Enhancements play a vital role in the evolution of Infinite Campus. With each Release Pack, a number of enhancements are included to continuously improve existing functionality and provide new functionality to advance the Infinite Campus experience.
This page describes all major enhancements included per Release Pack and serves as a convenient way for users to view/reference when an enhancement was added.
For information about enhancements in Release Packs prior to .2539, see the following PDFs:
This page covers major functionality modifications and does not describe all cases considered enhancements. For a comprehensive list of all modifications made (including bugs and state reporting modifications), please review the release notes for each Release Pack.
Campus.2539
New! My Curriculum
A new tool called My Curriculum has been added to Instruction. This tool allows teachers to create folders, assignments, and resources outside of the context of a section. Teachers can build out curriculum, with content, quizzes, etc, and then add it to their sections later. From My Curriculum, teachers can add curriculum to individual or multiple sections at a time.
Benefits of My Curriculum:
- Teachers don't have to worry about dates when creating curriculum. They can create the curriculum and then schedule it into sections later.
- My Curriculum provides a workshop area where teachers don't have to switch between section contexts or worry about draft curriculum being visible to students.
The Enhanced Curriculum tool right grants access to My Curriculum. This tool does not currently allow teachers to add curriculum from their sections into My Curriculum, or from My Curriculum directly into the Curriculum Library, but these features will be available in the coming months.
The Curriculum Import, which is currently in a limited beta release, has been moved to the My Curriculum tool. Teachers with access to the Curriculum Import can import curriculum into My Curriculum and edit it prior to adding it to their sections and making it visible. To accommodate this new tool, the My Curriculum and Other Curriculum views in the Planner have been renamed to My Planner and Other Planners.
Cross-Site Enrollment - Interdistrict Functionality Available
Interdistrict functionality for Cross-Site Enrollment tools is now available for several states. Consult the Is Cross-Site Enrollment Available in My State? article to see if your state is on the list.
For states where the Interdistrict column is blank (e.g., not populated with Campus.2539), additional updates are needed before this functionality can be turned on and will be included in future releases.
With this update, additional tool rights were made available for the following:
- Grading & Standards > Cross- Site Mapping
- Cross-Site Enrollment
- School Connections
- Cross-Site Enrollment Interdistrict Data Sync Log
Review the Cross-Site Enrollment information available for detailed functionality.
Scoring Submissions - Submitted By
If a teacher clicks View Submissions in the submission scoring screen, a new Submitted By column in the table of submissions displays the name of the submitter if it was someone other than the student.
Campus Student - Pinning Quiz Instructions
An option has been added for students taking quizzes that allows them to pin page-level Instructions to the top of the screen, so they can scroll through questions while keeping the Instructions visible.
Categories Redesign
The Categories tool has been updated to improve the visual design and accessibility of the tool. Functionality of this tool has not changed.
Matching and Ordering Quiz Questions
Matching and ordering quiz question types have been updated to include rich text editors for answer options, allowing teachers to enter images and formatted text.
Dependent Care Updates
The following updates have been made to Dependent Care:
- The Outstanding Balance Report is now available.
- The Adjustment Comment for a charge adjustment displays in the right panel.
- A warning message now displays when users attempt to approve an application before approving all forms.
- Users with RW tool rights may not add a new emergency contact. They are, however, allowed to edit existing emergency contacts.
- All Dependent Care portal pages offer language translation.
- A Reset button is now available on the Dependent Care Dashboard to clear any filters.
- Users may now add Discounts through Student Records.
- The Add Schedule button has been removed from Site Staff options.
- The Per Five Minute Late Charge Amount column has been corrected to show the total amount equivalent to the number of minutes late in 5-minute increments.
Curriculum Term Dates
The Term filters in the Curriculum tool have been updated so that any curriculum that is in progress during the selected term is included in the list. For example, if an assignment has a Start Date in Term 1 and an End Date in Term 3, if the Curriculum List is filtered to Term 2, that assignment is included in the list.
Tuition Billing
New Tuition Billing tools are now available in Infinite Campus, enabling schools and districts to manage tuition and payments for private schools, preschools, non-resident students, and summer school programs.
Users can now:
- Create and assign tuition charges
- Set up payment plans
- Apply discounts
- Manage grants and scholarships
Field Trip Activity Updates
Field trips have been updated to better align with other activity types, and students are no longer automatically added to the roster when a field trip is created. Additional features have also been added:
- Removed Students List
- Transfers
- Waitlist
Food Service Account Restrictions
Added the ability for districts to configure preference settings that allow guardians to manage select Food Service account restrictions in Campus Parent. These preferences are set up within the Patron Preference Portal Display Controls. A view-only preference has also been added for students.
All Payments Export
Added the All Payments Export to consolidate cash, check, and credit card Payments reporting across Activity Registration, Dependent Care, Fees, Food Service, Mobile Payments, School Store, and Tuition.
State Edition Student Records Transfer Update
The most recent record from the State Reporting and Data Entry section of the Special Education Summary tool now transfers as live, editable data using the Student Records Transfer tool for State-Edition users.
Summary View for Messenger 2.0
Added a View Details button to Scheduled and In-Progress messages in Messenger 2.0.
Data Extract Utilities Update
The Data Extract Utility, Data Extract Zip, and Data Extract History tools have been combined into one tool, and the user interface has been updated to address technology initiatives.
