The document summarizes new features across several tools in the SLATE learning management system. Key new features include the ability to drag and drop files directly into courses, view documents inline without downloading, add templates to content, see student progress at the module level, leave feedback and grades for students without submissions in Dropbox, and closer integration between reflections, content and ePortfolios.

1. Content Quizzes Dropbox
Discussions ePortfolio Design
Click on a tool name to explore new features:
Welcome to 10.3 & ePortfolio 4.3
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2. New Features: Content
Content Quizzes
Dropbox Discussions
The Content tool includes exciting new
features making it easier for instructors to
add content to courses and students to
view content inline without downloading!
ePortfolio Design
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Drag and Drop
Inline Viewing
Document Templates
Click to explore the new features:
Floating Table of Contents

3. Drag and Drop files from your desktop to your course:
!Bonus: It works in
dropbox and for
attachments too!
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CONTENT: New Features

4. Now you can view Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint files inline:
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CONTENT: New Features

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CONTENT: New Features
Add AODA Compliant Document Templates to your content!
Turn this: Into this:

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CONTENT: New Features
The Table of Contents now features a pullout menu that
will float up and down as you scroll:
!Bonus: Students can bookmark content and access it from the side menu. The floating table of
contents also appears in the discussions tool!

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CONTENT: New Features
For Students:
Students can view the number of in-progress topics
in each module. When all topics have been
completed, checkmarks appear and the progress
bar indicates completion of the module:
For Instructors:
In addition to the newly designed User Progress
tool, instructors can now see a completion
summary inline with each content topic in their
course:

8. Content Quizzes The Quiz tool layout has changed, giving
instructors faster access to commonly
used features!
New Features: Quizzes
Click to explore the new features:
Add / Edit Questions
New Assessment Tab
Submission View Time Limits
Dropbox Discussions
ePortfolio Design
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9. Old Version: New Version:
Add/Edit questions is now on the “Properties” tab. In the previous version they
were on a separate tab.
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Quizzes: New Features

10. Grade Item, Rubrics
and Attempts have all
been combined into a
new “Assessment” tab.
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Quizzes: New Features

11. Now you can limit the amount of
time students can view their quiz
submission and question answers.
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Dropbox
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New Features: Dropbox
Evaluate Without a Submission
Restore Deleted Folders
Content
Discussions
ePortfolio Design
New Dropbox features include the ability to
grade and leave feedback for students
without submissions, the ability to restore
deleted folders and the new “Due Date.”
Click to explore the new features:
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Due Dates and End Dates

13. A grade and feedback can now be
posted in the dropbox for students
without submissions. Previously this
could only be posted in the grades
tool.
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Dropbox: New Features
The Dropbox event log allows instructors to restore
a deleted Dropbox folder including its submissions
and feedback. Rubric associations, Learning
Objective associations and Release Conditions will
have to be manually reinstated.

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Dropbox: New Features
A Long Awaited and Frequently Requested Feature!
Dropbox Folders can now have a due
date and an end date allowing students
to submit late assignments.

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Dropbox Discussions
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New Features: Discussions
QuizzesContent
ePortfolio Design
Topic Use Summary
Hide Topics
Forum Level Posting Restrictions
New Discussion Rating Options
Click to explore the new features:
The Discussion Board Tool now has an
updated organization to provide a more
streamlined experience for discussion
participants.
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DISCUSSIONS: New Features
A summary of topic activity data outlining the number of threads, posts and read status is
now located to the right of a discussion topic with further details underneath.
Old Version: New Version:

18. You can use the Hide Topics option to collapse topics within a single forum or to
hide all topics for all the forums at once.
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DISCUSSIONS: New Features

19. Instructors can apply restrictions to
posts at the forum level. In previous
versions, this could only be done at
topic level.
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DISCUSSIONS:

20. Ratings can now be set per
topic rather than entire
course.
In addition to 5-star ratings, users
can now add rating schemes such as
voting a topic up or down.
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DISCUSSIONS: New Features

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ePortfolio
Discussions
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New Features: ePortfolio
Dropbox
QuizzesContent
Design Reflections and Dropbox
Reflections and Content
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Form Templates
Minor Additions
ePortfolio features several
enhancements with closer integration
to other tools making it easier to
reflect on course content.
Click to explore the new features:

22. Students can add reflections to their
ePortfolios directly from course
content. Tags are automatically
added to reflections
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ePortfolio: New Features

23. Reflections can now be submitted to
dropbox for assessment.
Assessed
reflections can
then be added
as artifacts to
ePortfolios
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ePortfolio: New Features

24. • Form templates can be added directly from a
module in content.
• Tags are automatically added to form
responses.
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ePortfolio: New Features

25. • Additional presentation themes are now
available.
• Links to pages can be inserted within a
presentation.
• Customizable thumbnail for linked
artifacts is displayed instead of generic icon.
• Shared items from users can be restored or
ignored
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ePortfolio: New Features

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Design
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ePortfolio
New Features: Design
DiscussionsDropbox
QuizzesContent
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Role Switch
User Progress
HTML Editor
Click to explore the new features:
Several interface changes have brought
ease to design and new features to
several tools.

27. The Role Switch tool has moved from
its former widget to the mini bar,
making it accessible regardless of
where you are in SLATE.
Old version:
New version:
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Interface: New Features

28. The User Progress tool now
includes a summary page of
student activity. By default the
summary shows logins, content,
objectives and grades. Discussions,
Dropbox, Quizzes, Checklist and
Surveys can appear in customized
reports. In the previous version, a
report had to be generated
individually for each tool.
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Interface: New Features

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Interface: New Features
• The HTML editor has been
redesigned to be more user
friendly. It has better table
functionality and switches easily
between advanced and basic
mode.
• The “Insert Stuff” tool has
changed as well, now allowing
for easier embedding.