Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20210827 Released to EU and CA Zone

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the European Union and Canada. Next week, we will perform the same update to United States-based instances.

1. Video Editor Offers a Simple Mode and Advanced Mode
   The Video Editor now supports a Simple Mode and Advanced Mode making it easier for novice and experienced users alike to locate the editing tools they needed to get their recording ready for viewers. The Video Editor starts off in Simple Mode, and more experienced users can toggle the Video Editor to Advanced Mode if they prefer. The mode selection is saved for future video editing sessions. Click here to learn more about the Video Platform Video Editor.
    
   
2. Redesigned Media Chooser with More Intuitive Workflows to Share, Upload and Record Content
   We are introducing a redesigned Media Chooser that provides users with a more structured set of workflows to: share media content in the LMS, upload content, and create a new recording.
   
   
    
   • Choose and Embed Media From Existing Collections
      
     

   
   

   • Upload Content Directly and Embed It
      
     

   
   

   • Record Content Using the Capture Tools
      
     
3. Support for Multi-Embed in D2L Via On-The-Fly Playlist Generation
   Similar to the multiple-embed capabilities added to the Media Chooser for non-D2L LMS’s, we are now adding support for D2L. Instructors can create on-the-fly video playlists by selecting multiple videos at the same time in the Video Platform’s Media Chooser. Users can select up to 12 video at-a-time to create their playlist in any D2L Content Item. Click here to learn more.
    
   
4. Comprehensive Video Watch History
   Ever wanted to find a video you watched before, but weren’t able to locate it? Our new Watch History feature helps viewers keep track of what they’ve watched before. Click here to learn more about Watch History.
    
   
5. Data Management Archiving Now Supports the Creation of Recurring Policies and Actions
   As storage continues to grow for our customers, creating data policies and archiving content can be time consuming for Administrators during the busy school term. We’ve added recurring policies to our Data Management tools to help with that. Administrators can now schedule archiving policies to identify and take specific actions on data. This could include a policy to automatically delete unused transcodes. Click here to learn more about the Video Platform’s Data Archiving features.
    
   
6. Blackboard Collaborate Enterprise Connector
   By popular demand, we’re releasing our Blackboard Collaborate Enterprise Connector to make your Video Platform the central repository for all media content generated in the Video Platform or outside using products like Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams and Blackboard Collaborate. Content from Blackboard Collaborate will automatically import into the Video Platform before being optionally deleted (to free up your Collaborate storage and reduce costs). Reach out to your Customer Success Manager to learn how to deploy this new SKU. Click here to learn more about the Blackboard Collaborate Connector.
    
   
7. Personal Auto-Caption Dictionaries
   A new Personal Auto-Caption Dictionary is available for users – that complements the existing Organization-wide Auto-Caption Dictionary – to help users improve the accuracy of their video’s auto-captions for irregular or uncommon words. The AI Captioning engine uses the dictionary to improve the identification and spelling of words defined by the user. Click here to learn more about populating the Personal Auto-captioning Dictionary for individual users.
    
   
8. Notifications and Alerts
   With so many new notifications for Video Conferences, Live Streams, Video Quizzes and more, it can be difficult for users to keep track of what’s completed and what’s outstanding. Now users are able to mark those notifications as read to help prioritize remaining events that require the user’s attention.
    
   
9. Archiving Event Notification Toggling
   In our previous Video Platform release, we added a new notification to alert users when their content was archived by a System Administrator using the Data Management tools. In this release, Administrators can disable the notification if they do not want to alert users of the archiving event. Click here to learn more about all of the Video Platform’s email notifications.
    
   
10. Geo-Location Analytics Now Available in Content Analytics
    To help Content Creators track the usage of their videos, we’ve added Locations to our comprehensive Content Analytics report available under Usage & Analytics. Previously only available in User Analytics, the geo-location analytics data helps inform Content Owners where in the world users are watching a specific video. Click here to learn more about Content Analytics.
     
    
11. Admin Panel Responsiveness for Small Screens
    With Administrators constantly on the go and using devices with smaller displays, navigating through the Admin Panel can be frustrating as text and charts don’t always auto-resize when the user zooms in and out of the web browser. We’ve added additional support so that the Admin Panel remains responsive for all users regardless of the size of the display or the amount of zoom. Please note that this is an ongoing project with additional improvement being delivered in upcoming releases.
     
    
12. Better Color Accessibility for Charts and Graphs
    As we continue to drive improvements to the accessibility of the Video Platform for every person, we’re refining the UI so that users with visual impairments can more easily review charts and graphs. We’ve updated the color of text, icons and charts so that they offer more contrast along with additional improvements to the legiblity of text and images .
     
    
13. New ASR Language Support Packs including Vietnamese
    We’re adding Vietnamese as an available language for auto-captioning videos spoken in Vietnamese. This adds to our growing list of support language including English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, Portuguese and more. Click here to learn how to request auto-captions for your video.
     
    
14. More Accessible Inline Dialog Titles
    To assist users who use screen readers to navigate in the Video Platform, a new menu title is visible at the top of the Media Details panel and other inline dialogs. This text can be “picked up” by industry-standard screen readers.
     
    
15. Additional Third-Party Hardware and Application Integration APIs
    New APIs allow third-party tools to pull video thumbnail images, individual video streams, check for Device statuses and more. These new APIs were released to support our partnership with Epiphan, Extron, PlayPosit and others. Click here to learn more about available Video Platform APIs.
16. Enable LTI 1.3 For Specific LMS Courses
    We now make it possible to enable Video Platform integration for specific LMS courses using unique Deployment IDs. Previously, Organizations were only able to enable LMS-wide integration using LTI 1.3. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to learn more.
17. Blackboard Media Chooser LMS Extension Integration Improvements
    Recent structural changes to Blackboard have required that we update our Blackboard Media Chooser LMS Extension to continue supporting a seamless integration experience during specific actions such as Course Copy. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to download the newest LMS Extension.
18. Refined Support of Canvas Media Chooser for Multiple-Embed Scenarios
    The Canvas Media Chooser LMS Extension can now “sense” which Canvas rich-text boxes support multiple-embeds and which ones do not. This ensures instructors correctly embed videos in a way that aligns with Canvas’s capabilities. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to coordinate the update of your Canvas Media Chooser LMS Extension.