95% Confidence of Release Q2 2025

Instructional Design

• Learning Modules
  • Add a table of contents panel to streamline navigation and visualized the big picture.
  • Change size of overview panels for tests, assignments, etc. from small to full panel.
• Content Designer
  • Add image caption field for Image blocks with caption position options.
  • Improve rendering quality of multiple math formulas in all web browsers.
• SCORM
  • Improve the display of SCORM packages, including embedded media.
  • Fix various bugs.

AI Design Assistant

• Add ability to include course context for AI Conversation suggestions.
• Within a Document, suggest visuals to add, possible layouts, questions for embedded Knowledge Checks.

Assessment

• Feedback
  • Add Review action in the gradebook for students.
  • Add tracking of when students have accessed their feedback.
• Rubrics (Added in May 2025 release)
  • Add qualitative rubric with no score.
  • Add support for printing rubrics.
• Question Type (Added in June 2025 release)
  • Add a new Jumbled Sentence question type with multiple blanks.
• View Results (Added in May 2025 release)
  • Add a One Time option to the "Show automated feedback" field in Assessment Settings.

Grading

• Group Submissions
  • Make the grading experience more consistent across assessment types.
  • Add an easy overview of group members.
  • Add the ability to provide individual student grades and feedback.
• Gradebook (Added in May 2025 release)
  • Add a text column option to the gradebook that can be sorted on and does not use points.

Collaboration & Communication

• Add an unread discussions count indicator next to the Discussions tabs. (Added in June 2025 release)
• Update the indicator next to each Discussion. (Added in June 2025 release)

60 - 70% Confidence of Release Q3 2025

Instructional Design

• Content Designer
  • Add support for dividers, block styling and AI generation of Knowledge Checks. (Added in June 2025 release)
  • Add support for third party integrations with LTI that can be previewed and interacted within the designer.
• Learning Object Repository
  • Add a view of all courses and/or organizations that are associated with an object in the Learning Object Repository.
  • Add ability to identify courses and/or organizations that contain duplicate objects.

Assessment

• Test Questions
  • Add the ability to bulk update points across multiple questions and question types in a test.
  • Introduce question titles for identification in banks and pools.
  • Support question metadata tagging for improved categorization and test building.
• Submission Type
  • Enable instructors to specify the expected submission type(s) for an assignment.
  • Optimize student submission workflow for each submission type.

Grading

• Add ability to configure the grade pill colors and performance thresholds.
• Add the bulk change of categories in the item management view. (Added in June 2025 release)
• Standardize the tabbed grading interface for all submission types.

Mastery Learning and Learning Paths

• Release Conditions
  • Add On Open/Started, requiring content interaction before unlocking assessments.
  • Add On Participation, extending release conditions to discussions and journals.
• Goals Management
  • Track and align learning outcomes across the institution.
  • Align goals to specific nodes, programs or courses.
  • Add new visualizations to Learning Outcomes view.

Collaboration & Communication

• Discussions
  • Add "post by" and "reply by" dates, including the number of expected interactions.
  • Add the opportunity to impact "needs grading" triggers for discussions.
• Announcements
  • Add Viewers Summary to an announcement to indicate whether a student has viewed it.
  • Filter information to identify students who need follow up communication.

March 2025

• Quality of life improvements to images generated for learning modules with AI Design Assistant
• Added Course Goal Coverage and Performance Reports to the Analytics page
• Added the due date with the date and time fields in the release conditions panel
• Improved goal name readability of the Mastery tab in Gradebook
• Hiding a test or assignment from students will not kick students out who already have it open
• System admins can determine the author of an anonymous discussion post
• Added a pop-out grading rubric option
• Can show/hide calculation columns in the gradebook

February 2025

• Improvements to the AI Design Assistant
  • Can include/exclude AI descriptions from Learning Modules
  • Increased the maximum number of questions of Learning Modules generated
• Improvements to content containers
  • Can convert between folders and Learning Modules
  • Formatting of files uploaded by instructors now retained
  • Added an image block to Documents
• Assessment access codes now masked by default for students
• Improved student assignment submission uploads
• All groups are now course-level groups
• Improved accuracy of Needs Grading and New Submission flags for grade uploads and grades from the Grid view
• Grading interface displays more of a student's work

January 2025

• Improvements to the AI Design Assistant
  • More complex outputs
  • Improved image generation
• Improvements to the Content Designer: Documents
• Availability controls/settings for the Mastery tab in the Gradebook
• Added "Attempt submitted" as a release condition
• Added show/hide columns from instructors in the Gradebook
• Set automatic zeros to off as a default
• Direct grade entry from Grid view or Submissions page updates "Needs Grading" and "New Submissions" flags appropriately
• Moved course access settings

December 2024

• Optimized AI Design Assistant Rubric Generation

November 2024

• Introduction video of the Nov. 7th update
• Added Role Play Option for AI Conversations
• Improved Resizing of Blocks in Documents
• Added Indentations to Discussions
• Added Ability to Print Tests with Questions from Question Pools

October 2024

• Added Auto-Generated Question Banks
• Added Mastery Tab in Gradebook

September 2024

• Added Knowledge Check Option in Documents
• Added AI Conversations with Socratic Questioning
• Enhanced Course Content Page Display
• Added Overview Tab in Gradebook
• Added Student Activity Log

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