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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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Student Management Suite

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  1. Make Student Indicators follow students from entity to entity

    When a student moves from one school to the other, it would be helpful if the indicator followed. For example, RTI Referral. If the student switches schools right after an RIT is submitted, the teacher or administrator is not going to think about emailing the next school this information, especially if it is just a normal transfer from elementary to middle school.

    5 votes

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  2. Discipline widget

    Can a widget be created to show on the home screen when an office managed discipline referral has been created? It would be like Employee Access when a staff member requests time off, a widget can be turned on for the approver to see the requests on the home screen. This would be helpful in the event that automated emails aren't working correctly, the principal would always get to see referrals upon logging in to skyward.

    5 votes

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  3. Give check box option for preferred name in reports

    My teachers have the option to display the preferred name (other name from the general tab) in their grade books. When they print reports the student's legal name shows. They would like a check box in the report templates to show preferred name for students. With more and more students preferring a different name that legal and state reporting we want to use the other name field and not change the student key.

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  4. Add the ability for Portfolio Import utility to link with the Student State ID, to allow import of PSAT/SAT, IAR results

    Add the ability for Portfolio import utility to link the Illinois state ID, to allow import of IAR and other state and college Board test results.

    5 votes

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  5. Interactive Scheduling Board Export

    It would be super helpful if I didn't have to choose my options every time that I want to export my interactive scheduling board to excel. We use this for our master and I have to go in and click the same things every single time. It's very frustrating and time consuming.

    5 votes

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  6. skyb

    Please add fields from the Misc tab in the Special Prgms area. This will help when sending summer school data to the state. Data is sent differently since the entity isn't state reported.

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  7. Return the option to DISPLAY BY GRADING PERIOD in Course Length area

    DISPLAY FEATURE THAT WORKED GREAT WAS REMOVED. Option to "Display By Grading Period" was removed and now Course Lengths can only be seen by Control Set. We have over 25 Control Sets for our large summer school program, viewing by Control Set is cumbersome to say the least. My Control Sets now span 3 1/2 pages, versus a view by Grading Period, that listed, and gave me add/edit capabilities, all in a nice condensed list. Here is the last bit from the ticket I submitted.

    "At this time, there is no way to flip the display on the Course Lengths/Control…

    5 votes

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  8. Processing New Student Online Enrollment application, allow change order of Emergency Contacts

    Scenario: A parent submits a new student application and fails to check the emergency contact box for either/both guardians.
    During processing of application, if the registrar then checks the emergency contact box after, they are added after any other emergency contacts in the order added.

    We would like the ability to change the emergency contact order at time of processing a new application so the registrar can appropriately have the correct order prior to completing the application and not have to go back and change after processing.

    We do allow guardians to change the order at time of yearly registration.

    5 votes

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  9. Enable Future Schedules in EA+

    Students can see future schedules but teachers can't except via a printed report. Please give teachers the same future schedule view (for "next" year) in EA+.

    5 votes

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  10. Endorsement Progress Report Page Break Option

    Would like a page break by student option in the report to. This makes it easier to separate and share with individuals as needed.

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  11. Born in the Unites States need to be a Y/N question in NSOE

    It is out of compliance to as on the enrollment form where a student was born. The law says we can only ask Was your student born in the US? If no, what was the first date of enrollment in US schools. Right now, there is no option or way of getting this information with using the NSOE form except by making it another custom form! Would be great to have this added as a label with Y/N and then if no, please enter date.....

    5 votes

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  12. Add Predefined Comments in EA+ Discipline Entry

    Add predefined comments to the discipline entry screen in EA+ similar to what is currently available in discipline entry by officer.

    5 votes

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  13. Partial Schedule Report

    It would be helpful if the Students with Partial Schedules Report printed with Student Key or Other ID or linked up to a processing list option. This would allow the ability to send a direct message to students and parents and open the Arena Scheduling window back up once holes were identified during the future scheduling time frame.

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    5 votes

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  14. Add ability to mass import/change the IBC Reimbursement flag (TX)

    When the current or prior LEA submits for one of the two allowed IBC Reimbursements, TREx element TE132 (IBC-REIMBURSEMENT-INDICATOR) must be set prior to sending a TREx record.

    IBC are beginning to become a huge push due to their CCMR (accountability) point earning potential, and as a result most districts have gone from a handful of students taking these exams to hundreds, if not thousands that are taking and earning these certifications. This results in weeks of work hand-coding all of these IBC-REIMBURSEMENT flags, as there is no mechanism to mass-add or mass-change the indicator.

    Please add an option to…

    4 votes

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  15. Attendance Percentage in Family Access

    Our district leadership would love the ability to view attendance percentage in Family Access. This would be extremely helpful to staff and families when trying to track attendance, truancy, etc.

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  16. Notifying districts when Skyward is down.

    Our district's skyward has been down sense around 11:00 AM this morning. We had to call around 11:30 AM to see what the issue was. Its now 3:41 PM and no updates or notifications have been sent out with the outage.

    4 votes

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  17. Training for Scheduling

    PowerSchool offers training for scheduling. Could Skyward offer the same? This would be extremely helpful.

    4 votes

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  18. Transporation/Busing module in registration process

    During registration we have a Google Form for parents to request student pick-up/drop-off. The parents enter their addresses in the form but those addresses get misspelled or different abbreviations for ST, Str, Street. It would be nice to have a transporation module in the online registration portal where parents can select their address from the Address Master and then the correct bus would be displayed (with bus driver info)...

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  19. Add a discipline report option under my activites for the students. Also add an option to add activity as part of the filters in discipline

    Add a discipline report option under my activities for the students. Also add an option to the discipline reports section to filter by activity.

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  20. NSOE - virtual signature block on the applicaiton

    The NSOE application needs a virtual signature block and date option for districts to add on their NSOE application for the parent to enter when they are filling out the application. A virtual signature is now acceptable by the ISD auditors. Currently have to print the application and get the parent to sign it or create a custom form which isn't a professional look for an application for enrollment.

    4 votes

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