When adding a new book to your catalog, there’s a new “Scan ISBN” button that allows you to quickly scan the ISBN barcode.
Look up Book Details by Scanning the ISBN Barcode
QuickSchools will then search the Google library, and pull details for the book, which you can use to create the book record in your QuickSchools Library App:
Book Details retrieved by Scanning the ISBN Barcode
Note that books pulled from Google will also contain an image of the book.
Generate Barcode and Label
When adding a book, you now have the option to generate a Barcode by clicking on the “Generate” button:
We recently released a new feature related to the Online Payment modules on June 6 (with improvements on July 6). Schools in the United States that subscribe to QuickSchools can now collect payments from students and payments via ACH Bank Transfer.
This feature is in BETA: If you would want this enabled for your school, please contact our Support Team.
There are separate settings for Credit Card vs. ACH Bank Transfer. And you can decide whether to absorb the transaction fee, or to charge a convenience fee to the payer.
Student Paying Online
Once you’ve connected your account to Stripe, Student make payments directly from their Student Portal:
Just a friendly reminder. Our Getting Started with QuickSchools webinar is coming up pretty fast. Register now so that you don’t miss your chance to attend!
This webinar is scheduled for July 15th, with two possible time slots for you to choose from – 2 PM (EDT) / 11 AM (PDT) for our North American trial users or 2 PM (HK)/ 4 PM (ACT) for our international trial users. If you’re interested, you can register for the webinar by logging onto QuickSchools. The registration page is available on the Getting Started page as well as the Teachers’ Lounge page (under Home). Just select the time slot you wish to attend. We’ll then send you an email to confirm your registration.
More about the webinar…
The Getting Started with QuickSchools webinar will take you through the basics. We’ll show you how to create test data, assign roles and access to multiple users, turn on features, and access help. We’ll also give you a tour of what we have to offer: an easy-to-use Gradebook, customizable Report Cards, and a fully-loaded App Store.
This webinar is interactive. Post questions and answer polls during the 30-minute presentation session, and discuss topic further during the follow-up, 30-minute Q&A session.
Several minor improvements for this release, plus a few general improvements to our Master Scheduler. Here are the latest improvements in QuickSchools:
Master Scheduler Improvements
Support Alternate Bell Schedule in PDF Section Assignments
Mass Email PDF Section Assignments
Improve how teachers without departments are displayed in Step 4
Improve general performance for large data sets
Option to Paginate Step 4
Freeze Left Pane for Step 5
Optimize Summary Reports
New Importer to link Teachers to Courses for Enrollment Period
Bug fix when taking for attendance for multiple Subjects in the same period
Bug fix for Section Attendance Pie Chart on Student record
Miscellaneous bug fixes in Admissions module
Miscellaneous server performance improvements
Student ID Card
We’re really excited to announce our new capability to print/generate Student ID Cards. Student Cards will leverage our existing PDF templating engine, allowing ID cards to be customizable by school.
Sample Student ID Card generated in QuickSchools (Beta)
You will have options to hide areas of the Student ID, but any further customizations would need to be done by our support staff.
Now that summer is here, schools can use this time to increase enrollment by tracking inquiries and applications on QuickSchools.
The Applications module in QuickSchools
Here are few key features of the Admissions module has to offer:
Embedded Forms for your website
Allow visitors to your website to submit an inquiry or an application online. Embedded forms are fully customizable to fit your brand. Receive an email notification when a form is submitted. Then follow-up quickly and easily via customizable Email Templates.
Track Conversion from Inquiries to Applications
Easily convert inquiries to applications, and then applications to student enrollment, without having to re-enter any information. Fully digitize your online admissions flow.
Summer is when we re-charge and plan ahead for an exciting new academic year. A lot of schools join QuickSchools as trial users during these summer months. If you’re currently a trial user, first and foremost, we’d like to say thank you for giving us this opportunity. We’d also like to offer a free, live webinar to make sure that you’re ready to give us a go.
The Getting Started with QuickSchools webinar will take you through the basics. We’ll show you how to create test data, assign roles and access to multiple users, turn on features, and access help. We’ll also give you a tour of what we have to offer: an easy-to-use Gradebook, customizable Report Cards, and a fully-loaded App Store. This webinar is interactive. Post questions and answer polls during the 30-minute presentation session, and discuss topic further during the follow-up, 30-minute Q&A session.
The Getting Started with QuickSchools webinar is scheduled for July 15th, with two possible time slots for you to choose from – 2 PM (EDT) / 11 AM (PDT) for our North American trial users or 2 PM (HK)/ 4 PM (ACT) for our international trial users. If you’re interested, you can register for the webinar, by selecting the time slot you wish to attend found on the Teachers’ Lounge page under Home. We’ll then send you an email to confirm your registration.
Several minor improvements for this release, plus a few general improvements to our Master Scheduler. Here are the latest improvements in QuickSchools:
Online Payments modules for Students and Parents supports ACH via Stripe
Master Scheduler Improvements
Schedule PDF after Step 5
Freeze Panes for Steps 3 and 4
Advanced Search in Step 5 to search for students with unfulfilled course requests
Performance Improvements for large data sets
Improved support for Summary Reports
Bug fixes related to deletion of courses
Remove option for “Distributed Courses” from Step 5 scheduling algorithm
Fee Tracking and Online Forms Webinar for QuickSchools
If you missed the webinar, or would like a copy of the recording, please fill in the survey, and let us know. Our team will send you a link to the recording once it’s available. However, if you’d like a copy of the presentation, we have that here for download:
By default, all billing is by student. No additional setup is required. Once a student record is created in your QuickSchools, you can immediately start creating Fee Tracking transactions for that student. Transactions will appear under the “Bills” tab of the student record:
