2021.0.0 (July 31st, 2020)

all information about WebUntis 2021

2020.13.1 (July 1st, 2020)

Bug fixes:

• Internal messages: Now there is an error message, in case a message can’t be delivered to all recipients [WU-6668]

2020.13.0 (June 25th, 2020)

New Features:

• On July, 30th, 2020 teachers and administrators will see WebUntis in a new design!

  Starting today you can test the new design in the playground, so that you can get used to it.

  There are still several changes and improvements we will make before the release on July, 30th.

  You can read more about the new design in the Help Center (German only)

New Features in WebUntis timetabling:

• Timetable planners can define how many hours each teacher is available per day for calculation of new timetables [WU-6616]
• Timetable planners can define how many hours each class is available per day for calculation of new timetables [WU-6617]
• Diagnosis: renamed “master data” to “input data“ and removed category “lessons” [WU-6778]
• Time requests that got imported from Untis now can be used for online timetabling if time grids match [WU-6845]

Bug fixes:

• Message of the day: “Information from Untis” is not displayed on monitor views anymore [WU-6604]

Bug fixes in WebUntis timetabling:

• Data entry wizard: when creating new lessons, the button “Save and new” is available again [WU-6772]
• Fixed misleading behaviour of colours in timetabling when scheduling manually [WU-6779]
• Fixed an error that lead to automatic refresh of timetables [WU-6841]
• When deleting master data in WebUntis, now it also gets removed immediately in timetabling [WU-6814]
• Fixed a recent bug where opening a scheduling horizon caused loss of connection to WebUntis session [WU-6884]

2020.12.4 (June 17th, 2020)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a stability issue 

2020.12.3 (June 16th, 2020)

Bug fixes

• QR code for Untis Mobile login: Fixed a bug, which sometimes prevented, that the QR code was displayed [WU-6879]
• Class register: Editing of exams via timetable is possible again [WU-6894]
• LDAP login: fixed a bug, which sometimes prevented login with LDAP [WU-6901]
• Messenger: fixed a bug, which sometimes prevented the creation of groups linked with lessons [MES-241]

2020.12.2 (June 7th, 2020)

Bug Fix:

• fixed XSS security vulnerability

2020.12.1 (June 3rd, 2020)

Bug fixes (Hotfix for WU2020.12.0):

• Class register: Fixed a bug, which sometimes prevented, that in lesson the students are displayed. [WU-6836]
• Class register: The “absent”-button works again. Absences can be checked and entered again. [WU-6830]

2020.12.0 (May 29th, 2020)

New features:

• WebUntis timetabling:
  Now input of desired minimum/maximum non-teaching periods (per week per teacher) is possible and regarded for timetable optimisation. [WU-6615]

Bug fixes:

• The lesson view in data entry wizard now refreshes automatically after changing school year. [WU-6695]
• Class register:
  fixed a bug where sometimes automatic excuses of absences didn’t work [WU-6447]

2020.11.0 (May 5th, 2020)

New Features:

• Sokrates: import interface for events activated

Bug Fixes:

• WU timetable: now Sundays are displayed when activated in time grid
• WU timetable optimisation: various bugfixes

2020.10.1 – 2020.10.7 (March 27th - April 16th, 2020)

Various bugfixes und performance improvments

2020.10.0 (March, 27th, 2020)

Various improvements and bug fixes in online timetabling.

2020.9.21 (March, 26th, 2020)

New Features:

• Integration with One Drive:
  It is now also possible to attach files from OneDrive to teaching content, messages of the day and period info.

2020.9.20 (March, 25th, 2020)

New Features:

• Integration with One Drive: It is now possible to attach files from OneDrive to internal messages and homework.
• Groups in Messenger can now get created based on distribution lists of the internal messaging system

 

2020.9.8 - 2020.9.19 (March, 10th-24th, 2020)

Performance improvements

also see: Untis Messenger Release Notes

 

2020.9.7 (March 3rd, 2020)

Bug Fixes and improvements to internal infrastructure.

