{"id":3167,"date":"2017-05-26T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T09:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/?p=3167"},"modified":"2019-04-05T15:31:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:31:57","slug":"langlion-spring-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/langlion-spring-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"LangLion: spring updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/langlion-spring-updates\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3168 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/LangLion-spring-updates.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since the last update, it has become warmer, a few conferences have been held, and students have learnt a lot in your schools. During all that time our technical department has been also analysing clients\u2019 suggestions and has made many positive changes you can read about in the article below.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Displaying the number of notifications and new messages in the Communication section<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Via LangLion Platform you can easily communicate with students, their parents, teachers and other system users. Besides messages sent over the platform, to student\u2019s e-mail address or via an SMS, you can send <strong>notifications <\/strong>about changes in the system.<\/p>\n<p>We highlighted the <strong>Notifications\u2019 history<\/strong>, owing to which you can check the list of notifications submitted for sending or already sent. From now it has become a separate sub-section in the <strong>Communication section.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3171 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the <strong>notifications\u2019 counter, <\/strong>which is updated on ongoing basis, has appeared.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3172 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/new-notification.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Importantly, notifications\u2019 settings have been moved from general settings to the settings of the <strong>Communication <\/strong><strong>section.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3173\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/notifications.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1336\" height=\"615\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3182\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/przewodnik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>See the guide: <a href=\"http:\/\/help.langlion.com\/en\/system-guide\/secretariat\/basic-settings-tab-notifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to select the notifications to be sent<\/a>?<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>The option to edit the \u201cLanguage\u201d box in the registration form<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It can happen so that students signing up for the school have not chosen yet the language they want to learn or they decide to change the language they have chosen. \u00a0Starting with today\u2019s update, in the registration from you can check the \u201cLanguage\u201d box as a <strong>required one<\/strong>\u00a0or not to display it at all by unchecking it as a \u201e<strong>visible text box<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3175 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/form.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"381\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is more, you can edit the language selected by a student by entering general information about the given student in\u00a0the <strong>Secretariat<\/strong>\u00a0section.<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3177\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/language-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1336\" height=\"615\" \/><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3182\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/przewodnik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>See the guide: <a href=\"http:\/\/help.langlion.com\/en\/system-guide\/registration\/registration-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to build the on-line registration form?<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Automatic transfer of the profile data of teachers and students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each user of LangLion\u00a0Platform has individual data. Full name is required, while the remaining data, such as the e-mail address, telephone number or address are optional. From now on,\u00a0the<strong> profile data of a given teacher and student (e-mail address, telephone number)<\/strong>\u00a0will be automatically transferred to the <strong>Teacher\u2019s Panel and Student\u2019s Panel.<\/strong>\u00a0Owing to this facility they will no longer have to supplement them on their own.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, those data can be different than the ones in Secretariat section. Teachers and students can change them freely in the <strong>Profile edition<\/strong>\u00a0after logging on at their account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3180 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/profilepng.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"737\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3182\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/przewodnik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>See the guide to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/help.langlion.com\/en\/category\/e-gradebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E-gradebook<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/help.langlion.com\/en\/system-guide\/e-gradebook\/students-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student\u2019s Panel<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Info about materials or additional services added in student\u2019s and parent\u2019s Payment section<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To facilitate control over payments to students or their parents, the summary of payments on the transaction list displays also additional materials and services, e.g. a textbook.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3183\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/product.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1349\" height=\"621\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3182 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/przewodnik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>See the guide:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/help.langlion.com\/en\/system-guide\/finance\/goods-and-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to add goods and services?<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>New variables added to \u201cOthers\u201d document template<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we create a template of a document not being a standard contract or certificate, we can choose additional variables:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>parent\u2019s first name<\/li>\n<li>parent\u2019s surname<\/li>\n<li>contract number<\/li>\n<li>issuing date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They are useful &#8211; for example &#8211; when we create a contract termination document for a student.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3184\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/documents.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1336\" height=\"615\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3182 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/przewodnik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<h4>See the guide: <a href=\"http:\/\/help.langlion.com\/en\/system-guide\/secretariat\/creating-students-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to create a student\u2019s contract template?<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>The option to add CAPTCHA to the registration form<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If it happens in your school that the registration from is completed by fictional people, you can add <strong>CAPTCHA<\/strong> to your course registration from. This is a security against spam, owing to which the form can be completed solely by people copying a text from an image.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">See how to add a security feature to the registration form:<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3186\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/captcha.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1336\" height=\"615\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Thank you for all suggestions you have made. We work all the time on new ideas and we change the system in accordance with our customers\u2019 needs. So let us know whether the changes are useful for you.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the last update, it has become warmer, a few conferences have been held, and students have learnt a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,11,17,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3167"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3243,"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3167\/revisions\/3243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.langlion.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}