AdminPlus.com Release 5

We've released several new features, improvements, and feature fixes for AdminPlus.com. Highlights of this update include:

New Features

Send/Schedule E-Mails to Students/Contacts or Staff

AdminPlus.com users can now Send and Schedule E-Mails to be sent to Students, Contacts and Staff Members. On the Overview page, you see three widgets: Students/Contacts E-Mail, Staff E-Mail, and Templates.
For more information on how to send or schedule an email, Send Schedule Student/Contacts E-Mail or Send Schedule Staff E-Mail.

Edit Course Grades

AdminPlus.com users with Edit permissions can now directly modify Course Grades on the Report Cards View tab, located under One Student > Report Cards. To edit grades or comments, simply click the Edit icon . Changes can be saved by clicking the Check Mark, or canceled by clicking the X.

View and Edit Skill Grades

AdminPlus.com users with Edit permissions for Report Cards can now view and edit Skill Grades on the Skills tab, located under One Student > Report Cards. The Skills tab displays course grades and comments for reference, with skills listed under their respective Skill Group headers (which may be blank). The chevron icons allow you to expand or collapse Skill header groups. To enter or edit skill grades, simply click the edit icon.

If the course does not have associated skills, a message indicating No Data Available will appear.

View and Edit Narratives

AdminPlus.com users with Edit permissions enabled for Report Cards can now access and modify Narratives directly on the Narratives tab, located under One Student > Report Cards. The Narrative Tab allows users to check off the Narratives they wish to view. Select the Edit Icon to edit.

When editing, users can choose a specific narrative to view while entering a new narrative from the View Marking Period dropdown.

Receive Grades from Approval Center

Grades submitted from TeacherPlus Gradebook can be viewed and received in Approval Center > Grades. For more information on how to receive grades, see Approval Center: Grades.

Batch Entry: Student or Staff Data

AdminPlus.com users with Edit permissions can now utilize the batch entry feature to efficiently input demographic data for multiple Students or Staff. For more information on batch entry, see School: Demographics Dashboard.

Generic Super DB

Generic Super DB tables created in classic Administrator's Plus can be viewed and edited in AdminPlus.com. For more information on this, see School: Demographics Dashboard and Generic SuperDB Tables.

Batch Entry: Staff Attendance

AdminPlus.com users with Edit permissions enabled can now Batch Entry Attendance Data for Staff from School > Daily Attendance > Batch Entry: Staff Daily Attendance. For more information on this, see School: Daily Attendance Dashboard.

Export Student Lunch Counts

Student Lunch Counts submitted by Teachers from TeacherPlus Gradebook can be exported to an Excel file From Export > Lists > General > Lunch Count. The export defaults to today's date and includes APID and Formal Name. You can select additional fields and apply filters to customize the pivot table. After downloading the report, open it in Excel and enable editing to view the pivot table.

If teachers have not yet submitted lunch counts, the following message will be displayed upon attempting to download the report:

Staff Snapshot Privacy Mode

Users can customize the data displayed on staff snapshot tiles. The Staff Snapshot Settings control the default tile display when switching between staff members, but you can temporarily change the mode by clicking the tile's eye icon.

Improvements

Search "Begins With" Selection

In the One Student view, selecting Begins with for Search will set it as the default search method whenever the One Student screen is loaded. The One Staff search criteria operates independently but selecting Begins with there will similarly set it as the default for the One Staff screen.

System Fields added to Profile & Demographic's Tile

Demographic System fields including Middle Name and Age have been added to the Available field list on the Profile & Demographic Tile Settings screen. 

Online Forms redirect to APOLF if Edit is Not Enabled in AdminPlus.com

For schools where not all the required modules (Demographics, Contacts, SuperDB, and Portfolio) have Edit permissions enabled for online form approval, clicking on the Online Forms Approval Center will open a new tab to the APOLF Manager. This allows users to review and submit the forms to classic Administrator's Plus.

Approval Center View Access

Users with Read-only access to a module, or schools who have not enabled Edit, can expand the Approval Center tiles to view, print, or export the Exception List.

Feature Fixes

IEP's Added in AdminPlus.com are Visible in Gradebook

Fixed an issue where IEP's added in AdminPlus.com were not appearing in TeacherPlus Gradebook. They will now be visible.