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Aug 27, 2026

The Summer of Packages 

User beta testing for our new Lesson Packages feature is in full swing! 🎉 Catch up on the latest TutorBird updates, including a look at what’s included with Lesson…

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David O’Keefe, founder of David O’Keefe Education

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When you create invoices in bulk, TutorBird will now display a progress bar! It makes it easy to see how many are completed and how many are left to go. This should also resolve page time-out issues that some schools were experiencing when manually generating large numbers of invoices. Other …

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The embedded video/audio player in the Media Library now has the ability to loop specific ranges. This allows students to repeat specific sections for study without having to manually rewind the track each time. Other Updates: Receipt emails now include an attached PDF receipt. The receipt shows your school address, …

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We’re always working on improving TutorBird with great ideas and feedback from teachers just like you! Here’s a list of the changes we’ve made to Reports this week:  Added Paid, Void, Date Emailed and Date Reminded to the Invoice Details export file. We’ve updated the Billable Hours report so that …

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We have so much to share with you this week! Today, we’re releasing two highly requested features: segmenting the student list by status and a new sign-up widget (beta). Check out the details below! Cool new features: The Student List page has changed! Waiting Students & Leads are no longer …

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The Calendar Feed can now pass Free/Busy status information to your synced calendar (if it supports this feature). If you’re using an external service, like YouCanBook.me with your synced calendar, this will automatically block out times that you have scheduled in TutorBird. To enable this feature, click “Calendar > Options > Sync …

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Sometimes, we gotta make small moves to make big ones. In today’s small move, the Library & Downloads page has been split into two separate pages: Lending Library and Online Resources. The Lending Library page now also includes a history of any items that were loaned. For shared items in …

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You can now email students who are on the Wait List or classified as a Lead! We’ve made a small change to the Students > Email page for sending bulk email. The “Show Inactive” students checkbox has been changed to “Show Non-Active Students.” Students on your waiting list no longer …

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We’re unleashing a new feature today!  We’ve added the ability to stream certain audio and video types directly from the Download Library. You’ll see a new “Play” button beside the download button that opens the media directly in the browser. Similarly, for images and PDFs, you now have the option …

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You may have noticed yesterday that a little red line and arrow appeared on your Calendar yesterday, particularly if you use the Day/Week/Timeline views. We heard your requests, and now you can easily see where you’re at in your day! Other Updates: On mobile devices, the drop-down menu on the Invoice …

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All the changes we’ve made in the last month altogether! During busy periods, (1st of the month, we’re looking at you…) if your auto-invoices are delayed due to a high volume of invoices being processed at once, we’ve added a message to your account that tells you that your invoices …

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