Last SMS Core Release August 2012: 66+ enhancements, plus 85 Ready to Go (or already

gone), 7 New Features and 1 New Module… Previous Year 135+ enhancement… Previous Year 7 new features

15 Connect Releases AC,TC,PC,SC 115 Stu Connect enhancements

… Previous Year 45+ enhancements

Comment: We continue annually to make adjustments to the Report Card .. Hard for schools but NECESSARY – very very dangerous to go to a custom report card.

Student Road Map

6 Webinars (New Release, Scheduling, )Forum Updates .. <search> (great resource)

www.taketwoinc.com/supportsms.html

20 Adds/changes to support documents, updates to <Student Support Docs>

Gradebook Training Series (3 videos)How to for ParentConnect Video

Online Video Thoughts?Advanced Gradebook

Student Support

GOAL OF THIS SESSIONReview of the top student adds and/or changes since

CIMS Conference 2012Orange, italicized text indicates available but not

released changesReview Goals for 2013

Student Best Adds

School Office Growth eFiling: Most customers doing - estimate storage now at 15-20Meg per

Student 1,500 to 33,000 images (not including REP) … WOW!

Emailing: Huge amounts of email Activities: **New** but great success at ? Districts who is using??? eFile Report Cards: Confirm all districts are eFiling .. How many not

printing report cards? Gradebook: 4 Districts actively using gradebook 100,000 assignments! Web Form/BB: 4 Districts actively using these utilities ParentConnect/SC: Not good .. Largely under 50% SADE (In BC): Concern for accuracy .. From 230 to 19,300 bad records Elementary Report Card: 2 Districts onboard, 1 Going Analyzing the data:(.894’s, Pivot tables, ATT.520, GRD.558): Still Low

Student Product Growth

Reminder: SES.900 To search for Items

Student Best Adds

Student Activities Demo/Review Usage at schools, other departments? Comments from users?!

Viewable only in AC, TC, potentially PC - not in CORE Limitation of only ONE activity per student per day for the same activity type Reminders: If a student is at multiple locations – all records are stamped with

registered at school Reminders: In TC any teacher teaching that student can edit any/all records for

that student – even if student does not belong to that schoolEnhancements, Thoughts Currently non-annual meaning entries continue to grow - district choice to start

afresh each year and house the old records in the frozen libraries Special Category Activity that would HIGHLIGHT that student to TC,AC - not sure

whether activity is the right place, needs date sensitive!

Student Management

Details report STU.512 – kids and detailsHow many and what summaries - STU.515

Student Management

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MANAGEMENTSTU.389 Print Student PSR Cards

Added option to PDF to student’s file (one student)STU.255 Parent Authorization Codes

Added option to inactivate an ID so it cannot be used (delete would rebuild it every night so this blocks usage)

For security purposes do not display password IF parent has signed in and has an email address on file

STU.551 Student Guardian/Emerg Contact ListingAdded option to include students scheduled in your school

but not enrolled

Student Best Adds

MANAGEMENTSTU.649 Update Tag/Attrib Based on Web Form

New option to update/add a tag and/or an attribute to students based on the response indicated on a specific web form

Reminder: Email has been rewritten - Send Message works awesome in Core and in AC, TC. Look for your own email to confirm progress. Look to STU.526 Log of activity

Student Best Adds

SCHEDULINGSCH.410 Course Requests

Remove “block” of attendance updates on dates owned by another school

When sending a message to the ADMIN GRP using F8 and the “admin” is defined as email, then email the message to them vs. sending as a Teacher Connect message

SCH.515 Print Potential Conflict MatrixAdded exclude district group so you can mark “OT” (out of

timetable) courses and not have them appear

Student Best Adds

SCHEDULING SCH.570 Master Sched Tchr/Blk Enrollment Report

New report for BC Bill 22 that gives peak enrollment by teacher and block for a specified date range with a breakdown of enrollment for each day in the range

SCH.630 Remove Unscheduled RequestsAdded limit to request type (Elective, Alternate, etc)Added report and report only function so you know what will be/was

deleted Did significant work with SCH.551 catalogue so you would not

have to maintain a 2nd time in Word, Publishing package! Scheduling Flowchart is your BEST FRIEND

Student Best Adds

GRADINGGRD.572 MB Grad Requirement Status ReportGRD.573 BC Grad Requirement Status Report

If student has GRA tag but is short credits then indicate with a message on the report

GRD.559 Print Stus with Specific Comment CodesNew report of students with a specific comment code

and/or having no comment code. Great for finding who is missing performance indicators!!

Student Best Adds

GRADINGTCH.610 Copy Tchr Course Assign. to New School

New option to copy all of a teacher’s assignments from another school (previous or current year) including attachments to another school. Great for when teacher changes schools!

TRA.928 Mass Drop Unfinished TRAX Course ReqsNew option mainly for BC alternate schools to drop all

unfinished TRAX course requests at yearend so that they are not carried forward.

Student Best Adds

STUDENT FEESSGH.430 Student Assessment/Payment

Disallow an assessment line to be changed once payment has been made against it

SGH.535 Assessment/Payment Edit ListingAdded option to include only fees with outstanding

balancesSGH.530 Student Assessment/Payment Grid List

Added “O” option only those with a balance owing (exclude credits) … had Y for balance (owing and credits) or N includes all

Student Best Adds

PROJECTS ON THE LIST … Any others ??PayPal Online Payment and integration to school

fees and schoolbooks (not Kev)Parent Teacher Interview requester … through

parentconnect (details in PC session)Online approval process for Elementary Report Card

between Teacher and Admin.Ability for Parents to edit more information (health

text, call sequence order, absence reason??)

Student Goals 2013