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June 24, 2022
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20220624 Released to CAN and EU Zones
Analytics Browser Capture Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform Live StreamingWe have successfully pushed our update to all instances residing in Canada and European Union. This update provides in-depth Live Stream statistics, new customizations for the Canvas LTI 1.3 integration, a new Sub-Admin Captioner role, consent forms workflows, our new Facial Analysis tool, and much more. This will be released to the United States zones next Friday.
- View Real-Time Live Stream Statistics (Beta)
We have introduced a new Live Stream tab within Usage & Analytics that provides real-time live stream statistics across Hardware Hub, Software Capture, and RTMP-initiated live streams. Content Owners and Administrators are now provided with in-depth knowledge of their live streams, including real-time stream quality, downstream bandwidth, geo-location maps, and viewer statistics. The Live Stream Analytics tab also offers a space to view statistics for past and current live streams, as well as view upcoming events.
- Ability to “Favorite” Documents and Images, as well as, Filter Based On Favorited Items
Content Owners can now “star” documents and images as a favorite item and then use the Visual Search capabilities to search across all Favorited items. We have also provided a Favorite tab within My Media as a single space to view all your Favorite items. We will be extending this capabilities to video content in a subsequent release.
- New “Shared with Others” Tab within My Media
To complement our Shared With Me feature and improve the ability to collaborate on content with others, we have added a Shared with Others capability. This provides you with a single pane view of content that you have shared with other individuals using the Share capability. To learn more about our sharing feature, please click here.
- New Version History Tab for Documents and Images
Content Owners can now view past metadata history, including file renaming, metadata tags, ownership changes, publishing events, thumbnail changes and dozens more.
- Commenting Now Available for all Media Types
To further increase media engagement, we have expanded our commenting capabilities from video-related media to now include many document types such as DOCX, PDF, and PPT. To learn more about this feature, please click here.
- Course Copy Now Also Supports Moodle “Importing Courses” Workflow
In addition to the Moodle Course Copy workflow, we now support the Moodle Import Course workflow to effectively perform course copy of Media Channels, Video Quizzes, and Embedded Videos. To learn more about this feature, please click here. - Institutions Can Now Send an Electronic Consent Form that Will Record the Recipient’s Response
Institutions that use photos for marketing purposes often have to receive consent from the model within the picture. The new Consent Form tab allows Content Creators to send, review and manage consent forms within a single space. This feature can integrate with the newly introduced Facial Recognition tool that is part of this release. To learn more about this feature, please click here.
- Added Facial Recognition Analysis to Manage Consent Forms
To ensure all recognized faces within a photo have consent forms tied to them, the Automated Facial Recognition tool can scan an existing library of images owned by the institution to see if a consent form exists. To utilize this capability, please contact your Admin to turn this capability on within your Video Platform instance.
- Ability to Generate Reports to Identify Duplicate Content
As institutions expand their media libraries, we now provide a report that identifies duplicate content. Content Owners can choose to manually generate a report or schedule reports on a daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. To learn more about this feature, please click here. - Imported Caption Files to the Media Player now Support Bold, Italics and Underline Formatting
We have expanded our caption capabilities by adding formatting tags within VTT, XML and SRT-based caption files to be rendered within our Media Player.
- Improved End-to-End Course Copy Now Supported with LTI 1.3 Integration
Mirroring the Course Copy workflow introduced in the last release for LTI 1.1, the same end-to-end Course Copy that seamlessly transfers content items such as Media Channels, Video Quizzes, and Embedded Videos is supported in LTI 1.3. - YuJa LTI Link now Available in the Canvas Global Navigation Menu with LTI 1.3 (Optional)
Institutions using Canvas with LTI 1.3 integration can now enable YuJa along the Canvas Global Navigation Menu if they wish to do so.
- Support for Canvas ‘Hidden Tool’ Integration with LTI 1.3
YuJa links can now be hidden through JSON integration, allowing Instructors to only enable links for the courses they desire. To learn how to enable this feature, please click here. - Browser Capture is Now Able to Recover Interrupted Recordings
If a recording is interrupted or abruptly terminated, the user will be able to recover the recording automatically when re-entering the Browser Capture Studio.
