Massachusetts and Pennsylvania Sync Sites Only.

Student Search Screens Enhancements

• Changes to Enrollment filter on student search screens
• Withdrawn students now show in red font throughout system

Scheduling Enhancements

• “Drop/Restore” functionality added on the Schedule Summary screen

IMPORTANT NOTE: When to use Drop versus Remove

DROP: Use when a student has spent any amount of time in the class. The schedule row for that class will remain in the student’s schedule but will have a status of DROPPED and can be viewed/hidden with the “Show Dropped Courses” checkbox.

REMOVE: Use when a student has not spent any time in a class and the schedule was accidentally attached to the student. As before, a class that is REMOVED will not be included in the student’s schedule.

• “Drop/Add” report now shows all changes to a student’s schedule
• Schedule Changes: Terms associated to student’s class section record are automatically adjusted based on the date the Drop, Restore or Add occurs
• Course search now offers “Exact Match” Term selection
• Withdraw Changes: Automate dropping of classes on withdrawl from school *(new configuration parameter allows district to decide if classes should be automatically dropped when a student withdraws – See documentation for directions to set up)
• Option to “Retain Current Student Schedules” will allow students to retain student’s seat in the class when withdrawn if the student is withdrawing for a short period of time and planning to return
• Class Rosters now show withdrawn and dropped student.

Auto-Attendance Letters

• Create Auto-Attendance Letter Rules for generating Attendance Letters
• Generate Attendance Letters based on Auto-Attendance Rules
• Student log of Auto-Attendance Letters received

** See attached Release Notes for more details. **

Documentation can be found in Help >  iPass New Sync Version > Drop/Restore Schedules and Withdrawal Enhancements and Automated Attendance Letters