​​LAFS Release Notes

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​02/18/2024 (v8.6.0)

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​Enhancement

​​Strike Course Recognition - Added functionality to identify which courses are two-strike or four-strike courses, and display to students and faculty in special banners and tip-text. 
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​Improvements

​​LTI Tools - Added the option to force the launch of each LTI tool in a new window instead of a smaller embed pane.
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​​Section Calendar - Added a link to the Academic Calendar displaying term dates and holiday breaks.
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​​People List - Added the ability to toggle the view of section instructors and students between a new list or the existing grid format.
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​​Video Player - Added the ability to rewind or fast forward in 10-second increments.
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​​Whitelist - The following have been added to the whitelist:
  • ​​Added upload support for .WEBP images.
  • ​​Added support for Canva.
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​​Accessibility - Updated the primary contrast color for better accessibility. 
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​​Quote Block - Increased the max character length from 500 to 1,000 characters.
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​​Classes List - Updated the formatting of the publish and due dates.
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​​Tests - Changed the style of the question heading dropdown from H2 to H3.
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​01/10/2025 (v8.5.3)

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​Improvements

​​Student Classes List - Added the ability to expand and collapse the Upcoming and Past class sections.
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​Fixes

​​Student Classes List - The following fixes have been made to the Student Classes List:
  • ​​Fixed an issue where class sections were not sorted by class section start date and then by course and class section code.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where the Primary Instructor avatar was not displayed for each class section.
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​​Sandbox - Fixed an issue where users could not delete an assignment with a video asset present. 
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​Fixes

​​Grading - Added a missing apostrophe when downloading all submissions for a single student.
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​01/09/2025 (v8.5.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Course Origins - Created the ability to manage a collection of content in a Course Origin “container” to be consumed by applicants in a self-paced context.
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​Improvements

​​Student Classes List - Updated list layout to display classes by section in the following order: Current, Upcoming, and Past.
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​​Tests - Renamed the “SAVE” button to “SAVE ANSWER” and renamed the “SUBMIT” button to “SUBMIT ALL”.
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​11/04/2024 (v8.4.5)

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​Fixes

​​Meetings - Fixed an issue where instructors were not displayed in the Host/Alternative Host(s) section of the People tab on the Meeting Detail page.
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​​Test Builder - Fixed an issue where instructors could not batch assign points to test questions.
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​10/28/2024 (v8.4.4)

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​Fixes

​​Video Block - Fixed an issue where the input box disappeared when users attempted to enter Label text for Subtitles. 
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​​Meetings - Fixed an issue where the time selector did not allow users to modify the AM/PM field manually.
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​10/24/2024 (v8.4.3)

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​Fixes

​​Grading - The following fixes have been made to Grading:
  • ​​Fixed an issue where three browser codas appear after navigating away from unsubmitted feedback
  • ​​Fixed an issue where inactive students were not grayed out in the Gradebook view.
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​​Meetings - Fixed an issue where instructors receive a “Something Went Wrong” error when accessing past Zoom meeting recordings.
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​​Tests - Fixed an issue where Correct Answers were shown to students without a white background.
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​10/18/2024 (v8.4.2)

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​Fixes

​​Tests - Fixed an issue where submitting a test attempt past the due date / with late submissions allowed resulted in an error.
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​​Grading Rubrics - The following fixes have been made to Grading Rubrics:
  • ​​Fixed an issue where filling out criterion feedback on a rubric with no previous grades resulted in an error. 
  • ​​Fixed an issue where canceling changes to the rubric resulted in an error and not resetting to its previous state prior to changes being made.
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​​Assignments & Tests - Fixed an issue where the grade override pencil icon was incorrectly displayed for activities without a grade override.
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​​Classes List - Fixed an issue where removing an instructor from a course did not clear the course from their Classes List.
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​​Profile - Fixed an issue where an instructor’s Office Hours displayed “No hours available” even if the instructor previously set times.
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​​Event Audit - Fixed an issue where the results could not be filtered by class.
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​10/17/2024 (v8.4.1)

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​Fixes

​​Grading - Fixed an issue where the “Last Feedback” tab caused an error when the student left feedback.
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​​Messages - Fixed an issue where the instructor’s contact information did not auto-populate in the message when a student attempted to message an instructor.
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​​Assignments - Fixed an issue where the Files section appeared to students with no File content blocks.
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​​Discussion Assignments - Fixed an issue where a post’s Expand option displays “Show Less” and the Collapse option displays “Show More”.
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​10/17/2024 (v8.4.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Change Assessment Type after Creation - Added the ability to change the assessment type of an assignment after its creation.
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​Improvements

​​Tests - Added a landing page where students can start a single or multi-attempt test.
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​​Image Gallery Block - Added the ability to label gallery thumbnails.
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​​Rubrics List - Added the ability to reorder rubric cards using drag and drop.
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​​Text Editor - Changed the default editor size to a more compact version that can be expanded to a full editor.
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​​Discussion Assignments - Faculty can now see their own post/reply count for a discussion thread using the All Posts filter. 
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​​File Uploader - Added the ability for faculty to change the display name of each uploaded file for students.
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​​Classes List - The following improvements have been made to the Classes List:
  • ​​Moved the start and end dates for each term to a card column.
  • ​​Added the start and end dates for faculty based on activities present.
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​​Profile - The following improvements have been made to the Profile:
  • ​​Added the associated time based on the current timezone selection.
  • ​​Reordered the list of time zones to be grouped by region.
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​​Video Subtitles Auto-Generator - Updated the banner style to warn users that subtitle auto-generation is in progress.
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​​Embed Block - Removed borders from an embedded iframe.
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​​Absolute Timestamps - Updated the timestamp with commas and year for improved usability.
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​​Audio File Uploader - Added the “Only MP3 and WAV files are supported.” tip text as part of the uploader.
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​​Video File & Subtitle Uploader - The following improvements have been made to the Video File & Subtitle Uploader:
  • ​​Added the “Only MP4 files are supported.” tip text as part of the uploader in the File tab.
  • ​​Added the “Only VTT files are supported.” tip text as part of the uploader in the Subtitles tab.
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​​Timestamps - Updated the “am” and “pm” formatting in timestamps to “AM” and “PM.”

