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Student Management Suite

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  1. 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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  2. Entity button for program records

    With all the program records needed for Ed-Fi and now many needing to be entity-specific, it would be nice to either allow us to select the entity when we add the record from 000 (or any entity) or even better give us an entity button like on the entry/withdrawal tab so we can add the record correctly. Flipping between several entities for one student is cumbersome and confusing.

    3 votes

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  3. 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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    0 comments  ·  Fee Management  ·  Admin →
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  4. 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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    0 comments  ·  Online Forms  ·  Admin →
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  5. 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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  6. 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.

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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.

    1 vote

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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. Critical Alert PopUp

    Separate the Critical Alert into 2. One for the Student Profile and 1 for the Special Ed Profile. Right now every page our Student Services opens while in the sped tab causes the Critical Alert pop-up to show..

    1 vote

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  15. MFA via Email or Text

    Just putting in a request to have MFA over email or text built into the system.

    Email especially would help us get MFA set up for staff members who prefer to not use their personal cell phone for work. Not many of our staff members use an app for MFA already so this would help us meet those staff members where they are.

    Thanks!

    6 votes

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  16. Add iPad Serial Number under Web Access

    Student iPads are currently managed in a separate system and are not available for all that need the information to view. It would great to import the serial numbers from the iPad management system to the student's web access information.

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  17. Automated Email- Deleted Entry/Enrollment

    Automated Email- Deleted Entry/Enrollment- not when the student gets deleted from the entity, but when their entry/enrollment would get deleted (ex: student that has been attending with us for the last few years and was enrolled to join us this year, but ended up NOT attending- so they wouldn't get deleted from the entity, but their entry/enrollment would get deleted since they are not actually attending)

    4 votes

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  18. Import Band Instruments in Skybuild

    Add the option to import Band Instruments in Skybuild. The field is on the Student Profile > Entity > Entity Info tab.

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  19. Ed-Fi Setting for Future Entry/Withdraw dates

    Could we have an Ed-Fi config setting that allows us to set how many days in the future Ed-Fi will sync records?
    For example, before the school year starts, winter break, spring break etc. we have families tell us they will withdraw or enroll in the future. Currently, if we future withdraw or enroll, we get more conflicts and errors on reports.
    I would like to only send future E/W records if the date is 3 days in the future, otherwise the record should not be sent. Other districts may want to set it to 5 or more days.

    21 votes

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  20. MCCC drop after this date should be sent to MCCC

    I just found out that we are required to enter a date for when grades should be sent after a drop for MCCC. Since I have many course lengths for each school, it is very time-intensive to change these dates each year by hand. It would be very helpful to have a process with year-end to enter those dates like we do when entering calendar dates. Or a utility to mass assign that date for terms across calendars and entities like we do for attendance days/workshop days/vacation days. Something where it isn't an individual update.

    2 votes

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