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Student Management Suite

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  1. Enable export of students with PA ID

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    hen students change key items in Skyward name birthdate sex you must upload the students to the PIMS PA Secure ID web site with the changes. Now to accomplish this you need to key in all this information which can lead to mistakes. If you have a large number of students (which on occasion we do) this becomes time consuming when you have to 'assign' the ID on the PA side and resolve miss matches. I've included a screen show of the information
    Enable a selection of specific students that have PA ID's to upload to the state website…

    23 votes

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  2. 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

    10 votes

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  3. Need to be able to export E/W Calendar data

    We use multiple Calendars within an entity and we need to export the Calendar Code that is associated with that specific E/W record. Right now the only option for Calendar Code is the one that is tied to the Current E/W record. That means that if a student does a Status Change and moves from one Calendar to another within the same entity the previous Calendar Code cannot be exported.
    The other systems receiving this data cannot function correctly because the data coming out of Skyward is not correct at this time. Simply adding this field to the available fields…

    58 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Skybuild  ·  Admin →
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  4. NEED TO ADD A REGISTERED TRADEMARK SYMBOL

    Our district offers many AP courses and we are required to have the trademark symbol after the letters AP on any of our course descriptions in the catalog transcript report card or any report. Skyward does not allow us to enter the symbol and converts it to (R). I just want to make sure that we document that we have tried to comply with the request made and that if any legal actions are taken that it is not held against the district because of the inability to accomplish this in Skyward. I have spoke to a customer representative from…

    15 votes

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  5. Import stu photos to custom forms/adv cust forms

    While setting up Online Registration for the first time we discovered that we cannot import student photos into a custom form or advanced custom form. We like to have student pictures on the emergency cards when we print them out for office use.

    88 votes

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  6. Import for Grad Reqs

    Would like a Skybuild import to enter ACT tests for reimbursement. The state has templates you can use to import the data to their site but they are so awful they are unusable. When nearly every junior take this test it's a chore to hand enter each record each year.

    Note: Want a skybuild import to import from ACT file to create records in Student/Special Prgms/Grad Req. These records can then be exported using the SERVS/Grad Req extract.

    47 votes

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  7. translated forms

    It would be extremely beneficial to our district and I'm sure others as well to have the DPI translated special education forms uploaded into the forms templates. As it is now I have to clone the English version of the form then either cut and paste from the DPI Word document or type it in myself. This is not difficult but is quite time consuming. If we had 1 person doing this then all other districts would just need to upload the form.
    Outcome: One person puts in the time to enter/create the translated form instead of each district on…

    29 votes

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  8. Reporting on "No Count" Assignments

    Request from teacher: Teachers often want to monitor work completion participation rates time spent pleasure reading etc... but they do not want these "behaviors" counted as part of the academic grade. Luckily Skyward allows teachers to enter these categories into their gradebook and mark them as "no count" so parents can access the information at the same time leaving the academic grade untouched. However teachers often need to calculate averages for these behaviors. It makes it easier at report card time to say "Your child met their pleasure reading goal 67% of the time."

    Could you please add a reporting…

    25 votes

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  9. External Lunch Menu Link for Mobile App

    Request for mobile app: Lunch menu area - we would like to have the mobile app have a clickable link so that the lunch calendar link URL will take patrons to the lunch menu calendar. We would be able to provide a link to our pdf lunch menu through the mobile app.

    28 votes

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  10. Insulin administration

    Could there be a link between the diabetic flow sheet where you state how much insulin was given and the actual medication section so there is no need to double document

    26 votes

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  11. Add Variable Date option on attendance reports

    The goal of this update would allow campuses to set these reports as scheduled tasks therefore saving time so that personal can concentrate on other attendance This would allow attendance clerks to concentrate more on other aspects of attendance instead of running these reports and providing them to individual teachers each week.

    6 votes

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  12. Staff contacts

    The staff export is only pulling 2 phone contacts for Skylert. We need it set up to pull 3 phone contacts.
    The staff export is only pulling 2 phone contacts for Skylert. We need it set up to pull 3 phone contacts.

    26 votes

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  13. Custom report card migration of subjects/skills/co

    Every year while updating custom report cards it is a manual process to clone them to a new year. The cloning process does NOT recognize cloning the subjects/skills/comments from year to year. It asks to chose again for the current year. This is an overwhelming amount of work as total changes can be over 30 areas per report card/term/grade.
    Asking that when cloning the school year in custom report card that it will duplicate the prior year report card in total - no edits required.

    40 votes

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  14. Add security to disable Teacher Scorecard

    I have turned on the Teacher Scorecard feature. I have also enabled the Class Information link for office staff to view class rosters when clicking the Class Information Link from the Student Profile > Current Scheduling tab. I have only given permission to view the Class Roster. However the Teacher Scorecard displays as well which I don't want them to view. Security allows you to control many options of the Class Summary: Gradebook Lesson Scheduler Class Summary and Curriculum Map but not the Teacher Scorecard. Please include Teacher Scorecard as a secured option in WS\OF\CI in order to disable this…

    32 votes

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  15. Family Access User Portal Available from District

    Please make the Family Access User Portal available to select when in the District Entity. So many times as a district user I have to view Family Access users. I have to switch to any entity (even if it is not the one the parent is associated with) and then I can search for the Family Access User. It would make like so much easier if it was viewable through the district. Saving as a favorite does not work as soon as you click on the district entity that favorite is removed from the list.
    To access the Family Access…

    56 votes

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  16. Student Grading Notifications

    We recently started using Student Access Grading Notifications and informed our students how to set them up. We would like to know how many students are actually using this feature but there isn't a way for us to see that. We would like to see a view added to the Student Access Users Screen similar to what is seen in the Family Access Users Screen titled "Email Notification Alerts." This would give us a quick glance of who has and who hasn't signed up for email grading notifications.

    15 votes

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  17. Display Day Rotation in Attendance

    When a teacher opens Student Information (blue "i" icon) to view attendance for all classes they cannot see the Day Rotation on the absence records. The day rotation code displays in a variety of other screens but having it display here would be helpful for the teacher to view trends. Please consider adding the Day Rotation column to this screen to assist teachers.

    23 votes

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  18. Fee Management Receipt Functionality

    We are getting multiple emails and calls from our Child Care parents that are trying to print statements from Family Access / Fee Management. These parents are having a hard time with their employer as the receipts do not show the service dates that a specific payment covers. The receipt shows the date a specific payment was made but does not show the date range the payment covers. The end result is that parents are being denied reimbursement from their employer as the receipt does not show this information. For some parents this creates a financial issue.

    27 votes

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  19. Update Password Complexity Requirements

    I am requesting that Skyward update the password complexity requirements. Minimum password length = 8 characters. Must also meet three of the four criteria:

    1) one or more uppercase letters

    2) one or more lowercase letter

    3) one or more numerals

    4) one or more symbols

    62 votes

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  20. Student Name Field Not Long Enough

    Student name fields do not allow enough characters to allow for full legal name to be inputted. Need to increase number of characters allowed in first middle and last name fields.

    68 votes

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