Continuous Improvement Starts with Continuous Feedback from Our Member Community
Our product team releases new enhancements every two weeks in Product Sprints, this year named after types of sea creatures. Watch short videos to learn about each improvement, and check back often!
2023 Sprints
“Dragonet”
What’s New in This Sprint?
File attachments in custom tutorials!
Video Overview
Enhancement 1
File Attachments in Custom Tutorials
Custom tutorials now support file attachments! You can now share important documents and resources with students, faculty, and/or site supervisors in any of the following formats:
- Word documents (.doc)
- PDF files (.pdf)
- PowerPoints (.ppt)
- Images (.jpg or .png)
- Spreadsheets and Text Files (.xlsx, .csv, or .txt)
With this addition, you’ll be able to create tutorials with links to any web-based content using the article content type, you’ll be able to embed videos to be viewed in Tevera, and you’ll be able to share all of the above document types.
Learn more here!
“Conch”
What’s New in This Sprint?
Accelerators in the placement approval grid to save you clicks and make it easier to multi-task!
Video Overview
Enhancement 1
More Options in the Placement Approval Grid
Placement approvers will now be able to navigate directly to student’s profiles, the student dashboard, site records, and the site management workspace directly from the placement approval grid. These options will all open in a new tab so you can quickly reference or update necessary information, without disrupting your workflow in the placement approval space!
Learn more here.
“Beluga”
What’s New in This Sprint?
New mail options in the placement approval grid, the ability to copy an entire class and its contents, the ability for instructors to copy assignments from the assignment grid, and an update to student notifications.
Video Overview
Enhancement 1
Mail Options in the Placement Approval Grid
Placement approvers will now be able to send message to students and supervisors directly from the placement approval grid. This can be used to quickly communicate with anyone who has outstanding tasks in the placement process to keep the process moving smoothly!
Learn more here.
Enhancement 2
Copy Assignments in the Assignment Grid
Faculty will now be able to copy existing class assignments directly from the assignment grid, rather than creating new assignments from scratch, for more efficient class management. This will come in handy if students need another copy of a time report or a specific form at any point mid-term.
Learn more here.
Enhancement 3
Copy a Class and its Contents
Program administrators will now be able to copy an entire class, including the class details, users, supervisors, and assignments. This will streamline term-to-term setup for programs that have students moving all together from one class to another.
Learn more here.
Enhancement 3
Students Won’t Be Notified When Tasks Don’t Involve Them
Some tasks in a student’s class or site placement process don’t involve the them – like a form being sent directly from a placement approver to a site representative. Going forward, students won’t be notified when this occurs, so that they can remain focussed on the tasks that do involve them! Of course, they’ll still be able to see the status of any tasks that are visible to them in their assignments and site placements workspaces.
2022 Product Development Sprint Recap
Wow! The first sprint of 2023 is already almost over!
But wait… “what’s a sprint”, you ask?
Our product development process is broken up into a series of 2-week-long sprints throughout the year. In each sprint, we code and test enhancements and new features that our product and design teams have queued up. At the end of each sprint, the features are released to be used by you!
Learn more about our development process here.
Since there are roughly 26 sprints in a year, we name each sprint alphabetically, within the year’s theme.
Last year’s theme was food, bringing such sprints as Chimichanga, Kimchi, Paella, and Waffle.
2022 Highlights
Here are a few highlights made possible by our 2022, food-themed sprints!
Faculty gained the ability to view and communicate with students’ supervisors from the assignment grid. (Falafel)
Faculty and Students got more insight into student placement information in their widget sidebars. (Empanada)
Site supervisors saved time by signing time reports by email, rather than logging in every time! (Jambalaya)
Administrators enjoyed improvements to the help box, including access to the Tevera Admin Learning Community, the Product Portal, and Live Admin Support. (Naan, Paella)
Faculty and program administrators started logging advising notes. (Naan)
Students received immediate resolution on 45.1% of all support requests submitted thanks to our new conversational assistant! (Omelet)
Students produced more comprehensive time reports with the option to include their notes in the report output. (Omelet)
Program administrators logged in as students for more insight than ever into the student experience. (Udon)
Thank you to everyone who contributed ideas and insights in 2022 to help improve Tevera. Please support our continued improvement in 2023 by sharing your ideas with us in the Product Portal!
