Today’s release focuses primarily on the Orchestra Master Scheduler, plus minor improvements to our new Online Testing module (Alpha) and Student Information System.

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Option to Search/Sort Courses by Department ni Step 1
• Option to Search Teachers by Department in Step 1
• Option to Resync configured Teacher Names in Step 1
• Option to color code the days in Step 4
• Expanded Options to Bulk Lock/Unlock Section Assignments in Step 5 (see above)
• Option to Clear Section Assignments by Department in Step 5
• Option to Ignore Teacher Assignment when Loading Step 5
• Highlight successful Load in Step 5
• Support Weekly Schedule when finalizing Sections in Step 6 with SIS
• Bug Fix Copy Target Students
• Bug Fix Step 5 Student Count for large schools
• Bug Fix Step 5 When Loading course requests linked to courses that are no longer offered
• Bug Fix Schedule PDF with SIS enabled

LMS Improvements

• Online Testing Framework Improvement (Beta)

General Bug Fixes and System Improvements

• Remove support for deprecated payment gateway
• Miscellaneous API improvements for Mobile App
• Fix minor typo during Bank Account Verification for Student/Parent Portal

Here’s our second release for 2022. We continue to make improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler, PLUS, general improvements to our new Online Testing module (Alpha) and Student Information System.

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Support multiple day combinations for a specific Course in Step 2 (Image above)
• Option to Clear Sections by department in Step 4
• New feature to add/edit/move specific sections within the Weekly Schedule in Step 4
• Re-add support for Teams in Weekly Schedule in Step 4
• New Importer for Sections linked to Courses (for SIS)
• UI Improvement for Sections with Weekly Schedule (for SIS)
• Bug fix when adding Course Requests from the Student record
• Bug fix when copying Next Course to new Enrollment Period
• Bug fix when loading Course Requests in Step 2

LMS Improvements

• Online Testing Framework Improvement (Beta)

General (Functional) Improvements

• New History for Standards-Based Gradebook (See below)
• Option to manually add orders to the Lunch Ordering app
• Support for external Thank You page for Embedded Admissions Application Form
• Support for required files for upload for Admissions Application

General Bug Fixes and System Improvements

• Alerts module is not out of Beta (See below)
• API Improvements for Trial Sign-Up
• General improvements to the Standards-Based Gradebook
• Bug fix student access with student portal is deactivated
• Bug fix for Homework module accessing Archived Semesters

Other Private Beta Improvements

• Hide “Link Children in Other Schools” tab for Group School
• Hide inactive students from Parent Portal for Group School
• Retain parent info for siblings are they are deactivated for Group School
• Bug fix for maintaining teacher records for Group School

Standards-Based Gradebook History

The Gradebook History / Versioning App has been extended to include the Standards-Based Gradebook. This means that with the feature installed, you’ll see a history link at the bottom of the Gradebook:

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Welcome to 2022. And here is the first release of the year. We continue to make improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler, as well as the the Learn LMS module, PLUS, general improvements to our Student Information System.

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Support for Triple Periods
• Option to clear sections for a particular course
• Re-add support for Teams in Weekly Schedule (Private Beta)
• Bug fix Schedule PDF for invalid/orphaned section enrollments
• Bug fix Step 2 Course Request report for students with “No course requests”
• Bug fix Step 6 Finalize Sections when SIS is enabled

LMS Improvements

• New option to “Return” an assignment (see above)
• Reminder to save Assignment
• Online Testing Framework Improvement (Alpha)

General (Functional) Improvements

• New Semester Setup is enabled by default for new Trial Accounts
• Ability to archive Academic Year (see below)
• Support long descriptions for letter grade in Gradebook (see below)
• Track history of emails sent from Gradebook (see below)
• Show amount due for Fee Tracking in main Student Updates in Student and Parent Portals
• New Payment Notes when making payment from Student/Parent Portals
• Support Primary Payer in Report Creator

General Bug Fixes and System Improvements

• Reposition the “Hide Announcements” button
• API improvements for Mobile to support Class Discussions and Student Message Board
• Bug accessing assignment when gradebook column is deleted while linked to a Scale Score.
• Bug fix when enabling student name format without changing the format
• Bug fix Error when adding subjects from the “Subject Setup” menu
• Bug fix Subject Import by Subject ID 
• Bug fix Summary Report accessing Student Profile Images
• Bug fix Summary Report accessing deleted Custom Attendance Codes

Other Private Beta Improvements

• Ability to disable comments for Class Discussions from Student and Parent Portal
• Show Capacity when editing courses from the Student record
• Support Mandatory Payment Notes when making payment from Student/Parent Portals

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As we approach the end of the calendar year, our engineering team is focusing on general framework and infrastructure improvements, as well as miscellaneous bug fixes. We’re also continuing to make improvements to Alpha and Beta features for next year, like our Learning Management System (LMS), the Dashboard and Audit Trail.

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Hide Courses that are not offered in Step 4
• Fix loading of Days and Frequency and Weekly Schedule is configured
• Hide SIS-related fields when SIS is disabled

LMS Framework Improvements (Alpha)

• My Workspace Chat
• Online Testing

General (Functional) Improvements

• Integrate Final Grade from the Standards-Based Gradebook (SBG) to Transcripts
• Ability to bulk sync Gradebook with Report Cards prior to locking (see below)
• Improve support for Scale Score in Gradebook Templates (see below)
• New Date Filter when Bulk Print Gradebook PDF (see below)
• New Search for Teacher Documents
• Show latest submission when reviewing/grading Assignments
• Label for Sign-In / Sign-Out App
• Support Capacity in Subject Importer
• Remove white space from Student Number when calling Student API Resource
• Support sync grades from Odysseyware / Ignitia based on Academic Semester Start/End Dates
• Automatically update student full name when format is changed 
• Reduce logo size in footer

General Bug Fixes and System Improvements

• Fix Attendance Taken for Homeroom when Alternate Homeroom Teacher is enabled
• Fix limit on student list in Montessori App
• Properly delete subject enrollments where student is permanently deleted
• Improvements to EMail Messaging via MailGun
• Improve security for generated PDFs
• Add Support for Start Date for Announcements

Other Private Beta Improvements

• Improve KPI widget for Dashboard
• Hide Attendance from Restricted Dates
• Self-Enrollment Improvements
  • Improve how limits are handled
  • Option to Hide Self-Enrollment limits in instructions
• Limit Enrollment by Capacity from Students listing
• New importer for student usernames and passwords

Bulk Sync Gradebook with Report Cards

If you need to run reports on Report Cards prior to locking/publishing, and you have a hard time getting all your teachers to Submit Grades from Gradebook, we have a new feature that allows admins to pull the grades from all Gradebooks into the Report Cards. Check out the new “Sync Grades” button, available when you “Manage” Report Cards:

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This release primarily focuses on framework improvements for our Alpha and Beta features. This includes our Learning Management System (LMS), our Dashboard capability, and Audit Trail. We will be making more framework and system improvements towards the end of the calendar year.

We’ve also taken this opportunity to improve the Orchestra Master Scheduler, and include a few miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools upgrades:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Support remove Caseload during Import
• Fix Teacher Caseload when copying to a new Enrollment Period in Step 1
• Improve Save Point functionality for large schools
• Refresh screen after Restore Save Point
• Fix table misalignment in Step 4
• New “Next Course” algorithm in Step 5
• Fix loading sections in Step 5 for large schools

LMS Framework Improvements (Alpha)

• My Workspace Chat
• Online Testing

School Dashboard (Beta)

• New KPI Widget
• Auto-load Dashboard Screen
• Miscellaneous Dashboard improvements

General (Functional) Improvements

• Support Synchronize to Canvas based on start/end dates for active term
• Improve performance for Google Classroom Integration
• Improve Support Pre-Enrollment in API Resource for Zapier
• Rename “Reference Number” to “Access Code” in Online Forms
• New reportable fields for Health App in Report Creator
• General Improvements to the Students screen
• Improve client-side logging

Other Private Beta Improvements

• Audit Trail Improvements
• Filter Transcripts by Grade Level

School Dashboard

We started developing the School Dashboard a couple of years ago. This dashboard is based on the Report Creator framework. However, this initiative never really got off the ground due to competing priorities. We’re currently restarting this initiative by introducing a few minor improvements. 

You can now specify ONE of your Dashboards as the primary dashboard, so that when user access the “Dashboard Home” menu, the primary dashboard will load up automatically:

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In this release, we made some improvements to the overall usability of the QuickSchools application (see “UI (User Flow) Improvements” below). We’ll be making more of these improvements in upcoming Sprints, in addition to our usual feature improvements, security updates and bug fixes.

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Support Copying Frequency when importing settings from previous enrollment period
• Hide the “Activate” button for non-SIS configuration
• Optimize Step 4 “Clean-Up” function
• Improve Summary Report support for Bell Schedule for multiple Enrollment Periods

UI (User Flow) Improvements

• New icon to minimize the top menu
• New Bulk Action icons for tables
• Sortable indicator when mousing over table header
• Ability to crop images when uploading student profile images

General (Functional) Improvements

• Add support for Categories to Fee Tracking Invoices – (See below)
• Support check marks when using Likert in Report Cards (Image above)
• Re-label Attendance Sub-menus
• Improve payment flow from Student/Parent Portal
• Improve performance when bulk sync transactions with Stripe
• Zoom Security Enhancements
• Miscellaneous security improvements to internal log files
• Mobile API Support for Student Message Board and Parent Message Board

Minor Bug Fixes

• Fix homeroom name when taking attendance by alternate homeroom teacher
• Fix Billing Address on Account page
• Bug Fix delete student with duplicate course requests
• Bug Fix Add/Edit Sections
• Bug Fix login via active session
• Bug Fix sorting of grade levels in Attendance Settings
• Bug Fix exclude students dropped by sections in Mass Messaging
• Bug Fix graphing for Report Creator

Private Beta Improvements

• Expanded access for students and parents to access Student Documents
• Override Start/End Dates for Attendance by Grade Level
• Bug Fix display correct Unallocated Amount in new Unallocated Amount screen

Some highlights below:

UI (User Flow) Improvements

We’ve made a few general improvements to our UI framework, which will hopefully improve the general experience for all our users.

There’s a new icon where you can minimize the top menu:

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Although we had a release last week, today’s release is to consolidate framework changes we’ve been making on our new Orchestra Master Scheduler. We also took this opportunity to piggy back some minor improvements.

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Weekly Schedule now supports Scheduling Algorithms
• Reinstate support for Optimize to Weekly Schedule
• Fix Distribution Algorithm across all periods for Weekly Schedule
• Show Semester and Days in Step 5
• Bug fix when importing Course Requests without Teacher ID

Other Improvements

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