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- Nov 08, 2019
- Oct 30, 2019
- Oct 24, 2019
- Oct 15, 2019
- Oct 04, 2019
- Sep 27, 2019
- Sep 25, 2019
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July, 2021
Admission
Decimal digits accepted in application/registration fee
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Decimal digits are now accepted in the Application/Registration Fee.
Email alerts for admission team
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Email alerts will be sent to the admission team once any document has been submitted by parents.
Enhancements to the Admission module
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Enhancements have been made in the Class Section page of the Admission module. Enhancements have also been made to the admission form as well as online admission.
Assessment
Delete and Visibility option in Exam Corner
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Using the Visibility option, teachers can hide the resource from other teachers in the school. The Delete option allows them to delete the resource from NLP.
Drag and Drop, Fill in the Blanks questions in assessments
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Option to create Drag and Drop, Fill in the Blanks questions have been added to Assessments.
Enhancements to Exam Corner
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- The option to enable proctoring is now available in the copy examination functionality. Along with it, the option to also add invigilators for those copied exams has been added.
- The option to enable late submission and add late submission date for other examinations in the copy examination functionality for other sections has been added.
Option to resume attempt in Exam Corner
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Teachers can allow a student to resume an assessment attempt in the following cases:
- The student accidentally ended the test and wants to resume.
- The student uploaded incorrect files and the teacher wants the student to re-upload the correct files.
For now, this feature is available only for proctored assessments.
Refresh feature in Exam Corner
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A Refresh feature has been introduced to the Examination and Practise tabs in Exam Corner for students.
Timer alert messages in assessment
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Timer alert messages have been added for hybrid and offline assessments.
Attendance
Optimisations in staff attendance
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The Staff Irregular Attendance Report has been optimised.
Option to preview files in Assessment Live Report
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Teachers can preview the files submitted by the student in the live report.
HRMS
Option to apply and assign leaves in HRMS
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You can now apply for leaves and assign leaves in HRMS- Leaves.
LMS
Enhancements to the Course Details Page
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Now, students will be able to identify resources and homework counts upfront in the Course Details page without having to click the chapter/session.
Enhancements to the Student and Parent Dashboard
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Now, in the Student and Parent Dashboard, the assignment percentage will be rounded off up to two places after the decimal point.
Option to delete recurring events from the calendar
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Teachers will now have the option to delete upcoming events while deleting a scheduled event from the calendar.
Option to upload SCORM package resources to LMS
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SCORM is an industry standard file format that is readable by different Learning Management Systems (LMS). With this feature, a teacher can now upload SCORM content (zip files containing SCORM content) for their classes in LMS. Currently, we support SCORM version 1.2.
Search option added in Principal Reports
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A search option has been added in the Teacher dropdown menu in Principal Reports
Payroll
Enhancements to the Payroll Report
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In the Payroll Report, the columns Leave Days, Bank Details, and Allowances for Gross and Earned have been included.
Staff
Enhancements to the Staff module
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UI changes have been made in Staff 360 and a Staff Search option has also been added.
Staff Document Report
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A report that shows all the documents that have been uploaded by the staff along with their names, upload status and expiry date has been added.
Student
Student list enhancements
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1) Student search provision has been added in the Student Dashboard as well as the Student 360 page.
2)A tab for the Student Dashboard has been added under the Student 360 page.
3) A single save option has been added in the Student tab in the Student 360 page.
UI enhancement of student profiles
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- Email ID of father and mother has been added in the Quick Add option of the student list.
- Student report - In Student Custom Report, by default, the active student filter is displayed instead of 'All' filter.
Student Workspace
Calendar event for optional subject examination
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When an examination is published for an optional subject, a calendar event will appear only for the students taking the optional subject and not the complete section.
Missed homework notification
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Parents will now receive notifications whenever their ward misses their homework submission date
Visibility of homework resources after submission end date changed
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Now students will be able to view the homework resources even after the submission end date.
Teacher Workspace
Assessments in Exam Corner included in Analytics tab
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Assessments that have been created in the Exam Corner will now be included in the Analytics tab as well.
Duplicate assignment name
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While creating an assignment in a particular course, if there is an assignment already with the same name, a popup message is shown suggesting the teacher to rename the assignment or proceed with the same name.
Enhancements to Live Lecture
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- The error message has been updated for Error 112.
- The live monitoring default time has been set to 45 seconds.
- The live lecture launch time has been optimised.
Enhancements to Live Lecture (browser version)
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1.The Share Screen button will no longer be hidden. A toggle button has been added to start/stop screen share.
- There will no longer be blackout screens when the camera is disabled in lite mode.
- End Lecture made robust.
- The UI has been enhanced in the mobile browser version of Live Lecture for teachers.
- The connection status and error status will be shown in the mobile browser just like in the desktop browser.
- The student doubt window is now moveable.
Live Lecture Reports for HODs and class teachers
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HODs will receive a report similar to the Principal Report on their mapped classes/subject. Class teachers will also get the Live Lecture Attendance Reports for all their mapped classes.
Permission for HOD to view teacher annotated files
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HODs can now view the teacher annotated files after an examination or assignment.
Vertical ellipsis in the Course tab with new options
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In the LMS Dashboard, under the Course tab,
click the vertical ellipsis next to the course to view the students mapped to the course.
If a course is optional , the label ‘Optional Course’ will be added below the course name.
June, 2021
Assessments
Add invigilator for proctoring
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You can now search and add invigilators to proctor an assessment while you are publishing it.
Feedback section added in annotation
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Now it will be easy for teachers to enter feedback while annotating a file.
All the consolidated points will reflect in the feedback section at the student level.
Hiding an assessment in Exam Corner
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If an assessment is hidden in the Global Resource Library, it will get hidden in the School tab in Exam Corner as well.
Marks and exam duration displayed in the Publish dialog box in Exam Corner
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The marks and duration of an assessment will be available in the Publish dialog box that appears when you click Publish in Exam Corner.
Option to download the attendance report for an assessment
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Teachers can now download the attendance report of students for an assessment in Exam Corner.
Option to publish assessments multiple times in Exam Corner
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An assessment can now be published multiple times in Exam Corner
Communication
URL added in the SMS template for user creation and reminder alerts
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For user creation and reminder alerts, a URL has been added in the SMS template. It will generate a dynamic URL and if the user clicks on the URL in the SMS, it will autofill to log in.
Examination
Descriptive Indicators and Multi-select option in the Marks Entry page
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The Multi-select option is now available in the Marks Entry page in the Examination module.
LMS
Configuration of custom lesson plan templates at chapter and session level
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The admin can now configure custom lesson plan templates at the chapter and session level. With this feature, teachers can create the lesson plan / teaching plan as per the school’s required template.
Deletion of teacher custom resources.
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Admin now has the permission to delete teacher custom resources.
Payroll
Enhancements in the Payroll module
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- Addition of Payment Mode column and filter in Payroll Report.
- 'WPS' has been added to the payment mode list.
- The joining and leaving date for LoP have been handled and the total working days and total present days have been added.
Staff
Staff Log Report to track staff attendance.
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The Staff Log Report will provide the list of staff who had logged into the NLP system before specified time for any particular day. This is to track attendance of Staff, based on NLP login.
Student
Excel and PDF download option for Incident Report
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Incident Reports available in the Student module can be downloaded in Excel and PDF format now.
Teacher Workspace
Enhancements to the Course Details page
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- When you click Course Details, you will be taken to the list of chapters/sessions.
- When you click the accordion on Chapters, the page will display the session list.
- When you click a chapter/session, it will automatically close the selection panel and show the results.
Option to edit the live lecture attendance in the calendar
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You can now edit the live lecture attendance directly in the calendar by clicking the live lecture card.
May 2021
Accounting
Daybook report
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Daybook report created in accounting.
Fee accounting integration phase one
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1)Voucher entry for cancel fee handled
2)Fee amount mismatch for voucher homepage and pop up page
3)Voucher entry for ad hoc fee can be handled
4)Daybook report debit account column name changed to debit Amount
5)Multiple due entries handled if user changes the structure page
Mapping of bank accounts to the accounting module
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Users can map bank accounts created in the fee module to the accounting module, create ledgers and make entries in those ledgers.
Voucher entries
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Users can create any voucher and then map it with one of the master voucher types. Users can make debit and credit entries in different ledger accounts through these vouchers.
Assessment
Assessment Creation enhancements
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- Teachers can now add questions belonging to multiple question types in the same section.
- Option to add section names in assessment
- Option to add decimals as marks
Exam Corner tab added in dashboard
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The Exam Corner tab is now available in the teacher dashboard.
Option to copy examination to other sections
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Teachers can now easily assign the same assessment for multiple sections in a class through Exam Corner.
Option to download report in Exam Corner
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The option to download reports is now available in Exam Corner.
Proctoring enhancements:
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Optimisation of voice and video call during proctoring.
Attendance
Option to disable attendance marking for subject teachers
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If enabled, this option will allow only the class teacher to mark the attendance of students.
Communication
Staff exit alerts
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Alerts/Notifications will be sent to the respective stakeholders, at each stage of the staff exit process.
Examination
Additional optional field to capture description added to Exam Hierarchy
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Additional optional fields to capture description are now available at the subject level, activity level and rubric level in Exam Hierarchy.
Fee
Column for admission number in daily collection report for new admissions
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A new column to add the admission number has been added in the daily collection report.
KNET Payment Gateway integration
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Parents can now pay online through KNET Payment Gateway from Kuwait
Three decimal handled in reports available in Fee module
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3 decimal handled in the below reports:
- Fee collection report
- Fee due report
- Fee concession report
- Fee due summary report
- Daily collection report
- Custom report
Two additional filters added in fee-related dashboards
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Academic session and date range filter in Fee Due Summary and
Today's Collection dashboard
Principal Dashboard
Direct access to lectures for principal
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Principals can now join live lectures directly
Recruitment
Excel download option added in the candidate page of the recruitment module
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The option to download the details of all the candidates that have applied for various positions as an Excel sheet has been added to the recruitment module.
Upload option added in the candidate profile page
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Candidates/HR can upload documents in the candidate’s profile.
School Setup
Retry option during email ID validation
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All invalidated email IDs can be pushed back for the validation process, without updating.
Staff
Option for staff to add IBAN entity in staff profile
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Staff can now add the IBAN (International Bank Account Number) entity in the staff profile after IFSC code. It is similar to a normal bank account number.
Staff profile page enhancements
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- Preview option provided for images and pdf files in Staff Document
- Data is now editable in the Staff Profile (360) page and others if one logs in as a staff.
Student
Alert to class teacher when class/section changes for a student
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When the class/section of a student is changed, the class teacher will be alerted.
Incident Reporting System
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Incidents happening in school, especially those involving students are recorded.
The behavior score can be altered based on the severity of the incident.
Student Workspace
Enhancements to attention monitoring in Live Lecture
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- The message shown in case the student is out of the frame has been changed. It is now: Please orient the camera towards you during the lecture.
- The violation alert (for camera off and out of app) will be created only if the student does it continuously for more than 20 seconds.
Messages shown for students using the app
- Please switch on your camera during the lecture.
- Please be in the app during the live lecture.
Messages shown for students using browser
- Please switch on your webcam during the live lecture.
- Please do not switch to other applications during the lecture.
- Only the first violation of the student will be shown in expanded mode for 5 seconds. From the next violation onwards, the alerts will be shown only in collapsed mode. (This is applicable only in the app.)
New UI for the iOS version of the NLP student app
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A new user interface has been created for the iOS version of the NLP student app.
Teacher Workspace
Ability to view participant list in Live Lecture
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Teachers can now see the participant list when conducting live lectures through the NLP app.
Attention monitoring flags in live lecture attendance reports
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Attention monitoring flags can now be added to live lecture attendance reports.
Automatic redirection for class teachers and subject teachers on logging in
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Class teachers and subject teachers will now be automatically redirected to their respective dashboards on logging in.
Automatic redirection to the last chapter and session accessed by teacher when they select a course
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Whenever a teacher selects a course, they will be automatically redirected to the last accessed/explored chapter and session combination. This way they will not have to select that chapter and session every time they enter the course.
Changes in home screen user interface
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The user interface of the homescreen has been changed to make it more intuitive.
Enhancements in Live Lecture
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If the internet gets disconnected for the student while they are asking a doubt during a live lecture, the doubt will be ended at the teacher’s side.
Live lecture filter added in recycle bin
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A live lecture filter has been added to the recycle bin for teachers.
Option to conduct live lectures from the app
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Teachers can now conduct live lectures through the NLP app.
Option to import course plans to multiple sections
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Teachers can now import course plans from one session to multiple other sessions.
Option to share content in the Next Curriculum app
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Teachers can use the content available in the Next Curriculum app on Live Lecture, Google Meet or any other meeting software by using the screenshare option now.
Resource library redesign
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The resource library has been simplified for usage and the interface has been made efficient and consistent to other functionalities in LMS. Also, users can enjoy better search functionality and will be able to add/create resources in a specific chapter/session directly.
Save running course plan of the current academic year
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The teacher can save and use the course plan they created for the current year as well as for future academic sessions.
March 2021
Accounting
Admission-Accounting integration
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Admission fee transaction-related entries will be available in the accounting module on a real-time basis.
Chart of accounts
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Users can configure chart of accounts (CoA) as per their requirement with groups, sub-groups and ledger accounts.
Admin/Principal Dashboard
Orison integration phase II
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The admin/principal dashboard has been integrated with Orison to fetch the fee related data from Orison server for UAE schools.
Admission
Deletion of admission fee types
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An option to deactivate the application/registration fee type has been added.
Assessment
Board Exam Booster enhancements
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1)The resources will be auto-assigned after a few days if the teacher fails to do it.
2) Notifications to teachers
Board Exam Booster for ICSE
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Board Exam Booster is now available for ICSE schools as well.
Board Exam Booster free trial
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The Board Exam booster free trial comes with an expiry date till the end of the academic year.
Eg: 31 May 2021
If activated within 15 days to 31 May, the expiry date will be the end of the next academic year. Eg: 31 May 2022
Changes in Question Bulk Upload
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Bloom's taxonomy has now been made non-mandatory for question bulk upload.
Exam corner assessment count
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The number of assessments conducted can now be seen in Exam Corner.
Excel download option in Exam Corner
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A Download Excel button has been added in the Examination and Practice tabs in Exam Corner.
Attendance
Attendance details
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The lecture attendance as well as the breakup of monthly attendance calculation is now displayed in the student and parent accounts under My Attendance.
Communication
SMS auto-detection
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SMS auto-detection has been re-enabled in the NLP app
Fee
Advance fee collection for application/registration
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Application/Registration fee can now be collected in advance. The leftover amount can be added in the student’s wallet.
Fee module to handle upto 3 decimal points
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Fee related data will now be displayed upto 3 decimal points.
Institutional Dashboard
Institutional dashboard enhancements
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The academic performance reports for each individual branch of the institution are now available in the institutional dashboard.
