Calendar - The Copy Track Calendar feature was added to allow day details to be copied from one track to another. See Copying a Track on the Calendar Page.
Transcripts - Course History Characteristics were added to transcript records. These can be used to override standard course characteristics for a transcript record.
Transcript Indicator Definitions - Transcript indicators can now be created based on the course characteristic codes (CCH table). See Transcript Indicator Definitions.
Grading Periods - An option was added to the Grading Mark field allowing it to not be linked with a marking period. When selected, the Show in Portal option is available.
Gradebook Dashboard - Gradebook titles now link directly to the Scores By Class page for that gradebook. See Gradebook Dashboards.
Flex SMS Board - A Show Period Title option was added to the Display tab to include the Flex period short title in period text. See Flex SMS Board.
Graduation Status - Student progress details for Add-ons/Endorsements (Complete, In Progress, or On Track status) can now be viewed by clicking a button that displays Total Credit over Required Credit.
Attendance Enrollment - The Table Overlay is now visible.
Student Portal (Preview Mode) - The School and District Messages widget now defaults to the top of the home page. This will not affect Portal users who have reordered the widgets on the Home page.
Gradebooks
Templates can now be configured to be available to other schools with overlapping grade ranges.
An indicator was added to the Gradebook Sections Selection area to indicate if the gradebook is the Primary Academic Gradebook for a class. Only one gradebook can be indicated as Primary for a section. See Add and Mass Add Gradebooks.
Various fields will now be remembered when adding new assignments.
Internships by Teacher - The page now supports flex scheduling and section staff.
Attendance Works Extracts - This extract now supports flex scheduling.
Summary of Students by Teacher and Period Report - The report now supports flex scheduling and section staff.
Arena Scheduling - The page now supports flex scheduling.
SMS Catalog - The page now supports flex scheduling.
Class Roster report - The option to print for a single day instead of a month was added. For Texas schools, when printing for a single day, an option was added to include the student's Instructional Model.
Grades by Teacher - STU.ID is now displayed instead of STU.SN.
Gradebook Scores by Student - STU.SN is no longer displayed.
Gradebook Options tab - The Display Student ID below the Student Name option was added to allow toggling of Student ID vs Student Alias on the following pages:
Score By Assignment
Scores By Class
Scores By Standards
Update Code Table - The user interface was enhanced to accommodate longer descriptions.
Aeries Mobile API - Attendance By Section is now supported in the teacher app.
Ed-Fi 3.x - The Class Periods entity was implemented.
Reports - When viewing a PDF report in the web browser, the report title is now populated, instead of the generic "streamPDF" text.
Issues Resolved
Parent Data Confirmation - The Family Information and Income Survey steps had the potential to not display the parent's last selections, fixed.
School Options - Under Other Settings, the Do Not Recompute GPAs Automatically field was renamed to Do Not Recompute GPAs and Ranks Automatically.
Secondary Standards Based Gradebook - In some instances loading assignments was causing an error on the Standards Based Gradebooks, fixed.
Student Groups - Students in a dynamic group linked to STU field values did not update unless the group was Saved again., fixed. The values are now updated when the page loads or a group is selected.
Grade History - An error occurred when logged into the district and accessing records for students in a Flex Scheduling school, fixed.
Split Sections By Cohort - The field values listed as options to create the cohorts included district-wide values. They now include values only from the current school, fixed.
Transcripts - Work In Progress had the possibility of errantly including classes from Summer School in some situations, fixed.
Attendance Audit Listing - For flex scheduling schools, students with multiple CAR records for the same section had incorrect "W: Student has Period Attendance without Enrollment" errors, fixed.
Mass Change Period Absence - In some cases the page was giving a string conversion error, fixed.
Teacher Attendance
Teachers with slow connections or with low processing power could unintentionally edit attendance notes for students in the wrong period, fixed.
Additional protections were added to prevent unauthorized editing of attendance notes and to ensure the integrity of all fields in the ATN table.
In a Flexible school, an error was generated when the class did not meet on the selected date, fixed.
