SLK 1.8 is now officially released We’ve got customers who have been running on it for over a year so the earlier functionality is pretty stable. The beta was released in April, and I’ve fixed a couple of bugs since then, and one new piece of functionality – markdown syntax for urls.
SLK 1.8 is supported on SharePoint 2010 and 2013, both Foundation and Server. There’s install documentation in the release zip file, but other than that all documentation is on this blog:
https://blog.salamandersoft.co.uk/index.php/tag/1-8/.
In addition to a load of bug fixes, the main changes are:
- Turns urls into links in assignment descriptions.
- Markdown link syntax supported in SharePoint Learning Kit assignment descriptions
- Learner comments as well as instructor comments
- Instructor comments box expands on focus
- Show local time on lobby page
- File upload dynamic check boxes & option to include original file
- Unlimited number of submitted files – previously a limit of 5
- Can edit previously submitted files before submitting
- Site title only option in ALWP
- Option to Hide points when using grades
- IfEmpty column in ALWP
- Sticky sort in ALWP
- Open submitted files in OWA in same window
- Option to not email instructors on submission
- Added option to automatically check Email Learners box for new assignments
- New placeholders for returned emails
- Date Modifier Macros for ALWP
- Fix XSS vulnerabilities in ALWP
- ALWP to work in non-compatibility mode in IE
- Custom Properties for assignments
- Open Office documents in iPad Office Apps
- Office Mix & Sway support
- New build process for language packs
- Language Pack Release Any problems just report them on the CodePlex discussion page.
Is it possible to see who has completed self-assigned tests instead of assigning them to everyone in our AD?
Only by creating a report on the SLK database.
@Richard
Do you have any documentation or information on getting this setup?
Unfortunately, not really. The closest thing is the original Getting Started pdf file, but that’s well out of date now.
Hello Richard, SLK 1.8 has in our company the same problem as 1.7, it cannot handle css for SCORM packages in SharePoint 2013. Is it possible to fix it?
I thought that I had. Can you give me an example of a package it doesn’t work with?
None of bigger packages work properly in Sharepoint 2013 and IE9,10. This is Microsoft Windows 8 course in SLK 1.8- http://imgur.com/kmwiumd and in SLK 1.7.1- http://imgur.com/jDouzQ8
I need to get my hands on the package to take a look.
Hi Richard,
I’m having the same problem as Milos mentioned. It seems that CSS are not loaded correctly. Same packages are working in 1.7.1. Also there seems to be a “error” message at the bottom saying that Using course in portrait mode is not supported. Could that be related to the problem?
Can you say which table to use please?
@Iveback
Depends on what you want to see? Good ones to start with are AssignmentItem and LearnerAssignmentItem.
1.8.2 available on CodePlex under the 1.8 version should resolve that.
Hi Richard,
Can you please advise if SLK will work on SharePoint 2016, and if not, are you planning on releasing a version that does?
I’ve not tried it. Eventually I’ll get round to it, but I’ve not got much time to work on SLK currently. Most of my current work is all cloud based rather than on-premise.