Teacher Feature Release

Student Feature Release

Teacher Feature Release

Leader Feature Release

Yes, you can talk to your Student if you enable the chat feature, which allows the students to reply to your messages.

mySecondTeacher is an online learning platform used globally by Students, Teachers, Schools, and Parents.

Our Interactive Videos, make learning easy and engaging for Students. They can also attend online classes, access class timetables, create personalised Testpapers for practice, and socialise with teachers and classmates for discussions or group projects.

Teachers can access Teaching Resources such as eBooks, PPTs, PDFs, and more to utilise them for classroom discussion or assign students as Assignments. They can can also generate Testpapers with Marking Schemes along with deep insights into the students’ learning difficulties.

Likewise, the monitoring mechanism shall help the School Leaders of the education ecosystem to operate in a systematic way.

And, Parents can also utilise this platfrom by linking their child’s account and monitor their school activities, view assignment details, and get school announcements.

Please follow the given steps to see reports for a particular video:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Teaching Resources” tab from the homepage
• Click on “All Subjects” and select a subject
• Select a specific Interactive Video that you want to access reports for

In the Diagnostic Reports section, you can choose between “Latest Attempt” and “First Attempt”

• Click on “View” to access individual Student’s report.

Student Updates

Teacher Updates

Student Feature Release

Teacher Feature Update

You can view all the Assignments that have been submitted or are pending from the “Assignments” tab on the “Classrooms” of the navigation bar.

• Login to your Teacher Account

In Teacher’s Dashboard,

• Click on “Classrooms” tab on the homepage and Select “Assignments”
• Open Assignments
• Click on “Full report”
• Click on “Add Grade/Remarks”
• Fill all the details such as: Marks, Remarks, and add Remarks file or links
• Click on “Submit”
• Filter the submitted Assignments
• Click on “Edit Grade/Remarks”
• Fill all the details such as : Marks, Remarks, and add Remarks file or links
• Click on “Submit”.

Teachers can easily give out assignments from mySecondTeacher platform

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Classrooms” tab on the homepage
• Click on “Assignments”
• Click on ‘Give New Assignment’ (Action Card)
• Select “IVy Assignment”
• Select a subject, chapter and video topic
• Click on “Give this Interactive Video (IVy) as an assignment”
• Click on “Assign”.

The students of the class(es) will be notified when they log in mySecondTeacher.

To upload and share the resources through “My Resources”, please follow these guidelines:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Go to the “Teaching Resources” tab on the homepage
• Select “My Resources”.This is where you store your personal content and files
• Click on “Upload” and select your content type
• Click on “Upload File” to upload the files or click on “Create a Link” to share a weblink to your students
• Enter the “Display Name”, add the “Attachment” file or link, and click on “Save”
• Then, click on the “Share Resources” icon, select the class, and click on “Share”.

To access and share the resources from “School Resources” and “Global Resources”, follow these steps:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Go to the “Teaching Resources” tab in the homepage
• Select “School Resources“ to view additional resources shared by your School Teachers. Or select “Global Resources” to access the important resources shared by mySecondTeacher with all schools
• Now select a resource, click on “Copy Resource” and select “My Resources” to copy it to your location
• You will be able to share the resources to your Students from “My Resources”
• Once copied, all resources will be available in “My Resources”, and you can easily share them with your Students.
  

To access your Time-Table, follow these steps:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Go to the “My Time-Table” tab from the homepage

If you have scheduled a new session, get the weekly and monthly view of your scheduled Sessions in the Time-Table.

The red highlights represent “In-Class Session” and the green highlights represent “External Sessions”

• Click on the created Sessions to see more details about it and directly join the external session.

Please follow the given steps to watch videos:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Teaching Resources” tab from the homepage
• Select a subject and chapter
• Select the desired topic to watch.

Please note that Marking Schemes are only available for “Normal Testpaper” that have the answers to the questions generated.

The Marking Scheme is auto-generated with the Testpaper. You can see the marking scheme on the same window as the Testpaper by clicking on the “Marking Scheme” tab on the top of the Testpaper window.

Yes, you can! Follow the given steps to edit the generated Testpaper:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Testpapers” tab on the homepage
• Once the Testpaper is generated and saved as a draft, the questions can be deleted or replaced
• Select any Testpaper and Click on “Resume (draft)”
• Select “Delete” or “Replace” as per your requirement.