- New Specialized Sub-Admin Role—Caption Editor
To provide Content Creators with more options when creating a sub-admin, we are introducing new roles targeting specific actions for sub-admins. The Caption Editor role is the first to be released, allowing sub-admins to use the Video Editor and Accessibility Tab tools to edit captions for shared videos while preventing this role from making additional changes. To learn more about this feature, please click here.
- View Real-Time Live Stream Statistics (Beta)
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March 18, 2022
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20220318 to CAN and EU Zones
Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform HTML5 Player Media Management Video EditorWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in Canada and European Union. This release focuses on brand new features including a more powerful EnterpriseTube, improved engagement tools, improve accessibility standards, refreshed layouts, and much more!
- Multi-EnterpriseTube to Support Departments and Sub-Organizations (Beta)
The EnterpriseTube can now be segmented based on the organizational structure of the institution. To better support the organizational structures that exist in large institutions, we designed an EnterpriseTube which allows users to create segments based on the organizational structure of the institution. Now, organizations can have Sub-EnterpriseTubes for their School of Medicine, Law School, and various departments. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to enable this feature. - Ability to Reply Directly to an In-Video Comment with Nested Commenting Capabilities
We have enhanced the in-video commenting feature to support the ability to directly reply to comments. This facilitates more direct collaboration between users and instructors. For more information on this feature, please click here. - Improved End-to-End Course Copy for Media Channels, Video Quizzes, and Embedded Videos
We have added new options and streamlined the end-to-end course copy workflow that seamlessly transfers content items such as Media Channels, Video Quizzes, and Embedded Videos. This feature is available for all major LMS products including Moodle, Canvas, Brightspace D2L, Blackboard Classic, and Blackboard SaaS. To learn more about how to enable this feature, please click here. - Recurring Live Streams Now Offer a Single, “Full Series” Live Stream Link
To better support organizations that regularly use live streams for recurring events, Admins can use a single live stream Master Link which will automatically forward users to a current or upcoming webinar live stream. - Video Editor Now Offer the Ability to Add and Delete Indices in Addition to the Pre-Defined Index Entries
This update will allow Content Creators to build on pre-defined index intervals by adding new indices to their videos with alternative timepoints. For more information on this feature, please click here. - Media Chooser Now Shows Dynamic Updates of Recording, Uploading, and Processing Statuses
We have made enhancements to the Media Chooser by offering a dynamic update to video thumbnails to now display recording, processing, and uploading status. Further, a video can be inserted that is still in a processing state. - Ability to Play Some Uploaded Video Types Immediately in the Media Library
We have added an extra stage to the transcoding pipeline which allows MP4 videos (and a few other types) to be played back immediately after upload. This will provide users with the option to playback their videos almost instantaneously in the original bitrate and format, while the other stages of the transcoding pipeline are processed in the transmuted original bitrate form. - Media Player Now Has Option for a “Go Forward” Button
To complement our Go Back option, the Media Player can be customized to include a Go Forward option. To learn more about how to create a Media Player “skin” with this feature, please click here - Machine-Generated ASR is Now Clarified in the Media Player Sidebar
This update will help users clearly distinguish if captions were generated through ASR or human captioning. Users can locate this attribute under captions by selecting the Gear icon on the Media Player. - Ability to Save Media Library Sort
In an effort to provide users more control of their Media Library and Media Channel. We have enhanced the usability of the Sort option so that sort preferences will now save between logins. - Accessibility Improvements Related to Meaningful Sequence Requirements of WCAG 2.1
To continue our efforts to meet and exceed WCAG 2.1 requirements, we have improved the tab order sequencing within the collapsible sidebar and also added an icon that clarifies the opening and closing of the sidebar. - Ability to Provision Channels Based on SAML and ADFS Group Attributes
Organizations can now opt to provision channels based on the group attributes within their Single Sign-On infrastructure. - Enhancement to Search Capabilities on the YuJa Media Chooser
We have implemented structures for the Media Choosers to enhance the search capabilities. Users will now experience improvements to the accuracy of search results when looking for specific content pieces. Instructions explaining the various search functions that are provided by the updated search system can be found by clicking the arrow icon located in the Search Bar.
