January Feature Enhancements and Updates

The new year brings some exciting updates across OpenApply, from Advancement to Analytics, Admissions workflows, and other platform enhancements. New community engagement tools, improved reporting, and smarter forms are positioned to help your school operate more efficiently and with a deeper understanding of your data.

Advancement Enhancements

Dynamic Event Management

Bring your community together more easily with on- or off-campus activities. Quickly add different event types, support off-site gatherings, and use customizable event landing pages to present each occasion professionally, boosting sign-ups and engagement. Discover more here.

Embedded Alumni Sign-Up Forms

Boost alumni participation and simplify record collection with embedded forms. Add unique embed codes to every alumni form so your team can easily place them on websites, increasing visibility and registrations. Streamline alumni sign-ups by letting users register directly where they already engage, reducing friction and ensuring accurate, complete records.

Advanced Analytics

Improved Data Accuracy and Planning

Deliver smarter enrollment and reporting with improved data accuracy that empowers you to plan with confidence. Eliminate reporting errors by aligning all status dates to your school’s timezone and leveraging Applicant History as a source of truth. Anticipate key enrollment and graduation milestones by scheduling future status changes in advance, so your teams can plan, communicate, and act proactively rather than react late. Unlock reliable analytics that reduce manual checks, preventing costly mistakes and delivering faster, high-confidence decisions across your school.

Trend Reports

Dive into the Trend Report to view admissions and enrollment trends over time, visualizing applications and enrollment by day, week, or month. Track enrolled student headcounts with precision; filtering, saving, or sharing reports easily. 

Event Filters

Gain deeper insight into student engagement by filtering Analytics data by event attendance. This small but powerful enhancement makes it easier to track conversions and measure the true impact of your events.

Forms and Enrollment Contract Updates

Mail Merge Enhancements in Forms

Deliver a more personalized admissions journey with OpenApply’s latest form enhancements. Deliver tailored applications, contracts, and forms that communicate more accurately with families and drive deeper connections and engagement.

Enrollment Contract Updates

Enrollment Contracts are now available for both Re-Enrollment and Application Forms. Ensure parents immediately receive a secure, ready-to-sign PDF agreement after completing the form. Support for PDF contracts extends to all enrollment statuses, while customizable terms allow schools to create arrangements that meet each family’s unique needs. 
The entire process is fully automated, providing schools with a smooth, efficient enrolment experience, enhanced oversight, transparent audit trails, and unlimited contract creation.

Additional Improvements

UI Updates

OpenApply now alerts you immediately when duplicate staff email addresses are found. This helps administrators maintain accurate contact records and avoid errors.

CRM and Integrations

Segment communications more precisely, with the addition of ‘Enrollment Year’, ‘Programme/Years’, and ‘Campus’ to your CRM contact subscription criteria, so you can send the right message to the right people at the right time.  

To learn more about any of these updates, whether you are an OpenApply user or not, book a free demo with a member of our team.

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