Update (New Date: February 24, 2025) The rollout date for mandatory Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) has been rescheduled from February 17 to February 24. This blog post has been updated to reflect the change.Please review the details below to ensure a smooth transition.
At QuickSchools, your security is our top priority. That’s why we’re rolling out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)—an extra layer of protection to ensure that only you can access your account.
We understand that changes like this may bring up questions, so we’ve put together a helpful guide to walk you through the upcoming 2FA rollout:
At QuickSchools, the safety and security of your school’s data is our top priority. In light of growing concerns about cybersecurity, we want to reassure you that we’ve implemented robust measures to keep your information safe and secure.
Here’s What We’re Doing Right Now:
• Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): You can enable 2FA for your school by going to Settings > Turn Features On/Off > Edit Overall Settings, and selecting the Security section (as seen below). For more details on 2FA, visit our July 2022 release blog.
• Login Activity Monitoring: Users can view their login history, including IP addresses, browser, and device details, to stay vigilant.
• Email Notifications: We notify you immediately when:
A School Admin is added or removed.
Your password is changed or reset.
Planned Data Security Enhancements Coming Soon:
• Mandatory 2FA for Admins: Within the next 3-8 weeks, 2FA will become mandatory for all School Admin accounts. This ensures unauthorized access is even harder to achieve.
• Function-Level Security with 2FA: Sensitive actions, such as purchasing Text Messaging Credits with a saved credit card, will require additional 2FA verification.
• Dynamic Security Controls: We’re exploring ways to lock sensitive functions based on suspicious activity.
For more information about our security measures and approach to keeping student data safe, we invite you to read our blog post: “Is Student Data Safe?”.
We understand that unauthorized logins are one of the biggest threats to security, and we are committed to helping your school prevent them. If you have any concerns or need assistance enabling security features, please feel free to reach out to us.
Thank you for trusting QuickSchools to support your school’s needs
In today’s release, we’re including framework improvements for our upcoming Lunch Order and Shopping Cart modules. The release also includes a mix of improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler, Admissions, Sign-In/Sign-Out, and security, just to name a few.
Step 4 Scheduler supports color-coding without “Organize by department”
Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:
Master Scheduler Improvements
Color Code Step 4 when “Organize by department” is not enabled (See above)
Security Improvements
General Security Improvements
Improve Privacy on Test Server
General (Functional) Improvements
Ability to hide Admissions Application Statuses (See below)
Show Custom Fields for Documents on Student record
Importer for Sign-In/Sign-Out App (See below)
Improve Report Creator support for Sign-In/Sign-Out App
General Bug Fixes
Improve Support for Disputed Charges in Fee Tracking with Online Payments
Improve Support for OneRoster (v1.1) Integration
Upgrade Text Messaging Framework
Bug Fix Alerts Framework for deleted parents
Bug Fix when adding new Online Test
Other Server Updates
Beta Improvements / Fixes
Lunch Ordering Support for Online Payment
New Shopping Cart Framework
Ability to Share Dashboard
Improvements to Bulk Charge Credit Cards via Standard Charges
Add support to disable Auto-Enrollment for Canvas Integration
Add support to automatically Un-enroll students for Canvas Integration
Fix District-Wide Students for Group School
Hide Application Status
In the Admissions module, when configuring the Application Statuses, you now have the option to hide certain status:
Today’s release contains several security-related improvements PLUS a mix of improvements to a variety of modules that include Orchestra Master Scheduler, Admissions, Standard-Based Gradebook, Fee Tracking, and the Report Creator, just to name a few.
Improved Security with New Email Notifications
Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:
Master Scheduler Improvements
Improve new “Scheduling Algorithm” in Step 4
Refresh list of Subject Areas when new subject area is added
Report Creator support for Day and Time in Bell Schedule
Security Improvements
Notification Email when logging in from New Device
Notification Email when School Admin user is added/removed
Notification Email when password is changed
Clear active sessions when password is changed
General (Functional) Improvements
Ability to relabel period names for Subject-Based and Period-Based Attendance (See below)
Ability to unselect radio button when taking attendance
Ability to schedule tasks for every other week (i.e. Bi-Weekly)
Reformat Student Name when converting Inquiry to Application (in the Admissions module), based on configured Student Name format
Report Creator support for (1) subject Custom Fields and (2) Online Payments
API Support for OAuth2
General Bug Fixes
Fix Subject line when using Email Template from the Admissions module
Fix Family Name tag when using Email Template from the Admissions module
Beta Improvements / Fixes
Bulk Charge Credit Card using Standard Charges (See Below)
Improve Search Student specifically by Student Name, Grade Level or Tag
Ability to hide “View Complete Record” from Student Portal
Ability to restrict deletion of Fee Tracking transactions to specific users/roles
Ability to disable “Add Standard” for teachers in the Standards-Based Gradebook
Ability to disable “Override Gradebook Settings” for teachers in the Standards-Based Gradebook
Ability to hide “Call Number” when creating new books in the Library App
Show Subject Abbreviation is Student Self-Enrollment History screen
REST API support for OneRoster v1.1
Improve framework for Integration via File Transfer (SFTP)
Relabel Attendance Periods
You can now relabel the period names for Period-based and Subject-based Attendance. Just click on the new “Customize Period Names” button under “Attendance” > “Settings”:
