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NW Scheduler (New World Scheduler) is a software program designed for Jehovah’s Witnesses. NW Scheduler can schedule and organise the Christian Life and Ministry meetingPublic Talks, Secretary Records, Field Service schedules, Public Witnessing Carts, Territories, Duties and Kingdom Hall Cleaning, Literature Requests, LDC Maintenance, and even more!

NW Scheduler 7.7

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New World Scheduler is available in 120+ languages
It is used by thousands of congregations in 180+ countries

JW Scheduler has been renamed New World Scheduler (NW Scheduler). We hope this avoids any confusion between our software and official jw.org software. Everything else remains the same.

New World Scheduler 7.7

Overview

This release is packed with new features, most notably with Public Speaker SharingTerritories and the NW Publisher app.

There are also many other updates, improvements and fixes to many parts of NW Scheduler.

All app users should please update to NW Publisher 3.6.0 or greater to benefit from these new features and updates.

Note: If any congregation in the USA needs assistance gathering addresses for your congregation territory, please Contact Us.

Warm Christian Love, New World Scheduler Team

Release Notes

NEW FEATURES

CONGREGATION SHARING

  • Work Offline. If you must work offline for a time (e.g. if the internet is expensive or intermittent where you live), you can now Ignore Sharing Problems.

PUBLIC SPEAKER SHARING

  • Advanced Requests. Request multiple weeks and multiple speakers (in order of preference) at a time. The other congregation can choose which speaker is available for which dates, and return your request.
  • Change Outline. Outline changes can be made from within an existing Request.
  • Public Speaker Sharing Email Notifications. Email Notifications are sent when a new congregation requests to join your Circuit, when a new Request is received or when any congregation is Approved or Not Approved.
  • Automatic Approval. Congregations who request to Join a circuit will be automatically Approved after 14 days if no action is taken.

MEETING ATTENDANCE

  • Custom Meeting Attendance. A new “Custom” Meeting Attendance field, which can be used for prison meeting attendance, deaf meeting attendance, native speakers meeting attendance, etc.

SCHEDULING

  • Away Persons. All schedules will now highlight in red any person who is scheduled for a part, assignment or duty but will be Away.

TERRITORIES

  • Self-Assign Territories (GOLD). The Territory Servant can now mark up to 15 territories as “Available to Self Assign”. These will then show on the NW Publisher app and can be “self-assigned” by approved publishers. For example, a Field Service Meeting Conductor could self-assign if he forgot to ask for a new territory, or a Pioneer could self-assign if they run out of territory.
  • Territory Working Notes (GOLD). Territories on the NW Publisher app can now have a “Working Notes” section, that allows anyone currently working a territory to make temporary notes, which are shared among all those working the territory. These notes are cleared when the territory is completed.
  • Search Addresses. Search Address now automatically selects the Territory the address is found in, and will also attempt to match an existing Address. This can be used to quickly and easily find a specific address, or see if an address has already been added.
  • Family Territories. Assigned Territories can now be set to show on the app for the Family. This will then be available to all family members.

NEW TEMPLATES

  • Congregation Announcements. Print, Save or Email all Congregation Announcements.
  • Congregation Events. Print, Save or Email all Congregation Events.

UPDATES

CONGREGATION SHARING 

  • Data Encryption and compression has been upgraded. Under Congregation Sharing, a Congregation Administration can click Update Data.
  • User Access has been simplified. This makes it easier to manage, and also reduces sync problems.
  • A Warning is shown if any Shared Persons are not using the latest Minor Version. We recommend updating to the latest Minor Version if you have any problems, and at least once a month.
  • Registration Reminders are now only sent to Congregation Administrators.
  • Congregation Sharing will check if your computer time is set accurately. Otherwise, you will not be able to connect. This prevents data sync problems.
  • Both Major and Minor Versions are shown on Shared Persons.

PUBLIC SPEAKER SHARING

  • Public Speaker Sharing User Interface has been greatly improved and standardized.
  • Requesting speakers now accurately shows if a speaker is available, or if the congregation has an Event that weekend, or if too many speakers are already requested.
  • Circuit Name format is now enforced for many countries and regions, based on your official JW.org circuit format.
  • Approved congregations can no longer be removed by accident.
  • Public Speaker Requests are immediately synced, without the need to close and re-open NW Scheduler.
  • Changes to your Local and Away Public Talks Schedule are no longer automatic, and only occur when you specifically Approve or Confirm a request.
  • Changes to your local Public Talk Coordinator or COBE now sync correctly for other congregations.
  • Congregations can no longer join a circuit without a valid Circuit Name.
  • Additional reminder to only join Circuits you are part of, or are PHYSICALLY near.
  • Public Speaker Sharing data encryption and compression upgraded.
  • Data synchronization is more stable and faster.
  • Public Speaker Sharing Logs have been improved.

