Winter Release Round-Up: What’s New at Apptegy
Your district’s story, brand, and community connections start with clear, consistent communication—and we’re making it easier than ever. We recently shared exciting updates to your Live Feed experience, and these changes are just the beginning!
For the first time, we’re bundling new features and updates into one release, helping you:
→ Strengthen your brand across every touchpoint
→ Improve communication with families and staff
→ Save time with more streamlined tools and workflows
Make Your Brand Shine Across Every Touchpoint
We continue to put your brand at the center, and with this release, we’re launching new features that help you deliver on-brand communications and give you more power to share your stories in unique ways.
More Options for a Powerful First Impression
Your website is often the first place families, staff, and students experience your district. With the new Home Page customization options , available now through your Client Success Manager, you can:
Create a new homepage that visually communicates your brand using the new Sydney theme
Use 14 new design components to highlight your schools, programs, milestones, and more
Mix and match design components across any theme in use
Showcase the most important elements using new components, such as a timeline of your school’s history and legacy.
On-Brand Newsletters Without Ownership Challenges
Your district’s story is told in every email, update, and newsletter you send. With the new brand permissions, available now in Engage, you can:
Give team members access to only the brands they manage
Share content creation in a secure, user-permission-based environment
Empower more voices to share their stories with on-brand newsletters
Create a consistent brand experience for every audience you serve—without one person having to manage it all.
Stay Connected with Clearer Communication
We’re helping everyone in your community be a better communicator with new features and updates that make it easier to have more impactful, consistent, and collaborative experiences and connections.
Family Choice in Communication
Newsletters are a powerful communication tool but not every update matters to every family. With the new unsubscribe by brand feature, you can:
Give families a choice over which newsletters they receive
Increase long-term engagement by giving each family the option to update their newsletter preferences
Offer your community a more personalized experience for staying connected to your school district.
New Unsubscribe Analytics
Knowing how your community is engaging with your communication is critical to optimizing your strategies. With the new unsubscribe analytics, available now in the Engagement tab, you can:
See who has unsubscribed for each newsletter brand
Re-subscribe readers to a specific brand as needed
Track audience engagement and refine strategies to drive engagement
Gain insights into reader preferences to optimize your communication strategy.
Alert Center Updates
When every second counts, clarity matters. We’ve enhanced the Alert Center so you can:
View publisher history for transparent Alert record keeping
Tailor the message of each Alert by channel
Use voice-recorded translations to reach every family in their preferred language
Provide clearer, more accessible alerts with new customization and translation options. Reach out to your Client Success Manager to get this updated feature, today.
A More Holistic View of Student Behavior
Communication isn’t just about sending updates—it’s about helping educators, students, and families work together. With the new, optional, Behavior points by students feature, you can:
See student behavioral trends across all classes
Empower educators and families with a holistic view of behavior
Strengthen alignment with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) strategies
Strengthen collaboration between teachers, administrators, and guardians with a clear, shared view of student behavior.
Even More Enhancements for Success
We’re continuously looking for ways to improve the tools you’ve grown to rely on to make sharing stories and engaging with your community easier than ever. These additional enhancements aim to simplify workflows and create a better user experience to save time managing communication and spend more time connecting with your community.
Rooms Data Sync
An enhanced, optional setting to auto-update staff and student names and emails from your latest SIS data ingestion.
Forms PDF Export
Simplify reporting with PDF form exports and save time with new bulk export options.
Engage Audience Improvements
Access your audience lists quickly even if they aren't connected to a brand.
Mobile Web Experience
Families and staff on mobile web will begin to get an improved experience, and see a prompt to download the app for the best experience.