Today’s QuickSchools release focuses on the Orchestra Master Scheduler, with a few general improvements to the Student Information System. 

Full list of improvements are below:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Improve Support for Year-Long courses in Multi-Semester Enrollment Periods
• Improve Support for Section Limits by Department
• Sort Semester and Enrollment Period dropdowns in reverse chronological order
• Replace “Subject Area” filter with “Department” Filter (Step 2) 
• New Custom Algorithm – Assign by Grade Level (Step 5)
• Track original Add Date when Section Enrollments are reassigned/dropped (Step 5)
• Option to hide empty periods in Student Schedule PDF
• Support Room name in Teacher Roster PDF
• Hide Course Tags by default (Step 1)
• Hide “Mark Latest Schedule for Export” by default (Step 6)
• New option to ignore Teacher Assignment when Importing Course Request via SFTP
• Bug Fix Ignore hidden course requests when importing via SFTP
• Bug Fix Refresh when Import Settings from Previous Enrollment Period

General Improvements

• General Improvements to School-Wide Alerts and Alert Preferences
• Add Mobile Notification to Low Grade Alerts
• Improve Sender Info when sending emails via QuickSchools
• Support Subject-Based Grading Scale in Report Cards
• Bug Fix Submitted Online Tests
• Bug Fix Copy Multiple Gradebook Columns
• Bug Fix Schoology Integration to handle allowed thruput
• Bug Fix Bulk Download Online Forms

Other Beta Improvements

• New Importer for Community Service App
• General Security Improvements