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Student Management Suite Additional information about these and other changes is available via the Release Notes area of Skyward's Support Center. To see only the Key Features, select “Yes” from the Key Feature drop-down list on the Release Notes filter screen. Verify that the Release selected is 05.15.06.00.00 – June 2015 Release PMP0 Addendum0, and that the option to “Include Future Release Notes” is checked. A link to this information has also been added to the Software Update Notes section of the Skyward Documentation (SkyDoc).

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Framework Maintenance 2553636 - Office 365 converting to old file formats (FW) The “Microsoft Office 2007+ (xlsx)” Spreadsheet Format has been added to User Preferences. This will apply to areas such as: 1. Data Mining when using the “Excel” option. 2. Scheduled and Monitoring Tasks when using the user preference or “Microsoft Office 2007+ (xlsx)” option under Additional Export Options. 3. Exporting browses throughout Skyward. 1. Select the Preferences link on the Skyward main screen.

2. You now have the capability to select Microsoft Office 2007+ (xlsx) from the Spreadsheet Format drop-down.

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District Login History 2575339 - Login shows as Super User for Teacher Access (PS\CA\LH) Super Users are now identified in District Login History. This includes teachers viewing Family Access via the Student Information screen. The user’s name is indicated in the “Super User” column in the District Login History browse. Previously, teachers were being tracked as “SUPERUSER,” but were not identified. 1. Navigate to Product Setup > Skyward Contact Access > District Login History.

2. A Super User column now displays on the District Login History browse, which identifies the individual who is a “Super User.”

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RTI Information 2487619 - RTI Referral History in Educator Access Plus (WA\EP\TA\MS\RI) The option to View All Referral Information within the Student Information screen has been added so that staff can view current and historical RTI referral information in the student record. Access to the information is based on security settings and the View All Entities setting on the RTI Configuration screen. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Student Services > Response to Intervention > Setup > Configuration, and select Intervention Configuration. 2. The option, View All Referral Records in Student Info Screen, is available for selection. Select the option and click Save.

3. Navigate to Students > RTI/Referrals tab and note that this student has a referral record of 12/05/2013. Next, click the information icon ( ) next to the arrows to access the student’s Educator Access Plus Profile.

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4. Select the RTI Information link and notice there are no referral records listed. Select the View All Referrals button.

5. The student’s 12/05/2013 referral record is listed in the browse. The expansion of the record provides view-only access to all information related to the referral. The information displayed in the All Referrals browse is controlled by the user’s security, in addition to the configuration option to “Display RTI Records for All Entities.” If the current user has security to entity “A” RTI information, but the configuration is set to display records in all entities, then the user can see the entity “B” referrals.

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Positive Attendance 2172872 - Add Positive Attendance Report (WA\EP\TA\PA) The Positive Attendance Report has been added to Student Management and Educator Access Plus. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Office > Attendance > Reports; under the Verification Reports, select Positive Attendance Report. This report may also be accessed from Educator Access Plus > Administrator Access. 2. Select Add to create a new template and enter a Template Description. 3. The report may be generated for a range of students or individuals. Select one of the options and then click the corresponding button to set up the ranges. 4. Enter the Report Ranges.  School Year  Today Less number of School Days  Specific Date Range  Building  Room  Location  Period  Absence Types/Include records with no Absence Type 5. Under Print Options, select how the student’s name should display on the report. 6. Under Sort By, select one of the options provided, and if needed, select the Page break by selected sort. 7. Click Save and Print.

8. A Positive Attendance Report button is also available from the Positive Attendance Room Roster screen. Selecting the button generates the report for the currently selected Building/Room/Date combination on the Room Roster screen.

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Account Settings 2387668 - Create option to mass enable Google Translator (WA\FA\MA\AS) The Mass Generate Family Permissions/Passwords and Mass Generate Student Permissions/Passwords utilities have both been updated with a new option to mass assign the Yes/No value for the Show Google Translator. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Families > Family Access > Setup > Utilities and select Mass Generate Family Permissions/Passwords. 2. Click the Entities button to select the entities to be included in the process. 3. Enter any of the Range Options needed for this process.  Guardian Name Key  Generate for Guardians with: Only active Students in this Entity, Only Inactive students in this Entity who will be Active Next Year, Only Inactive Students in this Entity, Either Active or Inactive Students in this Entity who will be Active Next Year, or Either Active or Inactive Students in this Entity (All Students)  Generate for Guardians who are: Primary Family Members, Head of Household of the Primary Family, or Members of Families that receive report cards 4. Under Permission Options, set the Web Access option. 5. Under Google TM Translator, set the Google TM Translator option.

