PowerSchool got some updates! Every so often, we update PowerSchool to the most recent version. This means new features, bug fixes, and other helpful changes.
Here are the updates you will see as of January 7,2022:
1. New look/colors on some pages.
2. PowerTeacher Pro:
- Filter Assignments: Teachers are now able to filter assignments on the Standards Scoresheet, allowing teachers to view specific categories or due dates for analysis.
- Missing Assignment Report: Teachers can include assignments with a score of zero on missing assignment report.
- Starting Page: Teachers can now set a default starting page other than the Assignment List.
- Transfer Scores: Teachers can now review the score type and assignment points for each assignment available on Transfer Score, allowing teachers to understand the weight of each assignment.
3. The Career Tech pages have been renamed Academic and Career Planner, or ACP.
4. Administrators can now assign pathways of courses to an Academic and Career Plan.
5. Health:
- Search medications by category, such as "fever".
- When adding immunization records for a student, the count on the Health - Immunization tab now displays the dose totals correctly.
6. Security: Username and Password fields have been updated to disable autocomplete, spellcheck, autocorrect, and auto-capitalize
7. PowerSchool Admin:
- Blank Records: The Entry Codes and Exit Codes allowed the creation of blank records which allowed duplicate values. Validation is now in place to ensure that there are no blank codes.
- Enrollment Summary Report: This report now includes a breakdown of all genders defined in the Gender code set when clicking on the student total links.
- Contacts: "Contacts" page now shows when an account is locked due to multiple invalid login attempts.
- Forms: All forms can now be translated to all languages supported by PowerSchool.
- Enrollment Email: There is now an option to resent the Enrollment email through the Pre-registration Submissions report.
8. Graduation Planner: Now can configure a Graduation Plan with a required minimum GPA that is calculated using one of the options below:
- All courses that a student has taken
- Only those courses that were applied to the Graduation Plan
9. Parent Portal: Schools are now shown in alphabetical order.
