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Student Management Suite

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  1. Alternate Teacher linked to conferences

    The ability to schedule conferences for the alternative teacher and tie the students to them.

    13 votes

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  2. Option to Run Scheduled Tasks Only on School Days

    Our attendance office runs various reports and tasks but only on school days. Please consider an option of being able to run scheduled tasks only on days that are scheduled days of school. When these tasks run on weekdays that do not have school they create unnecessary reports and in the case of automatically marking students absent like we do in Positive Attendance she needs to remove those absences so parents don't get phone calls for absences on days we don't have school. Thanks for your consideration of this request.

    13 votes

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  3. 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.

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  4. Edit Class Meet

    Once the edic class meet window is saved and the user is returned to the course master window, give me a setting to leave the section detail open that was just edited. When working on sequential sections it is difficult to always accurately click the next section after the screens have reset. Once I am done in the course and click on the next course, section details can all close.

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  5. Home Language Survey is not available to see after NSOE is approved. ELL teacher would like to see the full survey not just the basic info

    Home Language Survey is not available to see after NSOE is approved. ELL teacher would like to see the full survey not just the basic info on the LEP tab.

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  6. Allow fees to be made in the stundet's profile

    Right now they can easily view a student has fees but can't add or pay fees which makes users go to a separate area in Skyward
    . We would like the secretaries be able to enter in fees and payments directly on the student's profile. This will allow secretaries to complete all their tasks in one place.

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  7. Modify application add process

    Allow parents to select ADD application without having to select a student first. Allow them to select Add application and then if there is more than 1 student prompt them to select a student.
    Allow parents to select ADD application without having to select a student first. Allow them to select Add application and then if there is more than 1 student prompt them to select a student.

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  8. Perfect Attendance Report - Absence Occurrence Report

    Currently, we can only pull Attendance Occurrence Report for 1 year at a time. I would like to run a Perfect Attendance Report for multiple years.

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  9. Add Mass Deny/Cancel Utility to NSOE

    We need a utility that allows us to Mass Deny/Cancel Applications by either Date Received or Expected Enroll Date. I’d want to see it with an option to mass deny by either one of those date options because some are simply outdated, and others are dated incorrectly by expected date of enrollment. So, the utility would need to be able to run on either option. Right now, I literally delete (deny) hundreds of applications one by one, by having to assign it and then deny it by hand using copy/paste for the reason. Lastly, this utility would also require a…

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  10. PEIMS CORE - CRW ... Staff and 30305 Record Comparison Removal UTILITY enhance for TIA

    PEIMS CORE - CRW ... Staff and 30305 Record Comparison Removal UTILITY

    enhance this utility to NOT remove teachers imported from HR that have TIA designation but will not have 30305 recs on student side

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  11. Add asterisk next to Identity tab name to indicate student has had a name change entered, as is done under Special Programs

    To help quickly flag students who have had an alternate name entered on the Identify tab, could an asterisk be added to the left of the Identity label? This is currently done for Special Programs.

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  12. clone processing list

    I would like to be able to clone a processing list. Many times we need to use the majority of a list but take a few kids out and it's time consuming to have to manually add them all again.

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  13. OTHER ID ON MY STUDENT LIST IN GRADEBOOOK

    In gradebook, on the MY STUDENTS list you cannot see the Student ID/Other ID. We think it would be beneficial to have this to ensure FERPA when discussing a student with a teacher. They rarely know the other ID that we us so frequently on the SMS side. It currently can only be seen if selected inside a course gradebook.

    12 votes

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  14. scheduling

    It would be helpful to have a pre-defined field of "effective date" added to the automated e-mails generated when a student drops or adds a course. It is sent on the date entered and that is not always the same as the effective date.

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  15. Different color screen for New Year scheduling

    I have almost made changes in the current year scheduling because I clicked in the wrong area. Could there be an option to change the color of the screen when working in new year scheduling? Thank you.

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  16. Option to use a Processing List for Mass Delete Portfolio Attachments

    We would like the option to use a Processing List when running the Mass Delete Portfolio Attachments.

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  17. Automated email notification when a new document is uploaded

    It would be great to have an automated email notification sent to a selected staff member(s) when a parent uploads a new document to NSOE or Online Registration.

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  18. Home Language Survey

    Please add the Home Language Survey data from the Special Programs area to the Data Mining area so it can be reported on.

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  19. Single Sign On Mobile App

    Please allow a "Sign in with SSO" button on the Skyward Mobile Apps for Android and iOS, so districts with SSO configured can allow that type of security on mobile apps as well as the web.

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    Started  ·  Jacob Kneser responded

    We are happy to announce that we are rewriting our mobile app to allow for single sign on support for SMS. The updated app is currently in beta testing and is expected to be delivered soon! We will post an other update here once it is released.

  20. Provide more access for non-primary families

    It's not right for schools to be put in the predicament of choosing one guardian over another to be "primary" in divorced family. Equal parental rights should have equal parental access in the system. I understand there may be cases where one guardian can overwrite another guardian's information on the student, but as long as that information is tracked and perhaps put through the pseudo-changes approval process, then it can be managed.

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