⭐ Labs

Labs is our biggest update in 5.1. A new, streamlined way to build, manage, and use lab experiences across your program

• Create & manage lab experiences
  • Build and organize labs around skills, scenarios, or learning objectives
  • Configure lab requirements and completion rules to match your program’s workflow
• Faster lab documentation
  • Reduce duplicate data entry when recording lab activity
  • Keep lab work aligned with Evaluations and Requirements reporting
• Foundation for future Lab enhancements
  • This release lays the groundwork for continued Labs expansion in upcoming versions

⭐ New Features

Schedule

• Schedule Viewer enhancements (Automated Schedule emails)
  • Automated schedule email: Schedule Viewers can receive a recurring email (weekly or on a recurring cadence set by your organization) with quick links to view the schedule and a short summary of who is scheduled during that time window
  • Date-range links: Schedule Viewer links can be shared with a specific, configurable start and end date so the viewer sees a clear window (for example, “next 2 weeks” or “June 1–June 30”)
  • Printable view: Schedule Viewers have an easier, printer-friendly way to export or print the schedule when a paper copy is needed
  • FERPA note: This is designed as a safer alternative to emailing schedules as attachments, preserving a FERPA-conscious workflow by keeping student-identifiable schedule details within EMCE’s controlled viewing experience
• The Schedule Filter summary can now be collapsed, for cases where a large number of Schedule Locations are selected
• Signup window types can now be mixed
  • Signup windows can open with a fixed date and closed with a date relative to the event occurrence, or vice versa

Evaluations

• Live Activities (Eval Editor)
  • When you’re editing an evaluation, EMCE can now show a live “in progress” indicator on your device (for example on your lock screen), so you can quickly see what you’re working on without reopening the app
  • This helps you get back to the right place faster if you step away mid-eval
• Show companion form comments on PDF export

Sim Sessions

• New Sim Session completion permissions
  • Any Faculty member can complete a Sim Session and/or change the session Facilitator

Reports

• Attendance Report improvements
  • Fixed a rare issue where an attendance row could be missing from the report
  • Improved “single student” reports so selecting one student reliably stays scoped to that student (instead of briefly showing everyone)
  • Updated the Start/End column formatting to be easier to scan (date on one line, times on the next)
  • You can now resize report columns and have those widths remembered the next time you open the report
  • Reordered columns to surface the most useful fields earlier (with less-used fields moved to the right)

General

• Deactivated/locked profiles are automatically signed out
• Inactive profile sign-in improvements
  • If all of your profiles are inactive, you’ll now land on the profile chooser (instead of getting stuck on a separate “waiting for activation” screen)
  • The message is clearer about what to do next: contact your organization’s admin to activate/reactivate your profile
  • Added an Add Profile action on the chooser so it’s easier to request/create the right profile when needed