6. Click the Run button. 7. A message will appear asking if you wish to continue. 8. A message will display when the process has completed and a report is generated with the results.

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Custom Form 2422134 - Open custom forms in Online Registration/Form Step (WA\FA\OR\CF) Custom Forms will now automatically display and can be completed inside of Online Registration. Previously, a separate Custom Form link needed to be selected, which would open the form in a pop-up window. 1. Navigate to Family Access Online Registration. Next, click the 2016 Registration link and click on the student’s name.

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2. The Custom Form (screen) displays inside of Online Registration. Note that there is no save button within 1-to-1 Custom Form. The complete button must be used to save the form and complete the step at the same time. Note: All types of forms will function in this same manner (Basic, Advanced, and HTML).

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3. If the form is a many-to-1, users will have to Add to create a new copy of the form or Edit to update an existing copy of the form.

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Fee Management Customers 2142399 – Add NSF Check Tracking to Fee Management (WS\AD\FM\CU) The Fee Management module now allows NSF Check Tracking. The capability is now available to create records for each NSF check submitted toward an account and to tell a payor's NSF settings at a glance by the symbols on the NSF button. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Administration > Fee Management > Customers. Locate the customer and click the NSF button.

2. If applicable, check the Non-Sufficient Funds checkbox as well as the Stop Check Payments checkbox.

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3. Click the NSF Checks button and then click Add to create a NSF Check record.

4. As needed, enter the following information and click the Save button.  Check Date  Check Number  Name on Check – This is set up as a free-form field in case the name on the check is not someone in the system.  Check Amount  Entity  This check is paid – If this option is selected, a Date Paid field appears and defaults to the current date, but if needed, may be changed.  School Year  Notes

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5. The NSF Check Tracking record appears in the browse. Click Back and note that on the NSF Maintenance screen a (1) appears on the NSF Checks button. Click the Save button.

6. Notice on the Customer browse that the NSF button is now red with a (1) displaying, which indicates the number of NSF Check records.

7. This same functionality is available in the Payors browse. Navigate to Student Management > Administration > Fee Management > Payors.

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8. Expand the payor record and click the Add Receipt link.

9. The Add Receipt screen shows the NSF button for those payors with NSF status. The symbol on the button is just like those on the browse button. Click the button.

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10. The NSF Maintenance screen opens as read only.

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Fee Management Configuration 2447517 – Trigger discount only when fee optional benefit on (WS\AD\FM\PS\CF) Districts can now require the selection of optional benefits on a Food Service application before allowing a student to receive discounting in Fee Management. The waiver sync functionality within Fee Management has been modified to include this capability. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Administration > Fee Management > Setup > Configuration. Scroll down to the bottom of the Configuration screen where Prorate/Discount displays. 2. Select the option to Only Allow Discounting for Waived Students. A link appears to the right side of this field. Click the Student Waiver Sync Options link.

3. The Waiver Sync Options screen appears; note the new option to Require Fee Management Optional Benefit. Select this option. When an application is saved with a lunch code of the free or reduced type, a status of active, the start and end dates entered, and at least one Fee Management optional benefit selected, the system will trigger a waiver to be given to that student in Fee Management. Click OK.

4. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Product Setup > Configuration, and select Food Service Configuration. 5. Click the Optional Application Benefits button.

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6. A new Fee Management column displays and indicates whether this optional benefit is flagged for Fee Management. Click the Edit button.

7. The field that controls whether an optional benefit is flagged for Fee Management is the new Use for Fee Management checkbox. This field (and its corresponding column in the browse) will only show if Fee Management is configured to Only Allow Discounting for Waived Students. Click Save.

8. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Payor/Customer Maintenance > Payors and add an application. Note the Fee Management Optional Application Benefit that displays at the top. When the Sync Food Serv with Fee Management Waivers process runs, only applications that have the Optional Application Benefit with “Use for Fee Management” selected will be processed.

