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November 11, 2024
YuJa AccessNotes Note-Taking Platform Update –November 2024
AccessNotes Platform Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone Middle East Zone Singapore Zone Uncategorized United States ZoneWe have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa AccessNotes Note-Taking Platform instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union. This update includes the option to ask AI Assistant questions to clarify complex concepts, embed supplementary materials to the audio-based notes, embed personalized illustrations through whiteboard, disable waveform animation during playback, and improved responsiveness for mobile and tablet view.
- Ask AI Assistant Questions During Audio Playback to Clarify Complex Concepts
With our new Gen AI integration, you can ask questions while listening to your audio playback. Simply access the AI Assistant to clarify complicated concepts, discover fun facts, or learn key details from the notes. Whatever questions you have, AI Assistant is here to help.
- Embed Supplementary Materials to Your Audio-Based Notes
You can now import supplementary materials, including slides, PDFs, and images, directly into your audio-based notes, ensuring that all relevant resources are easily accessible alongside your notes for a more organized learning experience.
- Embed Personalized Illustrations With Our New Whiteboard
You can now add personalized illustrations through the whiteboard, including drawings, shapes, text, images, or embedded websites to visually capture complex concepts during note-taking. Additionally, you can import predesigned icons or symbols from the library to better organize your notes.
- New Option to Disable Waveform Animation During Audio Playback
If waveform animation is no longer needed, we’ve added a new setting that lets you disable it for audio playback. - Improved Responsiveness for Mobile and Tablet View
We’ve updated the AccessNotes interface for improved responsiveness with various screen sizes, allowing you to access your Audio-Based notes on web, mobile, or tablet devices with a consistent layout.
- Ask AI Assistant Questions During Audio Playback to Clarify Complex Concepts
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November 11, 2024
YuJa Accessibility AutoPilot.AI Update – November 2024
Accessibility AutoPilot Platform Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone Middle East Zone Singapore Zone United States ZoneWe have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Accessibility AutoPilot.AI instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union. This update includes a new AutoPilot Report that offers in-depth insights into your document remediation analytics.
- New AutoPilot Report Offers More In-Depth Analytics to Track Document Remediations
The new AutoPilot report offers insights into your document remediation analytics and progress, summarizing our AutoPilot usage with key metrics such as the number of remediated documents, issues resolved, and time saved. Additionally, you can filter by term and account level to compare documentation improvements across different semesters.
- New AutoPilot Report Offers More In-Depth Analytics to Track Document Remediations
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November 11, 2024
YuJa Website Accessibility Widget Update – November 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone Middle East Zone Singapore Zone United States Zone Website Accessibility WidgetWe have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Website Accessibility Widget instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union. This update includes a new color-blind filter tailored to three common types of color blindness.
- Improved Web Accessibility With Color-Blind Filters
You can now enhance the accessibility of web content in your LMS by allowing users to select from color-blind filters tailored to three common types of color blindness: Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia, addressing the diverse learning needs of your users.
- Improved Web Accessibility With Color-Blind Filters
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November 11, 2024
YuJa SmartSpeaker.AI Update – November 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone Middle East Zone Singapore Zone SmartSpeaker Platform United States ZoneWe have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa SmartSpeaker.AI instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union. This update includes the expanded voice options, option to highlight both words and phrases during audio playing, customize highlight colors with color contrast preview, automatically scroll your content during audio playback, download an MP3 file of your selected content, and more.
- Customize Your Listening Experience with Expanded Voice Options
SmartSpeaker now offers three additional voice options, giving you a wider selection of voices across different genders and tones, allowing you to choose the one that best suits your listening preferences.
- New Option to Highlight Both Words and Phrases During Audio Playing
In addition to highlighting individual words, SmartSpeaker can now highlight both words and phrases during audio playing. Simply enable the adaptive spotlight option in the settings to activate highlighting phrases as SmartSpeaker reads along.
- Customize Highlight and Font Colors with Color Contrast Previews
You can now customize the highlight colors for words, phrases, and font colors to match your reading preferences. Additionally, you can preview the color contrast in a sample sentence before playing the audio to ensure readability.
- Auto-Scrolling Content In Sync with Audio Playback for Easy Follow-Along
SmartSpeaker now features an auto-scrolling option that automatically scrolls your content in sync with the audio playback, ensuring you can still follow along with the content without the need of manually scrolling through.
- Downloadable Audio Files in MP3 Format for Offline Listening
You can now download an MP3 file of your selected content from SmartSpeaker, allowing you to listen offline on your devices and easily share the audio content with others.
- SmartSpeaker Is Integrated With the Enhanced HTML Document Alternative Format
If your institution utilizes SmartSpeaker, it will now be automatically available for you when generating an Enhanced HTML Document from the Alternative Formats menu.
- Directly Use SmartSpeaker in the LMS Without the Extension Installed
If Panorama is integrated into your LMS, faculty, and students will no longer need to download the Panorama Browser Extension to use SmartSpeaker. It will simply be displayed on-screen if it is enabled at the course or institution level.
- Customize Your Listening Experience with Expanded Voice Options
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November 11, 2024
YuJa Structural Remediation Max Add-On Platform Update – November 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone Structural Remediation Max Platform United States ZoneWe have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Structural Remediation Max Add-On Platform instances residing in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia. This release provides updated interface with icons for each content element type, and the option to add alternative text to images during PDF Structural Remediation.
- Updated Interface with Icons for Each Content Element Type
We’ve updated the interface to include icons for each content element type, helping you categorize different content elements and visualize the reading structure more clearly.
- Add Alternative Text to Images During PDF Structural Remediation
You can now add or change the language of the alternative text during the PDF structural remediation. Simply click the Figure tag to edit the alternative text for your image, ensuring comprehensive accessibility improvements for your PDF documents.
- Updated Interface with Icons for Each Content Element Type
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November 11, 2024
YuJa LMS Accessibility Designer Add-On Platform – November 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone LMS Accessible Design Platform United States ZoneWe have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa LMS Accessible Design Add-On Platform instances residing in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia. This release provides new option to enable necessary designer elements, specify your preferred image padding, and save your recently selected colors.
- New Administrator Option to Enable Necessary Designer Elements
If you’re an administrator, you can customize which LMS Designer elements are available to faculty. Simply access your General Settings and enable the elements your institution requires to structure content more efficiently.
- Specify Your Preferred Image Padding Within the LMS Designer
Previously, you had to adjust image padding in the HTML code editor after embedding the image. Now, you can simply enter your desired padding during the image embedding Process in the LMS Designer.
- Recently Selected Colors Are Saved in the Accessibility Designer
Previously, you had to manually select the color for each design element. Now, you can easily choose from your recent selections in the Accessibility Designer, allowing you to quickly apply your frequently used colors to different content elements.
- New Administrator Option to Enable Necessary Designer Elements
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November 11, 2024
YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform Update –November 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone Middle East Zone Panorama Digital Accessibility Platform Singapore Zone United States ZoneWe have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union. This update includes improved transparency of document accessibility scores, a new Power BI report template, a redesigned side bar with animated icons, the option to detect missing captions in the Video Platform’s videos, hide the To-Do List, view remediated documents and their analytics in the Course Report, and more.
- Improved Transparency of Document Accessibility Scores with Detailed Calculation Breakdown
As an administrator, you can now view a detailed breakdown of scoring rubrics for your documents across different accessibility models. Each model’s accessibility score is calculated using specific formulas based on the number of elements scanned and the proportions of minor, major, and severe issues. Simply hover over the info icon to view the calculation formulas and sample scenarios for each model, providing greater transparency into your accessibility scores.
- New Report Template for Presenting Accessibility Analytics in Power BI
As an administrator, you can now present your accessibility analytics easily in Power BI using our LMS report template. Simply upload the template along with your exported report in a JSON format to visualize your accessibility report.
- Integrate the Enterprise Video Platform With Panorama to Detect Missing Captions in Videos
You can now easily integrate the Enterprise Video Platform with Panorama by adding an access key. After the integration is complete, any videos embedded from the Video Platform into WYSIWYG content that Panorama can scan will automatically be checked for the presence of captions. If a video has missing captions, you will receive detailed instructions on how to add auto-captions through the Video Platform.
- Updated Sidebar Iconography with Subtle Animation Element
Panorama’s sidebar has been redesigned with new animated icons for all menu items and improved keyboard accessibility for navigation. - New Institution-Wide Setting to Hide the To-Do List
If Panorama’s To-Do List is no longer required, we’ve added a new setting that allows administrators to hide it across your institution. This will ensure that any items in the To-Do List are preserved in case instructors and administrators are granted access to the feature again.