In the case of a Normal Testpaper, you can simply save them as a PDF or copy the questions on the Testpaper and use word processors to edit them to your liking.

Additionally, you can also add your school name, logo, and other information as well as change the questions.

Yes, you can!

Follow the given steps in order to change your email address:

• Login to your account
• Click on the “Profile” icon on the top right side of the homepage
• Select “My Profile”
• Click on the “Basic Information” tab from the category
• Click on the “Change Email Address”
• Enter the new email address and your current password
• Click on “Submit”.

You will receive an email with a link where you should verify your new email.

Yes! Follow the given steps to modify your profile:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on the Profile icon on the top right side of the homepage
• Select “My Profile”
• On the left side, you’ll see these categories that you can modify:
  • Basic Information
  • Password
  • Popup Guides

The In-Class Session is specifically designed for “Offline Classroom Sessions”. It can be used by Teachers to conduct physical classes and to schedule timetables for offline lessons.

To distinguish In-Class Sessions from other Sessions, an “off-video icon” is included. These Sessions are conducted in person and require Students’ physical attendance in a classroom.

Details about In-Class Sessions are reflected in Student and Teacher profile reports, which are accessible to School Leaders, Teachers, and Parents.

Initially, all Students are marked as present for In-Class Sessions. After the session, the Teacher can manually update the attendance to mark students as present, sick, on leave, or absent.

To create an In-Class Session, follow these steps:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Go to “Classrooms” tab from the homepage
• Select the “Sessions”
• Click on “Create New Session”.The session can be created for the entire class(es) or individual Student(s.)
• Choose the class, enter the “Session Name”
• Select “In-Class Session” as a Session type
• You can add a description and also attach files
• Now, click on “Change” in the Date/Time section to choose the availabiltiy of session for one time or repetitive (Here, the start date and end date of the session with time duration can be selected.)
• Click on “Continue”

Now, your Students will be notified. You can also copy and share the session link with your Students.

Follow the given steps to create Custom Testpaper:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Testpapers” tab on the homepage
• Click on “Custom Testpapers” and select “Generate Testpaper”

Here, you have option to select “Self-grading Tespaper” or “Normal Testpaper”.

In Self-grading Testpaper,
Fill the required details and Click on “Add New Question” to make custom questions.

The Teacher can choose from multiple types of questions which include the following types:

1. Multiple Choice
2. Multiple Answers
3. Fill in the Blanks

In Normal Testpaper,
Fill the required details and Click on “Add New Question” to make custom questions.

The Teacher can choose from multiple types of questions which include the following types:

1. Question Introduction
2. Multiple Choice
3. Multiple Answers
4. Open-ended
5. Fill in the blanks

After selecting a type of question, Teachers can write questions and answers, give marks, and also assign answers.

The “Announcements” feature in mySecondTeacher allows Teachers and School Leaders to make important Announcements or send eConsent forms to specific class(es) or the entire school.

The Announcements made will be visible to Students/Parents/Teachers every time they log in to mySecondTeacher on the “Noticeboard”.

The generated Testpapers can be accessed through the “Testpapers” section on the homepage.

Once you generate the Testpapers, it will be saved in the “Testpapers” section. If you delete the Testpaper, you won’t be able to access it again.

Here, you can find Standard Testpapers (in both teacher and student accounts), and Custom Testpapers (only on the Teacher’s account).

To generate Testpapers, follow these steps:

For Teachers:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Generate Testpaper” (Action Card) to generate Testpapers
• or simply click on “Testpapers” tab on the homepage
• Select the type of Testpaper
• Fill in the required details such as type of questions, topics/chapters, number of questions, and difficulty levels.
• Click on “Generate Testpaper”
• Click on “Finish Editing”.

For Students:

• Login to your Student Account
• Click on “Generate Testpaper” (Action Card) to generate Testpapers
• or simply click on “Testpapers” tab on the homepage
• Select the type of Testpaper
• Fill in the required details such as type of questions, topics/chapters, number of questions, and difficulty levels
• Click on “Generate Testpaper”
• Click on “Finish Editing”.

