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Student Management Suite

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  1. Would like to see "Doctor's note required for each absence" on the entry by date screen

    Add "Doctor's note required for each absence" to the entry by date screen. That way we can see if a doctors note is required or not.

    5 votes

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  2. Monthly Attendance Email to parents

    We would like to send an email to families at the beginning of each month showing them their student's absences so far for the quarter/semester/year. It will be helpful for families to get this information automatically to remind them how important attendance is AND a paper trail of their student's attendance. Hard to be surprised that your kid has 10 absences if you get an email every month showing their status!

    3 votes

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  3. SkyBuild import

    We would like to mass import Student PIN and Previous SSN field which is on TN/NCLB tab through Skybuild import.

    3 votes

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  4. Add date ranges for enrolled and dropped schedule class status to Grade and Attendance Analysis, Grade Input and Proof Sheet, Selected Grade

    Add date ranges for enrolled and dropped schedule class status to Grade and Attendance Analysis, Grade Input and Proof Sheet, Selected Grade Reports. So that registrars can put in a start and end date for students enrolled in a class. This would be useful when looking for missing grades for a term.

    2 votes

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  5. When running a Grade Difference Report, it would be very helpful to be able to sort by grade level

    When running a Grade Difference Report, it would be very helpful to be able to sort by grade level

    1 vote

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  6. Need the ability to block view in student/family access of academic history for certain students

    Need the ability to block view in student/family access of academic history for certain students just like you can for block them from seeing their schedule and current grades

    2 votes

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  7. Endorsement Progress with In Progress

    Allow for endorsement progress to calculate in progress and next year coursework, so the report feature will tell if a student is on track to receive an endorsement. Another option is to allow the career plan to print the "requirements of declared endorsement" met field.

    1 vote

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  8. Other name

    The other name field needs to be added to the enrollment process. The other name only shows in registration.

    2 votes

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  9. Mom's maiden name

    This is a required field. It would be good to be able to import that information as we do birth information.

    1 vote

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  10. Mass delete old proc list utility

    A utility to mass delete processing lists would be helpful.
    Or even if a user is made inactive - and option to delete their user proc lists would be great.

    4 votes

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  11. PIMS student template: Special Ed Status N if IEP out of compliance

    The checkbox that allows expired IEP students to load to the special ed snapshot does not help the Student Template. If this functionality existed for the student template for students that do not have an active iep and cross-checked with an exit, it would eliminate a large amount of time deleting tons of students, especially when districts conduct ieps in the same month district-wide.

    13 votes

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  12. IEP type as an available Skyward field

    We would like to pull the IEP type into Custom Forms but that is not a current skyward field.

    2 votes

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  13. Custom Forms Browse Student Name Key

    We use the custom forms browse screen when creating processing lists of which guardians have/have not signed paperwork. As it is right now when you create a processing list it is an all or nothing list if sorting by signature because the field range is so broad. There is not a way to download a csv, eliminate the signed/unsigned field and upload to processing lists as Name Key / Other ID / State ID are not fields available on this browse. We would suggest adding one of these.

    1 vote

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  14. Course/Class Counts report not accurate

    Currently the Course/Class Counts report is not accurate since it shows total of all student by all teachers, so if there is a primary and an alternate on the course record, a class of 22 students becomes 44. We need a way to filter to ONLY the primary teacher please.

    26 votes

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  15. Auto Scheduler

    There needs to be an option to roll-back an Auto Scheduling run to the previous save point. The Schedule Master Save Points only affect the Course Master. There needs to also be an option to revert to a previous point for the actual student scheduling runs.

    We have already built schedules for 85-90% of our students (via Arena Scheduling), and the final scheduling run overfilled course sections, even though we had to box checked to "Close Sections When Filled". The only option we have is to roll ALL THE WAY BACK to requests, which is not an option after the…

    1 vote

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  16. Need to be able to add SSSTP field on Attendance Letter Discipline Offense

    State of Texas requriement. The SSStP field is not available on the Discipline Offense set up in the Attendance Letter area, which causes errors in PEIMS reporting.

    1 vote

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  17. Awards on Transcripts

    I would love to be able to print awards that students earn in their activities on their custom transcripts. I think it's important that they are recognized for all of their accomplishments.

    1 vote

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  18. SPN Staff Name to help with DOE Sync Errors

    The DOE matches staff synced from Skyward to their license database, LVIS.
    Our HR system requires us to use the staff's legal name for income tax purposes. We sync our staff names from our HR system into Skyward.

    Similar to the legal name in the Identity tab for students, could we have an SPN name area for staff so we could send the name to the DOE that matches LVIS?

    The process for staff to update LVIS takes a while and often staff want their name in Skyward to be different. Sometimes staff have their legal name changed, but they…

    4 votes

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  19. Can you add a cut and paste tool to the style toolbar in the message center like in text box toolbar areas.

    Can you add a cut and paste tool to the style toolbar in the message center like in text box toolbar areas. Teachers would like to be able to cut and paste from a Google Document into the message center, but the formatting gets messed up in a direct cut/paste. Other areas of Skyward (ex: Special ed forms) have an intermediary cut/paste tool that allows for a smooth cut/paste process.

    1 vote

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  20. Mass Change ISBE State Course Codes for 2023-24 school year

    ISBE is removing all the prior to secondary - 51 course codes for the 2023 - 2024 school year. It would be very helpful if Skyward could create a mass change feature for the course codes with the ISBE crosswalks to save districts a lot of time.

    13 votes

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