SDSHOWTO:SDS 2 Series Changelog

SDS 2.1.2 (was not released)

• Fix MySQL 5.0 error in create_network_accounts_batch_file
• improvements to prereg_subject_data_student to show other registrations that might get in the way of registrations from pre-selections
• improvements to prereg_subject_data and Prereg_subject_data_subject with respect to collapsing data from similar subjects together
• extra rollover components added.
• glitch in register_subject fixed.
• Change bug report link to the easier guided reporting form
• edit_student now shows admissions fields for "Deleted" status
• Email all students button in manage_calendar_events no longer carries students forward from previous events
• Allow six years into the future for date dropdowns rather than 5
• Fix MySQL 5.0 error in awards edit
• Show preview list button on email_parents page works again
• Fixed handling of student status in printing address labels

SDS 2.1.1 (April 26, 2007)

• Class print photos works when class has no timetable block
• CSV export of alpha-grade report works
• Remove "just print!" hint
• Change is_new_student default to Y
• Email parents page fixed - no more checks for send_general_mailings
• Protect teachers_from_course from executing bad SQL
• Allow changing MCP on university statistics page
• Houseparent page for competitive houses shows students assigned competitively
• Teachers can preregister students before prereg starts and after the normal deadline
• Entire houses and competitive houses can be added to calendar items
• Yearbook submission system
• Add envelope label link to main menu
• House prep signup should have a larger student select box now

SDS 2.1.0 (March 24, 2007)

• Midyear marks now has PEN in the PDF, also smaller fonts to reduce likelihood of going onto two pages
• Midyear marks PDF has G. Pennells' signature embedded
• Student sport preselection should be protected against missing choice_numbers
• Web applications can be imported again
• Calendar items cannot be cancelled when there is an active bus request
• Edit student report data no longer tries to create mark records if they already exist
• Mass editing course now sets up timetable entries
• Student SDS AJAX menus work
• Menu no longer stored in session to reduce session and puke size
• PHP scripts access no longer pukes because of $id
• Modify multiple weekend leaves page works again
• Student photos can now go back more than one year, can also go forwards for new students
• School year totals page now links to alpha-grade reports that list students in each category
• Teacher weekly timetable now prints faculty meetings
• School year totals now displays returning students rather than grouping into only new/old
• Sports/Arts prereg pages no longer display a foreach error if there are no preregistrations
• Admissions profile displays if there is one regardless of the student status
• University ranking shows which MCP it is using to calculate averages
• Change formatting for reports
• Add back button warning to edit_draft_reports
• Menu items with quotes can now expand/contract
• Fix grade select box on list_subjects under admin index
• Add error message on prnt_awards if an award isn't chosen
• Add auto-puke page
• Save and back button from Edit Transfer Credits working
• Reports data entry only flashes up markbook warning if a course_id is set
• Allow changing MCP when administratively editing marks
• Absences and trips page has been mostly rewritten to allow different sorting, better filtering
• Update copyright to 2007
• Allow permanently turning off IE warning on a per-teacher basis
• Add print stylesheet -- pages can be printed directly rather than using printable view
• Move old key_information page to attic, no longer used
• Search pages updated to not require printable view to hide search box at top
• Advanced search updated to not hide header, menu, etc... print stylesheet takes care of it
• Print deposit form buttons display properly

SDS 2.0.5 (February 10, 2007)

• Midyear marks no longer wants to display student courses in menu
• Edit student no longer tries to save rsc data when there is none (deposit form)
• Fix another edit_calendar puke related to MySQL 5.0
• Fix midyear marks PDF generation
• Fix academic ranking page (MySQL 5.0 problem)
• Clarify error message on updated marks page
• Fix problems with SAJAX and header output
• Teacher email links only show on student timetable when student is viewing it
• Free students page shows students who have dropped courses
• Applied, Accepted, and Enquiry students all have the same admissions data
• AJAX menus rather than Javascript: smaller to load and nearly as fast
• Day student 'did not sign in' emails work again
• Edit MCP data and view MCP data should show all subjects even if name matches
• MySQL 5.0 fix: Awards search works again
• Help is enabled with AJAX instead of reloading the whole page
• Midyear marks shows marks without a corresponding report (internal comment)
• Add new fields for admissions
• Class reports generate results again

SDS 2.0.4 (January 9, 2007)