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Student Indicators 2424924 - Special Education Indicator for WIP records (WS\AF\SI) A new Student Indicator option has been added to display, if enabled, when a student’s Special Education Evaluation or IEP is set to WIP status. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Advanced Features > Student Indicators. 2. Click the Add button to create a new student indicator. Select the Indicator Category of “Student has a Special Ed WIP Evaluation or IEP.” 3. Select the Indicator Color, Display Position, Code, Tooltip, and check the box if you wish to have this indicator display in Educator Access Plus. 4. Click Save.

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5. Navigate to Student Management > Student Services > Special Education > Student Profile and select the Evaluation Info tab. 6. Notice that Jon has the indicator “Student has a Special Ed WIP Evaluation or IEP” displaying. If you click on the indicator, it will display the reason. In this example, Jon has a WIP IEP. Next, click the information icon ( ) to access the student’s Profile within Educator Access Plus.

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7. The “Student has a Special Ed WIP Evaluation or IEP” indicator displays here as well.

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Online Registration Setup 1836977 - Online Registration and the Food Service App (WS\FA\FM\OR\PS\CF\OR) A current Direct Certification notification status message now appears within Online Applications. When the “Do not allow Food Service Applications if marked Direct Certified” District Application setting is active, the Online Application option will not be available for students marked as directly certified. This will reduce the required cross checking to see whether a student was already approved or not. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Families > Family Access > Setup > Configuration, and select District Application Settings. 2. Under Food Service, select the option Do not allow Food Service Applications if marked Direct Certified after: (in this example 08/01/2014). Click Save.

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3. Navigate to Family Access and select the Food Service tab. Then select the Applications link at the top of the screen. The Family Access Food Service Application screen displays a Direct Certification notification message and prevents the family member from entering an application. If the configuration option was disabled, the family member would receive a notification, but would still be allowed to maintain the online application.

4. Navigate to Family Access Online Registration. Note: Direct Certification notification message displays here as well.

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5. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Pseudo Applications. In the Pseudo Applications browse, a message now appears if the user tries to create an application or edit the approval.

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Online Registration Setup 2114556 - Option to show schedule upon registration complete (WS\FA\FM\OR\PS\CF\OR) An option has been added to hide schedules on the Family Access tab if Online Registration is not completed. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Families > Family Access > Setup > Configuration > Entity Configuration, and click the Edit link for General Information\Schedule. Select the option to Only Display Schedule After Online Registration Completed. Click Save.

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2. Navigate to Student Management > Families > Family Access > Setup > Configuration > Entity Configuration > expand Online Registration. Notice that Online Registration is set up for next year.

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3. Navigate to Family Access and click the Schedule tab. Next, click the Display Options link and select the View Next Year Schedule.

4. Notice the notation “Next Year’s schedule is not viewable until Online Registration is completed.

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Pseudo Applications 2119633 - Tracking of calls/contacts made for verification (WS\FS\PA) The Food Service Pseudo Applications browse now allows tracking of contact log records for the pseudo application. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Pseudo Application. 2. Expand the record and notice a new browse detail node labeled Contact Log.

3. Click the Add Contact Record link, enter the following information, and click Save.  Date of Contact  Time of Contact  Type of Contact – Email, In Person, Letter, Other, or Phone. Selecting “Other” allows you to enter a free-form contact type.  Contact Made By  Notes

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4. Change the browse view at the top to Contact Log. This view displays up to five contact records and also has an Add Contact Log browse button available for selection.

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Pseudo Applications 2589671 - Report - calls/contacts made for pseudo apps (WS\FS\PA) A new Income Verification Contact Log Report has been created for Food Service. This report will display information from the Contact Log in Food Service Pseudo Applications. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Reports, and select Income Verification Contact Log Report. 2. Select the add button to create a new template and enter a Template Description. 3. Enter the ranges to assist in narrowing which Contact Log records are pulled on the report.

    

Guardian Name Key Pseudo Application Created Date – Defaults to the dates from the Food Service Configuration screen. Pseudo Application Submitted Date - Defaults to the dates from the Food Service Configuration screen. Pseudo Application Status – Waiting for Approval, Denied, Processed, or Not Submitted. Contacted – Both, Yes, or No.