NLP
Enhancements to Quizzer
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Leaderboard, level based achievements, and new badges have been added to Quizzer.
Parent Dashboard
Enhancements to the parent dashboard
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- Course progress for each course: It shows how many chapters have been completed to date in each course.
- Student activity: Parents can see the number of homework and static assessments that has been completed by his/her child out of the assigned homework and static assessments.
It also tells the parent about the average percentage scored in static assessments for each course.
Student
Access restriction on student documents
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Parents can now upload only image and pdf files on the platform.(jpg, jpeg, png, pdf).
On the Student Document page, the access for the download option is restricted.
A Preview option has also been provided for the uploaded documents, if it is in previewable formats (jpg, jpeg, pdf, png).
Teacher Workspace
Enhancements in Principal Reports
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A device usage tab has been added in Principal Reports. It allows the school to know which device has been used to access the NLP platform. For eg: Apple, Android, etc.
Hybrid classroom
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Using TeachNext, the teachers conducting a hybrid class can now share their entire screen with students joining remotely through Next Education Live Lecture.
Live lecture view count
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The school will now be able to see the view counts of recorded live lectures.
PPT format support added in Homework Creation
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PPT format is now supported in Homework Creation.
Preview of resources in homework creation
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Teachers will be able to preview assessments in Pre-read before publishing the resource.
February 2021
Admin Dashboard
Enhancements to admin dashboard
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- Admin can now check a single day’s total collection, including fee collection, inventory collection and admission collection. Also, the admin can now see the payment mode-wise collection summary on a daily basis.
- Admin can also check annual fee summary data and the fee summary data till date. It can be checked installment-wise, fee type- wise or class-wise.
- Admin can now check daily admission summary and the admission summary till date which includes enquiry summary, application summary, registration summary, evaluation summary and confirmation summary.
- Admin can also check department- wise staff attendance summary and class-wise student attendance summary.
- Admin can check pending approvals of students and staff.
Admission
Under Admission, the ‘Next Follow-Up Date’ field has been made non-mandatory
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The 'Next Follow-up Date' field in the Admission module is no longer mandatory. In case the parent is not interested, they don't have to fill it.
Assessment
Board Exam Booster enabled for class X and XII for both CBSE and ICSE
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The Board Exam Booster package that consists of adaptive tests to help class X and XII students prepare for the board exams has been launched. Once the admin publishes the exam booster for a class and section, the adaptive tests will be scheduled as assessments as per a timetable to the students.
Changes to accommodate reduced syllabus for Board Exam Booster
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Board Exam Booster gives an option to publish test series based on the reduced syllabus as prescribed by the respective boards for the final exams.
Duration of assessments extended to accommodate time for answer sheet upload
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The maximum duration of assessments have been increased from 180 minutes to ensure that students get time to upload the answer sheets.
Option to select rest day in Board Exam Booster
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While publishing the Board Exam Booster package, any day in the week can be chosen as a rest day in the calendar for the test series.
Fee
Auto numbering of receipts and receipt formats in payment-mode level
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In addition to fee level and class level, the auto numbering of receipts and receipt formats can now be done at the payment-mode level as well.
HOD/Principal Dashboard
Enhancements to the HOD dashboard and principal dashboard
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Tabs such as Today’s Live Lectures, Pending Approvals, Course Tracker, Your Subject Teaching Staff Joining and Attrition, Headcount and Staff Frequent Absentees have been added to the HOD dashboard and principal dashboard. The heads of the departments will have access to information only pertaining to their department, whereas principals will have information pertaining to all the departments.
Institutional Dashboard
Enhancements to the institutional dashboard
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A School Performance tab has been added to the institutional dashboard.
LearnNext+
Quizzer enhancements
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Quizzer has been gamified. Now, students will receive badges/achievements when they answer questions correctly. An achievement screen and badge unlock pop-up has been added at the end of the Quizzer.
NLP
Course plans can now be created in the institution branch and can be adopted in child branches.
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It is now possible to import course plans from the master branch to child branches.
Option to manage devices and log out of other devices
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Self-support has been provided to reset device limits at login. You can also manage the devices and choose to log out of all the devices. Now the user will be removed from NLP after the session expires. If the device limit is exceeded when you log in, a pop-up message will be shown.
Parent Dashboard
Enhancements to parent dashboard
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Two new widgets have been added to the parent dashboard. They are:
- Course progress of each course: It tells how many chapters have been completed till date in each course the child takes .
- Student activity: It tells us how many homework and static assessments have been completed by their child out of all the assigned homework and static assessments. It also tells us about the average percentage scored for static assessments in each course.
Student
Tracking of admission documents in Student 360 and the option for parents to upload documents on the web
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If a student is admitted via online admission, Student 360 will have an option for parents to view and update the admission documents. Once the parents upload any document, it will have to be approved by the admin before it appears in the Document Checklist report. If the document is rejected by the admin, parents can upload it again.
Student Workspace
Option to switch academic session
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The school can now start the new academic session early, if needed. The students will have access to all the resources and can submit homework, take assessments as well as join live lectures for the new session.
They can also switch back to their current academic session to access resources from the current year. They can also switch to previous academic years (eg: a grade 9 student would be able to switch to grades 8, 7, etc.) and view their old homework reports, fee receipts, etc. However, they cannot make any edits when they switch to previous academic years.
Turning off of camera light
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The camera light will be turned off when a student disables the camera. This feature is available only for students using web login.
Teacher and Student Workspace
Assessment player enhancements
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The number of questions that have not been attempted will now be shown at the end of an assessment. A message will also be shown if the student has zero file submissions.
Calendar enhancements
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Teachers and students will now be able to see the academic and administrative events, including holidays, cultural and sports events, examinations, etc. marked by the admin of the school on the calendar.
Column added in Homework Table
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A new column has been added in the Homework Table to identify homework as a test series / remedial resource / remedial retest.
Enhancements to the video player
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New buttons and features like Speed, +10/-10, Exit button, Next/Previous options have been added to the video player.
Teacher Workspace
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Auto mode has been enabled in the Discussion Room. This will allow all the students who use the Raise the Hand option to join the Discussion Room till the limit is reached.
Attendance pop-up added in live lecture
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In live lecture attendance, the pop-up ‘Mark Session as Complete.’ has been added. If selected, this will mark the session and the session resources as completed.
Audio and video support in the assessment player
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Teachers can now add audio and video files in question/option text. The assessment player has been enhanced to play audio and video files.
Change in maximum timespan of a live lecture
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The maximum timespan of a live lecture has been changed from 2 hours to 4 hours.
Class teacher and subject teacher dashboard enhancements
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Course Tracker widget has been added to the class teacher and subject teacher dashboards.
Enhancements to the PDF player
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Navigation control has been added for full screen on the PDF player.
Exam Corner
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All the components related to assessments, viz. assessment creation, assessment library, assessment publish and reports have been brought together under Exam Corner.
Excel download for live lecture reports
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An option to download the excel sheets is now available for live lecture reports.
Sessions can now be renamed in Course Details
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Teachers can change the name of each session and the change will be reflected in all the session name-dependent pages.
January 2021
Admission
Admission enquiry for multiple students in a single form
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Now parents can make admission enquiries for more than one child in a single form.
Real-time notifications for admission in-charge about the follow-up visits for the day
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The admission in-charge will get real-time notifications about the follow-up visits scheduled for a particular day.
VAT handled in admission fee types
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VAT has been handled in application/registration fee types.
Assessments
MMCQ (Multi Correct Multiple-Choice Questions) supported in assessments
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It is possible to now add MCQ questions with multiple correct answers in NLP assessments.
Question bank enhancements
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Chapter level tagging for custom questions. Schools can tag the questions they upload to chapters. This will help schools to filter chapters for assessment creation.
In the Question List page in the question bank, the user can now filter questions based on learning objectives. Custom questions can also be filtered according to the chapters.
Fee
Fee module integrated for parent app
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A third party vendor has been integrated with the Fee module in the NLP parent app.
Functionality to collect fee from post-dated cheques only on cheque date
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A functionality to collect the fee from post-dated cheques on the date given on the cheques has been developed.
Functionality to enter post-dated cheques
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A functionality to enter post-dated cheques in the Fee module has been developed.
A notification will be triggered for parents when they enter post- dated cheques.
Front Office
Self approver flow added in Visit Management
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Self approver flow has been added in Visit Management where hosts can approve their own visitors.
Step added in Visit Management to allow hosts to end meetings
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A ‘Meet ended’ button has been added in Visit Management which allows hosts to end meetings once they are completed.
LearnNext+
Access given to the chapter/resource list and featured videos in the LearnNext+ section before signup
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Students can now access the chapter/resource list and featured videos in LN+ before signing up
Pre-KG and KG enabled in LearnNext+ class list
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Pre-KG and KG have now been enabled in the class list of LearnNext+.
Subscription enabled for the parent app
Path: -----
Parents can also avail LearnNext+ subscription through the NLP parent app.
NLP
Enhancements in Principal Reports
Path: -----
New tabs such as Session Statistics, Class-Wise Reports, Teacher-Wise Reports, Assessments and Student Usage Statistics have been added in Principal Reports.
Excel Download option in Principal Reports
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An Excel Download option has been added in Principal Reports.
New admin dashboard
Path: -----
A new admin dashboard with the most relevant statistics widgets from the Attendance, Admission, Leave, Payroll and Fee modules has been created.
NLP App
OTP verification
Path: -----
Activation of NLP accounts has been made easier with the addition of OTP verification.
School Setup
User Login Details Report moved to School Setup under Settings
Path: -----
The User Login Details has been moved from User Account Management in School Setup from the Transaction tab to the School Setup option under Settings.
Staff
Bulk class subject mapping for head of the department
Path: -----
An option to assign classes and subjects to the heads of the departments has been added in Staff Profile.
Student
Student and staff document expiry alerts can be triggered to primary contact based on school configuration
Path: -----
NLP can now capture the student document expiry date. It can send alerts to the primary contacts of the student, ‘x’ number of days before the expiry, as configured by the school.
Student Workspace
Quizzer
Path: -----
A new Quizzer feature has been added in NLP to allow students to learn by playing short quizzes with each other.
Teacher Workspace
Group discussion feature in Live Lecture
Path: -----
Teachers can now open a discussion room in a live lecture with up to five students at a time.
Notifications regarding incomplete homework for both parents and students
Path: -----
If a student hasn’t completed their homework, a notification will be sent to both the parent and student 24 hours before the submission end time.
Preview support for uploaded files (image and pdf docs)
Path: -----
You will now be able to see previews of images and pdf docs that are uploaded in NLP.
Support for more file extensions in Homework Upload
Path: -----
Now you can upload homework in mp3, ppt and mp4 extensions as well.
Timetable for live lectures
Path: -----
Teachers can now create a live lecture timetable for the whole year based on previously conducted live lectures. A shortcut has been provided to reach the Time Table-Live Lecture page from the Calendar tab.
Zoom offline recorded videos to be tagged to the same live lecture
Path: -----
While the Zoom offline recorded videos can be uploaded as a resource by the teacher, now they will also be tagged to the same live lecture.
Zoom option for assessment images (images in questions and options)
Path: -----
Now you have the option to zoom into images in the assessment player (images in the questions and options).
December 2020
Assessments
Enhancements to proctoring feature
Path: -----
The latest snapshots taken during the assessment will be now shown in the live report.
If the student got disconnected during the assessment and the file was submitted, it will be mentioned. A Warn Student button has also been added in the Proctoring Live Report.
Facial recognition of students before the test and during the test can also be enabled now
Enhancements to the safe browser features
Path: -----
Teachers can now end the assessment of students in case there are multiple violations.
Option for teachers to tag custom questions to chapters
Path: -----
Questions uploaded by teachers can be tagged to chapters now by the teachers themselves. These tags are used for filtering of questions based on chapter during assessment creation.
Option to edit assessment
Path: -----
An assessment edit feature has been added in Quick Assessments.
Visibility option for teachers in Assessments Module
Path: -----
If the teacher has turned off visibility for a resource, now it will not be visible to other teachers in the homework creation flow
Communication
Enhancements in Customised Report
Path: -----
Added header in Customised Report which includes column for school name, address and serial number
Enhancements to Monthly Communication Report
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The actual SMS count and recipient-wise SMS count will now be displayed in the Monthly Communication Report.
SMS usage limit defined for every branch
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SMS usage limits can be now defined for every branch. Also, alerts will be triggered for SMS usage warnings.
Fee
Fee Collection for siblings in a single go
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Once the sibling mapping is done, then the fee collection of multiple students can be done in a single go by searching the parent name.
Sub payment mode in challan payment
Path: -----
Sub payment mode is now available for challan payment.
Updates in fee collection search
Path: -----
The s. and a. in the search field have been removed. If a user wants to search for inactive students, they have to search in this format: i.student name/admission number.
LearnNext+
Student progress available in parent account login
Path: -----
Student progress reports are now available for parents in the NLP parent app.
NLP App
Simplified activation process for NLP app
Path: -----
Both parents and students can now activate their NLP app using an OTP sent to the mobile number. The students can use any number provided in the school records for activation. However, parents can only use the parent number that they provided.
Student
Option to disable online fee in the Admission module for a particular school.
Path: -----
One can now enable/disable the online fee payment functionality specifically in the admission flow.
Simplified workflow for student profile in Admission module
Path: -----
While managing admissions, the user can directly open the student profile view in Admission.
Workflow for transfer certificate changed
Path: -----
Any student exit that is initiated goes to the designated person in charge of approval for further processing.
Teacher Workspace
Bulk scheduling of upcoming lectures from Timetable
Path: -----
Now teachers can schedule their live lectures for the whole year at one go.
Enhancement to allow teachers to annotate multiple files one after the other
Path: -----
If a student has uploaded multiple files in their homework submission, the teacher can now annotate them all one after the other. The page will no longer redirect to the homework tracker when the teacher clicks Save.
Enhancements to the Calendar tab
Path: -----
By default, the teacher will now land on the first event of the day on logging in.
Live lectures are differentiated with green dots at the month level and green colour at the day and week levels.
Option to restore archived chapter
Path: -----
Teachers can now restore a chapter they previously archived by going to Archive History.
Quick poll support in Live Lecture for iOS app
Path: -----
Quick poll support is now available in Live Lecture for the iOS app.
Tab to view completed homework in the iOS app
Path: -----
A tab has been added to view the completed homework in the ios app. It shows the homework name along with the chapter name instead of the day and time.
November 2020
Assessments
Option to conduct online subjective assessments in static assessments
Path: -----
Now teachers can also add subjective questions to the online mode of assessments in NLP.
Communication
Integration with third-party tool DeBounce for email validation
Path: -----
In order to send an email, every recipient e-mail ID should be validated. For this, we have integrated NLP with the third-party tool named DeBounce.
Fee
Banner in Collect Fee page for parent accounts
Path: -----
The schools can add any critical information or warning in the Collect Fee page in parent accounts in the app as well as in the webpage.
