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Student Management Suite

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  1. Hall Pass requested via student access

    Students who leave class need to be tracked because too many times they end up doing things against the rules when they leave the room. It would be helpful if they could request a hall pass on their phone and the teacher could approve. The student would then have a hall pass on their phone that they could take and show staff if anyone were to ask where they were supposed to be when outside the classroom

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  2. service call contact preference email default

    I think it would be nice if you could make the default for "contact preference" to be email instead of phone when submitting customer access requests (aka service calls) to Skyward. I would almost always prefer to have Skyward attempt via email first but always forget to change the option from phone to email before submitting.

    3 votes

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  3. Add YTD Earned Credits as option to Custom Report Card

    Would be helpful to have 'YTD credits earned' as an option under GPA and Credits in the Custom Report Card.

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  4. Allow Special Characters in names - for example - Zoë - right now we can enter it disappears as soon as you leave the field.

    Allow Special Characters in names - for example - Zoë - right now we can enter the ë but it disappears as soon as you leave the field.

    3 votes

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  5. Import Schools where Transcript Sent

    Update skybuild imports to include schools where transcripts were sent information.

    Date Sent
    School Name

    We have high school campuses using other applications like Naviance and Career Cruising to send transcripts however we need to import the schools sent information back to Skyward transcripts tab for historical purposes.

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  6. Medicaid Area in Student Management/Student Profile

    We would like to see the Medicaid tab listed under Student Managment/Student/Student Profile/Health. Our nurses are in here adding medication and office visits more than they are in the Office/Health Records/Student Profile area.

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  7. make the all day check mark in family access absent request unchecked by default?

    The ability to make the all day check mark in family access absent request unchecked by default?

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  8. Add All Entry and Withdraw dates to the transcript

    Need the ability to add all Entry and Withdraw dates for the student on the custom transcript for the entire time the student was enrolled in the district regardless of what school the are currently active in.

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  9. Do Not Report to Ed-Fi - Enrollment Record

    We need a "Do Not Report to Ed-Fi" box on the E/W entry page so certain entity enrollments can be ignored for the Ed-Fi sync.

    Situation: we have an entity that is our alternative school. We enroll students from our distirct as well as neighboring districts. We need to report the students from the other districts for attendance purposes, so we gave the entity our HS DOE number. This causes issues when our students enroll or withdraw from this entity. Quite a few of our students are only taking a class or two, so they are enrolled in both our…

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  10. Course requests configuration - add message

    I would like to be able to add a text message on the course Selection Screen in Family Access.

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  11. Report Legal Name to Ed-Fi - add checkbox field in data mining

    PLEASE add the "Report Legal Name to Ed-Fi" checkbox as a Yes/No option to choose in data mining so that we can find inconsistencies without having to stare and compare as to which names have changed. Thank you!

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  12. Add National Recognition Program to FTE/Diploma Tab

    College Board has added a new National Recognition Program. We would like it added to the FTE/Diploma tab in Student Management under the National Merit Scholar selection. It would need a drop down box with four selections:
    African American Recognition Program
    Hispanic Recognition Program
    Indigenous Recognition Program
    Rural and Small Town Recognition Program

    File from the College Board is attached as well as an image of the FTE/Diploma tab with the area we would like it added to.

    3 votes

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  13. The student PIN number needs to be added to Skybuild import and export especailly since TN has been moving away from SSN to PIN numbers.

    TN Dept of ED had directed TN schools to move from SSN to local generated PIN numbers. Skybuild needs to have the PIN number added as field option.

    3 votes

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  14. Option to show Unpaid Food Service Balance and Unpaid Fees Owed on the main screen of the mobile application. You can see menus, grades, unr

    Option to show Unpaid Food Service Balance and Unpaid Fees Owed on the main screen of the mobile application. You can see menus, grades, unread messages, etc. But you have to click into the full menu of the mobile app to see unpaid balances. Fees owed and schedules should show on the main screen of the mobile application for all families.

    3 votes

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  15. CAREER PLAN - Identifying the class from AP/Honors/Regular better by name and weight classification/add course number too.

    CAREER PLAN -- It would be VERY helpful if in the Career Plan screen, where the name of the class shows, if either the full name shows or the shortened name of the class shows, and the course numbers. It is not helpful to see a partial name because you cannot see if it is an Honors class or not. We typically have the course code reflect if it is an honors class, as well as having the word or at least the letter 'H' tacked on to reflect that it is honors. Also, in the weight area, the first…

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  16. Need to export F1 and F2 information in separate record line for Transfinder Transportation Export/Import

    Using Transfinder transportation software, we need to be able to export a separate record for Family 1 and Family 2, so that Transfinder can assign bus routes for both addresses for a student.

    Right now only one address is being exported for students with two families so only one set of stops can be created and imported.

    3 votes

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  17. PA: Economically Disadvantaged record start or end created when lunch code effective date changes

    When lunch codes change, so does the Economically Disadvantaged special programs record. Unfortunately, one does not "trigger" the other. Since you cannot schedule a task for mass adding a special programs ED record, you cannot fully automate the process. If you eliminate the process of Previewing then Updating then it can be a scheduled task. OR add economically disadvantaged to your list of importable program type. Currently, you can only import immigration status and method of instruction. SEE ATTACHMENT

    3 votes

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  18. Allow fields created in one custom report to be pulled into another custom report.

    I understand user created fields in custom reports are unique to the individual form but having the ability to pull those fields into other reports would be a timesaver. Here is an example from our district.

    Parents list their previous school and contact information on one of our enrollment custom forms. I would like to pull those fields into another custom report - student record request, so creating a request for records could be an automated process.

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  19. Method of Instruction- Mass Delete Special Programs

    We currently use 4 different MOIs. We would like to be able to Mass Delete and Mass End a specific MOI. Currently, there is no option to do that- it is set up to mass delete or mass end on a specific date.

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  20. Ability to have individual custom forms emailed to a specific person once the form is completed in NSOE or back to school packet

    Ability to have individual custom forms emailed to a specific person once the form it completed in NSOE or back to school packet. As of now I think it can only be done when it is put out to families as separate form.

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