Student Attendance
Teachers were able to change another teacher's attendance notes, fixed.
In some circumstances incorrect section information would display on the period headers in a flex scheduling school, fixed.
System Log - When certain student-related tables were edited, the LOG record did not include the Student ID, fixed.
Student Attendance Campus and District Summary Reports (Texas) - Pregnancy-Related Services were not displaying correctly, fixed.
TREx Export (Texas) - The file now excludes expired discipline records.
State Seal of Biliteracy (California) - When multiple Aeries codes for Language Fluency were translated to the CALPADS EL code, the ELPAC requirement was not processed correctly, fixed.
Classroom Attendance
Deleting a quick note after mass applying notes was not working, fixed.
Selecting the Temporarily Allow me to Edit Attendance link for a locked month did not work, fixed.
Gradebook Roster Report - The Gradebook Roster Report was not generating records for multi-school teachers.
Transcript Indicator Definitions - For California users, transcript indicators could not be saved, fixed.
Aeries Mobile API - Attendance for Aeries Mobile Portal and Caching for Aeries EM2 generated a 500 error for certain students in section staff schools, fixed.
Ed-Fi 3.x System Initialization and Testing - User interface changes for version 3.x
California Specific
CALPADS Extracts - The SENR extract was updated to not add exit reason code E155 and exit date if the next grade (STU.NG) is 13. This will help prevent inaccurate EOY certifications for graduates.
State Testing Export - The page now supports 2020-2021 CAASPP Condition Codes. See CAASPP Condition Code File
State Seal of Biliteracy - The page now conforms to specific changes for the 2020-21 school year. For this school year only, the CAASPP ELA options are disabled, and all students will default to Not Applicable for this requirement. See Overview for State Seal of Biliteracy.
Texas Specific
Student Profile - Recognitions were added to the Graduation Status section. The Recognitions are maintained on Activities and Awards and include items such as Performance Acknowledgments, Distinguished Level Achievement, and Speech Requirement. This data is also available at the bottom of the Graduation Status page.
Master Schedule/Scheduling Master Details Report - Teacher Position was added.
Student Attendance Campus and District Summary Reports
The following fields were added as required per the 2020-21 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook:
New Eligible Days Bilingual/ESL Dual Language - One-Way Program
New Eligible Days Bilingual/ESL Dual Language - Two-Way Program
New Eligible Days Bilingual/ESL Dual Language - Two-Way Program (Non LEP)
(K-3) Eligible Days Early Education Allotment - Educationally Disadvantaged
(K-3) Eligible Days Early Education Allotment - Bilingual/ESL
(K-3) Eligible Days Early Education Allotment - Educationally Disadvantaged and Bilingual/ESL
Eligible Days Residential Facility
The reports were reorganized to accommodate the new fields and include Track in the subreports.
The following section headings were updated to include grade, track, and/or campus as appropriate: Career Tech Summary, Special Education Summary, Program ADA / FTE, and Absence Summary.
TREx Export - The export now excludes expired discipline records.
Database Changes
Course History Characteristics (CHC) - The table was added.
Gradebook Sections (GBE) - The Primary Academic Gradebook (PR) flag was added.
Gradebook (GBK) - The Multi-School Templates (MS) field was added.
Grading Periods (GPD) - The Show in Portal (SP) field was added.
Grading Snapshots (GSS) - The table was added for future use.
Gradebook Transfer Score (GTS) - The Transfer Mark (TMK) field was added, along with logic to populate initial values based on the Transfer Score (TSC) field.
Reporting Server
Reporting Server Database - 2 new fields, RunningJobs.DbServer and RunningJobs.DbName , were added. These fields will be populated for every report or Long-Running Process that is run.
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New Features
Issues Resolved
Classroom Attendance
Deleting a quick note after mass applying notes was not working, fixed.
Selecting the Temporarily Allow me to Edit Attendance link for a locked month did not work, fixed.
California Specific
Texas Specific
Database Changes
Reporting Server