August 12th, 2025

New

Improved

Fixed

WorkloadWizard – Release v0.4.0

Release Date: 12 Aug 2025

We’ve been busy adding powerful new features, improving performance, and making WorkloadWizard even smoother to use.


πŸš€ What’s New

Academic Year Management

  • Year Switcher: Easily switch between academic years anywhere in the app.

  • Module Iterations: Create and manage year-specific versions of your modules.

  • Improved Accuracy: Stronger checks to ensure data is always tied to the correct academic year.

Modules & Courses

  • Full Module Management: Add, edit, and remove modules with ease.

  • Link to Courses: Connect modules directly to course years for better organisation.

  • Smarter Iterations: Quickly set up new module iterations for a given year.

Allocations

  • Assign Lecturers: Allocate lecturers to modules or groups directly in the system.

  • Group Management: Manage student group allocations with built-in permission checks.

  • Better Calculations: Improved accuracy for teaching hours and workload totals.

User Management & Permissions

  • Better Role Control: Organisation admins can manage staff more precisely.

  • Safe Deletion: Remove records safely, with fallback options to restore if needed.

  • Clear Feedback: Permission issues now display helpful alerts.

Authentication & Onboarding

  • Seamless Sign-In: Improved login reliability with Clerk integration.

  • Smoother Setup: Onboarding now automatically detects and completes setup steps.

  • Stronger Session Management: Better handling of logouts, refreshes, and re-logins.


πŸ”§ Improvements

  • Faster Loading: Optimised performance, especially when switching between pages.

  • Cleaner Look: Updated layout, refreshed favicon, and UK English spellings.

  • More Secure: Updated key dependencies to patch security vulnerabilities.


πŸ› Fixes

  • Resolved issues with academic year queries for new users.

  • Fixed errors during onboarding in certain edge cases.

  • Improved handling of organisation IDs when creating or editing records.


πŸ”’ Security Updates

  • Patched known security issues in core dependencies.

  • Updated underlying build tools for improved stability.


πŸ“‹ Other Notes

  • No migration needed β€” all your data remains as it is.

  • No breaking changes in this version.


Next up: v0.5.0 – planned features include even more allocation tools and improved reporting.