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​08/22/2024 (v8.3.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Link Content Block - Added a Link Content Block where instructors can display dynamically generated links.
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​07/23/2024 (v8.2.2)

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​Fixes

​​File Uploader - Fixed an issue where the uploader progress did not consistently update when users uploaded one or more files.
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​​Batch Exceptions - Fixed an issue where an error was displayed when providing batch exceptions for a test from one past date to another. 
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​​Copying to Section - Fixed an issue where the “Go there” link did not redirect users after copying content from sandbox to section. 
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​​Question Banks - Fixed an issue where an unnecessary browser confirmation coda appears after saving a new question bank.
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​07/11/2024 (v8.2.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Batch Exceptions for a Single Student - Added the ability to batch grant exceptions to all assignments and tests for students who qualify for special accommodations. 
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​Improvements

​​Grading Rubrics - The following improvements have been made to Grading Rubrics:
  • ​​Added the ability to batch select the same performance level for all rubric criteria for a single student. 
  • ​​Introduced auto-focusing to the numerical score input after performance level selection.
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​​Copying to Section - Added the ability to jump to a new section after copying content.
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​​LTI Assignments - Added the ability to apply an automated late penalty after an LTI assignment score is received from a late submission.
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​​Assignments & Tests - Added the ability to collapse and expand sections marked by the sticky header.  
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​​Mathjax Support - Updated Mathjax to 3.2.x to enable screen reader support of rendered LaTeX math content. 
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​​Batch Grading - The following improvements have been made to Batch Grading:
  • ​​Expanded the feedback editor to fit the entire container.
  • ​​Right-aligned the “Go to Feedback” link and kept it on the same line as the “New Feedback” and “Last Feedback” tabs.
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​​Accessibility - Improved UI navigation by updating multiple areas previously bypassed by tab navigation.
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​​Text Editor - Added the ability to use three content heading size options. 
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​​Files Content Block - Added the ability to reorder uploaded files.
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​​Profile - The following improvements have been made to Profile:
  • ​​Changed the method of selecting preferred personal pronouns to three single-selection dropdowns.
  • ​​Updated the timezone library to include new options like Puerto Rico. 
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​​Tables - The following improvements have been made to Tables:
  • ​​Automatically added hyphens to indicate when a word break takes place.
  • ​​Decreased horizontal padding in each cell.
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​​Mobile - Moved the “batch-all” checkbox to a distinct line containing a count of selected items.
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​​Admin Tools - The following improvements have been made to Admin Tools:
  • ​​Added a yellow border line on the left side of each tool table. 
  • ​​Renamed the Global Alerts tool to “Alerts.”
  • ​​Flipped the order in tool tables to First Name | Last Name.
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​Fixes

​​PDF Block - Fixed an issue where some PDFs created a lot of extra visual vertical or horizontal whitespace until users clicked on them.
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​​Rubrics - Fixed an issue where the text editor toolbar does not properly float after faculty submitted lengthy feedback.
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​​Videos - Fixed an error where admins could not download videos that were investigated for content moderation issues.
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​07/05/2024 (v8.1.5)

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​Fixes

​​Assignments & Tests - Fixed an issue where faculty could not enable late submissions for assignments or tests.
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​​Global Alerts - Fixed an issue where the clickthrough URL field did not permit links without an http or https prefix.

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​05/14/2024 (v8.1.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Section Activity & Meeting Calendar - Added a section calendar view displaying meeting times and activity date ranges.
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​​Late Submission Cut-off & Automated Penalties - Added the ability to optionally configure activities to accept late submissions for a specified period of time before auto-grading. Automatic one-time or daily late penalties can also be applied.
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​​Prerequisite Modules - Added the ability to designate the completion of a specific module as a prerequisite for having access to the next module.
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​Improvements

​​Tests - Added the ability to optionally set the number of minutes for students to complete a test. Also, an extension to Exception functionality was included, so additional extra time can be provided to select students as needed.
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​​Image Hotspot Questions - Added the ability to add alt-text to the background image.
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​Fixes

​​Grading - Fixed an issue where unweighted activities contributed to the module grade.
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​​Rubrics - Fixed an issue where clicking EXPAND would open a new tab and infinitely spin.
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​​Video Assets - Fixed an issue where asset descriptions were not in Preview or Assignment Builder views.
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​​Assignments & Tests - Fixed an issue where the sticky header appeared out of place when saving activity details as a PDF.
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​​Technical Audit - Fixed an issue where audit data was incorrectly exported to CSV. 
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​​Profile - Fixed an issue where the cursor jumped to the end of the Bio text after typing a letter.
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​​Student Dashboard - Fixed an issue where the Best Grade shows “0” after weighted ungraded activities were submitted.
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​04/22/2024 (v8.0.13)

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​Fixes

​​Batch Downloads - Fixed an issue that prevented the completion of batch downloads.
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​​Video Subtitles Auto-Generator - Fixed an issue that prevented the completion of auto-generated video subtitles.   
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​04/21/2024 (v8.0.11)

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​Fixes

​​Notifications - Fixed an issue where students received incorrect auto-grading notifications from past withdrawn courses.
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​04/08/2024 (v8.0.7)

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​Fixes

​​Grading - Fixed an issue where feedback intended for one student was posted to a different student’s activity when faculty attempted to grade the other student’s activity via a notification after grading the initial student’s activity.
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​03/06/2024 (v8.0.5)

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​Fixes

​​Status Circles - Fixed an issue where the Actual, Trending, and Best grades were not displayed in this order via a popover when hovering over a student status circle. 
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​​Meetings - The following fixes have been made to Meetings:
  • ​​Fixed an issue where faculty receives a type error when attempting to edit a meeting without reminders less than 15 minutes away from its start time.
  • ​​Fixed an error where the start time was incorrectly set when duplicating a meeting if the Daylight Savings change occurs in the next seven days after the original start date.
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​​Rubrics - Fixed an issue where students receive an error when submitting an activity with an attached rubric and a newly created rubric grade. 

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​02/22/2024 (v8.0.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Video Asset Catalog - Added a catalog for storage of Video Assets within each course. Videos can be searched, edited, and linked to sections within the course, or shared to sections in other courses. 
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​​Video Subtitles Auto-Generator & Editor - Added the ability for faculty to auto-generate video subtitles for each Video Asset via the Amazon Transcription service. Faculty can edit and save updates to each subtitle and automatically push the updates to every location where the associated video is visible.
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​​Learning Tool Interoperability - Added LTI 1.3 support to connect compliant third-party tools to the LMS, and support automatic account creation, deep linking, and grade passback between the connected tools.
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​Improvements