The “Testpaper” feature allows teachers to create Testpapers and assign it to the student. There are two types of Testpapers that teachers can create:

1. Self-grading Testpaper: Consists of Multiple Choice questions.
2. Normal Testpaper: Consists of Open-ended questions that require longer or shorter answers and explanations.

Teachers can generate Testpapers in two ways:

• Standard Testpapers: This category includes generating Testpapers from the pool of questions from our question bank.
• Custom Testpapers: This option allows teachers to create your own questions tailored to your specific teaching needs.

Yes, you can edit the Assignments that you have created for your Student(s).

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Classrooms” tab on the homepage
• Click on “Assignments”
• Filter the submitted Assignments
• Click on “Edit Grade/Remarks”
• Fill all the details such as: Assignment Title, Description, Assignment file or link, Deadline date, time and timezone
• Click on “Submit”.

Teachers can view all the Assignments that have been submitted or pending from the “Assignments” tab on the “Classrooms” of the navigation bar.

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Classrooms” tab on the homepage
• Open Assignments
• Click on “Full report”
• Click on “Add Grade/Remarks”
• Fill all the details such as: Marks, Remarks, and add Remarks file or links
• Click on “Submit”.

Teachers can easily give out Assignments from mySecondTeacher platform by:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Give Assignments” on the “Assignments” action card or
• Click on the “Classrooms” tab on the homepage and select “Assignments”
• Choose the type of assignment you would like to provide to your Students.
• Fill in the required details
• Click on “Continue”.

The Students of the class(es) will be notified when they login to mySecondTeacher.

The ‘Assignments’ feature in mySecondTeacher allows teachers to create, give out, collect back, grade, and then report the assignment grades to students. Once an assignment is published for a specific class(es), the students in those class(es) will be notified and they can submit the assignment on the same platform.

The teacher can download the submitted assignments, grade them and publish the grade along with feedback to the students. The students can also view the published results and review teachers’ feedback regarding their work.

Yes, you can! If you are the Teacher who has scheduled the classes you can follow these steps:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Classrooms” tab from the homepage
• Select a subject
• Click on “Sessions“
• You can view “Today’s Upcoming Sessions”
• Select the scheduled session and click on “Edit”.

Now, you can change class details such as dates, Sessions name, and groups for the class.

If you have already created a session, you can simply click on the “Noticeboard” at the bottom of the Teacher’s Dashboard. All your sessions to ‘Today‘ and ‘Tomorrow‘ will be listed.

Click ‘Join Classroom‘ and you will be redirected to the video chatroom, where you can see all your students. You can conduct your classes accordingly.

Yes, you can!

Simply add the Link in the option when creating your Online Session.

Once the Session is scheduled, students will be notified, allowing them to click the shared external link for the Online Session.

No one outside of the mySecondTeacher environment can enter the Classroom, so it is protected from external “bombers”.

Additionally, mySecondTeacher Classroom requires everyone to get logged in to the platform to join the session.

To create an Online Session (External Session), follow these steps:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Go to “Classrooms” tab from the homepage
• Select the “Sessions”
• Click on “Create New Session”.The session can be created for the entire class(es) or individual Student(s.)
• Choose the class, enter the “Session Name”
• Select “External Session” as a Session type and add the session link
• You can add a description and also attach files
• Now, click on “Change” in the Date/Time section to choose the availabiltiy of session for one time or repetitive (Here, the start date and end date of the session with time duration can be selected.)
• Click on “Continue”

Now, your Students will be notified. You can also copy and share the session link with your Students.

Only teachers can create live video classes. The teacher can choose to invite the whole class(es) or selected student(s) in a class.

Online Sessions refers to the Sessions where Teachers can conduct online classes using external links like Zoom, Google Classroom, etc.

Teachers can also schedule Sessions and notify Students about the upcoming Sessions.

Initially, all Students are marked as present for Online Sessions. After the session, the Teacher can manually update the attendance to mark students as present, sick, on leave, or absent.

Please follow the given steps to use the zoom feature on the eBook:

You can zoom in into a paragraph or a diagram on the eBook

• Use your fingers and pinch-to-zoo gesture on the touchpad of your MacBook or Laptop
• Or, if you are using Magic Mouse you can simply double click
• Or, you can use the following key combination on your keyboard
• On Mac : Press ‘Command’ and ‘=’
• On Desktop PC : Press ‘Ctrl’ and ‘=’

Please watch the given video for example

Please follow the given steps to change the page view of the eBook:

As a Teacher, you can adjust the page view of your eBook by using the options available on the features bar located on the left side.

