May 4 to May 8, 2026 Release Notes

Features & Improvements

Some weeks are big, some are small, and some barely exist at all. We added a Tag option to the Actions button on Mailing Lists.

Bugfixes

Fixed a lil' bug that could cause recurring payments to come in the door not already linked to the payer.

Videos, Focus Sessions, and Whatnot

We've posted a FAQ addressing some common customer concerns about the Canvas data breach and the Populi-Canvas integration (TL;DR: nothing to worry about on the Populi side).

Focus Sessions coming up next week:

• Introduction to Populi: If you haven't but you should, sign up for this look at setting up your Populi account, logging in, adding new users, login approvals, roles, search, basic reporting, Populi's global settings, and so on. This will be most useful to Populi Account Administrator and Academic Admin users. It's scheduled for May 12th, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific time.
• Introduction to Academics: If you feel compelled, or your boss is compelling you to, sign up for this tour through academic years, terms, programs, degrees, the course catalog, course instances, enrollment and so on. This will be most useful to Registrar and Academic Admin users. It's scheduled for May 14th, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific time.

Web transcripts are, apparently, a tangled mess of barbed wire, baling twine, shoelaces, and confetti. But Josh makes his way into that thicket and untangles web transcripts for you.