Today’s QuickSchools release focuses on the Orchestra Master Scheduler, with a few beta improvements to the Student Information System. 

Full list of improvements include:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• New “Configure Rooms” screen (Step 1)
• New “Room Availability” widget (Step 4) – See below
• New “Room Report” PDF (Step 4)
• New Filter for “Students with Mismatched Teacher Assignments” (Step 5)
• Refactor Daily Schedule Support for Period Assignment and Period Length
• Cosmetic improvements to “Section Details” (Step 4)
• Cosmetic improvements to “Load” function (Step 5)
• Bug Fix for Installation on New Accounts
• Bug Fix set Next Enrollment Period
• Bug Fix adding Course Requests with Student Tags (Step 2)
• Bug Fix Constraints for Courses without Departments (Step 3)
• Bug Fix Constraints for Rooms without Departments (Step 3)

Beta Improvements

• New Grade Notification for Standard-Based Gradebook (Beta) – See below
• Improve Export from Report Creator via SFTP (Beta)
• Miscellaneous Improvements to Parent Teacher Conference (Beta)
• Consolidate Name Format for Students, Teachers and Parents (Beta)
• New Mobile App Notifications module (Beta)

Notifications for Standards-Based Gradebook

In the “School Profile” screen, there is a new alert called “SB Gradebook – Grade Alert” which you can enable for your school:

When enabled, parents can receive an alert via email or mobile whenever a new grade is entered in the Standards-Based Gradebook 

NOTE: This alert is similar to the recently introduced Gradebook Low Grade Alert, however, it does not check specifically for a Low Grade, but instead will send out a notification whenever a new grade is entered / edited. If you’re using this feature, please let us know how we can improve it.