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Student Management Suite

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  1. Transcripts posted to portfolio

    It would be nice if transcripts could be posted to the portfolio tab the same way report cards do.

    9 votes

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  2. Add Guardian Language choice to the Extra Information options that can be selected for the Student Profile header

    The student language field is an option on the Extra Information to Display list for the customizable header information in student profile. For our district it is more important that we can see the Family 1 home language field because that would indicate if an interpreter is needed when calling. Please consider adding the guardian language field as an option on this list. An alternative would be to create a new field called Interpreter Needed and making that available on this screen.

    6 votes

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  3. 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.

    10 votes

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  4. 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?

    10 votes

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  5. Add special programs View to student browse

    Would like to be able to view special program data in student browse. This would be a great tool for creating reports and processing list for all areas under special programs. It would also be great to be able to create filters to share with administrators and counselors to quickly access student program data and create charts to view trends and access the data.

    47 votes

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    Are you looking for a browse that has a column for every special program and Y/N if they have a current record?  

    Or are you looking for something more robust that includes all the data fields in each record?  

    Please provide us with more details of what you specifically are looking for so we can determine if it is possible. 

  6. Add Method of Instruction and District Category to Student Profile > Ranges

    We would like to see the Method of Instruction and District Category added to the Ranges options when narrowing down the Student Profile. Please add these as options for filtering. Thank you!

    7 votes

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  7. Order of Student Incicators

    It would be nice to be able to adjust the order of the student indicators. Used to be we selected what slot, now that we have the open ended (which is FANTASTIC) we need to be able to select in what order they display.

    6 votes

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  8. Method of Instruction within Student Browse

    Would be very helpful to have MOI as a field available in one of the Student Browse Views or create a new View for this. This would be an easy and quick way for school admins or office staff to see which students are missing a code or to set filters to display one particular group and drop them to Excel. I know they can run a data mining report but the Student Browse is much quicker and easier to use for our staff who aren't comfortable creating their own DM reports.

    16 votes

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  9. Mass Assign SAT/ACT/TSIA Reimbursement

    In Texas we are required to indicate students for whom we have received reimbursement from the State for an SAT/ACT/TSIA exam. That needs to be a field that we can mass assign so we are able to quickly add that notification when we receive our school day test scores. Currently, you have to go into each individual student and add the indicator.

    8 votes

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  10. Current Scheduling Start Date

    If a student RE-enrolls the same school year, we would like the START DATE on the student's currently scheduling profile to change to the new re-enrolled date. Example: Student entry 9/8, withdraws 10/2, RE-enrolls 11/5. The START DATE still shows 9/8. We want it to say 11/5.

    9 votes

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  11. Wellness Screening Question Customizations & Additions

    We need the ability to have more than 2 questions for customizing the Wellness Screening and the ability to put in a return date that can be seen in EA+ as well. I am attaching an example of our Elementary Sick Student Call In Log (zoom in to view full form). We want to customize Skyward to look similar to this. We also need to have a View for Office staff and the nurse to see who is out and for how long and what their return date is. Also, reporting in Data Mining on this would be super! Thanks!

    12 votes

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  12. merge student records

    Allow fee management and food service customer/payer records to be merged.

    7 votes

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  13. Indicators on class roster report

    When running a class roster report (not as a teacher, but on the student management side) we want to be able to print the student indicators. The teachers are able to print this easily with this roster report, but it doesn't on the office side, it currently only allows us to print the 540, LEP, and Sp Ed indicator. Which is great. However, there are times we want to be able to print other indicators as well.

    13 votes

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  14. Be able to view scheduled conferences under student profile

    It would be great if a conference tab was added under student profile so that schools could see the scheduled conference without having to run a report or going to the staff table. Being able to schedule there would be helpful also.

    11 votes

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  15. A Parent/Guardian communication log for each individual student

    With school being permanently closed for the rest of the year, it would really be helpful to have a centralized communication log. Our district is working together to ensure everyone has the most updated information which requires school administrators, office staff, counselors, Deans IT support staff, Special Education staff and coaches in addition to teachers who are in constant communication with parents/guardians to somehow document the date, time, subject of the communication, who they spoke with and more detailed notes field if needed. This needs to be attached to each individual student not as a family note. If the setup…

    9 votes

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  16. Other name fields needs a greater reach

    The other name field needs a greater reach. We have students who go by different names and the other name field only applies to the class roster report and the gradebook. Would love to see the other name field utilized in student/family access. food service POS. Fee management customer fields. etc

    14 votes

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  17. Birth Country needs to be a dropdown or list.

    In Student Profile, Birth History, the Birth Coutnry needs to be a dropdown or list because the field as it stands allows for anything to be entered.

    Example of what we see - US, USA, U.S., U.s.a., United States, u s a
    This affects data in other programs. Could we tie it to the ED FI Country of Birth??

    20 votes

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  18. Texas - Industry Based Certifications (IBC) Module

    1. On the course master add a field similar to the course groups (use the certifications table as the look up table – WS\ST\TB\SP\TB\PO) allowing us to associate certifications to the course. Would need to be school specific.

    2. In the gradebook give teachers an option to add the certification, date, pass/fail. They would only be able to select from the certifications associated with the course they are currently in the gradebook. Data entry for the teachers would have to be simple and fast.

    3. Display certifications to the student and parent in Family Access.

    4. Populate the certification under the Special Programs tab…

    20 votes

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  19. Add an Automated Email option for Special Programs

    Add an Automated Email option for Special Programs. And for Ltd Eng Prof. and Homeless, and Section 504, and....you get the idea...we have no options for automated emails in the Special Programs area.

    16 votes

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  20. System Wide Users need access to view protected notes.

    System-Wide Users need access to view protected notes.

    10 votes

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