- Multi-EnterpriseTube to Support Departments and Sub-Organizations (Beta)
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November 27, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update 20211126 Released to US, CAN, and EU Zones
Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform Live Streaming Media Management Media Player Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This update provides new quiz capabilities, new enterprise connectors to third-party hardware, as well as 150+ smaller bug fixes and updates.
- Video Quizzes Now Offer the Ability to Assign LMS Gradebook Credit Based on Percentage Watched
In addition to assigning credit based on Percentage Watched Threshold, users now have the ability to give credit to students based on the percentage of the video they watched. For example, if a student has watched 50% of the assigned video, they will receive a credit of 0.5 points. This Playback Quiz can also be enabled via the Video Quiz Editor. Click here to learn more about how to create a Playback Quiz.
- Ability for Users to take Video Quiz in External View
In addition to standard view, students will now have the option to take their Video Quizzes in External View. This allows students to fully utilize the space on their device to create an optimal viewing experience.
- Refreshed Admin Panel Platform Tab with Unified Preferences, Settings, Metadata, API and System Alerts Sub-tabs
This update reduces the numbers of tabs in the Admin Panel and simplifies the organization, layout and usability of many of the configurations. Click here to learn more about the Admin Panel’s Platform tab.
- Refreshed Roster Tab with New Summary Cards and Filtering Options
Administrators now have the ability to filter and identify users that match specific criteria. This update will now allow users to generate quick search results as opposed to manually searching for their desired results. Click here to learn more about the Admin Panel’s Roster Tab.
- Ability to Redo Actions in the Video Editor
Users will now be able to perform a redo of their last action in the Video Editor. This allows users to easily retrieve their edit as opposed to recreating it. Click here to learn more about using Redo in the Video Editor.
- The Media Chooser Now Offers Expanded Display of Filter Options
This update entails displaying filter options in a horizontal window for easier navigation and selection. This feature aims to help power users, with a large quantity of diverse media, retrieve their desired content. Users can customize the filters to be as specific or general as they please, ranging from file types, including YouTube and Vimeo, to specific publication status, and location where stored.
- Ability to Generate Indexes Based on OCR
Users will now be able to generate indexes based on OCR via the Accessibility tab in the Media Details panel. This will replace the previous feature which generated indexes based on the closed caption file, and based on our research creates better and more structured indexes. Better indexes allow students to easily navigate between topics within lengthy videos. Click here to learn more about how to generate indexes.
- Media Player Now Shows Video Next to Sidebar in Small Viewports (Instead of Overlay)
To optimize the viewing experience of the Media Player for smaller windows, this update supports side-by-side viewing of the Media Player and Sidebar for users who have smaller device screens or prefer to view content in smaller windows.
- New Epiphan Enterprise Connector for Integration with Epiphan Capture Hardware
With Epiphan Video’s Pearl integration with YuJa’s Video Platform, users will experience easy data management through automatic recordings and live-streaming of their scheduled and impromptu events. Upon completion, users’ recordings will be automatically uploaded into their YuJa media library. Click here to learn more about the Epiphan Enterprise Connector.
- New Matrox Enterprise Connector for Integration with Matrox Monarch LCS Capture Hardware
The Matrox hardware integration with YuJa’s Video Platform enables users to define their profiles and record video content using Matrox LCS devices. Built as a partnership with Matrox’s Product Management Team, this integration provides Matrox customers with the ability to use their Matrox hardware for classroom lecture capture use cases. Click here to learn more about the Matrox Monarch LCS Enterprise Connector.
- Ability to Disable YuJa Credential Login for Non-Admin Users
For institutions that connect YuJa directly to an LMS and/or SSO, Administrators can now disable the YuJa Credentials direct login capability. Click here to learn more about choosing a default login method.
- Improved Live Stream Fault Tolerance with Repeated Pause/Resume Events and Improved Streaming of High Bitrate Content
This update includes resolving minor bugs and issues to provide an enhanced livestream experience.
