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Smart text for Power School Pro Comments

danielgray — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 20:46:46 GMT

I am searching for a document or list of usable smart text when saving my own comments in the comment bank on Power School Pro. I have managed to figure out what to use for pronouns <He/She> and such but I can not guess at names. I have tried <Preferred name>, <First name>, <Name> and maybe a few more but I was hoping that there was a place to simply look up these smart text options?

Thank you in advance.

ps. I tried using old links from similar questions but they were dead links.

Re: Smart text for Power School Pro Comments

KritiS — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:07:05 GMT

Hi @danielgray

Smart text may be inserted into a comment, which will then be auto-populated when the comment is used. We recommend reviewing the document : teacher-comments to provide you with more information to add smart text.

Re: Smart text for Power School Pro Comments

JeffG9 — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:27:46 GMT

Hi @danielgray . Is the drop-down in your PT Pro broken?

Re: Smart text for Power School Pro Comments

danielgray — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 14:57:24 GMT

Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Re: Smart text for Power School Pro Comments

GregMilka — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:01:59 GMT

Hello,

Is there a way to enact the smart text in the comment box as opposed to having to create the comment first and then use PowerSchool's dropdown menu to enable the smart text?

For example, when I type <first name> into the comment box it does not register as "Greg" but "<first name>." Is there a way to enable the autofill without going through the process of (re)creating your comment bank via PowerSchool? I would love to be able to simply copy and paste from my own, personal comment bank, if possible.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Greg

Re: Smart text for Power School Pro Comments

KritiS — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:28:44 GMT

Hi @GregMilka

The smart text code that is placed in the comment box is then auto-populated when the comment is used, say on the Student screens Teachers Comment Page, Quick Lookup, and then Report or Progress reports.

Currently, we do not have the autofill feature available. You can log this as an Enhancement Request on PowerSchool Ideas Portal so that the product team can take a look at this. This article should walk you through how to raise an Enhancement Request.