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How to publish report cards
publishing report cards: practical steps on one student record and one academic calendar, then a Schoolyi demo with your awkward case.

How to publish report cards
A report card is a published artefact. A saved mark is a draft. Families will screenshot whatever they saw.
A saved mark is a draft. A report card is what the school published. Families will keep the first version they were shown. Do this against working days on one student record, with publish gates, not a generic weekday grid. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates. Name the owner before the first family sees a receipt.
With a trail, if policy allows.
- Excel as the real report.
- Publishing while teachers still type.
- With a trail, if policy allows.
Enter against the scheme
Board and school schemes can share a child, not a template. Enter marks against the scheme that student is on. Two boards can share a child and a family login. They cannot share one template.
For publishing report cards, “Enter against the scheme” still has to survive a mid-year joiner and a working-day exception on one student record. Refuse this shortcut: Excel as the real report. Can we unpublish? With a trail, if policy allows. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
“Enter against the scheme” for publishing report cards fails when this is skipped: A saved mark is a draft. A report card is what the school published. Families will keep the first version they were shown.
One login, two schemes.
- Enter against the scheme
- Excel as the real report.
- Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
Moderate
A named academic owner. A named academic owner moderates before publish. Publishing while teachers are still typing makes the draft official by accident.
For publishing report cards, “Moderate” still has to survive a mid-year joiner and a working-day exception on one student record. Refuse this shortcut: Publishing while teachers still type. Two boards, one family? One login, two schemes. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
“Moderate” for publishing report cards fails when this is skipped: A saved mark is a draft. A report card is what the school published. Families will keep the first version they were shown.
On the student; medium is placement.
- Moderate
- Publishing while teachers still type.
- Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
Publish
Then PDF. Then portal. Publish, then produce the PDF, then show the portal. The PDF is delivery. The gate is the decision.
For publishing report cards, “Publish” still has to survive a mid-year joiner and a working-day exception on one student record. Refuse this shortcut: Excel as the real report. Comments language? On the student; medium is placement. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
“Publish” for publishing report cards fails when this is skipped: A saved mark is a draft. A report card is what the school published. Families will keep the first version they were shown.
With a trail, if policy allows.
- Publish
- Excel as the real report.
- Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
Correct with a trail
Do not pretend the first version never existed. A correction keeps a trail. Do not pretend the first published version never existed.
For publishing report cards, “Correct with a trail” still has to survive a mid-year joiner and a working-day exception on one student record. Refuse this shortcut: Publishing while teachers still type. Can we unpublish? With a trail, if policy allows. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
“Correct with a trail” for publishing report cards fails when this is skipped: A saved mark is a draft. A report card is what the school published. Families will keep the first version they were shown.
One login, two schemes.
- Correct with a trail
- Publishing while teachers still type.
- Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
How this playbook changes for a real campus
publishing report cards still starts from the holiday master, not a borrowed weekday grid. A saved mark is a draft. A report card is what the school published. Families will keep the first version they were shown.
Working days, one student record, and publish gates are the checks. Receipts have to match finance before families see a result.
Excel as the real report. Publishing while teachers still type. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
One login, two schemes.
- Enter against the scheme
- Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
- the boards the campus reports to
Where this usually breaks
Excel as the real report. Publishing while teachers still type.
A second spreadsheet for the real list is the usual failure. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
publishing report cards still fails when this is skipped: A saved mark is a draft. A report card is what the school published. Families will keep the first version they were shown. Saved marks stay drafts until the school publishes them.
Schoolyi publish gates keep families on released results. PDFs are delivery.
- Excel as the real report.
- Publishing while teachers still type.
- Schoolyi publish gates keep families on released results. PDFs are delivery.
How Schoolyi fits
Schoolyi publish gates keep families on released results. PDFs are delivery.
Open /features/assessments after you can describe the awkward case for publishing report cards. This page is a playbook, not a feature grid. Name the owner in the demo. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
That walkthrough still uses the holiday master the school will go live on and the fee heads families can see on a receipt.
With a trail, if policy allows.
- Playbook: /how-to/publish-report-cards
- Product: /features/assessments
- Book a demo with your awkward case, not a slide deck
Questions
Can we unpublish? With a trail, if policy allows.
Two boards, one family? One login, two schemes. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
A saved mark is a draft. A report card is what the school published. Families will keep the first version they were shown. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates. Ask these before the demo.
Comments language? On the student; medium is placement. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
- Can we unpublish? With a trail, if policy allows.
- Two boards, one family? One login, two schemes.
- Comments language? On the student; medium is placement.
Bring this playbook to a demo
A saved mark is a draft. A report card is what the school published. Families will keep the first version they were shown. Schoolyi publish gates keep families on released results. PDFs are delivery. Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates. Book the demo with that owner in the room.
Score statutory filing and hardware as not met unless the deployment actually has them. Publish gates still decide what families see.
Enter against the scheme
- Open /features/assessments
- Book a demo with the awkward case
- Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.
Questions, answered
Straightforward answers for visitors evaluating the product.
Open /features/assessments+
Open /features/assessments
Book a demo with the awkward case+
Book a demo with the awkward case
Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.+
Named facts: working days, one student record, publish gates.

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