{"id":47644,"date":"2026-10-16T13:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=47644"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:01:03","slug":"from-the-head-of-it-introducing-compass-your-new-parent-experience","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/from-the-head-of-it-introducing-compass-your-new-parent-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Head of IT: Introducing Compass \u2013 Your New Parent Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\">MLC School has launched Compass, the new platform powering our parent portal and MLC School app. Compass provides families with a central place to access important school information and manage key interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Parents and carers have received their new login details via email, with a User Guide available to help navigate both the desktop platform and app.<\/p>\n<p>As of yesterday, <strong>Thursday 15 October 2026<\/strong>, the previous <em>Omnia<\/em> parent portal and old MLC School app are no longer accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Your invitation email to login and join the new Compass platform looks like this, please check your spam folders if you have not received it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/ImageforCampaignMonitor-9906db03cf03cf3c.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-47661\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/ImageforCampaignMonitor-9906db03cf03cf3c-475x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/ImageforCampaignMonitor-9906db03cf03cf3c-475x640.jpg 475w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/ImageforCampaignMonitor-9906db03cf03cf3c-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/10\/ImageforCampaignMonitor-9906db03cf03cf3c.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A full User Guide detailing both the Compass desktop and the Compass MLC School app options can be found by clicking the button below.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\/ArticleDocuments\/384\/MLC_School%20_Compass_Parent_Guide_V2.pdf.aspx?Embed=Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to access the Compass Parent Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note that the Canteen and Shop features within Compass are not yet available. We will share further information with you once these features are activated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For assistance, please contact the IT Service Desk at <a href=\"mailto:service@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><strong>service@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"mailto:sswarts@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\">&#8211; Steve Swarts<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Head of IT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLC School has launched Compass, the new platform powering our parent portal and MLC School app. Compass provides families with a central place to access important school information and manage key interactions. Parents and carers have received their new login details via email, with a User Guide available to help navigate both the desktop platform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[9],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-47644","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/47644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=47644"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=47644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}