​​Flags and Account Statuses - Added a Military account status indicator for applicable students in the Avatar Popover and Watchlist, and a filter in the People List.
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​​Copying to Section - Added the ability to stay in the exact location of the Section Dropdown when copying content to sections or sharing meetings with other sections.
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​​Admin Tools - The following improvements have been made to Admin Tools:
  • ​​Added the ability to hide or access the Enable/Disable Account button on the Account Tool via a new Permission.
  • ​​Re-positioned the Permissions checkboxes to the first column. 
  • ​​Reformatted the Admin Tools to be viewed in a grid instead of a list.
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​​Meetings - The following improvements have been made to Meetings:
  • ​​Added the ability for faculty to duplicate meetings seven days in advance without resetting the time or duration.
  • ​​Added a Day selector to the Meeting Reminders option.
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​​Status Circles - Added the ability to display the Current, Trending, and Actual grades via a popover when hovering over a student status circle. 
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​​Image Gallery Block - Increased the viewable thumbnail display in the content upload modal. 
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​​Video Player - Added the ability to choose subtitles by clicking the CC button. 
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​​Rubrics - The following improvements have been made to Rubrics:
  • ​​Removed the performance level labels in the Feedback area.
  • ​​Set the default criteria score inputs to 100. 
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​​People View - Changed the Student Name in the Header from being semi-transparent to full opacity when the student is inactive.
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​​Accounts Tool - Moved the account avatar to the top left across all account pages. 
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​​Content Moderation - Hid the ellipsis menu icon in messages and feedback to prevent users from self-reporting their content.
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​​Mobile - Removed the suffix “Question” from the “Delete” and “Duplicate” options in the dropdown when batch-selecting questions in a bank to be consistent with other options. 
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​​Avatar Dropdown Menu - The following improvements have been made to the Avatar Dropdown Menu:
  • ​​Renamed the “Send Feedback” link to “Submit an Idea”.
  • ​​Replaced the gray horizontal rule between Settings and the primary links with a yellow separator line.
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​​Assignment and Test Feedback - Added tip text notifying users of the purpose of this section. 
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​Fixes

​​Meetings - Fixed an error where meeting notifications take users to the wrong meeting.
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​​Batch Grading - Fixed an issue where the typed grade in the batch input does not display correctly.
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​​Mobile - Fixed an error where the announcement banner caret does not expand the announcement vertically.  
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​​Dark Mode - Fixed an issue where users have difficulty viewing a horizontal line added in the text editor. 
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​10/12/2023 (v7.12.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Activity Submission Cutoff - Disabled the ability for students to submit against an activity 90 Days past the Class Section end date unless granted an Exception.  
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​Improvements

​​Batch Download - Added the ability for faculty users to download an individual student’s assignment submissions from the Faculty Grading Assignment Class Section List.
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​​Meetings - Added the capability to create a duplicate of a Meeting while retaining the Start and End times of the original.
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​​Assignments & Tests - Added the ability for faculty users to view activity settings without clicking away from the Sandbox or Section Detail page.
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​​Flags and Account Statuses - Added the Alumni Continuing Education (ACE) account status indicator for applicable students in the Avatar Popover and Watchlist, and a filter in the People List.
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​​Profile - Added the ability for students to more efficiently view their advisor(s) from the avatar side panel menu.
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​​Rubrics - Added the ability to duplicate an individual criterion within a rubric.
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​​Image Gallery Block - Added the ability to navigate the user to the clickthrough URL after clicking on a grid image within the Lightbox.
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​​Classes List - Added a success growl when a user favorites or un-favorites a course or section.  
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​​Video & Audio Player - Added a 1.25x speed setting for video and audio playback from their respective players.  
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​​Test Builder - Added the ability to select all questions from a bank.
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​​Fonts - Changed H1 title fonts from ITC Lubalin to Square Serif.
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​Fixes

​​Messages - Fixed an issue where students were unable to message Section Contributors.
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​10/10/2023 (v7.11.1)

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​Fixes

​​Tech Assessment Prep Workshop - Fixed an issue where applicants could not be later enrolled as a student after completing the self-paced tech assessment readiness course.
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​09/26/2023 (v7.11.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Tech Assessment Prep Workshop - Added the ability for applicants to access and complete a self-paced tech readiness course.
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​08/17/2023 (v7.10.0)

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​Enhancements

​​PDF Block - Added a PDF Content Block where instructors can display PDFs inline with other content blocks.
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​Improvements

​​Grading Assignments & Tests - Added the capability for faculty to provide a reason for exceptions granted. These are visible to faculty users only.
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​​Scheduler Tool - The following improvements have been made to the Scheduler Tool:
  • ​​Added the ability to batch unenroll faculty/staff manually added to a course/section.
  • ​​Added a contingency notifying users of the 10-minute delay before scheduling changes are visible for student and faculty users.
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​​Dark Mode - The following improvements have been made to Dark Mode:
  • ​​Moved the Dark Mode settings toggle from the Avatar dropdown to the Settings area of the Account page.
  • ​​Added the option to use the system dark mode setting  
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​​People Section Detail - Separated the participants into alphabetized Instructor and Student groupings.
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​​My Sandbox -  Updated the ‘Copy to Other Course’ modal copy when a user does not have sections to copy to.
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​​Tests - Expanded the visual design of test attempts in all list views to better display the status of each attempt.
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​​Content Moderation - Unified the moderation modal’s behavior for reporting content in discussions and messages/feedback.
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​​Inline File Viewer - Increased the file limit from 20 to 40 MB. 
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​​Meetings - Added the following instructional text to the Recordings tab: “Select the assets that students can view/download:”
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​​Quote Block - Updated the icon for the Quote Content Block.
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​​Whitelist - Added embed support for Apple Podcasts.
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​Fixes

​​People Section Detail - Fixed an issue where nothing happens after clicking on a portion of a people card.
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​07/28/2023 (v7.9.3)

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​Improvements

​​Rubrics - Improved copy-forward behavior and instructional text for assignments with a rubric association.

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​06/15/2023 (v7.9.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Preview - Added the ability to view JPEG, GIF, PNG, PDF, and TXT files inline or via overlay.
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​​Out-of-Office Messages - Added the option to set an out-of-office message and badge to show when a user will be away. 
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​​Image Gallery Block - Added an Image Gallery Content Block where instructors can display multiple images in a slideshow or grid layout.  
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​Improvements

​​Discussion Assignments - Added the option to prevent students from viewing other students’ discussion board posts before creating their first post.
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​​Announcements - Added the ability to embed content in announcements.
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​​Profile - The following improvements have been made to Profile:
  • ​​Added the Advisor Type field to each advisor name listed.
  • ​​Updated the Office Hours tip text to “Use this to let students know when you are typically working and available to meet with them or respond to inquiries.”
  • ​​Updated the Personal Pronouns tip text to “See the list of personal pronouns.”
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​​Notifications - Added the ability to opt out of email and in-app notifications for unweighted completions.
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​​Meetings - Added the ability to view the participant’s Profile in the Participants/People view.  
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​​Assignment Builder - Added the ability to preview an assignment by clicking the Preview Icon button.      
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​​Classes List - Added class start and end dates for students.
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​​Question Banks - Combined the “Created by” and “Modified” time stamps into one tooltip.
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​​Avatars - Moved the instructor star icon from being inline with the instructor’s name, to overlaying the instructor’s avatar.  
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​Fixes