GROUPS & FAMILIES

  • New Family Type called “Unbelieving Spouse”.

CIRCUITS, CONGREGATIONS & PUBLIC SPEAKERS

  • Added a 2nd Email Address field for the COBE, Public Talk Coordinator and Public Speakers. This could be used to record their JWpub.org email address.

PERSONS

  • All Person Lists can now be displayed First Name Last Name, instead of Last Name First Name. Change in Me > Settings > Name Display.
  • Added ‘Language Group Only’ option for Weekend Assignments.

SCHEDULE – LOCAL NEEDS

  • Local Needs scheduling has been simplified. The ‘Local Needs’ view now only allows you to add or remove Local Needs topics. To assign a speaker or data, please use the CLM Scheduler.

SCHEDULE – LIFE AND MINISTRY MEETING

  • Life and Ministry Meeting colors have been updated to match the new Midweek meeting workbook colors. This includes all templates.

TERRITORIES

  • Map Overlay can now be changed from the Map View screen itself.
  • New Territory Setting “Allow Self Complete Territories”. This will allow or prevent brothers from “completing” or returning an assigned territory using the NW Publisher app.

ME

  • Service Overseer and Territory Servant have a new ‘Me View’ alert called “New Territory Addresses”. This shows new addresses sent by publishers that need to be manually approved.

EMAIL

  • New Email Special Filter Types: Public Speaker COBE, Public Talk Coordinator, All Public Talk Coordinators.

DATA LOGS

  • Comprehensive Data Logs are now available. Click Help > Logs button (bottom-right). This may help identify and problems or errors with NW Scheduler.

NW Publisher App UPDATES (version 3.6.0 and greater)

  • Updated and refreshed User Interface
  • Brothers can now complete Maintenance Tasks using the NW Publisher app.
  • Data Encryption and compression has been upgraded.
  • Information Board will show which Announcements/Letters have not been read.
  • Public Talk numbers now shown on schedule.
  • App Features have been renamed App Settings.
  • Added ‘Test Reminder’ button for Reminders. 

BUG FIXES

  • Improved data syncing between NW Publisher app and NW Scheduler, for example receiving Territory Address updates and Publisher Reports.
  • Fixed several Congregation Sharing bugs, and made Congregation Sharing more reliable.
  • Fixed several Public Speaker Sharing bugs, and made Public Speaker Sharing more reliable.
  • Bug fixes are usually released in Minor Updates. If you have a problem or bug, please click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Minor Update. Even if you don’t experience any problems, we recommend installing the latest Minor Update at least once a month.

New World Scheduler 7.6

Download Link: New World Scheduler 7.6

Overview

This update does not contain any new features, but is a consolidation of bug fixes and performance improvements. We have also included a few small updates.

As a reminder, NW Scheduler Minor Versions contain bug fixes and improvements. If any appointed brother experiences problems with NW Scheduler, all appointed brothers should please update to the latest Minor Version. Even if you don’t have any problems, we still recommend updating to the latest Minor Version at least once a month.

FUTURE: We are currently working on greatly enhancing and improving Public Speaker Sharing, as well as another exciting project that should be released in the next few months.

***IMPORTANT***

If you are still using NW Scheduler 7.4 or earlier, you should please update to 7.6 as soon as possible. The old Sharing Servers will soon be deleted. You should follow the instructions on our website under NW Scheduler 7.5 Update Instructions.

Release Notes

UPDATES

CONGREGATION SHARING 

  • Added Quick Step “Send Invitation Email to selected Shared Person”.
  • Can now Restore Shared Persons from Automatic Backup.
  • Warnings are shown if more than 3 people have Edit User Access to something.
  • Both Major and Minor Versions are shown on Shared Persons.

CIRCUITS, CONGREGATIONS & PUBLIC SPEAKERS

  • The Edit Circuits view has a new Disable Circuit button. This can be used if “Guest” Congregations or Circuits have been synced to your congregation from Public Speaker Sharing, but you don’t want to see them in your Circuits view.

TERRITORIES

  • Territory Labels can now have an outline color, and change rotation angle.
  • Each Territory Label can now have its own size, color and angle.
  • Saving Map now adds extra options to customise how the map looks.

NW Publisher App (*version 3.5.0 and greater*)

  • You can now select different Map Providers for NW Publisher app, including Google Maps. See Territory Settings.

UPDATED TEMPLATES

  • Territory Cards now include Status Date
  • Territory Addresses printing can optionally include “Show State/Province”
  • Duties Schedule can now optionally “Show Day of week” (for Schedule by Meeting duties)

BUG FIXES

  • Bug fixes are usually released in Minor Updates. If you have a problem or bug, please click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Minor Update. Even if you don’t experience any problems, we recommend installing the latest Minor Update at least once a month.

Previous Versions of New World Scheduler

For all previous versions of New World Scheduler, including information about what changed with each version, please visit New World Scheduler Download Archives.