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Student Management Suite

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  1. Custom Forms - allow form

    I think it would be very helpful to have an option that allows an Online Form posted in Family Access to automatically close after a parent submits it. Otherwise it is possible for parents to go back and edit what they have already done, and depending on the form this is very hard to try to manage. There are definitely times when you only want the parent to complete the form once. If the system can't automatically close the form once completed, perhaps an option can be built in to allow a processing list to be used to EXCLUDE students.…

    10 votes

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  2. Inactive Families Enrolling into NSOE get stuck

    We have had several situations where a former (inactive) family wants to re-enroll, and since they don't have any active students they can't get into a family access account. But they also can't request an account through the new student portal because they already have an email in the system. They are stuck in a catch-22.

    We go in to delete the email address from their account so they can do the account request, and some schools activate the student for a short time to allow the family into their old Family Access. Either way, it causes the family to…

    22 votes

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    9 comments  ·  Enrollment  ·  Admin →
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    Good afternoon.

    I have been working with my programmer on this issue.  He has gone into the code and this is how the code is set up:


    If an existing Family Access login has Allow Family Access still checked they should be able to log on directly to NSOE (don’t need a new separate NSOE account) if they know their login/password. The login area just needs to be set to Enrollment Access.

    If you want to mass change that status there is a utility to mass remove Family Access to guardians without Active Students.  It can be found at this menu path from the 000 entity:  WS\FA\FM\PS\UT\WA

    If you uncheck/remove the Allow Family Access, so that they can request a new NSOE account, that will be a separate account. The registrar will need to match them to the existing guardian in the system if they want to use that guardian

  3. Import Dyslexia Scores

    We would like the ability to import Dyslexia Test Scores. We are a district in Kansas, so it would be for that format.

    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Workflow  ·  Admin →
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  4. Legal Name and Full Preferred Name

    Expanding name fields to accommodate more characters is essential. At the same time, it would also be important to add a prefered full name option for gender identity preferences so that schools have an option to "show" the preferred name in educator access plus, family and student access. This would allow options for legal name printing on transcripts and other official documents AND sensitivity for gender identity.

    7 votes

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  5. Option to Require Classroom Referral Actions

    Give districts the option to “require at least one classroom action” when using Classroom Referrals and Allow Classroom Referral Actions.

    Setup is under Discipline District Setup
    WS\OF\DI\PS\CF\DS

    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Teacher Access  ·  Admin →
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  6. College and Career Readiness Data on Report Cards

    We would like to be able to print college and career readiness indicators on report cards so students and parents are aware of their progress and what areas need to have more attention.

    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Grading  ·  Admin →
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  7. Adding a character counter to comment boxes within a standard based custom report card or in teacher grade books

    After creating a Standards Custom report card, the teachers are asking how many characters fit in each comment box. I do not see a character count in the teacher grade book nor do I see anything that would allow me to find out when I add the comment box while building it. Is there a way to add available character count to comment boxes within the teacher grade book? If not I think it would be a great tool for the teacher to have to know how much space is available to make comments.

    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Gradebook  ·  Admin →
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  8. Data-minable PGP

    We use PGPs to capture loads of information on students for teachers to view. The problem is that you can only view individual students and there is no report function. If the PGP were data-minable then we could run reports for large groups of students.

    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Data Mining  ·  Admin →
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  9. "Interpreter Needed" checkbox on Profile

    Checkbox for "Interpreter needed" on Profile Tab. We currently have a custom form to indicate when a student's family needs an interpreter for conferences. It would be extremely helpful to have an indicator in General Information that would be quickly accessible when phone communication is required.

    22 votes

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    2 comments  ·  Student  ·  Admin →
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  10. Staff that are also parents in district that are payors. We would like to have the option as to which email the notices are being sent.

    We have staff members that are parents in the district and the payor notices go to the home email address and we would like for them to go to the schools email address. When their kids leave the district, the parents are not always checking the home emails and miss the notices we send them from the school for lunch balances.

    1 vote

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  11. Run Attendance Totals for Previous Years

    WS\ST\TB\AT\AT (Students > Student Profile > Attendance)
    It would be helpful if we could click on the Totals button and run attendance totals for previous years. Currently, we can only run it for the current year.

    11 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Attendance  ·  Admin →
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  12. Web Login ability to Online Enrollment Users

    For NSOE, it would be helpful if an admin was able to Web Login to the Online Enrollment Users accounts so we can assist remotely with application issues.

    Currently, I cut and paste email and password info in to a new login in screen to log in as them to help them with steps in the process.

    16 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Enrollment  ·  Admin →
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  13. Food Service Application Processing in Skyward

    Currently when printing a pseudo application, a box shows up with information to be completed by the district. We need a way to enter and capture this information in Skyward without having to print out the application? Currently we capture the application from the parent through family access, physically print the application, complete the information to be completed by the district, and then scan the application back in!!!

    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Food Service  ·  Admin →
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  14. Add Pain Scale (1-10) to Office Visit Vital Signs

    Our nurses are requesting the addition of a Pain Scale (1-10) to the Office Visit Vital Signs tab.

    19 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Health  ·  Admin →
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  15. Allow the family to enter both Parents on one screen. Many times only one guardain gets entered in the enrollment process.

    It makes more sense to me to be able to add both guardians in one screen instead of having to click a button to add a second guardian to a family. Most people do not understand how the family set up is so they fill in one parent and move to the next step. We spend a lot of time following up with parents because they do not take the time to read the buttons.

    10 votes

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  16. Automated email notification when a new document is uploaded

    It would be great to have an automated email notification sent to a selected staff member(s) when a parent uploads a new document to NSOE or Online Registration.

    12 votes

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  17. Add IBC Vendor to Mass Add Special Programs Utility

    Add IBC Vendor field to the Mass Add Special Programs for Post Secondary Certification. The IBC Vendor field is a required field and is usually the same for each certification within each district.

    21 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Student  ·  Admin →
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  18. Option to use a Processing List for Mass Delete Portfolio Attachments

    We would like the option to use a Processing List when running the Mass Delete Portfolio Attachments.

    11 votes

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  19. Allow for Family access configuration of conferences enable/disable to have date start and stop option

    Allow for Family access configuration of conferences enable/disable to have date start and stop option with times.

    7 votes

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  20. Preferred name available in Point of Sales System.

    We have transgender students that come through the lunch line. It is quite confusing and embaressing when a student comes through the line that has not legally changed their name yet. We need a be able to have a better system than using the critical wanding messages that we use for food allergies.

    7 votes

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