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Student Management Suite

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  1. Import 504 Data

    Add the ability to import 504 Data in Skybuild from a 3rd party vendor. This is a state-reportable field.

    4 votes

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  2. SkyBuild import

    We would like to mass import Student PIN and Previous SSN field which is on TN/NCLB tab through Skybuild import.

    3 votes

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  3. At Risk Status needed in Skybuild Export

    In Skybuild, there is a field called At-Risk Status which has been verified by Skyward that it doesn't work or attach to any data. Everyone is listed as N (no). This needs to report the student's current At-Risk Status.

    2 votes

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  4. Add Foster Care to Export File Builder

    Inside the SkyBuild under Special Programs there is no ability to pull the data inside the Foster Care Fields on a student's profile. We need to send this data out for some software/applications and it is not there. It has other programs like Homeless and LEP but Foster Care is missing. This would be super beneficial to be able export our student data in the SkyBuild.

    2 votes

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  5. Skybuild - Family Data Type

    While working with Skyward support, it was determined that a Skybuild cannot make a file export with 1 row per family.

    Skyward support - "If we had a family data type we could group based on the family but since we don't that will not be an option. "

    Example use case -- our family news letters are distributed from another web services, and we send the the company an SFTP Skybuild file that contains the names and emails of our guardians based on the building that their student(s) are actively enrolled. The current issue is that we can either…

    2 votes

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  6. Economically Disadvantaged Current Year (Y/N)

    It would be nice to be able to export if a student is current year economically disadvantaged. We could also do it through Data Mining processing lists if necessary. With current setup it's only achievable with manual intervention.

    6 votes

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  7. New field in Skybuild Import

    Illinois now requires the submission of community service hours. We use an outside vendor to gather this data and I would like to be able to Import it to Skyward using a csv file through Skybuild. A new field would need to be created in Skybuild Import in order to do so. Special Programs - Community Service hours

    2 votes

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  8. 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.

    5 votes

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  9. create grade buckets to import current grades into without posting

    Trying to provide local districts with daily grades for CTE students. We are able to export the current grades but are not able to import them into the local district without them posting to the transcript. Having grade buckets to import into that don't automatically appear on the transcript would be beneficial. Perhaps grade buckets that could be activated to post when needed but otherwise do not.

    2 votes

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  10. Skybuild import/export fields

    With the implementation of ed-fi all import and export data fields need to be in Skybuild. I just learned records need to be entered for gifted and talented and there is nothing listed for that categoy.

    13 votes

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  11. Skybuild Interface Update/Overhaul Needed

    Skybuild is perhaps one of the most potentially useful but cumbersome and user-hostile features in Skyward: I often must guess the input format or value needed for a field; Skybuild field names sometimes don't match the name of the display field name; importable field options are too limited (I believe I should be able to import any and all fields into Skyward); linking fields to CSV columns is very awkward; the error/import reports are incomplete and misleading and can easily make one think the import was successful when it was not; and it is not clear what data must exists…

    13 votes

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  12. Please add staff Photo ID number to Skybuild Export Builder.

    It is becoming a more and more common requirement for data sources. It would help to just use the number as a unique identifier, or at the very least, as a source to match up to other sources via staff ID numbers.

    8 votes

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  13. Add extract comments to SkyBuild for why you are extracting a field, or how it was built

    When coding some complicated extracts, or adding numerical filters it would be nice to add a comment to the line to remind you 'why' you are extracting that field, or how a compound (group) field is being extracted that way.

    IE - 'Building Student Login ID from 1 char of FN, then Student ID for a A01234567890 formatting login. OR 'Default student password is MI or 'N' if no MI plus DOB in MM-DD-YYY format for a A01-02-2003 formatted password.

    OR - Add a large open textbox, optional of course, at the top where you can add things like, Who…

    9 votes

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  14. Skybuild and Data Mining date ranges

    It would be a great time saver to include the option of 'current year' when building skybuild or data mining reports that run every year. Every summer, we have to edit each report to change either the school year or date range for the report to run based on the current school year.

    8 votes

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  15. Add Dyslexia Service & Risk Field in Skybuild-Import

    Can we import Dyslexia Service Record from outside of Skyward.

    This is TX State Report Field and there is no way we can update this information. We have more than 2,000 students with this record and data is changed daily. We need something we can automate this process.

    We are currently on Skyward SMS.

    42 votes

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    Thank you so much for your votes on this idea and all the comments! We are having discussions regarding the ability to do this internally and with other vendors such as Frontline as mentioned in comments. 


    We will update this public status as soon as we have more to share. 

  16. Allow skybuild to get the newest 15 Program/Services instead of the oldest.

    We have students with more than 15 entries in their Program/Services and since Skybuild returns the oldest 15, we cannot create skybuild reports that have their current info. The pic show a student of whom we cannot get any of his current Programs and Related Services data (the ones circled in red). Please change the order so we have access to atleast the most recent 15.

    6 votes

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  17. Add RTI Interventions to Skybuild Export

    We would like the ability to export student RTI information specifically interventions with Skybuild. This will allow a teacher to enter an intervention for a specific program in EA+ and then nightly the students will be exported and populated into those systems.

    8 votes

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  18. All Fields Should be Available in SkyBuild

    All fields will be accessible in Skybuild. We are currently trying to pull the current ELL status into a Skybuild export file but this field is not an option

    25 votes

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  19. Add homeroom teacher e-mail address

    I would like to see the homeroom teacher e-mail address be added to the available filed list in Skybuild under the entity area. If we want to do something similar now it requires to utilize the full student schedule in skybuild and requires extra filtering.
    This would simplify exports for systems that only require a single teacher's email address per student and can not accept the full student's schedule.

    29 votes

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  20. Add the ability to export Education Milestones

    Skybuild export does not include the option to export Education Milestones. The Skybuild import includes these fields to import data as well as DataMining also includes this data. Would like these same fields to be added to the export option.

    This would allow us to export the Education Milestone data.

    36 votes

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