- Video Quizzes Now Offer the Ability to Assign LMS Gradebook Credit Based on Percentage Watched
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October 10, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20211008 Released to CAN and EU Zone
Analytics Browser Capture Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform Media Player Video Editor Video QuizzesWe 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.
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- Redesigned Media Player Sidebar with Improved Visualizations
The Video Platform’s Media Player now offers a redesigned experience for each of the metadata panels of the Media Player. This change was focused on optimizing the visibility and usability of each panel. Click here to learn more about the Media Player Sidebar.- The new Chapter Index panel
- The new Optical Character Recognition (OCR) panel
- The new Resources panel
- Live Stream Integration Directly into Media Channels
To make it easier for students to join course-level Live Streams, a new integration within the Media Channels provides notification of active Live Streams to the course.
- Video Editor Now Provides the Ability to Insert Video from Your Existing Media Content
Content Owners can insert existing media into a video stream from their My Media library without having to first upload the content (as was previously the case). Click here to learn more about Insert Video. - Video Editor Now Supports Simultaneous Editing of Caption Files in Multiple Languages
Content Owners can now context-switch and edit multiple Caption Files within a single editing session. Click here to learn more about editing caption files in multiple language. - Video Editor Now Supports Find-and-Replace for Editing Captions
Caption editors now have a quick find-and-replace workflow to make editing captions more efficient.
- Video Editor Performance Optimizations (EU and CA Zone)
The processing infrastructure used by the Video Editor in the EU and CA zone has been optimized using the same elastic edit-processing infrastructure utilized in the US zone. The result is faster editing of long videos. - Gradebook-Aligned Video Completion Scoring
The Video Platform now offers an LMS Gradebook-aligned video completion scoring capability previously offered within the Techsmith Knowmia product. With this product being sunset, the ability to apply a grade based on a percentage-threshold watched was a heavily requested feature by former Knowmia customers. Click here to learn more about how to create a Playback Quiz.
- Support for Organization-Approved Pre-Roll and Post-Roll (Trailer) Videos
Organizations can now upload approved Pre-Roll and Post-Roll video content that can then be utilized by Content Owners. The goal is to allow Organizations to more easily distribute brand and compliance-aligned pre-roll and post-rolls. Click here to learn more about using Video Bumpers.
- Support for Downloading Video Podcasts with “Burned In” Captions
Content Owners and Administrators can now opt to download their video content with a “burned in” copy of the time-synchronized caption file. For videos with multiple associated caption files, users can select which caption file to “burn in”. Click here to learn more about obtaining burn-in captions within your downloaded videos.
- Create Auto-Scheduled Placeholder Recordings That Can Be Immediately Inserted Into Instructional Content
Auto-schedule recordings can now create placeholder videos ahead of the actual event. These placeholder objects can be inserted similar to actual videos. Click here to learn more about creating a Placeholder Video. - Browser Capture Now Provides the Ability to Download a Single Stream Podcast of the Newly Created Content
Users now have an option to immediately download an offline podcast of their newly created multi-stream content. Previously within the Brower Capture Studio, multi-stream content had to be downloaded as separate streams. Please note, the most popular workflow of saving directly to My Media is not affected by this enhancement.
- New Device Management and Integration APIs
In an effort to continue to expand the capabilities of our Hardware Capture appliance partners, we have continued to extend our APIs to provide additional device management and integration APIs. These include: the ability to programmatically register and unregister third-party hardware capture appliances, integration of Live Stream ingestion, recording pause and resume support, and more. - Support for D2L Homepage Link to Video Platform
D2L institutions can now add a link to the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform that is not contextually associated with a course. When the LTI link is followed, the Video Platform will present the user’s My Media content and is agnostic to any specific course view. - Support for Moodle Media Chooser Insertion of a Direct Link When the LMS Strips the Embed Code
Institutions that use Moodle can now use the Media Chooser in scenarios where the Moodle LMS strips the inserted video link, such as within a Moodle Forum post of a student. Now this scenario is detected and a link is, instead, inserted. - Support for Bulk Human Caption Operation
Human captioned-enabled users can now bulk-select multiple videos to send for human captioning. - Improved the Loading Time of the User-Level Analytics View
Optimized the retrieval and tabulation functions of this user-centric analytics view. Now this user-level view loads, in most cases, within a matter of seconds rather than over a minute. - Optimized Loading Speed of Media Player When Embedding 5+ Videos in a Page
Now embedded videos will load much more quickly as a result of a number of packaging, caching, and localization optimizations. - Continued Work on Accessibility Improvements Across Video PlatformAs part of our continued efforts to deepen the accessibility of our offerings, we have focused this release on improved Tab Ordering. For example, the Video Editor’s Tab Order is more logical and intuitive than it was previously.