​​Accounts Tool - Fixed an issue where the Sections view did not adjust when the “x per page” dropdown was expanded.  
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​​Messages - Fixed an issue where the message modal disappears when sending a message to a separate class.
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​​Tags - Fixed an issue where the page title was inconsistent with other titles in the same area.
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​05/09/2023 (v7.8.0)

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​Improvements

​​Classes List - Added the ability to favorite and un-favorite courses and classes sections, and to view them in the CURRENT tab via the “Favorites” filter.
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​​Response Assignments - Added an option for faculty users to set a word count expectation or requirement for students.
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​​Grading - The following improvements have been made to Grading:
  • ​​Updated the Faculty Grading Ungraded list to group submissions by assignment or test within a collapsible module structure.
  • ​​Changed the Default Grading tab to CONTENT.
  • ​​Added a “Late”/”Not Late” Grading filter to the Batch Grading view.
  • ​​Added a clickable breadcrumb element to the parent module in the Grading Content Activity list to allow users to access other activities within the same module quickly.
  • ​​Added an “Actual Grade” column to the Gradebook Export CSV.  
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​​Video Blocks - Added the ability to optionally block users from downloading a specific video from the LMS video player.
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​​Moderation Tool - The following improvements have been made to the Moderation Tool:
  • ​​Updated the default Moderation Tool List view to display pending moderation reports.
  • ​​Added the Student ID field in the Moderation Reported Content Detail view.
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​​Batch Grading - Added the ability to view a staff user’s most recent feedback thread message when the user expands the feedback editor.
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​​Rubrics - Added the ability to view when a rubric was created when hovering over the rubric card’s timestamp.
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​​Tags - Added an “Edit” dropdown menu option with the same “open modal” functionality as currently clicking the card.
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​​Messages - Updated the message participants dropdown by splitting the students and instructors into two groups. 
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​​Batch Selection - Updated the global batch checkbox to show an indeterminate state when not all items on a list page are selected.
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​​Sandbox - Updated the design of the Offset and Duration overlays.
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​​Meetings - Updated the Meeting Recording’s video thumbnail selected color from yellow to orange.
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​Fixes

​​Classes List - Fixed an issue where the term filter does not filter out courses from view when the user was not assigned to any sections in a given term.
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​​Moderation Tool - Fixed an issue where the line break formatting of entered comments in the text box of the Moderation Tool was inconsistent with what’s displayed in the report.
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​​Meetings - Fixed an issue where clicking on the “Students Attending” avatar group does not bring the user to the People view in the meeting details.
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​03/28/2023 (v7.7.0)

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​Enhancements

​​Grading - The following enhancements have been made to Grading:
  • ​​Added the ability to see which students have viewed an assignment by adding an eyeball icon to the card for each applicable student’s individual assignment submission.  
  • ​​Added the ability to see when each applicable student last viewed the assignment by hovering over the icon.

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​Improvements

​​Classes List - The following improvements have been made to the Classes List:
  • ​​Updated the Classes list view to display all terms and sections under a single course heading for the PAST, CURRENT, and UPCOMING tabs.
  • ​​Added the ability to search or filter by term code.
  • ​​Added the ability for faculty users to identify sections where activity weights do not total 100%.
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​​Profile - Added the ability to input and display preferred personal pronouns.  
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​​Grading - Added confirmation growl for submitting feedback in batch grading mode.
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​​Messages and Feedback - Separated filters for read/unread and messages/feedback to improve filter granularity.
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​​Question Bank Detail - Updated the information displayed when disabling multiple questions in batch mode to be consistent with that of disabling individual questions.
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​​Moderation Tool - The following improvements have been made to the Moderation Tool:
  • ​​Added informational tooltips to the status icons in the Reported Content list.
  • ​​Added an informational message to the error page displayed to faculty users who attempt to view content that was reported in a message thread where they are not a participant in the conversation.
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​​Meetings - The following improvements have been made to Meetings:
  • ​​Added the ability for faculty users to view a count of students who attended a live Zoom meeting when viewing the PAST tab.
  • ​​Capitalized the ‘R’ in the Meetings Option Checkbox ‘Email a reminder’ to match the title case.
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​​Disable Confirmation - Updated the YES button to enable when ‘DISABLE’ is entered correctly in the confirmation modal.
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​​Test Builder - Added the Title field to the Test Builder settings. 
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​​Technical Audit - Updated the ACCOUNTS, COURSES, and SECTIONS buttons to appear in the center of the page.
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​​Photo Approval Tool - Updated the interface to allow users to batch-review photos.
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​​Dates Tool - Re-positioned the TERMS and COURSES buttons to the center of the page. 
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​​Videos - Moved the ability to download a video to the video options menu.
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​​Scheduler Tool - Re-positioned the COURSE, SECTION, and BATCH buttons to the center of the page.
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​​Notifications - Updated the icon for notifications of discussion replies.
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​Fixes

​​Preview - Fixed an issue where the PREVIEW side panel menu item was no longer selected after selecting a module to preview. 
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​​Rubrics - Fixed an issue where the delete button was visible in the criterion builder while the associated rubric is in use.
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​​Grading - Fixed an issue where unweighted activities in modules weren’t hidden when the ‘Hide Unweighted’ checkbox is selected.
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​03/23/2023 (v7.6.4)

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​Fixes

​​Classes List - Fixed an issue where superusers encountered excessive load times.
​​

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​02/16/2023 (v7.6.0)

​
​Enhancements

​​Content Moderation - Added the ability to report inappropriate content and messages to the moderation team.
​​

​
​Improvements

​​Flags and Account Statuses - Added the Retake account status indicating applicable students in the Avatar Popover and Watchlist. Details about the previous course attempts are included on the student’s profile.
​​
​​Rubrics - Added the ability to batch-copy multiple rubrics from one course to another. 
​​
​​Meetings - The following improvements have been made to meetings:
  • ​​Added functionality to schedule optional, automated email reminders to students for upcoming meetings.
  • ​​Added an indicator identifying students who viewed an archived Zoom meeting.
  • ​​Added “Join Zoom” instructions displayed to first-time users joining a meeting. 
​​
​​Test Builder & Question Bank Detail - Faculty users must now type “DISABLE” to confirm before disabling a question that is in use on a test.
​​ 
​​Module Search - Added the ability to search on Module Title in text searches for all views that display modules.
​​
​​Accounts - Sections Tool - Added a Primary Instructor indicator whenever a Faculty Member is the Primary Instructor of a section. 
​​
​​Question Banks - Added the ability to organize and reorder question banks to improve test-making efficiency. 
​​

