This change was done because there are many users with relatively slow connections. Teachers with slow connections were getting frustrated because they did not want to wait for the form to fully load before making changes. Consequently, the teachers with slow connections were already working in other fields on the forms before the forms finished loading. By Student screen now displays scores for a student in the category you specify. The calendar the students and parents see is determined by the assignments in the class and the events the teachers have created in their calendar screens.
Teachers can use the new Calendar screen to organize their work and private life.
Your assignments are automatically displayed in the calendar screen. You can work with assignments and scores from within the calendar. In addition, you can add unscored events and indicate whether they are private or viewable by students and parents in the class you are working in or all of your classes. By default, neither option is chosen. However, you can now send custom emails to students and parents with the new Communicate screen in the Toolkit tab.