School News
Update – Fix implemented for Calendar Information display issue
The MyEducation BC service provider advises a fix has been implemented for the issue where calendar information was not being displayed in the student record the day after the initial... Read more
Update – Fix implemented for Usual names not saving when adding a new student or contact.
The MyEducation BC service provider advises a fix has been implemented for the issue where usual names were not displayed on the student or contact record the day after the... Read more
Regularly Scheduled Weekly Maintenance Windows for MyEducation BC
Please be aware of regularly scheduled weekly maintenance windows for MyEducation BC which may require outages. Notice is posted on the Pages tab which you see when you first log... Read more
Calendar information not being saved to the student record from the registration wizard
An issue has been identified in MyEducation BC where the field ‘Calendar’ is not displayed in the student record the day after the initial registration of the student, even though... Read more
Usual Names are not saved when adding a new student or contact
An issue has been identified in MyEducation BC where usual names are not displayed on the student or contact record the day after the initial registration or creation. This issue... Read more
New Features and Enhancements in MyEducation BC
Click on the link below to see a list of new features and enhancements in MyEducation BC:
New features and enhancements in MyEd January 18, 2023... Read more
Updates to Agreement or Order – CYIC Fields
There have been updates to a CYIC field in the MyEducationBC Production environment, namely to the list of values for Agreement or Order.
School view > Student top tab > Student... Read more
Changes to Student Details – March 7, 2022
On March 7, the following changes to the Student Details screen will be implemented in MyEducation BC:
Gender Identity - the label for the optional Preferred Gender field will be... Read more
MyEd Game Changers for Teachers
We have created an updated video for teachers to demonstrate some of the best time saving tricks available in MyEd. Watch the whole thing or skip ahead to the sections... Read more
Entry and Withdrawal Codes – required fields in MyEducation BC
On May 30th, 2021, Entry and Withdrawal Codes were standardized and implemented as a required field within the MyEducation BC Production environment. As a result, some codes were disabled, and... Read more
In Other News…
Click on the link below to see a list of other new developments in MyEducation BC:
In Other News August 21_2020... Read more
MyEducation BC – 6.1 Release Notes
The MyEducation BC Production environment was upgraded to Release 6.1 during the summer break. Click on the link below to see the list of new features:
MyEducation BC Release 6_1 New... Read more
Report Card Comment Issue with Format Changes
The MyEducation BC service provider is currently investigating an issue when saving formatting edits to report card comments. Adding additional blank lines between sentences for spacing is an example of... Read more
Adding Assignments and Categories – Unable to Add New Categories to Sections not linked
A new 'All' drop-down lets you associate the assignment with some or all of the sections you teach, even when they are not linked for categories and assignments.
Note: The 'All'... Read more
MyEducation Release Highlights – Student Services Plans
Student Services
All Student Services Plans will now print a Plan name based on whether or not a student has a 1701 Designation. If the student has a 1701 designation, the... Read more
How To Identify Students that have not Written A Graduation Assessment
How to: Graduation Assessment Tracking using the Graduation History screen
Description:
Hello Everyone,
Here are some quick tips on how to locate your students who have not written a Graduation Assessment.
The Graduation History... Read more
About Emails from MyEducation BC
We have received reports of difficulties with emailing from MyEducation BC. The service provider has responded with some information:
Sending Mass Emails
Mass emails sent from MyEd can be rejected by... Read more
‘Today’s Classes’ widget in Staff View re-enabled
The 'Today's Classes' widget in Staff View caused system slowness at the beginning of September and was disabled. A fix was implemented on Oct. 6 and the widget will be... Read more
Class Attendance Post Verification Report
Are you using the Daily Attendance Post Verification Report to check which classes have not posted their attendance? Have you called some teachers to follow up and then hear that... Read more
Gradebook in MyEd – new features and fixes from Release 5.10
MyEducation BC was upgraded to Release 5.10 during the summer break. Click on the link below to see the list of features and fixes for the Gradebook:
MyEducationBC_GB_FeaturesFixes_Release5_10
... Read more
Merge Gradebooks for combined classes grouping – after assignments have been created
