5.3.3January 24, 2023
Performance and stability improvements.
5.3.1December 19, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.3.0November 28, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.2.6November 4, 2022
Added ability to add food items from menus. Performance and stability improvements.
5.2.4October 17, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.2.3October 7, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.2.2September 15, 2022
Fix nap icon.
Performance and stability improvements.
5.2.1September 8, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.1.4August 29, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.1.3August 24, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.1.2August 8, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.0.2July 1, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.0.1June 27, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
5.0.0June 14, 2022
Improved photo and video selection.
Improved paging.
Security improvements.
4.9.21May 9, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.20April 29, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.19April 26, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.16April 18, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.15April 6, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.14March 8, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.13February 8, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.12February 5, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.11January 19, 2022
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.10December 3, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.9November 30, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.7November 24, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.6November 12, 2021
4.9.5November 5, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.4November 3, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.3November 2, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.2October 20, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.9.1October 14, 2021
Coming soon! Record sleep checks on napping students to stay compliant with safe sleep regulations.
4.8.0.7September 27, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.8.0.4September 8, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.8.0.3August 26, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.8.0.2August 19, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.8.0.0August 12, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.7.10.0August 4, 2021
Coming soon for Admins: upload important documents on the web and share them with families through the app!
4.7.9.8July 28, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.7.9.5June 14, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.7.9.4June 1, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.7.9.3May 3, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.7.9.2April 9, 2021
Coming soon! Admins will soon be able to send individual messages to teachers and centralize all of your key communications on brightwheel.
4.7.8.4March 8, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.7.8.2March 1, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.7.8February 5, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.7.7January 19, 2021
Performance and stability improvements.
4.7.6December 9, 2020
Stability and performance improvements.
4.7.5December 2, 2020
Coming soon: parent photo uploads! If a center chooses to turn on this feature, families will be able to add pictures of their child and completed school work to their activity feed in brightwheel!
4.7.4December 1, 2020
Stability and performance improvements.
4.7.3November 16, 2020
Performance and stability improvements.
Please reach out to us at help@mybrightwheel.com if you are experiencing any issues with the app!
4.6.90October 29, 2020
Stability and performance improvements.
4.6.80October 2, 2020
Coming soon! Admins will soon be able to add a custom health questionnaire to staff check-in.
4.6.72September 17, 2020
Stability and performance improvements.
4.6.71August 31, 2020
Coming soon: Staff Quick Scan Check-in! You can provide your staff with a contactless check-in option by having them sign in from their own mobile devices to minimize the spread of germs.
4.6.61August 18, 2020
Rolling out to your school in the next few days: Admins can log Health Checks to track temperature of their staff members upon arrival or throughout the day to proactively monitor staff health.
4.6.51August 10, 2020
Staff messaging will be available soon! Admins can easily share updates and coordinate instantly with staff through group messages for each room. Keep an eye out for it coming soon.
4.6.40July 9, 2020
Schools, we've made improvements to check-in signatures to ensure it's enabled for your entire school when you have the setting turned on.
4.6.31July 1, 2020
Stability and performance improvements.
4.6.30June 15, 2020
To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, schools will soon be able to add a health screen questionnaire as part of the student check in experience! Keep an eye out for it this week.
Varies with deviceJune 11, 2020
To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, schools will soon be able to add a health screen questionnaire as part of the student check in experience! Keep an eye out for it this week.
4.6.21June 1, 2020
Parents, we've added push notifications for health checks. To receive the notifications:
• The provider has to share the health check.
• Confirm notifications are enabled in your settings.
4.6.20May 21, 2020
Parents, we've added push notifications for health checks. To receive the notifications:
• The provider has to share the health check.
• Confirm notifications are enabled in your settings.
4.6.19May 21, 2020
Parents, we've added push notifications for health checks. To receive the notifications:
• The provider has to share the health check.
• Confirm notifications are enabled in your settings.
4.6.18May 14, 2020
We've added the ability to log a new Health Check activity, which can be used by admins & staff to track and monitor student health.
4.6.17May 8, 2020
- Parents, you can now view lesson plans for past and future weeks.
Also:
- Signatures will soon be available as part of our quick scan check in feature! Keep an eye out for it in the next few days.
- If you have issues viewing messages, or if this release fixes the problem for you, please let us know at feedback@mybrightwheel.com
4.6.16May 7, 2020
- Signatures will soon be available as part of our quick scan check in feature! Keep an eye out for it in the next few days.
- If you have issues viewing messages, or if this release fixes the problem for you, please let us know at feedback@mybrightwheel.com !
4.6.15May 4, 2020
Signatures will soon be available as part of our quick scan check in feature! Keep an eye out for it next week.
4.6.13April 6, 2020
Links provided in lessons and lesson plans are now clickable.
Also, recently:
We've added an at-home learning platform for parents to better support families and child care providers during this difficult time. Centers can share lesson plans with parents to use with their children at home:
Teachers: On the brightwheel website, navigate to the lesson plan you would like to share, and enable “Share with Parents”.