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4. Click Save and Print.

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Entity Defaults Setup 2575160 - Include for Default Price Category by Grade Level (WS\FS\PS\CF\ED) The Entity default category now requires a non-grade level entry to be entered as a default prior to adding the grade level specific defaults. The Create Customer Utility and Individual Create of Customer will now set the customer default based on the entity and grade default settings. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Setup > Configuration > Entity Defaults. 2. Click the Add button. You must have an entity record without a grade created first.

3. When creating customers through the Mass Create Customer utility, or Individual Create of Customers, the system will apply the default lunch code based on the student’s entity and grade first; if those defaults do not exist, the Entity Default illustrated above will be used.

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Point of Sale 2094993 - Add all TS layouts to POS (WS\FS\PU\PO) All of the service types (Breakfast, Lunch, Alacarte) that are available in a cafeteria’s touch screen layout will show on the POS main screen regardless of the service type selected in the POS configuration. In addition, the Alacarte layout is now two buttons: Alacarte (Breakfast) and Alacarte (Lunch). Payments made under Alacarte (Breakfast) would have the breakfast service type and payments made under Alacarte (Lunch) would have the lunch service type. When Alacarte is selected in the POS configuration, Ala carte (Lunch) will automatically be selected. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Purchases > Point of Sale. 2. Click OK to the message “Point of Sale Configuration is required before continuing.” 3. Set up the Configuration screen. In this example, the Service Type of Lunch is selected. Click OK.

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4. The Point of Sale screen displays the Lunch button as highlighted. Each time a Service Type button is clicked on this screen, it will change the Service Type field value on the configuration screen. This will allow payments to be created using the correct Service Type flag. Next, from the Point of Sale screen, select the Breakfast button and then click the Configure button.

5. The Service Type of Breakfast displays. Now change the Service type to Alacarte.

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6. The Alacarte (Lunch) button is selected. This is because payment toward Alacarte items is typically flagged as lunch payments; however, since Alacarte items can be used in breakfast lines too and those Alacarte payments should be flagged for breakfast, the Alacarte (Breakfast) button exists and clicking this button will change the configuration service type field to Breakfast.

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Point of Sale 963753 - Add a Close-Out program to POS terminals (WS\FS\PU\PO) A Cash Drawer Close-Out screen configuration option has been added to Food Service. This option, if enabled, will provide a tool for balancing a cash drawer at the end of a Point of Sale session. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Setup > Configuration and select Food Service Configuration. Select the option to Use Cash Drawer Close-Out. Select Save.

2. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Setup > Codes > and select Cash Drawer Close-Out Codes. 3. Click Add to create a new Cash Drawer Close-Out code. The Money Type contains a preset list of American money denominations and their values, but you can choose the “Other” option to enter your own. Fill in the fields and click the Save button.

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4. Another Money Type of Checks has been added. Notice that when you select Checks, the Short Description field is auto-filled and grayed out. The Sequence field and Multiplier fields also disappear. This is because Checks is a special money type, unlike the others. It always appears at the same place in the close-out screen’s money codes list and its value depends on the total of check amounts without relying on a multiplier. Only one close-out code of type Checks can exist. Click Save.

5. The two records display in the browse. Select the Auto-Create Codes button. A message will display informing you of the codes that will be automatically created. Click Yes.

6. Additional codes will appear. Use the Change Sequence Order to move the codes in the order you desire.

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7. Navigate to Student Management > Food Service > Purchases > Point of Sale and click the Configure button. Under Payment Options, select Accept Payments and click OK.

8. A new button Close-Out Cash Drawer displays. Click this new button.

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9. The Cash Drawer Close-Out screen appears. The gray highlighting is on the Name (Created By) field

to indicate that field has the focus. This highlighting is there to assist users who are not using mouse or keyboard and are using the Next Field and Previous Field buttons. Click the Help button at the bottom right to get an explanation of how this screen works.

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10. The help text explains the basics of the screen and also what each side button does. Currently, we

have no unfinalized close-outs, so the close-out navigation buttons are grayed out.

