Contact: Linda Murrin
866-847-3405 x108
lmurrin@common-goal.com

For Immediate release

May 2013 Product Release

Elmhurst, IL (May 3, 2013) – Common Goal Systems, a leading developer of cloud-based software for schools, announces several enhancements to TeacherEase and SchoolInsight. TeacherEase is software for the digital classroom and includes: Learning Management System, Curriculum and Lesson Planning, and Standards-based Gradebook. SchoolInsight is a comprehensive student information system.

The new functionality includes:

Enter future attendance by group. Daily attendance can now be entered for groups of students. This is useful for easily tracking attendance when sports teams, clubs or other activities have events.
     School Main > Attendance > Period Attendance Console > Enter Future Attendance
     School Main > Attendance > Daily Attendance > Enter Future Attendance
     School Main > Groups

Improved Student Search. Student search can now look across the district (not just in your current school). Automatically switch schools when selecting the student. This is useful for admins who manage multiple schools.
     School Main > Students - Single View

New cleaner look for online registration. We created a tab motif to improve aesthetics and usability. Group related fields together to make it easier for parents to navigate and enter data. Default tabs are “Student Information,” “Family Information,” “Emergency Contacts” and “Miscellaneous.” Create additional tabs too.
     School Main > Online Registration > Registration Process > Edit Form

Easier online assignment hand in. Minor improvements to the assignment creation and hand-in process. Instructors can now accept file uploads from students (like Excel, MS Word, audio, or video files) without first giving them a file down. They can also request online document hand-in.
     Instructor Main > Assignments > Create

Common Goal Systems (www.common-goal.com) provides web-based services for education. It provides SchoolInsight, an industry leading student information system and TeacherEase, software for the digital classroom. Using Software as a Service (SaaS), the company offers products via the Internet and is responsible for all system operation and maintenance. Founded in 2001, Common Goal Systems has hundreds of thousands of users worldwide.

- Common Goal Systems, Inc Press Release, May 3, 2013