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    The legacy Trac 4.0 version of TutorTrac/AdvisorTrac/FitnessTrac is no longer receiving updates and will be end-of-life in 2025. Click here to schedule a TracCloud demo or reach out to sales@go-redrock.com for migration pricing or contract details.

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New, easy to use interface
TracCloud features a modern, easy to use, and mobile-friendly interface, allowing you to easily find and manage your data as you need. Students, staff, and faculty will have a much easier time navigating through the system and accessing the data they need. The new dashboard offers many easy to access widgets to view and manage your data.

New Features
Export almost any report into Excel. Static and dynamic QR codes for touchless-kiosk environments. Unlimited custom data fields in student records, visits, appointments, and more. Customizable views of listing pages. Student timelines. Twig and HTML-supported emails and system messages. Customizable log listing and kiosk views. Center descriptions. New reports. Student success plans as a new module, along with work plans for staff. The full list of changes couldn't fit in this article, and more is being added all the time. Relating to the schedule specifically, you'll find a new appointments listing, availability badges, custom search appointment links and QR codes, unlimited customizable max appointment rules, asynchronous appointment support, and more.

Customizable
With Twig support, you can personalize system messages, upcoming appointment lists, emails, and more based on the users who are viewing/receiving them. From simple changes like greeting the user by name to completely changing an email based on if the related appointment was in-person or online, in a certain center, for a certain reason, even if a certain custom field in the student's profile has a specific value. This extends to the log listing and kiosks as well, where you can add or remove fields, rearrange the data that's displayed, and add custom formatting with HTML and Twig.

Faster
Rewritten from the ground up hosted on AWS, using a MySQL database, TracCloud is faster in every way. This performance increase compared to Trac 4.0 can be noticed throughout the entire system, with reports being especially improved. Even the biggest reports in TracCloud load within a few seconds.

Migrate Existing Data
Migrate your existing data from Trac 4.0, allowing you to pick up right where you left off. We'll work with you to plan out your migration, coordinating with your IT, and training your system administrators to get you started in TracCloud.

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TracCloud Technical Documentation Newsletters Admin Preparing for a Semester Switch Setting up Appointment Emails Logging in as Different Users Students & Consultants Custom Student Fields Student View Deactivating Consultants Creating Lists and Watchlists Creating Student Profiles Student Listing Quick Reports Schedule Appointment Rules Center and Reserve Blocks Missed Appointment Restrictions Reset Missed Appointments Visits Auto Termination Function Meeting with Students Remotely

Blocking Students from Booking Appointments There are two options for blocking students from booking appointments in the Trac System. Other Scheduling Blocks has three primary functions. Preventing students from booking appointments based on their prior appointment statuses, preventing booking based on their student status, and preventing students from booking consecutive appointments. Students Max Missed allows you to change the status of a student if they’ve passed a threshold of missed appointments, that status would then prevent them from booking additional appointments until they’ve been excused or the counter has been reset. In this Newsletter, we’ll be going over the configuration of both these preferences. Other Scheduling Blocks Configuring the Preference Trac Navigation > Search Glass > Center Profiles > [Your Profile] > Prefs > Scheduling > Other Scheduling Blocks. We have a few preferences available to us: Maximum of [X] appts with status = [Status] from MM/DD/YYYY to MM/DD/YYYY Two of these preferences are available, so you can have restrictions on more than one status. These do exactly what they say on the tin, prevent the student from booking an appointment if they have more than [Number] [Status] appointments since [Date]. Prevent booking when student status is [Status]. This applies to both center and special status. Prevent booking for more than [X] consecutive appointmointments same consultant,… Prevent [X] number of back-to-back appointments. …for the same student Specifically back-to-back appointments from the same student. The next time a student goes to book an appointment, the Trac System will check their previous appointments in the specified date range and determine whether or not they have permission to book another one. Students Max Missed Configuring the Preference Go to Trac Navigation > Search Glass > Center Profiles > [Your Profile] > Prefs > Scheduling > Appointment Status & Management. Here, you will find the two relevant preferences. Student max missed: [X] appts, since: [MM/DD/YYYY] How many appointments since [date] can the student miss before their status is changed. Change Center Student Status to: If the student has missed [X] appointments, change their center status to [Status] (Inactive, Blocked, etc). Once you’ve configured these settings, click save. System Pref: StudentAccess “Student Max Missed” doesn’t block students from booking appointments in and of itself, it only changes their status. That status is what determines their ability to book an appointment. Go to Trac Navigation > Trac Man > Utilities and Prefs > System Prefs > StudentAccess. This will bring you to a menu with several student permission options, but the main field we’re looking for is “Access Based on Status”. Once the student’s status is changed by the above preference, how do their permissions change? Add your status types, then click on them to change their color. Blank or excluded statuses will default to green, full access. Green – Full Access, what students would normally have. Red – No Access, the student will be prevented from logging in. Blue – No Appointments, the student cannot book appointments, but otherwise have normal access. Message for No Appt Students – If you set their status to “no appointments”, you can create a custom message that appears on these students’ home screen, as seen in the above screenshot. Click save once you’ve configured this to your liking. And you’re all set. The Trac System runs a nightly process that checks appointment statuses to determine if any permissions need to be changed. To reset missed appointments, for a new semester or otherwise, see our Newsletter on this topic here More Questions? We hope that you found this article helpful, and as always if you have any questions about this or any other features, please feel free to let us know by emailing Helpdesk@go-redrock.com or by submitting a ticket. Thank you for your continued support!