Manage Grading Snapshots - A new page has been added which will allow users to pull gradebook data for the time period of a grading snapshot into the grading snapshots table. See Grading Snapshots - Overview and Configuration
Hourly Attendance Report/Summer - This report now supports Flex Scheduling and Class Attendance.
Hourly Attendance Summary/Summer - This report now supports Flex Scheduling and Class Attendance.
Attendance Dashboard - The Attendance Dashboard now has the ability to run at the district-level. Also added a column for Percent Present and the ability to Print the chart that is produced at the bottom of the page.
A New Independent Study feature for Non-Alt Ed Scheduling schools has been released! This feature allows schools to tag individual sections as Alt Ed Scheduling. Once designated, students in those sections can be assigned to different classes while remaining in the same section. This is the first phase of the project. See Alternative Education Scheduling. Coming Soon: Independent Study Agreements pages and Electronic signatures.
The following pages and reports have been updated to support this new feature:
School Settings - A new option has been added to the Alt Ed Scheduling area to allow users to configure individual sections to be Flagged for Alt Ed Scheduling. Also, the language used to indicate the Alt Ed Scheduling option for a school has been updated to, "Use Alt Ed Scheduling For Entire School."
Master Schedule - This page has been updated to feature a new field, "Alt Ed Scheduling Enabled." This field is used in conjunction with the new School Option to support Alt Ed Scheduling for individual sections.
Scheduling Master Schedule - This page has been updated to feature a new field, "Alt Ed Scheduling Enabled." This field is used in conjunction with the new School Option to support Alt Ed Scheduling for individual sections.
Master Schedule Board, SMS Board, and Flex SMS Board - These pages have been updated to display the new Alt Ed Scheduling Section field.
Classes - This page has been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for individual sections.
Student Transcripts - This report has been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for a single section option when printing currently enrolled classes.
Scheduling - Numerous areas in the system have been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Initialize New Grade Reporting Cycle - This process has been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for individual sections.
CERS Student Groups - This process now supports schools using the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Class Roster Report - This report has been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections.
Course Attendance Audit Report - This process has been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections.
Student Reports - Various reports displaying student class schedules have been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections.
Teacher Attendance - This page has been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Classroom Attendance - This page has been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Course Attendance - This page has been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Texas Specific
Authorizations - Added a 4th Type (TY) value for ESL Placement, specifically for Parental Permission data, which will now be stored in the Code (CD) field.
Special Programs - Moved data for Parental Permission of Bilingual/ESL programs to the Authorizations page. Existing data from PGM.PP has been added as new AUT records.
Master Schedule - Monthly Minutes on the Master Schedule page can now be automatically calculated using a new Calculate Monthly Minutes button at the bottom of the page. This process has the ability to update the current section or all sections, and offers an end date, defaulting to the last Friday in October. The process will calculate minutes in each class for the 4 weeks leading up to the given date. See Texas- Calculate Monthly Minutes
Scheduling - Pages related to the Calendar and Scheduling have a notification that changes could potentially affect the monthly minutes on the Master Schedule page. Pages include: Calendar, Bell Scheduler, Block Schedule Calendar, Schools, Class Calendar, and Flex Periods.
Issues Resolved
Career Pathways Management - Students taking the Introductory Course out of sequence, or not taking it, were not being displayed. Adjusted the page logic to honor the "Require Introductory Course" option.
Initialize New Grade Reporting Cycle (GRD and SBG) - Track checkboxes were not always displayed accurately, fixed. Additionally, the email sent after the process completed sometimes indicated that un-selected tracks were included in the update, fixed.
Mass Create Gradebooks - The mass create gradebook process was not working when the template selected had no added assignments.
Database Definition - Fields that are valid only in certain states have been updated to correctly be hidden in others, fixed.
Query - Fields that are valid only in certain states have been updated to correctly be hidden in others, fixed.
Attendance Notifications - Visiting this page when Aeries Communications is disabled may result in a error, fixed.
Classes
The "Print" button was causing a YSOD from parent/student portal, when school had not started, fixed.
The "Quick Print" button was printing a blank report without the scheduled classes for all types of accounts, when school had not started, fixed.
When editing a class in an Alt Ed Scheduling school, courses marked inactive for next year were sometimes not displaying, fixed.
Student ID Cards Report - Class Times would print when the option was not been enabled and when the Print Single/Page option was enabled, fixed.
Texas State Reporting - The Create Compressed Files option failed if an empty file was included, fixed.
Database Changes
Authorizations, Prohibitions, and Waivers (AUT) - Added a new record with 4th Type for ESL Placement (AUT.TY = 4)
Master Schedule (MST) - Added new Alt Ed Sched Enabled (AE) field.
Scheduling Master Schedule (SMS) - Added new Alt Ed Sched Enabled (AE) field.
Scheduling Master Schedule Backup (SMB) - Added new Alt Ed Sched Enabled (AE) field.
