2008-2009 Update History

As new features become available for the JMC Office Application, updates to the software will be posted on our web site. To determine whether you may want to update your JMC Office Application, locate the build date for your software and then check below to see if a newer build is available and, if so, what new features are available in the newer build.

If a newer build is available and you wish to download the update, click on the correct link on the software download page to begin the download process.


Version: 3.8

Build Number: 112008

Changes:

b. b.

Minnesota

Importing Test Scores

A new multi-purpose test score importer for MN Test Results DSR files is available in the Grades module. This option allows for simultaneous importation of BST, GRAD, MCA, MTELL, SOLOM, and TEAE test results, including strand, substrand, and subtest scores

Minnesota

Strands - Substrands - Subtests

Strand, substrand, or subtest scores for Minnesota tests such as MCA, BST, and GRAD are now editable and queriable in the Grades module.

Minnesota

MTELL - SOLOM - TEAE Test Results

Minnesota test scores such as MTELL, SOLOM, and TEAE and their strands, substrands, or subtests are now editable and queriable in the Grades module.

Minnesota

MCA - BST - GRAD Test Results

Additional score types for the MCA, BST, and GRAD are now editable and queriable in the Grades module. New types include the Progress Score, also known as the Vertical Scale Score. Some tests have additional formats available, such as raw score, scale score, or MN percentile rank.

MN GRAD Test

Special Pass/Fail Interpretation

Importing of the GRAD test now interprets the GRAD and MCA results to determine a true GRAD pass/fail result.

Minnesota

MARSS Captures

The MARSS Captures have been updated to allow a single apostrophe in a student's last name.

Project EASIER

Create File for Iowa DE

The Received Educ Serv Flag now reports into the file as a 1 or 2.

Lists (Iowa)

Project EASIER Fields

Additional Project EASIER items (Removals, Full Academic Year, At Risk, Quality Preschool) are now available for reporting under the Attendance->Student->Lists menu item.

Lists (Minnesota)

MARSS Race-Ethnicity Fields

The new MARSS Race-Ethnicity fields are now available for reporting under the Attendance->Student->Lists menu item.

Lists (Wisconsin)

Birth State

Birth State is now available for reporting under the Attendance->Student->Lists menu item.

Lists

More Flags

Several additional flags, such as Attendance, State Reporting, Rank, and Honor Roll, are now available for reporting under the Attendance->Student->Lists menu item.

Grades

Additonal Standardized Tests

Test scores for several additional standardized tests may be maintained in the Grades module. Additional tests include CLEP, EXPLORE, IAAT, MTELL, PIAT-R, SOLOM, and TEAE. Also, several new subtests for various standardized tests have been included.

Grades

NWEA Tests Update

NWEA Algebra and Map for Primary Grades tests are now included. Also, the NWEA Test Score import option in Grades->Transcripts->Import Test Scores has been updated for fall 2008.

Grades

Teacher To Office Summary

The Teacher To Office summary has been updated for accuracy and completeness.

Lunch

Edit Meal Prices Retroactive

When meal prices are edited using Lunch->Data-Edit Meal Prices, an option is given to make the meal price change retroactive, thereby updating past lunch transactions.

Build Number: 100808

Changes:

b. b.

Edit Student Data

Full Academic Year popup

On MacOS the Full Academic Year popup was fixed in this version.

IA - Project EASIER

Capture File for Dept of Ed

In rare situations the file could not be exported.

Build Number: 093008

Changes:

b. b.

IA - Project EASIER

Student ID File and Bar Code File

The Student ID File and Bar Code File exports now use the student Resident District from Enrollment History.

NE - NSSRS

Fall Changes

Fall 08 NSSRS Changes are now in this updated version.

WI - Direct Certification

Direct Certification

Lunch Direct Certification is now handled in this updated version.

Lunch

Lunch Claims Edit Check

The Lunch Claims Edit Check now allows for a two decimal place attendance factor.

Build Number: 091108

Changes:

b. b.

Project EASIER

Fix ID File Export

The ID File export has been fixed.

Health History

Lead Screening

Lead Screening is a new trackable item in Health History.

Minnesota

MCA-II Science

The MCA-II Science test is now importable/editable.

Lunch

Cash Accounts

Cash account purchases in more than one pricing group were not tallied correctly. This issue has been fixed.

