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Student Management Suite

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  1. Mock Attachments & Manage Required Documents from NSOE to Family Access

    Currently, NSOE allows for viewing and checking off documentation uploaded through the portal. Family Access should reflect this same option, providing a link to view attachments from Online Registration and Online Forms, and provide a Manage Required Documents button to mock the same options setup for NSOE. This is imperative for districts tracking Proof of Residency, unless they want to use post-it notes or a spreadsheet outside of Skyward.

    3 votes

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  2. Need the ability to block view in student/family access of academic history for certain students

    Need the ability to block view in student/family access of academic history for certain students just like you can for block them from seeing their schedule and current grades

    2 votes

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  3. Hide EOC Score in Family and Student Access

    We are a block district and import EOC scores into Skyward in January. I am having to keep the gradebook disabled to parents and students until Semester 1 grades are ready. Teachers have to review these EOC scores before completing the students final grades, which takes a bit. If there was an option to hide the EOC score until we are ready to release grades, that would enable us to leave open the gradebooks for families so they can see the new term assignments.

    1 vote

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  4. Translator Needed For Conferences

    It would be helpful if parents could indicate that they need a translator when signing up for parent-teacher conferences in the parent portal.

    1 vote

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  5. Mass assign obligations

    Could there be a way to mass assign obligations to all students? For example, in order for them to see their new schedule, they first need to turn in Tech Forms for their computers and the parent needs to complete Family Access Updates.
    Also, parents should be able to see obligations in Family Access, so they are aware of what the student needs to complete.

    1 vote

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  6. Absence Request FA Screen

    Our district uses the absence requests to request early dismissals. A Skycoder prompt based upon attendance code (such as early dismissal) would be beneficial to remind parents not to submit an early dismissal through the portal after 9:00 a.m. for the same day. Likewise, a prompt attached to the medically absent code telling parents to attach a doctors note would be beneficial as well, when the ability to add attachments is added. :)

    2 votes

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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?

    2 votes

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  8. 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.

    4 votes

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  9. We have an automated email set up to be generated when an absence request is submitted through FA. The message recipients for general staff

    We have an automated email set up to be generated when an absence request is submitted through FA. The message recipients for general staff is the main office AA's and the health room staff. They would like the notification to also generate an email to the student's homeroom teacher.

    1 vote

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  10. Academic History - School picks the years shown

    I would like the ability for Academic History to be ONLY history of past years OR allow the option to use a processing list to turn off history for those we are blocking.

    1 vote

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  11. Conferences - Adding a message to the Conference tab of Family Access

    Conferences - Adding a message to the Conference tab of Family Access
    I can ONLY have a message when the conference is closed. I would like to add a message at all times to the conference tab.

    4 votes

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  12. Texas- Add grade level to the pre-defined fields for the Family Access Absence Notifcation Request

    Texas - Add grade level to the pre-defined fields for the Family Access Absence Notification Request. Adding the entity that the student attends would be very helpful. This would allow the attendance clerks to quickly identify their students should there be more than one attendance clerk on a campus.

    2 votes

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  13. Course requests configuration - add message

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

    3 votes

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  14. Family Access Food Service and Fee Management Paid By (parent name)

    Please add the parent name to the paid by, it just says 'Via Web'. We have split families and both parents have equal rights for the children, they want to see that they paid for food service or the fees. Even on the receipt it doesn't show who paid for it.

    1 vote

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  15. Removed home access for FA/SA display for teachers

    We would like to remove the home screen access from teachers under family/student access in educator access plus. We do want our teachers to have access to the family access grade book for their students but we do not want them to have access to the home page. Private information is listed there regarding FRP applications that teachers should not have access to.

    4 votes

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  16. Family Access Users login history

    It would be nice to be able to see the Family Access user login history. We can see it on the student but not the parent. This would come in handy for us to help the parent get logged in. By seeing time, date operating system and browser, just like the student login history.

    3 votes

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  17. Missing assignments

    Add the teacher's name to the missing assignments feature that parents can sign up for. It lists the class/assisgnment but doesn't list the teacher.

    8 votes

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  18. Mass change default FamilyAccess Calendar display

    I would like District Calendar Configuration to make changes to the Calendar in Family Access. I want to be able to change the default colors for events in the Family Access calendar, without having the guardians to manually change those on their own.

    2 votes

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  19. Add an option to request translation services when scheduling conferences

    When scheduling conferences in Family Access we would like there to be an option to request translation services for conferences. We want access to translation services to be the norm and not something that families feel burdened to request. This would need to include spoke and sign language, and ideally the selection should be written in the language used by those needing the service.

    3 votes

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  20. Allow assignment groups to be visible by students in Family Access

    It would be great if the students could see the Assignment Groups in Student/Family access. If a teacher organizes their grade book using assignment groups and has them sorted that way, it would be great if the students also saw it that way.

    1 vote

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