Recommendations

Using the Recommendations page, you can manage course recommendations for your students. Course recommendations may be required as a prerequisite or they may be purely advisory, where you wish to advise a student on the path you feel best suits their talents and potential. Once a recommendation is made, it appears on the student's Class Registration page in the PowerSchool Student and Parent portal.

Note: To edit recommendations for an individual student, see Edit Recommendations under Student Information.

1. On the start page, click Recommendations from the navigation menu. The Recommendations page appears.
2. To add recommendations:
   1. Click CreateRecommendations. The Add Recommendation drawer opens.

   2. Use the following table to enter information in the Step 1: Select Students from Classes section:

      Field	Description
      Class(es)	The following information displays for each class: Period/Day Section Number Course Name Course Number Note: Click column headings to sort in ascending order. Click again to sort in descending order. Indicate the classes that contains the students for which you want to create recommendations by doing one of the following: Select the checkbox in the header row to select all classes. Alternately, if the checkbox is already selected, deselect the checkbox to remove the checkmarks from all classes. Select the checkbox for each class you want to work with.
      Students	The following information displays for each student: Last Name First Name Student Number Note: Click column headings to sort in ascending order. Click again to sort in descending order. Indicate the students for which you want to create recommendations by doing one of the following: Select the checkbox in the header row to select all students. Alternately, if the checkbox is already selected, deselect the checkbox to remove the checkmarks from all students. Select the checkbox for each student you want to work with. Note: When adding classes, selected students are retained. When removing classes, only students in the remaining selected classes are retained.

   3. Click Next.

   4. Use the following table to enter information in the Step 2: Select Courses and Enter a Comment section:

      Field	Description
      Year for Recommendation	Choose the school year in which the course you want to recommend is scheduled from the pop-up menu.
      Courses to Recommend Filter [Courses]	Click the arrow to expand this section. Click the arrow again to collapse this section. Filter Courses (Simple) To narrow the list of courses using simple search: Verify the Advanced checkbox is deselected. Enter search criteria in the search field. Click Apply. The page refreshes and display filtered results. Note: To remove all filter selections, click Clear. Filter Courses (Advanced) To narrow the list of courses using advanced search: Select the Advanced checkbox. Choose the column by which you want to filter courses: Course Name Course Number Department

   5. Do one of the following:
   • Enter search criteria in the search field.
   • Select search criteria from the pop-up menu.
3. To add another filter, click + and repeat Step 1.
4. To delete a filter, click - next the filter.
5. Click Apply. The page refreshes and display filtered results.
   Note: To remove all filter selections, click Clear.

• Click Submit. The Add Recommendation drawer closes. The Recommendations page displays the new recommendation(s).
• To edit recommendations:
  1. Use the filter to narrow the list of recommendations.
  2. Click the Pencil icon for the recommendation you want to edit. The Edit Recommendation drawer opens.
  3. Edit the information as needed. 
  4. Click Submit. The Edit Recommendation drawer closes. The Recommendations page displays the updated recommendation(s).
• To delete recommendations:
  1. Use the filter to narrow the list of recommendations.
  2. Click the Pencil icon for the recommendation you want to delete. The Edit Recommendation drawer opens.
  3. Click Delete.
  4. Click Confirm Delete. The Recommendations page no longer displays the recommendation(s).