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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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Here’s the list of this week’s updates: We’ve made a minor update to the look and feel of TutorBird; the page header and logo when logged into the site has been refreshed. On the student sign-up page/widget the “Gender” field (if enabled) is now displayed directly below the student information, …

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Take a look at this week’s great new features and changes: TutorBird requires cookies to work. If your browser has cookies disabled, TutorBird will now let you know! If you change your website’s domain name in TutorBird, we’ll automatically redirect visitors from your old domain name to the new one. …

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Here’s this week’s improvements: We made an internal change to improve the performance of the “Student Details” page for large schools. The page load time was reduced from a few seconds to under 1 second. We updated the way email addresses are checked to prevent TutorBird from misidentifying some valid …

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Here’s the list for this week: Added an “Invoice Balance” placeholder (%InvoiceAmount%) to the invoice and invoice reminder email templates. The “Invoice Balance” displays the invoice amount less any payments received since the invoice date. The original invoice will still be attached to the email. When adding a new lesson from …

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Hey Everyone! We have some great additions this week: Teach more, scroll less: When you close a popup window in TutorBird, the page no longer scrolls to the top of the page. The “Recent Payments” tab on the “Families & Invoices” page now displays the payment type in the description (if …

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Hi Everyone! Lots of great new changes this week: When cloning a day’s worth of events on the calendar into a future month, the necessary fixed monthly charges are now automatically created. We added a new option to specify a preferred location when you add a new lesson or event. When …

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Hello Everyone! Here’s what’s changed this week: The calendar now supports drag-and-drop schedule changes on touch devices (iOS/Android)! Previously, drag and drop was only available from desktop browsers. Tap and hold (1 second) to drag-and-drop No more tears! The student details page (and a few others) now warns you if …

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Here’s a list of this week’s changes: Recurring charges and discounts are now available. This feature is perfect if you’re charging a manual fee for a monthly supplies rental, or providing a recurring sibling discount. We adjusted the layout of the “Expense/Other Income” popup, placing the recurring entry settings just below the …

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Here’s what’s new this week: We’ve fixed the performance issue when typing lesson notes from the home page agenda on older devices (iPad 2, we’re looking in your direction…tsk tsk) On the home page agenda, the drop-down menu under the student’s name now displays the parent names. Building on last week’s …

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Hi Everyone! We’ve made a lot of great improvements to email, attendance notes and school websites. Take a look at the full list of changes: Email Improvements: Images can now be included in emails! We did a lot of work behind the scenes to make this as easy to use …

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