Updates 8 Dec 2021

Updates 8 Dec 2021

This list details the changes users can expect in the upcoming SLS Release 16, which will be rolled out on 8 December 2021. Please note that SLS will be unavailable from 7 December 00:00 to 8 December 23:00 to facilitate this release.

Features for All Users

Extended Login time

1. Users without SLS admin rights can stay logged in to SLS for up to 10 hours in the same browser session.

Assignment Listing

1. Users are able to view their assignments in a table listing which allows for easy sorting by columns.

2. Users are able to filter by 3 assignment statuses - Upcoming, In Progress and Completed. The upcoming assignments are always listed prominently first for easy visualisation by teachers. Students will see upcoming assignments for that day.

3. Users can use the “Go to Section” action to quickly access the next incomplete section of a course.

Global Search Enhancement

1. Users can select the subjects and levels related to the resources they would like to search for.

2. Users can also choose to Add Topic Filters after Subject and Level are selected for a more in-depth search.

My Drive sorting

1. Users are able to see their resources in My Drive sorted by Folders first followed by resources sorted by the last modified date.

Copying and Pasting of WIRIS equations

1. Users are able to edit and copy WIRIS formulae and equations into the Rich Text boxes where available.

Number of Comments on Cards

1. Users are able to see the number of comments added on to Class Forum cards, Annotation cards and ITT cards.

Features for Teachers

Courses

1. Teachers are able to set prerequisites for each section of a Course via the Course Plan in Edit mode. Students are required to fulfill section prerequisites before the section is unlocked for their access.

2. When creating Course Assignments, teachers can not only set common schedule but further apply section schedule by specifying:

   • Section Start Date Interval,

   • Section Duration.

ITT Anonymous Student Responses

1. Teachers can choose to hide students’ names to create a safe space for sharing of students’ responses. Students’ names will be replaced by the word “Anonymous” in ITT.

Activity Template selection

1. Teachers are able to view all Activity templates via the “All” option when adding a new activity during lesson/course creation instead of selecting a category.

Preview a Lesson/Course as Student

1. Teachers are able to preview and attempt a lesson/course in the Preview as Student mode before they assign it.

Audio Recordings Generalisation

1. Teachers are now able to use the Audio Recording feature in Teacher Feedback, Aggregated Student Response feedback field and Class Forum post. This allows them to record audio directly into SLS.

2. A copy of the audio recording can be downloaded before transcoding is completed.

Heatmap Enhancement

1. Visual Improvements and enhanced user experience have been made to the heatmap in assignments. Teachers are able to to be redirected to aggregated student responses when they click on a question number in the heatmap.

Download Student Responses (CSV)

1. Downloaded CSV of students' MCQ, MRQ and Poll responses is changed from roman numerals to alphabetical numberings for better readability.

2. Teachers will only be able to create up to 26 options for MCQ, MRQ and Poll.

Learning Progress

1. Teachers are able to view the Learning Progress for their Class Groups, and can view students’ progress based on topics and subtopics, time range (month by month) or individual students.

2. Teachers can view questions excluded from Learning Progress and would be able to include them quickly.

3. Teachers can view questions that are not tagged to the content map and tagged them to ensure Learning Progress information is accurate.

4. Teachers can search for resources based on the Subject or the Topics or Sub-topics of the subject from the Learning Progress page.

5. Teachers can link all questions in a Quiz to the Learning Progress by clicking on the “Apply to all questions” in the quiz settings. Questions in newly created Quizzes are included into Learning Progress as a default, teachers can choose to exclude them.

My Subjects; Followed Subjects

1. A new My Subjects page that allows Teachers to view:

   • Assigned Subjects - based on synced School Cockpit data on Teacher’s teaching subjects and levels.

   • Followed Subjects - able to follow a Subject and Level based on their interest.

2. From the My Subjects page, teachers will be able to access:

   • Learning Progress (only for Assigned Subjects)

   • Content Map for the Subject and Level based on the syllabus

   • Resource Search related to the Subject and Level (Global Search)

Move Assignment between Class Groups

1. Teachers are able to move assignments including student responses, teachers’ feedback and annotations from one class group to another, limited assignments from the immediate past academic year. All assignment activity settings will be reset to default.

   • This feature addresses the use case of assignments cutting over 2 academic years e.g. Secondary 1 & 2 classes or 2 class groups e.g. CCA groups.

Sharing MOE Library lesson

1. Teachers can share a MOE Library URL so that students can attempt it once they click on it without seeing an error page.

Class Groups Administration

1. Teachers are able to add Subject and Level to a SLS created Class Group, this will allow users to see the Learning Progress of the Class Group.

2. Teachers are able to set Class group expiry year for SLS created Class Groups up to a maximum of 10 years.

3. Users are able to view the school a Class Group belongs to so that they can approach the respective School Admin User for assistance when required.

4. Teachers who are owners of the SLS created Class Groups are able to update the school field corresponding to the schools of the owners in that Class Group, this is to better manage class groups details.

UI Improvements

1. Clearer left menu segregation for Administrative features.

Features for Students

Learning Progress

1. Students are able to view their own Learning Progress for both their Class Groups and Self-Study, and can view their progress (in terms of marks) based on topic, time range (month by month) or individual questions.

My Subjects

1. A new My Subjects page that allows students to view

   • Assigned Subjects - based on synced School Cockpit data on student’s assigned subjects and levels.

   • Followed Subjects - able to follow a Subject and Level based on their interest.

2. From the My Subjects page, students will be able to access:

   • Learning Progress

   • Content Map for the Subject and Level based on the syllabus

   • Resource Search related to the Subject and Level (Global Search)

Audio Recordings Generalisation

1. Students are now able to use the Audio Recording feature in ITT posts, Class Forum posts and Teacher Feedback response. This allows them to record audio directly into SLS.

2. A copy of the audio recording can be downloaded before transcoding is completed.

Different Timezone prompt

1. Students will be prompted when their device is in a different timezone from Singapore and are unable to access an assignment.

Features for SLS School Admin

Manage School Announcements

1. School Admins are able to view, create, edit and delete school announcements in their school.

Manage Subjects

1. School Admins are able to view all subjects in their school.

2. (For Administrable School) School Admin are able to create, edit, delete and import subjects for school-based subjects.

Manage Class Groups

1. School Admins are able to view Class Groups and the members in the Groups.

2. School Admin can manage SLS created Class Groups when there are no Teacher Owners managing the Class Groups and appoint teachers to be new owners of Class Groups.

3. (For Administrable School) School Admin are able to view, create, edit and import classes.

Manage Users

1. School Admin can view, manage user accounts and export the full user list in their school.

2. School Admin can view the last login Date/Time of Student Users.

3. School Admin Users are able to quickly take action to filter based on commonly used filters.

Generate Report

1. School Admin Users can generate Assignment Reports to view assignment completion rate by Class Group.