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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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Student Management Suite

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  1. transaction

    It would be nice if the default scheduling transaction effective date in Skyward would populate as the next calendar day instead of the next scheduled day of school when dropping a student. Having it be the next scheduled day of school causes problems with SCAs and exiting a student. It seem counterintuitive for a user to have to change a date that Skyward autopopulates.

    20 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Enrollment  ·  Admin →
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  2. PA - Start using separate enrollment transaction dates and enrollment dates

    In PA, our enrollment template asks us to report separate enrollment transaction dates (the date the student was entered in the SIS) and the enrollment date (the first date the student physically showed up to attend school). Skyward does not provide a way to enter or store a separate transaction date. It forces us to use only the enrollment date as both the transaction date and the enrollment date. This is very problematic because we must enter students into the system days before the student actually attends school. We need both dates. We can't keep flipping dates (tracking them manually…

    20 votes

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  3. Custom Forms Tab Still Needs Quick Print Option

    I believe I've submitted a request for this already but I'm unable to locate any details on it. Would still really like to see an option for Quick Print on the Custom Forms tab. This would be exactly the same as Quick Print in Enrollment Application Processing or simply an option to run the Custom Forms Report from this tab. Currently the only option users have is to EDIT and then Save & Print as there is no Print only option available. The alternative would be to have a Print button available on this screen underneath Edit. When users Edit…

    20 votes

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  4. Mail Merge Data Mining

    I need the option to set up mail merge in landscape layout versus the only current option of portrait.

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  5. Warning Message during report card runs

    Have a Warning Message pop up when a report card run is chosen if the "Post to Family Access" or "Post to Student Portfolio" boxes are marked. This will help eliminate duplicate report cards posted to the student portfolio.

    19 votes

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  6. Could you add the race, special ed, and EL status as fields to the Suspension/Expulsion Report under OFFICE for CRDC?

    Could you add the race, special ed, and EL status as fields to the Suspension/Expulsion Report under OFFICE for CRDC?

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    0 comments  ·  Discipline  ·  Admin →
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  7. Ed-FI STN search

    We would love to be able to search by STN (Indiana State ID number) in the Ed-Fi Data by Subject area (WS\SR\EF\EF\BS). Often that's the only identifying information we have when working with state data reporting, so it would cut out a step (ie looking up the STN in student profile or elsewhere).

    19 votes

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  8. Add Pain Scale (1-10) to Office Visit Vital Signs

    Our nurses are requesting the addition of a Pain Scale (1-10) to the Office Visit Vital Signs tab.

    19 votes

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  9. Show if there are additional students linked to a particular Guardian within a different household

    We have many guardians that are attached to two households due to combined or split family situations. It would be nice if the Family area showed whether there are other students linked to a particular guardian, even though the students are not linked to the same family ID.

    19 votes

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  10. Data mine program entry date for English Learners

    I have discovered that anytime an adjustment is made to the English Learner tab the Program Entry Date must be entered. This was a new field added for state reporting about a month ago. We would like to be able to data mine this date so we know which students need the program date entered so we don't have to do it when we are trying to enter minutes for our state reporting. Thank you!

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  11. Automated Email for Student Language field to notify ELL

    Provide an auto-email option that looks at the Student Language field. If the student language field is something other than English, provide the ability to create an auto-email so that the staff in Special Services can evaluate the need for English Language Learner services.

    19 votes

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  12. New Student Online Enrollment with Custom Forms for Mobile Devices

    Please make it possible for parents/guardians to be able to fill out custom forms through the New Student Online Enrollment on a mobile device (phone, tablet, chromebook). As it stands, even on a chromebook, it is difficult to fill out the custom forms.

    19 votes

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  13. Add Overwrite option for Tardy Kiosk under Absence Type Codes

    Our time saved in writing passes and tracking late arrivals with the addition of the Tardy Kiosk has been significant. The time added by cleaning up excused absences that Kiosk has overridden has unfortunately replaced that saved time. We are having to review the entries several times a day.

    Absence Type Codes currently have the config option to "Allow overwrite by Positive Attendance". Adding an option for "Do not allow overwrite by Tardy Kiosk" would allow us to mark our Excused and Exempt types, eliminating our constant review of entries.

    19 votes

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  14. District option for student indicators

    We have many student indicators that are district wide. It would be helpful if you could add the indicator from 000 and it would be a district indicator and if you added the indicator from an entity it would be entity specific.

    18 votes

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  15. Security settings in SkyDoc Tutorials

    When giving tutorials or instructions on how to set items up, it would be nice to be given directions that some user securities may need to be changed. For example, when setting up the HGSS, in order for Teachers to enter the scores, their security settings in their security groups need to be changed to allow them access. Currently, there is nothing in the template or directions informing you that security settings may need to be changed, or what settings/path will need to be changed.

    18 votes

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  16. Custom Report Cards

    We would like the ability to print a blank standards based custom report card instead of having to pull in a test student and then having to redact the confidential information along with all the grades that appear if we are printing after the first grading term. Our district has a custom report card for each grade level so it takes some time to do this.

    18 votes

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  17. 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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  18. Automated notification email when new staff are added.

    Automated email when new staff is added, emailed to a predefined list of addresses.

    18 votes

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  19. Allow Parents/Guardians to reset their Family Access Password

    Parents and Guardians become frustrated when they are required to contact the school for a Family Access password reset. It would be beneficial for them to have the option to reset their password on their own using a verified email or phone number.

    18 votes

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  20. Add Next Eval Review Date to Section 504 Details View

    In the Section 504 Entry by Student, we would like to see the Next Eval Review Date field added as a column to Section 504 Details View. That way we can have a filter or sort on when upcoming students are needing their 504 re-evaluated by their review date. This would help administrators in knowing when to re-eval students accordnig to their Section 504 plan and not let the student's needs fall off the radar and conitnue to serve them as best as the school staff can.

    18 votes

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