Performance Management Module Updates

We've reintroduced custom labels to the performance management module which means you can customise words like 'Performance Management', 'Appraisee', 'Meeting', 'Objective' and so on. You can make these changes now by going to 'Admin' > 'New PM Admin' > 'PM Labels'. A couple of the labels will not update until an update has been published this weekend, so please bear that in mind.

Another update coming this weekend is the ability to customise meeting types - you'll be able to decide which elements appear against each meeting type (e.g. appraisee comments, appraisee agreed, next meeting date and so on) and also add in templated comments to the appraisee and appraiser comment boxes. If you'd like to do this next week, go to Admin' > 'New PM Admin' > 'Meeting Types'.

Finally, after receiving calls from a few schools we've decided to replace the red cross/green tick in the PM documents table under 'Submitted for Approval' with the words Yes/No. The red cross was causing concern for lots of people, but please rest assured there is nothing wrong with your documents - it simply meant that they had yet to be submitted for approval, which you are not expected to do until the end of your PM cycle.

360 Review Module Update 

We've been busy working on updates to our 360 Review module over the last few weeks and have now put most of these updates live. Those of you using the module will have noticed that the menu layout has changed so that you select a radar type before going to any of the screens - this is to ensure that we can serve up the most relevant information to you straight away, particularly on the analysis and reporting pages.

The School 360 Comparison screen has changed significantly and now immediately offers up averages by role type for both top level spokes and sub spokes, as well as tables at the bottom which show you exactly where that data is coming from. The average builder has been temporarily removed from this screen but will be back and better than ever once we've published an update over the weekend. Keep an eye out for the 'Add/Edit Averages' button which will appear at the top of the screen.

We still have more updates to come to this module but if you need any support with updates published so far, please feel free to book an online training session with someone from our support team.

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