Recent updates
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EOY Test Crosswalk Setup
Updated onArticleThe EOY Test Crosswalk Setup screen allows the district to add, edit, or delete the end of year tests and their associated valid courses. Focus references this table during EOY Processing.
State Reporting Florida State Reporting Florida Reports
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Expenditure/Revenue Report
Updated onArticleThe Expenditure/Revenue Report gives you access to view budget information and all committed, encumbered, and expended monies for all the Expense, Revenue, and Internal Accounts. The report is defined and generated based on parameters defined in the report’s criteria. Data can be sorted, filtered, and hidden in a number of ways and can include as many years of information as selected.
ERP ERP Administrator Help Budgeting/General Ledger
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Import Peer Data
Updated onArticleThe Import Peer Data screen allows users to test out the importation of PEER data before, during, and after scheduling the "Florida Peer Nightly import" scheduled job. The PEER Integration process takes what is at the state level, imports that data into Focus background tables, and populates this data for the appropriate fields in a given student’s profile. This data is supplied to the district by being placed in your district’s PEER/OUT folder by FLDOE. It is important to ensure that Focus is up to date on this information so that the district is providing the appropriate accommodations to their students in need of accommodations, as well as accurate data for state reporting.
State Reporting Florida State Reporting Florida Reports
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School List Setup
Updated onArticleThe School List Setup module allows users to customize specific pull-down menus in FASTER, such as the pull-downs associated with the Outgoing Transcripts tab. Districts can utilize the School List Setup module to manage the schools listed in each of the groups for organization and quick transactions, such as Commonly Used, FASTER Colleges, SPEEDE/ExPRESS, and specific districts.
State Reporting Florida State Reporting Florida Reports
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Standardized Assessments
Updated onArticleState and local assessment data can be imported or manually entered into Focus. After the scores are entered, there are a variety of built-in reports to help analyze this information.
SIS SIS Training Manuals Assessment
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12.0.10, 12.0.11, 12.0.12, 12.0.13, 12.0.14, 12.0.15, 12.0.16 - Revision - 09/11/2023
Updated onArticleAdded FOCUS-39609 - Communication Platform: Improve Translation API Performance Before this branch was implemented, there was an issue where short announcements wouldn't be translated if they were created subsequent to a longer announcement. With the introduction of this branch, this issue has been addressed. Now, regardless of their length, all messages will be translated as expected. Added FOCUS-39684 - Communication Platform: New CC First Email Only Feature This branch introduces a new feature in the Email tab for Communication messages: a 'First Only' checkbox adjacent to the CC text box. When this checkbox is activated, which is the default setting, the CC will be added solely to the first email sent out for that particular message. As a result, only this initial recipient will see the CC'd email addresses in the email they receive. However, when the checkbox is deselected, the CC will be applied to all emails sent for that message, ensuring every recipient sees the CC'd addresses. Added FOCUS-39683 - Community Mobile App: Grade Levels Prevents Announcements from Showing for Logged in Parents This branch addresses two specific issues related to announcements on the Community Mobile App: Announcements set with specific grade levels were not displaying accurately for parents when logged into the mobile app. However, if the public setting was checked, these announcements displayed correctly when logged out. This inconsistency has been rectified. For schools without an entry in the Community App setup page pertaining to news enablement/disablement, their news was not appearing on the app. With this update, the news will only be hidden if it is explicitly set to "disabled" in the setup page. Both of these corrections aim to enhance the user experience and ensure accurate information display on the mobile app. Added FOCUS-38533 - Communication Platform: Improvements to SMS This branch revises the SMS character limit handling. Instead of blocking input beyond 21 characters before a field, it now highlights overly lengthy messages in red. While pasting extended content is again permitted, attempting to send an overlong message will trigger an immediate error. Each field contributes 10 characters to the total count, accounting for the field and an accompanying space. Importantly, if a saved SMS initially meets the character constraints but later exceeds the limit after field inclusions or automatic translations, it will still be sent but will be truncated to the designated character limit. This update offers users enhanced flexibility while maintaining SMS character boundaries. Added FOCUS-39828 - Communication: Disallow Teacher Conversation with Staff/Parent Without Contact Regarding Previous Students Added FOCUS-39842 - Communication does not allow search all school for teachers like Print Letters & Send Emails Added FOCUS-39638 - Disallow Logging and Allow Reply When Sending a Message as from District See Communication for details. Added FOCUS-39840 - Communication Platform: Whitelist HTML Attributes This branch modifies a security issue related to HTML usage within Communication Platform. Previously, when users incorporated certain HTML tags from external sources into a new message, it would trigger a security error. To enhance compatibility and user experience, this update expands the whitelist for the HTML validator. Specifically, the caption, center, style, and valign tags have been added to the approved list, minimizing disruptions when users integrate external HTML content into their messages.
Release Notes and State Reporting Updates Release Notes Version 12.0.X
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12.0.16 - 09/10/2023
Updated onArticleFOCUS-39824- feat(accounts-receivable): add reference number to undeposited payments System enhancement displaying reference number column from Accounts Receivable Receipts in Account Receivable Deposits. See Deposits and Internal Account Deposits for more information. FOCUS-39748- ER_Purchasing - Add setting for required field on PO System enhancement adding a setting to require 'Buyer' on Requisition. To enable: Setup > Setting > Accounts Payable > 'Require Buyer Field on Purchase Order.' See Setup > Settings > Accounts Payable for details on this new setting. FOCUS-33699- E-signature size/display issue The E-Signature component has the ability to be sized and therefore the size of the actual signature and printed name and date should dynamically adjust up or down based on settings. The actual signature & printed name should be inside the size of the component. The printed component should stay where it is on the form and not shift on the print media.
Release Notes and State Reporting Updates Release Notes Version 12.0.X
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12.0.10, 12.0.11, 12.0.12, 12.0.13, 12.0.14, 12.0.15 - Revision - 09/08/2023
Updated onArticleAdded FOCUS-39890 - Communication - Hotfix - Remove HTML validation for CommunicationText
Release Notes and State Reporting Updates Release Notes Version 12.0.X
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FES Import Exceptions
Updated onArticleThe FES Import Exceptions screen houses several different types of reports to aid districts in validating their FES student data.
State Reporting Florida State Reporting Florida Reports
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Average Pass/Fail Grades
Updated onArticleThe Average Pass/Fail Grades screen contains two tabs, Combine Semesters into Full Year and Split Full Year into Semesters. The Combine Semesters into Full Year tab displays students who have a failing grade in semester 1 or semester 2 in a course, along with an average grade for the two semesters that is passing. When this process is run, it will insert a new report card grade for the full year with an average of the two semesters. The Split Full Year into Semesters tab displays all failing full year student report card grades where course_history = Y and where there are two semester grade records and at least one is passing. When the process is run, it will set course_history = null for the full year grade record and course_history = Y for the two semesters, and will award credit accordingly.
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