​
​Fixes

​​Scheduler Tool - Fixed an error where assigning a section role to yourself generates a “Sorry, something went wrong” error when navigating the Classes List for the first time.
​​
​​Question Banks - Fixed an issue where disabling a bank in one tab and archiving a question from the same bank in a different tab generates a screen error.
​​
​​Text Editor - Fixed an error where the toolbar is sticky-positioned behind UI elements like the sticky header and navigation bar.  
​​
​​Test Builder - Fixed an error where text in the settings looked more prominent than it should.
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​11/16/2022 (v7.5.0)

​
​Enhancements

​​Announcements - Added the ability to schedule announcements to be visible at a specified date and time.
​​

​
​Improvements

​​Meetings - The following improvements have been made to meetings:
  • ​​The Left Navigation Side Panel was removed from the Meeting Creation/Edit Pages to be consistent with the other admin views and builder experiences.
  • ​​When users view the Meetings List and Meeting Detail pages, gray text displayed in meeting circles will denote meetings that occurred in the past.
  • ​​When a meeting recording is available, students will see an indicator on the meeting and additionally receive a notification.
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​​Faculty Section People List - Added additional filters in the People filter dropdown, including Added Late, Auditing, DC3, FERPA, General Flag, and Last Access.
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​​Accounts Tool - Added ‘Section Owner’ and ‘Email’ columns to the results table on the Accounts Tool Sections page.
​​
​​Assignments & Tests - Replaced the “Test” and “Assignment” language with actual activity titles in Activity Feeds and other student-facing interface elements. Students no longer see the word “test” anywhere in the platform unless an instructor inputs it.
​​
​
​My Sandbox
  • ​​Updated Preview display behavior to open sandbox items, tests, and test questions in a new browser tab. 
  • ​​Updated the ‘Copy to Other Course’ modal copy.
​​
​​Sticky Header - Changed the appearance and functionality of the sticky header visible in assignments, discussions, and tests from a dropdown menu to a horizontal ribbon of navigation choices.
​​
​​Rubrics - Reversed the display of score ranges within each criterion performance level from least-greatest to greatest-least.
​​
​​Tests - The ‘Begin’ button on the Begin Test page was relocated to the upper right-hand corner to be consistent with the placement of the ‘Join Meeting’ button in the Meeting Detail pages.
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​​About Course - The ‘About Course’ button is hidden from the interface.
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​
​Fixes

​​Test Builder 
  • ​​Fixed an error where selecting the ‘Group’ option in the ‘All Types’ dropdown filter displayed no questions belonging to the group.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where points of archived and invalidated questions were modified using the Points Input box.
  • ​​Fixed an error where the Answer Feedback tooltip did not display for questions when the ‘Per Answer’ option was disabled.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where the faculty user could not drag a question outside a group when all questions were in a group.
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​​Question Builder - Fixed an error where the "← BACK" link takes the user to the Question Bank Detail page instead of the Test Builder.
​​
​​Rubrics 
  • ​​Fixed an error where the ‘Performance Level Description’ input allowed input containing more than 800 characters.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where the ‘Performance Level Description’ row allowed enormous compound words to overlap text in the grid.
  • ​​Fixed an error where criterion feedback with only a file attached omitted the file upload in the Feedback section.
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​​Test Exemptions - Fixed an error where students with test attempts remaining displayed a disabled checkbox and tooltip explaining all attempts were exhausted when faculty users initiated batch mode.
​​
​​Tags - Fixed an error where the ‘New Tag’ button didn’t display in the Tags List.
​​
​​Discussion Assignments 
  • ​​Fixed an error where enabling and disabling the email reminder setting kept the ‘Save’ button disabled.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where previously submitted input in a reply was displayed in the text editor when replying again.
​​
​​My Sandbox - Fixed an error where lengthy rubric and question bank titles scrolled out of view along with the ‘New Criterion’ and ‘New Question’ buttons in their respective detail pages.
​​
​​Dark Mode - Fixed an error where enabling Dark Mode fetched the Student Assignment Detail Grading page content and discarded text editor context.
​​

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​10/13/2022 (v7.4.2)

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​Improvements

​​Meetings - Added support to fetch meeting recordings affected by unique Zoom software inconsistencies. 

​
​Fixes

​​Discussion Assignments - Fixed an error where clicking on the “Go To Discussion” option directed the instructor to a 404 error instead of the Discussion Thread Detail Content.
​​
​​Test Date Exceptions - Fixed an error received when attempting to provide a date exception for a student with zero attempts remaining.
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​​Completion Assignments - Fixed an error where users could not modify auto-grade completions with 100 in assignment settings when in a Class Section Context.

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​9/15/2022 (v7.4.0)

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​Improvements

​​Event Audit - When a user selects desired filter options, these settings will remain when revisiting the search results for any searched user.
​​
​​Profile - Added the ability to right-click on ‘View Profile’ to open a user’s profile in a new window.
​​

​
​Fixes

​​My Sandbox 
  • ​​Fixed an issue where clicking outside the Other Users selection menu did not dismiss the dropdown.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where the batch selection count reflected all activities instead of a partial search result display of sandbox activities and modules.
​​
​​Tests & Discussion Assignments - Fixed an issue where the ellipsis menu displayed Edit as an option along with Preview and Duplicate for enabled discussion and test assignments.
​​
​​Meetings 
  • ​​Fixed an issue where a yellow banner failed to display to faculty users warning that edits are prevented after their hosted meeting has started.
​​
​
​Rubrics 
  • ​​Fixed an issue where deselecting the performance level and selecting a new one discarded the contents of the ‘Add Feedback’ text editor.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where selecting different performance levels discarded file attachments uploaded to the text editor.
​​
​​Discussion Assignments - Fixed an issue where the email reminder remained enabled when the respective post or reply requirement is subsequently disabled.
​​
​​Dark Mode - Fixed an issue where the instructional code area in the code block displayed a white background behind the syntax-highlighted code.
​​
​​Date Picker - Fixed an issue where the date picker did not display a solid background when displaying each day of the month for specific months.
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​9/01/2022 (v7.3.5)

​
​Fixes

​​Meetings - Fixed an error where changes to a set of unique alternative hosts did not propagate to Zoom when sharing a meeting.
​​
​​Batch Date Updates - Fixed an error where batch date updates of many activities in sections with a large number of students resulted in errors due to a timeout.
​​
​​Dates Tool - Fixed an error where the “Term Start” and “Term End” columns continued to display overridden dates after clearing the override date picker.
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​8/24/2022 (v7.3.3)

​
​Fixes

​​Discussion Assignments - Fixed an error where other posts and replies after completing the ungraded discussion assignment caused the assignment to be considered graded.
​​

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​8/15/2022 (v7.3.2)

​
​Fixes

​​Event Audit - Fixed an error where the Event Audit List becomes unresponsive when looking up a user with roles in many class sections.

