You can now share custom student lists with other team members by going to the List Options menu and selecting other staff persons.
- Ed-Fi roster integration: We now support Ed-Fi as a roster integration standard.
August 2022
- Hide student names in emails: We have added a setting that allows you to hide student names in the Weekly Digest and other automated emails. The names will be replaced with initials and the student ID.
- Email reminders for Action Requests: For Action Requests without a due date, an email reminder will be sent one week after the request was submitted. For Action Requests with a due date, an email reminder will be sent on the due date.
- Email reminders for Flags: For Flags that have been open for 2 weeks, an email reminder will be sent to all assignees. For Flags that have been open for 30 days, an email reminder will be sent to all assignees and/or the person that opened the flag.
- Custom surveys: It is now possible to create your own custom surveys to send to students through Intellispark. All users with the permission to assign surveys will have the permission to create custom surveys.
July 2022
- Academic Risk Index® added to student lists: If you are using ScholarCentric, it generates an Academic Risk Index for some students who are at higher risk of course failure and dropout. The Academic Risk Index is now displayed in student lists and can be used as a filter for student lists.
June 2022
- Manage Weekly Digest subscriptions in bulk: We have added a tool in the settings area to manage staff subscriptions to the Weekly Digest email. For example, you could subscribe all teachers to the weekly digest with one click.
- Multiple staff for Supports: A Support entered on a Student Hub can now have multiple staff persons assigned as an owner/implementer.
May 2022
- Elementary SEL survey updated: We have revised our grade 2-5 elementary SEL and well-being survey to gather more reliable data on relationship skills and decision-making. This survey will also now generate key SEL and well-being indicators that match the indicators generated by the middle/high versions of our SEL and well-being check-in. This will allow comparison over time from elementary grades into middle school and high school.
April 2022
- Self-service photo upload: Both school and district site managers can now upload student photos via the Settings area. If you were using SFTP to upload student photo files, this is no longer required and you can use the web interface within your Intellispark account to add or update student photos at any time.
- School staff activity report: School users with administrative access may now view an activity report showing visits, Student Hub views, High 5s, Flags, Notes, Actions and Supports added by each staff person in the building.
February 2022
- Survey permalinks: It is now possible to copy the direct link for a specific student survey by going to the Student Hub. Each survey will have a unique link that can be accessed until the survey is completed.
January 2022
- Draft notes: As you type notes on the Student Hub, they will be periodically saved as a draft so that you do not accidentally lose a long note if your session expires. Drafts are only visible to the author and can be deleted.
- Sensitive action requests: Action requests on the Student Hub can now be restricted to users that have access to view sensitive information.
December 2021
- Parent access to High 5™ messages: If you have parent names and contact details imported, you can choose to copy parents on High 5 messages you send to their kids.
- Audio narration: ScholarCentric now includes audio narration for all questions, allowing students to have any question on any ScholarCentric assessment read aloud.
- Single Sign-On: ClassLink is now supported for SSO for both staff and student accounts. Google and Clever SSO were previously supported. All three options are now displayed on the sign-in page, and if you have administrative access to Intellispark, you can require SSO for all users by going to the Settings menu, clicking SSO, and clicking the switch to toggle this option.
- Parent data via Clever: If you use Clever for integration with your student information system, you can now automate the import of parent names and contact details.
- Accessibility: All student-facing check-ins, surveys, and assessments in Intellispark are now fully compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.