- Redesigned Media Player Sidebar with Improved Visualizations
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September 3, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20210827 Released to US Zone
Analytics Enterprise Video Platform General Platform Media Management United States Zones Video EditorWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States. For a summary of the release, please refer to the corresponding tag for the most recent Canadian and EU zones release.
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August 28, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20210827 Released to EU and CA Zone
Analytics Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform Media Management United States Zones Video EditorWe 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Choose and Embed Media From Existing Collections
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 .
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.
- Video Editor Offers a Simple Mode and Advanced Mode
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August 16, 2021
Hardware Hub Firmware – Update v6.00 Now Available
Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform Hardware Hub United States ZonesWe have successfully published a Firmware update for Hardware Hubs available to all customers in the United States, Canada and the European Union. Reach out to your Customer Success Manager to schedule your firmware update.
- Device Profile Management
As Organizations continue to expand their usage of the hybrid learning model, remote management of lecture capture devices becomes a linchpin to the model’s success. With new remote Device Profile Management tools for YuJa Hardware Appliances, Administrators can now define their room types and configure recording sources all from the Video Platform’s Admin Panel. Click here to learn more about creating a Device Profile. - Real-Time Local HDMI Source Preview
A new local preview of most sources connected to the Hardware Hub is now available for Organizations who use the YuJa Hardware Appliance to record lecture room connector. View a preview of available screen and webcam sources by connecting a display to the Hardware device’s HDMI output. Click here to learn more more about the Hardware Appliance’s Local HDMI source preview capabilities.
- Smaller Bug Fixes and Improvements
Multiple improvements have been made to improve device stability, management of network disconnect situations, consistency of device previews and more.
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July 24, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20210723 Released to All Zones
Analytics Browser Capture Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform Media Player United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the US, European Union and Canada.
- A Brand New Browser Capture User Experience
We redesigned the user experience of the Browser Capture to focus on a more intuitive interface, better control of source recording, and previewing of active sources. We also implemented 15+ stability and firewall traversal improvements. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to learn how to enable Browser Capture for your Organization. We’ve got plenty more in store for the Browser Capture as we continue to enhance and extend this tool’s capabilities in future releases. Click here to learn more about Browser Capture.
- New Media Player Viewing Options for Multi-Stream Content
User now have more flexible viewing options for multi-streamed content with the ability to hover over the multi-stream content in the Media Player to select from a Side-by-Side, Picture-in-Picture or Single Source view. Click here to learn more about configuring default settings for Multi-Stream viewing.
- Improved Media Player Accessibility with the Ability to Dynamically Move the Caption Bar
Viewers can now dynamically move the caption bar around to suit their personal preferences. Click here to learn more about Media Player Accessibility tools.
- Better Messaging When Captions are Being Processed
The “No Captions Available” when ASR-based captions are being generated has been replaced with the message “Captions are being processed and should be available soon.”. Further, when no captions are pending, a more prescriptive message of “No captions available. To request captions, please contact the Video Owner.” shows. Click here to learn more about Media Player Accessibility tools.
- Media Detail Advanced Capabilities Tucked Under “More Options”
As the Video Platform expands, we’re constantly adding new features under the Media Details panel. We didn’t want to overwhelm the novice user and as such, we’ve tucked away advanced media tools under More Options.
- Editable Embed Code for Advanced Configurations
We’ve added the ability to edit a video’s Embed Code elements to give power users more control over embed code behavior. Click here to learn more about editing a video’s embed code.