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11. Enter the Name (Created By) person. This person is not assumed to be the current user as they may be using a generic line worker account. The name can be entered by clicking the “Keybd” button to open an on-screen keyboard. Next, enter the Opening Amount, Next Opening Amount and then the quantity of each money type. These values can be entered using the on-screen keypad at the right. Notice that the Checks field is grayed out. Checks must be entered in the Checks tab. Click the Checks tab.

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12. The Checks tab is now highlighted. It shows a browse and some fields for entering the basic data of a check (check number and check amount). Enter check data and click the Save Check button.

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13. The new check record is added. All the check maintenance buttons appear, now that we have a check in existence. You can immediately enter a new check and click Save Check again or you can click Edit Check to edit the existing check. Right now we are in regular add mode so the gray text at the top of the checks tab says Mode: Add New Check. Click the Edit Check button.

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14. Now the data from the select check is filled into the check maintenance fields and the mode says Edit Existing Check. The Edit Check button has turned into Cancel Edit. For speed of entry, you can choose to delete the check (or navigate to other checks if there were more than one) while you are in edit mode and it will discard changes and turn back to add mode.

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15. If multiple checks are entered, the Previous Check and Next Check buttons enable as appropriate. Notice that the Checks statistics below the browse are keeping track of our quantity and amount. Click the Close Out Detail tab again.

16. The checks field has been updated. Now click the Save button to save this for later and not finalize yet.

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17. The screen closes. We are returned to the POS screen. Now, click the Close-Out Cash Drawer button again.

18. The screen loads our incomplete record and this time we see the following:  The tabs area shows that we have one unfinalized record and that we are currently editing that record as opposed to adding a new close-out. The screen will always load the latest unfinalized close-out.  The side bar of buttons shows the New Close-Out button enabled. This means we are not currently adding a new one, but if we click that button, we can start a fresh close-out and leave this unfinalized record for later.

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19. Click the New Close-Out button. Now notice that the status area says we are adding a new close-out and the Previous Close-Out button has become available. This allows us to navigate back to that un-finalized close-out we started earlier.

20. Fill in data for this new close-out and then Save.

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21. When we re-enter the Cash Drawer Close-Out screen, we now have two unfinalized records and we

are looking at Judy’s record because it was the last created. Enter a value into the Name (Finalized By) field and click the Save & Finalize button. The record is saved, all the finalize fields are filled with the date, time, user, etc. and the screen closes. The next time we re-enter, we will just see the original unfinalized record.

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Curriculum Master 2500859 - Add GLO fields to Course Defaults (WS\OF\CA\CM\CM) Transcript GLO and Include Tran GLO in GPA fields have been added to the Course Defaults area of the Curriculum Master. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Office > Curriculum & Assessment > Curriculum > Curriculum Master and expand a record in the browse. 2. The Transcript GLO and Include Tran GLO in GPA fields display in the Curriculum Details section. Edit the Curriculum Master record. 3. Expand the Course Details section and note that the two fields display.

4. Navigate to Student Management > Office > Curriculum & Assessment > Setup > Utilities. The two fields were also added to Mass Copy Curriculum Master Information and Mass Change Curriculum Master Fields utilities.

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Year End Utilities 2538575 - Move EA+ new year utilities to Year End menus (WS\OF\YE\YU) Educator Access Plus utilities that involve cloning values from one year to the next have been added to the Year End process to consolidate those types of utilities in one location. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Office > Year End > Utilities. 2. The Educator Access Plus utilities that involve cloning values from one year to the next have been added to the Year End process.

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Special Education Form Setup 2407266 - Add option to set forms not to clone (WS\SS\SE\FO\FS) A "Do Not Allow Form to be Cloned" selection is now available as a Special Education form setup option. To prevent a form from being cloned, this box should be checked. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Student Services > Special Education Forms > Form Setup. 2. Highlight a form in the browse and click the Edit button. The option Do Not Allow Form to be Cloned is available for selection. Select the option and click Save.

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3. Navigate to Student Management > Student Services > Special Education > Student Profile. This student has a prior IEP with forms attached.

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4. With the option enabled, you cannot clone the Behavior Assessment form. In addition, the functionality also applies when cloning forms with the Clone IEP process and working from the Entry by Student area.