2020.9.6 (February 28th, 2020)

Fix of a security issue: Under certain circumstances (depending on rights and modules) it was possible to use a combination of CSFR and XSS to send malicious code to other WebUntis users. We'd like to thank the reporters of the issue for their help in resolving this! An analysis of our log files shows that the issue was not utilised.

2020.9.5 (February 26th, 2020)

Improvements to internal infrastructure.

2020.9.4 (February 19th, 2020)

New features

• WebUntis Timetabling: Now also Optimisation strategy B is available in WebUntis. You can now choose to use the fast strategy A or the more detailed strategy B when optimising timetables in WebUntis.

2020.9.3 (February 17th, 2020)

Bug Fixes

• in some rare cases a bug in version 2020.9.0 caused duplicate lessons when exporting from Units

2020.9.0 - 2020.9.2 (February 2nd, 2020)

Performance improvements and

New features

• WebUntis Timetabling: Optimisation strategy A can now be used in WebUntis timetabling!
• WebUntis Timetabling: Time wishes are now available in WebUntis timetabling.

2020.8.0 (January 28th, 2020)

Performance improvements and

Bug Fixes

• Untis Mobile for iOS: fixed a bug with display of class register entries for teachers
• 2-Factor-Authentification: increased timeframe to input codes from hardware token, so login is possible in case of slightly wrong time settings

2020.7.4. (January 24th, 2020)

 Performance improvements and bug fixes

2020.7.3 (January 10th, 2020)

Bug Fixes

• Untis Messenger: fixed activation problems with too long user names / school names
  
• Fixed a bug with transfering FMD-data from WebUntis to Untis

2020.7.2 (December 21st, 2019)

Bug Fixes

2020.7.1 (December 9th, 2019)

Bug Fixes

• Administration: Performance improvements when deleting users
• Untis Mobile: fixed a bug related to the substitution text
• Untis Mobile: fixed a bug related to editing class register entries
• Untis Mobile: fixed a bug related to booking additional rooms to periods

2020.7.0 (December 5th, 2019)

With this release we start the beta phase of online substitution planning and of a new design for WebUntis. Currently these new features are only available to some selected beta schools. In the next weeks we'll provide more information on our website and in the help center.

2020.6.1 (November 18th, 2019)

Various bug fixes

2020.6.0 (November 15th 2019)

New features for schools in Luxembourg 

2020.5.1 (November 8th, 2019)

Bug Fixes

• Class register: The button "Enter grades" on the class register page was hidden by mistake in version 2020.5.0. Now it is visible again.

2020.5.0 (November 6th, 2019)

Various new features for schools in Bremen (DE) and Steiermark (AT)

2020.4.3 (October 22nd, 2019)

New Features and Improvements

• Parent teacher day: Administrators can now edit all entries, independently of who create it

Bug Fixes

• Parents teacher day: When duplicating a parents day all date fields can now be changed
• Parent teacher day: Time blocks between appointments are now also validated for parents
• Parent teacher day: Teachers who are not assigned to a department are now always visible in parent teacher days.

Improvements and Bug Fixes related to the parents day module.

2020.4.2 (October 17th, 2019)

New Features and Improvements

• Administration: A new section on the start page now informs administrators about recent changes and important information related to WebUntis
• Administration: Now the class shows up when printing initial password list for students / parents

 Bug Fixes

• Administration: fixed an issue that blocked some users from logging in after their password was changed by an administrator 

2020.4.1 (October 9th, 2019)

• Sokrates Integration: fixed issues related to the import of events in Steiermark, Austria 

2020.4.0 (October 3rd, 2019)

 New Features and Improvements

• Performance: Various changes in our infrastructure to increase the speed of WebUntis 

 Bug Fixes

• Messenger: some users showed up with their old name in Untis Messenger after their name was changed in WebUntis. This is fixed now. If your school was affected please go to "Administration" > "Messenger Settings" and click on "Save" one more time.
• Agenda module: fixed a bug that changed the type of activities from lesson
• Soap interface: fixed a problem when importing classes

2020.3.2 (September 25th, 2019)

• Sokrates integration: fixed a bug related to the import of events in Steiermark, Austria

2020.3.1 (September 24th, 2019)

• Performance: Various changes in our infrastructure to increase the speed of WebUntis 

2020.3.0 (September 12th, 2019)

• Luxemburg: New reports related to changed legal requirements 

2020.2.7 & 2020.2.8 (September 20th, 2019)

New Features and Improvements

• WebUntis Internal Messages: It is now possible to add a link to emails triggered by internal messages, so that recipients can directly reply to the email address of the sender. You can enable this feature under "Administration" > "Settings" > "Add sender email address as link to mails".

