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  1. Texas STAAR 3-8 Report

    The additional Texas STAAR EOC Report WS\OF\CA\TS\RE is a very useful report for all secondary campuses is there any updates that will address a similar report for STAAR 3-8 Exams. This will facilitate analysis of student test scores as they move from campus to campus and or target for tutoring. The negative impact is that we have to use a separate third party software to assist with the analysis of student score data.
    Standardized testing will always be in Texas this tool will facilitate the campus personal with score analysis and student placement

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    0 comments  ·  Assessment  ·  Admin →
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  2. Default Assignment Display Options from District

    When creating a new assignment the display option for "Show Score As:" defaults to "Score". We need a way to make this default to "Variable Scale Point Value"? Preferably from the campus or district level.

    When creating a new assignment the display option for "Show Score As:" defaults to "Score". We need a way to make this default to "Variable Scale Point Value"? Preferably from the campus or district level.

    11 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Gradebook  ·  Admin →
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  3. Reset Tardy Counter on Tardy Kiosks

    We restart the count of tardies for students at the start of a new semester so their sem 1 tardies don't carry into sem 2. They all start from 0 in the new semester. The Tardy Kiosk receipt that is printed still shows a cumulative count for the school year. Please consider adding the functionality of being able to reset the counter on the Tardy Kiosks at the end of a semester.

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    2 comments  ·  Attendance  ·  Admin →
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  4. "daily register"

    on the DAILY REGISTER and also on the Voc Ed Contact Hours Utility, add RANGES as a way to exclude classes ... and also add a way to add the begin / end dates without entering each one .......... our DAEP is a program (not its own campus) and I have to exclude our DAEP sections for CTE classes i.e. no contact hours for these sections and we have two large high schools and it is SOOO PAINFUL to set this up in these two areas ... and eventually I had to stop running it under 000 because the system…

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  5. State Reporting Info in Browse Screens

    With the new Ed-Fi process, so much time is spent navigating between pages. It would be very helpful if State Reporting columns/info could be added to Views for the browse pages.
    For example on the Course Master page, WS\OF\CS\BC\CM\CM, it would be amazing if there was a View that included the Dual Credit, Subject Code, Subj Code Grade Level, Course Level, Do Not Send to Ed-Fi fields.
    On the Staff Browse page WS\SF\SF, it would help if there was a Classification View so we could see the Start/End Dates, Entity and Classification
    On the Student Browse page WS\ST\ST, it would…

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  6. Survey Error Total Report Should be exportable to Excel

    State reporting reports should be excel compatible due to large amounts of data that needs analyzing. The totals report especially. Dumping to excel takes cleanup because of the extra page titles and no spaces between formats. All reports should be Excel compatible as it is the way to analyse data easily.

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  7. Add TSDS ID to Texas Transcript and Add to Custom Transcripts.

    Add TSDS ID to Transcript and Custom Transcript Fields. The field is available in Qmlativ and should be included in SMS.

    10 votes

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  8. Suspension time required

    It would be helpful if the "Total Time" field could be required when entering a suspension. Sometimes our admin forget to indicate how many hours or days a student must serve for a suspension. Thank you!

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  9. Add the Student State ID to the student browse

    Can the Student State ID be added to the student browse?

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  10. Custom Forms - allow form

    I think it would be very helpful to have an option that allows an Online Form posted in Family Access to automatically close after a parent submits it. Otherwise it is possible for parents to go back and edit what they have already done, and depending on the form this is very hard to try to manage. There are definitely times when you only want the parent to complete the form once. If the system can't automatically close the form once completed, perhaps an option can be built in to allow a processing list to be used to EXCLUDE students.…

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  11. Allow the family to enter both Parents on one screen. Many times only one guardain gets entered in the enrollment process.

    It makes more sense to me to be able to add both guardians in one screen instead of having to click a button to add a second guardian to a family. Most people do not understand how the family set up is so they fill in one parent and move to the next step. We spend a lot of time following up with parents because they do not take the time to read the buttons.