- Quick-Click for Direct Links and Embed Codes
Copy a direct link or embed code in a single click using the new Copy button now available for all media content. Click here to learn more about sharing content using a Direct Link or Embed Code.
- Improved Publish Dialog Layout for Smaller Screens
We’ve made changes to the Publish dialog to optimize the space for smaller viewports. Click here to learn more about publishing media in the Video Platform.
- Ability to Manage Video Quiz Open and Close Dates within the Media Chooser
We’re continuing to improve our Video Quiz tools for Instructors who post video quizzes directly within their LMS. Now, Instructors can set the Video Quiz’s Open and Close dates directly within the Media Chooser. Click here to learn more about Video Quizzes.
- Additional Security for the Zoom Enterprise Connector
A new Verification Code is now required when changing the email address associated with a Video Platform account. This was done to ensure that Zoom-mapped accounts are mapped securely to the correct Video Platform account.
- New Bulk Actions Options for Bulk Security
Set the security of a group of videos from Private to Public, or enable Portal Authentication at the same time using our new Bulk Security feature. Content Owners managing large media collections can now set video security in bulk. Click here to learn more about Bulk Media Management options.
- Improved the Accessibility and Navigability of Charts and Graphs
In our drive to improve digital accessibility for all users, we’ve added additional screen reader support for graphs and charts in the Video Platform which includes adding data tables to complement graphical chart elements.
- 24/7 RTMP Live Streaming
We’ve more formally added 24/7 RTMP Live Streaming as we previously deprecated this capability only to release the ever-growing use cases our users had for 24/7 live streaming of content. Administrators can now start a non-recorded 24/7 RTMP Live Stream that can be used for permanent digital signage. Click here to learn more about RTMP Live Streaming.
- Archiving Notifications
New archiving notifications alert users when their content has been archived by their Administrators. As organizations ramp up archiving media content using YuJa Himalayas, we will continue to roll out new Video Platform notification capabilities.
- Zoom Metadata
New Zoom metadata like the Zoom Meeting ID, Name of the Organizer and List of Participants makes it easier for Content Creators and Administrators to search for Zoom recordings imported automatically using the Zoom Connector. Click here to learn more about the Zoom Connector.
- Additional Third-Party Hardware Integration APIs
Added improved Device API error handling and new API to retrieve Device Status and Audit Logs. Click here to learn more about available Video Platform APIs.
- A Brand New Browser Capture User Experience
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June 26, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20210618 Released to US Zone
Analytics Enterprise Video Platform General Platform Himalayas HTML5 Player Live Streaming Media Management Media Player SSO United States Zones Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States. For a summary of the release, please refer to the corresponding tag for the most recent Canadian and EU zones release.
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June 19, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20210618 Released to EU and CA Zone
Analytics Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform HTML5 Player Live Streaming Media Management Media Player SSO Video QuizzesWe 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.
- New Storage Management Capabilities Including Download Archive and Additional Policy Rules
With more users creating content and storing media assets on the Video Platform, storage management is a priority concern for many organizations. We’ve introduced new tools to our Data Management toolset to help Administrators identify archivable media content and manage their ever growing storage. Click here to learn more about data archiving.- We’ve added two new features to the Data Management toolset found under the Admin Panel. Administrators can add Bulk Tags to matching media content, and a Download Zip capability for selected media.
- New Rules (matching criteria) can be added within the Policy Editor to identify content by Role Type and Content Type. For example, an Administrator could use these rules to easily identify Exam Proctoring Sessions created by Students that should be archived to free storage.
- More detailed audit tracking gives organizations transparency into archival events, making it easier for them to monitor the archive folder generation and total amount of storage archived.
- We’ve added two new features to the Data Management toolset found under the Admin Panel. Administrators can add Bulk Tags to matching media content, and a Download Zip capability for selected media.
