PowerSchool Update Rosalyn Galloway Director, Student Information System

Update Objectives PowerSchool 8.1 Upgrade –Release History –Next release will be in March 8.2 Professional Development for PowerSchool Coordinators Monthly Users Meetings Weekly Communications

Release History 7.8 December 23, 2013 September 26, 2013 June 26, 2013 March 26, 2014 June 24, 2014 Oct 2, 2014 Dec 19, 2014

1 Database Upgrade

Upgrading to Oracle 12c

2 User Interface Enhancements

New appearance Many pages have received a facelift Setup menus are now better organized New icons and images in SVG format Nothing too drastic; no re-training

3 Enhanced Searching Capabilities

PowerSearch New design for the Start Page Show selected students right away No more search result maximum of 500 Advanced Mode - Create selections of students from multiple searches (add, subtract, within)

PowerSearch Advanced Mode Select By Hand Group Functions

4 Document Attachment

Document Attachments Not turned on for North Carolina – working out costs Upload any type of file to a student ’ s record District can define global storage quota Use a local (single server) or network drive (multiple application nodes) Easy to set up

5 Field Level Security Expansion

The Link to Set Field Level Security Moved

Field Level Security Expansion Many additional fields from the Students table can now have field- level security settings applied. ALERT_DISCIPLINE ALERT_DISCIPLINEEXPIRES ALERT_GUARDIAN ALERT_GUARDIANEXPIRES ALERT_MEDICAL ALERT_MEDICALEXPIRES APPLIC_RESPONSE_RECVD_DATE APPLIC_SUBMITTED_DATE BALANCE1 BUILDING CITY DISTRICTENTRYDATE DISTRICTENTRYGRADELEVEL DISTRICTOFRESIDENCE DOB DOCTOR_NAME DOCTOR_PHONE EMERG_CONTACT_1 EMERG_CONTACT_2 EMERG_PHONE_1 EMERG_PHONE_2 ETHNICITY EXCLUDE_FR_RANK FATHER FEDETHNICITY FEDRACEDECLINE GENDER GUARDIAN HOME_PHONE HOME_ROOM HOUSE LOCKER_COMBINATION LOCKER_NUMBER LUNCH_ID LUNCHSTATUS MAILING_CITY MAILING_STATE MAILING_STREET MAILING_ZIP MOTHER NEXT_SCHOOL PHONE_ID SCHED_NEXTYEARBUILDING SCHED_NEXTYEARGRADE SCHED_NEXTYEARHOUSE SCHED_NEXTYEARTEAM SCHED_PRIORITY SCHED_SCHEDULED SCHED_YEAROFGRADUATION SCHOOLENTRYDATE SCHOOLENTRYGRADELEVEL SSN STATE STREET SUMMERSCHOOLID TEAM TRACK TRANSFERCOMMENT ZIP

6 Data Export Manager Enhancements

Users are now able to limit and more easily export database extension records using the Data Export Manager Users are now able to choose columns from both parent and child tables and filter records based on specific criteria Users are now able to directly edit database extension records for one-to-one, one-to-many, and independent tables.

Many New Selection Features Parent table fields are available Extension/child table fields are available

Many New Selection Features Control Exported Field Name

Filter Which Records Will Export!

7 Localization Enhancements

PowerTeacher Administrator screens and reports can now be localized PowerSchool now supports the ability to export all PowerSchool text in a delimited file so that it can be imported into an third-party system for translation. Online help files can also be exported. Once translated, the text can be imported back into PowerSchool and the translations made available immediately Special search codes can now be translated Improved user interface for the translation toolkit

Localization Enhancements

Professional Development for PowerSchool Coordinators

Monthly Users Meetings Date/Time Committees –Attendance –Enhancements –Customizations –Security –Reports –New GPA/Grade Scale Policy

Weekly NC-SIS Communications

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