If you’re using any of the Online Learning features in QuickSchools, we’d love some feedback. Please take our survey:
The link is available at the top of the modules related to online learning, which include:
Thanks in advance!
As the new year approaches, we will be making improvements to our Master Scheduler module, in addition to refinements to our Learning Management (LMS) offering. Here are the latest improvements in QuickSchools:
These Gradebook features were previously in Private Beta, but is now available to all schools. You can enable this feature when you configure the “Report Cards / Gradebook” module under “Settings” > “Turn Features On / Off”:
When adding / editing a column, if Scale Score is enable, you will see a new section to scale up the weightage of the column:
Read More »In case you missed, we had our second QuickSchools webinar yesterday, as part of our new Webinar Series. Our topic was on how to produce professional looking transcripts.
In preparation for this webinar, we published several new articles to help explain some of the functionality, as well as announce 4 new templates:
Thank you to those who were able to attend. We appreciate your participation, and hope you can give us feedback on how we can improve our product and services.
Our next webinar will likely be in February. We’re considering many different topics like Admissions or Online Forms. If there’s a particular area you’d like to learn more about, or if you’re interested in attending our webinar in general, feel free to leave us a comment, and chat with our awesome support team.
In our effort to provide more options to build professional looking transcripts, QuickSchools is proud to announce 4 new transcripts to add to our library of templates:
These are Year-Based transcripts, meaning that QuickSchools will consolidate courses within the academic year based on the course name. This configuration is set under “Transcripts” > “Transcript Configuration”:
Read More »QuickSchools uses the Single Assertion Mark-Up Language (SAML) to implement Single Sign-On (SSO) with external systems. You will need an Identity Provider (IDP) like Microsoft Azure or Active Directory to manage logins from multiple Service Providers like QuickSchools. For more information on SAML, check out this article:
https://www.varonis.com/blog/what-is-saml/
| This app is currently in Private Beta, and is not yet available on the QuickSchools App Store. This app is only available by request. Please contact our support team, if you would like to try out this feature. |
This app requires that your QuickSchools account be configured with District (or Group School) Settings. If you have multiple sites linked as a group, the IDP will be managed centrally by the main account in your group.
After installing the app, the configuration is in 2 parts:
You’ll need to configure the IDP settings in QuickSchools. If you have the “Federation Metadata XML” file from your IDP, you can use the “Upload IDP Metadata” button to upload the configuration. Be sure to select the correct SSO type as well:
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Here are the latest improvements in QuickSchools:
We’ve added a new Subject Selector on the Student Portal, to make it easier to find Assignments:
We’ve added the ability for teachers and students to chat directly on an assignment (similar to Class Discussions):
Read More »In our most recent release, we introduced support to link your QuickSchools account with a single paid Zoom Account that supports multiple users:
With this setting enabled, you can link your QuickSchools account to a single Zoom Account:
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