SLS feature request: Teacher Notification & Nudge System for Student Progress and Submission Review in Assignment, MOE Library SDL etc

 Currently, teachers are not proactively notified when:

• Students submit responses (e.g., open-ended, short answer, free response)

• Students complete modules

• Students show inactivity or stalled progress

• Students demonstrate misconceptions or repeated errors

As a result, teachers must manually check dashboards or monitoring page to review student work. This creates delays in feedback, reduces responsiveness, and limits the impact of formative assessment.

Problem Statement

There is no automated “nudge” mechanism to prompt teachers to review student work or monitor progress.

This results in:

• Delayed marking and feedback

• Missed opportunities for timely intervention

• Reduced visibility of struggling or disengaged students

• Underutilisation of formative assessment data

Proposed Solution

Develop a Teacher Nudge (in your face type, the current bell icon doesn't really nudge) & Notification System that proactively alerts teachers about meaningful student activity.

Feature Description

A. Real-Time Notifications

Trigger notifications when:

1. Student submits a free-response / short-answer question requiring teacher review

2. Student completes a module

3. Student has not progressed for X days

4. Student scores below threshold Y

5. Student revises response after feedback

Notifications appear in:

• Teacher Dashboard notification panel that truly get attention and prompt teacher to be a teacher

• email if turn on by teacher

• email summary for each assignment if turn on

• email of students' SDL of MOE library etc to advance SIL, SDL if turn on

• Optional weekly digest if turn on

B. Smart Nudging (Prioritised Alerts)

Notifications should be prioritised by urgency:

• 🔴 High Priority

  • Many students scored below threshold

  • Unreviewed submissions > 48 hours

  • At Risk students, 1 day to 3 days left, nothing done

  • Overdue Assignments with % completion

  • Disengaged student identification AI

• 🟡 Medium Priority

  • Individual student low performance

  • Suggestion to inform next class lesson discussions, augmenting online and F2F.

• 🟢 Informational

  • Module completed

  • Suggestions to improve Assignment Module

  • Suggest MOE library and CG modules for adding to Assignment

Teachers should be able to:

• Filter by class

• Filter by assignment

• Filter by activity

• Snooze notifications

• Mark as reviewed

Dashboard Enhancements

Add a “Requires Attention” panel showing:

• Number of unreviewed responses

• Students at risk (below threshold)

• Students inactive for > X days

• Time since last teacher review

D. Customisation Options

Teachers can configure:

• Threshold percentage

• Inactivity duration

• Frequency of digest

• Notification channel (in-platform / email)

5. Acceptance Criteria

• Teacher receives notification within 5 minutes of student submission

• Notifications are grouped by activity

• Teacher can mark notification as resolved

• System tracks unreviewed submissions

• Configurable threshold and inactivity settings

• Weekly digest can be enabled/disabled

6. User Stories

As a teacher,
I want to be notified when students submit work that requires review
So that I can provide timely feedback.

As a teacher,
I want to be alerted when students are struggling, or any-how answer, disengaged responses, so can pet talk them and build TSR relationship
So that I can intervene early and timely

As a teacher,
I want notifications prioritised
So that I focus on the most urgent cases first.

Impact

Pedagogical Impact

• Improves formative feedback loop

• Supports differentiated intervention

• Strengthens teacher responsiveness

System Impact

• Increases dashboard engagement

• Enhances visibility of student learning data

• Supports analytics-driven teaching

Requested By:
@Lawrence Wee ,