Updates 1 Dec 2022
1 December 2022
This list details the changes users can expect in the upcoming SLS Release 18, which will be rolled out on 1 December 2022. Please note that SLS will be unavailable from 30 November 00:00 to 1 December 23:00 to facilitate this release.
Features for All Users
Print-friendly View
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Users are able to generate a print-friendly version of any Lesson/Course.
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Users can
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Save the page as a PDF (using the browser)
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Print physical copies from this view (using an attached printer)
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UI and UX Improvements
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Users will see their last-accessed tabs displayed first on pages with tabs (e.g. Home Page, Class Groups).
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Users will be able to view a listing of the quiz that requires resubmission on the Quiz cover and end pages after a Teacher-Marked Quiz has been unsubmitted.
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The character limit for Media Object titles has been increased to 100 characters.
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Improved navigation in Lesson/Course:
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A Lesson Plan has been introduced to provide a quick overview of the Lesson.
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The Lesson/Course Plan button has been moved to the left navigation panel.
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Users can use the bottom navigation bar to navigate from section to section using “<<” and “>>”, and activity to activity using “<” and “>”.
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Class Group Resources & Categorisation
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Users will be able to view Lessons/Courses that are not time-bound (i.e. no start/due date) under the “Resources” tab in the Class Group.
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Teachers are able to add Resources which can be used for optional content or Student’s self-study - to each Class Group.
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Teachers can categorise Class Group Assignments and Class Group Resources and give each category a name. The Assignments or Resources in each category will be displayed in different rows for students’ viewing.
Activity Assignment
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Each Activity in an assignment can have its own unique set of Activity Teams, which is a grouping of students assigned to the Activity.
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With Activity Teams, students can collaborate with others in their team, and a single student can submit one common attempt on behalf of the entire Team within Team-Response Questions.
Team Quiz - Free Response Questions & Audio Response Questions
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Teachers can set Quiz as a “Team Quiz” to allow the Activity Teams to answer as a team.
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Teachers can include Free-Response and Audio-Response questions in team quizzes.
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Students can submit a common team response for Free-Response and Audio-Response questions.
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Marks, Annotations and Feedback given can be viewed by all Team members.
Class Group Forum: Polls
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Teachers and Students (if permitted by Teachers) are able to add polls (multiple-choice or slider) in the Class Group Forum.
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Teachers are able to hide poll results from voters.
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The search function has also been improved to allow searching for individual posts within the Forum.
Gamification Teams & Team Leaderboard
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Teachers can set up Game Teams, which is a grouping of assignees for a gamified assignment. Experience Points (XP) awarded to each student in the Game Team will be compounded as part of the overall Game Team’s XP.
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Note: This grouping is different from Activity Teams, which is a grouping of assignees localised to each Activity
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Users can view the Team Leaderboard, which ranks teams based on the highest average XP of all the members. The top contributor of each team will be indicated with a crown icon.
Google File Integration for Free-Response Questions
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Teachers and Students can attach Google Files in Free-Response Questions and in Teacher’s Feedback.
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Teachers and Students can edit or annotate a copy of a Google File attached as part of a student’s answer in the Free-Response Questions, or in the Teacher’s Feedback.
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Teachers can also use this functionality when viewing all responses to the question and when providing feedback to a question answered by a Team.
MIMS Login & Authentication
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Users now have two ways of logging into SLS:
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Current SLS login and password
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MIMS account
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Features for Teachers
Question and Test Interoperability (QTI)
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Teachers can now import questions into a Lesson / Course from a QTI 2.1 file.
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QTI 2.1 files can be generated from the GetMarked service (by importing scanned question & examination papers)
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Currently, the following questions types can be automatically created from a QTI 2.1 file:
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Multiple-Choice Question / Multiple-Response Question
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Free-Response Question
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Fill-in-the-Blanks Question
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Teacher are alerted when an uploaded question cannot be read by the system, and requires a teacher to take action
Optional Activities
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Teachers are able to mark certain activities as non-compulsory (e.g challenge questions outside of the syllabus) by checking “Optional”. Their completion will not be necessary for a Lesson/Course to be indicated as “Complete”.
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Students can mark Lesson/Course/Section as “Complete” when all non-optional Activities in the Lesson/Course are completed.
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Teacher can also choose to send a custom message notification when marking a Section/Assignment as “Complete”.
Mark Assignment as “Incomplete”
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Teachers have the option to mark an Assignment as “Incomplete” at the following points:
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Selecting students on the Monitoring Heatmap
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Resume Assignment (After editing)
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Unsubmitting a Quiz
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Teacher can choose to send a custom message notification when
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Marking Assignment as “Incomplete”
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Resuming Assignment (After editing)
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Unsubmitting a Quiz
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Marking Standalone Questions
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Teachers are able to allocate a mark for standalone questions that are not in quizzes for the following question types: Free-Response, File-Submission, Audio-Response.
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Teachers are also able to unsubmit student’s submission of standalone questions.
Google Integration
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Teachers can now embed a Google Document (Doc, Slide, Sheet) File from their linked iCON2.0 / Google Drive in a Text/Media component in a Lesson/Course.
Simplified Lesson Creation (with Personal Templates & Direct Assignment Creation)
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When creating a Lesson/Course, Teachers can
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Choose from their Personal Lesson/Course templates that they set up, or
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Generate a lesson/course with a preferred number of activity and sections.
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Teachers can directly create an assignment without a copy in my drive and pause the assignment for editing and adding more content.
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Teachers are able to directly create an assignment from existing resources (My Drive, Global Search, Starred Resources).
Lesson Passcode Setting
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Teachers will be able to set a passcode for a Lesson/Course.
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Teachers can also set permissions for students to copy them in My Drive, reattempt them for Self-Study or view a print-friendly copy.
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MOE Library lesson and class group resource can be configured to be searchable by students and teachers so that certain resources are hidden from either group.
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Content Approvers are able to download the marks and response by MOE Library lesson by schools to see the responses from the students.
Aggregated MCQ & Poll Result
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Teachers are able to hide poll results from students.
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Teachers will be able to access two views (bar chart view and table view) of Poll/Multiple-Choice Question results on the “View All Responses” page.