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The next Sprint E23 will be the last sprint of 2019, and will run an extra week with a scheduled deployment on Dec 30, 2019. But for now, QuickSchools is happy to announce our latest Sprint E22 release.
Here’s a list of the latest improvements of Sprint E22:
At the request of many schools, our Transcripts module has been updated to include the following new improvements:
This feature has been available for quite some time now. We’ve enhanced the way the “Hide current years/semester in progress” feature behaves, in order to more predictably control the behaviour of generated Transcripts, especially as new academic terms are added and activated. This setting appears as a checkbox under “Transcripts Configuration”:
Also under “Transcripts Configuration”, we’ve created a new setting to “Sort sort courses alphabetically“. As the name suggests, with this setting enabled, all courses in the Transcripts module will be automatically sorted based on the name of the course.
Read More »Here’s a list of the latest improvements in QuickSchools:
We’ve had several schools request that the generated Gradebook PDF categorize all the assessments into groups, based on the Weight Factors in the Final Grade formula. This new improvement aims to address that need. However, since the majority of our schools are fine using our existing Gradebook PDFs, this new feature is only available by request.
How it works
First off, let’s get on the same page on how Weight Factors are set up in the Final Grade formula in a Gradebook. Here’s a sample Final Grade formula:
Notice that there are 2 weight factors worth 60% and 40% respectively. Each weight factor can contain ONE OR MORE Gradebook categories. We now have custom templates that display assignments based on Weight Factor (examples below).
Gradebook PDF supports Summary by Weight Factor
Here’s a sample of the Gradebook PDF available on the Student record (when you go to the “Gradebook” tab). This PDF displays all subjects for a particular student:
Read More »Sprint E20 was delayed due to the extensive testing required for improvements to our core modules, in particular Attendance and Standards-Based Gradebook modules. We hope you enjoy these new improvements.
So here’s a list of the latest improvements in QuickSchools:
On the Standards-Based Gradebook, you can now mouse over the grade for a standard, and it will display the calculation for that grade:
You can still of course click on a cell to see the full detail behind the calculation:
We’ve also simplified the way teachers can add standards to the gradebook. Here what you see when clicking on “Add Standard”:
When adding standards from a Standard Set, you can now select specific standards from within the set:
Read More »In QuickSchools we have two different options when it comes to Lesson Plans tracking.
The newer version is our Subject-Based Lesson Plans app which allows you to create lesson plans that are directly linked to subjects. Our normal Lesson Plans under the Athena plan allows you to create Lesson Plan Sets, which can be applied to multiple subjects across different semesters.
To learn more about the differences to find out which is best for you, check out the table below:
| Lesson Plan (Athena Plan) | Subject-Based Lesson Plans (App) |
| You have to create a Lesson Plan Set first, and then apply it to a subject. You can re-apply the same lesson plan set to multiple subjects across different academic terms. | You simply select a subject, and the Lesson Plan Set is already created. When you select a different subject, you get a different Lesson Plan Set. |
| When you move to a new academic term/year, you can re-use the same Lesson Plan Set, and apply it to the new subject. | When you move to a new academic term/year, the old Lesson Plans are automatically archived, and you get a new (empty) Lesson Plan Set for the new term (similar to getting a new Gradebook for every term). |
| Lesson Plan Sets are always private, and are not shared with parents / students (EXCEPT when you post homework assignments to the Homework module) | Lesson Plans can be shared with parents / students (just like Gradebook and Homework can be shared with parents and students) |
Here’s a list of the latest improvements in QuickSchools for the New Release: Sprint E19:
This Sprint has mainly been focusing on bug fixes and minor improvements. The WYSIWYG Editor in the E-Mail Messaging module has been improved greatly since the last Sprint. And the Google Classroom app is also developing nicely. In the upcoming Sprint E20, we are working on several more substantial improvements related to the Attendance module. Stay tuned for those.
After several months of work, we now have a working (LMS) integration app with Google Classroom. This is currently still an early Beta version, but the app is able to pull data from Google Classroom to your QuickSchools Gradebook.
Some things to note about this app (as it currently works):
Happy Thanksgiving to our customers in Canada!
Here’s a list of the latest improvements in QuickSchools:
This is a highly requested feature, so we thought we’d release an early BETA version, for those interested to use it right away. There are still a few kinks in the system, and we’ll be solidifying this module in the next Sprint:
If you’d like to try out this new WYSIWYG Editor, please make a request to our support personnel, and we’ll turn it on for you. We’re looking for feedback to improve it. This feature will eventually be enabled for all schools, once it’s deemed stable for general use. So stay tuned!
We have a new feature that will allow teachers to automatically exclude the lowest grade for any Gradebook Category. To allow teachers to use this feature, the School Admin will need to turn it on by configuring the “Gradebook / Report Cards” module, under “Setting” > “Turn Features On / Off”:
Once enabled, teachers will see a new section to allow the lowest grade for any selected Gradebook Category to be automatically excluded. The lowest grade for each category will appear in grey:
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