New Release – May 9, 2023

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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New Release – April 18, 2023

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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New Release – Mar 27, 2023

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

Send the Schedule PDF via email to students directly from the Student record

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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New Release – Mar 8, 2023

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

Private Messaging now supports Searching messages by user, and Searching message contents

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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Thank You for Making our February 2023 Webinar a Success!

We’d like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who attended the New Features & Product Roadmap webinar on February 23rd, 2023. We hope you enjoyed attending the event as much as we enjoyed hosting it.


Do you have any thoughts or comments with regards to the webinar? We’d love to hear from you. Please complete the survey form included in the follow-up email. For those who weren’t able to attend – do not to worry! You can request a copy of the webinar recording by checking off the request for recording box in the survey. We look forward to hearing your feedback and suggestions.

If you’re interested in any of the modules or Apps previewed during the webinar, visit QuickSchools and click on the Chat button. You’ll be greeted by one of our product support specialists who can provide you with more information. Alternatively, you can email us directly at support@quickschools.com. We also provide details on our latest features and software improvements in our Release Notes.

We hope to see you in our next webinar — Orchestra Part 1: Scheduling for Beginners — scheduled for Thursday, March 23rd at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST. This webinar is geared towards School Administrators and Principals who are currently working with our master scheduler, or for those looking for one. Registration will be open by the second week of March.