2024.2.0

2/9/2024

Fixes/Updates

Assessments

1.  The CASAS Reading Steps, Listening Steps, and Math GOALS 2 assessments were populating "Level Not Defined" instead of ABE L6 or Completed ESL L6 when the score ranges for those levels were entered.  That has been corrected and assessments synced as part of the release to update the levels in affected student records.

2. The Northstar Digital Literacy Assessments (non-NRS assessments used by some ABE and literacy clients) have been updated to only allow one decimal point and the way decimals are truncated has been updated. For example, a Northstar scaled score of 1.65 will truncate to 1.6 instead of rounding up to 1.7. 

• This change affected all scores entered in the assessment dialog.  For example, SPL/GLEs only allow one decimal. If 5.88 is entered, it does not round up to 5.9 but will be truncated to 5.8.  Scaled score in general, especially for NRS approved assessments, do not allow decimals. If scaled score 550.89 is entered - which is incorrect by default - the score will truncate to 550.  

Fields

1. Validation has been added to the Zip Code field to alert  users when a zip code does not exist.  Note that this is only an alert -  users are not prevented from saving a record with a zip code that does not exist.

2. The Birthdate, Age, and Birthdate Verification fields have been re-positioned to the top of all person Demographics panels to allow users to more easily see these fields. 

Search

1. The NRS Participants search has been added to the following All Areas to allow users to more easily find NRS Participants at other areas besides Student.  Note that the NRS Participants search at the Student area returns students in the current fiscal year ONLY.  The NRS Participants search at the All Areas allows users to search for  prior FYs.  The searches are at each area at Searches->NRS->NRS Participants.

• 1. •  All Assessments

     • All Diplomas/Credentials

     • All Non-Reportable Credentials

     • All Goals

     • All Hours

     • All Postsecondary Education or Training

     • All Student Enrollments

Reports

1. An updated version of LACES reporting includes an improved "Export to Excel" function.  The Excel function could not be applied to older reports.  Older reports will continue to use the same Excel formatting as before. 

2. The Student Portal Application report now prints with masked Social Security Numbers. This report is only available in clients who use the Student Portal. (Clients who use the portal but do not collect SSN do not see SSN on the report.)

Students

1. Additional fields have been added to the student Batch Edit functionality.  Batch Edit is available at the student area grid on the More drop-down menu. Note that Batch Edit permission is based on the user role. 

View Manager

1. The Department field has been added to the View Manager list at the All Student Enrollments area. 

New Features/Functionality

The ability to copy IDs from at the grid in a comma-separated format and then use those IDs for searching "in the list" at another area has been added. This eliminates the need for users to export a view containing IDs, such as Student ID, Staff, ID, Class ID, etc. and then using a separate tool or app to format the IDs in a comma-separated list. IDs are copied from the selection of records at the grid, with a limit of 10000 comma separated values applied to the search. 

While searching for IDs in a list may be done at the All Areas, the All Areas themselves - such as All Assessments and All Hours - do not include the copy IDs functionality.  This is because the use case for IDs copied from a person grid is typically to search at an All Area, not the other way around.  For example, you may search student IDs in a list search at the All Assessments area, but it is unlikely that you would search for assessment IDs in a list search at the student area. 

To copy IDs:

1. Subset the selection of records. 

2. Click the More toolbar button.

3. Select "Copy [area] IDs to the clipboard."

4. The IDs area copied to the clipboard on your computer. 

5. Go the area you wish to search.  

6. Click the Add Search button.

7. In the criteria builder window,  click the down arrow on the fields box and then start typing in the type of ID you are searching for, such as "Student ID," and then click on it when the field name appears in the drop down.

8. Once you select the IDs to search, select "In the list" from the operator drop-down list.

9. Paste the IDs into the values field and click Apply. 

10. Records with the ID will be returned in the search. 

Last update: 2/9/2024