We've released several new features, improvements, and feature fixes for AdminPlus.com. Non-hosted schools should update to Administrator's Plus V6.2.19.01.
Highlights of this update include:
Edit features described here require that the school be edit enabled and have selected to edit the necessary modules, please see Administrator's Plus: November 22, 2024
Those using AdminPlus.com and want to use Edit features, please have the AdminPlus Supervisor email apcom@rediker.com to request access to enable edit by module for the school.
| New Features | ||
|---|---|---|
| Schedule Dashboard | On the new Schedule Dashboard users can view quarter information, see student schedule analytics, as well as the course and section counts. | |
| Manage Courses & Sections | Users can now view course and section information or add/edit course and section information from Manage Courses & Sections. Select  to open the manage courses and sections page. To view a course, you can search on a Course Number, Name or Description. | |
| Sections Tab under Manage Courses & Sections | From the Manage Courses & Sections screen, select the Sections Tab to view Section detail. | |
| Add to a Student Schedule | Users will be able to Add a Course/Section, Course Request, Study Hall, or Add from another Student from the Student > Schedule > Line Schedule screen. | |
| Edit a Student Schedule | Users will be able to Edit a Students existing schedule. | |
| E-Mail or Print a Student Schedule | Users can now E-mail or Print a student Schedule from the Student > Schedule tab. | |
| View a Course Roster | While on the Student > Schedule > Line Schedule tab, select  to view the roster for the selected course. | |
| Calendar Tile | A new Calendar Tile has been added to School > Daily Attendance Dashboard that displays the First Day, Last Day, and Number of Days in the Calendar. Select to open the Calendar Table. | |
| Add a Day to the Calendar Before or After an Existing Day | From the new Calendar Tile on the School > Daily or Period Attendance Dashboard, users can access the Calendar Table to Add a Day to the Calendar before or after an existing day. | |
| Edit or Delete a Day from the Calendar | From the new Calendar Tile on the School > Daily or Period Attendance Dashboard, users can access the Calendar Table to Edit or Delete a Day from the Calendar. | |
| Individual E-Mail Enabled for Students, Staff and Contacts | Individual Students, Staff Members, and Contacts can now be sent a quick email from the One Student and One Staff screens. | |
| Import New Students from File | A CSV or tab delimited file with field headers in the 1st row can be used to import new Students. The file must contain the student’s First Name, Last Name, and Grade Level for enrollment. Date of Birth, although not required, is also recommended as an additional check to existing students. | |
| Import New Staff from File | A CSV or tab delimited file with field headers in the 1st row can be used to import new Staff. The file must contain the staff members First Name and Last Name for enrollment. | |
| Improvements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course/Section Option Added to Attendance Batch Entry | When entering using Batch Entry for Student Attendance, users can now select Course/Section as an option. | |
| Progress Report Settings | A Settings gear  has been added to the Combined Progress Report Tile under Students > Grades > Reports so users can specify their own settings for the report. | |
| Retain Schedule Sort | Once a user sorts on a student Line Schedule, that sort is retained for that user session. | |
| Privacy Mode Message | Privacy Mode Message hides No Rights Message for users who do not have rights to view specific data. | |
| Contacts: Local Field Rights Base on Relationship | The Defaults for Local Field Rights Based On Relationship set in classic will be used when adding a new Contact in AdminPlus.com. | |
| Feature Fixes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single Student sort | Views that are sorted by a demographic field such as Grade Level had an implied secondary sort of Name in the Multiple Student view but not in the Single Student view. This has been fixed so the secondary sort on both is by Name. | |
New Features
Schedule Dashboard
The Schedule Dashboard, found under School > Schedule, provides an overview of current academic activities. It shows the active quarter and ongoing sections based on quarter end dates. The Student Schedule tile displays the number of students without sections and those with course requests. The Manage Courses & Sections tile displays a list of active courses and their corresponding sections. To search on a Course Number, Name or Description, select to open the manage courses and sections page.
For more information, see School: Schedule Dashboard.
Mange Courses & Sections
From the School > Schedule Dashboard, users can access the Manage Courses & Sections page by selecting 
. Here you can choose to look up a course by number, name, or description, use advance search, or Add a New Course.
If you use the Advance Search to look for an English course, you can type Eng for example and all of the related courses will be listed. Click the course and choose Select.
The Course Detail will display here.
For more information see Manage Courses & Sections.
Sections Tab under Manage Courses & Sections
On the Manage Courses & Sections screen, navigate to the Sections tab to access section details. To view rosters and course section information, click the 
icon.
You can print or email the Roster report to selected Staff or Admin Users.
For more information see Sections Tab under Manage Courses & Sections.
Add to a Student Schedule
Users will be able to Add a Course/Section, Course Request, Study Hall, or Add from another Student from the Student > Schedule > Line Schedule screen.
For more information see Add to a Student Schedule.
Edit a Student Schedule
Users will be able to Edit a Students existing schedule. The options will be different depending on the item type (Active Course/Section, Withdrawn Course/Section, Course Request, Study Hall).