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​8/04/2022 (v7.3)

​
​Improvements

​​Activity Feeds - Added the ability to filter by event type.
​​
​​Rubrics - Added the ability to copy Enabled or Disabled Rubrics from one course to another.
​​
​​Flags and Account Statuses - Added the Inactive account status indicating applicable students in the Avatar Popover and Watchlist.
​​
​​Faculty Classes List - Added a “Primary Only” filter displaying only class sections where the current user is the Primary Instructor.
​​
​​Faculty View of Student Profile - Updated the Flags section to include a flag identifying students who surpassed the institutional threshold since last accessing the section.
​​
​​Meetings - Updated functionality to warn and block users from creating meetings with a Zoom ID present but not licensed by their institution.
​​
​​Impersonation - Updated the style to a banner at the top of the page signifying the impersonated user.
​​
​​Student Grade Calculator - Removed the ‘X’ icon on the Grade Calculator.
​​
​​Mobile Views - Reordered the Archive and Duplicate buttons in the ellipsis dropdown.
​​

​
​Fixes

​​Faculty Classes List - Fixed an error where the Instructor Only filter displays sections in which the current user has a section owner or contributor role along with sections where the user has a course owner role.
​​
​​My Sandbox - Fixed an error in the mobile view where the search input and user list with Sandbox permissions do not display after clicking on the header or downward caret.
​​
​​Dark Mode - Fixed an error where the text in the Link widget input fields was not visible.
​​
​​Meetings 
  • ​​Fixed an error where duplicating a meeting creates a new meeting with the ‘Show Recordings by Default’ option always unchecked. 
  • ​​Fixed an error where clicking on the download icon does not download the associated meeting asset file.
  • ​​Fixed an error where duplicating a new meeting does not display the ‘Show Recordings by Default’ option in the Event Audit.
​​
​​Discussion Assignments - Fixed an error where a partially completed assignment with a submitted post or reply adds to the Ungraded count.
​​
​​Profile - Fixed an error where the office phone extension field was not correctly aligned.
​​
​​Student Course Evaluation Email - Fixed a spacing issue in the body of the email.
​​
​​Watchlist - Adjusted the card grid layout from 4 cards to three.
​​

​
​7/14/2022 (v7.2)

​
​Enhancements

​​Dark Mode - Users can view the LMS in Dark Mode by clicking on the toggle displayed in the Avatar Menu Dropdown.
​​

​
​Improvements

​​Flags and Account Statuses - Added a tiered flag system displaying the severity of different account statuses and distinguishing between high and low priority flags.  
​​Avatar Popover - The following improvements have been made to the Avatar Popover: 
  • ​​The Avatar Popover will display when hovering or focusing on a user avatar in the Faculty Dashboard Watchlist, People Detail, and the different grading views.
  • ​​The Avatar Popover uses an updated card style and displays account status indicators.
​​Event Audit - Added the Term Code corresponding to each record in the “Where” column of the results grid. 
​​Assignments - The Grading tooltip has been updated to reflect the submission date relative to the due date.
​​Mobile Views - The Enable/Disable and the Publish/Unpublish buttons in the ellipsis dropdown have been reordered to reflect options that are least likely used.
​​

​
​Fixes

​​Account Profile - Fixed an issue where placeholder text, “name@domain.com”, was not visible in the ‘ALTERNATE EMAIL ADDRESS’ text input field.
​​Sandbox 
  • ​​Fixed an issue where a selected assignment was referred to as a “question” when a user hovered over the ‘Delete’ or ‘Duplicate’ buttons and viewed the on-hover text.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where the search dropdown in the ‘Copy to Sections’ modal stalled with the loading spinner and refreshed the input box field to be empty.
​
​Rubrics 
  • ​​Fixed an issue where the “NEW CRITERION” button on the Course Rubric Detail page was displayed as “NEW CRITERIA”.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where a rubric couldn’t be duplicated if it had user interactions.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where the contraction form of “its” is viewed in the tooltip’s message when a user hovers over the options ellipsis of an enabled rubric. 
​​Meetings - Fixed an issue where the meeting duration on the meeting card was displayed as “XX hr(s), XX min” instead of “XX hr(s) XX min”.
​​Assignments - Fixed an issue where a resubmitted assignment’s card was not included in the number of ungraded activities and displayed 0 ungraded after the initial submission was graded.
​​Test Bank Questions - Fixed an issue where invalidating a test bank question fails when a student is no longer enrolled in the parent section of a graded test attempt with that question present.

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​6/16/2022 (v7.1)

​
​Improvements

​​Faculty Flags 
  • ​​The vertical space between the “Note” field and the tip text below the “Note” text area has been decreased.
  • ​​Added the ability to view when a flag was created through a tooltip displayed when hovering over the flag icon.
​​Meetings - Added a widget on the primary LMS Meeting detail page and a new dropdown on the Meetings List card ellipsis that on click, copies the Zoom meeting link to the device clipboard.
​​Rubrics - Added the ability for Section Owners to Preview a Rubric.
​​Avatar Menu Dropdown - Updated interface to reflect a design similar to Full Sail One. 
​​Student Dashboard 
  • ​​Refined UI to more clearly identify activities/meetings taking place today.
  • ​​Added a “View all (Things)” widget to all three existing Student Dashboard list widgets (Due, Meetings, Announcements) to facilitate easy access to each list.
​​Messages Side Panel - Updated panel to not filter out message threads where the last message sent in that thread was by the current user.
​​Mobile View - Removed the Enable/Disable toggle from the mobile view of each content item’s card. Replaced the toggle with a single “Enable” or “Disable” dropdown selection which appears as the top-most item in the ellipsis dropdown.
​​Event Audit - When the user changes one of three settings (All Participations/Active/Passive filter, Show impersonations checkbox, Items per page dropdown), the new setting will be selected by default when the user visits the Event Audit List again.
​​Iconography Library - The Iconography Library has been updated to the latest library edition. 
​​Login UI - For all tenants and available login views, the logo seen in the login page has been limited to a max size.

​
​Fixes

​
​Rubric 
  • ​​Fixed an issue where the rubric header in the student rubric view was aligned with the rubric found below it.
  • ​​Fixed an issue where deleting a Performance Level Description Detail generates an unremovable line break.
​​Meetings - Fixed an issue where meeting details would display recording details in an incorrect order.
​​Sandbox - Fixed an issue where the Edit Module Modal displays as “Settings”.
​​Content Recovery - Fixed a spacing issue between sentences whenever a dismissible yellow banner messages displays “It looks like something went wrong.Recover your content.” above the text editor if a backup is available.
​​Mobile View - Fixed an issue in the Student Grading page where the Grade/Avatar in the header should be left aligned on mobile.
​​Text Editor - Fixed an issue where unordered lists with multiple lines wrap around the bullet point on the next line.
​​Student Activity Feed - Fixed an issue where the student activity feed new test attempt text displays only the plural form.
​​Batch Exceptions - Fixed an issue where the user can select due dates that unlock unprocessable publish dates when attempting to grant exceptions using batch exceptions.
​​Faculty Avatar Dropdown - Fixed an issue where the Tools icon in the avatar dropdown is displayed in the wrong color.
​​People Section Detail - Fixed an issue where an interpunct would display before the user’s local time seen under the user’s name regardless if a user entered location or not on their Account Profile page.

