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Student Management Suite

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  1. Teacher Access - IEP Forms

    We created an IEP form that would be used as both a summary of a student intervention, as well as a tool for progress monitoring. The form is similar to the internal form that can be created in the RTI module of Skyward.

    The form can be created by the IEP case manager and tailored to the student's needs. It can also be viewed in educator access plus by the teachers; however, we are unable to give teachers editing access to this form so that they can easily put in data for progress monitoring. I inquired to see if this…

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  2. (Texas) Add Course Service ID to Endorsement Progress Screen

    With the addition of needing to have the programs of study, endorsements, and IBCs align with the correct PEIMS codes, it would be very helpful to have the PEIMS codes for courses on the Endorsement progress page of skyward. With it just having the local course code, it requires that we go back into the transcript if there is a course that we are unsure of the PEIS code to make sure the alignment is correct. It would same an immense amount of time to have all the pertinent information on one page.

    2 votes

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  3. Having the option when printing a student transcript to add any comments with the Award

    I spent a great deal of time putting all of the student activities into the system for each student over the years that they participated in. WIth that I also added the individual awards for that activity. Within the award template there is a comment section, which I used for various things like 1st Place, 2nd Place, Gold, Silver, Bronze etc. But after doing all of that I realized that it isnt't an option in printing a students transcript to include that comment anywhere. It should be listed as an option to print on the transcript. Please consider adding this…

    2 votes

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  4. Arena Scheduling Required Forms

    I would like the option to require parents to complete/submit a custom form (liability waiver for summer school) before they can click the "Submit Schedule" link in Arena Scheduling. This will eliminate the need to chase down parents after they submit their schedule to collect the signed waivers
    before the start of summer school.

    6 votes

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  5. Ability to check all classes when adding an assignment

    For teachers with a lot of classes it would be helpful if there was an option to check All Classes when Adding an Assignment. If they class is grayed out do to it not matching with length or category the check all classes would skip them and only select matching classes.

    1 vote

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  6. Ability to hide previous ended classes in Add Assignment with gradebook.

    Ability to hide previous ended classes in Add Assignment with gradebook. With teachers that have a lot of classes such as semester, tri or quarter their can be a lot of classes that have ended on the Add Assignment screen and they have to scroll down to be able to view all classes and check the boxes for the current classes if they want to add an assignment to them as well.

    1 vote

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  7. Data Mining - File Name match Data Mining Report name

    It would be helpful and less confusing for our users if, the name of the Excel file we download would be the same as the Data Mining report name rather than something like SKR1857952J3N3827. When users look in their Downloads folder, they have to open each file to see what the data is.

    It also makes it difficult to remember which Data Mining report was actually used to generate the file.

    35 votes

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  8. Health options in Skydoc

    To be able to pull All health information from the student profile in Skybuild. This would make pulling for SHARS much easier and cleaner for Texas Districts

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  9. Could you add a sort button to this forum that sorts by the number of comments on each idea?

    Could you add a sort button to this forum that sorts by the number of comments on each idea? It would be helpful to be able to quickly review the items where additional information is being shared.

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  10. Skyward Activity Roster Not recognizing Paid Activity Fees

    You can mass assign fees if they're not assigned already for general fees.
    Is there a way to incorporate that with Activity Rosters?
    When we enable our parents to pay prior to roster assignment Skyward still wants to assign the paid student an activity fee.

    1 vote

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  11. We use Family Custom Forms for Online Registration. We are not able to print them. The ability to print them out would be very beneficial

    We use Family Custom Forms for Online Registration. We are not able to print them. The ability to print them out would be very beneficial

    1 vote

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  12. I have created some Custom Family Forms and the Forms can't be printed. Need to be able to get them printed.

    I have created some Custom Family Form that are part of our registration process and the parents fill out on Online Registration. I need to be able to print them out. Skyward does not give me the access to print them. If it gives me the access to create them I would like to be able to print them out too.

    1 vote

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  13. Attendance Tab - Add the option to select specific days of the week for reoccurring absences during a specific hour(s).

    If a student has an appointment during 7th and 8th hour every Thursday for three consecutive weeks, we have to choose each date, add in the attendance, save and then choose the next date. Being able to isolate specific class periods for specific days of the week within a date range, would make for a smoother process.

    1 vote

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  14. skyward messaging

    We use a third-party vendor to communicate with families and guardians. It would be nice to configure the message center so that staff cannot contact families through Skyward but still can contact staff and/or students through Skyward.

    1 vote

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  15. Make Primary Phone Number assignable per guardian, not household

    Currently, if Guardian2 signs into Skyward Family Access and changes the primary phone number to be G2's cell phone, not only does the HOUSEHOLD primary phone number change, Guardian1's Primary phone number is not only replaced, it's been fully lost.

    Primary Phone Number should be assignable for each guardian. It's not 1989 anymore. Cellphones exist. The default phone number for any given student should be Family1/Guardian1, not a household number.

    You give the ability to export F1/G1 Primary Phone alongside F1/G2 Primary Phone. It's always going to be the same phone number and it causes issues for me constantly with…

    30 votes

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  16. Active Only Filter for 504 & LEP in EA+ for teachers

    Teachers need a prebuilt filter to show Active Only 504 & LEP students under Teacher Access. It seems there are prebuilt features for SPED, GT and At Risk. There should be filters for all programs under Teacher Access.

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  17. 504 module similar to SE

    I think it would be much more user friendly if the 504 module was more similar to that of the Special Education Module. Using entry by student and clicking through each of the dropdowns instead of being able to search and see a clear organized file for the student like you can in the SE module. The current dropdowns in the entry by student area could be made into the side tabs similar to the SE module. Is there a reason that the current 504 layout is so different than SE?

    1 vote

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  18. Clone 504 forms within same school year

    It would be helpful to be able to clone 504 forms within the same school year of their creation. Right now, you are only able to clone forms from prior years, but I have had staff members who have wanted to be able to clone within the same school year.

    1 vote

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  19. Addition of Direct Certification Type to Food Service Data Mining

    It would be helpful if the Direct Certification type is an option to choose in the food service section of Data Mining: Med F or R, Food Assistance, or TANF Foster.

    1 vote

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  20. Bus drivers writing referrals

    We would like to enable bus drivers to write referrals within Skyward. However, we do not want them to have access to sensitive information, such as the Primary Guardian details or phone numbers. Currently, we cannot restrict this information from their view. We would like to propose an edit that allows us to customize the bus drivers' view accordingly.

    2 votes

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