CapiraMobile release notes, April 2025
Release Date: April 8, 2025
Introduction
This release of CapiraMobile provides new features and enhancements in addition to numerous bug fixes for users on the newest version of the app with Staff Dashboard access.
- Manage Account screen customization
- Staff Dashboard accessibility updates
- New alert type discovery and user opt-in
Many of these enhancements are the direct result of your feedback.
Recommended actions
Select enhancements and bug fixes require users to update or restart their app. If your users do not see one of the changes made, please ask them to ensure they have updated their app and ask them to force close the app and restart it.
New features and enhancements
Manage Account screen customization
Your library can now customize the information displayed on the "Manage Account" screen for your patrons. This provides greater flexibility in tailoring the user experience and highlighting the most relevant account details for your patrons based on your preferences and the functionality available through your ILS.
Key changes include:
- Customizable display of the following sections:
- Digital Card
- Checkouts
- Holds
- Reading History
- Fines & Fees
- Pay Fines link
- Label customization for more intuitive and user-friendly terminology
- Summary row display names
- Account information display names
- Detail screen display names
The new customization options can be accessed through the "Manage Account" tab within the Account Options section of the administration interface.
Note:
- Some features are ILS-dependent. For more information about your ILS's available features, please see our ILS Help documentation page.
- Any existing customizations that were previously made for you will remain unchanged. You can choose to utilize the new features to further refine your settings, but your current configuration will be preserved.
- Information and description returned on pop up messages are not currently configurable in the Staff Dashboard. Please contact support@oclc.org with any questions regarding these messages. Example:
Visit Patron account options for additional information and workflows.
Staff Dashboard accessibility updates
Several key updates have been made to the Staff Dashboard to enhance accessibility, such as improved button and icon labels and added titles and headers. Ongoing efforts will continue in the future.
New alert type discovery and user opt-in
Your Capira app will now automatically detect when new alert types have been added by your library. Your patrons will be notified of these new alert types upon launch of the app and provided with the ability to update their opt-in or opt-out preferences.
- Notification Selection Screen:
- This screen displays a list of all available notification types, including the newly added ones.
- Required Notifications: Certain notifications may be marked as "required." Users are required to register for these notifications and cannot leave the screen without saving their selections. These required notifications will be displayed at the top of the list.
- Alphabetical Ordering: All other (non-required) notification types are displayed in alphabetical order for easy navigation.
- New Alert Indication: New alert types are indicated to the user with a visual cue (e.g., a "New" badge).
- Accessibility:
- The blue color used for highlighting new topics (#0EA5E9) has been verified to meet accessibility standards, ensuring readability and usability for all users.
Visit Manage schedule alert types for additional information and workflows.
Bug fixes
Resolved issue with checkmark selection on "My Holds" and "My Checkouts" screens
Your patrons can now reliably select and manage multiple items in their holds and checked out items without losing their selections. Selected checkmarks remain persistent even when your patron scrolls the "My Holds" or "My Checkouts" screens. Previously, after selecting items, scrolling the page up or down would cause the selected checkmarks to automatically deselect.
Important links
Support website(s)
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