Parents: To view lesson plans, navigate to your child feed and tap "learning".
4.6.12March 26, 2020
The feed got a fresh new look!
Also, recently:
We've added an at-home learning platform for parents to better support families and child care providers during this difficult time. Centers can share lesson plans with parents to use with their children at home:
Teachers: On the brightwheel website, navigate to the lesson plan you would like to share, and enable “Share with Parents”.
Parents: To view lesson plans, navigate to your child feed and tap "learning".
4.6.10March 19, 2020
We've added an at-home learning platform for parents to better support families and child care providers during this difficult time. In the event that your center is closed, administrators and teachers can share lesson plans with parents to use with their children at home.
Teachers: On the brightwheel website, navigate to the lesson plan you would like to share, and enable "Share with Parents".
Parents: To view lesson plans, navigate to your child feed and tap the learning icon at the top right.
4.6.8.2March 4, 2020
Stability and performance improvements.
4.6.7February 18, 2020
We've made improvements to our messaging tool to better support longer messages. You can now create a new line of text or start a new paragraph.
4.6.6February 5, 2020
We've made additional improvements to the check-in kiosk.
4.6.5February 3, 2020
Stability and performance improvements.
4.6.4January 17, 2020
We've made a few improvements to the app. It will now be easier to select which students are in photos that you post. Also, we've improved the layout for check in on phones.
4.6.3January 9, 2020
Following the check-in kiosk, it is now time for Quick Scan to get a brand new look! It will work exactly as it does today, but we are updating the screen to make it even easier for parents to check in their children. Coming soon to your school!
We also made messaging easier for teachers who are using “Room Device” mode. Teachers can now respond to parents directly in the message thread.
4.6.2December 20, 2019
Stability and performance improvements.
4.6.1December 10, 2019
The check-in kiosk is getting a brand new look! It will work exactly as it does today, but we are updating the screen to make it even easier for parents to check in their children. Coming soon to your school!
4.6.0December 6, 2019
The check-in kiosk is getting a brand new look! It will work exactly as it does today, but we are updating the screen to make it even easier for parents to check in their children. Coming soon to your school!
4.5.13November 20, 2019
Stability and performance improvements.
4.5.11November 4, 2019
Stability and performance improvements.
4.5.10October 24, 2019
Admins - we heard you! We added new reminder types for medication, naps, potty and name to face.
4.5.9October 14, 2019
Performance and stability improvements.
4.5.10October 24, 2019
Admins - we heard you! We added new reminder types for medication, naps, potty and name to face.
4.5.9October 14, 2019
Performance and stability improvements.
4.5.8October 10, 2019
Performance and stability improvements.
4.5.7October 3, 2019
Admins, easily set the maximum desired ratios for all your rooms on one screen by clicking the gear icon on the Room Check screen. Once you’ve set desired ratios, you will receive notifications when a room is out of ratio!
4.5.6.6September 25, 2019
Admins - this update is for you! You can now set a maximum ratio for a room and be alerted if a room is out of ratio. You can set a maximum ratio and a capacity in room settings, accessible from the ‘students’ tab by tapping on the gear icon in the top right corner.
4.5.7October 3, 2019
Admins, easily set the maximum desired ratios for all your rooms on one screen by clicking the gear icon on the Room Check screen. Once you’ve set desired ratios, you will receive notifications when a room is out of ratio!
4.5.6.6September 25, 2019
Admins - this update is for you! You can now set a maximum ratio for a room and be alerted if a room is out of ratio. You can set a maximum ratio and a capacity in room settings, accessible from the ‘students’ tab by tapping on the gear icon in the top right corner.
4.5.6.5September 13, 2019
Admins - this update is for you! You can now set a maximum ratio for a room and be alerted if a room is out of ratio. You can set a ratio and a capacity in room settings, accessible from the ‘students’ tab by tapping on the gear icon in the top right corner
4.5.6.6September 25, 2019
Admins - this update is for you! You can now set a maximum ratio for a room and be alerted if a room is out of ratio. You can set a maximum ratio and a capacity in room settings, accessible from the ‘students’ tab by tapping on the gear icon in the top right corner.
4.5.6.5September 13, 2019
Admins - this update is for you! You can now set a maximum ratio for a room and be alerted if a room is out of ratio. You can set a ratio and a capacity in room settings, accessible from the ‘students’ tab by tapping on the gear icon in the top right corner
4.5.6.4September 11, 2019
Messaging for admins just got easier! Now from their dashboard, admins can see the number of unread messages, read all messages, and send messages to individuals, rooms, or the entire school.
Don’t see this feature yet? Don’t worry! We are rolling it out to your device in the next few days.
4.5.6.5September 13, 2019
Admins - this update is for you! You can now set a maximum ratio for a room and be alerted if a room is out of ratio. You can set a ratio and a capacity in room settings, accessible from the ‘students’ tab by tapping on the gear icon in the top right corner
4.5.6.4September 11, 2019
Messaging for admins just got easier! Now from their dashboard, admins can see the number of unread messages, read all messages, and send messages to individuals, rooms, or the entire school.
