SuccessMaker Release Notes

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Release 21.2.4 - March 20, 2021

Corrections

Improvements for EasyBridge Syncing

SuccessMaker’s sync flow, that is responsible for importing rostering data from Student Information Systems (SIS) into SuccessMaker, has been enhanced. The changes made in this release will resolve previously reported synchronization issues, improving customers' rostering experience.

  1. Reporting will now only show students that belong to a group. Previously, teachers were seeing students multiple times, and students that they do not teach.

  2. Sync flow no longer creates duplicate homeroom groups where multiple teachers are associated with a class.

  3. For districts that have a teacher leave the org, or where the teacher no longer teaches the class, the custom group and/or SIS group is removed and the students are moved to the unassigned teacher/unassigned group.

  4. Classes can be imported with no lead teacher assigned. SuccessMaker will still create the group with the student roster, but those students will not be assigned to the teacher(s) in the class -- even if the student does not currently have a teacher assignment. There should be no impact to the student here, as students can still be assigned work and teachers/admins can still report on these groups and students.

  5. A student will not change teacher assignment (and won't be added to that teacher's homeroom group) if a new class comes in with a separate teacher assignment.

    • A homeroom group is invisible to the user interface and used for back-end database purposes only.

    • Changes to this group were to clean up logic on the back-end and should have no immediate, visible impact on users other than to ensure proper database functionality.

  6. Teachers (rostered to classes) created in A&E (Access and Entitlements; formerly Rumba) are created in SuccessMaker.

  7. Teachers (rostered to classes) updated in A&E are updated in SuccessMaker.

  8. Students (rostered to classes) created in A&E are created in SuccessMaker.

  9. Students (rostered to classes) updated in A&E are updated in SuccessMaker.

  10. Teachers with more than one org are synced into SuccessMaker.

  11. Going forward only classes from the EasyBridge rostering integration that have the SuccessMaker product assigned are synced into SuccessMaker.

Release 20.7.3 - December 21, 2020

Feature Enhancement

Save Report Options in SuccessMaker Reports

When running reports, Teachers and Administrators can now choose to save report options for future reporting.

After selecting report parameters, simply click the new Save Report Options button, enter a unique name for your options set, and then click Save. The next time the report is selected, choose from any set of report options previously saved to use those parameters again.

To edit a previously set of saved options, select the report options set in the Choose Report Option list, change the parameters, and then click Save Report Options again.

Corrections

The following previously-reported issues have been corrected in this release.

Areas of Difficulty report showing all students in the school

For some teachers, the Areas of Difficulty report is showing all students within the school, making it difficult to track progress for and support their own students.

Error launching a Math assignment

Some students receive the following error when trying to launch a Math assignment: The server encountered an internal error and was unable to launch this course. Please try logging out and logging back in, if the error persists, please ask your Administrator to contact Customer Support for assistance.

Error during Math and Reading sessions for EasyBridge-integrated students

EasyBridge-integrated students are intermittently receiving an error during or when exiting a Math or Reading session.

Feature Enhancement

Mastery Report for School and District Administrators

School and District Administrators can now view mastery across a selected school directly from the administrator interface. From the Mastery view, they can print, and export student mastery performance of assessed skills and standards for any type of Math and Reading course.

Corrections

The following previously-reported issues have been corrected in this release.

Error launching a Reading assignment

In some instances, students receive the following error when trying to launch a Reading assignment: There was an error launching the course. Close the browser and try again, or clear the browser cache.

Error in Report Viewer for Prescriptive Scheduling reports

An error displays in the Report Viewer when a teacher or administrator attempts to runs any of the Prescriptive Scheduling reports.

Audio recording for fluency activities not working in some device/browser combinations

The record and playback features for fluency activities in a Reading course are not working consistently in Safari on an iPad, or in Chrome or Firefox on Windows devices.

Feature Enhancements

The Student Performance Report can be generated in Spanish Language

The District Administrator and the Teacher can now choose to generate the Student Performance Report in either Spanish or English language.

The District Administrator can add users and associate with a specific set of Organization

The District Administrator can now add another District Administrator, School Administrator, or Teacher and associate them with a specific set of Organization.

Progress Report Enhancements

At the end of their Math and Reading sessions, students will now see an additional color band and legend for their respective score in their progress report. Additionally, any skills mastered during the session will also be listed.

Audit history now available for deleted teachers, students, and assignments.

For customers that do not utilize the EasyBridge integration, an audit history is available that tracks when teachers and students were deleted. For all customers, an audit history is available that tracks when assignments are deleted. This audit history can be accessed by your School and District Administrators.