Option to search for inactive students in Fee module to collect fees
Path: -----
You will now be able to search for inactive students in the Collect Fee page and can get the fee collection for them as well.
Student Wallet withdrawal functionality
Path: -----
Money from the student wallet can be withdrawn through the admin account.
Parent View
Choose Kid option in parent profile moved
Path: -----
In the parent profile, the Choose Kid option that is used to view details of a kid has been moved from the side navigation to the home screen to make it more accessible.
Parent profile enhancements
Path: -----
The parent profile has been enhanced to give parents a comprehensive view of their childrens’ academic performance. LMS customers can now see reports such as the last few learning activities of their wards, time spent by their wards on learning videos, average assessment scores, etc. In addition to accessing the overall progress reports of their children, parents will also be able to keep track of their subject-wise progress.
Position of the View Profile button changed
Path: -----
The View Profile button has been moved from the side navigation to the Add/Switch Account pop-up screen to make navigation more intuitive
Student
School given control over TC download
Path: -----
The parents/students can now download the TC generated from NLP only once the school has given permission for download.
Student Workspace
Add/Switch Account option in NLP app
Path: -----
Now, multiple logins can be saved on a device simultaneously, including student, parent and teacher logins. You no longer have to log in and log out every time.
Calendar view for students
Path: -----
Calendar view that shows live lecture and homework details has been implemented for students.
LearnNext+ menu for students through web login
Path: -----
If the consent is given by the school, the LearnNext+ menu will be shown to students when they log in through the web.
Notification to students regarding homework feedback
Path: -----
A notification will be sent to the student when the teacher gives feedback on the homework.
Option for students to view teacher feedback
Path: -----
The teacher can evaluate the files submitted by students and give their remarks. Students can view the feedback given by the teacher and download the files which have been uploaded by the teacher.
Practice corner in LearnNext+
Path: -----
A practice corner has been added in LearnNext+ for students.
Teacher Workspace
Automatic publishing of session resources after a live lecture
Path: -----
Now, the teacher can publish the session resources by ticking a checkbox in the Live Lecture Attendance pop-up.
After the teacher marks the completion of the Live Lecture in the Attendance pop-up, they will get the Publish Session Resource option.
When the teacher updates the live lecture attendance, the session resources will also get published automatically.
Error message to show firebase server error
Path: -----
An error message to indicate firebase server error has been added. Instead of showing a white screen, the following error messages will be shown.
For students
Error 209: Unable to connect to signaling database. Please check your internet connection or try with an alternate service provider.
For teachers
Error 109: Unable to connect to signaling database. Please check your internet connection or try with an alternate service provider.
Excel sheet download option added for live lecture attendance
Path: -----
Now, admin/principal can download live lecture attendance as an excel sheet.
Homework Tracker enhanced
Path: -----
The Homework Tracker inside the courses has been enhanced for better user experience. (Similar to Global Homework tracker page)
Image rotation during teacher annotation
Path: -----
Teachers can now rotate the student-uploaded image while annotating during evaluation.
Live Lecture integrated with NLP Lite
Path: -----
The Live Lecture feature is now available in NLP Lite.
Modifications in the main dashboard, including the addition of a calendar
Path: -----
The teacher will now see a different dashboard as soon as they log in, which will be a blend of the current dashboard and the Teacher Workspace dashboard. The calendar view will be the default landing page in the new dashboard.
Option to see the number of feedbacks given in Homework Tracker
Path: -----
Inside the Homework Tracker, the teacher can now see the number of feedbacks that were given.
Option to upload files during homework creation
Path: -----
Teachers can now upload files at the time of homework creation. The file can be uploaded from their own device.
PDF support for evaluation
Path: -----
Students can now submit their offline answer sheets in PDF format as well.
Preview option added to Reports
Path: -----
In Reports, the teacher as well as the students will be able to see the details of questions such as question text, answer options, correct answer, solutions and hints when they click on the Preview button.
Rating options for Live Lecture
Path: -----
Very Bad and Very Good has been added in the Live Lecture rating options.
Recorded lectures available for students of schools that have opted for integration of Live Lecture with NLP Lite
Path: -----
The students of schools that have opted for integration of Live lecture with NLP Lite will have access to recorded live lectures on the web through subscription.
Recycle bin tab in Admin/Principal Reports
Path: -----
A recycle bin tab has been added to Principal Reports.
Session-wise attendance available in Live Lecture Reports for each day
Path: -----
In Live Lecture Reports for the whole day, we can see how many live lectures were conducted. Student-wise reports where the student’s attendance for each live lecture of the day is also now available.
Timetable
Access to the timetable for aided teachers
Path: -----
Now, aided teachers can be given access to the timetable for selected date ranges of classes.
October 2020
Admission
Admission Vacancy Reports
Path: -----
A class-wise / section-wise admission vacancy report is now available in the Admission module. The admin can see the number of seats allotted, the number of students occupied and the number of seats left for admission in this report.
Fields added in the Enquiry page, Admission Upload, and Download Excel Sheet.
Path: -----
Second language, Nationality, and Medium fields have been added in the Enquiry page, Admission Upload and Download Excel Sheet.
Assessments
Annotation option on student-submitted files
Path: -----
The teacher can annotate the files submitted by the students as homework (currently enabled for JPG, JPEG, and PNG files). Once the teacher saves their annotation, the annotated file will be available to the student as feedback from the teacher.
Exam and assessment integration in LMS
Path: -----
Assessments taken in LMS can be mapped to the examination in the Examination module.
After mapping the assessments, the marks will appear on the Marks page in the Examination module.
Teachers can also publish and download the report card in the examination module.
Proctored assessments
Path: -----
An option to add a proctoring feature for assessments has now been added under Homework Creation. If enabled by the admin, the feature will allow teachers to monitor the students while they are taking their assessments. The feature performs two functions .
- AI-based video monitoring
Flags will be raised if the student goes out of the camera frame or if there are multiple people in the camera frame.
- Safe browser
Flags will be raised if the student comes out of the full-screen mode or attempts to shift between tabs.
Reports for the proctoring-enabled assessments
Path: -----
Two types of reports are available for the proctoring-enabled assessments.
Live Report
When a proctoring-enabled assessment is going on, the teacher will be able to see a blue banner at the top of the NLP screen, indicating that an assessment is going on which they can monitor. The proctoring live reports provide real-time feed to the teacher while the assessment is going on. Under Classroom Status, the teacher can see all the students sorted according to the status (online/offline) as well as according to the flags raised for each student. Under Live Feed - Flags Raised, the teacher can view a live feed of flags being raised for the students.
End of Assessment Report
This provides the summary and detailed log of all the flags raised along with snapshots at the end of an assessment. Snapshots taken in regular intervals that don’t correspond to any flag are also provided here.
Restrict report publishment at the student level
Path: -----
The teacher can publish or unpublish a report to a student.
Communication
SMS abuse protection for schools
Path: -----
The number of SMS a school can send to recipient type Others, i.e whoever is not a registered user in NLP, is capped at 1000 per month.
SMS integration for Dubai
Path: -----
Local UAE SMS is now configured to be sent for UAE branches.
Fee
Payment gateway mode of payment separated in Bank-Fee Mapping
Path: -----
A bank-fee mapping only for those payments made via payment gateway has been enabled. On the Bank-Fee Mapping page, there are now three options: Manual, Automatic and Combined.
Payroll
Changes made in payslip
Path: -----
- The payment Mode option has been added for salary disbursement.
- The ‘Effective from date’ option has been added to the Pay Band Creation and Edit page.
- Now users themselves can add a date in the ‘from date’ filter. The future date is restricted in this selection.
Student Workspace
Enhancements in NLP student app
Path: -----
Schedule for today
A widget called ‘Schedule For Today’ that shows the students the list of events scheduled for a particular day has been added to the home screen.
School Courses
The home screen now features a list of all the school courses.
Footer
There is a footer in the home screen, which has icons to view other modules in the app such as Homework, Next Gurukul, Subscriptions, etc.
Home screen redesign:
The home screen has been redesigned to include an enhanced presentation of ERP modules (Attendance, Admission, etc.) with a user-friendly layout, icons and colour scheme.
Live Lecture banner
The banner on the home screen has been redesigned to clearly communicate information about the scheduled/ongoing live lecture. This banner appears only when a lecture is live.
Course module
The Course module has been redesigned to make navigation easier for the user.
Homework module
The Homework screen now gives a comprehensive view of homework across all subjects grouped by their submission due dates. Students can now use filters to pick the homework belonging to specific courses (eg: homework from only Maths and English) and stages (eg: past the deadline or missed). A search option has also been added in the page.
Colour scheme
The icons and colour scheme throughout the app have been redesigned to make them consistent.
LearnNext+
Path: -----
A section called LearnNext+ has been added to the NLP student app. Here, the students can avail exclusive educational content created by Next Education.
LearnNext+ comes with a one month free trial. After this, the students can purchase a package using the Subscription tab available in the footer of the NLP student app.
Teacher Workspace
Bulk download of students files
Path: -----
Teachers can bulk download the files submitted by students in a zip file.
Changes in navigation bar
Path: -----
The left navigation bar has been modified to reduce the number of clicks. Now options are shown on the same page as accordions so that the user does not have to go back to choose other modules. My Courses have been added to the Teacher Workspace as one more subset.
Simultaneous handling of multiple resources inside the session
Path: -----
Teachers can now select multiple resources simultaneously to perform an action in a session.
Deleting resources at the chapter level
Path: -----
The teacher will now be able to delete the resources added by them at the chapter level.
Full-screen mode optimisation in Live Lecture
Path: -----
To optimise performance, video mixing is avoided when the teacher is on full-screen mode with only camera / screen share.
Live lecture recording as a resource
Path: -----
The live lecture recording of a session will be automatically added as a resource for that session.
NLP app chat report
Path: -----
Detailed report about the messages sent during live lectures is now available for the admin. The report will have details about who sent what text message to whom and at what time on their chat.
Option to move session resources before session deletion
Path: -----
If a teacher wants to merge two sessions or delete a session, they can easily move the resources of the particular session to other sessions of their choice before deletion.
Recycle bin for resources
Path: -----
The resources deleted by teachers will now be available in a recycle bin for 30 days, after which the resource will be deleted permanently.
Streaming and status indicators in Live Lecture
Path: -----
Teachers will now be indicated whether their video is streaming properly to the participants or if there are errors.
Timetable
Additional class teacher’s name added in Timetable Reports
Path: -----
Additional class teacher's names will now also be visible in Timetable Reports.
Teachers’ initials added in Timetable Reports
Path: -----
Teachers’ initials, as defined by the schools, can now be seen in the Timetable UI and Timetable Reports. To get the staff initials on the timetable, just add a custom field called Staff Initials in the staff details. Write the initials, and then make the change in the Timetable Global Settings.
September 2020
Admission
Automatic assigning of a bus stop for students if they avail school transport facility
Path: -----
A new option has been added in the application form to specify if the student requires the school transport facility. If yes, the bus routes and the available bus stops can be checked in the dropdown list. Once the admission is complete, the student will be automatically assigned a bus stop and the fees will be generated and shown inclusive of the transport charges.
Seating capacity check while confirming student admission
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If the seating capacity is configured in the school setup, a validation check will be conducted when a new student is confirmed to see if the particular class/section has reached its maximum capacity.
If it has, the admin will have to allocate them to another class/section or increase the seating capacity of the respective class/section.
Assessments
Access provided for the teacher to publish reports from homework tracker
Path: -----
An option to restrict automatic publication of reports has been added for teachers. It can be restricted in the assessment properties during homework creation. The teacher can publish the reports, when desired, by going to the Homework Tracker page.
Access to Question Bulk Upload History page
Path: -----
Access to bulk upload history has been restricted to only admin/principal. Teachers can no longer view the question papers created by other teachers using the Bulk Upload History feature.
Auto submit for assessment
Path: -----
If there is a power failure or network issue while the student is taking an assessment, all progress will not be lost; instead, the assessment will be submitted automatically.
Download option added to Excel button in Analytics tab
Path: -----
Teachers can download an assessment report of the class in the form of an Excel sheet from the Analytics tab in LMS.
Support for Subjective Questions in Assessments on NLP
Path: -----
Teachers can now add subjective questions in their assessments through NLP. Students can write their answers on paper, click its picture and upload. Teachers can annotate their suggestions and notes on student submissions to provide feedback and enter marks during evaluation
Fee
Customised Fee Report
Path: -----
Customised fee reports will be made available to schools.
Tax entity to be introduced in fee module
Path: -----
Schools can now collect the tax amount in addition to the fee amount for the selected fee types (at the discretion of the school).
Library
Library book issue and return for staff
web
Path: -----
The staff needs to provide class/section and subject details along with the issue and the return dates when borrowing a book. If any member of the staff takes a holding from the library, they have to specify the class/section and the subject for which it will be used.
School Setup
Option to define the capacity of the class while defining class sections
Path: -----
The class and section-wise seating capacity and occupied seating capacity will be displayed.
Student
Capturing expiry date in document upload of student/staff
Path: -----
While uploading documents of a student, an optional column is available to enter the expiry date of the document, in addition to Type and Subtype.
Document Sub-type for students
Path: -----
A dropdown menu with Document Subtype has been added in the following pages: Add Student, Student 360, Bulk Documents Upload, and Student Custom Report.
Option to add a reason for student profile deactivation
Path: -----
Fields listing the possible reason for the deactivation of a student profile have been added in the Confirm Deactivation box. The listed options include cancellation, withdrawal, etc. The reasons for deactivation will also be available in the Student Custom Report.
Option to download TC from school website
Path: -----
A new provision has been added for parents to download the TC directly from the school website without logging into NLP.
Student Workspace
Live Lecture logins for students restricted to only one device at a time
Path: -----
Students cannot open multiple sessions in one live lecture. A single student cannot join the lecture from two devices/sessions. To ensure this, when a student logs in from another device, they will be removed from the previous session with the pop-up message ‘Your current Live Lecture session has ended as you have logged in from another device.’
Option for students to publish doubts using only audio
Path: -----
Students can ask doubts with their camera turned off.
Teacher Workspace
Archiving deleted chapters
Path: -----
When a teacher deletes any chapter, it would still be available in Archived Chapters. The live lectures and homework related to that chapter will not be deleted and would be available attached to the archived chapters. The live lectures will be accessible only to the admin. Moreover, the homework related to the archived chapters would be marked inactive and wouldn't be visible to the students
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Attention Monitoring feature in Live Lecture
Path: -----
It allows the teachers to keep a check on whether the students are paying attention to their live lecture or not. Whenever a student performs a flagged activity, such as switching off the camera, going out of the frame, switching to another tab/application or looking away from the lecture, the teacher will be able to see a notification against the students' name in the participant panel.
The flag details of each student will be also available next to their name while the teacher is marking attendance. Based on this, the teacher can take appropriate actions, such as informing the parents or not granting attendance.
The admin can choose to enable/disable this feature for live lectures conducted by the school. The admin can also enable/disable alerts sent to students when they perform a flagged activity.
