Release 3 – April 4, 2021

    Shared Lookup Table Updates for Spring 2021

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.

Many fields in the Applicant Portal contain predefined answer values that applicants can select; for example, the Country and County fields both have predefined answer values. These values are housed in shared “lookup tables.” In this release, new values were added. You can view all updates on the Shared Lookup Table Updates for Spring 2021 page.

Applicant Portal

Applicants can now select the new answer options.

Admissions by Liaison, Analytics by Liaison, API, and WebAdMIT

You can view and extract the new answer options in these portals.

    TOEFL MyBest Scores

This enhancement will be automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs in the next cycle. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. If a CAS association or UniCAS client wants the enhancement available in a current cycle, contact your Account Manager.

Liaison now receives TOEFL MyBest scores directly from ETS. MyBest scores—sometimes generically referred to as superscores—are the combination of an applicant’s best scores for each test section from all of their valid TOEFL scores in the last 2 years.

Applicant Portal

There are no changes to the processes for self-reporting test scores or ordering official test scores. 

WebAdMIT

You can view scores in the Standardized Tests panel of the Applicant Details page. Additionally, you can view scores in the Full Application PDF under the Documents panel of the Applicant Details page. All TOEFL iBT score reports sent after August 1, 2019, will include the applicant's MyBest scores as well as the individual scores from each test date.

WebAdMIT API

You can extract this data.

    508 Compliance Updates

Letters by Liaison’s interface is updated to meet 508 and WCAG 2.0 compliance standards. These updates include improved color contrast, field spacing, clearer field outlines, navigation, compatibility with screen readers, etc.

    Updated Placeholder Text

The placeholder text for the Your Name fields that appear when creating or editing your account was updated to be more inclusive. Previously, the default text was "Mr. John Doe, Sr."

    Batch Add Applicants to Clipboard via CSV File

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.

You can now add multiple applicants to your Clipboard by uploading a CSV file of their CAS IDs. This enhancement can make your review process more efficient. Review the Using the Clipboard page for more information.

    Applicant Gateway Activity Completion Date in WebAdMIT Includes Time

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.

When applicants complete an Applicant Gateway activity, both the date and time of completion are now available when extracting this information through the Export Manager. Previously, the date was included but the time defaulted to 12 AM. This enhancement allows you to accurately report on an applicant’s activities.