April 3, 2025
- Added Learning Object Repository for Documents
- Documents can be saved to PDF or printed
- Achievements page hidden from students by default
- Added Feedback indicator to Status column in the Gradebook, indicating whether feedback has been reviewed or not
- Replaced Feedback column in the Gradebook for students with Results column, containing a View button for each item
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
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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
- Add qualitative rubric with no score.
- Add support for printing rubrics.
- Question Type
- Add a new Jumbled Sentence question type with multiple blanks.
- View Results
- 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
- 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.
- Update the indicator next to each Discussion.
60 - 70% Confidence of Release Q3 2025
Instructional Design
- Content Designer
- Add support for dividers, block styling and AI generation of Knowledge Checks.
- 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.
- 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.
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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