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Student Management Suite

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  1. Tie notes to the STUDENT and not the person who created it

    When creating a note on a student of any kind, can the note be tied to the STUDENT and not the person that created it? We have staff that created notes and when they left, for some reason, their notes did not transfer. It would be nice if the note were attached to the student so that if the staff that created the not leaves the notes stay in place.

    7 votes

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  2. Add Ltd Eng Prof students as an option to Ranges in the Message Center

    Could you add Ltd Eng Prof students as an option to Ranges in the Message Center? This would be along with Section 504 and Gifted and Talented students that are already listed. This would make it easier for our EL teachers to message parents.

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  3. AI Chatbot for Skyward Instructions (not student data related)

    Complex systems like SMS benefit from dedicated AI Chatbots. Searching directions using keywords results in dozens of sets of long and often redundant directions and the keywords used in the search do not always pull the correct set of directions. AI chatbots can help find answers and provide links to further information very efficiently. It can customize responses as it learns the user's role in the district and how SMS is set up for them (e.g. a teacher using secondary or standards based grading). It could give suggestions of features the user didn't know to ask about and give feedback…

    2 votes

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  4. Flexibility in listing absences in attendance letters

    When creating custom attendance letters, tables listing student absences must currently match the absence codes used in the threshold to generate those letters. I request the flexibility to trigger letters based on specific absence types (e.g., unexcused only) while displaying all absence types (both excused and unexcused) in the letter itself.

    2 votes

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  5. It would be helpful to be able to mass import Medicaid information into to the health screen

    I think it would be helpful to be able to mass import Medicaid Eligible Status, Medicaid Number, and Billing Consent status into the Health screen. It is very time consuming to manually enter this information.

    1 vote

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  6. Buddy Blocker and/or lock certain classes/blocks

    As we get ready for future scheduling, can you check with the Skyward rep to see if 2 features are available for us to use:

    1. Student Constraints (Buddy Blocker) - is there a feature in Skyward that allows us to identify students that should not be placed together? Even further, is there a feature to indicate a soft block (admin recommendation as students are disruptive together in class) or a hard lock (must be seperated due to fights/restraining orders, etc). I see information about creating teams, but I am unsure how that would work at the high school where we…

    2 votes

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  7. "All Students" preview screen

    When making changes for families and selecting "All Students," having an option to have a pop-up show the changes that will take place, along with a confirmation asking if you'd like to proceed. This could help cause fewer issues with changes being made and affecting other families/blended families.

    3 votes

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  8. Edit UID on TN/NCLB

    Can the option to edit the TN Unique ID field on the TN/NCLB screen be allowed? This field is currently not editable. At times students have a legacy State ID not matching the Unique ID as they should. If we find the correct match per the Ed-Fi > Request Individual IDs, we cannot select it since the student already been assigned the wrong one. Being able to update the UID to match correctly would be very helpful.

    2 votes

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  9. Can we have more color options for student indicators? As well as more than one character for the indicator?

    Can we have more color options for student indicators? As well as more than one character for the indicator?

    8 votes

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  10. 3 votes

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  11. 1 vote

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  12. Allow more than one concurrent enrollment statuses on a students KIDS data.

    Allow more than one concurrent enrollment statuses on a students KIDS data. I have several students this semester that are enrolled in college classes through our community college and also taking tech classes through the technical college. It only allows me to have one status. So when it comes to our ENRL, right now, I can only enter one of these criteria, not both. It would be nice to have this shown on the students records for KIDS reporting.

    2 votes

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  13. pLEASE ADD the state id to the Directors monthly Vocational Class FTE report so we can compare it to SWORD/EDFI for TN

    Please add the state id to the Directors monthly Vocational Class FTE report so we can compare it to SWORD/EDFI for TN. Otherwise, we have to go through multiple conversions to find a common key. This is not a wish, this is really necessary to do the job.

    1 vote

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  14. Send course credits to state, but not counted in Skyward (Bettering GPA use case)

    It would be nice to have a way to send course credits to the state, but not have them counted twice in skyward. The use case is for students trying to better their GPA for a course. They take the course again and this needs reported to the state, but you do not want the credits doubled up in Skyward. So when you enter a "Variable Credit" on a historical course for 0.0 credits, you get errors from the IDOE saying you are required to send them credits. Maybe a flag or something could tell skyward not to internally count…

    5 votes

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  15. update parent phone number only

    Security update to this menu path WS\ST\TB\FA\FA

    The update would allow the edit of a guardian(s) phone number view only access for the address
    We only want select staff to change addresses but if we take away this security it takes away the ability to edit guardian(s) phone numbers too.

    1 vote

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  16. We'd like a way for the bus number to populate in Student Access.

    In student access, not parent access, if the student could see the assigned bus number, it would save some headaches at school dismissal.

    3 votes

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  17. Comments on Health Condition indicator at a certain security level for Student Indicator

    Allow all members of the Student Management group to view comments on Health Conditions indicated by the Health Condition indicator at a specific security level for Student Indicators without giving access to the entire students' IHP.

    2 votes

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  18. Remove 0.00 when importing a blank percentile score into Test Scores

    When importing test scores that have a blank percentile value, 0.00 becomes the value in the field instead of just remaining blank. This doesn't look very clear, as all other fields are blank except the percentile field. Would love to see a blank remain a blank in Skyward. See example.

    2 votes

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  19. Request from teacher: Change the symbol in the gradebook for 'no count' assignments so that it is different from 'missing' assignments. They

    change the symbol in the gradebook for 'no count' assignments so that it is different from 'missing' assignments. They currently both have a star. It would assist with us needing to go back in to update missing assignments. Seeing a different symbol for 'no count' we would know that we did not have any scores for that assignment that needed to be updated. Thank you for the consideration.

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  20. NSOE - virtual signature block on the applicaiton

    The NSOE application needs a virtual signature block and date option for districts to add on their NSOE application for the parent to enter when they are filling out the application. A virtual signature is now acceptable by the ISD auditors. Currently have to print the application and get the parent to sign it or create a custom form which isn't a professional look for an application for enrollment.

    4 votes

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