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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. At Risk Indicators - State of Kansas

    New this year to Kansas in the At Risk tab is to check mark each indicator student qualifies for. We have students who may have several indicators that can be marked. Once a mass add is done to add for one indicator, any additional indicators have to be added manually. When we have 3/4 of our district marked ELL and almost have also marked for Dyslexia it is a lot of work to have to add either one manually. To have an option to UPDATE the At Risk tab instead of just overwriting.

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  2. Time off Tracker

    The time off tracker report is nearly perfect, but it could benefit from an additional column. In the Additional Codes and Settings section, the Time Off Codes and Reasons are listed, but including the Description/Comment section would be very helpful when reviewing time off requests. This section would capture comments from the staff, saving time during the review process.
    For example, when a staff member takes a day off on a restricted date and the comment says "Principal approved," we know we don't need to contact the school to verify the restricted day. Currently, we have to check each individual…

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    Thank you for the product idea! When referring to comments, you are looking at the description column and users are putting in the comments to the time off description correct? Or are you also referring to approval notes?

    Thank you!

  3. Individual Password Reset Options

    I would like to propose an additional configuration that would allow a district to disable the password reset option by individual user. Currently, the only configuration option to control the ability to reset your own password applies to entire groups of users: Employee/Secured, Guardian, and then Students. Having the ability to add another layer of protection to the database would further reduce risk of compromised accounts. One specific use case: disabling the ability for the Payroll Manager to reset their own password. Instead they could have an established process for requesting a password reset if needed (which would be unknown…

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  4. Increase the middle name field character length by one or two letters.

    I'm encountering a monthly TRS error related to an employee whose official middle name exceeds the current character limit in the system's middle name field. The final letter of the name cannot be entered, which is triggering the error. Can the middle name field be extended by one character to accommodate the full legal name?

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  5. SPEDS

    Discussing the additions of SPPI7 and 13, one of the enhancements or ideas we would like for them to consider as they build out that piece is that they consider a trigger logic that will allow us to enter SPPI7 data, but not trigger a submission to Tsds until exit dates are entered.

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  6. override account number

    Override all pay codes with a new account without needing to know the old one it was under.

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  7. Allow an option to supress header row when exporting to Excel file from Employee/Data Mining

    When using Data Mining to create an export file for 3rd party vendors, districts need to be able to suppress the header row. Currently it is not possible and requires each file to be manually edited and saved to support third party imports

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  8. Multiple Credit Card Management Changes

    1.Allow user to select a closed/History PO. If a PO is closed in error the user can no longer use it even though there is no liquidation. Maybe a pop up message showing the liquidation status on a history po could come up and ask are you sure you want to use this.

    2. Users are very confused about the "All PO Items Received?" selection, instead a pop up message to close the PO would be clearer.
    3. Being able to see the remaining balance of the PO on the "Assign PO Detail to Credit Card Detail" screen would be…

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  9. Years of Experience

    Currently, there are two fields: Local and Total. I recommend adding STATE. We have various reasons we need to know how many years of experience in the state. It would also be great to have a NOTES field to add relevant information.

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  10. In Employee Management, give us an option to filter the matrix.

    In the salary calculation method in Employee Management, give us an option to filter the matrix. We utilize a variety of matrixes and each year and has now come to a point when scrolling through the list of options, some of the newer matrix options don't show up.

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  11. Staff sync from Skyward HR to Skyward Student Management

    Adding a sync option to have staff data (specifically teachers) sync from Skyward HR database to Skyward Student database to the Staff section... Maybe a nightly import and/or SFTP option...

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  12. import vendor format

    Allow additional fields on import vendor format for example Comments

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  13. Requisition itemization

    Allow for an indicator during the requisition process to mark a line item on a PO as a capital asset. The allow for reporting to compile any PO including a capital asset. This would be incredibly beneficial at year end for Fixed Assets reporting.

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  14. PO Footer set up to be able to accept full urls

    We recently decided we'd like to add a hyperlink to the terms and conditions of our POs to the footer of our PO. Our Purchasing Specialist had requested input from other districts as to how they handled this. Several districts sent over sample POs, but I found that none of their links work, as they exceed the 45 character limit per line. (I'm pretty sure they don't realize they aren't working)
    On my end, I tried to break up the url so it would work - but since the lines in the footer section are completely separate, this didn't work.…

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  15. Add light horizontal lines to reports (Individual lines)

    It would be great if reports could have a light line across each line - it's sometimes easy to lose your place/line in a report with many lines. Thank you for considering this idea

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  16. Send an automated email when an employee is added - similar to advanced features/automatic emails

    Send an automated email when an employee is added - similar to advanced features/automatic emails on the Student side

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  17. MFA when accessing W2 information

    Challenge: Hackers accessing end user employee access accounts and garnering W2 information. Keep all W2 information hidden and instead of keying in SSN to access W2, use MFA. When access is given to W2, send auto notification as banks due even access is given.

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!

    We are looking for more information on this idea - is your district currently using MFA for Employee Access?

    If not, what are the concerns of having this enabled for Employee Access entirely?

    The option to add an email notification when W2s are accessed is a possibility, as well as masking the W2 info. Would it be the browse we are looking to mask?

    Thank you!

    Erik O.

  18. OCR to populate form fields

    I'm curious if there is, or can be, integration to utilize OCR functionality from our Canon MFP's to perform functions such as populating Check Requests data fields. The intention would be to scan an invoice and use OCR to populate fields on the CR entry screen rather than users doing so. It would increase efficiency by not requiring users to enter data points that can be pulled off the document. It would also cut down on keying errors as less keystrokes would be required by the user.

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  19. Be able to view pcard transaction attachments under the vendor tab

    When processing pcard transactions, I take advantage of designating each transaction to the specific vendor. Really easy for referring later on. However, the attachment cannot be viewed from the vendor tab - you see the purchase and accounting info but not the attachment. Would be GREAT to have this. It is easy to remember where you purchased something and go to the vendor tab for an attachment made by check or ACH. Why not for Pcards? If not that, anything under the vendor tab, that you can access these attachments easily

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  20. Add gridlines on custom form design

    When designing custom forms it would be nice to have a easy way to insure the fields are line up straight.

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