Lists (Iowa)

Enrollment History

All Enrollment History items are now available for reporting under the Attendance->Student->Lists menu item.

Health

Import Health Records from a Lower Bldg

For students entering your building from another JMC building in the district last year, use this option to import Health records.

Online Software

MacOS Online Software

In some cases the Online software would stop processing attendance and display a blurred count of pending records. These issues have been resolved.

Build Number: 090308 ONLINE ONLY

Changes:

b. b.

PaySchools Integration

Online

This Build 090308 works with the latest version of PaySchools' online deposit software.

Build Number: 081808

Changes:

b. b.

Minnesota

Import GRAD Results

Importing GRAD Results now correctly calculates a passing or not-passing result.

General

Edit Student Data

The "Resident" field was inadvertently hidden on the Edit Student Data screen starting with Build 080808. This issue has been fixed.

Schedules

Print Schedules

The Bus and Locker fields were printing on top of each other. This issue has been fixed.

Build Number: 080808

Changes:

b. b.

General

Student Information Forms

Health history data (specifically physical exams, parent permission, insurance, and conditions) may now be included in your custom Student Info Forms.

General

New Student Demographic Field

New field for the Edit Student Data screen is the Suffix field. This field is used for name suffixes such as Jr., Sr., III. etc.

Lunch

Lunch Status Report

The Lunch Status Report now lists the Last Date of Approval (Determination Made).

Lunch

Various Reports

Grade range for various lunch reports may be specified. Reports with this option include Ala Cartes Served, Meals Served, and Reimbursables.

Lunch

New Reports

Two new reports were added: Lunch Missing App Check and Lunch Random 3% Free/Reduced Accounts.

Lunch

Income Eligibility Guidelines 08-09

The new Income Eligibility Guidelines for 08-09 are in this update on the Determine Free and Reduced screen.

Minnesota - MARSS

MCA - BST - GRAD Test Results

Minnesota test scores such as MCA, BST, and GRAD are now editable and queriable in the Grades module as well as the MARSS module.

Minnesota - MARSS

New Student Demographic Fields

New fields for the Edit Student Data screen include race-ethnicity checkboxes on the State Reporting tab as well as the PSEO Concurrently Enrolled checkbox on the MARSS - Edit Student Data screen.

Minnesota - MARSS

Social Security Number

The student Social Security Number is no longer captured in the MARSS B File extract. This change was requested by the MN Department of Education.

Iowa - Project EASIER

New Student Demographic Fields

New fields for Project EASIER reporting, including Quality Preschool Program, Titlte I School Choice School, Migrant Status menu, and At-Risk.

Iowa - Project EASIER

Edit School Data

A new grid is available on this screen that allows a school to select 2 attributes for each grade zero group: grade level (Preschool or Kindergarten) and Kindergarten Literay Assessment

Iowa - Project EASIER

Enrollment History revision

Enrollment History has been revised to reflect an enrollment period. Entry and Exit (withdrawal) information are now contained within the same record. Fields associated with an enrollment history period are Res Dist, Res County, FTE, Dest Code and Loc, Rec'd Ed Services.

Iowa - Project EASIER

Removals revision

Code changes for Removals Reasons and Weapons Types are included. Received Services During Expulsion is removed.

Iowa - Project EASIER

Drop a Grade

Drop a Grade for Whole Grade Sharing Out to Another District may be done for a whole grade level at one time. A corresponding enrollment history record will be created. Destination code and location may be specified for the enrollment history record.

Iowa - Project EASIER

Drop a Student

A corresponding enrollment history record will be created when a student is dropped via Attendance - Drop a Student. Received Educational Services as well as Destination Code and Location may be specified for the enrollment history record.

Iowa - Project EASIER

Add a Student

A corresponding enrollment history record will be created when a student is added via Attendance - Add a Student. FTE as well as Resident District and County may be specified for the enrollment history record.

Iowa - Project EASIER

Re-enter a Student

A corresponding enrollment history record will be created when a student is re-entered via Attendance - Re-enter a Student. FTE as well as Resident District and County may be specified for the enrollment history record.

Health

Import Health from 2nd Bldg

Immunizations and Health History may be imported from another JMC building. This option will typically be used to import these records from a lower building, such as from a middle school to a high school. This option is not necessary for schools using a District-level database.