For more information see Edit a Student Schedule.
E-Mail or Print a Student Schedule
From the Student > Schedule tab, users can now choose to Print or E-Mail a student Schedule.
The Print settings will determine what is included on the PDF attachment included in the E-Mail. Be sure to set these print settings prior to e-mailing a student schedule.
To Print select 
. The Schedule Settings window will open. You can choose to print Line Schedule Only, Grid Schedule Only, or Both Line and Grid Schedule. Up to Six(6) Demographic Fields can be selected to be included with either the Field Name, Description or chose to not print the field name. 
To E-Mail, select 
. You can choose to send to either Contacts of this Student, Teachers of this Student, Staff, Admin Users, or This Student.
For more information see Print a Student Schedule or E-Mail a Student Schedule.
View a Course Roster
While on the Student > Schedule > Line Schedule tab, select to view the roster for the selected course. The View Roster window will open. Here you can view the roster and the course information will be displayed along the top. Users can also choose to E-Mail the roster to Staff and Admin Users, or Print a PDF of the Section Roster.
For more information, see View a Course Roster.
Calendar Tile
A new Calendar Tile has been added to School > Daily and Period Attendance Dashboard that displays the First Day, Last Day, and Number of Days in the Calendar. Select to open the Calendar Table.
Add a Day to the Calendar Before or After an Existing Day
From the new Calendar Tile on the School > Daily or Period Attendance Dashboard, users can access the Calendar Table to Add a Day to the Calendar before or after an existing day. Select 
to open the list of options. Select to choose to Add a Day Before or Add a Day After.
If there is not space for a day to be added either before or after the selected date, that option will be grayed out. Since Thursday 9-19-2024 exists on the calendar, the Add a Day Before option is grayed out.
The Insert a Day to the Calendar window opens and you can add the day as you normally would.
For more information, see Add a Day to the Calendar Before or After an Existing Day.
Edit or Delete a Day from the Calendar
From the new Calendar Tile on the School > Daily or Period Attendance Dashboard, users can access the Calendar Table to Edit or Delete a Day from the Calendar. Select 
to open the list of options. Select to choose to Edit or Delete a Day.
If you choose to Edit, the Editing a Day on the Calendar window will open. Here you can edit the Date, Rotation Value and Membership Value. Click Continue. Confirm the changes and select Update.
If you choose to Delete, deleting the school calendar day will delete all student and staff attendance data for the selected school day. The following Warning will appear:
For more information, see Edit or Delete a Day from the Calendar.
Individual E-Mail Enabled for Students, Staff and Contacts
Individual Students, Staff Members, and Contacts can now be sent a quick e-mail from the One Student / One Staff screens. Select the E-Mail Icon below the Student or Staff photo:
The E-Mail window will open. The email will be sent to the student, with the option to CC Contacts of This Student, Teachers of This Student, Staff, and Admin Users. Attachments can be added to the E-Mail. A copy of the email sent can also be saved in the Portfolio by selecting Save as PDF in Portfolio.
E-mails are sent from messenger@rediker.com. The default Display As name is the user’s Administrator's Plus username, but this can be changed by clicking on the gear icon 
on the top right of the email. A reply to email can also be specified. 
Import New Students from File
A CSV or tab delimited file with field headers in the 1st row can be used to Import New Students in the Enrollment Center. The file must contain the student’s First Name, Last Name, Grade Level for Enrollment. Date of Birth, although not required, is also recommended as an additional check to existing students.
For more information, see Enrollment: Import a New Student from File.
Import New Staff from File
A CSV or tab delimited file with field headers in the 1st row can be used to Import New Staff in the Enrollment Center. The file must contain the Staff members' First Name and Last Name for Enrollment.
For more information, see Enrollment: Import New Staff from a File.
Improvements
Course/Section Option Added to Attendance Batch Entry
When entering Attendance Batch Entry for Students, users can now select Course/Section.
Progress Report Settings
A Settings gear has been added to the Combined Progress Report Tile under Students > Grades > Reports so users can specify their own settings for the report. The Progress Report Settings window will open where you can select settings under General Settings, Summary Page, and Subject Pages. After the settings are set, click save. You will receive a message that your Progress Report Settings have been saved. Click Done > Choose the Marking Period of your Choice > Click Generate.
Retain Schedule Sort
Once a user sorts on a student Line Schedule, that sort is retained for that user session. If that user logs out of AdminPlus.com, the sort will defualt to Course Section.
Privacy Mode Message
Privacy Mode Message for Student or Staff Snapsot Settings hides No Rights Message for users who do not have rights to view specific data.
Contacts: Local Field Rights Based on Relationship
The Defaults for Local Field Rights Based On Relationship set in classic will be used when adding a new Contact in AdminPlus.com. These settings are listed in classic under Setup > Contacts > Set Default Local Rights:
Feature Fixes
Single Student Sort
Views that are sorted by a demographic field such as Grade Level had an implied secondary sort of Name in the Multiple Student view but not in the Single Student view. This has been fixed so the secondary sort on both is by Name.