This release focuses on improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler, but also contains improvements to other areas/apps like Pre-Enrollment, Program Attendance, Test & Assessments, as well as Online Payments (related to Online Forms and Admissions).

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler

• Improved Support for Tags on Course Requests and Teachers
• Improved Support for Room Assignments (see above)
• Improved Support for Duplicate Course Requests
• Bug Fix Step 1 Import of Teacher Configuration with duplicate Departments
• Bug Fix Step 4 display of teachers when searching for teachers
• Bug Fix Teams when Courses are excluded from the Enrollment Period

Expanded Pre-Enrollment Feature

• New “Pre-Enrolled” Student listing (see below)
• Support for Text and Voice Messaging (see below)

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Improve Online Payment Support to Fee Tracking from Admissions and Online Forms
• Hide Form Packets via Tag
• Expand customizability for Report Card Templates
• New “Payment Plan” tab on Student record (see below)
• Improve Payment Plan support for ACH

Beta Improvements

• “Program Attendance” APP now supports
  • New tab on Student record for Parent Portal
  • Default Positive Attendance set to “No Status”
• Support for IGCSE in the new “Tests & Assessments” App
• Miscellaneous API Improvements for Engage

Payment Plan Tab

There’s a new setting in the Payment Plan App that allows you to view the Payment Plan directly from the student record:

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Today’s release for an accelerated 2-week Sprint is primarily to improve our Importer for the Orchestra Master Scheduler via SFTP. We’ve included some miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements as well.
Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler

• Performance Improvements for Import via SFTP
• SFTP Import support for Homeroom
• Improve support for Duplicate Course Requests (Beta)
• Bug Fix Step 3 Constraints for excluded Courses 

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Allow Advanced Discipline incidents without violations
• Bug Fix when sending mass emails to All Students
• API Improvements for Mobile
• Security Improvements on Login Page

Beta Improvements

• New “Tests & Assessments” App

Our new release contains improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler, and the Payment Plan app as well as general improvements to our Student Information System and API Resources:

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler

• Schedule Bulk Email for recently updated Student PDF
• Schedule Bulk Email Add/Drop to Teachers
• Improve “Copy Settings from a Previous Semester”
• Support Period when importing Course Configuration
• Bug Fixes related to Duplicate Course Requests

Payment Plan (See Image Above)

• Set Unpaid Amount as Default Amount
• Indicator for Expired / Unavailable Payment Methods
• Indicator for Late and Failed payments
• Extend support to inactive students
• Option to edit remarks for Skipped Payments

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Bug Fix recording for Mass Voice Messaging
• Bug fix when saving incident for Advanced Discipline
• Bug Fix parent profiles linked to permanently deleted students with siblings
• Bug Fix Assignments under “Parents / Siblings” tab

Beta Improvements

• 2-Way Google Drive Integration
• Gradebook Admin Column supports independent Grading Scale
• Chronos Transcripts support for Pathways
• Chronos Transcripts support for Subject Area for Course and Graduation Requirements for 6th and 7th Grade
• Bug Fix District/Group School support for resigned teacher
• API Improvements for Zapier and Mobile

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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