Version updates
Sisu is continuously updated. Every version update brings improvements and new functions. This page informs you about the most central new functions for each installed version.
Sisu 2.11, installed on 20.3.2023
Sisu 2.10, installed on 12.12.2022
Sisu 2.9, installed on 3.10.2022
Sisu 2.8, installed on 13.6.2022
Sisu 2.7, installed on 2.5.2022
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Sisu 2.11, installed on 20.3.2023
General
- A lot of background work to develop the functionalities for the Open university and cross-institutional studies.
Students
- Applications for substitution, inclusion, and custom course credits can be returned to students for correction/completion if something is missing, instead of having to create a new application.
- The view showing how much study time is left has been updated, and shows the information in text instead of pictures now.
Teachers
- A link to the student's completed credits has been added to the implementations, when opening the information about the student.
- When searching for implementations, a default filter for the current academic year will be set (using the "Staff" role).
- Applications for substitution can now be returned to students for correction/completion if something is missing.
- Improvements on the CSV file which can be downloaded from implementations.
Staff
- A link to the student's completed credits has been added to the implementations, when opening the information about the student.
- When searching for implementations, a default filter for the current academic year will be set.
- Applications for substitution, inclusion and custom course credits can now be returned to students for correction/completion if something is missing.
- One can set other processors than oneself on transactions.
Sisu 2.10, installed on 12.12.2022
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Sisu 2.9, installed on 3.10.2022
General
- A lot of work in the background to develop the functionalities for the Open University.
Students
- Improvements regarding accessibility when searching for courses.
Staff
- Custom course credits can be registered without the student's application in Sisu (in exceptional cases).
- Possibility to mark the tuition fee as paid when registering grants.
Sisu 2.8, installed on 13.6.2022
General
- A message regarding automatic logout if Sisu hasn't been used in two hours. The time limit restarts if the "Continue" button is pressed.
- Improvements regarding accessibility, eg. contrasts, the name of menues in the URL, icon updates.
Students
- Small improvements in the information in the study calendar.
Teachers
- If you try to register a grade in the future, a warning alert will be shown.
Staff
- Application for module content approval can be done for the student.
- Inclusions can be registered without the student's application in Sisu (in exceptional cases).
- If you try to register a grade in the future, a warning alert will be shown.
Sisu 2.7, installed on 2.5.2022
General
- The error messages will be shown as a banner instead of a pop up window. The page will not be automatically reloaded in case of an error message.
- Links will open in new tabs.
Students
- On the Search page, the field for selecting the university will move. Searching for courses requires clicking on Search or on Enter on your keyboard. These updates are made to improve the accessibility.
Teachers
- The substitution application gets a direct link to the student's information.
- The default date for the assessments of implementations is the last date of the implementation.
Staff
- The substitution application gets a direct link to the student's information.
- The name of the student's study plan can be edited.
- Substitutions can be registered without the student's application in Sisu (in exceptional cases).
- When searching for students with the study number, a full match for the study number is needed.