For 2023, we’ve chosen Sea Creatures as our sprint theme, so keep an eye out for our Product News emails to see the new features coming your way every couple of weeks. We’ll be sure to tell you which sea creature we’ve chosen for each sprint as well!
- Typically, you’ll see the updates in the product on Tuesday or Wednesday following the Product News email, which goes out on Fridays.
Angelfish, the first sprint of 2023, was spent planning for the upcoming quarter, so we don’t have anything to announce quite yet, but stay tuned, we’re gearing up for another exciting year of improvements!
2022 Sprints
“Yakitori”
What’s New in This Sprint?
A new way to add students to classes and groups en masse, updates to reviewer groups
Video Overview
Enhancement 1
Adding Students to Classes and Groups en Masse
Expedite class and group creation term over term by mass-adding users to groups any time after their accounts have been created. Either copy all users from one existing group to another, or select a number of users from the users (staff & students) table and add them all to a group at once.
Learn more here.
Enhancement 2
Updates to Reviewer Groups
Going forward, only users with the class functions or program administrative functions roles will be able to be added as members of reviewer groups. Additionally, only reviewer groups will be able to be added as group reviewers on tasks. This will simplify the group review setup process and provide greater protection of student privacy.
Learn more here.
“Xocolatl”
What’s New in This Sprint?
Updates to the #514, #522, and #511 time reports.
Video Overview
Enhancement 1
Updates to the #514 and #522 Reports
We’ve split up the existing #514 – Track Hours Log and #522 – Summary of Hours reports into A and B versions, to better serve student and administrators’ unique needs. New “B” versions of these reports will be available to program administrators, allowing them to pull reports on hours logged within their program for individual students and alumni.
Learn more here.
Enhancement 2
Updates to the #511 BBS PCC Weekly Hours Summary Report Output
To remain current with requirements from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, we’ve updated the #511 BBS PCC Weekly Summary of Hours report output to match the latest Associate Professional Clinical Counselor Weekly Log of Experience Hours provided by the BBS.
“Waffle”
What’s New in This Sprint?
A way to view multiple classes at once in the assignment grid, enhanced mass messaging from the assignment grid and communications hub, the ability to share more site documents with students, and updates to the BBS Weekly Hours Summary Report output.
Video Overview
Enhancement 1
Filter Assignment Grid by Class Templates
Faculty and Program Admins can now view the students in all classes copied from a class template by selecting the class template from the classes dropdown menu in their assignments grid. No more clicking around to multiple classes to see all of your students!
Learn more here.
Enhancement 2
Message Students and Site Supervisors en Masse from the Assignment Grid
Course instructors can now message all students or their site supervisors directly from the assignment grid. Choose whether you want to send the message via Tevera’s communications hub, or via email.
Learn more here.
Enhancement 3
Recipient Groups
The new Recipient Groups feature in the communications hub allows program admins to send messages en masse to all program members, users with a certain role, all members of a group, or some combination of the three. Faculty members can also send messages en masse to the groups they supervise.
Learn more here.
Enhancement 4
Ability to Make Site Document Uploads Visible to Students
With new “public” document types, you can make documents uploaded to your sites’ records available to students.
Learn more here.
Enhancement 5
Updates to the #508 BBS Weekly Hours Summary Report Output
To remain current with requirements from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, we’ve updated the #508 BBS Weekly Summary of Hours report output to match the latest Trainee or Associate Marriage and Family Therapist Weekly Log of Experience Hours provided by the BBS