2020.2.6 (September 11th, 2019)

• Messenger: some users showed up in Messenger without name. This is fixed now 

2020.2.5 (September 10th, 2019)

• Sokrates integration: fixed bugs related to the import of classes
• Timetable: fixed a bug related to school years starting on a Wednesday

2020.2.4 (August 31st, 2019)

• Smart School integration: fixed an error in the integration

2020.2.3 (August 30th, 2019)

• Messenger: fixed an issue that blocked some schools from activating the Untis Messenger

2020.2.2 (August 29th, 2019)

New Features and Improvements

• Administration: Improved default password policies

Bug Fixes

• Class register: fixed order of class registry entry
• Course module: fixed order of courses for student registration

2020.2.1 (August 27th, 2019)

• Student interface: Fixed an issue that blocked some students from accessing their timetable in WebUntis

2020.2.0 (August 23rd, 2019)

New Features and Improvements

• Forgot password: users have to set a new password after starting “forgot password” process and after reset by admin

Bug Fixes

• Forgot password: now blocked users get unlocked in process of “forgot password”
• Delete schoolyear: now it is possible again to delete a schoolyear, if you don’t have the module “Course scheduling / student timetable” or the related permission
• Units Mobile App: fixed an issue where students couldn’t set absences in period detail
• Course module: fixed an issue where students didn’t see available course if time for course registration was limited
• Untis Mobile App: fixed some issues with data exchange between WebUntis and App
• User administration: now PDF with new passwords is also sent to admin when creating new users in bulk
• Reset passwords: now also works during holidays while no schoolyear is active
• Timetable view: fixed an issue where it was not possible to view the daily timetable overview on specific dates
• Class register reports: fixed an issue with the headlines
• Task/ticket system: now parents can’t be assigned to tasks anymore
• Course module: fixed an issue where it was not possible to change a booking after manual confirmation

 

2020.1.0 (August 8th, 2019)

New Features and Improvements

• Untis Messenger: suggested names for new groups linked with lessons now also contain the schoolyear (e.g. His – 1b – 2020/2021)
• Sokrates import: implemented import of event entries from Sokrates

 

2020.0.1 (August 2nd, 2019)

• Online timetabling: fixed several issues
• Student import: fixed several issues
• Forgot password: fixed an issue where security policies prevented resetting the password
• Booking module: saving classes in the course template works again
• Class register: entries created in Untis Mobile can be edited again in UM and WU
• Untis Mobile: entering teaching content in App works again
• Reports: exporting students master data to Excel works again
• Marks: fixed input problems (no more double entries through double click)
• Parent user link: now student is also removed from parent user, if only deleting the parent's mail address from student's master data
  (with WU2020.0.0 it was necessary to delete the whole address entry)

 

2020.0.0 (July 31st, 2019)

New Features and Improvements

• Student Import: a new preview informs administrators about changes when importing students via CSV or Sokrates (Details)
• Administration: it is now possible to automatically create two parent users for every student without importing addresses (Details)
• Administration: it is now possible to reset passwords of all users of specific roles or classes (Details)
• Administration: it is now possible to print initial passwords for students, teachers and parents on cards so that you can easily distribute them in the classroom (Details)
• Untis Mobile: when chancing the password now all devices get logged out automatically and a new QR Code / Token is generated
• Untis Mobile: improved the visualisation of the QR code (Details)
• Administration: A new dialog to make it easier to set the correct Untis ID when importing from various Untis files with multiple departments
• Online timetabling: a new feature that allows users to migrate data from a previous school year to a new school year (Details)
• Internal messages are now automatically deleted after 14 months (instead of 12)
• WebUntis now runs on OpenJDK 11
• There's a new page to inform you about the status of the WebUntis servers:
  https://status.webuntis.com