- Advanced Transcode Management and Admin Bitrate Selection Capabilities
Content Owners and Administrators can now manage the available transcodes within a video. This including adding specific transcodes for a particular resolution and bitrate, as well as removing an existing transcode. Transcodes provide alternative variants to provide more customizable adaptive bitrate capabilities settings but do occupy additional storage space. Click here to learn more about managing transcodes on a per-video basis.
- Advanced Transcode Management Custom Video Qualities Capabilities within Admin Panel
Administrators can now select which transcode qualities they wish to make available to specific roles. For example, Admins could provide the ability for Content Owners to generate a 480p adaptive bitrate transcode, however permit themselves to generate 2160p transcodes. Click here to learn more about managing transcode generation.
- Microsoft Teams Enterprise Connector
Complementing our Zoom and Webex Video Conferencing Enterprise Connectors, we now offer a Microsoft Teams Enterprise Connector. This provides the ability to automatically or manually ingest Microsoft Teams video conference recordings. Click here to learn more about our Microsoft Teams connector.
- Itemized Storage Report
The Itemized Storage Report is a downloadable report that provides storage metrics for all media content accessible in the Video Platform including the Title, Owner, Date of the Upload, Size, and number of Views. Click here to learn more about the storage analytic reporting.
- Bulk Download Support for Multi-Stream Content
Before, multi-stream video content could only be Bulk Downloaded as separate files which produced separate MP4 files for each stream. Now, users can Bulk Download multi-stream content as a single file allowing all available streams to merge into a single MP4. Click here to learn more about Bulk Downloading media content.
- Ingested RTMP Streams Can Be Recorded, Stream with Adaptive Bitrate Streaming and Use the Live Chat Capability
RTMP-ingested streams can now be recorded by the Video Platform, as well as utilize the same adaptive bitrate streaming infrastructure previously deployed for live streams originating from YuJa Software Capture and Hardware Hub-originating live streams. The Live Chat capability has now been extended to RTMP-originating streams. The resulting recording can also be assigned a session owner, saved to a specific Media Collection, and optionally published to a particular location. Click here to learn more about about RTMP Live Streaming in the Video Platform.
- RTMP-Based Events Now Offer a Stream Preview Capability to Monitor the Event
To enable Event Services teams to better manage RTMP-based Live Stream Events, the Video Platform now offers the ability to preview an active stream and monitor the outgoing audience feed. Click here to learn more about about RTMP Live Streaming in the Video Platform.
- RTMP-Based Live Stream Real-Time Event Statistics
Live stream events, including RTMP-originating events, now offer real-time event statistics including the total number of viewers, active viewers, attendance length, as well as geo-location information on attendees. Future releases will deepen the available statistics, as well as introduce new data visualizations. Click here to learn more about RTMP Live Stream statistics.
- New Video Quiz Delivery Options Including “View After Submission” and “Permit Student Resubmission”
Video Quizzes now support two additional settings available to Video Quiz creators. Instructors can specify if Students should be allowed to resubmit their answers after submission or if a Student can continue to access the video of a Video Quiz after the quiz’s Close Date. Click here to learn more about advanced Video Quiz settings.
- Redesigned Gradebook Analytics with Color-Coded, Single Pane Results View
With a cleaner UI and a list of new features, we’ve given the YuJa Gradebook a whole new look-and-feel to provide an at-a-glance look for Instructors as they monitor their Students comprehension of course content. Instructors can grade each of their students’ Video Quiz short answer responses in a single click, view all attempts, the scores received and the answers selected. Click here to learn more about Video Quizzes and the Gradebook.
- Improvements to Keyboard Level Accessibility with Platform-Level Highlight Selection on All Keyboard Navigations
As part of an initiative to deepen the accessibility capabilities of the Video Platform, we have introduced both improved the keyboard navigation visual element, refined the screen-reader support, and transitioned some UI panels into a more Universal Design. Over the coming quarters, we will continue to broaden and improve additional UI screens.
- XML Scheduling Upload Now Provides Collection-Level Specification Capabilities
As more and more organizations move to remote scheduling for classroom lecture capture, we’ve made bulk scheduling even easier. Administrators can bulk schedule lecture capture sessions through the Devices page under the Admin Panel using an XML and can now specify the location to save the recording. