Current SchoolTool *BUGS* we think you should know...
Mindex is aware of these issues. Each one listed has a fix timeframe included.
New Grade book Editor - Missing Assignments Report: The missing assignments report is not accurate for recent assignments. It appears assignments after the update on 3/8 are not displaying.
Workaround: Use LEGACY reports - Missing Assignment Gradebook report.
Mindex is aware of this bug and is expected to fix it in a future release.
Student name may appear blank on Traditional Report Card: Student name will not print on the report card if two contacts live at the same address but each contact sees a different student name (Affirmed name versus Legal name). This may happen even if you have not yet turned this feature on.
Workaround: You must set both contacts to the same student display name. If you have not turn on this feature, please contact the SchoolTool Team to assist you with this.
Mindex is aware of this bug but an exact timeframe for a fix is unknown.
Teachers cannot print report cards: Home > Reports: If a teacher tries to print a student's report card from Home > Reports, they will get an error.
Workaround: Print report cards from Counseling > Reports.
Mindex is aware of this bug but an exact timeframe for a fix is unknown.
Standard Transcript 003 - Regents area cut off by invisible Activities/Custom Activities section: Maintenance > Application > Report Format: If this transcript is used, the Custom Activities will cut off the Regents area. "Show Custom Activities Section" is a new feature that was automatically enabled in v21.2-R1.
Workaround: Turn this feature off in Maintenance > Application > Report Format for Transcript 003. Uncheck the Show Custom Activities Section.
Mindex is aware of this and is expected to fix it in a future release.
Marking Period defaults to current MP instead of previous MP when entering grades in NEW gradebook: Teacher My Home > Gradebook > Submit Marking Period Grades: when attempting to submit marking period grades for the marking period that has just passed, the submit marking period grades defaults to the CURRENT marking period instead of the MP that just closed and needs grades to be submitted for.
Workaround: Change the MP back to the correct MP that you are entering for.
Mindex is aware of this and is expected to fix it in a future release.
Online Pre-Registration duplicating contacts when a student transfer is accepted: Census > Receive Student Data > Online Pre-Registration: when attempting to accept a student the prompt for accepting Contacts is to 'Use an existing contact' but this list is blank. This will force users to use create new which will create duplicate contact(s) when the student transfer is accepted.
Workaround: A workaround is unknown at this time.
Mindex is aware of this and is expected to fix it in a future release.
An Error will occur when trying to delete person: Maintenance > Census > Delete Person: when attempting to delete a person in Maintenance, if the demographic information and crisis information had been previously added to.
Workaround: No workaround known at this time.
Mindex is aware of this and is expected to fix it in a future release.
Time Out may occur when using the NEW grade book: Teacher Home screen > Grade book > Submit Marking Period Grades (in the new grade book interface). A timeout error will popup.
Workaround: Use the Legacy Grade book.
Mindex is aware of this and is expected to fix it in a future release.
An RTE will occur when editing/creating a referral: Discipline > Unassigned Referrals: A run time error will occur when rapidly clicking the save button while editing a referral or creating a new referral.
Workaround: Only click save ONCE.
Mindex is aware of this and is expected to fix it in a future release.
Descriptor Graded Courses appearing on Canned Secondary Traditional Progress Reports: When running a Traditional Progress report, courses that are set to be descriptor graded, are appearing on the progress report.
Workaround: Go to Scheduling > Course Catalog, select the course and check the box for "Exclude from Progress Report."
Mindex is aware of this bug but an exact timeframe for a fix is unknown.
An error occurs in the Student or Parent Portal when there is an unnamed category or the category totals do not equal 100 in the Teacher's Gradebook: When students or parents go to view averages in My Home > Grades > Marking Period Average they will receive an error and unable to view grades.
Workaround: Teacher must go into their gradebook and delete or name the unnamed category OR make sure all categories equal 100.
Mindex is aware of this bug but an exact timeframe for a fix is unknown.
Roster Reports generate in unexpected new font from previous versions: When printing rosters, Sans Serif font is displaying instead of the previous version with Times New Roman.
Workaround: Districts could download the roster into Rich Text Format and change the font.
Mindex is aware of this bug and is set to be fixed in the 21.2 version update.
Receive Student Data does not recognize changes made in Student's Contact: Effects BOCES & Home District (through District Connections). When the "Receive Student Changes" is turned on in the district connection (Maintenance > Application > District Connections), changes made at the 'Sending' or 'Receiving' district to the student contacts, the updates are not being received by the district when you use Census > Receive Student Data > Update Students.
Workaround: No known workaround at this time.
Mindex is aware of this bug but an exact timeframe for a fix is unknown.
Error when printing certain Discipline letters: Student Record > Discipline > Referral > Print Letter: When trying to print certain discipline letters, an error will occur if there are special characters < or > in the referral.
Workaround: Edit referral and remove any special characters and save the referral. The letter will then run as it should.
Mindex is aware of this bug but an exact timeframe for a fix is unknown.
Blank Screen in Residents & Household Report: Census > Reports > Residents and Household Report: When running this report, it will generate in a new screen but the original SchoolTool screen will appear blank.
Workaround: In order to get back to reports, you must click on Census > Reports.
Mindex is aware of this bug but an exact timeframe for a fix is unknown.
Error message with Online Pre-Registration: Census > Receive Student Data: an error may occur when attempting to delete Online Pre-registration records.
Workaround: Edit the record and remove all but one of the contacts first. You should then be able to go back in and delete the record.
Mindex plans to fix this in a future release, an exact timeframe is not known at this time.
Students print repeatedly on Grade Analysis Report: Counseling > Reports > Grade Analysis Report: prints student names repeatedly when multiple teachers are assigned to the same course.
Workaround: None at this time.
Mindex plans to fix this in a future release, an exact timeframe is not known at this time.
Error editing grading scale: Teacher Home Screen > Gradebook Setup: an error will occur when a teacher's scale is edited in the legacy gradebook.
Workaround: Use the NEW grade book.
Mindex plans to fix this in a future release, an exact timeframe is not known at this time.
Google Classroom Issues: Google Classroom assignments with Video Attachments will not import assignment grades
Workaround: Remove video prior to importing assignments.
Google Classroom: Apostrophe in student's SchoolTool Email does not allow the Roster Sync to add the student to the Google Classroom
Workaround: Remove the apostrophe from the student email.