Bug Fixes

• Untis import: fixed an issue that blocked users from creating exams when importing to WebUntis from multiple Untis files with different time grids
• Reports: fixed an issue that blocked users from downloading reports in Safari on iOS devices
• Administration: fixed an issue related to spaces in usernames
• Course registration: fixed performance issues
• Class register: the report "absence week overview" now takes the checkbox "include delays" into account
• Class register: the report "Matrix of the absence days" got renamed to better explain the feature
• Class register: the report "absence excuse status per student" is working again
• Lessons: the CSV report "my lessons > work report" now correctly separates missing students
• Lessons: fixed wrong naming of the report "students with student group"
• Untis Messenger: fixed an issue that caused blocked WebUntis users to be deleted from Untis Messenger
• Untis Mobile: fixed an issue that showed a wrong time grid
• Untis Mobile: fixed an issue that blocked teachers from reading teaching content of other teachers, even though the right was granted by the administrator
• Untis Mobile: fixed an issue that allowed teachers to see homework of other classes
• Untis Mobile: teachers can now only edit their own lessons and periods (independently from right settings)
• Untis Mobile: fixed an issue that permanently blocked users when trying to log in with a wrong password
• Parents day: fixed a layout issue that blocked users from booking slots on small screens
• Parents day: fixed an issue that appointments of absent teachers were shown to parents
• Parents day: now you don’t need the “parents day permission” to delete a school year that contains a “parents day appointment”
• Booking module: saving an unchanged booking changed the state back to reserved
• Booking module: fixed an issue where student’s maximum number of courses sometimes was ignored by “Assign registration” function
• Booking module: fixed an issue where students could not register for a course after changing class if old class was not assigned to the course
• Timetable view: fixed an issue that sometimes teacher names were not shown in the daily overview
• Grades: fixed an issue that resulted in duplicate entries when double clicking buttons
• Online timetabling: fixed an issue that allowed invalid data entry
• Online timetabling: fixed an issue that sometimes rooms were not visible when manually planning the timetable
• Online timetabling: fixed an issue that the optimisation algorithm ignored locked periods
• Online timetabling: fixed an issue that sometimes the optimisation algorithm could not be started
• Self-Registration: for companies works again
• Self-Registration: fixed an issue where parents had to change their password if a security policy was active during self-registration
• parent user link: now when removing a parent's address from a student's master data, also removes the student from the parent user
• Students: fixed an issue that caused the dashboard of some students to be empty
• Monitor views: fixed an issue that open substitutions were displayed even though that was disabled in settings
• Office hours: sometimes pictures of teachers were not shown even though it was enabled in settings
• Internal Messages: fixed invalid html tags and replyTo headers so that the messages are not blocked by spam filters anymore.
  This also means that you can't hit reply to internal messages anymore.

 

2019.6.12 (July 3rd, 2019)

• course registration: two bug fixes related to the automated assignment of students to courses
• Online timetabling: when deleting a school year, now the scheduling data (planning horizons) also gets deleted
• Booking module: course templates now can handle classes from all schoolyears

2019.6.11 (June 21st, 2019)

New Features and Improvements

• improvements to our logging infrastructure to run WebUntis more efficiently

Bug Fixes

• student import: newly imported student addresses now show up immediately (previously it was necessary to refresh the cache)

2019.6.10 (June 12th, 2019)

• database performance improvements to make WebUntis faster

2019.6.9 (June 5th, 2019) 

• Untis Messenger: a new page for administrators to see a list and the members of all chat groups of the school and a way to delete them (Details)
• Untis Messenger: a new option for administrators to hide/remove profile pictures from WebUntis in Untis Messenger (Details)
• Untis Mobile Premium: if your school is on a free trial of Untis Mobile Premium the administrator will now see a message reminding them about the expiration

2019.6.8 (May17th, 2019)

New Features and Improvements

• Integration with weBBschule Brandenburg: integrated new APIs

Bug Fixes

• Untis Messenger: fixed Bugs related to activation of new schools and creation of users