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Release notes Version 1.3.2 – November 16, 2015

With November convocation happening earlier this month (congrats grads!), we held off any production releases for five weeks. This marks the longest stretch since we launched June 22nd that we hadn’t...

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Release Notes 1.4 – December 1, 2015 & 1.4.1 December 9

Last week (and this week) we updated ACORN with an iceberg release – A whole lot of work, but most of it is felt behind the scenes (or underneath the surface if we want to extend the iceberg metaphor)....

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Release Notes 1.6 – April 11, 2016

On April 11th we updated ACORN with a fairly substantial set of enhancements and fixes. We’ve introduced a number of new convenience features and addressed quite a few nagging annoying bugs. Our work...

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Release Notes 1.7 – April 25, 2016

Our April release is a mix of convocation enhancements, fixes and general improvements. Here is a sample of what went out: Enhancement:  A collection of convocation ticket related enhancements...

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Release Notes 1.8 – May 10, 2016

On May 10th we updated ACORN with another release focused on a set of enhancements and fixes. Here is a sample of the updates: Enhancement: Enrolment start date and time notification – In recent years...

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Release Notes 1.9 – June 15, 2016

For this release we focused on a number of enhancements to course enrolment. We know that getting into courses is incredibly important for students and ensuring that this area is easy to use and...

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Release Notes 1.10 – July 4, 2016

This release included the first of several financial improvements coming to ACORN as well as a few enhancements to course enrolment. New Feature: Credit card payments are now available on ACORN. This...

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Release Notes 1.11 – July 20, 2016

This release focused on a few minor enhancements: Improve the messaging displayed when the transaction broker hits capacity Allow certain graduate students to enrol in programs Extend Invoice history...

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3 New Features on ACORN – Release Notes 1.12 – September 9, 2016

We’ve been working on a number of new features for ACORN over the summer and are excited to launch three of these today in time for the fall-winter academic session. 1. Responsive Mobile With this...

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New App: Financial Planning Calculator

We are excited to announce the launch of a new financial planning calculator for U of T students. The planning calculator is a publicly available tool available to current and prospective undergraduate...

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