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New Features
Manage Grading Snapshots - A new page has been added which will allow users to pull gradebook data for the time period of a grading snapshot into the grading snapshots table. See Grading Snapshots - Overview and Configuration
Hourly Attendance Report/Summer - This report now supports Flex Scheduling and Class Attendance.
Hourly Attendance Summary/Summer - This report now supports Flex Scheduling and Class Attendance.
Attendance Dashboard - The Attendance Dashboard now has the ability to run at the district-level. Also added a column for Percent Present and the ability to Print the chart that is produced at the bottom of the page.
A New Independent Study feature for Non-Alt Ed Scheduling schools has been released! This feature allows schools to tag individual sections as Alt Ed Scheduling. Once designated, students in those sections can be assigned to different classes while remaining in the same section. This is the first phase of the project. See Alternative Education Scheduling. Coming Soon: Independent Study Agreements pages and Electronic signatures.
The following pages and reports have been updated to support this new feature:
School Settings - A new option has been added to the Alt Ed Scheduling area to allow users to configure individual sections to be Flagged for Alt Ed Scheduling. Also, the language used to indicate the Alt Ed Scheduling option for a school has been updated to, "Use Alt Ed Scheduling For Entire School."
Master Schedule - This page has been updated to feature a new field, "Alt Ed Scheduling Enabled." This field is used in conjunction with the new School Option to support Alt Ed Scheduling for individual sections.
Scheduling Master Schedule - This page has been updated to feature a new field, "Alt Ed Scheduling Enabled." This field is used in conjunction with the new School Option to support Alt Ed Scheduling for individual sections.
Master Schedule Board, SMS Board, and Flex SMS Board - These pages have been updated to display the new Alt Ed Scheduling Section field.
Classes - This page has been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for individual sections.
Student Transcripts - This report has been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for a single section option when printing currently enrolled classes.
Scheduling - Numerous areas in the system have been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Initialize New Grade Reporting Cycle - This process has been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for individual sections.
CERS Student Groups - This process now supports schools using the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Class Roster Report - This report has been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections.
Course Attendance Audit Report - This process has been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections.
Student Reports - Various reports displaying student class schedules have been adjusted to support Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections.
Teacher Attendance - This page has been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Classroom Attendance - This page has been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Course Attendance - This page has been updated to support the new Alt Ed Scheduling for Individual Sections option.
Texas Specific
Authorizations - Added a 4th Type (TY) value for ESL Placement, specifically for Parental Permission data, which will now be stored in the Code (CD) field.
Special Programs - Moved data for Parental Permission of Bilingual/ESL programs to the Authorizations page. Existing data from PGM.PP has been added as new AUT records.
Master Schedule - Monthly Minutes on the Master Schedule page can now be automatically calculated using a new Calculate Monthly Minutes button at the bottom of the page. This process has the ability to update the current section or all sections, and offers an end date, defaulting to the last Friday in October. The process will calculate minutes in each class for the 4 weeks leading up to the given date. See Texas- Calculate Monthly Minutes
Scheduling - Pages related to the Calendar and Scheduling have a notification that changes could potentially affect the monthly minutes on the Master Schedule page. Pages include: Calendar, Bell Scheduler, Block Schedule Calendar, Schools, Class Calendar, and Flex Periods.
Issues Resolved
Career Pathways Management - Students taking the Introductory Course out of sequence, or not taking it, were not being displayed. Adjusted the page logic to honor the "Require Introductory Course" option.
Initialize New Grade Reporting Cycle (GRD and SBG) - Track checkboxes were not always displayed accurately, fixed. Additionally, the email sent after the process completed sometimes indicated that un-selected tracks were included in the update, fixed.
Mass Create Gradebooks - The mass create gradebook process was not working when the template selected had no added assignments.
Database Definition - Fields that are valid only in certain states have been updated to correctly be hidden in others, fixed.
Query - Fields that are valid only in certain states have been updated to correctly be hidden in others, fixed.
Attendance Notifications - Visiting this page when Aeries Communications is disabled may result in a error, fixed.
Classes
The "Print" button was causing a YSOD from parent/student portal, when school had not started, fixed.
The "Quick Print" button was printing a blank report without the scheduled classes for all types of accounts, when school had not started, fixed.
When editing a class in an Alt Ed Scheduling school, courses marked inactive for next year were sometimes not displaying, fixed.
Student ID Cards Report - Class Times would print when the option was not been enabled and when the Print Single/Page option was enabled, fixed.
Texas State Reporting - The Create Compressed Files option failed if an empty file was included, fixed.
Database Changes
Authorizations, Prohibitions, and Waivers (AUT) - Added a new record with 4th Type for ESL Placement (AUT.TY = 4)
Master Schedule (MST) - Added new Alt Ed Sched Enabled (AE) field.
Scheduling Master Schedule (SMS) - Added new Alt Ed Sched Enabled (AE) field.
Scheduling Master Schedule Backup (SMB) - Added new Alt Ed Sched Enabled (AE) field.