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​5/20/2022 (v7.0)

​
​Enhancements

​​Rubrics - The new Rubrics feature set includes the following:
  • ​​Admin-level tools for creating institutionally-approved grading scales and performance level labels. Rubric scales can be configured on an institutional level and by degree.
  • ​​Course-level tools for rubric creation and management.
  • ​​Student-facing displays of rubrics associated with assignments both before and after assignment submission and grading, as well as rubric-based feedback.
  • ​​Faculty-facing Preview and interactive Grading displays of rubrics for use in assignment grading and feedback. 

​
​Improvements

​
​Email
  • ​​Increased email body font size.  
  • ​​Added attachment indicator in notification emails, including feedback notifications.
​​Dashboard Watchlist
  • ​​Updated the student late-add Watchlist cards to include the precise number of days since last access. 
  • ​​Increased the inactivity threshold for inactive students to appear on the Watchlist to 168 hours (7 days).
  • ​​Reduced the amount of time late-adds appear on the Watchlist to 2 weeks.
​​Dashboard Ungraded Widget - Updated the Ungraded Widget count to include resubmission.
​​Student Dashboard - Simplified the display of upcoming activities and meetings.
​​Mobile Views - Added visual updates to the mobile views for the Dashboard (faculty facing) and the Ungraded List pages.
​​Event Audit - Updated the Event Audit search date range to 180 days. 
​
​Text Editor
  • ​​Updated the “Open link in a new tab” checkbox within the Link feature to be selected by default.
  • ​​Improved “Save” button validation for text and visible tags.
​​Class Section Side Panel - Updated to display the menu option “Messages” above the menu option “People.”
​​Faculty People Page - Removed parentheses surrounding numbers from header dropdown menu. 
​​Test Settings - Renamed the setting "Allow Retakes" to "Allow Multiple Attempts."
​​Completion Assignments - Added setting to allow an auto-grade of 100.
​​Notifications List - Added a stacked list of avatars indicating unreads to the announcement card.
​​Card Options - Updated card option “Edit” to “Settings” throughout the LMS platform.
​​Assignments and Tests - Converted navigation button group in grading view and in student assignment and test detail views to tabs.
​​Exceptions & Extra Attempts - Combined the settings for giving exceptions and granting extra test attempts into a single setting across the LMS platform.
​
​Courses Admin Tool
  • ​​Added read-only impersonation button to the table displaying associated instructors.
  • ​​Updated the "Enable/Disable Course" button to a dropdown option and added confirmation messaging.
​​Assets - Added improvements for handling of attachments.
​​Errors - Added improvements to error messaging.
​​Meetings - Added improvements to provide improved meeting attendance reporting. 
​​Embeds - Added the ability to embed a user’s Outlook Calendar within a content block.
​​Date Pickers - Updated the date-picker library.

​
​Fixes

​​Account Profile - Fixed setting inputs to display as disabled during read-only impersonation.
​​Meetings - Fixed Meeting Tabs in overview and associated views to display from left-aligned to center-aligned.

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​3/31/2022 (v6.3.2)

​
​Fixes

​​File Uploader - Fixed an issue where the tool could get stuck in a disabled state upon failed upload or failed validation. 

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​3/24/2022 (v6.3.0)

​
​Improvements

​​Country Flags - User details now include flags as a visual indicator of country of residence.
​​Zoom Meetings Integration - The following improvements have been made in the background to the Meetings feature, which is not currently active or visible in the LAFS LMS:
  • ​​Default meeting length has been changed to 60 minutes
  • ​​Start and end times can now be set in 15 minute increments
  • ​​Instructors now have the ability to control student visibility of meeting recording assets
  • ​​Better support of multiple videos and/or transcript assets
  • ​​Meeting duration is now preserved when the start time is changed
  • ​​The Meeting Attendance user event is now split into one event per attendance period
  • ​​Zoom ID is now matched preferentially to UPN over FS1 over email address to bypass disruptions due to some users having both staff and student accounts
​​Event Audit - For meeting attendance, we updated the event created_at timestamp to display the time when the user first joined the meeting; formerly this reflected the point at which attendance was processed by Zoom
​​Accounts Tool - Overview now displays user’s Zoom and FS1 IDs

​
​Fixes

​​Question Banks - Fixed display of bank View Usage option
​​Choice Questions - Fixed alignment of the answer text and corresponding radio buttons or checkboxes
​​Event Audit - Attendance periods are now converted to EST
​
​Meetings (not currently active or visible in the LAFS LMS):
  • ​​Video transcript asset now displays properly alongside its respective video, audio, and chat assets.
  • ​​End time can now be set up to 24 hours after the start time.
  • ​​Recordings greater than 2.1 GB are now fetched successfully.

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​2/15/2022 (v6.2.3)

​
​Fixes

​​Event Audit - restored CSV export functionality

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​2/15/2022 (v6.2)

​
​Enhancements

​​Zoom Meetings Integration - If enabled at the institutional account level, the following are now supported:
  • ​​Restricting access to meetings to users authenticated via institutional systems credentials
  • ​​Creating, sharing, duplicating, and editing Zoom meetings
  • ​​Designating alternative meeting hosts and invitees from outside the institution
  • ​​Assigning meeting categories
  • ​​Configuring meeting preferences
  • ​​Accessing meeting recordings and attendance

​
​Improvements

​​Clickable cards - click-to-open is now applied to the entire card, not just the card title
​​Gradebook - Calculator is now sticky and visible as you scroll
​​Accessibility - Refined UI navigation and labeling for screen readers and other accessibility technology
​​File Links - Commonly supported media and text formats will now open in a new browser tab
​​Event Audit - Added ability to reset filters
​​Admin Tools - Updated the styling on the Account Enable/Disable button
​​Tenant Styles Configuration - An update was applied to per-institution page element styles
​​Content Loss Prevention - Added to announcement creation & editing, feedback on exam response questions, and batch feedback when grading by assignment

​
​Fixes

​​Error Messaging - Silenced repeated error growls during network disconnections
​​Sandbox - Edit Module modal is no longer accessible when in another user’s sandbox
​​Event Audit - Corrected the sort order of past sections
​​Tags - Added missing placeholder text when creating new tags
​​Content Loss Prevention - Restored missing confirmation message when navigating away from unsaved video blocks
​​Grammarly - Restored Grammarly compatibility with all instances of the text editor

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​10/12/2021 (v6.1.15)

​
​Improvements

​
​Style Updates
  • ​​Hyperlink color
  • ​​Status circle fill color
  • ​​New Message, Feedback, Notification, and Announcement dot color
  • ​​Removed underline style from links unless hovered or otherwise brought in focus
  • ​​H1 and H2 font size reduced

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​9/17/2021 (v.6.1.14)

​
​Fixes

​​Code Blocks - Resolved an error experienced during the creation and display of blocks containing C# that was caused by upstream library updates.