Health

Visit Log Query

The health visit log may be queried in a variety of ways, such as for a day, week, month, or other date span.. The query may also be specified by reason or action.

Health

Visit Log

New screens for health visit log, now allowing up to 1000 characters of free-form text per record. A visit log record also has fields for Reason, Action, Date/Time In/Out.

Health

Immunization Labels

Immunization labels were updated to use the new format for immunizations data. New immunizations may selectively be included on the label.

Health

Immunizations

New screens for health immunizations, now using a list orientation which allows for more immunization records. Several new immunization types are included, including variations of former DTP. New fields include 50 character comment, source, and valid.

Health

Immunization Dates

On the Edit Student Immunizations screen, dates may be entered as MM/DD/YY, MM/YY, or CCYY. This allows for the date in the immunization record to include only the known information, e.g. student had Chicken Pox in January of 2007 or sometime in 2007.

Health

Immunizations Query

The Immunizations Query will allow cients to query on a secific immunization or for a compliance group, e.g. DTP complinace group which includes DTP, DTap, DT, Tdap, and Td. Also, grade levels for grade 0 may be specified by Kindergarten group, e.g. EC to EC.

Health

Health History-new categories

New health history categories include Conditions (including Allergies), Medicines, Insurance, Medical Emergency Plan, Pediculosis, Body Mass Index, Potassium Iodide Permission, and Other. Conditions and Medicines records have menus for specifying sub-types.

Health

Health History-BMI calculated

Records for the new health history category Body Mass Index (BMI) may be automatically created via calculation from a health history height-weight record.

Health

Health History-edit screen update

The Edit Student Health History screen has been modified so that a student's list of health history records is more streamlined for better readability. Additinal keyboard shortcut functionality has been added, as well.

Nebraska

NSSRS State Reporting

Various Nebraska NSSRS state reporting templates may be generated, such as the Student, Student Snapshot, School Enrollment, Summary Attendance Programs Fact, Title I.

Nebraska

NSSRS Menu

The various NSSRS reporting templates may be generated independently of each other by selecting one or more options from the NSSRS Export screen.

Nebraska

MSSRS Programs Fact

Student data for the Programs Fact templates may be edited on the State Reporting tab of the Edit Student Data screen.

Nebraska

New Student Demographic Fields

New fields for NSSRS reporting, including Home Language Code and LEP duration.

Wisconsin

Summer/Fall 08 Changes

Changes/Additions were made for Summer/Fall 2008 State Reporting. Please note that both the 07-08 and 08-09 JMC Office Applications have been updated for Summer/Fall 2008 reporting.

Wisconsin

New Student Demographic Fields

New fields for ISES/WSLS reporting, including Birth State, ELL Served, Completed Term (override), and Promotion (override).

Build Number: 062008

Changes:

b. b.

Ready for IP GradeBooks 08-09

08-09 IP GradeBooks

Use this version of the 08-09 Online software with the 08-09 IP GradeBooks.

Build Number: 050708

Changes:

b. b.

Edit Student Data

Read/Only Issue

An issue was resolved where the Edit Student Data screen would give Read Only access to student information.

Build Number: 042508

Changes:

b. b.

Grades

Test Scores - MN only

MCA and BST tests are now viewable in Lists and on the edit Test Scores screens

Grades

Test Scores - Edit Test Scores

Revisions include all/selected menu for controlling which records are displayed and also a modified interface for viewing more records in the list.

Lunch

Lunch Status Report

This report was revised to include any student that attended during the specified date span. Also, the report includes expanded grade zero grade levels.

Health

Health History

Edit Health History screen now includes an all/selected menu for controlling which records are displayed. Also, new allergies were added to the Conditions category.

Health

Immunizations

DTP, Polio, Td, Meningococcal, Pneumococal families of immunizations were added for when nurse is not sure exactly which immunization was given to the student.

Health

Immunization Labels

A new immunization label is now available to display either required or expanded immunizations. Expanded immunizations include Meningococcal, Pneumococcal, Hep A, HPV.

Health

Edit Student Visit Log

This screen was revised to allow for a brief or expanded view of the visit log records.

Health

Visit Log Query

This new report allows the visit log data to be queried by date, grade, reason, action, etc.

Build Number: 122107

Changes:

b. b.

08-09

08-09

This is the first release for the 2008-2009 school year.


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