Volunteer Connect

Volunteer View of a Schedule	Coordinator/Leader View of a Schedule

Care Life

• On the dashboard, the Show All option is now selected by default for users with the Case Viewer security role. (For administrators, the checkbox is still cleared by default.) This is helpful if you don't assign Case Managers and want Case Viewers to see all cases by default.
• You can now filter the dashboard by the congregation/parish assigned to cases. The totals update based on your selection.
• On the dashboard, the Closed tile now displays Care Cases that have closed in the last 30 days.
• In the Care Case details, you can now tap a location's phone number to call them on your mobile device.
• When adding or editing a Care Log entry, you can now include a time, if applicable, in addition to the Action Date.
• For Care Log Entry records in the Platform, we deprecated the Date Provided, Care Outcome, and Private fields that are no longer in use. These fields are no longer updated when an entry is created or edited in Care Life.

Group Life

• When sending a message to a group, you can sort the Recipients list by first or last name. This is useful for finding people in larger groups.
• On the Participants tab, you can select multiple roles when filtering the list. The Filter stays expanded to show that it's being filtered.
• If an activity is associated with more than one group (such as a combined small groups meeting), group leaders are no longer able to edit the event. That means they cannot use the options menu (ellipsis) on the Activities tab or the More button on the Attendance tab.
• By default, the option to add guest attendance displays on the Attendance tab. If leaders should not track guest attendance, an admin can hide this section using the new configuration setting, CLOUDAPPS, ShowGuestAttendance.

Coming Soon

• Life Apps name changes - In a continuous effort to improve your experience, we've been reviewing the language used in MinistryPlatform. "Life Apps" is one of those terms that people find confusing because they are not "apps" that you download from your app store. In researching better terminology, we determined that most people preferred "Connect" over "Life". (Huge thank you to those who participated in our research efforts via the MinistryPlatform Community!)

  So, we're planning to change Care Life to Care Connect and Group Life to Group Connect. Volunteer Connect and Need Connect already follow this pattern. And these will be collectively known as Connect Suite. We'll remind you of this change closer to time but wanted to give a heads up so you can prepare any necessary communications with staff and congregants who use Life Apps today.