Export/Import Users

School and District Administrators can now batch export teacher and student records. This information can then be modified and re-imported, including the ability to update teacher and student accounts.

Corrections

The following previously-reported issues have been corrected in this release.

Teachers can generate the Student Performance Report for all the students displayed on their dashboard

Teachers can generate the Student Performance Report for all the active students , including unassigned students, displayed on their dashboard.

Known Issues

Math Courseware

Marble graphics are missing for math content on a Samsung Galaxy tablet

The learning object SMMA_LO_01203 marble graphic is missing on Samsung Galaxy tablets.

The “disable translator” feature is not working as expected on tablet devices

On iPad Air 2 and Nexus 9, the translation option cannot be disabled by clicking on the translation icon unless the student clicks elsewhere first.

Reading Courseware

'Done' button is hidden in any paragraph on full-screen

While attempting SMRE_ip_01300_s1 on iPad iOS 13, the student is unable to view the Done button in any paragraph if full-screen is enabled.

There is a known defect that In Chrome 85 and Firefox 77.0.1 Fluency feature is not working.

Access to the Microphone feature is not performing properly for Chrome version 85 and Firefox version 77.0.1 (and later).

Product Highlights

Most students are coming into this new school year with knowledge gaps, and that can be overwhelming for teachers. SuccessMaker Focus is a digital tool for any type of learning environment you find yourself teaching in.

Using Grades K-8 priority standards for reading and math, SuccessMaker Focus recognizes exactly what’s missing, and then provides layers of scaffolded feedback through interactive games, tutorials, and practice. With every skill-based session, students take ownership of their learning.

And the best part? You get to see where students are in real time with monitoring and reporting, which means you have an easy way to make informed instructional decisions.

Feature Enhancements

Updated Course Alignments for Standards and Assessments

Updated Math course standards and alignments for Alaska, California, Florida B.E.S.T., Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia.

Added Course Alignments for Standards and Assessments

Added Reading course standards and alignments for Florida B.E.S.T.

SuccessMaker Math: New and updated Learning Objects

44 new Learning Objects have been added. 42 Learning Objects have been updated.

User information update from EasyBridge is updated in SuccessMaker

Any update made to user or section (group) information is reflected in the SuccessMaker in real-time.

New single sign-on for School and District Administrators from EasyBridge

School and District Administrators can use single sign-on to SuccessMaker via the EasyBridge platform.

New EasyBridge Specialty teacher single sign-on to SuccessMaker from Realize

Specialty teachers can sign in to SuccessMaker using single sign-on through Realize.

EasyBridge-integrated districts: Multiple teachers can be associated with the same section

Sections rostered from EasyBridge that contain multiple teachers are now supported in SuccessMaker. Lead teacher(s) and co-teacher(s) will be assigned to the students according to the roster data supplied from EasyBridge.

EasyBridge-integrated districts with Multiple organization management by a single teacher

A teacher that is associated with multiple organizations and can manage the information for each organization from a single dashboard.

Teacher transfer between organizations

District Administrators can transfer teachers from one organization to another within the administrator interface.

EasyBridge-integrated districts - Importing Classes into SuccessMaker with no teacher association

Classes that do not have a teacher association in EasyBridge are automatically synchronized into SuccessMaker and students are listed in the Unassigned category.

Corrections

The following previously-reported issues have been corrected in this release.

Reading Courseware

Students getting stuck in Reading with a blank player window

While attempting SMRE_IP_00154_S1 or SMRE_IP_00154, some students are unable to click on anything to interact or continue due to a blank player window on the screen.

Math Courseware

Characters are displayed at the bottom of the screen

During course execution, the characters for some random LO is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The student needs to scroll down to view the full character.

Known Issues

Math Courseware

Marble graphics are missing for Math content on a Samsung Galaxy tablet

The learning object SMMA_LO_01203 marble graphic is missing on Samsung Galaxy tablets.

The “disable translator” feature is not working as expected on tablet devices

On iPad Air 2 and Nexus 9, the translation option cannot be disabled by clicking on the translation icon unless the user clicks elsewhere first.

Reading Courseware

'Done' button is hidden in any paragraph on full-screen

While performing SMRE_ip_01300_s1 on iPad iOS 13, the student is unable to view the Done button in any paragraph if full-screen is enabled.

Fluency is not supported in Firefox 77.0.1

Users will not be able to access Mic in Firefox version 77.0.1 and later.

Last Updated: March 18, 2021