You can now choose to show QR codes instead of barcodes on your student IDs.

Owners in Minga can navigate to ID Manager > Settings and select the drop down for 'Barcode type on ID.

Note: If you are going to be using barcode scanners with your digital IDs, please ensure your scanners are capable of scanning QR Codes. Typically a 2D Scanner type will scan barcodes or QR codes from digital screens.

All Minga Owners can now choose between to two different designs. The new 'Mingalangelo' design is more compact to allow for more space for stickers, hall passes without the need to scroll to the barcode.
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You can now choose between the original legacy 'Mingasso' and new 'Mingalangelo' designs in ID Manager > Settings. 'Mingasso' is exactly the same as the original Minga ID design, with no changes occurring to your IDs.
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All new Minga accounts from January 2025 will automatically start with Mingalangelo.

Manager, Admin, Owner, District Manager Tools Page

A new dashboard for managing active users, check-ins, hall passes, points, and behaviors. Data aggregates over 7-day and 28-day rolling periods, providing valuable insights via detailed metric reports.

Additional district-related metrics, including District Hubspot ID and Minga Hubspot ID, have been added to daily aggregation and the Minga Dashboard Export.

The Student Tools Page has been updated to include tools for hall passes, self-check-ins, and redeemable points. Students can also see overdue consequences, active consequences, and their daily schedules.

The dashboard displays metrics such as overdue consequences, active consequences, and unregistered periods. It updates in real-time when assignments occur, and students can refresh to see the latest information.

Student Schedule on My Tools page (Today's Activities)

Ongoing improvements to data syncing processes for Student Information Systems (SIS) ensure more reliable and accurate roster management.

A new intuitive filtering UX has been implemented across mobile pages and reports. Users can now filter and select options easily with features like single-select and multi-select filters, filter actions, and collapsible views on desktop and tablet devices.

A new reporting feature has been added to the Hall Pass reporting system to better track and analyze denied hall passes. This was designed to improve the clarity and consistency of reporting, allowing for a more in-depth analysis of student behavior and school safety.

The following visual changes were made to show the denier reporting:

"Denied" column in multiple reports

Renamed the "Pass" column to "Assigned

Added status and filtering capabilities, including detailed insights and report enhancements

Improved Staff Report with denied and overridden tracking, sortable/filterable columns.

A new column in the "No Party Groups" report, shows the number of hall passes denied in the last 30 days.

Across Minga we have updated the "My Lists" section across various pages to improve usability and search functionality. This will make it easier for you to manage large lists efficiently, particularly for Principals, Managers, and District Managers. Anywhere you are using search filters, you can choose between your different User Lists.

You can now select one of the following list options:

If you have District-level permissions, you will now see a new District tab in your Settings.

You will be able to view, edit, and create new districts quickly and easily. This improvement will help you get a visual high-level view of your schools.

Visual updates have been made to the People Manager & ID Manager dashboards to improve the overall look and feel. This change will help with more effective user management and a cleaner, more responsive design.

We've updated the Kiosk interface to streamline your abilities and enhance security.

We have updated our communications around SMS communication and the Owner of the Minga account will be alerted via email, letting them know they hit the threshold for their SMS usage.

New tools and settings to foster community interaction within the platform (the community module) will be enabled for all customers moving forward from the release.

Added the ability to select custom date ranges across various modules for more precise reporting and data viewing.

General stability and performance tweaks across the platform.

Class rosters from your School Information System (SIS) will now create and update User Lists automatically, keeping data current without manual intervention.

Automatically sync class lists or rosters via your Student Information System (SIS)

Staff and Teachers can now assign another staff member to approve a hall pass for a student, improving the process of sending students to and from class.

Create Hall Passes that Require Approval from Another Teacher/Staff Member

You can now choose if a hall pass ends manually or automatically, depending on the type of pass. This makes managing hall passes easier and more flexible.

Schools can set a maximum number of hall passes a student can use per type. This helps prevent misuse and ensures fair use for everyone.

