We have published over 850 hours of digital learning content. The content is divided into courses – profession-specific medical English, general medical English, academic medical English and exam preparation (OET and IELTS).
The content can be bought as courses and can be accessed and used on any device. For phones there is a dedicated learning platform app.
The courses can be used in different ways: as self-paced learning, as part of a blended learning course, and as classroom materials.
In blended learning courses, students are typically set work to do before a lesson and then activate it through discussion, role play, etc during the lesson.
In classrooms, teachers use the materials via screenshare or through student devices as a digital coursebook, going through the inputs and activities together.
Yes, absolutely. These ‘institution pages’ are just for you, your teachers and your learners. You can register students, set up groups and manage your courses here. We’ll set this up for free.
Just complete the customised pages form here and we can get you set up. To take this forward, please contact one of the team.
You can register new users – students and teachers – either one-by-one on the platform, or by uploading a csv file with multiple users on. At the same time, you can assign your users to groups and give them tokens to access the courses you want them to study.
Students can also create their own accounts by going to your institution landing page on the platform, selecting Register and following the (very quick) process.
When the account has been created, students will receive an email asking them to verify their email address and set up a password. When they do this, they will be taken to their dashboard, where they will see the course you have assigned them or they can add the code they have been given for the course.
Simply tell us what you need – which course(s), how many access codes, and how long access should be set for – by completing the online course order form.
We’ll send you the codes which you can give to your students to add to their account on their dashboard – they click the button ‘+Add code’ and enter the code, the course will then appear.
Alternatively, the course codes can be uploaded to student accounts when you bulk-register students.
We’re also happy to do this on your behalf! Just let us know and send your students’ details across.
Yes! As a teacher or teacher admin, you can do the activities built into the courses as many times as you like.
When you leave the page, the answers you have submitted will be reset. This means you can do the activities with multiple students and groups of students as many times as you wish.
This contrasts with student submissions, which are locked into the platform so you can see their progress. If the student needs to do the activity again, you can reset it via their record on the markbook – see below.
When you select a course, you can see the markbook. This is a list of students assigned to the course with a record of how much they have completed and what their average score is on the activities they have done so far.
You can then select a student and see the details of what the sections they have done – when they did it, when they submitted it, and how long they took.
You can then select ‘Review’ to see their page by page activity, so you can see what their results on each page is. The is a summary panel on the screen so you can jump to particular pages.
You can leave feedback here – both text and voice – for your students.
You can also select ‘Reset’ and reset the section back to zero for individual students to do again.
Simply go to the Groups page on your dashboard and select ‘+ Add group’. Add a name with an optional image and description. Add members to the group from the user list, and add the course(s) they are taking. Then select ‘Create’ and the group is ready to be used.
As the person creating the group, you are set as owner. However, you can change this with the Edit group function.
Please note that students must be given access to the course independently – they won’t automatically see the course because it has been assigned to the group.
You can now edit the group – change the name, image, owner, add or remove students and courses – and create reports on group activity using the report icon. You can also set assignments and create discussion forums for the group.
If you select the Users tab at the top of your dashboard, you can see a list of all students and teachers associated with your institution.
You can filter them by role, group, course and status – active, suspended (you might have decided to suspend their access), and pending (they have an account but haven’t activated it yet by verifying their email.
If you select a user or users, you can add them to groups, export their details, create a report on their activity, send a message, suspend or delete them.
Creating reports on student activity is very straightforward.
Either select a group via the Groups page or one or more individuals from the Users page. Then select ‘Apply action’ and ‘Create report’. You can also select the ‘Create report’ icon on the individual Group or User page.
This brings a menu with some options to select from, including completion rate and average score. You can get a basic overview report, or you can get a report by each section of the course by selecting ‘Include selections’. You can then select the format you want the report in – html, csv or excel.
Press export and the report is sent to your email.
You can only set assignments for groups. Select the group, then Assignments, then New assignment. Give the assignment a name, optional description, start and due date. Select the students – the delete is everyone in the group and a add an optional discussion.
Then select the content you want your students to do – either from the course or from your own materials which you can upload. You can add more than one item. Select Assign and the students will receive a notification in the Message Centre.
You can then keep an eye on the progress your students are making. If you select the assignment, you can see whether a student has started or submitted it. If there is anything that requires marking (such as writing or speaking), a pending mark will show.
You can create discussions for your groups to contribute to.
Simply go to the group and select ‘Discussions’, then ‘Create a new post’. Add the title of the discussion and link any relevant content – either from the course materials or something you would like to share with the students. Then type some instructions or guidance and click ‘Publish post.’
You can also contribute to an active discussion by selecting it and adding your comments.
Yes! All courses are accredited and certified by the CPD Standards Office in the UK. SLC is also an accredited OET Premium Preparation Partner and all courses are endorsed by EALTHY, the global association for teachers of English for Healthcare.
Yes! When a student has completed all units of a course, a CPD-badged certificate is sent to them. To qualify for CPD points, a student must have scored an average of at least 70% in the course activities.
Yes! We can arrange this when there is a minimum of 100 students taking a course.
For any more questions, just get in touch. We’d love to work with you, your teachers and your students.