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openSIS version 4.9 Release Notes (Jan 10, 2012)

The following list outlines some of the features that were added and some of the notable defects that were fixed. Besides these, several small UI adjustments were made and SQL fine tuning were done and small defects were fixed.

New Features

  • Missing Attendance Table added for faster calculation of large number of missing attendance
  • Ajax loading added to home page while missing attendance is calculated. No waiting for page to load
  • Student calendar view for schedule added. Day, week and month view is now possible
  • School logo upload functionality added
  • Uploaded school logo is displayed in Report Cards, Transcripts and repots where school name is displayed
  • In setup student fields, list of existing default fields are shown to make it easier for custom field addition
  • GPA printing on Report Card functionality added
  • Signature line for teacher, parent and principal added in Report Card
  • Enrollment record history is created in the student enrollment section
  • Teacher's assignment that do not have a due date is not displayed on the student/parent portal
  • When a student is dropped, the portal login is automatically disabled for student
  • When a student is dropped, the portal login is automatically disabled for all linked parents
  • Course Period changes blocked after attendance record or grading records created
  • Student's schedule modification details are not shown in student schedule line item by clicking on more info icon
  • A period has to be enabled for attendance before it can be used for attendance in the course period creation
  • School roll over is automated. It will do one click roll over with a desired starting date for next school year
  • Course weighting for Advanced Placement (AP) classes enabled in course period. Weighted GPA will be used for calculation
  • Several useful validation were added to minimize data entry mistakes

Defects Fixed

  • A blank attendance category can be created
  • A blank attendance code can be created
  • ADA calculation giving error
  • All assignment in others assignment type shows in Grades under Grade book
  • Allow Teacher Grade scale regressed
  • Calendar event is saving blank title
  • Comment deletion giving error from time to time
  • Comments field show up even when comment is turned off
  • Copy school period is not copying correctly
  • Custom Profile assignment for users create issues after login
  • Database error occurring in student expanded view
  • Database error shows if single quote(') inserted in time of addition or updation in user fields
  • Error in Student Final Grades sorting
  • For the same school we can create two or more default calendars
  • Gender restriction is not work in course period
  • Go button in student calendar view not working
  • Group schedule regressed
  • Historical Marking Period ID clash removed
  • Ignore for scheduling switch does not work for group scheduling
  • In copy school function, grade scale is not copying
  • In custom field, sort order validation does not work when editing
  • In list events, the ordered by date does not work properly
  • In transcript printing, student photo is not re-sized
  • Inactive student's grade shows in transcripts
  • Individual scheduling... add course is buggy
  • Invalid date range in Eligibility
  • Mandatory field do not work in user custom field
  • Page redirection is not proper in marking period
  • Run scheduler error fixed
  • Run scheduler schedules duplicate courses
  • 'Select Multiple from option' of user custom field is not working
  • Showing wrong student count for custom search
  • Sort order takes blank value
  • Student name does not accept space
  • Student next, previous link is not working properly in the case of same last name
  • Teacher attendance Go button not aligned
  • The end date can be updated with a date earlier then the begin date
  • The grade posting end date can be earlier then the grade posting start date
  • The required fields take blank space value
  • Unable to add student custom field in custom category
  • Switching 2nd school creating session problem
  • User and student were permitted to have same user name
  • User searching is not work properly
  • Validation does not work when we update a portal notes field
  • When a school was setup as whole year, Teacher Login session crashed
  • When an administrator enters the attendance for students, teachers were getting missing attendance notification
  • When you make Custom field mandatory to non-mandatory, db does not update
  • Wrong student count when search through custom fields
  • Zip/Postal Code field does not have any validation
  • Weighted GPA calculation error