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Student Management Suite

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  1. Have the new ethnicity/race form show parents their current information and allow them to change it. Instead of having them re-enter info.

    Have the new ethnicity/race form show parents their current information and allow them to change it. Instead of having them re-enter information.

    7 votes

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  2. Positive Attendance Enhancements

    Just started using PA in our district for some little things and have been thinking of ways to make it better.

    1. Have teachers be able to see a student's PA check in location in their grade book for their class period(s). This would be useful for cases where a student is absent from class it would be good to know if the student went to an approved location for that teachers class or not.

    2. Have student self check in for nurse/office visits also update PA when they check in. Right now unless the secretary is watching the queue and updating…

    7 votes

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  3. Course Type Codes with More Than 3 Characters

    We need to be able to create Course Types with more than 3 characters. Being limited to 3 characters hinders our users to utilize/create codes that contain more than 4 or more characters. The downfall we are running into is that when a transcript is printed courses that have 4 or more course types attached does not print all the codes associated.
    This will allow our registrars to print transcripts with accurate data displayed.

    7 votes

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  4. Message Center-Only Show Schedule After Online Reg

    For Message Center add the option to "Only Show Schedule After Online Registration is Completed" for only teacher messages. Because the teachers name and course is listed when a teacher posts to message center without this option its difficult to keep scheduling information under wraps under the online registration is complete. Administration / principal messages would need to be allowed prior to online registration completion. This would allow instructions and messages concerning the completing the online registration to be posted along with any other pertinent information.
    To be consistent with other areas and truly keep student schedule information hidden options…

    7 votes

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  5. Add Service ID as a field that can be viewed

    I would like to see service ID and other Texas specific fields added as a options that could be added or removed from the column view in curriculum master and course master. Having this there would make verification of the data much simpler than having to generate a report.

    7 votes

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  6. Add a grade range option when setting up a Family Access Bill Code

    Our high schools are grades 10-12. After pre-transfers are turned on, 9th graders can add and pay for high school fees that are in the Family Access Bill Code Setup. This happens mostly with yearbooks, and we've added the high school name to the description, but many 9th grade guardians continue to add and pay for a high school yearbook, mistakenly thinking they are purchasing a middle school yearbook. It would be helpful to add a grade range on the setup so that we can exclude it from showing as a fee for 9th graders.

    6 votes

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  7. Tie notes to the STUDENT and not the person who created it

    When creating a note on a student of any kind, can the note be tied to the STUDENT and not the person that created it? We have staff that created notes and when they left, for some reason, their notes did not transfer. It would be nice if the note were attached to the student so that if the staff that created the not leaves the notes stay in place.

    6 votes

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  8. 504 Change History

    There is no Section 504 change history in the Special Programs Change History button. Can that be added?

    6 votes

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  9. Change History in the gradebook.

    Teachers often change due dates for assignments. There is no history to show this. It would be nice to see when any change is made in gradebook.

    6 votes

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  10. MFA via Email or Text

    Just putting in a request to have MFA over email or text built into the system.

    Email especially would help us get MFA set up for staff members who prefer to not use their personal cell phone for work. Not many of our staff members use an app for MFA already so this would help us meet those staff members where they are.

    Thanks!

    6 votes

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  11. Arena Scheduling Required Forms

    I would like the option to require parents to complete/submit a custom form (liability waiver for summer school) before they can click the "Submit Schedule" link in Arena Scheduling. This will eliminate the need to chase down parents after they submit their schedule to collect the signed waivers
    before the start of summer school.

    6 votes

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  12. Improving Access to Custom Forms in the Skyward Mobile App

    Many parents have expressed interest in being able to access custom forms directly through the Skyward mobile app. The technology department gets numerous calls and support requests from parents stating they are unable to locate the custom forms. If integrating custom forms into the app is not feasible, an alternative solution could be to add a "Custom Forms" button or link within the app. This "Button" would redirect parents to access those forms through their web browser. This would provide parents a more convenient way to access any necessary custom forms, even if they cannot be directly integrated into the…

    6 votes

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  13. English Learner Students, we would like an attachment button like we have 504 Students

    We would like an attachment button like we have 504 Students

    6 votes

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  14. ON STUDENT SIDE - ABILITY TO ADD STAFF TO ENTITY AND SECURITY AT SAME TIME!!!

    When creating Staff at entity; have option to go directly to security area to add security for that staff person
    When creating a Staff member, a teacher for example, it would be nice to have a box to check to 'Add Security' and upon saving that set up, be taken directly to the Secured User area to that specific staff members account and add their security without having to move out of the Staff area and into the security area and then retype in the staff name and expand to add the security. This could go hand in hand with…

    6 votes

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  15. email to parents when report cards are posted to the portfolio

    is it possible to have Skyward auto email a parent when the Progress Reports and Report Cards are posted to the portfolio in Family Access from the Office Side and not use the message center?

    6 votes

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  16. mass add meets

    Need the ability to mass add SECTIONS & MEETS, please.

    6 votes

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  17. Print Future Schedules to Sort by Class Period

    Currently when printing future scheduling schedules the class sort is by the current year schedule. It would be very useful if the sort by class period would be from the future schedule, not the current schedule.

    6 votes

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  18. Email Notification when family cancels absences request in family access

    I have notifications enabled to notify our secretary when a family member creates an absence request via Skyward Family Access. This is working great. However, if that family member goes in an cancels the previously entered request that has not been approved yet is there a way our secretary can get an email notifiation of that? Also, would be nice for the parent to get an email of that cancellation as well.

    6 votes

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  19. update skyward documentation

    Your skyward documentation area is not updated to newest version. When I look up, for example, how to enter different kinds of discipline and actions it very vague and is of no help. It is also from 2012. I realize that having so many documents in the help area would take a lot of time you should do this for some of the most used areas. I think if you attached a video from a up to date skyward webinar would be easier also.

    6 votes

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  20. Student Locator Icon access in Educator Access Plus

    The student locator icon is not available when teachers are in Educator Access Plus taking attendance in their class. If a student is not in the classroom but not absent, they have to go out to the dashboard to access it (Because they have security to do so). It would great if they could click on the student locator pin on the bar at the top while in their gradebooks.

    6 votes

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