You can now restrict certain hall passes for specific groups or roles, giving you better control over student movements.

Administrators can temporarily disable the hall pass module to keep hallways clear when needed.

Improved filtering options in reports allow you to manage and review data more efficiently. You can now filter data based on specific lists for more targeted reports.

You can sort student data by first and last name in reports and dashboards, making it easier to manage.

Student photos can be displayed on a scanning device during check-in to help verify identities.

This feature prevents multiple scans within a short time to avoid duplicate records.

Stickers are now more visible on student profiles, making it easier to identify achievements and roles.

Minga has undergone a significant redesign, introducing new visual look, enhanced primary navigation features including a school name display, menu toggle, and clickable school logo, as well as role-specific menus and optimized mobile navigation.

The redesign streamlines navigation and improves accessibility across the app, making it easier for users of all roles to access and use the platform efficiently.

The 7.0 update simplifies the user interface by removing the "My Profile" section, "My Groups" and "Badges" tabs, and integrates "Activity" tab functions into the "Leaderboard" within "My Tools". Additionally, a new "My Content" page has been added for easy access to user-generated content.

These adjustments make the platform more user-friendly and navigable, reducing clutter and focusing user attention on the most useful and frequently accessed features. By centralizing content and settings management, users can enjoy a more seamless experience.

Enhancements to event management include the introduction of event check-in via QR codes and improved event reporting functionalities to streamline attendance tracking and reporting for school events, making it easier for organizers to manage participation and assess event success.

QR Code student self-check-in

Improved event reporting

'Not Checked In' report for identifying ticketed attendees who have not yet check-in.

The update introduces enhanced editing and archiving options for modules such as Check-in, Hall Pass, Behavior, Rewards, and Flextime, aimed at ensuring accurate record-keeping and management.

These enhancements facilitate smoother operation of the app's key modules, enabling users to more effectively edit and archive records. This leads to improved management of student interactions and activities, enhancing the overall functionality of the app for administrators and staff

Edit Hall Pass records

Editing Check In records

Editing behavior & consequence records

Easily automate the assignment of additional consequences or the escalation of existing consequences for students who have not completed their assigned tasks on time.

Find this by creating or editing a consequence and viewing what consequence created the escalation.

The Overdue Consequence report is back! Use the Scheduled Report Manager to deliver this report directly to your team by email or SFTP, ensuring timely follow up on critical matters.

Simplify roster management by enabling multiple school IDs to roster into one Minga. This caters to diverse educational settings and ensures accurate data representation when multiple rosters need to be combined into one account.

Gain instant insight into Hall Passes that have recently ended within the Hall Pass dashboard. This improves the ability of teachers to monitor students whose pass may have recently ended.

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This new setting will be ON by default after the update, this can be adjusted in the Hall Pass Manager > Settings page.

Enjoy a more cohesive user experience with consistent updates to the restrictions section in create/edit models.

Benefit from performance improvements with rewritten parent information code that reduces the number of requests within the Student Information System.

The data import tool now recognizes and processes a wider range of file formats, simplifying data migration.

We’ve made significant improvements to the automation framework in our Behavior and Rewards module to help you better manage tardies and other progressive consequence policies. New features include:

We’ve added the ability to set rostering settings by role and individuals, as well as rostering Admin and Staff roles.

You are now also able to stop an individual from being included in the nightly sync. This will stop that individual from being updated or archived in the sync. Ideal for occasions in which individuals want to use a different name in Minga than is listed in your SIS, or when you add people to Minga who are not listed in your SIS.

All of our reports have a new look and added functionality including:

You can now create and filter by user lists (without having to use groups). In the People Manager, you can create a new list manually or upload a .csv, and choose who can manage the list and if you’d like to make the list accessible for others to use. Once your list is active, you can access it in the people selector to easily bring up a specific list of students.

There are some new improvements to FlexTime to enhance usability including: