Our latest release contains improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler as well as general improvements to our Student Information System and API Resources:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler

• Support for Duplicate Course Requests by Student
• Assign Course by Semester
• Consolidate Bulk Email Schedule PDF 
• Miscellaneous Bug Fixes related to Placeholder Teachers

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Option to “Pause” a scheduled payment in the Payment Plan
• Parents can filter/sort Homework from Parent Portal
• Miscellaneous API improvements for Mobile and Zapier Integration

Beta Improvements

• New UI for Summary Reports (see above)
• New Pathways module for Transcripts
• Ability to hide students who dropped a course from gradebook 
• Schoology Gradebook Sync by start/end date of Active Semester
• Canvas Gradebook Sync for inactive subjects
• Mobile Push Notifications for Attendance Dashboard

Our latest release contains improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler as well as general improvements to our Student Information System and API Resources:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler

• Caseload by Teacher and Course – Courseload (see above)
• Step 5 “Next Course” Algorithm support for more than 2 semesters
• Bug Fix Section Enrollment Date for Restore Points

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Fix Default Email Sender when Sender has no configured email address
• Miscellaneous API improvements for Engage, Mobile, One Roster and Zapier Integration
• Ability to Sort Homework by Subject
• Bug fix when selecting Semester for Rotating Attendance
• Bug fix submission status checker for Online Forms (OFPC)
• Bug fix Lunch Roster Report when orders are Charged but NOT Fulfilled

Beta Improvements

• Attendance Dashboard support for Section Attendance
• Improve Performance when importing data via SFTP
• Improve Installation / Setup for new (Chronos) Transcripts
• Improved Server Logging

We had a release earlier this week, containing improvements to the Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart as well as other areas of our Student Information System:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart

• Lunch Roster PDF Reports (See above)
• Disallow cancellation of Fulfilled orders

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• General Improvements to Text Messaging
• Improve reporting on IEP App (See below)
• Improve how fees are collected in Admissions
• Bug fix Standards Based Gradebook (SBG) when using duplicate Standard IDs
• Miscellaneous API improvements for Mobile and Zapier Integration

Beta Improvements

• Support for Nickname in Section Attendance Roster
• Miscellaneous improvements to the Transcripts Framework

IEP App Reporting

The IEP App on our App Store is quite popular among our schools, and so we’ve received quite a few requests for improvements, in particular around reporting. We’re happy to report that we’re introducing 2 new reports in the IEP App:

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Today’s release contains improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler, Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart as well as other areas of our Student Information System:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler

• Run Step 5 for specific Courses
• Customize Email when sending Schedule PDF
• Bug fix when copying course from previous semester

Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart

• Improved Customer Orders screen for Admin (see above)
• Improve display of credits/balance owing in printed Sales Order PDF
• Disallow users from cancelling old orders

Online Tests

• Improve Date Picker
• Show Scheduled Publish Date
• Improve how answers are displayed in Question Bank
• Smart Search by Contributor
• Bug Fix saved table preference

Payment Plan

• New option to Print the Payment Plan (PDF)
• New Payment Plan option to calculate Payment Schedule based on End Date

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Improve how default settings are loaded in Settings
• Google Classroom Integration now support Categories (see below)
• Transcripts support for Student Custom Fields
• Show only active semesters when activating semester from a new school year
• Improve how announcements are displayed for surveys (Auto-Hide)
• Bug Fix uploading required documents for Admissions
• Bug Fix semester name on Gradebook PDF

Beta Improvements

• Override Report Card Subject Templates for “Courses & Sections”
• Override Transcripts Settings for “Courses & Sections”
• Option to hide Progress Report PDF by Role

Google Classroom Categories

For the longest time, the QuickSchools integration to Google Classroom did not support the synchronization of grading categories, due to missing APIs from Google. Now that these APIs are available, school can now map and synchronize Grading Categories from Google Classroom to Gradebook Categories in QuickSchools:

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Today’s release contains improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler, Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart as well as other areas of our Student Information System:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler

• Restrict duplicate courses (with same Course Code)
• Show Course Code when displaying Course Constraints in Step 3
• Improve UI for Advanced Search in Step 5
• Customize generated Section Name in Step 6
• Ability to email Schedule PDF from Student record (see above)

Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart

• Improve Checkout Flow for Shopping Carts that have already been checked out
• Bug Fix Undo Cancellation from Order Fulfillment
• Bug Fix Lunch Order Listing in Parent Portal