Although it is recommended that gradebooks be merged prior to the teacher creating assignments, the gradebooks can still be merged when assignments already exist. When assignments already exist, you must... Read more
MyEducation BC – 5.10 Release Notes
The MyEducation BC Production environment was upgraded to Release 5.10 during the summer break. Click on the link below to see the list of new features:
MyEducation BC Build 5.10 RELEASE... Read more
MyEducation BC Summer Outage
Please be advised that MyEducation BC (MyEd) will be offline from 12:00 am on Saturday, August 10, 2019 until 7:00 am on Monday, August 19, 2019 to complete End of... Read more
Grade Input/Scores Page Slow Loading on Large Course Sections
A performance issue has been identified with very large course sections containing 100 – 300+ students. These very large course sections experience slow loading Grade Input screens: School view >... Read more
Class Attendance roster displaying a warning message when using the Post button at the bottom of the page
Class Attendance roster screens are available in two places:
School view > Attendance top tab > Class Roster
Staff view > Attendance
There are two Post buttons on the Class Attendance... Read more
Scheduling inclusion students is not working correctly in School or Build view
The inclusion flag (flag = Y) in School view > Schedule top tab > Master side tab > Roster is not correctly displaying requests which have been flagged as inclusion... Read more
Error changing a Posted Attendance Record – Class Attendance in Staff View
Staff view > Attendance
Some teachers are reporting the following error message when trying to change a posted Attendance record - "Date, Period must be unique for Student, Master Schedule in... Read more
Grade Sub Level Not Editable in the Student Registration Wizard
School View > Student top tab > Options > Registration > Register Student
When registering a new student, the Grade Sub Level field is not currently editable in the Student Registration... Read more
Homeroom Picklist not displaying for Next Homeroom field
School view > Student top tab > Student > Details
The MyEducation BC service provider is reporting that currently the Next Homeroom picklist is not displaying consistently when the Next School... Read more
Grade Post Indicators only acknowledging posts with Term or Final Grade
MyEducation BC indicates grades have been posted for a course section using three indicators:
Pushpins that change color from green to red at the top of the Term Grade columns... Read more
Update – Student Registration Wizard Fix Implemented
The MyEducation BC service provider advises that a fix has been implemented resolving the Registration Wizard error “"Pupil # must be unique in table Student" reported this afternoon. Schools should... Read more
Student Registration Wizard Error – “Pupil # must be unique in table Student.”
When registering new students in MyEducationBC, districts have reported encountering the error message "Pupil # must be unique in Student Table."
The issue is currently under investigation by the MyEducation BC... Read more
MyEducation BC – 5.9 Release Notes
The MyEducation BC Production environment was upgraded to Release 5.9 during the winter break. Click on the link below to see the list of new features:
Release 5.9 Release Notes 2018-01-07
Please... Read more
MyEducation BC – Release 5.9
The MyEducation BC Production environment will be upgraded to Release 5.9 during the winter break. As a result, the Production environment will be unavailable from 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January... Read more
Secondary Report card info page
The MyEducation BC Secondary report card information page is currently displaying the 2004 Grad Program information, rather than the 2018 Grad Program information. This has been brought to the attention... Read more
Update: TRAX AST fix implemented
This update is in regards to the 2018 Graduation Program - AST requirement issue reported on November 5, 2018:
https://myed.sd61.bc.ca/news-events/news/trax-2018-graduation-program-ast-requirement/
The MyEducation BC Service Provider released the following update this morning:
Please be... Read more
Assignment Delete confirmation screen not displaying in Chrome or Firefox
Some teachers are currently unable to delete assignments when using some versions of Chrome or Firefox browsers. In some cases, the confirm delete screen will popup briefly but will not... Read more
Graduation Reports – 2 credit course issue
The Diploma Verification Report (DVR) and School Transcript report are incorrectly displaying the diploma category for two credit courses in progress.
The DVR and Transcript report should determine a course (completed... Read more
TRAX: 2018 Graduation Program – AST Requirement
Some high schools in our district have reported that students who have completed BAA courses that are designated as meeting the AST requirement in the 2018 Graduation Program, have been... Read more
2018 Graduation Program – Updates to MyEducation BC Completed
MyEducation BC has been updated to work with the 2018 Graduation program.
