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Student Management Suite

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  1. 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.

    13 votes

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  2. 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.

    13 votes

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  3. 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.

    13 votes

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  4. 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 I’d want to see it with an option to mass deny by either one of those date options because some are simply outdated, and others are dated incorrectly by expected date of enrollment.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…

    12 votes

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  5. 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

    12 votes

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  6. Add the ability for custom district report cards to be emailed along with the option to be posted to portfolio.

    We still print and mail report cards home, it would save us a great deal of time and money if we had the ability to send the report cards to email, allow us to select Home email and family 1 or 2 Guardian email addresses. Give us the option to send Via email and/or post to portfolio.

    12 votes

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  7. 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.

    12 votes

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  8. 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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  9. 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.

    12 votes

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  10. 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.

    12 votes

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  11. 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.

    12 votes

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  12. 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.

    12 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Data Mining  ·  Admin →
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  13. 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.

    12 votes

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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.

  14. 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.

    12 votes

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  15. Request Courses - Remove a "Selected Course" from the "Available Courses" column

    Once a course has been selected in the "Course Requests" for future scheduling please remove it from the "Available Courses". It causes confusion for some as they think there is a bug in the system and creates support calls. Logically, your "Selected Courses" should no longer be "Available Courses".

    12 votes

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  16. Wellness Screening Question Customizations & Additions

    We need the ability to have more than 2 questions for customizing the Wellness Screening and the ability to put in a return date that can be seen in EA+ as well. I am attaching an example of our Elementary Sick Student Call In Log (zoom in to view full form). We want to customize Skyward to look similar to this. We also need to have a View for Office staff and the nurse to see who is out and for how long and what their return date is. Also, reporting in Data Mining on this would be super! Thanks!

    12 votes

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  17. Automated Emails for Failed Wellness Responses

    It would be helpful to be able to setup automated emails that notify a particular staff member(s) when a failed Wellness Screening response is submitted, rather than always needing to login to Skyward and check the report.

    12 votes

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  18. "Start time" for online registration

    I would love to have an option to set a "start" time for online registration and maybe allow it viewable to parents in Family Access . If they try to register, they'll see the date and time that it will open.

    Example:
    Start Online Registration on Thursday, 8/13/2020 Time: 8:00 am
    End Online Registration on Friday, 10/2/2020 Time: 5:00 pm

    If we schedule registration for a specific day, it automatically opens up at midnight, and we come in to a plethora of emails from parents who needed assistance. If we can set a time on it, it allows for us…

    12 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Family  ·  Admin →
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  20. Data Mining Report

    Is there a way to format a Data Mining Report so that the fields will print underneath one another rather than across the page. With the maximum Report Width of 172 for a landscape report, when the fields print across it limits the amount of data in the report.

    Ex.
    Parent Name
    Address
    Phone Number
    Email

    instead of Parent Name Address Phone Number Email

    12 votes

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