You can choose from the following viewing modes:

• Full window mode (Full Screen)
• Single page view
• Two-page view

As a Teacher, you can access your bookmarks and notes in the eBook by using the interactive tab on the left side of the screen. Here’s how:

• Click on “Teaching Resources”
• Select the eBook
• Click on “Review Book”
• Find the interactive tab on the left side of your screen
• Click on the bookmark or note icons within this tab
• Select a specific bookmark or note to jump directly to the bookmarked page or highlighted section.

Yes, you can. Follow the given steps to highlight important sections of the eBooks:

• Select the eBook you are currently accessing
• Select the content you want to highlight
• Click on the note icon
• You can also add personalised notes or select the color you want to set.

Please follow the given steps to access eBooks:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Teaching Resources” tab from the homepage
• Click on “All Subjects” and select an eBook
• Click on “Review Book” to access the eBook.

There are several features of Alston eBooks on mySecondTeacher.

• You can search for a specific term or phrase across the entire book.
• You can bookmark and write personal notes.
• You can highlight a certain section or paragraph and write your notes.
• You can listen to a real human voice narrate the whole page or paragraph.
• You can view the pages of the eBook as a single page or double page.
• You can zoom in to any page for a better view.
• Teachers can view the Access Report of his/her students’ eBooks to find out who has read and who hasn’t.
• Teachers also have access to a “Show/Hide Answer” feature from within relevant pages of the eBooks.
  
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Follow the given steps to create a chat room for your students:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Chat Rooms” tab on the Home page
• On the left column in the Chat Room, click on (+New) sign and “Create Channel” to create a new channel
• Type in the name of the new channel
• Add a short description of the channel
• Add your students to your channel (You can also make a private channel)
• Click on “Create Channel”.

After your channel is created successfully, type in the message and send it to your students.

The Chat Room allows you to communicate in the primary channel as well as with your peers. Even though it acts like an instant messenger to communicate to your peers, it cannot be used explicitly as a messenger.

Please follow the given steps to see Students’ eBook Access Report:

• Login to your Teacher Account
• Click on “Teaching Resources” tab from the homepage
• Select a subject
• Click on “Review Book”
• Find the interactive tab on left side of the screen
• Click on “Access Report” and you will be able to access the report.

Your account might be locked for security reasons because of multiple failed attempts to login into your account. In such a case, we suggest you wait for 10 minutes and try logging in again with the correct email and password.

In case you don’t remember the password click on the “Forgot your password?” on the login page.

Even if the above-provided solution doesn’t work for you, please do not hesitate to contact us through the chat icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Completion represents the total number of Interactive Videos students have finished watching. To achieve 100% completion, students must watch all the videos for a subject.

Mastery reflects students’s mastery achieved after completing the End-of-Lesson quizzes in the Interactive Videos. To get 100% Mastery, students must score full marks on their quizzes.

Your account might be locked for security reasons because of multiple failed attempts to login. In such case, we suggest you wait for 10 minutes and try logging in again with the correct email and password.

In case you don’t remember the password, click on the “Forgot your password?” on the login page.

If the above-provided solution doesn’t work for you, please do not hesitate to contact us through the chat icon in the bottom right corner of the screen or email at csr@mst.sg

Your password may not be accepted due to incorrect entry or not meeting security requirements.

If you’re creating a new password, make sure it includes at least 8 alphanumeric characters with at least one special character (!, @, #, $, %).

If it’s not being accepted during login, check for typos, ensure the caps lock is off, and retry. A captcha might pop up for security reasons.

If it still doesn’t work, try the “Forgot your password?” option or reach out to the support team through the chat icon on the bottom-right of the screen.

Please follow the given steps in order to change your password:

• Login to your Teacher account
• Click on the Profile icon on the top right side of the homepage
• Select “My Profile”
• Click on the “Password” tab from the category
• Enter your current password and enter your new password
• Confirm your new password and click on “Save Changes”.

This issue may be caused by an incorrect email or password entry. If the problem continues, please use “Forgot your password?” feature.
OR
Contact us for Technical Support via chat or email at csr@mst.sg for assistance.