• Report timestamps work better on production
• Accounting deposit statement MySQL 4.0 fixes, show usual first name
• Marksheet now shows dropped courses consistently with report cards
• Students can now be registered in courses without a grade level in edit_student_course_registration
• Attendance is more picky about which courses to fuzzy, so that the "course does not run today" message comes up more
• Add more admissions enquiry information
• Edit_student_mcp_data links to edit_student_report_data properly now
• Add method to show personally identifiable information on university report
• Part-time staff are now highlighted blue on the unexplained absences page
• Students on calendar events can now be emailed in batch
• Future recurring resource bookings can be deleted all at once
• Impersonate has been disabled for Harold Wardrop
• New SDS enforcer: check that teachers have saved attendance records, otherwise email teacher to get attendance
• New SDS enforcer: check that unexplained absences have reasons by 1:15, otherwise email houseparents + advisor
• New field to track whether student is missing marks for a report
• Automatically fill in missing marks field if teacher uses "get marks from markbook" feature
• MySQL 5.0 fix: Edit calendar pukes

SDS 2.0.3 (December 15, 2006)

• Advisor mark reports show all advisors if applicable
• Course registrations page now remembers the mark_collection_period when turning marks on/off
• Grade 8 transfer credits now possible
• Editing bus requests generates emails that have https links
• Fix menu puke for advisor student list
• Admissions section of edit_student has new fields for workflow
• Admissions can see applicants missing information and email parents about it
• IEPs are now displayed as PDFs, always fit on 2 pages
• Update browscap.ini so that Firefox 2 gets Javascript menus
• Add an accounting deposit form for admissions
• Preselections can only be made during preselection window
• Importing mark CSV files works if mark records don't exist
• Alpha-Advisor other reports separate by advisors again
• Reports show an advisor for students who joined part-way through an MCP
• Advisor shows on reports when viewing previous years
• New page to list currently enrolled siblings
• Student SDS has links to email teachers on timetable
• Optimize reports_entry_spell for reports day
• Make reports_entry_spell timestamp work more often
• Add conflict detection for report writing
• Show letter grade breakdown on HoD course comparison page
• Due to increasing numbers of bugs involving Internet Explorer, add IE warning to top of page (like NS4)
• Add Enquiry Source field to edit student for Admissions
• PDFs (reports, mark sheets, etc.) should download properly from Internet Explorer now

SDS 2.0.2.1 (December 4, 2006)

• Fix menu puke for advisor student list

SDS 2.0.2 (November 20, 2006)

• PT scheduling (by parent or teacher) now shows a list of available times, rather than requiring a pt_time_id
• Rolodex shows current photos
• CSV mark export properly deals with newer versions of Excel
• Can now email PT schedules to parents
• Can now display all PT mismatches
• Dropdown for adding course PT meetings with corresponding teacher
• CSV mark export deals with newly added students, students who don't have report records yet
• SDS should work significantly better with MySQL 5.0 now
• Reproduce 3 of 4 views of the "bcsadmissionstotals" spreadsheet
• "Save and back" should be compatible with HTTPS more often

SDS 2.0.1 (October 18, 2006)

• Email parents improvements: can attach files, emailing parents of a class works again, added student status dropdown, made script work again
• New student reports print with a footer, and the footer is in a different spot if it's on the first page
• Two advisors can show on the Advisor line of PDF reports
• Resource booking works under Internet Explorer
• Admin weekend leave display (under Travel in the menu) can now choose which weekend to display
• MOE 1701 autofill takes the is_bc_funding_eligible flag into account now
• Bus requests link to the https version of the SDS
• Bug report links to the https version of Bugzilla
• Weekend leaves don't show unlinked absences
• Default to draft reports on first entry to print queue
• Condensed data reports now show transfer credits
• New generated report for all students with legal agreements
• Advanced search can now search based on legal agreements

SDS 2.0 (August 21, 2006)

• sleeker layout
• printable timetables for students and teachers
• new_output_index (Generate Report) frontend for everyday report generation needs
• marks changed after the end of a mark collection period are flagged, and can be viewed
• framework for handling standardized test data
• code for handling records for applied and enrolled students simultaneously
• improvements to report printing
• fine arts preregistration, by student
• admissions profiles can be viewed for enrolled students
• grades are shown in student search results
• made it faster to add new awards
• tightened security
• blocks can be specified in edit_courses
• improvements to list_student
• standardization of university information, and creation of university_ranking
• improvements to retroactive mark editing
• improvements to date searching
• improvements to informed consent
• countless tweaks and formatting improvements