When batch downloading Student Profiles, I need a separate PDF for each student.
When batch downloading Student Profiles, I need a separate PDF for each student. The Student Profile only produces 1 PDF file for the whole class (e.g., one 60-page PDF with results for 30 students). I need it to work like the Student Progress report that can produce 1 PDF file for each student (e.g., a ZIP file with thirty 2-page PDFs with the results for 30 students).
It's virtually impossible to separate a single 60-page PDF into thirty 2-page PDFs. Moreover, 99% of the ways someone might do that actually doesn't delete the other 58 pages--it just hides them in a way that can be retrieved. If a teacher does that and emails the PDFs to parents, it would be 30 FERPA violations.
It's 2023. Can't your engineers figure out how to put PDFs in a ZIP file? That's a well-developed tech from decades ago--it shouldn't be that hard for them to do. Retiring this functionality is a terrible idea.
C. David Maxey M.A.
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Michael Lance commented
I agree!
Also, I have code to split the PDFs - info@excelancedata.com for details. -
Agreed!
As a side note, I routinely separate such PDFs - info@excelancedata.com for details. -
When generating one PDF per student for family reports, ensure the student ID is in the filename. This way, they can easily be linked to an email or SIS programmatically. OR let it generate like a NORMAL PDF where the student ID is NOT AN IMAGE but an actual text string in the PDF structure. Good Lord I hope you listen to this simple yet extremely important idea before you proceed with the report changes. Then I can email these reports to parents as I do the student progress reports.
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Jared Herbst commented
The title should be self-explanatory, but to expound on this....Currently, we are only able to pull a batch PDF for Family Reports. Many schools would love to be able to post these reports on their SIS for parents to pull up in a digital format on demand. The workflow for splitting and renaming the batch PDF into individual student PDFs for upload is beyond cumbersome. It would be extremely beneficial if the Family Reports were able to be output similar to the Student Progress Reports with a One PDF Per Student option.