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Student Management Suite

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  1. Mass delete old proc list utility

    A utility to mass delete processing lists would be helpful.
    Or even if a user is made inactive - and option to delete their user proc lists would be great.

    4 votes

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  2. PIMS student template: Special Ed Status N if IEP out of compliance

    The checkbox that allows expired IEP students to load to the special ed snapshot does not help the Student Template. If this functionality existed for the student template for students that do not have an active iep and cross-checked with an exit, it would eliminate a large amount of time deleting tons of students, especially when districts conduct ieps in the same month district-wide.

    13 votes

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  3. IEP type as an available Skyward field

    We would like to pull the IEP type into Custom Forms but that is not a current skyward field.

    2 votes

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  4. Custom Forms Browse Student Name Key

    We use the custom forms browse screen when creating processing lists of which guardians have/have not signed paperwork. As it is right now when you create a processing list it is an all or nothing list if sorting by signature because the field range is so broad. There is not a way to download a csv, eliminate the signed/unsigned field and upload to processing lists as Name Key / Other ID / State ID are not fields available on this browse. We would suggest adding one of these.

    1 vote

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  5. Auto Scheduler

    There needs to be an option to roll-back an Auto Scheduling run to the previous save point. The Schedule Master Save Points only affect the Course Master. There needs to also be an option to revert to a previous point for the actual student scheduling runs.

    We have already built schedules for 85-90% of our students (via Arena Scheduling), and the final scheduling run overfilled course sections, even though we had to box checked to "Close Sections When Filled". The only option we have is to roll ALL THE WAY BACK to requests, which is not an option after the…

    1 vote

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  6. Need to be able to add SSSTP field on Attendance Letter Discipline Offense

    State of Texas requriement. The SSStP field is not available on the Discipline Offense set up in the Attendance Letter area, which causes errors in PEIMS reporting.

    1 vote

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  7. Awards on Transcripts

    I would love to be able to print awards that students earn in their activities on their custom transcripts. I think it's important that they are recognized for all of their accomplishments.

    1 vote

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  8. SPN Staff Name to help with DOE Sync Errors

    The DOE matches staff synced from Skyward to their license database, LVIS.
    Our HR system requires us to use the staff's legal name for income tax purposes. We sync our staff names from our HR system into Skyward.

    Similar to the legal name in the Identity tab for students, could we have an SPN name area for staff so we could send the name to the DOE that matches LVIS?

    The process for staff to update LVIS takes a while and often staff want their name in Skyward to be different. Sometimes staff have their legal name changed, but they…

    4 votes

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  9. Can you add a cut and paste tool to the style toolbar in the message center like in text box toolbar areas.

    Can you add a cut and paste tool to the style toolbar in the message center like in text box toolbar areas. Teachers would like to be able to cut and paste from a Google Document into the message center, but the formatting gets messed up in a direct cut/paste. Other areas of Skyward (ex: Special ed forms) have an intermediary cut/paste tool that allows for a smooth cut/paste process.

    1 vote

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  10. Mass Change ISBE State Course Codes for 2023-24 school year

    ISBE is removing all the prior to secondary - 51 course codes for the 2023 - 2024 school year. It would be very helpful if Skyward could create a mass change feature for the course codes with the ISBE crosswalks to save districts a lot of time.

    13 votes

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  11. TX-Safe Supportive School Program

    Now that the Safe Supportive School Program will trigger a PEIMS fatal error if left blank, we would like to request that this field be made mandatory when entering an Offense just like the Offense Code, School, Offense Date, School Year and Discipline Officer.

    9 votes

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  12. Translator Needed For Conferences

    It would be helpful if parents could indicate that they need a translator when signing up for parent-teacher conferences in the parent portal.

    5 votes

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  13. Teacher Room Availability - pull only ACTIVE classes

    Within WS\OF\CS\BC\RE\TR... there should be an option to look at only ACTIVE classes. Right now the report pulls Active and Inactive classes which is not helpful when trying to find room availability, and there is not a template setting to only choose Active classes.

    2 votes

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  14. Skybuild - Family Data Type

    While working with Skyward support, it was determined that a Skybuild cannot make a file export with 1 row per family.

    Skyward support - "If we had a family data type we could group based on the family but since we don't that will not be an option. "

    Example use case -- our family news letters are distributed from another web services, and we send the the company an SFTP Skybuild file that contains the names and emails of our guardians based on the building that their student(s) are actively enrolled. The current issue is that we can either…

    2 votes

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  15. SMS - Fees Paid Report - Print by activity instead of just bill code

    The current fees paid report will only let you choose to print bill codes, which will print (for example) all of our athletic fees for that time range. We would like to print just who has paid for a particular sport or co-curricular sometimes.

    1 vote

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  16. PIMS C6 Student Updates

    PIMS C6 STUDENT UPDATE PULL: It would be amazing to have a report that shows a list of ONLY students who have had a change to any piece of C6 Student Update template information that needs to be reported and what that information is (like appear in red). If it could also contain new enrollments that would be a plus! We could use it to submit student updates by individual if desired.

    1 vote

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  17. health office visit notified

    An option to quickly notify parents of an office visit via email from within the "Add Health Office VIsit" screen.

    2 votes

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  18. email to parents when report cards are posted to the portfolio

    is it possible to have Skyward auto email a parent when the Progress Reports and Report Cards are posted to the portfolio in Family Access from the Office Side and not use the message center?

    6 votes

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  19. Student gets a text or alert for any schedule changes

    Is it possible for a student to receive a text or alert for any schedule changes the counselors have made without the student in their office or needing to go to the office. There would need to be a on and off option, start date along with a message as to why it was changed and the history would need to be kept as well. The button could be on the scheduling tab next to the email tab, so that everything is on the page as the schedule change. The history button is read only and can be excelled as…

    2 votes

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  20. Enhance auto email student ranges options

    Give more options such as special program link, district/entity categories and activity to the student ranges in auto emails

    5 votes

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