Aeries Revision Notes 1/26/2023

New Features

  • Course Attendance Audit Report - For multi-track schools, the report now compares Term Track Dates to a student's Course Attendance Dates when determining errors. 

  • Course Requests and Classes - A summary of the student's Total Courses and Total Credits by Term is now displayed. Repeated courses are only counted once per term.  

  • Student Programs Report - When running the report at the district level, the Services Received information has been added for all programs received. 

  • Student Attendance - The Print button was removed from the attendance banner. The Quick Print option in the Print menu or the Quick Print button can be used to print the report. 

  • Vision 

    • The P/F field was renamed to Results P/F.

    • The Results P/F, Dr Refer, Follow Up, and Waiver fields were converted to drop-down fields that are populated with codes entered in the COD table.

    • For Texas users, the fields are also populated with fixed codes that correspond to state reporting codes.

  • Performance Enhancements 

    • Portal Options (Parent Changing Data > Authorizations) - The customizable Authorization text is now cached to optimize performance.

    • School Options - The Use Grading Periods Instead of Terms in Gradebook option is now cached to optimize performance.

    • SAML Configuration - The Entity ID (Base URL) value is now cached to optimize performance.

California Specific

  • Test Settings - Under Embedded Designated Supports, new codes were added to the Color Contrast drop-down list in accordance with the 2022-2023 CAASPP Test Settings File Layout. See Test Settings and State Test Export Files

  • State Testing Export Files See Test Settings and State Test Export Files

    • The Test Settings Export Options were updated to the current school year. 

    • The export file now includes the new color contrast options in column I in accordance with the 2022-2023 CAASPP Test Settings File Layout. 

  • Student Profile and Student Graduation Requirements - A confirmation message is now displayed when the Opt-out option is selected for Add-On Graduation Requirement. The user is prompted to confirm that the student will be opted out of all add-on graduation requirements.  

Texas Specific

  • Ed-Fi TSDS Pilot - The Programs entity logic was updated to use Ed-Fi 3.X for the TSDS ODS migration.

  • Student Attendance Detail Report, Student Attendance Campus Summary Report, and Student Attendance District Summary Report - The reports now extract the Parental Permission field from the Authorizations (AUT) table records instead of the previously used Program (PGM) records when calculating Bilingual/ESL eligibility. See Texas - Student Attendance Details Report (Side-by-Side).  

  • Student Profile and Student Graduation Requirements - A confirmation message is now displayed when the Opt-out option is selected for Endorsements. The user is prompted to confirm that the student will be opted out of all endorsements and reminded that the Graduation Track must be reset. 

Issues Resolved

  • Classroom Attendance and Teacher Attendance - The column headings in the Classroom Attendance and Teacher Attendance pages did not sort student information correctly when clicked, fixed.

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