To help reduce email notifications for students, we’ve introduced Digest Emails — a weekly summary of upcoming lessons.

You can enable this feature via School Settings > General.

• A weekly email is sent every Friday, summarising all lessons scheduled for the following week. You can customise the time you would like it to be sent.
• Any updates, edits, or new lessons made before Friday are included in the digest — meaning no additional emails are triggered.
• Changes made after Friday (e.g. last-minute weekend edits or newly published lessons) will still send out notifications as usual.

You can now assign attendance officers in Involve who will be automatically notified when a pupil is marked absent from all non-classroom lessons (e.g. music, clubs, activities) taking place at the same time. These staff will receive notifications via email, push notification, and desktop alert.

Involve also now monitors for consecutive absences in co-curricular lessons. If a pupil is marked absent for two lessons in a row within the same grouping, attendance officers will be notified again.

You also have the option to include the pupil’s form tutor, head of house, or head of year in these notifications, to help ensure the right people are kept in the loop.

This can be toggled in your school settings under the ‘Contacts’ section.

You can now schedule entire terms at once in Involve, or just your current week.

Click "Draft whole term" from the calendar drop down at the top right. From there you can choose to draft either the current week or any of your future terms.

• Select which schools you would like to schedules lessons for.

• Admins can draft timetables for either the selected teacher or all teachers at once.
• You can select if you want to schedule lessons across multiple departments.
• You can choose to clear any existing drafts for the selected weeks or schedule on top of existing drafts without removing them.

We’ve also improved visibility on loading times on you click 'Run magic scheduling', so you’ll have a clearer idea of progress while your weeks are being scheduled.

This update makes scheduling faster and more efficient—let us know if you have any questions!

You can now keep track of all your notifications in one place with the new Notifications In-Tray on Involve. Simply click the in-tray icon at the top right of your screen to access it.

🔹 Stay on top of everything – Easily view all unread messages, approval requests, and required actions at a glance.

Due to popular demand, we’ve introduced Scheduling Mode, a new feature that highlights with a yellow icon when students last missed the curricular lesson they are scheduled over.

This tool helps you identify students at risk of missing the same lesson multiple times. While our algorithm optimises scheduling, there may be cases where it can’t find a perfect slot. Scheduling Mode makes it easy to spot potential conflicts and adjust lessons as needed.

You can toggle this feature on or off from the top-right of your calendar, but it should be automatically enabled when viewing the calendar.

We’ve added the ability to send yourself a magic link from the login page. This is the quickest way to log in or register on Involve.

How It Works:

• Click 'Get a magic link' on the login page.
• Enter your email address.
• Click the link in the email sent to you.

It’s a simple and fast way to access your account.

You can now select custom groups of students to message directly through Involve!

From the Students table, use filters to narrow down your list and then select the students you would like to email. Then, under "Actions", choose "Message students".

This removes the need to always have a pod for when you want to message groups of students.

You can now drag anywhere on the calendar to see all the students who are available at that specific date and time. This feature will take you directly to a list of students who are free during that period.

Here are the steps for trying it out:

• Head to the main calendar (https://app.involveeducation.com/involve/calendar)
• Click and drag a time slot, as if you were adding an event
• At the bottom of the popup window, there will be a link saying “See all students available on...”
• Clicking this takes you to the student list, filtered down to those who are available at that time
• Use ‘Add filter’ to further narrow it down (eg. by Year group), and then take actions such as downloading the list, or copying all their emails

This is a powerful tool for quickly identifying when certain students may be available, helping you plan and schedule more efficiently.

We’ve added a student pop-up feature to make it easier to access key information about students. You can find this by hovering over or tapping a student profile on the web, or by clicking the student profile on your phone.

• 🔍 Student Location: See where the student is, along with their AM and PM session attendance. This helps teachers quickly locate students and know whether they are in school.
• 📝 Profile Notes: View notes for the student at a glance.
• 📩 Quick Links: Easily access direct messaging or goals for the student.

This update is designed to save time and give you faster access to essential information. Let us know how it works for you!

We’ve made scheduling even smarter! When adding events to the calendar—whether it’s a school event, trip, or something else—you’ll now see a clash notification feature.

Here’s how it helps:

• It identifies anything that overlap with your event.
• It gives you the option to notify the teachers involved, ensuring they’re aware of potential student absences.

This means teachers will have plenty of time to adjust their schedules or plan accordingly, keeping everything running smoothly! 💡

Try it out and let us know how it works for you!