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Jul 15, 2026

Tag, You’re It: June Updates  

We’re officially tagging June as a great month! 🎉 Subject Tags are now available to everyone, along with a collection of bug fixes, quality-of-life improvements, and other updates throughout…

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Hi Everyone! Today, we’re launching a new self-help tool that replaces the old popups that we were using. This allows you to quickly get the help you need from within the app! This new help system provides a number of benefits: All the FAQ information that was available on our …

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Hey Everyone! You’ll notice a slightly refreshed look to our popup windows this week. This should help everyone understand what they are interacting with at a glance. We refreshed the look of the popup windows. Now you’ll see a bit of coloring to emphasize the type of popup you’re seeing …

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Hey, Everyone! We’ve fined tuned group notes once again! The notes can now be copied from week to week. Take a look at the full list of changes: If the “Copy Attendance Notes” option is turned on, the “Group Note” is now copied from the previous lesson in that recurring …

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Hey, Everyone! We’ve added the ability to securely collect credit card information using the registration forms! This cuts down on the amount of information you or your parents need to enter at a later date and makes it much easier to get paid once you send out a family’s first …

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Hey Everyone! This week, we’re introducing another option to help manage make-up credits. Take a look at the full list of updates below: We’ve added the ability to set an expiry date for make-up credits. This feature is available on the School Settings page on the Policies tab. Now you can …

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Hi Everyone! Great news for a number of our members around the world. Stripe has just expanded their service offerings to quite a few new countries. Take a look at the full list of updates below: Teachers located in New Zealand, Brazil, Hong Kong , Portugal and Sweden can now …

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Hi Everyone! We’ve made a few changes to the TutorBird provided widgets and much more. Take a look below for the full list of updates and fixes: You can now remove the Login Widget from your TutorBird hosted website’s sidebar. This is great for tutors who aren’t using the Student …

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Hi Everyone! We hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season! We have quite a large backlog of updates for you this week. •    The student, parent and teacher name formats used throughout TutorBird can now be adjusted from your School Settings page (on the Options tab). If you’d prefer to see names …

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Hi Everyone! We have a variety of updates for you this week. The most notable improvements have been made to taking attendance for groups. Take a look at the full list of changes: We’ve improved attendance taking for group lessons: You can now use the “Prev” button to go back …

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Hello everyone! This week we’re pleased to announce that ACH (bank transfers) are now available to everyone located in the USA using Stripe as their payment processor. Changes this week include: Separate convenience fees can now be setup for credit card and ACH payments. We’ve reworked the payment process when paying …

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