Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Support Caseload Limit in Step 1: “Configure Teachers” (See below)
• Bug Fix Weekly Schedule when “Days” is left blank in Step 1: “Configure Courses”
• Ability to adjust target from Step 2: “Course Requests by Course”
• Bug Fix calculation of Number of Sections in Step 2: “Course Requests by Course”
• Show Teacher Availability in Step 4: “Schedule”
• Display total when showing Breakdown by Department in Step 5: “Load Students”
• Cosmetic improvements to Step 5: “Load Students”
• Bulk Send Section PDF in Step 6
• General refinements to the Weekly Schedule feature
• Bug fix remove course requests when students are deleted in bulk

General Improvements

• Ability to customize general PDF templates (Private Beta)
• Ability to customize general email templates (Private Beta)
• Improve Semester Activation function to include the following options (See below):
  • Do not copy subject
  • Copy subject without teachers
  • Copy subject without student enrollments
• Migrate Subject Custom Fields when activating a new semester (See below)
• Support Custom Fields when importing Subjects
• Support Read-Only access to general Report Cards for non-administrators
• Support multiple active Report Cards when submitting grades from Gradebook
• Support separate First and Last name for Submitter in Online Forms (See below)
• General Improvements and API Support for the Temperature App
• Bug Fix Class Discussions dropdown filter for Semester
• Bug Fix BCC when sending Email Templates from the Admissions module
• Bug Fix “All Not-Yet-Taken” setting for Attendance Notification Dashboard (Private Beta)
• Minor Bug Fix for Daily Period Zero Attendance
• Server Security Updates

Some highlights below:

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This release is a special 2-week accelerated Sprint for the Orchestra Master Scheduler, covering the main areas:

• Weekly Schedules (with varying Section Frequency)
• Tracking Schedule Changes (after Finalization)
• Managing Bulk Changes to Student Enrollments

Here is a complete list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• New Max Sections for Teacher-Course Configuration (Private Beta)
• Course-Teacher Importer supports Max Sections (Private Beta)

• New shortcut for Weekly Bell Schedule (Private Beta)
• New Days and Frequency Settings for Courses (for Weekly Schedules)
• New Support for Multi-Day Sections in Step 4 and Step 5 (for Weekly Schedules)
• Run Step 4 based on Department Filter
• Update Step 4 Course Details with Frequency, Days and Max Sections for Teachers
• PDF Schedule for Teachers based on Next Enrollment Period
• Option to Copy Latest Schedule to QuickSchools
• Support Tracking Schedule Data for Export
• Summary Report Support for Copied/Exported Schedule Data
• Report Creator Support for Copied/Exported Schedule Data
• Report Creator Support for Students with Conflicts
• Improvements and Bug Fixes when Configuring Teachers
• General Improvements to Semester Setup for Orchestra Master Scheduler 

General Improvements

• Bulk Student Importer supports Reactivating Students (Beta)
• Bulk Student Importer supports Deletion of Students (Beta)
• Improve capacity for sending out Section PDF in bulk

Weekly Schedules (Beta)

We have a new capability that allows schools to easily create a weekly bell schedule:

When importing or adding courses, you can specify frequency and days of the week:

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We’ve made several improvements to our Orchestra Master Scheduler for this release. But we’ve also included a few general improvements related to Admissions, Report Creator, the Library App, our API (and Zapier), Google Drive Integration, and much more.

Here are the latest improvements in QuickSchools:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Term-Length is now optional when importing Courses. Defaults to Semester-long
• Limit for Departments are now optional
• Bug fix when searching for Courses without Departments
• Bug fixes related to performance improvements when setting Next Enrollment Period
• Show configured Courses for Teachers in Step 1 “Configure Teachers”
• Show Min, Max and Target Section Sizes in Step 2 “Course Requests by Course”
• New Step 4 Filter by Department
• Miscellaneous Improvements to Step 4 and Step 4 Pagination
• Rename Block Sections to Teams
• Bulk Create Lab-Lecture Teams (previously Block Sections) by Period
• New Step 5 Advanced Filter for Student Conflicts
• Ability to hide periods without sections in Section Assignments PDF
• Support separate Course Code and Course Name in Section Assignments PDF
• Miscellaneous Bug fixes to Section Assignments PDF
• Option to use “no-reply@quickschools.com” when emailing Section Assignments PDF
• New Teacher Invitation Emails for Orchestra Only Plan
• Ability to enable Section Attendance within Orchestra

Improvements related to Admissions

• Bulk Email Applicants from Template
• Improve Configuration Area for Inquiry and Application Status Codes
• Bug Fix Enrollment when student name has apostrophe
• Framework Improvements to support Portal for Applicants (Alpha)

Other General Improvements

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Several minor improvements for this release, plus a few general improvements to our Master Scheduler. Here are the latest improvements in QuickSchools:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Support Alternate Bell Schedule in PDF Section Assignments
• Mass Email PDF Section Assignments
• Improve how teachers without departments are displayed in Step 4
• Improve general performance for large data sets
  • Option to Paginate Step 4
  • Freeze Left Pane for Step 5
  • Optimize Summary Reports
• New Importer to link Teachers to Courses for Enrollment Period
• Course Requests Importer supports Course Alternates
• Improvements to Orchestra Subscription Plan
• Cosmetic Improvements to Constraints screens
• Expand Data Dictionary for Summary Reports

Improvements related to Beta Features

• New Student ID Card (PDF)
• Support separate ACH Online Payment configurations for student and parents
• Miscellaneous Improvements to Period Zero Attendance (Daily Equivalence)
• Miscellaneous Improvements to Not Yet Taken Attendance Dashboard
• Bug fix when searching Self-Enrollment with no students

Other General Improvements

• Simplify disconnect from Google Classroom
• Miscellaneous API Improvements to support integration via Zapier
• Bug fix when taking for attendance for multiple Subjects in the same period
• Bug fix for Section Attendance Pie Chart on Student record
• Miscellaneous bug fixes in Admissions module
• Miscellaneous server performance improvements

Student ID Card

We’re really excited to announce our new capability to print/generate Student ID Cards. Student Cards will leverage our existing PDF templating engine, allowing ID cards to be customizable by school. 

You will have options to hide areas of the Student ID, but any further customizations would need to be done by our support staff.