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Student Management Suite

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  1. Customized Drop Down Menu for Withdrawal Notes

    The ability to customize reasons for withdrawal so it is easier to create a dashboard once you export out of skyward. Our superintendent wanted to know the top 5 reasons kids were withdrawing but since it is all typed manually not all statements were identical even if they were saying the same thing. Having a pre-made drop down menu would make this seemless.

    8 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Student  ·  Admin →
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  2. Automated Email for each type of office visits - Attendance, Discipline, Guidance

    We have separate offices/staff for guidance, attendance and discipline. We would like separate emails that are triggered when students use the Student Check-In.

    Also, we need Discipline Officer added to the Student Contacts for Office Visits.

    26 votes

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  3. Seating chart report - tweak

    It would be helpful if the Seating Chart Report to include teacher name next to the Course/Section.

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    9 votes

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    2 comments  ·  Reporting  ·  Admin →
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  4. Withdraw Form

    Be able to edit Header of Withdrawal Form
    We need our entity address and phone number on our withdrawal form

    6 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Enrollment  ·  Admin →
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  5. SKylert Export

    We would like to use "Other ID" instead of the "Internal ID" for the Skylert export file - this would make notification much easier through School Messenger. Most student browse screens have the Other ID included which may be exported to Excel to create the .csv list that can ultimately be used for notifications in School Messenger. We have also had student internal IDs match staff employee IDs which cause staff to get phone calls for students.

    16 votes

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  6. Update customer cafe in Food Service when student changes entities

    When a student changes entities, their customer record is not updating their Food Service default cafeteria. When their name is entered at the POS of their new entity, a warning appears that they are not active at the new entity. This also causes reporting issues.

    13 votes

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  7. Add ability to select specific Actions or Offenses in Discipline Graphs Report

    This Discipline Graphs report is a powerful tool, however, adding the ability to specify which action(s) or offense(s) are included in the graph rather than reporting on EVERYTHING in that category would be super helpful. I can envision using this report to graph Out of School Suspensions or In School Suspensions which the administrators here would go gaga over.

    10 votes

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  8. Positive Attendance

    We use Positive Attendance for students to check in to Student Services or the Health Center. This creates an attendance record so the teacher knows where they are. It would be great if these students could also "check out" when they are leaving that location so we can track where they are.

    8 votes

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  9. Add Current Year Balance Due field available in data mining

    We are a corporation where previous year balances are rolled over from year to year via the Cash Basis w/ Fee Detail option during the year end process and we would LOVE to have a field in data mining that displays only Current Year balance due.

    When we send families to collections, it has to be on current year balances and not having a field that serves this purpose within data mining makes life much more difficult when providing this information to debt collectors.

    16 votes

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  10. Student ID cards via use of the Skyward Mobile App

    We utilize printed/physical student ID cards with the student's Other ID as a barcode on the back and Alphakey as a barcode on the front for such processes as navigating through the lunch line, checking in/out library items, and scanning in at the office for those who are late or leave early. There are those who lose, forget, or cannot find their cards so we are constantly reprinting or ordering replacement cards. It would be helpful for students to be able to access an "e-student ID card" through the Skyward mobile app so students always have the ID cards and…

    6 votes

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  11. automatic emails home language

    When parents complete the Home Language Survey as part of Enrollment or Online Registration, it would be wonderful if an automatic email could be generated when the 'HLS Result' is set to 'Screen'. This could alert to correct staff members to follow-up more quickly with the family and student when needed.

    6 votes

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  12. It would be great if on the message center template if we were able to add all staff for a building. Not just the teachers.

    It would be great if on the message center template, if we were able to add all staff for a building. Not just the teachers. Currently it is only the teachers that have students assigned to them. For example: If there was an incident at the school that we could send a message center message out to all guardians, teachers, and all staff assigned to an entity.

    12 votes

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  13. Gifted added to Mass Add End Local Programs

    We REALLY need the Gifted Records to be an option in the Mass Add/End Special/Local Programs area! As far as I can tell the records have to be added each year. When pulling AD only current year records (open or closed) will pull. Any previous years records (even when left open) will NOT pull. The importance of keeping year to year records can be understood as grant funding is involved and we don't want open records that aren't really in the program any more to pull and report to DOE. With that said when a school (one middle school) of…

    15 votes

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  14. attendance attachment

    I would like to be able to scan and attach Dr. notes to individual students under attendance. It would be an easier way to track excused absences.

    11 votes

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  15. End date for all programs

    When a student is withdrawn from the school/district it would be great if that date would automatically be the end date for all programs the student is in--GT, ESL, Special Ed, etc.

    11 votes

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  16. Ability to select students based on other ID in data mining instead of the name key

    Ability to select students based on other ID in data mining instead of the name key

    14 votes

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  17. Add Discipline/Attendance Graphs in Skyport

    We would like the ability to create widgets using both Discipline and Attendance graphs within Skyport. Configuring these two areas to function just like Test Score Analysis where there is a Skyport Settings button within the report would be ideal.

    The addition of these features would give us a more robust data dashboard via widgets whereas right now, we are limited to test score analysis.

    14 votes

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  18. Nursing/Custom Forms

    Our nurses would like to get an alert or an email if a parent checks a box stating any health issues on our custom form. Is this something that can be done.

    18 votes

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  19. Staff Locator Should Include the Course Code as well as a Link to View the Class Roster

    Would like to see the course code and section number under Student/Staff Locator (currently it only shows the section number) and be able to click on the section to view the class roster. This would be great for people who only know the teacher's name or don't have access to the Course or Section Masters.

    11 votes

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  20. Add 'In Time' to Entry by Date Screen

    We use the Entry by Date screen to monitor our attendance throughout the day. We also use the Tardy Kiosk. We are constantly opening student entries (Edit) to view their In Time. Adding the In Time would really improve efficiency of this browse.

    12 votes

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