- View Remediated Documents and Their Analytics in the Course Report
We’ve improved our course report to provide an overview of all remediated documents within a selected course. This allows you to see remediation types, compare document scores before and after remediation, and track your file remediation history.
- Enhanced Arrow key Navigation With NVDA Screen Reader
We’ve updated Panorama’s screen reader compatibility with NVDA, ensuring the Alternative Formats Menu can be navigated using arrow keys. Previously, this functionality was restricted if certain NVDA settings were enabled.
- Bulk Upload Users to the Panorama Roster Via CSV File Upload
​​As an administrator, you can now avoid the hassle of individually adding users to your Panorama roster. Update the Panorama roster by bulk uploading a CSV file containing a list of users and their required information.
- Improved Transparency of Document Accessibility Scores with Detailed Calculation Breakdown
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November 4, 2024
YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform Update – November 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone United States Zone Verity Test Proctoring PlatformWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This update includes integrated live proctoring sessions within the proctoring setup wizard, an updated Verity results page allowing you to switch between test-takers, a redesigned institution report and course report to provide more in-depth insights, centralized proctoring analytics in the new assessment report, and more.
- Integration of Live Proctoring Session Within Proctoring Setup Wizard
Verity now offers a unified workflow for live and non-live proctoring setup. Previously, as an instructor, you could only create a live assessment after setting up a proctored assessment within Verity. Now, we’ve simplified the process by integrating steps for creating a live assessment within our Setup Proctoring wizard.
- New “Speed-Grader” Results Page Features Ability to Flip Through All Test-Takers in a Single View
When reviewing proctored assessments, you can now quickly switch between a test-taker’s attempts and those of others all within the same view. Simply select a test-taker from the drop-down list and their attempts to begin reviewing recordings and relevant information, including room scans, ID photos, and configuration details. Additionally, you can also filter test-taker events by flag level, allowing you to analyze the most concerning issues.
- The Institution Report Offers More In-Depth Analytics to Track Verity’s Usage
We’ve improved our institution report to offer more key metrics that administrators can utilize to track Verity’s usage over time, along with Course Analytics showcasing an overview of Verity’s usage in particular courses. Some of the analytics include:- A graph illustrating the attempts associated with each proctoring method.Â
- The total number of times that test-takers have attempted assessments.Â
- The total number of assessments proctored.Â
- The total number of hours proctored.
- Improved Course Report Provides New Data Representations to Assess Test-Taker Performance
The new course report offers insights into flag levels within your course, helping you assess the frequency of severe, major, and minor events flagged in assessments. Additionally, Assessment Analytics provides an overview of each assessment, showing the total number of test-takers, the number of flagged events, and the highest flag level recorded.
- Centralized Proctoring Analytics in the New Assessment Report
The new Assessment Report offers proctoring analytics for any assessment you wish to review. It summarizes the status of completed assessments, the number of test-takers marked with Severe, Major, or Minor events, and access detailed analytics for individual test-takers.
- Modernized Video Player Interface with Redesigned Progress Bar and Icons
With the modernized video player, you can now view test-takers’ recordings with a redesigned progress bar and icons, making it easier to navigate through the content and quickly access key moments in the recordings. - Verity Mobile Lockdown App Support for Blackboard
Building on our support for proctored assessments on mobile devices in D2L Brightspace and Moodle, test-takers can now take proctored assessments in Blackboard on their mobile devices.
- Enhanced Guidance for Screen Sharing in the Verity Lockdown App
We’ve added a how-to video in the Verity Lockdown app setup process to help test-takers resolve issues related to screen setup for assessments.
- Resolved Session Time-Outs During Assessments in Blackboard
Previously, test-takers experienced session time-outs when accessing assessments on Blackboard. Now, we’ve resolved this issue, and test-takers can expect questions to appear within a few seconds. - System Check No longer Required for Exempted Test-Takers
Previously, exempted test-takers were required to undergo a system check before taking an assessment in the Lockdown app. Now, we’ve resolved this issue, and they can proceed to an assessment without any restriction.
