almaplus

Alma is an amazing SIS, but there are little things about it that would be more helpful for our school if they were slightly different. This extension attempts to bridge some of those gaps.

Features

Super-Powered Search:

Type "alma" and a space in the omnibox (location bar) to activate Alma+ SuperSearch in the browser from anywhere.
Use commands to search things other than the directory by using the following as the first word of your search:
- search does a default directory search
- email searches by email address [*Requires API Student]
- locate (or whereis) searches for where a student is currently located
- start (or as) searches Alma Start processes
- help searches the Alma help documentation
You can select a default SuperSearch command in the options
This works on the actual Alma site as well!

Alma Start Enhancements

Download PDFs of full processes
Preview uploads on the process review screen
Keep notes concerning applicants
Ability to ignore applicants/enrolled students in searches

Attendance Enhancements

Find out which teachers have not yet turned in attendance
Ignore grade levels when checking attendance

Messaging Enhancements

Provide a default signature (or template) for your messages
Ability to use HTML in emails

User Interface Enhancements/Additions

Individual tabs for each Spreadsheet Data Editor
Ability to re-add the support chat to the main Alma site

SETUP INSTRUCTIONS:

The most important settings are:

subdomain (the part before "getalma.com")
API Student UUID

To set up the extension, a fake "API Student" needs to be created. They do not need to be actively enrolled, so it shouldn't mess with your numbers. Just enroll them in a future year, or on the last day of school, or whatever. What you need is the bunch of numbers and letters that show up in the URL for their directory page. Without this student created, you can not search by email or store notes for Alma Start.

Install

To just install and run it as a user, visit the Chrome Web Store Otherwise, download the source with git clone

$ npm install

Development

npm run dev chrome
npm run dev firefox
npm run dev opera
npm run dev edge

Build

npm run build chrome
npm run build firefox
npm run build opera
npm run build edge

Environment

The build tool also defines a variable named process.env.NODE_ENV in your scripts.

Credits

Built using webextension-toolbox
Implements React/ReactDOM
Icon by freepik from flaticon.com

Perfectdotexe/almaplus