Assigning homework to multiple sections at once
Path: -----
A teacher who teaches in multiple sections can allocate the same assignment to different sections at once. The options for taking combined classes and group-wise (optional subjects) classes are also available in Live Lecture.
Classwork and Homework tabs visibility
Path: -----
The Classwork and Homework tabs have been shifted to the top of the screen in the Course Details page.
Downloadable resources feature
Path: -----
All the classroom resources (except Next Resources) are downloadable. The teacher will be shown a pop-up while publishing the resources, where all downloadable resources are selected by default. If the teacher does not want a particular resource to be downloadable, they can deselect it.
Edit/Delete Homework
Path: -----
Teachers can edit the assigned homework and add more resources until the date of submission.
Filter to choose date range in Course Progress tab for Principal Reports
Path: -----
The date filter feature allows teachers to filter reports based on the date.
Microsoft Teams integration
Path: -----
Just like Google Meet and Zoom, the admin can enable/disable the Microsoft Teams option for the school. If enabled, the teacher has to sign in using their Microsoft account when they want to start/schedule a lecture for the first time.
Option for the teacher to start live lecture without a camera
Path: -----
The teacher can start a live lecture without camera permission.
Provision for principals and admin to attend live lectures through Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams
Path: -----
The admin and principal can join the live lectures being conducted through Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams anytime.
Signal indicator in Live Lecture
Path: -----
The signal indicator feature has been added to show the internet speed during the live lecture. If the network gets disconnected during the lecture, a yellow bar will be shown and the signal indicator colour will become red.
Tabular view of session resources
Path: -----
The resources assigned to a session can be viewed at the chapter level in a tabular format in the Resources tab in the Course Details page.
Web design simplified for the Teacher Workspace page
Path: -----
Homework Creation, Edit Access and Tracking Flow have been simplified. The homework can be created and scheduled at one go from the same page.
Zoom integration
Path: -----
The admin can enable/disable the Zoom option for the school. If enabled, the teachers can conduct their live lectures through Zoom. To do so, the teachers have to sign in through Zoom before starting/scheduling the lecture.
The students can join the lecture through the NLP web as well as the updated version of the NLP app.
July 30, 2020
Student Workspace
Improvements in Live Lecture in iOS
iOS
Path: NA
- Support for Old and New version of Live Lecture with Chat and Raise the hand features.
- Support for Pop quiz feature in New Version of live lecture
- Support for Live Monitoring of students
July 27, 2020
Communication
Introducing Phone Book
Web
Path: Communication > Phone Book
Along with the contact details of the owner, SMS Status Report of the last 4 days can also be viewed on searching a specific phone number in the Phone Book. When its owner raises a DND complaint for receiving SMS from the school, this feature helps the school to verify whether any spam message is sent to a contact number.
Examination
Hide and Unhide Report Cards
Web
Path: Examination > Report Card Publish > (Select the report card) > Click 3 dot buttons > Hide/Unhide
Report Cards can be hidden from specific students, even after publishing it officially for the respective class-section. Whenever required these report cards may be disclosed to the students using the Unhide option.
School Setup
Changing Login Screen Background Image
Web
Path: School Setup > Branch Details > Login Screen Image
The background image of NLP (Web) can be changed by uploading the desired image in School Setup.
Student Workspace
Join Live Lecture Without Camera Access
Web
Path: JOIN NOW
Even without giving the camera permission, students can join the live lectures.
July 24, 2020
Student Workspace
Change Password Option for Student
Android
Path: Settings
Students can change their existing passwords by themselves through the NLP App after validating it.
Chat feature Enhancement
Android
Path: Student Workspace
The chat feature of Live Lecture is supported in landscape mode of Android devices.
Homework Uploading through Tablet Computers
Tablet
Path: Student Workspace
Homeworks done by the students can be submitted through their tablet computers as well.
Viewing Teacher’s Feedback on Homework
Android
Path: Student Workspace
Teacher's feedback on the homework submitted by the students can be viewed in their Android device.
Zooming of Images and Live Lecture Feeds
Android
Path: Student Workspace
- The image resources can be zoomed for understanding the details and for better clarity.
- If the teacher chooses the full-screen view, students can zoom the live lecture feeds.
Teacher Workspace
Adjusting the Live Lecture Streaming Quality
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace >Home > Live Classes > Start Lecture in New Version
The teacher can choose a streaming quality (from Low, Medium and High) of the live lecture that best suits the internet speed of both the students and the teacher. This will allow the students to view the Live Lecture in the same quality as selected by the teacher.
Simultaneous handling of multiple resources inside the session
Path: -----
Teachers can now select multiple resources simultaneously to perform an action in a session.
View Chat and Student List Side by Side
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Classes > Start Lecture with New Version
The chat screen of Live lecture and the students' list can be seen side by side during Live Lecture. Thus the teachers will not miss any raise-hand requests while checking the chat.
Enhancement of Participant List
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Classes > Start the lecture with New Version
The participant list of the live lecture will be sorted by the names, with the names of the participants asking doubts appearing at the top.
Enhancements in Live Lecture Reports
Path: -----
In the Teacher filter, teacher names are populated alphabetically and a search option is also given. There is also an option to search for live lectures using the live lecture IDs.
Live Monitoring of Students during Live Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Classes
The teacher can monitor the video feeds of up to 4 students at a time. The Loop feature will change the feeds every 30 seconds. The students' video feeds appear in shuffled order so that kids cannot predict when they are being monitored. You can pin some video feeds while rotating the rest. The students will not see monitoring feeds.
Optimization of Live Lecture New Version
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Classes > Start Lecture in New Version
Since the screen- sharing feature consumes a huge CPU load, as part of decreasing it, when the live lecture starts, the main feed will be the teacher's video instead of sharing the screen. The teachers using the lower CPU processor machines can (and should) stop screen-sharing, when the teacher's camera is in the main feed, to improve video quality.
Quick Poll in Live Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Classes
Some useful yes-no questions like 'Am I visible?', 'Understood', etc are provided to the teachers to seek immediate feedback from the students. The students can quickly respond through their device and the teacher could proceed with the lecture accordingly.
July 21, 2020
Examination
Exact Subject Names on Downloaded Marks Excel
Web
Path: Examination > Marks Entry > Download/Upload excel
The Subject-wise excel sheets of marks will have the exact subject names in its title, making it easier to identify.
July 20, 2020
Communication
Enhancements of Default Selection in Modes of Alerts
Web
Path: Settings > Communication > Alerts
After school setup is completed for a school,
- HW Alerts will remain active ONLY for Email and Notification.
- System defined alerts will remain active for all modes of communication.
- Live Lecture Alerts will remain active with email and notification modes selected by default.
Improvements in Message Status Report
Web
Path: Communication > Communication Reports > Message Status Report
The improved Message Status Report page allows to separately identify the notifications that are sent to the Web and Mobile Applications.
July 18, 2020
School Setup
User Log Report
Web
Path: School setup > User Login Details
The log details of the users of NLP Application (Web & Mobile App) including the login and logoff time, IP Address, UCID and browser information can be tracked by the admin with precision. Success/failed attempts could be filtered by type of user, class, section and date. This feature increases the transparency of the NLP system and helps in tracing the unauthorized access of the NLP accounts.
July 16, 2020
Admission
Admission Confirmation Alerts for Teachers
Web
Path: Settings > Communication > Alerts > Admission Confirmation Alert
Once the admission is confirmed for an applicant, the class teacher and other subject teachers of that class-section will be notified.
Enhancement of Online Admission Form
Web
Path: Settings > Admission > Admission Process > Online Admission Settings
Schools can make email ID of parents mandatory on the online admission enquiry form through Admission settings.
Teacher Workspace
Detailed Report on Participant List
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > My Courses > (Select a course) > (Select a chapter) > (Select a session) > LIVE LECTURES > View Details
Detailed Report of Participants of each live lecture can be viewed from the respective live lecture cards. The First Join time, Last Exit Time, Live Duration, Offline Duration, Attendance Status, Number of correct answers scored in Pop quiz, attendance status, etc can be checked for all the students who attended the live lecture.
July 14, 2020
Fee
Enhancement of Customised Report
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Reports > Customized Report
Row and column groups like Fee type, instalment, payment mode and class are added to the Customised Report.
July 10, 2020
Admission and Student
Improvements in Alert System
Web
Path: NA
Alerts are sent to the teacher concerned when a student exits from the school and an applicant's admission is confirmed in the school.
Attendance
Enhancement of Irregular Attendance Report
Web
Path: Attendance > Attendance Report > Irregular Attendance Report
The report of students who are absent for multiple days at a stretch can be generated through Irregular Attendance Report.
July 03, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Enhancement of Chapter Resources
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > MY COURSES > Course Details > Resources >SESSION/EXTRA
The teacher can add resources for the chapter (and not to a specific session) under the 'EXTRA' tab. All the resources that are added session wise to a specific chapter can be viewed from the 'SESSION' tab.
July 02, 2020
Communication
SMS Delivery Restriction
Web
Path: NA
The delivery of SMS composed by the school and alerts which are not system-defined is not possible if the school branch does not have an SMS Sender ID.
Teacher Workspace
Live Lecture for Multiple Sections
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Classes
The teacher can conduct the live lecture for multiple sections of a class, and thereby save the time by not repeating the lecture for each section. For that while starting or scheduling a live lecture, the sections belonging to the class can be selected.
June 28, 2020
Communication
Blocking DND Registered Numbers
Web
Path: NA
If a DND complaint is raised by any of the schools' stakeholders, he/she will be blocked to receive any SMS from NLP, until the respective school requests to unblock them.
June 25, 2020
Fee
Enhancement of Customised Report
Path: -----
Reference Receipt Number and Reference Receipt Date columns are added to the Customised Fee Report providing detailed information on the fee details.
Sender ID Registration
SMS Sender ID Registration in DLT Platform
Web
Path: NA
Student Workspace
Enhancements of Pop Quiz
Path: -----
- To enhance the experience of the pop quiz, a tick-tock audio clip plays in the background while the quiz is going on.
- After the teacher ends a quiz, an animated report is shown to the student highlighting his/her response as right or wrong.
June 23, 2020
Communication
Fee Due Reminder and Fee Defaulter Alerts Settings
Web
Path: Settings > Communication > Alerts > Fee Due Reminders / Fee Defaulter Alerts
The frequency and days in which Fee Due Reminders and Fee Defaulter Alerts can be set by the school on the Alert Settings page.
Student
Bulk TC Regeneration
Web
Path: Student > Student Exit Process > Exited > Bulk Regenerate TC
The Transfer Certificates (TC) of the students can be regenerated in bulk. This will help the staff from the tedious process of generating the TCs one by one after its modification.
June 21, 2020
Student Workspace
Better Segmentation of Resources in Library
Android
Path: Student Workspace
More resource categories are added in the Library screen, to segregate resources precisely under each category.
Homework File Uploading
Android
Path: NA
The students can upload the media files and images as part of submitting their homework through the android devices. The file formats selected by the teacher can be uploaded by the students.
Live Lecture Rating
Android
Path: NA
The live lectures can be rated by the students after the lecture is over.
Teacher Workspace
Participant Engagement Restriction in Chat Feature
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > LMS > Live Class
The teacher can restrict the students from using the chat feature during a live lecture. However, the teacher can use the chat to inform the participants of important things.
June 20, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Display Devices of Participants
Web
Path: LMS > Live Lecture
The devices used by the students to attend the live lecture are displayed along with their names in the left panel of the live lecture window of the teacher.
June 19, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Download My Resource
Web
Path: -----
The teacher can download the resources that were previously uploaded from My resources option.
Teacher Workspace and Student Workspace
Pop-Quiz in Live Lecture
Web, Android
Path: Teacher Workspace and Student Workspace
The new pop-quiz allows the teachers to quickly ask questions to the students in between the live lectures. Students can submit their answers to the questions that appear on their screens. The teacher and student can view the quiz reports to check the percentage of students who have submitted various options as answers. Pop- quiz will be a great tool in getting feedback from the students instantly, and in checking whether the students have been keenly following the lecture.
The teachers can create pop-quiz questions in the resource library and map it to the respective sessions, to fetch these questions for conducting pop-quiz for the live lecture.
School Logo, Timer and No. of Participants
Android
Path: NA
The school logo, timer and the number of participants are displayed on the live lecture window of both teacher and participants.
June 18, 2020
Fee
Enhancement of Fee Reports
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Reports
Reallocation Receipt details are displayed along with other details displayed on the Fee Reports.
Fee Type Break-up in Customised Report
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Reports > Customised Report
The Fee Type break-up of instalment amounts is displayed on the Customised Reports if Fee Type and Installments are selected as Column Groups.
June 12, 2020
Student Workspace
Disable the right click in video player
Web
Path: LMS > (Select the desired subject) > (Select the Chapter and Session) > LIVE LECTURE
The right-click in the video player is disabled to avoid downloading the recorded lecture.
Enhancement of Live Lecture
Web
Path: Live Class
The student can listen to the teacher's voice and learning resource's audio simultaneously. This helps the teacher to give explanations while the resource runs in the background.
June 11, 2020
Communication
Common Sender ID for System Defined Alerts
Web
Path: NA
If the school wishes to send the system defined alerts to the parents or staff members, those messages would be sent with the Sender ID NXTERP.
Teacher Workspace
Allow Live Lecture Access to the Principals
Web
Path: Menu > Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Lecture
By default, the option to allow the Principal to join live lectures will be selected when starting or scheduling it. The teacher will not be able to deselect the option.
Increased the File Size to Upload
Web
Path: Menu > Teacher Workspace > Home > MY COURSES > Library > Upload Resource
The teacher can upload the learning resources of size up to 250 MB.
Sort Student Names by Doubts Raised
Web
Path: Menu > Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Classes
The names of the students can be viewed in the order of clicking the 'Ask Doubt' option during the live lecture. This helps the teachers to ensure that no student has to wait for a longer time than the other, till the teacher accepts their request.
June 10, 2020
Student Workspace
Download Learning Resources
Web
Path: LMS > (Select a subject) > (Select the chapter and session) > Coursework/Homework
The learning resource (except the Next Education Resource) shared by the teacher as part of the homework or classwork can be downloaded by the students.
Teacher Workspace
Bulk Upload Questions
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select the course) > Library > Create Resource > Question Bulk Upload
Questions, both subjective and objective, can be bulk uploaded in bulk to the LMS library. The template can be downloaded and the question details including the options and answer key can be filled in the sheet to upload it.
Download the Homework Submitted
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > HOMEWORK > (Select a Homework)
The teacher can download the homeworks submitted by the students from the Homework tracker page. This will help the teachers in offline evaluation of the submissions.
Live Lecture Attendance Tracking
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Live Lecture Reports > Attendance
The Principal or admin can track the live lecture attendance of each student through the Attendance tab that has been added to the Live Lecture Report page. By selecting the date and the class-section of the students, the total live lectures conducted, the number of live lectures in which the student was present and the percent of attendance for the selected day will be displayed.
