New Release – Feb 13, 2023

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Today’s release contains improvements in several areas including the Orchestra Master Scheduler, Payment Plan, Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart and our QuickSchools API:

New Improved Payment Plan module

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

  • Improve Course Request Import via SFTP
  • Improve adding/removing of Max Sections in Step 1
  • Cosmetic bug fixes when searching for teachers in Step 4
  • Beta option to move sections with enrollment in Step 4
  • Improve Step 5 Advanced Search with the new Minimize/Maximize function
  • Exclude deleted courses from Teachers sections
  • Improve how empty sections are displayed in teacher’s Schedule PDF
  • Beta option to hide Weekly Schedule

Payment Plan

  • Option to configure the number of Retries after a failed payment
  • Option to configure the wait time to retry after a failed payment
  • Option to “Charge Now” for Admin
  • Support to back date schedule for new Payment Plans
  • Email Notification for Failed Payments, with option to CC/BSS additional email addresses

Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart

  • Improve the Sales Order PDF to include Subtotal and Credits Used
  • Support Mark-Up when Checking Out with Credits
  • Bug Fix Manual Orders with Mark-Ups
  • Fix how meal types are handled for new academic terms

API Support

  • API Support for Engage CRM
  • API Support for Student ID Card on Mobile

We’ve been adding new features to the Payment Plan, Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart and the Master Scheduler modules on an ongoing basis over the past several months. We’ll be updating documentation on these modules, and will provide a consolidated view of all these new improvements in the coming weeks. Keep a look out for those.

2023 Kickoff Webinar

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2023 kickoff webinar for quickschools

It’s finally here! QuickSchools’ first webinar of the year is scheduled for Thursday, February 23 at 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST.

Since our last Product Roadmap webinar in May 2022, we’ve launched and improved modules that rely on our Online Payments framework with Stripe, which includes:

  • Shopping Cart (with Lunch Ordering)
  • Payment Plan
  • Admissions / Online Forms

We’ll be revisiting some of these new improvements in more detail. We’ll also be discussing our soon-to-be-released Engage CRM, which is an extension of our Admissions module, to be offered as a standalone product.

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How to Keep Student Families Happy and Ensure Returning Students

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how schools can ensure families stay happy

In our ideal world, for a school, there is no other satisfying moment than to see your student, who used to be a 6th grader, now become a high school graduate. Perhaps you even knew them since Kindergarten! It is a harsh reality that sometimes parents do take their kids out of a school. The reasons behind them enrolling their children in a different school may vary. It could be reasons unrelated to the school’s performance. For instance, parents have to be relocated for career-related reasons hence they have to withdraw their child from the current school. However, there are also parents who are unhappy in their current school which results in families leaving schools. 

Today, we will be discussing efforts that can be made in order to keep student families happy and ensure returning students for the following semesters. Since the students and their families are the reason the school is open, it is important to understand why they may leave and how you can prevent this from happening. 

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New Release – Jan 25, 2023

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We had a release last Wednesday, with improvement in several areas including the Orchestra Master Scheduler, Shopping Cart and Admissions:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

  • Improve how constraints are displayed in Step 4
  • Show Teacher Assigned Course Request in Step 5
  • Support to override Room for a specific section within a Group / LinkNo.
  • Bug fix for “Subject Schedule by Teacher” Report
  • Bug fix “Bulk Transfer Students to Another Section”
  • Move option to Print 4 Per Page to Private Beta

Shopping Cart Framework

  • Support to exclude/handle expired shopping cart items (see above)
  • Improve how the Shopping Cart module is accessed by role
  • Report Creator Support for Shopping Cart
  • Bug fix for empty Sales Order

Admissions Fixes / Improvements

  • View Online Payment details from submitted Applications
  • System Fields in Embedded Application Form and now Required Fields
  • Support for Fee Tracking Invoices, when Online Payments is also enabled

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

  • Show Date/Time in Private Messaging
  • Improve support for special characters when downloading files
  • Fix Callback Number for Voice Messaging

Beta Improvements / Fixes

  • Support for Non-Binary Gender
  • Bug fix Course-Teacher Configuration import via SFTP 
  • Bug fix error when resigning teacher for Group Schools

Our Top 12 Must-Watch Movies and TV Shows Highlighting Education

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Top 12 movies and TV shows to watch highlighting education

If you’re looking for inspiring educational movies and shows, we’ve compiled a list perfect for teachers and educators! Our Top 12 movies and TV shows that highlight education and life lessons. These must-watch films and series capture the power of education, showcasing stories of dedicated teachers, motivated students, and the challenges and triumphs found within classrooms.

Before moving on to our list, we’d like to address the importance of educational apps and software that are elevating the teaching and learning experience. Living and breathing in the 21st century is synonymous with the era of technology. It is highly vital to seize the opportunity to utilize these readily available tools to further expand learning horizons. This expanding phase of school software and the array of digital tools are creating a novel learning experience. Helping to enhance students’ learning experience drastically.

Gone are those days when education was just about learning from a textbook or sitting in a classroom staring at the blackboard for hours a day. Now, education has adopted a new way of imparting knowledge and art with media playing an integral role in it. Movies are not just a form of entertainment. They can also be used as a modern teaching tool to underline and address educational issues.

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New Release – Jan 5, 2023

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Happy New Year! We had a release last Thursday, with improvements in the Orchestra Master Scheduler and Lunch Ordering. Our new Payment Plan module is officially in Private Beta:

New Payment Plan Module currently in Private Beta

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

  • Step 4 Search by Teacher Name
  • Improve Step 4 Course List Preferences with reloading the screen
  • Improve top menu for Step 4 and 5
  • Teacher Schedule Board support for Weekly Schedule
  • Student Schedule support for Weekly Schedule from Courses & Sections
  • Increase scroll bar height

Lunch Ordering App

  • Admin can adjust customer credits
  • Update location of “Order History” link
  • Bug fix when adding Lunch Orders for days that were previously deleted
  • Bug fix double orders in Shopping Cart

General Bug Fixes

  • Disallow deletion of Admin Columns that are using in Formulas
  • Fix Missing Grade in Transcripts Configuration
  • Improve handling of special characters in file name when exporting data
  • Improve how Class Discussions are displayed to Student when student is not enrolled into any classes

Beta Improvements / Fixes

  • New Payment Plan
  • Add Online Payment Support for GBP
  • Disallow parents from editing uploaded Student Documents
  • Improve information on notification emails from scheduled tasks
  • Bug fix error when running specific imports via SFTP 

Organize Your School Cafeteria with QuickSchools

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organize your school cafeteria with software

Did you know that you could track student lunch fees and payments via your Student Information System? If you didn’t, now you have! 

QuickSchools provides you with a few application options to organize your cafeteria.  The Lunchroom app is a fantastic way to track student lunches and lunch payments. This app helps to better manage student meals at school. It is one of our most popular apps, as it allows teachers to track each student’s lunch balance as well as configure meals and extras.  You can easily track lunch payments as it displays the outstanding balance for each student. Gone are the days you would have to manually keep track of these records. 

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