Release 12 – December 8, 2019

About These Release Notes

This document provides a summary of the new features and enhancements available in Release 12. If you have any questions about these features, please contact your Account Manager.

New Features and Enhancements

Applicant Portal Enhancements

The following enhancements are available for the Applicant Portal as part of Release 12.

New User Experience for Entering Colleges Attended

This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the current cycle. If activated, this enhancement is available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature.

Based on applicant feedback, the workflow for entering Colleges Attended has been improved. Enhancements include:

The option to employ an e-transcript vendor from within the application (e.g., Parchment, National Student Clearinghouse, or Credential Solutions, where applicable)
An improved process for uploading and previewing unofficial transcripts
Enhanced display of requirements

Still Attending This College? - Old User Interface

Still Attending This College? - New User Interface

My Attended Colleges - Old User Interface

My Attended Colleges - New User Interface

E-transcript Order - New User Interface

Upload Transcripts - New User Interface

Configuration Portal Enhancements

The following enhancement is available for the Configuration Portal as part of Release 12.

Deep Links Now Available in the Configuration Portal

This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the current cycle. If activated, this enhancement is available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact your Account Manager for more information or to enable this feature.

For CASs using the elastic program search page, the Configuration Portal now offers deep links. This allows organizations to provide applicants with a link to the Applicant Portal's Add Program page with their programs pre-filtered. Click Show URL to retrieve your deep link, then copy it. You can share this link with applicants on your website or in emails, allowing them to quickly access your programs without needing to set their own filters. If an applicant has not yet created an account, the deep link will first instruct them to create an account, and then will take them to the pre-filtered Add Program page.

CAS API Enhancements

The following CAS API enhancements are available as part of Release 12.

GET Application v2 Now Available

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

With this enhancement, CAS API users can use version 2 of the GET Application API, which contains a restructuring of Program-related objects required to accommodate new data structures in this section of the API response. Version 2 is the recommended version for new and existing users of this API

CAS API Endpoints Now Retry Unavailable Destinations

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

With this CAS API enhancement, subscription-based endpoints now retry an unavailable destination up to 10 times with exponential backoff (increasing delays between retries). After 10 attempts, the subscription is automatically disabled, and the subscriber is notified via email.

Property Descriptions Now Included in CAS API Technical Reference Guide

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

With this enhancement, the CAS API technical reference guide now includes the possible values of a model property.

New Documentation

Please review the list of new reference guides, all accessible in the WebAdMIT Help Center.

Document	Details
Work Groups: Permission Sets and WebAdMIT Functionality	Learn which features you can manage through each permission set. Also review our Work Groups Guide to learn how permission sets can work together.

Coming Soon!

Please review the list of upcoming events, including scheduled downtime/maintenance, product updates, and regional training opportunities.

Event	Date	Details
Sandbox Environment Refresh	December 8, 2019	The WebAdMIT Sandbox environment (sandbox.webadmit.org) was refreshed with current (cleansed) production data and program configurations. Any test exports, custom fields, etc., in the current sandbox were overwritten.
New WebAdMIT Webinar Series	Various	Liaison Academy now offers new WebAdMIT webinars. Each one-hour webinar focuses on a specific WebAdMIT feature and offers best practices, tips, and tricks for working with that feature. To learn more about these webinars and our other training resources, visit http://academy.liaisonedu.com.
Sandbox Environment Refresh	January 5, 2019	The WebAdMIT Sandbox environment (sandbox.webadmit.org) will be refreshed with current (cleansed) production data and program configurations. Any test exports, custom fields, etc., in the current sandbox will be overwritten.
Reviewing & Scoring Applicants Virtual Training	December 10 – 19, 2019	Register now for our Reviewing & Scoring Applicants virtual training course. Participants will learn how to make the best use of the Assignments and Interviews features in WebAdMIT through a series of hands-on exercises led by a WebAdMIT expert. They will learn how to rank applicants and pinpoint the most qualified candidates while networking with peers to learn how others are using WebAdMIT to achieve their admissions goals. Participants who successfully complete this course are eligible to earn 0.7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Visit Liaison Academy to learn more about this class.