‘Start Live Lecture with New Version’ made default option
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Lecture
The new version of live lecture that has been launched with the more exciting features, is set as the default option for starting the live lecture.
June 09, 2020
Fee
Reminder Messages for Pending Fee Dues across Academic Sessions
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Dues/Defaulters
The fee reminder messages that are automatically sent to the parents will remind them of the pending dues across the academic sessions i.e; the amount payable will be the sum total of the pending dues of the previous and current academic sessions. The user can select the academic sessions in which the fee dues are pending and trigger the reminder message from the Fee Dues/Defaulters page.
Saving the Fee Reminder Edits
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Dues/Defaulters > FEE DUES / FEE DEFAULTERS > SEND REMINDER > EDIT MESSAGE
The edits made to the fee reminder messages can be saved in the system to eliminate the unnecessary work. The Reset option helps to fetch the old template when required.
School Setup
All Font Cases Allowed in SMS Sender IDs
Web
Path: NA
According to Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 (TCCCPR), all combinations of lower and upper case letters are allowed in the 6-letter SMS Sender IDs of the schools i.e; nexted, NextEd, NEXTED, Nexted, nEXTED, and so on are treated as different Sender IDs.
Teacher Workspace
Ask Doubt Option Enabled for Principal
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Live Lecture Reports > ACTIVE NOW
The principal can raise a question to the teacher in between a live lecture, by using the Ask doubt option.
June 08, 2020
Help Videos
Content Access Restriction of Tutorial Videos
Web
Path: Menu > Online Help and Training
The access to the tutorial videos on the Learning Management System (LMS) has been restricted to the users logging in to NLP. Whereas the FAQ page can be accessed without logging in.
Link to the FAQ page: https://faqs.nexterp.in
Student Workspace
Enhancement of Live Lecture
Web
Path: Live Lecture
The red icon on top of the live lecture screen while asking doubts to the teacher indicates that the video of the student is being recorded.
Teacher Workspace
Preview of Assessments before publishing
Web (Assessment Only Offering)
Path: LMS > Class > Subject >Static/Adaptive >Drafts/Upcoming/In progress/Completed
Teachers can preview the assessments (Static and Adaptive) before publishing it to the students. For teachers to preview the students' test-taking experience and possibly look through the questions making up an assessment, a preview attempt of an assessment is necessary.
Switching the Feeds in Live Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Classes
By using the 'Swap Feed' option, you can switch between the Next Studio teaching canvas and the teacher's feed while using the live lecture.
Transport
Alert Messages on Exceeding the Speed Limit
Web
Path: NA
When speed of the vehicles exceeds during the trip, a scheduled alert is sent to the transport in-charge towards the end of the day. This alert will include the vehicle number and the number of times the speed limit was exceeded.
June 04, 2020
Inventory
Sale of Inventory Kits
Web
Path: Menu > Inventory > Transactions > Sale > (Select a store) > SUBMIT
Items that are bundled as kits in various stores can be sold to the students just like any other items from the Transactions page of Inventory. Payment can be made through student wallet, cards or cash just like other transactions.
June 03, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Enhancement of Live Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Lecture > Start Lecture
If a teacher wants to start a live lecture for a class who are already attending another live lecture, the teacher can force stop the on-going lecture to start a new one.
Live Lecture New Version
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Live Lecture
The live lecture experience is enhanced with the release of the new version, though the teacher can still opt for the old version to start a lecture if they choose to. This new version brings a handful of new features which are explained below.
- Whiteboard on Canvas using NextStudio : The teacher can make use of the NextStudio tools and use the whiteboard for explaining certain concepts during the session. With this, teachers can very easily use the whiteboard without switching between the tabs.
- Teacher’s Live video alongside Resource sharing: The teacher’s video feed will always be live during the Live Lecture even when the teacher is sharing any resource or screen with students. This live video feed can also be maximised on the screen. However, the teacher can also disable his/ her video feed at any point for privacy reasons.
- Start viewing/interacting with any student any time: The teachers can click the video icon besides students' names to open the video feed of the particular student. With this feature, the teacher will not have to ask students to raise their hand when she wants to interact with them. She can just click the video icon and see the student to interact with him/her.
- Trial-Lecture Feature: The teacher can select the trial lecture option in the pop-up when starting a live session. This allows the teacher to practice before the class starts and the students will not be notified about the same.
- The Live lecture opens in a new browser TAB instead of a popup window: The teacher must click the chrome tab of “Live lecture - Share this tab” and click share audio to enable audio permission at the start of the lecture.
- All-in-one tab for Live Lecture: Teacher does not have to switch between various windows and tabs for performing the most common activities like showing various internal and external resources.
- Sorting of Student's Name List: The student’s name list can be sorted by their raise-hand time (coming up next) and teachers can even sort them by name.
- Sharing session resources from the same Tab: Teachers can add the relevant resources to a particular session and show these resources on the same page in which she is using a whiteboard. This means the teacher doesn’t have to switch between tabs for showing the added resources.
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Mute raise-hand notification: The students are given an option to ‘raise-hand’ whenever they want to ask a doubt or participate in the session. The teacher can mute the bell sound of “raise-hand notification” if she doesn’t want to get interrupted while explaining an important concept.
- Attendance marking in the live class: According to the attendance threshold configured for each class, attendance for each student will get populated on the pop-up window, which can be modified before saving it.
- Teachers get to see what the students see: With this update, there will always be consistency in what the teacher is seeing on her screen and what the students are seeing on their screen.
May 31, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Automatic and Manual Resource Collection Creation
Web
Path: Menu > Teacher Workspace > Home > Library > Create Resource > Collection
Collection of learning resources can be created through automatic and manual modes. For automatic mode, teacher must select the chapter or concept (Scope) so that the system can display the questions. Such a collection of resources can be modified, if required. Through the manual mode of resource collection, teachers can directly add the questions as per the number of questions and sections set in Step 1.
Enhancement of Homework Creation
Web
Path: Menu > Teacher Workspace > Home > HOMEWORK > Add New Homework
Homework can be created and published to the students without adding resources. This helps the teachers to assign homework tasks to the students through only descriptive instructions.
Enhancement of Homework Resource Creation
Web
Path: Menu > Teacher Workspace > HOMEWORK > (Select a homework)
The teacher can keep a check on whether the student has viewed the resources shared as part of homework. The resources that are consumed are marked as VIEWED and those not consumed are marked as PENDING. A green tick below the name of the student indicates that all the resources shared are consumed by the student.
May 27, 2020
Staff and Student
Enhancement of Search Functionality
Web
Path: Staff > Staff List ; Student > Student List
The required staff can be searched by their mobile number and email ID and student can be searched by the mobile number and email ID of their parents.
Teacher Workspace and Student Workspace
Improvements in Recorded Lectures
Web
Path: Teacher: LMS > LIVE LECTURES ; Student : LMS > MY COURSES > COURSE DETAILS > LIVE LECTURES
The recorded lectures are split up into lectures given by the teachers and the doubts raised by the students on the Teacher login. The students can view only the lectures delivered by the teachers (except the doubts asked by the students).
May 22, 2020
Front Office
Creating Events in Front Office Module
Web
Path: Settings > Front Office > Event Creation
Front office executive can create events like Parent-Teacher meeting, Admission inquiry, Annual Fest etc for multiple days. And then visit requests can be created against that event by the Front Office Executive as well as the Security desk of the school. One can also add visitors in bulk. These visit requests can be seen by going to Visit Management page >> Upcoming.
May 21, 2020
Fee
Customised Fee Reports
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Reports > Customised Report
The new Customised Fee Report helps the school to generate the reports by selecting the dimensions that they require. Using the custom report builder, the row groups and column groups can be selected and arranged in the way it must appear on the report.
Teacher Workspace
Improvements in Live Lecture Reports
Web
Path: -----
- Under the Schedule tab on Live lecture, all the lectures scheduled by the teachers can be checked by the Principal or Admin.
- The teacher's deleting live lectures recordings, will not remove that from the Live Lecture Report.
May 20, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Rating the Live Lecture
Web
Path: LMS > Live Lecture
The teacher can rate the live lecture conducted by them immediately after the lecture is completed. They can give us the feedback on audio and video quality, disconnections, issues or troubles faced during the lecture, etc. which will help us act on the issues, if any, almost immediately.
May 17, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Enhancement of Homework Tracker
Web
Path: LMS > My Courses > (Select the required course) > Homework
The missed and completed homeworks are now listed under the ALL tab.
Next Education Resources in Homework
Web
Path: LMS > (Select a required course) > Homework > Add New Homework
Next Education Resources can be published as homework for the students. It includes static assessments prepared to assess the skills and knowledge the student has gained in his/her learning course.
Pre-filled Published and Submission Dates
Web
Path: LMS > My Courses > (Select a course) > Homework > Add New Homework
While creating the homework, Published Date and Time and Submission Date and Time will be pre-filled with the current date and time. The Submission End Date and Time will be 4 days after the current date, by default.
May 14, 2020
School Setup
Modification of SMS Sender ID
Web
Path: NA
SMS Sender ID can be modified only by the Customer Support Team of NLP. The school has to contact the Support Team for making any changes to the existing Sender ID.
Student Workspace
Improvements in Live Lecture
Android
Path: Student Workspace
A Standalone solution for live lecture with improved user experience is implemented which doesn't require any support from Google Chrome and Android System Webview Apps.
Learning Resource Support
Android
Path: Student Workspace
The resource types like images and wiki can be opened and consumed by the students from the Android App. The custom resource types like .doc, .xlsx, .ppt can also be accessed and will assist the students in learning.
May 13, 2020
Communication
Smart Composing of Messages
Web
Path: Communication > Mailbox > COMPOSE > Smart Compose
Smart Compose provides an option to send the messages as emails and app notifications before sending it as SMS. This helps drastically in reducing the cost of SMS that the schools have to incur. Through this method, the recipients who can receive the e-mails and app notifications are separated from the rest , so that SMS may be sent only to the recipients who have not received the message through any other medium. This ensures a greater efficiency in the message delivery . This feature also allows a 2nd attempt of communication to the recipients who did not receive or did not read the message in the 1st attempt.
May 08, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Change in Default View of Resources
Web
Path: LMS > (Select the required course) > (Select the required session)
The resources for each session can be viewed in List view (instead of Coverflow view) by default. If required, you can switch this view.
Enhancement of Live Lecture Reports
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Live Lecture Reports
Even if the teacher has not enabled the permission to attend the live lectures, the Principal or admin can still track the live lectures from the Live Lecture Reports.
Improvements in Scheduling a Live Lecture
Web
Path: LMS > Live Lecture button
The live lectures cannot be scheduled within 15 minutes from the current time.
May 07, 2020
Student Workspace
Uploading Homework Files
Web
Path: Student Workspace > Home > HOMEWORK > (Select the required Homework) > SUBMISSIONS
The students can upload the .pdf, .jpg, .doc and .xls files, as part of submitting the homework assigned by the teacher.
Teacher Workspace
Enhancement of Homework Submission
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > HOMEWORK > (Select the required homework) > (Select the student name) > RESOURCES/SUBMISSIONS
- The teacher can check if the students have watched the resources shared from Wiki and Web references (YouTube, Khan Academy etc). The videos would appear in the RESOURCES tab of the submitted homeworks of each student if they have watched it.
- The files submitted by the student as part of the homework can be accessed from the SUBMISSIONS tab of the HOMEWORK TRACKER page.
Enhancement of Teacher Dashboard
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home
The recordings of the live lectures conducted by the teacher on the current day can be accessed from the Teacher Dashboard. The scheduled live lectures for the next day and the following week can also be checked through the respective tabs on the page.
May 04, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Admin and Principal Participation in Live Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Live Lecture Reports > ACTIVE NOW
The administrator and Principal can join the live lecture if the teacher has permitted their joining at the time of starting it. Such lectures are available in Live Lecture Reports page. They can join by clicking any active lecture.
Remove Access to Live Lecture Recordings
Web
Path: LMS > (Select the required course) > Course Details > (Select the Session) > LIVE LECTURES > UNPUBLISH
As soon as the live lectures are ended, its recordings are available for the students to rewatch it. The teachers can remove any such live lectures and prevent students from rewatching it.
Apr 30, 2020
Health
Visiting Health in-charge
Web
Path: Transactions menu > Health
To deal with the crisis medical situations in school, the Registered Medical Practitioners (RMP) can be appointed in school as Health in-charge of the school. The health in-charge can refer to the medical history of the student and can record the details of each visit of the student. The visit reason and prescription details are sent to the primary contact of the students after each such visit. The visit records can be downloaded in PDF and XLS formats.
Staff
Enhancement of Staff Custom Report
Web
Path: Staff > Staff Reports > Staff Custom Report
Staff Custom Reports can be created by choosing the required filters and fields that you want in the report. Standard Filter contains the system-defined fields and Custom Filters contains the custom fields selected or created by the users. Multi-selection of the filters and fields are also possible.
Student
Enhancement of Student Custom Report
Web
Path: Student > Student Reports > Student Custom Report
Student Custom Reports can be created by choosing the required filters and fields that you want in the report. Standard Filter contains the system-defined fields and Custom Filters contains the custom fields selected or created by the users. Multi-selection of the filters and fields are also possible.
Apr 27, 2020
Communication
Send Message Functionality for Staff
iOS
Path: Home > Communication > Compose
The Staff members of the school can compose and send messages to the parent, students and other staff members through their iOS device. Only the recipients selected/restricted for each staff role (by the administrator ) will be available for selection after composing the message.
Front Office
View Registered Visitors
Web
Path: Settings > Front Office Settings > Registered Visitors
Visitors can be registered in NLP using their mobile number and ID proof. These registered visitors can be viewed, edited and deleted from the new Registered Visitors page.
Homework Messages
Homework Tagged Messages
iOS
Path: Home > Homework Messages
The staff, parents and students receive homework tagged messages separately in NLP App of their iOS device. The SMS, emails and notifications can be read through this new page.
School Setup
Copy Admission Settings
Web
Path: Settings > School Setup > Copy Settings > Copy Admission Settings
The admission settings can be copied from one academic session to another, provided no settings is done for the destination academic session.
Copying Subject Groups to New Academic Session
Web
Path: Settings > School Setup > Copy Settings > Examination settings
The subject groups created for each class can be copied from one academic session to another. The master administrator can copy the subject groups from one branch to another.
Reset Password of Student Accounts
iOS
Path: Login Page
To log in for the first time in NLP through your iOS, the password shared by the schools for the student accounts should be reset through the OTP verification of their primary contact number. In case the primary contact number is not updated in NLP, the new contact number can be entered for verification. The existing users must also reset their passwords after they update their NLP App.
Student Workspace
Supports Web Reference Resources
iOS
Path: Home > Student Workspace
Web reference resources added by the teacher from YouTube, Khan Academy and other web pages are supported by iOS App. Such web references can be opened directly in YouTube App and the respective browsers.
