March 2025_Updates

Class Management

1. Allow I = Incomplete to be added to report card for Grades 3-8. Incomplete acts like an overview in the Term Grade section. Term Grade Guide

• Within the fly in, the report card comment can be added and/or edited, as well as the Instructional Level (only for Language Arts and Mathematics). Here you may choose the option to Override Grade, which allows you to add a manual percentage and override the grade book calculation. Users also have the option to override the grade in 3-8 with I= Incomplete by selecting the "Mark class as Incomplete" checkbox. Incomplete does not have percentage or gpa attached.

2. Updated Class to Class Abbreviation in the Subject View.

Class Schedules

Updated Scheduling > Class Schedules to filter by subject. Filtering by class subject allows the classes in the Scheduling Class Schedules to load faster for more efficiency. The How to Edit Class guide provides more detail.

Data Rollup

1. Update Data Rollup to fix "Date must be between the student’s enroll date and the school’s end date” when the student was enrolled correctly.
2. Update Data Rollup to fix errors regarding high school students.

Messaging

1. Ability to see a list of recipients when sending a message through AE-Connect. The Message Guide will show you this new feature under the Recipient heading.
2. Draft Messages: This is a new feature for users to create draft messages to be sent at a later date. Draft Messages Guide

Reports

1. Assignment Report: Updated Assignment/ Missing Assignment Report. Assignment Help Guide
2. Emergency Contact Report: Update the report to print by Student Last Name, Homeroom Teacher or Grade Level. Emergency Contact Report Guide

Report Card

1. Activated the ability to print Report Cards by School PDF and School ZIP File.

• School PDF — Creates a single PDF file that contains all published report cards for the entire school . This option is preferable is you wish to print report cards by school. The PDF will be sent to your notification section to be downloaded. 
• School ZIP PDF — Creates a multiple PDF files by grade that contains all published report cards for the entire school . This option is preferable is you wish to print report cards by school.. The PDF will be sent to your notification section to be downloaded.

School Calendar

Added Remote Learning Checkbox to School Calendar days and updated how School Day Designations work. Please refer to our guides for School Day Designations and the Remote Learning Checkbox.

• School Day Designations
• Remote Learning checkbox

Staff

Ability for Teacher Aide to take attendance for a homeroom teachers. Assigning Secondary Teacher to take Attendance.

Minor Updates

1. Re-Order Grades throughout AE-Connect so the grade list is in the same order in all screens the grade level appears.
2. Removed PS & EC from Report Card: PS and EC students are in AE-Connect for Attendance and Contact Information only. Per NAD Policy PS & EC are not supposed to be enrolled in classes.
3. Updated Student Progress report to correct duplicated missing assignments.
4. Updated Gradebook for Excused and Suspended special codes to save.
5. Various updates to Advanced Admissions.
6. Fixed printing error in Report Cards.
7. Fixed error with Class Attendance
8. Fixed error when cloning classes
9. Fixed error in updating gradebook and grade by student when assignments are deleted.