Why Yes, We Have Had Work Done
Thanks so much for noticing our new look!
If you’ve logged in recently (and if you haven’t, what are you waiting for?) you’ve noticed that we have a new look, and a new name. Yes, VOMO is now officially Virtuous Volunteer!
In addition to our new name and logo, you’ll see some updated colors reflecting our new identity.
We’ve made this change as part of a series of updates to the Virtuous brand identity. You can read more about what this means here.
Volunteer Times, They are a-Changin’
Avid readers of our release notes (and folks who pay attention to the settings) may recall that back in May, we released an update to allow volunteer hours to be calculated based on check-in and check-out times. This new update ensures that going forward, all volunteer hours are automatically calculated and based on actual serving time (a rather important distinction).
But what about hours served in the before times?
Well, you can’t go back and change the past…or can you?
That’s right, much like Superman himself (spoiler alert for a 47-year-old movie), now you can go back and change history with the new option to recalculate past serving hours!
From the Advanced Options section of your Organization Settings, if you set Hours Calculation to “Always Required”, you’ll see a new option to recalculate historical hours.
Since changing large swaths of past data can be tricky, you’ll have the option to preview the changes before committing to rewriting history.
This update will recalculate all past volunteer hours, the economic impact totals, and completed serving dates, but on your Organization Dashboard and on individual Volunteer Profiles. As part of this recalculation, only attendances with a check-in time will be counted; any incomplete data will be calculated as zero hours. If Admins have chosen to override hours for any attendances, then the override values will be used and not recalculated.
Now, you can get out there and change history!
Volunteering, Party of 10? Right This Way
Managing any large group can be tough. Ever tried getting a restaurant reservation for 15 people? (We’re not even getting into navigating dietary restrictions here.)
While we can’t help with everything, we can make it easier to manage groups of volunteers.
So we did!
Now, from the Reserve tab on an Opportunity, you can search for and select a Group and add multiple slots in bulk.
Just select the number you’d like to add, and then click “+add.”
You can even add multiple slots from multiple Groups, and then save all of your changes at once.
So now you can manage even large groups with fewer clicks!
…And the Rest
This update also includes a number of other fixes, tweaks, minor modifications, and assorted nudges. Here’s a roundup of other items released over the last month:
- Our team squashed a bug that prevented some Hub calendars from loading correctly—or at all, in some cases. Now, all calendars are much more zippy!
- Some customers reported difficulty with processing bulk invites and notes. Our team of digital exterminators has made sure that there are no more bugs here and bulk invites are processing smoothly from now on.
- Opportunities with the setting to only show City and Zip to potential volunteers were including the complete address in confirmation emails. Now, the setting will be consistent from the Hub through to someone’s inbox.
- In keeping with the theme of this update, we’ve corrected an issue that prevented hours from recalculating on an Opportunity when Admins add volunteers—and check-in/check-out times—after an Opportunity has passed. Now you can change the past in multiple ways!
- We cleaned up an error that prevented some users from viewing the Community Volunteers page.
And that's the list! Phew! As always, if you have any questions about these or other features, feel free to contact our support team.