On September 1, 2018, active (non-graduated) student records that had the 2004 Graduation Program assigned as the primary program... Read more
Graduation 2018 Report Updates – Implementation postponed
The Ministry of Education has advised that updates to the Diploma Verification Report, School Transcript Report, and Permanent Student Record to support the new graduation program, which were targeted for... Read more
Reports Updated to Support Graduation 2018 Program
The following bulletin was released by the Ministry of Education on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
To support the new “Graduation 2018” program and 10-12 curriculum, three reports in MyEducation BC will... Read more
MyEducation BC Software Enhancements implemented April 29 – May 20, 2018
A number of enhancements to MyEducation BC have recently been implemented:
1. Automatic English Language Learner (ELL) alerts - alerts for ELL are now automated through a nightly procedure that will... Read more
MyEducation BC – TOC access – district implementation
The TOC (Teacher on Call) function in MyEducation BC is available for SD61 schools to use and many TOC staff are now set up with MyEducation BC access. Automated processes are now in place... Read more
Course Requests – process to update display of course request totals is not working
Correction to Feb. 26 news item: the process to update the display of course request totals at Build View > Courses TT > Options > Add To School Course – Add Total... Read more
Course Requests – Display of counts is not accurate
Build View > Global TT > Requests ST Field Set = Default
An issue has been identified where the functionality of updating course requests to display Total Primary, Total Alternates and... Read more
Release 5.8 – Next Homeroom and Designation/ELL Tallies
Next Homeroom
With Release 5.8 in MyEd over the winter break, the release notes indicate that: Schools can now assign a Next Homeroom to all next year students as this field... Read more
Reported Items Related to Release 5.8
Designation Tallies Build view - Workspace manual procedure
When running the 'Update Designation/ELL Tallies' procedure, the parameter window has a choice to select school(s). Regardless of the school(s) chosen, the... Read more
MyEducation BC Update to 5.8 rescheduled to January 5-8, 2018
Please be advised that implementation of Release 5.8 has been rescheduled to January 5, 2018 at 5:00 pm to January 8, 2018 at 7:00 am. MyEducation BC will be unavailable... Read more
MyEducation BC 5.8 Update – Delayed to early January 2018
The following is an excerpt from the bulletin sent on Dec. 13, 2017 from the MyEducation BC service provider on behalf of the Ministry of Education:
The purpose of this bulletin is to... Read more
MyEducation BC 5.8 Update
The Provincial Team is preparing for an update to MyEducation BC. As such, MyEd will be unavailable from 5pm Dec. 15 until 7am Monday Dec. 18. The system will be... Read more
2018 Graduation Program
On October 22, the service provider assigned the 2018 Graduation Program to the primary Program of Study field for all Grade 10 and Grade 11 students in MyEducation BC. Shortly... Read more
MyEducation BC 5.6 Update
The Provincial Team is preparing to do a update to MyEducationBC. As such, MyEd will be unavailable from 5pm Friday Dec. 16 until 7am Monday Dec. 19. The system will be available with the... Read more
Grades Management Checklist
A grades management checklist for users has been added to the training website.... Read more
Bulletin: End Dating Secondary School Associations/Student Movement Between Districts
OSCBulletin_201609_1_EndSecondarySchlAssoc StudentMovement... Read more
Student Scheduling – Grade Level Filter
Users creating or editing an individual students schedule will notice that the course selection pop-up window accessed from the Workspace now contains a Grade Level filter allowing the user to... Read more
1701 Designations – Status Update
"This weekend, we implemented fixes for several outstanding items related to Student Services 1701 Designation Programs:
· When adding a new 1701 Designation program to a student, users are now presented... Read more
Extended Maintenance Outage this weekend
"In consultation with the Ministry and the SMC Chair, we have approval to extend our regular Sunday maintenance window while we perform infrastructure maintenance and MyEdBC application adjustments. Please be... Read more
MyEducation BC performance
You can resume normal operation of MyEducation BC and we’ll keep a close eye on this issue. Fingers crossed that Fujitsu has resolved the performance issue once and for all.
If... Read more
General System Slowness – Update
An update on the performance issues from the service provider:
"Our engineers’ analysis has provided information for corrective measures required to address the system slowness. We will perform these measures during... Read more
How to work with General Programs
From the service provider:
"Districts have been asking for instructions on how to work with general student programs now that 1701 student designations have been moved to the Programs table in... Read more
An update to the School Startup News bulletin
An update from the service provider:
"The information below is an update to the School Startup News bulletin that was distributed earlier today, or to the conversation on the Level 1... Read more
School Startup News
This is a bulletin from the service provider: "This bulletin provides information about the changes that occurred as part of the school year end processes or that were implemented in MyEducation... Read more
Updates over the summer
The service provider made a number of updates to MyEducation BC during the summer break. This Release Notes document has more info: Release Notes of Aug 22 2016... Read more
Attention Middle Schools
An enhancement was implemented for the Intermediate report card in MyEd BC. You may notice though that the teacher's names are not properly displayed in the report card banner. To... Read more
MyEducation BC student contacts merge
Regarding student contacts in MyEducation BC
As you may know, the way that the student contacts (parents and emergency) were migrated from BCeSIS to MyEducation BC created many duplicate records. To... Read more
How Do I…?
We have started to build a 'How Do I...?' knowledge base under the Resources menu of this website. Take a look and let us know what you think?: How Do I...?... Read more
Preparing for Conversion Checklist
We have posted a 'Preparing for Conversion' checklist for Secondary schools here: Preparing for Conversion... Read more
Secondary schools converting to MyEducation BC
SD61's Secondary Schools are converting from BCeSIS to MyEducation BC over the winter break as part of Cohort 8. This conversion is the final one and both BCeSIS and MyEducation BC... Read more