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• New Audit Trail for Simplified Scheduler (see below)
• New Audit Trail for School Profile (see below)
• Report Creator support for Student Documents
• Support for Fee Category in printed Invoice PDF
• Support for Course Code and Course Name in Transcripts PDF
• Improve support for In-Screen Help

Beta Improvements

• Support for multiple School IDs in SFTP Importer
• Support Student ID Card in PDF Templates App

New Audit Trail

We’ve added Audit Trail support in 2 areas:

• School Profile
• Simplified Scheduling

On the “School Profile” page, you’ll see a new “History” link next to the “Save” button:

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Yesterday, we released improvements in several areas including the Payment Plan, Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart, Online Tests and Private Messaging:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Payment Plan

• Show Stripe Connection screen when not connected to Stripe
• New Notes section for Skipped payments
• Only show Active Payment Plans by default
• Advanced Filtering for Payment Plans
• New email notifications for upcoming payments and expiring credit cards
• Support for Report Creator

Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart

• Parents can edit orders
• Refactor how Subtotal and Total Cost are calculated and displayed
• Improve re-processing of orders after cancellation
• Additional Safeguards against duplicate orders
• Bug Fix manual create order by admin with Mark-Up
• Bug Fix rounding of orders with Mark-Up

Online Tests

• Improve Teacher / Subject Selector
• Improve screen for Adding new Online Test
• Support Tags for Online Tests

Private Messaging (See above)

• Search Inbox
• Search Message Thread

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Barcode Support for Sign-In / Sign-Out App (see below)
• Improve how teachers names are imported based on name format
• Improve file size checking when attaching files to mass emails
• Improve description for Online Payments via Admissions and Online Forms
• Display module information from Online Payments
• Improve SFTP Importer to handle student name formats and duplicate courses

Barcode Support for Sign-In / Sign-Out App

If you’re using the QuickSchools Student ID Card with generated barcode, you can now use it with the Sign-In / Sign-Out App:

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Today’s release contains improvements in several areas including the Orchestra Master Scheduler, Payment Plan, Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart and our QuickSchools API:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Improve Course Request Import via SFTP
• Improve adding/removing of Max Sections in Step 1
• Cosmetic bug fixes when searching for teachers in Step 4
• Beta option to move sections with enrollment in Step 4
• Improve Step 5 Advanced Search with the new Minimize/Maximize function
• Exclude deleted courses from Teachers sections
• Improve how empty sections are displayed in teacher’s Schedule PDF
• Beta option to hide Weekly Schedule

Payment Plan

• Option to configure the number of Retries after a failed payment
• Option to configure the wait time to retry after a failed payment
• Option to “Charge Now” for Admin
• Support to back date schedule for new Payment Plans
• Email Notification for Failed Payments, with option to CC/BSS additional email addresses

Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart

• Improve the Sales Order PDF to include Subtotal and Credits Used
• Support Mark-Up when Checking Out with Credits
• Bug Fix Manual Orders with Mark-Ups
• Fix how meal types are handled for new academic terms

API Support

• API Support for Engage CRM
• API Support for Student ID Card on Mobile

We’ve been adding new features to the Payment Plan, Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart and the Master Scheduler modules on an ongoing basis over the past several months. We’ll be updating documentation on these modules, and will provide a consolidated view of all these new improvements in the coming weeks. Keep a look out for those.

We had a release last Wednesday, with improvement in several areas including the Orchestra Master Scheduler, Shopping Cart and Admissions:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler Improvements

• Improve how constraints are displayed in Step 4
• Show Teacher Assigned Course Request in Step 5
• Support to override Room for a specific section within a Group / LinkNo.
• Bug fix for “Subject Schedule by Teacher” Report
• Bug fix “Bulk Transfer Students to Another Section”
• Move option to Print 4 Per Page to Private Beta

Shopping Cart Framework

• Support to exclude/handle expired shopping cart items (see above)
• Improve how the Shopping Cart module is accessed by role
• Report Creator Support for Shopping Cart
• Bug fix for empty Sales Order

Admissions Fixes / Improvements

• View Online Payment details from submitted Applications
• System Fields in Embedded Application Form and now Required Fields
• Support for Fee Tracking Invoices, when Online Payments is also enabled

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Show Date/Time in Private Messaging
• Improve support for special characters when downloading files
• Fix Callback Number for Voice Messaging

Beta Improvements / Fixes

• Support for Non-Binary Gender
• Bug fix Course-Teacher Configuration import via SFTP 
• Bug fix error when resigning teacher for Group Schools