Release 4 – May 12, 2024
New Features and Enhancements
Cross-Portal Enhancements
The following Cross-Portal enhancements were released on May 19, 2024.
Disclaimer: on rare occasions, a new feature or enhancement may be moved to a future release or otherwise subject to change.
Optionally Require Unofficial Transcript and Foreign Evaluation Uploads Before Submitting Applications
For CASs that allow programs to configure their transcript and foreign evaluation requirements, this enhancement is automatically available for use. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.
For CASs that request CAS-level unofficial transcript and foreign evaluation uploads, 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 a member of your account team for more information or to enable this feature.
CASs and programs can request applicants upload an unofficial copy of their transcripts or foreign evaluations in the Colleges Attended section of the application. Currently, applicants can submit these unofficial transcripts or foreign evaluations either before or after they submit their application.
With this enhancement, CASs and programs can require applicants to upload an unofficial transcript or foreign evaluation before they submit their application. This allows programs to have a more complete application to review and removes the work of programs following up with applicants to request these documents.
CAS Applicant Portal
Under the Colleges Attended section, applicants can upload their unofficial transcript or foreign evaluation. If the CAS or program requires applicants to upload these documents before submitting their application, and the applicant has not already done so, then the Submit Application tab will display a warning and prevent the applicant from submitting to that program.
If a CAS or program does not require applicants to upload these documents, or requires them to request official copies, then the applicant can continue to submit their application to those programs.
Configuration Portal
If your CAS allows you to select your program transcript requirements, you can select the Require the applicant to upload their unofficial transcript before they can submit to your program toggle to require the unofficial transcript upload before the applicant submits their application to you.
Evaluation Type Name in Email Templates
This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the next cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs in the next cycle. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact a member of your account team for more information or to enable this feature.
Some CASs have evaluation types, which are recommendation forms customized to a field, degree level, or recommendation type (e.g., recommendation for master's degree applicants, recommendation with a letter upload only, etc.). With this enhancement, the following email templates can include the evaluation type name within the email body, so that applicants and recommenders are reminded of which type of recommendation the recommender has already completed:
- Evaluator Submission Response to Applicant (sent to applicants in the CAS Applicant Portal)
- Evaluator Submission Response to Evaluator (sent to recommenders in Liaison Letters)
Liaison Outcomes Enhancements
The following Liaison Outcomes enhancements were released on May 12, 2024.
The following enhancements are now available in Liaison Outcomes. If you have any questions about these features, contact a member of your account team or support.
Disclaimer: on rare occasions, a new feature or enhancement may be moved to a future release or otherwise subject to change.
Enhanced Exporting Functionality
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 a member of your account team for more information.
In an effort to make exports faster, more stable, and more efficient, we’ve enhanced the Exports tool in Outcomes. These behind-the-scenes changes include:
- Optimized scaling
- Improved export logging and monitoring
Along with this enhancement, export history will now remain in Outcomes for 90 days.
User Interface Enhancements
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 a member of your account team for more information.
To make the user interface more accessible, we’ve made several UI enhancements. These include easier-to-read buttons, less scrolling, more mobile compatibility, and added tool tips for the Events Portal.
Additionally, in the Student Portal, the following changes have been made:
- A new * = indicates required fields tool tip on forms was added.
- Asterisks were added next to table sections with at least one required question.
- Clearer instructions were added around portfolio requirements.
Enhanced Events Functionality
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 a member of your account team for more information.
Several improvements have been made to the Events module, including:
- Enhanced event-editing functionality. With this enhancement, you can edit specific occurrences in an event. For example, if you have a recurring event and need to edit the start time for just one occurrence, you can now make this change without adjusting the entire series.
- Added six-month and 12- month filters on the Events grid. This enhancement gives you more options when filtering which events appear while you review the Events grid.
Conditional Visibility on Applicant Form Questions
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 a member of your account team for more information.
Conditional visibility is now featured in Applicant Forms for public program properties. When working with forms in Outcomes, Conditional visibility allows you to configure questions, answer options, or entire forms to only be visible when specific criteria are met. This can be used in several ways. For example, when configuring programs, you can hide questions from applicants depending on which program term they are applying to. This allows you to use the same form for multiple programs, while still including questions that are unique to each program.