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Student Management Suite

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  1. Custom Forms - Cloning Security

    We would like the ability to clone security attached to custom forms. Currently when a custom form is cloned security does not clone and has to be set up for each form.

    35 votes

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  2. update all areas to use the Gender Identity

    The gradebook area is still hard coded based on the traditional gender field in Skyward. The gender identity is shown when viewing the student information but the main screen is still based on the traditional field. Please update all areas in the software to use the Gender Identity (if present) instead of the Gender field. It is very confusing to see different genders depending on where you are in the software.
    All areas of the software will use the Gender Identity if the field is filled in.

    37 votes

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  3. Absence/Tardy Thresholds for PASS+ Devices

    There are a few critical items needed in the Positive Attendance features to work more effectively and efficiently. PASS+ devices already read the Skyward bell schedule. Add the functionality of being able to set thresholds to count entries as tardy X number of minutes after the period begins and count entries as absent after X number of minutes into the period. Currently it only marks students present and when students arrive in class after using the Tardy Kiosk in the office it removes their tardy and marks them Being able to mark students present tardy and absent (significantly late) with…

    40 votes

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  4. Attachments

    Because there are a variety of areas in which to attach it would be extremely beneficial to have ALL attachments populate under the attachment tab regardless of what category/area they were attached under. if we can get the ability to attach things in a more specific manner that would greatly enhance the ability to appropriately document/scan/file things (and subsequently find them again quickly when needed). For example: the ability to attach to a specific injury or the ability to attach to the vaccine entry area (for maintaining Conscientious Objector forms) and the ability to attach a referral response in hearing/vision/scoliosis.

    71 votes

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  5. RFE - Student Profile - Career/Technical Tab PIMS

    We need to have the CIP Code updated in the Student Profile Career/Technical Tab whenever a student changes their Technical Shop. It was discussed before that you were working on having the CIP Code update in the profile when we update the student schedule with the new technical class. The issue I am having is that when they do change a student's schedule they do not notify me so I can manually go in and change the career/technical tab for my PIMS Upload. Since I do not get notified of the changes some students are reported in the wrong technical…

    33 votes

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  6. Name fields on Grading & Attendance Analysis Repor

    Currently the only option for this report is to pull the student's full name. It would be beneficial to have the student's name fields broken down by first name and last name.
    This report has the option to export directly into Excel. By pulling the name into separate fields campus administrators will be able to filter and search more easily.

    27 votes

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  7. Diabetes Care log add CGM field

    FDA has approved the use of Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) for treatment of diabetes. We need a field added to the Diabetes Care Log (tab in office visit) and Diabetes Care Log tab from Student Profile. This number should have a 3 digit field with no leading zero. The field can be labeled "CGM"

    WS\OF\HR\TB\OV\OV

    WS\OF\HR\TB\DL

    WS\ST\TB\HR\TB\DL

    WS\ST\TB\HR\TB\OV\OV

    Right now the Diabetes Care log in Office Visits works better/differently that using the Diabetes Care Log from the Student Profile tabs. See RFE 2927779. In Office Visit you can add multiple times blood glucose but this feature has not yet been…

    40 votes

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  8. Allow Sys-Wide users to delete Data Mining Reports

    Have an option to indicate System Wide Users who can have the ability to delete Data Mining Reports

    88 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Security  ·  Admin →
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  9. Create Option to Not Create Letters If Emailed

    Attendance Letters are currently generated for all students who meet the criteria. Parents of those students may have email addresses and can receive attendance emails. At this time there is no way to not generate letters for students whose parents will already get attendance emails and those letters must be manually pulled from the batch that was generated. It would be nice to be able to flag a student whose parents will receive emails to not generate an attendance letter.

    Ultimately the system would not generate an attendance letter for students whose parents will receive an email. This could be…

    53 votes

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  10. Do not show "end online form" date in Family Acces

    We are using the Online Form Configuration (Family Accesss) in connection with NSOE. When students enroll for the current school year - there are additional custom forms we want them to complete. We are adding their names to a processing list so they can view them in Family Access. What we do not like is that the End Online Form date shows in the Family Access canned message and cannot be removed.

