Since our last release on August 9, we made several improvements to our Orchestra Master Scheduler. And now that the new Weekly Schedule feature is more robust, we’re back BIG-TIME to our regular 3-week Sprints. This release includes groundwork for our upcoming Learning Management System (LMS).
Check out the complete list of our latest QuickSchools improvements:
New Advanced Filtering by Report on Master Scheduler Step 5: Load
Master Scheduler Improvements
Remove Next Grade when SIS is not used
Support optional teachers when importing STEP 1 course-teacher configurations
Step 2 ability to Reset calculated number of sections
New External IDs for Sections in STEP 4
Step 5 Advanced Filtering (via Report Creator)
Step 5 Percentage breakdown by Department
Remove STEP 5 Section Enrollments when Course Request is removed/deleted
Temporarily Remove STEP 5 “Re-assign Incomplete Students” for Weekly Schedule
Update Sections in student record when Course Requests are updated
Add support for Weekly Schedule in Summary Reports
Bug fix when calculating STEP 2 number of sections for courses with zero limits
Bug fix when removing course requests via STEP 2 Bulk Course Requests
Bug fix when displaying STEP 4 total students in each section
Bug fix calculating STEP 5 percentage when students are deleted
Bug fix Advanced Search in Step 5 for “students with unassigned sections”
Bug fix Advanced Search in Step 5 for “students with conflicts” when enrollment period is linked to multiple semesters
Bug fix when rendering Section Enrollment PDF when Bell Schedule is updated
Bug fix when editing section assignments from Student record for Weekly Schedule
General Improvements
Alpha features for Online Tests (LMS)
Alpha features for My WorkSpace (LMS)
Extend Temperature App to Parent Portal
Support CR80 (credit card) size in PDF Templates (for Student ID Card)
Customizable Calculation for Period Zero (Daily) Attendance
Improve Subject dropdown in Lesson Plans module
New framework widgets for Time and TimeZone
Streamline OK button widget
Improve performance when downloading large Summary Reports via Excel
Improve concurrent access to Summary Reports with large data
Bug fix when students are permanently deleted in Group Schools
Master Scheduler Improvements
We’ve made some pretty big changes to the Master Scheduler in recent weeks. In one of our recent patches, we introduce a “Department” configuration in the “Scheduling Algorithm” in Step 5:
With classes resuming, schools may be required to track Covid-19 proof of vaccinations from students and parents. One of the ways to do this in QuickSchools is via the Online Forms app. Here we discuss one sample implementation for collecting a Covid-19 Proof of Vaccination via the Parent Portal. This process can easily be extended to students and teachers too.
Here’s how we configured the Online Form with just a few simple fields. We also added a “Section Break” at the bottom, to add instructions about uploading their Proof of Vaccination:
Configure the Online Form to collect vaccination details
By clicking the “Configure” link, we also mapped the Name field to the Student Name, so that when accessed from the Student or Parent Portal, the student name field will be automatically filled:
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:
The Fileroom App is an add-on feature that is available in the QuickSchools App Store. This app allows files to be uploaded and shared between Teachers, Parents, or Students.
With this App, you can do the following:
Upload files into a shared, central location
Create your own folder structure for storing files
A separate Fileroom for teachers and parents
Virtual Hard-drive
100 GB of storage
To know more about our Fileroom App, feel free to check out our Support Article linked below: