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Student Management Suite

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  1. 11 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Attendance  ·  Admin →
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  2. MOI entry triggers automated email to support with multilevel communication

    Add an automated email for MOI changes/updates so when the MOI is changed, it would automatically trigger communication to corresponding staff (classroom teachers), secretaries and specialists (library staff, phy. ed., art, etc.) to notify them the return date or last day of in-person or virtual learning.

    The same to be done for parents to notify them of the approval request to their desired instructional program change (in-person to virtual or virtual to in-person).

    This would have to be visible by staff and in Skyward Family Access.

    18 votes

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  3. Enter in the Change History address information for existing students.

    When we have KG's WITH EXISTING SIBLINGS and the parent enters in an address that is not what is on the existing siblings address info, but NSOE links the students together and updates the existing students address......can this be made and entry in the Change History tab? An address change on the existing student with the program of NSOE would be great.

    6 votes

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  4. Automated email for demographic changes

    We would like to see the option added for automated emails for demographic changes which would include changes of the following:
    Date of Birth
    Gender
    Social Security Number
    Ethnicity
    Race

    7 votes

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  5. 9 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Enrollment  ·  Admin →
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  6. Provide more access for non-primary families

    It's not right for schools to be put in the predicament of choosing one guardian over another to be "primary" in divorced family. Equal parental rights should have equal parental access in the system. I understand there may be cases where one guardian can overwrite another guardian's information on the student, but as long as that information is tracked and perhaps put through the pseudo-changes approval process, then it can be managed.

    12 votes

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  7. NSOE

    It would be extremely convenient if, when denying an NSOE application after giving the reason for denial, the guardian could then have the option to make corrections to the existing application and then resubmit it rather then having to start the entire application process over again.

    20 votes

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  8. Maintain File Date Stamp

    I would like to recommend a way to know when your maintain file was extracted last and who the user was. This assists in knowing where you are in the process when multiple people might be working the file as well as time/date stamp is also helpful to know for the purpose of determining the accuracy of the data.

    9 votes

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  9. Grade Level Visible When Posting Grades

    Our school posts grades for seniors days before posting for the rest of the school. While you can change the display options in the gradebook to see a student's grade level, once you go in to post grades, the grade level is no longer visible. It would be great if it would carry over so then teachers would know which students are seniors and who they have to post grades for.

    7 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Gradebook  ·  Admin →
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  10. In the online registration set up I would like to be able to add multiple Custom forms under 1 step.

    I would like to be able to add multiple custom forms under one step of online registration. Perhaps Athletics and have 5 forms a,b,c,d,e instead of adding 5 steps to fill out 5 athletic custom forms. Same as the verify student information tab.

    11 votes

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  11. Create Utility to Mass Add/Update Bill Codes

    Create a Utility to Mass Add or Update Bill Codes. Example: Our equipment damages accounts changed, so we have to manually update each Bill Code for each piece of IT equipment. Don't want to have to update every Bill Code with the same data. Instead be able to upload a file with the data to update or with all data to Add new codes.

    11 votes

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  12. Custom Forms

    Hello: When creating fields for custom forms, it would be extremely helpful if there could be a warning or a pop-up stating that the data you have entered for this field has exceeded the Max Allowed Characters so that it could be corrected right away. What happens is that we don't know that the Max Characters have been exceeded until the form is active in FA or SA and we get hundreds of phone calls telling us that they couldn't complete the form because Max Characters have been exceeded.

    8 votes

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  13. Request Courses - Remove a "Selected Course" from the "Available Courses" column

    Once a course has been selected in the "Course Requests" for future scheduling please remove it from the "Available Courses". It causes confusion for some as they think there is a bug in the system and creates support calls. Logically, your "Selected Courses" should no longer be "Available Courses".

    12 votes

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  14. Student State ID option on Student Reports

    Please include the option (checkbox?) of printing the State ID number on any student report, especially the Student Information report as this is the only unique reference recognized by Illinois.

    Also many of the state student records compliance documents require the IL State ID. Would be very helpful to not manually handwrite or mail merge a sticker onto the report.

    13 votes

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    2 comments  ·  Reporting  ·  Admin →
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  15. It'd be nice to have the student status tied to the E/W records. T

    Sometimes we have are made aware that a student will be withdrawing in a few days or a week, and we'd like to enter that withdraw record with the future date as we find out about it, but still allow the student to be active until that date hits. Same with enter dates. Sometime they don't start for a week or two but it'd be nice to push through the enrollment and have that student go active on the future date.

    21 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Enrollment  ·  Admin →
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  16. Skybuild Interface Update/Overhaul Needed

    Skybuild is perhaps one of the most potentially useful but cumbersome and user-hostile features in Skyward: I often must guess the input format or value needed for a field; Skybuild field names sometimes don't match the name of the display field name; importable field options are too limited (I believe I should be able to import any and all fields into Skyward); linking fields to CSV columns is very awkward; the error/import reports are incomplete and misleading and can easily make one think the import was successful when it was not; and it is not clear what data must exists…

    14 votes

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  17. Determining Official Electronic Signature

    Our state food service department requires that we be able to show that applications were correctly determined, the date of the determination and the signature of the determining official. It would be very convenient if this were available in Skyward so we would not have to print out each application. In a district of almost 8000 students that's a lot of applications!

    8 votes

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  18. NSOE - NY Enrollment Enable FA

    Hello:
    It would be extremely helpful if, after an NSOE application has been approved for NY (next school year) that the Family Access Account could also become active for that student prior to the year-end roll over. Guardians who apply via NSOE are granted access to FA however if the approval is for next year and they then log in FA during the current year, they get a message stating: "This user does not have access to Family/Student Access" which causes confusion for guardians who have an accepted application. Our district registrar has fielded numerous phone calls from guardians questioning…

    11 votes

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  19. Guardian 1 and Guardian 2 should be able to set their own ranges for grading email notifications.

    Parents have the capability to turn on/off grading email notifications. However, only guardian 1 is permitted to set the ranges. If the option is going to be offered to each parent, then each parent should be able to set their preferences. Mom may want to be notified every time her child receives a grade above 90, but dad/stepdad would only want to be notified when a grade of failing is received. Current set up is limiting parent participation in child's educational progress.

    14 votes

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  20. A report for grades that shows the number of courses failed by grade level and to be able to compare between 2 school years.

    A report in Skyward that shows the number of courses failed by grade level? By course? I'm not looking for specific names. I need to be able to compare those numbers between last year and this year.
    Specifically comparing quarters from year to year (T1, T2, T3, T4)
    and semester Fall FIN and Spring FIN

    9 votes

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