    Please either remove this from the canned message or give us the option to show the End Online Form date or not.

    This is what the parent sees…

    48 votes

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  11. Block out grade entry for ranges of students

    We are looking for a way to isolate teachers from being able to enter any grades into their grade books for a range of students. We have students of all grades within classes and coming from a variety of schools. At the end of each year we get notice from our sending schools when they want grades for their senior students as well as when they want their underclassmen grades.

    The problem we have is that we have teacher who even after being told what schools and grades are due on what days there are grades that are still being…

    22 votes

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  12. Medical Grade Override Hassle

    We have noticed that when the Medical override is used for a quarter that the FINAL calculation does not take the override into consideration for final average.

    If there are 30 assignments before a Medical is given then the teacher needs to go through and set all 30 assignments to NO COUNT.

    It would seem that applying a Medical override should do just that...Override. Override the assignments so they do not count for or against the student who now is receiving a grade override.

    Either offer a utility that allows teachers to mark all assignments in term as no count…

    36 votes

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  13. Medication Stopped Date

    We are trying to print the Medication report.We need a way show the stopped date on the report for nurses. The report only shows the date the medication was started. We need both a start and stop date to be reflected on the Medication report.

    38 votes

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  14. NOSE Capture Digital Signature from Parent

    We would like to add an additional step to NSOE that would allow the parent to digitally sign the application. Would also like for it to convert the application to a .PDF and add it under the Portfolio > Enrollment Attachments. This will give us a signed snapshot of the application of what it was when the parent submitted it.
    We would like to add an additional step to NSOE that would allow the parent to digitally sign the application. Would also like for it to convert the application to a .PDF and add it under the Portfolio > Enrollment…

    44 votes

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  15. Dual Enrollment Warning for Inactive Record

    If Dual Enrollment settings only apply to Active student enrollment records then we need another popup that will warn customer that the student about to be enrolled has an existing enrollment in the future.

    54 votes

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  16. Add Lice Screening to Entry By Homeroom

    Please add a Health Test of "Lice Screening" to be able to be entered by Homeroom (and Class?) It would save countless hours for nurses input of this screen for lice.
    Huge time savings when it comes to data entry for nurses.

    16 votes

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  17. Add street name to Enrollment Application Processi

    Add street name to Enrollment Application Processing table so registrars can see if the student is enrolling in the correct campus without having to open the application.

    28 votes

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    The views within this browse have the Family 1 Address column on it. You may have to scroll to the right to see it initially, however the view could be updated to make the column display more prominently.

  18. Move the Population Served to the Class Meet

    I would like to request moving the population served from the class section to the class meet. When reporting Fall PEIMS districts have to go into the "Maintain" area and edit those fields for SPED teachers to match their budget code. If that field was on the meet we would not need to spend so much time in maintaining and editing.
    This would be a benefit to all Texas users and would make Submission 1 easier. We would no longer spend so much valuable time going through the Maintain area and editing each teacher.

    24 votes

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  19. Auto Email Notification Filter Option

    When a students enrolls either through the NSOE module or with paper for NY when we are still in CY most of the auto emails should not be triggered to run. This could be accomplished by choosing Inactive/Active however if a student is enrolling in the CY but not for a week or two they may be put into the system as Inactive but we still want the auto emails to trigger. In addition to informational emails we send auto emails to our helpdesk system to automatically create tickets to setup student accounts prepare devices etc. If not starting until…

    30 votes

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  20. TAKS still appears on Withdrawal Form

    Because we no longer are in the TAKS business is there any way that line item on the withdrawal form can be changed to STAR or EOC and show those scores instead? It is wasted space right now.
    Most people don't even know what TAKS is especially at the younger grade levels since that test has nearly reached its end life. It would seem more appropriate to have current terminology for testing on the withdrawal papers rather than outdated testing. Thanks for considering this updated change to the form.

    24 votes

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