Release Notes - 2020.01

Global

What's New

• Learning Center redesign
  • The look and feel of the Learning Center has been completely updated to a more modern, responsive design.
  • This update brings us closer in line with the other U.S. Soccer web properties, and we will continue to build in more functionality and usability changes throughout the course of this year.
• Assignment overview
  • The individual candidate assignment overview has been completely overhauled to:
    • Surface the most relevant information first
    • Include a more chronological view of assignments and meetings
    • Make it easier for a candidate to understand the status of each assignment
  • In addition, multi-part assignments now include visual indicators / icons to help the candidate understand what they'll do in that segment of their work.
• Invitation only courses
  • Member admins are now able to create courses that are invitation only
  • Invitation only courses are designed to work independently of the waitlist, and they should not be used together
  • When an invitation only course is created:
    • The course registration dates are disabled
    • A new tab called "Invitations" will appear after the initial save - be sure your course has a title, curriculum, and price package!
    • When adding invitations -
      • Admins can search for users by name and email, then click the Invite link
      • Invited users are sent an email with information on signing up for the course
      • Eligibility rules still apply
    • Once invitations are created -
      • The invitations tab will always show them in the order in which they were sent
      • Users will have 72 hours to accept or revoke their invitation
      • Invitation windows can be extended or revoked by the course administrator
    • Invitation only courses will still honor the limit imposed by the course. The number of registrants + invited candidates will not be allowed to be greater than the limit.
    • Once the registered candidate limit is reached, the course status will be set to "Closed Registration" automatically
    • On the course details page in the search functions
      • Non-invited candidates will be shown a generic message stating the course is invite only
      • Invited candidates will be shown a link that will take them through registering

What's Updated

• The certifications API now appropriately handles users with who have had their USSF ID changed
• End time is now available as a field in the course editor
• The following reports have been updated to include a secondary email address, if applicable
  • Roster
  • Ongoing candidates
  • Licenses
  • Payments
  • Course and compliance reports
• When a user's profiles are merged, an automated email is generated with general updates

Coaches

What's New

• The 4v4 online course is now available in Spanish

Referees

What's New

• Course administrators are now able to grade assignments and complete evaluations
• When signing up for a new Learning Center profile, ref users can now search for an existing profile by USSF ID.

What's Updated

• If a user requires multiple payments for their transaction (course, background check, etc.) a summary of all items will be shown at checkout and a single payment captured for all related charges
• Report date picker controls now function appropriately
• Instant, robust date of birth checks and information display when a new user signs up who is under 13 years of age. Data is validated and information shown as soon as a DOB is entered.........
• Improved data validation and feedback for users filling out background check forms. They are now shown specific fields with issues or reasons for errors when data is invalid.