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​9/16/2021 (v6.1.13)

​
​Enhancements

​​Mobile - Added collapsing search & filter bar to all list views. 
​​
​​Mathjax Support - Upgraded to Mathjax 3 for significantly faster rendering of mathematical expressions. 
​​
​​Sketchfab Support - Added support for Sketchfab. This implementation removes some control parameters from the Sketchfab-generated embed code to ensure security and consistent student user experience. 

​
​Improvements

​​Account Management - Added confirmation step before disabling accounts. 
​​
​​Batch Downloads - Streamlined faculty user experience. 
​​
​​Dropdown menus - Updated style of dropdowns for clarity, e.g. the workflow for selecting sections to COPY content to when preparing for a future term. 
​​
​​File Uploader - Updated text editor file-uploaders to be expanded by default, e.g. the Feedback file uploader. 
​​
​​People View - Updated style of cards for inactive students to match disabled state of similar card elements.

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​8/19/2021 (v6.1.12)

​
​Improvements

​
​Commonly Supported Media Formats
  • ​​Commonly supported media and text formats can be opened within a browser. 

​
​Fixes

​
​Batch Downloads
  • ​​Fixed browser errors that occurred when downloading an assignment with commas in the filename. 
  • ​​Fixed errors that occurred when downloading an assignment with emojis in the assignment title. 
  • ​​Updated the option for batch downloads in the Notifications list to read as “Batch Downloads”.
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​
​Dashboards
  • ​​Announcements that have been deleted will no longer appear on dashboards. 

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​8/10/2021 (v6.1)

​
​Enhancements

​
​Video Player
  • ​​Support added for in-video captions and subtitles. 
​​
​
​Media Asset Handler
  • ​​Max file upload sizes will increase to 4GB for audio/video files, 10MB for avatar photos and 2MB for subtitle files.
​​
​
​Batch Downloads
  • ​​Improved workflow for batch downloads allows bundles to be retrieved via a direct download, the notifications panel, and an optional email delivery. The file format for the batch download will change to a .tar.gz file.
​​
​
​Downloaded Student Files
  • ​​When downloading submissions from students, the created and modified dates for the files will now preserve their original dates and times.

​
​Improvements

​​WAV Audio Files 
  • ​​Updated text editor and content block copy to show support for .wav files.

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​7/8/2021 (v6.0.7)

​
​Enhancements

​​Whitelist - Added upload support for .VTT files. (FSLMS - 1442)

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​6/24/2021 (v6.0.5)

​
​Fixes

​​Grading - Fixed an issue that caused the unsaved content browser coda to appear when there was no unsaved content present. 
​​
​​Text Input - Fixed error in Insert Media Modal that appeared when media was incorrect or upload was cancelled.

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​6/17/2021 (v6.0.4)

​
​Enhancements

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​Embedded Media
  • ​​Added support for embedded content from Apple Music.
  • ​​Added support for embedded content from Microsoft Forms.

​
​Improvements

​​Student Dashboard -When a Post or Reply is due today or next week, it will now display in both the Due Today and Due Next Week sections simultaneously. 
​​
​​Side Panel - The term code has been restored to the side panel.

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​5/10/2021 (v6)

​
​Enhancements

​​Updated UI and UX - We updated the user interface to leverage recent security and functionality improvements in supported browsers.
​​
​​Faculty Dashboard - New, section-scoped views for ungraded assignments, late assignments, student watchlists, and unread announcements. 
​​
​​Student Dashboard - New, section-scoped views for feedback, late assignments, assignment due dates, and new announcements.
​​
​​Updated Grading View - Added a new view that shows all ungraded assignments. 
​​
​​Read Only Impersonation - Added a new tool for advisors and student support teams to safely view student participation details within each class section.
​​
​​Faculty & Student User Guides - Converted to a website that is searchable.
​​
​​Accessibility & ADA Support - Improved screen-reader behavior, added alt-text for images, and other general accessibility improvements.
​​
​​Sandbox/Content Management Tools - Adjustments in the section detail and course sandbox can now be made on mobile and tablet devices.
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​3/9/2021 (v5.3.16)

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​Enhancements

​​Microsoft Stream - Added support for embedded content from Microsoft Stream.

​
​Fixes

​​Input Editor - Corrected an instance where the editor’s HTML handling was inconsistent with the rest of the application.

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​2/2/2021 (v5.3.13)

​
​Enhancement

​​Zero-Weight Test Questions - Manual grading no longer required for a zero-weight test response question if an overall test grade is present.
​​

​
​Fixes

​​Grading Test Class Section List - The high score status circle will now appear on the test attempt with the highest score when there are multiple completed test attempts, with some attempts remaining ungraded.

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​12/3/2020 (v5.3.12)

​​Enhancements
​​Video Embeds - Updated embed support for Discord.
​​Security - Library updates to support the latest security patches.
​​
​​Fixes
​​User Interface - Minor fixes to user interface.
​​Test Question Grading - Fixed an issue causing occasional incorrect Gradable count when network connectivity is poor.

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​10/30/2020 (v5.3.11)

​​Enhancements
​​Performance - Fixed an issue for faculty users that affected sending grades and feedback.

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​9/18/2020 (v5.3.10)

​​Enhancements
​​Login - Improves cross-browser support of user authentication process.
​​Assignment Uploads - The file uploader will no longer be available after an assignment due date. For assignments that allow late submissions, the file uploader will be available after the assignment due date.
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​8/11/2020 (v5.3.8)

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​​Enhancements
​​Login - We made login more secure and improved support for future browser privacy and anti-tracking updates.

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​7/21/2020 (v5.3.7)

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​Student

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​Enhancements
​​O’Reilly Books - Link to O’Reilly Books has been added to the resources menu.
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​Fixes
​​Class Section Blocker Status - Blocker status now updates appropriately when an activity’s weight changes or is enabled/disabled.
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​​Account Profile - The Time Zone confirmation modal now displays the correct time across time zones.
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​Faculty

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​Fixes
​​Tech Audit Tool - When using date pickers and the same date is set, users will not be able to choose a “To” time that is earlier than the “From” time.  
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​​Event and Tech Audits - When selecting a time range for “To” and “From” date pickers the event will now reflect the selected time frame.
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