Don’t see this feature yet? Don’t worry! We are rolling it out to your device in the next few days.
4.5.6.3September 9, 2019
Messaging for admins just got easier! Now from their dashboard, admins can see the number of unread messages, read all messages, and send messages to individuals, rooms, or the entire school.
Don’t see this feature yet? Don’t worry! We are rolling it out to your device in the next few days.
4.5.6.2August 27, 2019
It’s easier than ever for admins to get set up with brightwheel! In this release, we've introduced a "Get started" section of the admin home screen to make set up quick and easy.
Brightwheel has improvements for parents too! Parents can now make payments to their school and manage their payment methods right from the app.
4.5.6.1August 19, 2019
It’s easier than ever for admins to get set up with brightwheel! In this release, we've introduced a "Get started" section of the admin home screen to make set up quick and easy.
Brightwheel has improvements for parents too! Parents can now make payments to their school and manage their payment methods right from the app.
4.5.5.3August 14, 2019
v4.5.5.3
- Stability and performance improvements
4.5.6.1August 19, 2019
It’s easier than ever for admins to get set up with brightwheel! In this release, we've introduced a "Get started" section of the admin home screen to make set up quick and easy.
Brightwheel has improvements for parents too! Parents can now make payments to their school and manage their payment methods right from the app.
4.5.5.3August 14, 2019
v4.5.5.3
- Stability and performance improvements
4.5.5.2August 1, 2019
v4.5.5.2
Want to learn more about brightwheel? Admins can now request a live demo of the product as part of the sign up process.
4.5.5.1July 3, 2019
v4.5.5.1
Coming soon for teachers and admins: view your center’s attendance when your device goes offline.
4.5.4.8June 26, 2019
v4.5.4.8:
Some exciting updates for schools!
We redesigned our teacher home screen layout on tablet to allow teachers easier access to students. We also improved our check-in kiosk experience on tablets - thank you for your feedback!
4.5.4.7June 14, 2019
v4.5.4.7:
We're always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains stability and performance improvements.
4.5.4.6June 4, 2019
v4.5.4.6:
We're always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains stability and performance improvements.
4.5.4.4May 16, 2019
v4.5.4.4:
Some exciting updates for schools!
The Check-in Kiosk has been redesigned. It’s now faster and easier to use. Thank you for your feedback!
4.5.4.3May 14, 2019
v4.5.4.2 & v4.5.4.3:
Some exciting updates for schools!
The Check-in Kiosk has been redesigned. It’s now faster and easier to use. Thank you for your feedback!
4.5.4.1May 6, 2019
v4.5.4.1:
We're always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains stability and performance improvements.
4.5.4.2May 10, 2019
v4.5.4.2:
Some exciting updates for schools!
The Check-in Kiosk has been redesigned. It’s now faster and easier to use. Thank you for your feedback!
4.5.4.1May 6, 2019
v4.5.4.1:
We're always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains stability and performance improvements.
4.5.4April 30, 2019
v4.5.4:
Parents, this one is for you! You can now "like" photos and videos in your child's feed. It's an easy way to show appreciation to teachers, who will see the "hearts" in their app.
4.5.0April 24, 2019
v4.5.0:
Parents, this one is for you! You can now "like" photos and videos in your child's feed. It's an easy way to show appreciation to teachers, who will see the "hearts" in their app.
4.4.5March 29, 2019
v4.4.5:
We're always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains stability and performance improvements.
4.4.4March 25, 2019
v4.4.4:
We're always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains stability and performance improvements.
4.4.3March 18, 2019
v4.4.3:
We're always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains stability and performance improvements.
4.4.2March 4, 2019
v4.4.2:
We’re always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains performance improvements and bug fixes.
4.3.6November 28, 2018
v4.3.6:
- Performance and stability improvements
Recently:
- Teachers, we're always looking for ways to save you time & clicks! With this update, you can add observations directly from a lesson. Milestones attached to that lesson will be automatically pre-populated in the observation.
- We're also providing a way to directly search & find lessons assigned to your room.
4.3.4November 14, 2018
v4.3.4:
- Performance and stability improvements
Recently:
- Teachers, we're always looking for ways to save you time & clicks! With this update, you can add observations directly from a lesson. Milestones attached to that lesson will be automatically pre-populated in the observation.
- We're also providing a way to directly search & find lessons assigned to your room.
4.3.3October 24, 2018
v4.3.3:
- Performance and stability improvements
Recently:
- Teachers, we're always looking for ways to save you time & clicks! With this update, you can add observations directly from a lesson. Milestones attached to that lesson will be automatically pre-populated in the observation.
- We're also providing a way to directly search & find lessons assigned to your room.
4.3.2October 17, 2018
- Teachers, we're always looking for ways to save you time & clicks! With this update, you can add observations directly from a lesson. Milestones attached to that lesson will be automatically pre-populated in the observation.
- We're also providing a way to directly search & find lessons assigned to your room.