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Special Education Utilities 1353001 - Utility to mass exit graduated students (WS\SS\SE\PS\UT) A Mass Exit Special Education Students utility has been added to the Special Education utilities. This utility will allow users to mass exit students from the Special Education module when needed, for example, when students graduate. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Student Services > Special Education > Setup > Utilities and select Mass Exit Special Education Students. 2. Click Add to create a new template and add a Template Description. Note: Depending on the state, the range screen may look slightly different. 3. Students to Mass Exit  This utility may be set up for a range of students or for individual students. Select one of the options and click the corresponding button to set up the ranges.  Student SE Status – Active, Inactive, or Both 4. Exit Information – Set up the Exit Information area as needed.  Exit Date  Exit Reason  Comments  Delete Special Education Notes that display in EA+ 5. Click Save and Process. 6. Click the Preview Data to Process button and review the records that display in the browse. Student records that should not be processed can be removed by clicking the Remove Record button. Click the back button once all records have been reviewed. Note: The Future IEP column can assist in alerting you that a future IEP exists for students.

7. Click the Run the Update button. A message will appear asking if you would like to continue. Click OK to run the update; otherwise, click Cancel. 8. Click the Display Report button. Students that were exited will display on the report.

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Student Browse/Profile Tabs 2097126 - Add ability to add an End Date to Student Notes (WS\ST\TB) The ability to add an End Date to a Student Note has been added. Entry and view screens have been updated, as well as the Student Notes Report. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Students > Student Profile > General\Profile tab. 2. Click the Gen Notes button and note that End Date has been added to the browse.

3. Click the Filter Options button. You have the capability to enter a “Start Date on or after,” as well as to Display Student Notes past their End Date.

4. Click the Edit button to view an existing note. To end this note, check the Add an End Date box.

5. Navigate to Student Management > Students > Reports and select Student Notes Report. 6. Select Add to create a new report template and enter a Template Description.

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7. Under the Note Ranges, several new ranges have been added to the report regarding the end date on a note and include the following:

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Include Notes with no End Date Include only Notes with no End Date End Date Low and High ranges Only include notes active on

8. Click Save and Print. Below is a sample of the report in which the note had a start date of 1/5/2015 and ending on 4/30/2015.

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Profile Tab 1964500 - Allow attachments on Student Notes (WS\ST\TB\GE\TB\PR\PR) Attachments may now be added to Student Notes. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Navigate to Student Management > Students > Student Profile > General\Profile tab. Click on the Gen Notes button and note the capability to add an Attachment to the note. Click the Attach button. Click the Browse button to locate the file to attach to the student’s record and then click the Upload button. Once you are done, click the Save button.

5. When viewing the Student Notes Information screen, you will notice that the Attach button now displays a (1).

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Current GPA 2427428 - Add where audit was last run for student to screen (WS\ST\TB\GP\CG) A new GPA Summary Tab has been added that will display the current cumulative and noncumulative GPA's. The capability has been included to quickly filter on the non-cumulative values. Fields have also been added to show when the GPA record was last updated and when it was last validated to be correct. 1. Navigate to Student Management > Students > GPA\GPA Summary tab. 2. The non-Cumulative information can be filtered by the Methods drop-down and GPA Type drop-down. You will also notice that the browse displays “GPA Last Updated” and “GPA Last Verified.”

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Current GPA 2562677 - Add GPA calculation buttons to cumulative GPA information (WS\ST\TB\GP\CG) The GPA Details screen has been updated to include a link for “Current Record Statistics,” which will allow you to see when the GPA calculation and audit was last updated, as well as when the values were last verified to be correct. Buttons have also been added to run the individual GPA calculation and audit for the grading period that is selected, including buttons to run Mass GPA or Mass Audit, buttons to run the credit history integrity audit, and a button to run the non-cumulative GPA utility from the screen. These buttons will only show when needed. 1. GPA Details can be viewed from any of the sub-tabs under GPA (GPA Summary, Current, and Historical). 2. Select the Current GPA link and select a GPA record from the browse. 3. Next, click the GPA Details button. Notice the “Current Record Statics” link at the top of the screen. When selected, you are able to see when the GPA calculation and audit was last updated, as well as when values were last verified to be correct.

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4. Any utilities that need to be run will display on the right and if there are any warnings, they will display in red at the bottom of the screen. In order for the Mass GPA Utilities to display, someone must first open the utility screen.

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