View Live Lecture Recordings
iOS
Path: Home Screen > Student Workspace >(Select the Subject) > (Select the Chapter) > Live lecture
The live lectures that are once streamed for the subjects can be rewatched through your iOS device by selecting the required chapter.
Apr 23, 2020
Teacher Workspace
Chapter Filters in Homework Addition (Pre-read and Recommended Read)
Web
Path: LMS > (Select desired Course) > Homework > Add New Homework
Teachers can use the chapter filters in the resource library of Homework module to search for chapter-specific content.
Validations for Scheduling and Starting Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Click + infront of the required chapter) > Session > Live Lecture
When the teacher starts or schedules a lecture, a warning message is displayed in case of any clash (in timing) with other scheduled lectures.
View Live Lecture Participant List
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select the required course) > Course Details > (Select the required Session) > Click Student Participants
The teacher can view the list of participants of the completed live lectures from the Student Participants option on the required live lecture card. The Principal can view the same from the Live Lecture Reports.
Apr 20, 2020
Attendance
Improvements of Attendance Register Report
Web
Path: Attendance > Attendance Reports > Attendance Register Reports
Attendance Register Report can be generated for students of multiple sections (of a class) and staff belonging to multiple departments.
Online Help and Training
Online Help and Training
Web
Path: Transactions Menu > Online Help and Training
The teachers and students can visit the Online Help and Training page in NLP to find answers to their queries on the Learning Management System (LMS). This help page provides information in the form of videos, downloadable pdfs, etc on the setup, implementation and working of the various functionalities of LMS.
School Setup
Reset Password of Student Accounts
Web
Path: School Setup
To log in for the first time in NLP, the password shared by the schools for the student accounts should be reset through the OTP verification of their primary contact number. In case the primary contact number is not updated in NLP, the new contact number can be entered for verification.
Apr 17, 2020
Communication
Permission Slips for Parents
Web, Android
Path: Communication > Permission Slips (for sending); Home (landing screen) > Permission Slips (for approving/declining/acknowledging)
Schools can send requests and announcements in the form of Permission Slips to the parents from the web login. Parents can respond to the requests by approving or declining it and the announcements by acknowledging it through the Android App. SMS, emails and notifications will alert the parents whenever they receive any permission slip from the school.
School Feed
Introducing School Feed
Android
Path: Home > School Feed
School feed helps the parents to stay up-to-date with the events and happenings of their child's classroom. Teachers (primarily) and admin (in some cases) can post pictures or YouTube videos of school activities. These feeds will be visible to the parents depending upon the audience for whom it has been shared. Parents can like and comment the posts which will be visible and can be monitored by the teacher/admin.
School Setup
Initiate Chat by Parent
Web
Path: Settings > School Setup > Roles > Parents > Communication > Chat
The schools can allow parents to initiate the chat (through the Android App) with the class teacher of their kid.
Student Workspace
Improvements in Live Lecture
Android
Path: Student Workspace
- Both portrait and landscape orientations are supported on the Android App based on screen rotations for live lectures.
- For accessing the live lectures easily, students can click the banner for live lecture on the home screen.
- The live lectures once streamed can be viewed in the respective chapter and session under the Courses tab.
Support for Web Reference Resources
Android
Path: Student Workspace
Web reference resources added by the teacher from YouTube, Khan Academy and other web pages are supported by the Android App. Such web references can be opened directly in YouTube App and respective browsers.
Teacher Workspace
Library book issue and return for staff
web
Path: -----
The staff needs to provide class/section and subject details along with the issue and the return dates when borrowing a book. If any member of the staff takes a holding from the library, they have to specify the class/section and the subject for which it will be used.
Live Lecture Report
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Live Lecture Reports
The Principal or Administrator can view the live lectures conducted and can generate reports on each such the live lecture. In the Summary tab, the live lectures can be filtered by the Date Range and Duration.
The summary of the live lectures conducted is displayed for each teacher. The information displayed include teacher-wise details such as the class-section, number of lectures conducted, average duration of lectures and the average number of participants (of the lectures).
In Details tab, each live lecture can be viewed and the information such as the Date, Start Time, Duration, Course, Session, and name of the teacher of each lecture are displayed. The chat among the participants can also be downloaded. These live lectures can be filtered by Date Range, Teacher and Class-Section.
Share System Audio during Screen Share of Live Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Select a session) > Live Lecture
While selecting the screen to be shared, select the Share Audio option to share the audio of the web pages opened on the browser or any other file opened in the desktop.
Transport
Introducing Transport & School Attendance Report
Web
Path: Transport > Transport Reports > Transport & School Attendance Report
Transport and School Attendance Report provides you with the combined data of attendance of the students taken during the trip and after reaching the school. By default, the report displays the attendance status of the current day.
Apr 13, 2020
School Setup
Improvement of Alert Messages
Web
Path: Settings > School Setup > User Account Management > Student
The SMS and emails sent to the parents for activating the student account include the User ID (Admission No.) and Password of the accounts.
Apr 11, 2020
Admission
Introducing Admission Confirmation Report
Web
Path: Admission > Admission Reports > Admission Confirmation Report
The details of applicants in admission confirmed status can be generated through the Admission Confirmation Report.
Attendance
Enhancement of Attendance Register Report
Web
Path: Attendance > Attendance Report > Attendance Register Report
Punch in and punch out timings and all swipe timings of the students and staff can be generated through Attendance Register Report if the respective toggle buttons are turned on.
Student Workspace
Enhancement of Student Dashboard
Web
Path: Student Workspace > Home
The enhanced Student Dashboard provides a better user experience for the students.
Teacher Workspace
Enhancement of Teacher Dashboard
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home
The new-look of Teacher Dashboard will load the contents of the page faster.
Live Lecture Shortcut
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home
A new shortcut for the starting the live lecture is available on Resource toolbar on the teacher dashboard so that teachers can easily start live lectures.
Running Timer for Live Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Click + infront of the required chapter) > Session > Live Lecture
To keep track of the time, a running timer is introduced for the teacher while a live lecture is being conducted.
Sorting the Student Attendees of Live Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Click + infront of the required chapter) > Session > Live Lecture
Teachers can search for a specific student from the students attending the live lecture. The student names can also be sorted according to their admission number, joining time and student names.
Apr 07, 2020
Student Workspace
Cancelling Doubt Request
Web
Path: Student Dashboard > Join Now > Ask a Doubt > Cancel
Students can cancel their requests for asking a doubt during a live lecture before the teacher accepts the request.
Teacher Workspace
Enhancement of Live lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Select a session) > Live Lecture; Student Workspace > Join Now
The count of unread messages in the live chat will be shown next to the chat icon for both the teacher and student during a live lecture.
Improvement in Schedule Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Select a Session) > Live Lecture
The teachers can start the scheduled live lecture ten minutes before the scheduled time.
Apr 01, 2020
Student Workspace
Enhancement of Camera and Microphone Permission
Web
Path: Student Workspace
Students are asked to provide camera and microphone permission at the time of joining the live lecture. If it is denied, the permission is asked at the time of raising a doubt. Unless the student provides permission, the teacher will not be able to see the student's window. This will prevent the teacher and participants from seeing a blank screen for student feed while the student figures out the camera permission.
Mute Audio and Video while asking Doubts
Web
Path: Student Workspace
The students can mute video and audio while asking doubts to the teacher at the time of live lecture.
Teacher Workspace
Chat During Live Lecture
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Select a Session) > Live Lecture
Participants can now live chat with each other during a live lecture.
Introducing Caliper Analytics Report
Web
Path: Teacher workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Analytics > View Student Report > (Click on the desired student's name) > Resources tab
Through the Caliper Analytics Report, teachers can track the usage of learning resources of the students. This report can be viewed for each student for both homework and classwork. The number of resources published for the student versus the number of resources that the student has consumed will be displayed for each resource type. The percentage of resource consumed by the student and the date in which the resource is viewed are also displayed on the page.
Notification Sound for Doubts
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Click + infront of the required chapter) > Session > Live Lecture
Whenever students raise a doubt during a live lecture, the teacher is notified through sound, along with the on-screen notification.
Use Enter Button to Send Message
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Click + infront of the required chapter) > Session > Live Lecture
Teachers and students can use the enter button to send the messages in live chat.
Mar 27, 2020
Attendance
Attendance Marking by Subject Teachers
Web
Path: Attendance > Student Attendance
Subject teachers can now mark attendance of their respective classes. These teachers must have been mapped to their subjects and classes from the Subject Teacher mapping page.
Fee
Editing the Fee Certificates Templates
Web
Path: Settings > Fee > Fee Paid Certificate / Fee Due Certificate > Edit Template
The Paid Fee and Fee Due certificate templates can be edited i.e; addition and deletion of variables, and change of content is possible.
Teacher Workspace
Switching between Rear and Front Cameras
Android
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Click + infront of the required chapter) > Session > Live Lecture
While using live lecture on NLP which is opened in Google Chrome on the Smart Phone, the teacher can switch the camera between rear and front cameras.
Mar 21, 2020
Student Workspace
Join a Live Lecture and Clear Doubts
Web & Android
Path: Student Workspace
Students can join the live lecture by simply clicking on the video icon. Using the Ask a Doubt option on the screen, doubts on the topics (under discussion) can be raised.
Teacher Workspace
Live Streaming of Lecture
Web (LMS Only Offering)
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course Details > (Click + infront of the required chapter) > Session > Live Lecture
The teachers can now live stream the lectures to facilitate the engagement of students in distance learning. Sharing of screens, presentations, etc; muting the audio and video of the lecture; accept or decline the doubts raised by the students; taking the attendance: etc are all possible during a live lecture.
Provisions for scheduling a lecture for a future time and viewing any previously recorded lecture can also be done.
Mar 16, 2020
Attendance
Bulk Upload of Absentees
Web
Path: Attendance > Mark Absent > XLS (Bulk Upload Students)
The absentee students' list can be uploaded in bulk using the template made available. The rest of the students will be automatically marked present. This helps in uploading the student attendance of the school at one go.
Fee
Copy Fee Settings
Web
Path: School Setup > Copy Settings > Fee Settings
The fee settings can be copied from one academic session to another, after the creation of class-sections in the new academic session. Also, the new academic session should not have any fee settings done.
Enhancement of Fee Collection Detailed Report
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Reports > Fee Collection Detailed Report
The Fee Collection Detailed Report can now be generated for each student of the selected class section.
School Setup
Download the Calendar Events
Web
Path: Settings > School Setup > Academic Calendar > Calendar Bulk Upload
The calendar events can be downloaded from the academic calendar page to cross-check the events uploaded.
Mar 13, 2020
Admission
Admission Enquiry Follow-up Alerts
Web
Path: Settings > Communication > Alerts
The follow-up SMS and Emails for the admission enquiries are automatically sent to the contacts on the follow-up dates marked in the manage admissions page. The modes in which the alert need to be sent can be edited from the Alerts page in Communication Settings.
Send Admission Forms via Email
Web
Path: Admission > Manage Admission
Admission Forms are emailed to the parent immediately after admission is confirmed for the applicant.
Feb 28, 2020
Admission
Enhancement of Manage Admission Page
web
Path: Admission > Manage Admission
If an admission applicant is referred by a student or parent, the latter can be recorded by entering the student's name.
Communication
Homework Alert Messages
Web ( LMS Only Offering)
Path: Settings > Communication > Alerts
Alert messages can be sent to parents, before the due date of assigned homework and teachers, after the due date, if these alerts are enabled from 'Alerts' page in Communication module.
Fee
Waived off Fine Amount in Fine Report
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Reports > Fine Report
The newly added 'Waived Off' column in Fine Report provides the fine that is waived off at the time of fee collection.
School Setup
NLP with Arabic Language Support
Web
Path: Settings > School Setup > Branch Details; Settings > School Setup > Custom Fields
Your NLP now supports the Arabic Language. You can select it as a secondary language from the Branch Details page. The Primary Language for NLP is English by default. When custom fields are added (from school setup), you can select the secondary language from the drop-down list of languages to enter the arabic language scripts as inputs to those custom fields.
Such custom fields can also be added to the templates of student and staff ID cards and certificates.
The Arabic inputs entered in these custom fields can be uploaded and downloaded in excel for the student and staff details (Basic and Advanced). In the same way, the Staff Custom Report and Student Custom Report include the Arabic language inputs in the selected custom fields.
Teacher Workspace
Enhancement of Class Reports
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) >Assessment Analytics > View Class Report
In the Summary tab of the Class Reports, against the student details, avg. scores for each type of test (standard, smart concept and smart chapter tests) can be seen alongside the respective submissions. Also, the complete student report in excel can be downloaded by clicking on the download icon at the end of a student list item.
In Class Reports, in Static and Adaptive tabs, assessment report of the class for each assessment can be downloaded by clicking on the download icon at the end of any assessment list item.
Transport
Send Trip Updation Alerts
Web
Path: Settings > Communication > Alerts > Transport Trip Updation Alert
Alert messages can be sent to the parents and staff members of the school when the details of their pick up or drop trips gets updated for the day. This alert when activated will be triggered if at least one of vehicle, driver and attendant details is updated.
Feb 18, 2020
Admission
Add Secondary Contact details of New applicant
Web
Path: Admission > Manage Admission > Add Enquiry
The secondary contact details can be added to the Admission form of the new applicant.
Front Office
Visit and Exit Pass Multiple Templates
Web
Path: Settings > Front Office > General Settings > Visit pass print settings / Exit pass print settings
Visit and exit templates are available in A4, A5 and A6 formats that can be downloaded and printed. Before you print the exit pass, you can enable the transport details like Service Number and drop stop that are to be printed in the exit pass.
Feb 17, 2020
Communication
Compose and Send Messages in iOS
iOS
Path: Home > Communication > Compose
Admin can compose and send SMS, Email and Notifications through their NLP App in iOS to staff, parents, new applicants and student.
Fee
Separate Fee Types : Payable Online and Payable Directly at School
Web, Android
Path: Settings > Fee > Fee Type ; Fee > Collect Fee
The school can split up the fee types that are to be paid through the parent/student login (Eg: Tuition Fee, Exam Fee) and the fee types that are to be paid directly at school (Eg: Transport Fee, Mess Fee). While creating a Fee Type, you can specify if the fee type can be paid through the parent/student login or not. By default, all the fee types are payable online. You can edit the fee types already created to make it available for payment at school. In the payment screen, these Fee Types would be separated as 'Payable online' and 'Pay directly to school'.
Student Workspace
Introducing Student Workspace on iOS
iOS
Path: Home > Student Workspace
Student can now attempt the KST, IRT and Adaptive assessments assigned to them by the teachers. Students can estimate their performances through reports specific for each assessment completed by them.
Teacher Workspace
Feedback Forms for Teacher and Students
Web
Path: Teacher workspace > Home > (Select a Course) > Assessment Analytics > Class Reports > Adaptive Reports > (Choose a test report) > (click back)
A teacher can provide feedback for an assessment through a form while quitting the report for the assessment. Feedback for the distribution of questions, scope of the questions and information in the reports can be given via the form. A student can provide feedback for an assessment through a form at the end of an assessment. Feedback for the duration and difficulty of the test can be given.
