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  1. Staff Crosswalk Between HR & Student Management

    For those of us who have combined databases, it would be really helpful if the staff information for their State/WISEid and DPI Educator File Number (Entity ID) would automatically crosswalk/populate from their HR information when we add the person to the staff list in Student Management. A lot of other useful information copies over from HR when we add the person as staff on the SM side. This would save a lot of time & double entry since we have to have this information on their SM record for state reporting (course associations)

    2 votes

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  2. When marking time slots attended, it would be nice to have a symbol or something to make it easier from the calendar view.

    When you look at the appointment slots on the calendar view, it would be helpful if there was a symbol or something that would show up after the slot was marked as attended /no show.
    It is tricky to keep track of the ones that have been marked as you have to click into the slot to open up the dialogue box.

    2 votes

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  3. Add Default Entity Column in Staff

    Please add the Entity ID column to the General Staff view... if I switch to the Entity view I don't get their title, email, name ID, DPI Ed #, etc... if I switch to the General view I don't get their Entity. Just need that one field on the General view. Thank you!!!

    3 votes

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  4. teacher license number and student state ID on same report

    We would like to be able to have a report with students' state ID number and teacher license number. This is required for our screener which is required by the state.

    3 votes

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  5. n the diabetes care log, it is required to enter a blood glucose number. We have situations in which the glucometer reads "high". This ind

    In the diabetes care log, it is required to enter a blood glucose number. We have situations in which the glucometer reads "high". This indicates the blood glucose is too high to be read by the meter. Can you add a box that says "glucometer reading high"? We are unable to record a value when it reads high, but we need to document the meter reading.

    2 votes

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  6. Mobile ID Card - Make available to parents in Skyward Family Access mobile app

    PLEASE make the Mobile ID Card for students available so that it can be enabled on the Family Access side for the Parent App! We need this for the ability to scan when parents come to pick up their students early or in the event of a reunification event as well as many other uses. Thank you!

    3 votes

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  7. Attendance Codes linked to Discipline

    After office staff enters specific attendance codes, it would be nice if a discipline entry would pop up. For example, when a Tardy code is entered, a discipline entry would pop up so that the office staff can immediately enter the discipline for the tardy. (Same goes for Unexcused absences).

    9 votes

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  8. Food Service

    Food Service to help meet the new Verification Summary Report with ISBE 2023.
    They are now asking for students that have extension of benefits. If we could have in WS\FS\PM\PA customer control records at field that allows us to mark as extended benefits.
    They are also not wanting the REDUCED MEDICAID directly certified students to pull into the verification. They do however want to know the number of students individually receiving the benefit.

    2 votes

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  9. Could the class period be seen on the section details? You always have to do all the drop downs to find the right period.

    Could the period be visible on the section detail? A pain to always have to drop down each section. WS/OF/CS/BC/CM/CM

    7 votes

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  10. Academic Areas - Please take away cross-entity ability to see/edit/delete

    It would be very helpful if the academic areas was only available to view per entity, editing is only allowed in entity subject/skill was connected to, subjects/skills are only available for other entity to clone and not for them to edit or delete, and/or a "canned filter" is available to filter out other entities.

    Example: Currently, if our high school secretaries go into the academic areas they are able to edit and delete the subjects and skills entered in the elementary entity. If the high school adds academic areas they are mixed right in with the elementary ones. Also if…

    3 votes

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  11. E/W Residence County included in rollover

    Please include Residence County from E/W record in the year-end rollover. It is a required field, so we have to update each student.

    4 votes

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  12. county

    Please clone Residence County in the E/W record when doing year-end roll-over. It is a required field, so we have to update every student.

    4 votes

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  13. Skybuild import/export fields

    With the implementation of ed-fi all import and export data fields need to be in Skybuild. I just learned records need to be entered for gifted and talented and there is nothing listed for that categoy.

    15 votes

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  14. watercolor

    It would be nice if there was a watercolor feature to add to Custom Forms when used for student forms such as a Certified Compulsory Attendance form or Transcripts when printed as Unofficial.

    2 votes

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  15. Mass Email Account Reset Link based on Processing List or Reset Needed

    The current ranges within the Mass Email Account Reset Link utility are very limited. It would be helpful two have the following two options: 1) Email based on processing list; and 2) Email only users who have not reset their password within the current school year.

    3 votes

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  16. Add <login ID> field to automated email system

    Presently, there is no way to configure an automatic email to students containing their Student Access Login ID—not unless you configure the username to be the same as a currently existing field, such as namekey. Ideally, we would want to configure an automated email based on the Enrollment Change/Student Entered trigger with the ability to insert <login ID>.

    3 votes

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  17. McKinney-Vento pop up when a family is exiting so that the conversation can be had about best placement and staying in school of origin

    McKinney-Vento pop up when a family is exiting so that the conversation can be had about best placement and staying in school of origin

    1 vote

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  18. mobility code support

    Please add utilities to allow the mass add/removal of mobility codes from Entry/Withdrawal records. Ideally, I should be able to specify a date range, and optionally a withdrawal code and a mobility code to be entered if the criteria are met. Also, making the mobility code available to data mining would be very helpful as well. Affects: PA State Reporting

    2 votes

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  19. Custom Report Cards

    We would like the ability to print a blank standards based custom report card instead of having to pull in a test student and then having to redact the confidential information along with all the grades that appear if we are printing after the first grading term. Our district has a custom report card for each grade level so it takes some time to do this.

    18 votes

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  20. Processing New Student Online Enrollment application, allow change order of Emergency Contacts

    Scenario: A parent submits a new student application and fails to check the emergency contact box for either/both guardians.
    During processing of application, if the registrar then checks the emergency contact box after, they are added after any other emergency contacts in the order added.

    We would like the ability to change the emergency contact order at time of processing a new application so the registrar can appropriately have the correct order prior to completing the application and not have to go back and change after processing.

    We do allow guardians to change the order at time of yearly registration.

    5 votes

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