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Student Management Suite

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  1. Please add the resident district to the address record. This field could be used for validation of the resident district on the student.

    Please add the resident district to the address record. This field could be used for validation of the resident district on the student. The field should be added to the Address Range Default code maintenance option to populate.

    4 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Family  ·  Admin →
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  2. EA+ My Activities add *** GPA, Term GPA and grade bucket grades on the same report

    EA+ My Activities add *** GPA, Term GPA and grade bucket grades on the same report. For example on the Activity Roster or the Progress Report. Both help our coaches determine whether students are eligible to play. Or even when expanding the activity next to the students name.

    5 votes

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  3. It would be great if Progress reports and midterms can be hidden from view for parents and students!

    It would be great if Progress reports and midterms buckets in gradebook can be hidden from view for parents and students!

    2 votes

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  4. Mass set note filter

    We’ve researched this issue, and it turns out that the system is functioning properly. We’ve tested, and users at the middle school (and elementary school) do have access to see the legal notes. However, the list of notes is filtered by date, and the user must update the “Filter Options” to see notes since a specified date. If the filtering date is not far enough back, then older notes are not shown. We’ve confirmed with Skyward Support that there is no “rolling forward” process for notes from year to year or campus to campus. They are tied to the student.…

    6 votes

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  5. Texas- Add grade level to the pre-defined fields for the Family Access Absence Notifcation Request

    Texas - Add grade level to the pre-defined fields for the Family Access Absence Notification Request. Adding the entity that the student attends would be very helpful. This would allow the attendance clerks to quickly identify their students should there be more than one attendance clerk on a campus.

    2 votes

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  6. Auto Email for parent email changes

    In the Advanced Features - Automated Emails under Demographic Changes add an auto email for parent email changes. This way staff using other software programs such as SEEDS knows the email changed and can change it in their systems.

    4 votes

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  7. Textbook Tracker

    We utilize textbook tracker to check out laptops to our teachers and administrators. We have several administrators that are not assigned to a a school entity, and we cannot accurately check out a device to them. It would be very helpful to be able to check out items in entity 000 (district entity) for those who are not assigned to a school.

    1 vote

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  8. Pennsylvania Graduation Pathways

    Is there any plan on making it so Pennsylvania's graduation pathways can be entered for students in the Skyward system? It would be nice if it could automatically pull information such as SAT score, Keystone, etc. when it is imported into the system. Even if it needs to be entered manually that would be better than nothing. That way we have a way to see what pathway students are taking to graduate.

    2 votes

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  9. Enhance LEP Student Indicator

    We are required to track LEP students even after they are fluent. Could the indicator have an option to "Show Indicator even if Student has exited the Program" similar to what is available for the Special Ed Disability indicator?

    4 votes

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  10. CAREER PLAN - Identifying the class from AP/Honors/Regular better by name and weight classification/add course number too.

    CAREER PLAN -- It would be VERY helpful if in the Career Plan screen, where the name of the class shows, if either the full name shows or the shortened name of the class shows, and the course numbers. It is not helpful to see a partial name because you cannot see if it is an Honors class or not. We typically have the course code reflect if it is an honors class, as well as having the word or at least the letter 'H' tacked on to reflect that it is honors. Also, in the weight area, the first…

    3 votes

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  11. Electronic Signatures on Custom Forms for Registration

    It would be beneficial if parents had the ability to electronically sign custom forms for registration.

    28 votes

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  12. Pupil Nondiscrimination Self-Evaluation Report -

    Pupil Nondiscrimination Self-Evaluation Report - create one with all necessary fields to be cloned by user. I have attached a copy of one that I ran, I forgot the ELL's so I need to redo it. This gives you an idea of what I am talking about.

    2 votes

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  13. Add an attachment file to the LEP/Bil/ESL Special Programs Tab.

    Adding an attachment file to the LEP/Bil/ESL Special Programs Tab would allow us to add LPAC documentation and other info so teachers could pull up information without having to request it from the office or ESL Coordinator. It would save time and effort in our classrooms which in turn would benefit students.

    24 votes

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  14. PA: Economically Disadvantaged record start or end created when lunch code effective date changes

    When lunch codes change, so does the Economically Disadvantaged special programs record. Unfortunately, one does not "trigger" the other. Since you cannot schedule a task for mass adding a special programs ED record, you cannot fully automate the process. If you eliminate the process of Previewing then Updating then it can be a scheduled task. OR add economically disadvantaged to your list of importable program type. Currently, you can only import immigration status and method of instruction. SEE ATTACHMENT

    3 votes

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  15. Auto Email to parents who have not completed Registration

    It would be great if we could set up an auto email sent to parents who have not completed online registration. Or maybe update the options in the verification status report template and add a check box where if it was checked it would send an email to parents who have not completed registration and then the report could be ran as a scheduled task.

    46 votes

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  16. Ability to automate an import in Test Score Import Wizard

    Since STAR scores are imported multiple times a year, it would be helpful and more efficient if Skyward had the ability for users to automate the import process in the Test Score Import Wizard.

    2 votes

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  17. FBA/BIP State Templates

    It'd be extremely helpful for security if DPI's sample FBA and (mainly) BIP forms were created as templates in Skyward. We currently have them created as district forms, but in order to give staff access to the Behavior Intervention Plan, they'd get access to all district forms, which we can't do, so we end up having to print them and disperse, which also isn't great for security. Could be added as SpEd form templates or do a setup similar to IHPs so the security is separate even though it's an attachment.

    1 vote

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  18. Add period field from the grades tab to data mining

    It would really help if the period field under the grading area could be added to data mining.

    7 votes

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  19. We'd like a youngest child free/reduced report

    We'd like to be able to run a free/reduced list by youngest child.

    2 votes

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  20. Add an option to request translation services when scheduling conferences

    When scheduling conferences in Family Access we would like there to be an option to request translation services for conferences. We want access to translation services to be the norm and not something that families feel burdened to request. This would need to include spoke and sign language, and ideally the selection should be written in the language used by those needing the service.

    5 votes

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