Improvements of Teacher Reports
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > Course > Assessment Analytics > Class Reports > Adaptive Reports > (Choose a test)
An assessment report of the class for a teacher is now organized into three tabs Performance, Insights and Question Details.
- Performance: This page gives information on the Avg. Score, the submission percentage, Topper and Median Scores. Also, the student distribution of scores in the assessment is provided. Links to individual student reports are also provided.
- Insights: This page gives information on the overall performance of the class in terms of accuracy at various Bloom’s Taxonomy levels. Also, avg. time spent wrt correct, incorrect questions and wrt various Bloom’s levels is provided.
- For a concept test, in addition to the above, avg. score wrt each concept and the distribution of performance in corresponding concepts is provided.
- For a chapter test, in addition to the time and accuracy numbers, concept-wise awareness of the class based on the assessment is given.
Introducing Principal Reports
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Adaptive Principal reports
New Principal Reports giving Class-wise reports on selecting the desired class, section and subject and Teacher-wise reports for the desired teacher are introduced.
Class-wise reports: For a given class, section and subject combination, usage and performance data for both static and various adaptive assessments is provided. Also, the performance of the class-section in various Bloom’s Taxonomy components is shown against the average performance of the class (all sections in the school).
Teacher-wise reports: For a given teacher, the activity summary in both static and adaptive assessments for each class-section handled by the teacher is shown. Also, Bloom’s Taxonomy level performance of students taught by the teacher is shown and compared against the whole class (all sections in the school).
Feb 14, 2020
Admission
Introducing Admission Custom Report
Web
Path: Admission > Admission Reports > Admission Custom Report
Take Photos in Manage Admissions Page
Web
Path: Admissions > Manage Admissions >(Application/Registration/Evaluation/Confirmation) > (Select the applicant) > Camera > Webcam
The user can take the photo of the candidate using a webcam at the time of any of the admission step and add it to the profile of the applicant.
Teacher Workspace
Sync with Timetable
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a cource) > Course Settings > Sync with Timetable
The user can sync the course plan with the timetable by pressing the sync button.
Feb 11, 2020
Examination
Enhancement of Marks Entry Checklist Report
Web
Path: Examination > Examination Reports > Marks Entry Check List Report
Subjects are displayed in the order of their sequence numbers along with the subject teachers of the class-section. If no subject teacher is mapped to the class-section, then the class teacher's name would be displayed.
Introducing Subject Grouping
Web
Path: Settings > Examination > Subject Setup > Group Subjects; Examination > Examination Replicator
The subjects under a single master subject can be grouped together for mapping it to a class. This group of subjects and its component subjects can be shown in the report cards along with their marks secured. You can consider the marks secured for the group of subjects for deciding the pass and fail status of the students.
All levels of grouping i.e, assessment, subject, activity and rubric (if any) can be replicated from one class to another from Examination Replicator page.
Selection of Students and Subjects while Sending Marks
Web
Path: Examination > Report Card Publish > (Select class-section) > More actions button > Communication Mark/Grades
Marks or grades of one or more than one subject can now be communicated to a single student with the introduction of student and subject selection options.
Jan 31,2020
Admission
Bulk Download of Documents
Web
Path: Admission > Manage Admission > Bulk Download Students > Bulk Documents Download
The documents of all the applicants in an academic session can be downloaded in one go. The documents will be downloaded in ZIP format.
Attendance
Displaying the Attendance Percent in the Current Month
Android
Path: Home > Attendance > History
The attendance per cent in the current month is also displayed in the attendance history in the parent login.
Calendar
Academic Calendars of Classes and Departments in Admin login
Android
Path: Home > Calendar > Academic Calendar
The administrator can view the academic calendars of each class and department through the newly introduced options Class wise and Department wise respectively.
Enhancement of the Calendar
Android
Path: Home > Calendar
The day-wise calendar is now changed to 12 hours format.
Examination
Rank and Attendance Configuration in Class Performance Report
Web
Path: Examination > Examination Reports > Class Performance Report
The attendance and term-level ranks of the students can be included in the Class Performance Report, if the corresponding checkboxes are selected.
Fee
Recharging Student Wallet by Parent
Android
Path: Home Screen > Fee > Fee Payments > Student Wallet > Recharge
Parents can recharge the student wallet from their login through Payment Gateway.
Replacement of bounced Cheque/DD
Web
Path: Fee > Collect Fee > Cheque/DD status
While collecting the payment through cheque/DD, if cheque got bounced or returned due to error, the user can replace that cheque/DD with a new one. Here the fee receipt corresponding to the previous transaction will not be cancelled. Only the details, like cheque/DD No., Bank name, Reconciliation number, Branch name, of the previous transaction will be changed according to the Cheque/DD replaced.
Teacher Workspace
Alternative Way to Create Homework
Web (LMS only offering)
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a cource) > Homework tab > Add New Homework
Homework can now be created directly from the Homework Tab as well. The number of steps for this method is reduced to two.
Enhancement of Homework tab
Web (LMS Only Offerring)
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a cource) > Homework tab
The Overdue, Due Today, Due Later, Completed and Missed tabs are now identified by their names and not by their icons. This will ensure better usability of the screens.
Filtering Public and Private Forums
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace / Student Workspace > Home > Q&A Activities > View Q&A Forum > Q&A Forum > Q&A Filters
The public and private forums can now be filtered to view or answer the posts. This feature is also available in Student Workspace.
Timetable
Downloading the Timetable Template with Data
Web
Path: Timetable > Timetable dashboard > Excel Upload > Download Template
You can now download the timetable template of the class with data and upload the same template by making modifications to it.
Jan 13, 2020
Examination
Deletion of Commentary Remarks and Supplementary Exam Settings
Web
Path: Examination > Commentary Remarks ; Settings > Examination > Supplementary
The commentary remarks added for the students and the supplementary examination settings can now be deleted.
Teacher Workspace
Docker (Resource creation tab) on Teacher Dashboard
Web (LMS only)
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home
The teachers can create course content from the dashboard itself, with the help of Docker (Resource creation tab). Teachers can create documents, presentation, spreadsheets, web reference, subjective questions, objective questions, activity questions, classroom activity, collections, templates and quick assessments from teacher dashboard only.
Improvement of Teacher Dashboard
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home
The new teacher dashboard has separate tabs for my courses, Homeworks, Timetable and Q&A Activity for easy navigation and better user experience.
Next Studio in Teacher Workspace
Web (LMS Only Offering)
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home
Next Studio which helps teachers to contribute to pre-made videos or study material is now available in LMS. Next Studio is smart whiteboarding solutions. Next Studio is available next to Next tools icon in Docker tab on Teacher dashboard.
Next Tools in Docker
Web (LMS Only Offering)
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home
Next Tools is an option available in docker (resource creation tab on Teacher Dashboard) with the help of which teachers can explain the complex topics to the students.
Smart Chapter Test in LMS
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Course details > chapter > session > resources > homework > Add Homework
Smart Chapter Test is now available in LMS as well. This is an adaptive assessment that accurately evaluates the students' Knowledge of all concepts discussed ina chapter. It is a complete chapter test based on KST theory. Assessment with chapter name is Smart chapter test in adaptive assessments.
Jan 10, 2020
Communication
View Valid and Invalid Contact Details
Web
Path: Communication > Mailbox > Compose
The valid and invalid contact details of the selected recipient list can be viewed while you compose a message. The invalid contacts are listed along with their reasons.
Fee
Introducing Student Wallet Report
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Reports > Student Wallet Report
Student Wallet Report is introduced to track the transactions related to student wallets.
School Setup
Adding Events for specific Class and Departments
Web
Path: Settings > School Setup > Academic Calendar
Multi-selection of class and departments is possible at the time of adding new events to the calendar.
Staff
Enhancements of Staff Custom Report
Web
Path: Staff > Staff Reports > Staff Custom Report
'Deactivation date', 'Deactivation Reason' and 'Deactivated by' fields can be added to the Staff Custom Report.
Dec 20, 2019
CCTV
Enabling the CCTV Security Link
Web
Path: School Setup > Branch Details
If the school wishes to have the CCTV Security link enabled on the NLP Account, it can be done by contacting the NLP support team. The school can share the details of CCTV security web app link with the team. After enabling it, the link can be accessed from the transactions menu.
Fee
Improvements in Fee Transactions
Web
Path: Fee > Collect Fee > (Select the student); Fee > Fee Refund Process > (Select the student) > Refund
- The future dates are now disabled for the payment dates in the Collect Fee page.
- By default, the current date is selected as the date of fee refunding in Fee Refund Process page.
School Setup
Permissions for Student and Parent roles
Web
Path: School Setup > Roles > Student/Parent
The administrator can update the role-based permissions for Student and Parents for their respective branch schools from the School Setup.
Dec 14, 2019
Communication
Enhancement of Approve Message
Web
Path: Communication > Approvals > (Select a mode of communication) > (Select a message)
The Recipient Types, modes of communication selected (at the time of composing) and attachments, if any, can be checked for the messages before approving it.
Search and Filter Messages
Android
Path: Communication > Inbox /Sent
Messages can be searched and filtered in Inbox and Sent Items. Message can be searched by the subject line of the message and can be filtered by tags and date.
Fee
Student wallet functionality
Web
Path: -----
Parents can recharge the digital wallets of their kids and use it to make a payment towards school fees, mess expenses, inventory charges etc. They can recharge the student wallets directly by logging in to NLP or by approaching the school. Transactions through student wallet can be tracked through Student Wallet Report. Fee Transactions made via the student wallets will be visible in the Fee Collection Report and other related reports.
Front Office
OTP to verify the Student Escorts
Android
Path: (Android) Front Office > Exit management > (select the exit request) > Confirm Exit ; (Web)
OTP verification of the escort person will help in ensuring double security to the students. OTP will be sent to the mobile number of the escort person, after the verification of which the student will be allowed to exit the school.
General
Coach Marks Introduced
Android
Path: -----
Coach marks are introduced to ensure easy interaction with the features in the mobile App.
School Setup
Role Based Permissions in Mobile App
Android
Path: -----
Role-based permissions set by the Administrator gets automatically reflected in the mobile App. Thus the user can access only those transaction options made available for him/her.
Supports 8+ GMT zones and currencies
Web, Android, iOS
Path: -----
NLP now supports more than 8 GMT zones and currencies to provide support for our users handling NLP from various parts of the world.
When you operate NLP in a GMT zone different from that of the zone in which the school is situated, then the latter time along with the timezone difference is displayed on the yellow bar of NLP.
Student
Addition of Landline field to Student Profile
Web
Path: Student > Student List > (click student’s name) > View More (Student Details) > Contact Details (Landline No.)
The landline number of the students can now be added to their profiles. The landline number can be added at the time of uploading the student details in bulk through excel and while editing the student profile.
Sorting Dates in Reports
Web
Path: Student > Student Reports ; Staff > Staff Custom Report
The dates in Staff Custom Report, Student reports can now be sorted in ascending and descending orders.
Student Workspace
Conditional Solution Text Display in Student Assessment Reports
Web
Path: Student Workspace > Home > (Select the course) > Completed >(Select the chapter) > (Click View Report under the required assessment) > Question Details
In a student report for an assessment for which retake is enabled, solution text and correct answer would not be shown for unanswered or incorrectly answered questions. However, the solution text and correct answer would be displayed after the due date of the assessment is over (after which the student can’t retake the assessment).
Teacher Workspace
Enhancement of Assessment Analytics
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Assessment Analytics
The Class Performance Card displays the Average Score, Average Percentile, number of Assessments Published and the average of Submissions.
- Avg. Score / Avg. Percentile gives the average of scores / percentile of average of scores for all students across all assessments of that type.
- Assessments Published gives the number of assessments that are published and thus contributed to the Avg. Score / Avg. Percentile.
- Submissions give the average of submissions percentage for all the assessments published of that type.
In Student Performance card, the students who secured top ranks and the bottom ranks with respect to various types of assessments will be shown. These rankings are based on the average of scores / percentile of average of scores across all assessments of the respective assessment type of each student.
Improvements in Class Report
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Asssessment Analytics > View Class Report
- In the Summary tab, Overview, Bloom’s Taxonomy and Students cards are shown. In Overview card,
- Avg. Score / Avg. Percentile gives the average of scores / percentile of average of scores for all students across all assessments in that type.
- Assessments Published gives the number of assessments that are published. The denominator gives the assessments available in the system (Published + Drafts).
- Last Published gives the last time when an assessment of that type was published.
- Submissions gives the average of submissions percentage for all the assessments published in that type.
- In Bloom’s Taxonomy card, against each BT (Bloom's Taxonomy) component, the number indicates the accuracy among the questions answered from the respective BT.
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In Students card, we show the list of students with their submissions upon the number of assessments assigned to a respective student.
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In Static tab, a tab corresponds to the Standard Tests. The Score Distribution, Chapters and Standard Tests cards are listed in this tab.
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The Score Distribution card indicates the distribution of students based on the average of scores across all assessments.
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In the Chapters card, if the Chapters whose average score of all students across all assessments in respective chapters, is
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> 50%, then it is classified as Strong Chapters.
- < 50%, then it is classified as Weak Chapters.
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The Standard Tests card lists the assessments published by the teacher along with relevant information in decreasing order of publish dates. Click on an assessment to open the teacher report for that assessment.
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In Adaptive tab, two tabs corresponds to the two types of Adaptive assessments i.e, Smart Concept Tests and Smart Chapter Tests. Each tab has cards similar to the ones described in the Static tab.
Improvements in Student Report
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Asssessment Analytics > View Student Report
- In Static tab, a tab corresponds to Standard Test. Scores, Chapters and Standard Test cards are displayed in this tab.
- The Scores card gives the average of scores across all assessments of that type submitted by the student. The topper score and a median score (median among the scores of all students in the class) is also shown for comparison.
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In the Chapters card, if the Chapters whose average score of all students across all assessments in respective chapters, is
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> 50%, then it is classified as Strong Chapters.
- < 50%, then it is classified as Weak Chapters
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- The Standard Tests card lists the assessments submitted by the student along with relevant information in decreasing order of attempt dates. Click on an assessment to open the student report for that assessment.
- In Adaptive tab, two tabs correspond to the two types of Adaptive assessments in the system, i.e, Smart Concept Tests and Smart Chapter Tests. Each tab has cards similar to the ones described in the Static tab.
Question Details in Assessment Reports
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Assessment Analytics > View Class Report > Static/Adaptive > (Select Assessment) > Question Details
This is a new addition to teacher reports to give more details to the questions which appeared in the assessments. The average time taken by students to answer a particular question is displayed along with the number of students (along with their names) who have selected each option.
Teacher Dashboard Revamp
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home
The new interface of the teacher dashboard helps in easy navigation of courses. It shows the available courses. The course information such as last homework published time, total assessments published, Static and adaptive test scores are displayed on the course cards. Homework due for the day, timetable and Q&A activity are some of the other details displayed on the new dashboard.