- Canvas Instructors Can Grade Proctored Assessments Without Requiring the Verity Browser Extension
Canvas instructors no longer need to download the Verity Browser Extension to grade proctored assessments. They can directly click on their assessment within the Verity Platform, allowing them to grade results on a wider range of browsers and devices, including Safari and iPads.
- Integration of Live Proctoring Session Within Proctoring Setup Wizard
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October 25, 2024
YuJa Engage Student Response System Update – October 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone Engage Student Response System European Union Zone United States ZoneWe have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Engage Student Response System instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This release includes multiple rich-text styling options for question titles, new activity reports for creators, and geofence location configuration in administrator accounts.
- Add Rich-Text Styling to Question Titles
With our new rich-text editor, you can now customize the styling of question titles for a unique appearance across both web and mobile versions of Engage. Some of these styles include:- Bold, underline, and italicize words
- Adjust the font color
- Highlight text
- New Creator’s Activity Report – View Analytics of Your Activities
As a creator, you can now access detailed reports of your personal activities, including analytics for standalone activities and those published in courses. Additionally, you can gain insights into participant engagement by reviewing reports for individual activities.
- Set Up the Default Geofence Locations for Your Institution
As an administrator, you can now set up multiple geofence locations for your entire institution, allowing attendance creators to select from a predefined list of locations.
- Add Rich-Text Styling to Question Titles
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October 15, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – October 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zone Middle East Zone Singapore ZoneWe have successfully pushed an update to all Enterprise Video Platform instances residing in the European Union, Australia, the Middle East, Canada, and Asia. The United States geographic zone will be updated later this week. The highlights for this update include a redesigned Accessibility dashboard, the option to bulk archive courses, a redesigned My Account, more in-depth activity tracking for courses, the Multi-Select metadata type, and more.
- Redesigned Accessibility Dashboard with the Admin Panel
The Accessibility Dashboard has been redesigned from the ground up to provide actionable insights into video accessibility within the enterprise. New capabilities include:- Summary Cards highlighting key aspects of video accessibility.
- Filterable tables detailing On-Demand and Live ASR Captioning Activity, Pending Requests, and Accessibility Settings.
- Visibility on use of Generative AI capabilities in enhancing accessibility.
- Bulk Archive or Restore Courses in Courses & Groups
If you’re an admin or an instructor managing dozens or even thousands of courses on the Video Platform, you can now Bulk Archive and Bulk Restore multiple courses.
- Redesigned My Account, Including Tab Unification, Workflow Improvements, and Refreshed Design
The My Account page has been refreshed with a new design, consolidating multiple sections into a few easy-to-navigate pages.- New Configurations Page to Manage Personal Settings – The new Configurations page lets you manage your settings for notifications, downloads, integrations, and the media player in one place.
- Upgraded Recycle Bin and Watch History Pages With a New Interface – The Recycle Bin and Watch History pages have been updated with our new branding, making it easier to view deleted content or videos you’ve previously watched.
- Improved Accessibility – A number of screens with overlays have been re-designed to be more screen-reader and keyboard-navigation friendly.
- In-Depth Activity Tracking for Courses
The Activity panel now offers enhanced audit log tracking for course channel management, allowing you to see whether a course was successfully copied or if any errors were encountered.
- New Set of APIs for NL-LOM Metadata Harvesting
As an administrator, you can now use our NL-LOM APIs for your metadata harvesting, a standardized format designed for educational institutions in the Netherlands to ensure consistency in managing resources. - New Metadata Type – Multi-Select
The new Multi-Select metadata type allows you to create a list of values and choose one or more to apply to your content. - Improved the Underlying Infrastructure of Our Generative AI Capabilities for Multi-Language Audio Dubbing
You can now automatically generate more precise audio tracks for videos originally in English with our improved multi-language dubbing capabilities. Simply choose from over 25 languages to dub your video, allowing your viewers to select their preferred listening experience.
- Usability Improvement in Platform-Level Settings with Clearer Explanations of Each Option
With increased settings and configurations, we have introduced a new user interface style to explain each of the options more clearly.
- Faster Processing Speeds for Generating Content Reports
Previously, generating a Content report may have taken almost two minutes for results to appear. Now, you can expect results to appear in under a minute.
- Redesigned Accessibility Dashboard with the Admin Panel