    10 votes

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  12. NSOE - Unsubmitted Application Report

    Hello:

    Our District would like to request an "Unsubmitted Application Report" in the NSOE module. This would be extremely helpful for when guardians start an application and "think" they have finished it but actually have not. We had a guardian who started an application in February but didn't complete some of the custom forms but still thought he had completed the application. He finally stopped in at the school in May to find out why the application was not approved when it was never submitted so we did not know about the enrollment. How can we create an "Unsubmitted Application…

    10 votes

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  13. Addition of identifying information for siblings

    It would be a great asset if the siblings that are listed in the family tab could be identified with grade level and entity. This has become a great need during the Covid-19 situation. When a student has been exposed, one entity has to reach out to the other schools to let them know the siblings may be required to quaratine as well. Nurses usually have access only to their specific students and can't see what entity the siblings are tied to in order to make contact.

    10 votes

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  14. Medication Expiration Dates in Data Mining or Medication Reports

    WS\ST\DM\HE
    There is no way to run a medication report for the Expiration Date Field on Track Medication Inventory. Please add the Expiration Date Field to Data Mining. This will help nurses keep track of expiration dates, even when the Family Access Automated Email is not enabled.

    It would also be helpful to add the Expiration Field to Medication Reports so you can set up a report and task to help you keep track. WS\OF\HR\ME\RE

    Thanks!

    10 votes

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  15. Category Codes in EA+

    It would be nice if there were more color options in the category codes. Don't be hating on orange lol. Thank you for your consideration :)

    10 votes

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  16. Add Internal ID to a student search or student browse area

    The Internal ID is automatically shared to School Messenger, OneRoster and other vendors that we auto roster to. It would be very helpful, especially when troubleshooting issues, to have a way to look up a student by the Internal ID. This could be accomplished by adding it to the list of options on the Student Lookup search page or by adding it as a column on one of the student browse views.

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  17. The length of the student middle name field needs to be bigger

    We have students with two or more middle names and/or two or more last names. The DOE wants their middle name reported as it appears on the birth certificate (last name, and first name as well) I have a student now who will always fail my STN report because his middle name won't fit. Can we add a character or two to the length of that field?

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  18. Allow Method of Instruction as a sort running Student Schedules

    It would be great to have the Method of Instruction option when running student schedules to allow printing of only in-person learners. We are having our in-person learners coming into the building on Dec.

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  19. Teacher - Mass Enter Attendance - Virtual Present

    Indiana teachers who teach students virtually must now enter Virtual Present each day for each student. Since Skyward is hard coded to mark students Present, it will lead to a great deal of inaccurate data.
    We can now add additional columns for teachers on their attendance page.
    It would be great if teachers could click on the Virtual Present header to have it auto fill Virtual Present for all students.
    To add some complexity, we also are currently in Stage 4. This means 1/2 of the students are virtual Mon and Tue, the other 1/2 are virtual Thu and Fri…

    10 votes

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    Thank you for the feedback! With the release of June Addendum 9 (10/1/2020), PR 4495470 has added a Select All option within the header of each attendance option/column setup for teacher use on the Attendance by Name screen. With this, teachers can click on the link to mass apply the appropriate option to all students, make any minor modifications as needed, and save their class attendance.

    In addition, PR 4506708 was completed in Addendum 9 to make the MOI column sortable. In the event you have Method of Instruction records set to differentiate these students, teachers can sort these students together.

    I hope these new options assist teachers in their daily attendance entry, but please let us know any other feedback on the topic. Thank you!

  20. Add Processing List to Period Detail and Summary Attendence Reports and 'Today's Date' for scheduling the report

    Teachers are now able to go back and edit attendance if students submitted work by 11:59 pm in all of Texas. There is no report that can be run that allows the user to default to "today's date" and allows a Processing list to be used. We need to add the Processing List feature to the "Period Detail" attendance report or the ability to add "today's date" as a setting for the "Attendance Detail or Summary" report. This is the only way we can set up absent reports that can run on a scheduled task. This is a critical need…

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