Nov 22, 2019
School Setup
Global Search in File Management System
Web
Path: -----
Option of global search in the file management system is added. The user can search for any file within the given directory or sub directory.
Nov 14, 2019
Examination
Bulk Uploading of Optional Subject Mapping data
Web
Path: Examination > Optional Subject Mapping > Bulk Upload
Schools can now upload optional subject mapping data and the Co-scholastic activity-student mapping data in bulk. This would help the schools to have the same student-subject/activity mapping for the next academic session. Simply download the excel from the source session and mark the same to destination session.
Student Workspace
Attempting Smart Chapter Test
Web (Assessment Only Offering)
Path: Menu > Student Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Assessment Center
A student can access a Smart Chapter Test which is published by a teacher in the same way as a Smart Concept Test. The Overview section in the Student Report gives the percentage of the chapter covered by the student. It also lists the concepts mastered and to be mastered by the student. The Question Details section gives the questions attempted by the student along with answers and solution text.
Teacher Workspace
Introducing Smart Chapter Test
Web (Assessment Only Offering)
Path: Menu > Teacher Workspace > (Select a course) > Adaptive Assessment
Smart Chapter Test is an adaptive assessment that accurately evaluates the students' knowledge of all concepts discussed in a chapter. It is a complete chapter test based on KST theory. Options to publish and edit is the same as followed in Smart Chapter Tests.
The Overview section in the Teacher Report provides the number of students into Below Average, Average, Good and Very Good buckets based on their performances along with the list of students who submitted their tests and their scores.
Nov 08, 2019
Admission
Custom Fields Positioning
Web
Path: Settings > Admission > Admission Form Editor
The user can now choose the section under which the custom fields needs to be placed. Also order the custom fields selected for a section.
Communication
Displaying System Defined Alerts
Web
Path: Settings > Communication > Alerts
Alerts that are sent to the users directly by NLP (System defined alerts) can now be checked by the administrator. The alert content is provided in read-only mode along with the details like Contact Types, Active/Inactive status and modes (email/SMS). If the school wishes to make any changes to it, NLP support team may be contacted via support@nexteducation.in .
Examination
Benchmark scores of students
Web
Path: Examination > Report card publish
The highest, lowest and average scores secured by the students of a class for each subject can be calculated for each assessment and term. This data can be displayed on the report cards.
PDF download of reports
Web
Path: Examination > Reports > Class performance report / Term level report > Download PDF
The most used reports, Class Performance Report and Term Level Report can now be downloaded as PDF with the provision to select the page size and orientation. To download the report in PDF at the time of generation, select 'Download PDF' in the Filter box. Print option is also provided on top of the report.
Smart Defaults in reports
Web
Path: Examination > Reports > Class Performance Report / Term Level Report
To make the process of report generation faster, smart defaults are provided to the Class Performance Report and Term Level Report.
We have collated the most used options from the users and put them as defaults so as to save the time and effort of the users.
School Setup
On-demand NLP drive
Web
Path: School Setup
The school can store its digital data from the past sessions in NLP using the NLP Drive. Files can be arranged in folders and can be searched when required.
This is an on-demand service.
Teacher Workspace
Publish sessions at once
Web
Path: Menu > Teacher Workspace > Home > Course details > Chapter
Teacher can publish all the sessions (resources) of a chapter by a single click.
Oct 30, 2019
Transport
Discontinuing the transport service for any date
Web
Path: Transport > Assign Transport Service > Select a student/staff > MODIFY > Discontinue Service
The transport service currently availed by a student or staff can be discontinued from any date. The transport fees paid for the selected instalment (for discontinuation) and the later instalments will not be refunded.
Oct 24, 2019
Admission
Bulk Uploading of Sibling and Transport Details of applicants
Web
Path: Admission > Manage Admission > Bulk Upload Students
Sibling and the transport service details of the admission applicants in Application, Registration, Evaluation and Confirmation steps can now be uploaded in bulk.
Improvement of Online Admission Portal
Web
Path: Online Admission Portal
Registration fees and admission related documents that need to be collected as part of the registration process can now be collected online.
Communication
Introducing Bounced Email Reports
Web
Path: Communication > Communication Reports > Bounced Email Report
This report helps to remove or update the email IDs for which the sent emails get bounced. The list of recipients for which the emails get bounced can be generated from Bounced Emails tab whereas the count of bounced emails for each email ID can be generated from the Bounced Email Count.
Fee
Enhancement of Fee Due Report and Defaulters Report
Web
Path: Fee > Fee Reports > Fee Due Report / Defaulters Report > Filters
Breakdown of fee instalment into the fee types can be viewed in the Fee Due Report and Defaulters Report by selecting the option Both in Filters.
Student
Copying Student Settings
Web
Path: Settings > School Setup > Copy Settings > Copy Student Settings
The below-mentioned settings can be copied from the current session to a new session.
- Settings for Student Letter Autonumbering
- Settings for Roll Number Generation
- Settings for Admission Number
- Student ID Card Templates
- Letter Generation Templates
Oct 15, 2019
General
Global search in NLP
Web
Path: -----
A quick and accurate way of searching NLP pages, reports and help articles is introduced in NLP. Through a keyword search, you can find the specific page or article that you are looking for.
Student Workspace
Countdown timer for assessments
Web
Path: Menu > Student Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Assessment Center > Due Today / Due Later / Completed > (Select a Chapter)
A countdown timer will now run in the foreground on the top right side of the assessment page according to the duration set by the teacher.
Retaking a completed test
Web - (Assessment only offering)
Path: Menu > Student Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Assessment Center > Completed > (Select a chapter)
The students can retake a test once completed if the teacher allows it. This is helpful for the students who wish to take a test for practice or want to improve their score.
Teacher Workspace
Extending the due date of a test
(Web - Assessment only offering)
Path: Menu > Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > (Assessment Tab) > (Select a Chapter) > Edit
The teacher can extend the due date of a test that is completed (crossed initial due date of submission). It can be done while editing a test that is published.
Oct 04, 2019
Fee
Addition of Applicant ID column in Fee Collection Report
Web
Path: Fee > Fee reports > Fee Collection Report > Admission Student
The 'Applicant ID' column is added to the Fee Collection Report generated for the admission students, making it easy to trace the applicant's admission process and the fee paid.
Transport
Introducing Vehicle Stop-wise Report
Web
Path: Transport > Transport Reports > Vehicle Stop-wise Report
The new Vehicle Stop-Wise Report provides exhaustive details of the school vehicles including the bus stop points and the no. of passengers boarding / getting off the respective vehicles.
Introducing Vehicle Trip History
Web
Path: Transport > Vehicle Trip History
The locations through which the school vehicle has travelled in the selected time range will be displayed on the map. The time range should be within 12 hours.
Sep 27, 2019
School Setup
Changing password of student account
Web
Path: (Click on the profile picture) > Manage Accounts > Change Password
The student can now change the password of his/her respective NLP account. In case the student forgets the password, it can be changed from the parent's account.
Improvement of quick links
Web
Path: Home screen
The quick links have been made dynamic. The link that is disabled for the user will not be available as quick links on the home screen of NLP.
Transport
Enahncement of Student/Staff Transport Report
Web
Path: Transport >Transport Report > Student/Staff Transport Report
Residential Address column is added to Student/Staff Transport Report to provide exhaustive details on transport services.
Enhancement of Routewise Passenger List Report
Web
Path: Transport > Transport Reports > Routewise Passenger List Report
Name of the primary contact (for students) and Residential Address columns are added to the Routewise Passenger List Report.
Sep 25, 2019
Assessment Center
Introducing Assessment Center
Android
Path: Home > Assessment Center
Through the pre-created standard assessments for each chapter in Assessment Center, the knowledge level of each student can be assessed. Reports can be generated to compare and analyse the performance of the student with that of the average mark of the class and topper's marks.
Communication
Message Tagging
Android
Path: Home > Messages
While composing an SMS, mail or notification, tags can be added for the ease of identifying and grouping the messages dealing with a similar subject. The recipients can filter the messages using these tags. The frequently used ‘Homework’ tag is available on Home screen. Those tags created in Custom List Values (in Web App) will only be available for selection.
Front Office
Exit Management of students
Android
Path: Home > Exit Management
Exit request can be placed by adding the essential details such as exit time and date, the reason for leaving and the person who accompanies the student(s). Exit pass with exit ID will be generated for the student or staff who is leaving the campus.
Student Workspace
Assigning tests students
Android
Path: Home > Student workspace
The Standard tests and Adaptive tests (Smart Concept Test and Smart Revision Test) can be assigned to the students by the teachers. The assessment type based reports can also be generated for the students that help in appraising the performance of students.
Transport
Enhancement of Transport module
Android
Path: Home > My Trips
- The vehicle Attendant can end the respective pick-up and drop services, when required.
- The default zoom level of the map view is increased for a better screen experience of the users.
Sep 13, 2019
Admission
Admission Fee Receipt ID series for future sessions
Web
Path: Settings > Admission > Applicant ID series
The autonumbering series created for Application/Registration Fee Receipt ID can be used for academic sessions in future too. The receipt IDs thus generated will be continuous across the academic sessions.
Pre-populated filters of admission reports
Web
Path: Admission > Admission Reports
Filters and drop-down menus, that are used to generate the admission reports, will be pre-populated with the values that are frequently selected by the users.
Communication
Restriction of recipient selection
Web
Path: Settings > Communication > Recipient Selection Settings
While composing a message, you can now avoid the listing of all class-sections for a staff member to select the recipients (students, parents, guardians) from. Instead, you can list only the class-sections assigned to them for the recipient selection.
Examination
Enhancement of bulk upload of commentary remarks
Web
Path: Examination > Commentary Remarks > Download/Upload Excel
With the names of the class sections displayed as excel titles, it becomes easier to distinguish the commentary remarks excels of the classes. The ability to mutli-select the terms/assessments/subjects/activities/rubrics contributes to the ease of uploading the remarks in bulk.
Enhancement of Term Level Report
Web
Path: Examination > Examination Reports > Term Level Report
Term Level Report has been made more generic by giving the schools an option to select the columns to be included in the report. Thus pass/fail and rank columns can now be removed as per your choice.
Term group in Class Performance Report
Web
Path: Examination > Examination Reports > Class Performance Report
Selecting a term group in the Class Performance Report will show marks/grades of its constituent terms. This will allow the schools to print a consolidated report containing all the aforementioned reports at a single place.
Fee
Upload Student Fee Categories in bulk
Web
Path: Fee settings/ Student Fee Category/ Allocate Students Tab/ Bulk Upload - Fee Category icon at right
The Student Fee Categories for the students can be uploaded in bulk using a template. You can use this template to also modify the categories assigned to the students, provided that they have not yet paid the school fees.
Student Workspace
Chapter names on assessment cards
Web
Path: Student workspace> Home > (Select a course) > Static/ Adaptive assessments > Select the desired chapter,
The assessment cards on Due Today and Due Later tabs are updated to display the chapter names too.
List view of chapters on Completed tab
Web
Path: Student Workspace > Home > (Choose a subject) > Completed tab
The assessments that are completed are organized and displayed under the chapter to which they belong to. The chapters are displayed in a list view whereas the assessments are displayed in the form of cards with direct links to the reports.
Teacher Workspace
Adding maximum duration of test
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace> Home > (Select a course) > Assessments tab (Static/Adaptive) >Select desired Chapter > Click PUBLISH
The teacher can now add maximum duration of the test at the time of publishing a test. This is helpful to end the test and view reports within a specified time.
Card-view of assessements
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Static Assessment / Adaptive Assessment > (Select the desired chapter)
Assessment details of each chapter are displayed in the form of cards. The details include
- Concepts assessed through the test
- Status of the test: Upcoming, In Progress, Completed
- Duration of test
- Publish or Edit Button : Publish button to publish test for the students and Edit button to edit the dates of a published test. Edit Button will be available for test in Upcoming and In Progress State i.e., those tests whose end date is in the future. Edit button is disabled for completed test i.e., those tests whose end date has passed.
Organizing assessments for type of tests
Web
Path: Teacher Workspace > Home > (Select a course) > Static Assessment / Adaptive Assessment > (Select the desired chapter)
Assessments are now organized for each type of test; Standard Tests in Static Assessments tab, Smart Concept Tests in Adaptive Assessments tab.
April 2021
Accounting
Accounting module
Path: -----
A new Accounting module that has features such as accounting session creation, chart of accounts, user-defined voucher creation, auto-numbering of vouchers, ledger entries, etc. has been added.
Enhancement in Tax Settings
Path: -----
Users can now create tax slabs after selecting the respective country and then map that tax slab to any of the fee types.
Pro-rata basis in fee types
Path: -----
Fees will be calculated on a pro-rata basis, i.e. it will be calculated from the joining date of the student. This means that if a student joins the school late, that student needs to pay a lesser amount as a fee.
Tax setting in Fee and Accounting modules
Path: -----
The Tax setting in the Fee module has been integrated with the Accounting module to make ledger accounts for those slabs.
Admission
Option to create sub-categories for those who marked “Not Interested” in admission enquiry or application status
Path: -----
In Admission Enquiry or Application status, the school can create sub-categories
for those applications with "Not Interested" status.
Fee
2 vs 3 decimal points configuration
Path: -----
Users can now configure whether an amount should be calculated up to 2 decimal points or 3 decimal points. Based on the configuration, the 2nd or 3rd digit would be normalised after the decimal point
Front Office
Temperature field in Visitor Management
Path: -----
A field to record the temperature of school visitors has been added in the Visitor Management
Parent Dashboard
Missed lecture notifications
Path: -----
If a student misses a lecture, a notification will now be triggered for the parent regarding the same.
Performance management
Performance Management module
Path: -----
The Performance Management module allows the staff and HOD/principal to establish goals, provide feedback on performance throughout the year and at the end of the evaluation period.
Features of the module include:
-Appraisal evaluation cycle
-Parameter/Question creation and mapping to staff based on their departments
-Self-Evaluation for staff
-Option for the manager to rate subordinates
-Tracking of the progress of appraisal entries by admin/HR
-Alerts to Staff at various stages
-Self-Evaluation for staff
-Option for the manager to rate subordinates
-Tracking of the progress of appraisal entries by admin/HR
-Alerts to Staff at various stages
Recruitment
Recruitment module
Path: -----
The Recruitment module of NLP is now live. The module eases the onboarding and hiring process for schools.
Main features of the module:
- Create vacancies
- Refer candidates
- Candidate self-registration and application on the school website
- Manage complete candidate database
- Schedule interviews
School Setup
Class group categorisation in School Setup module
Path: -----
Options to add, edit and delete class groups have been added in the School Setup module.
Class group categorisation in School Setup module
Path: -----
Options to add, edit and delete class groups have been added in the School Setup module.
Teacher Workspace
Class groups added to Principal Reports
Path: -----
Class groups have now been added to Principal Reports as per NLP settings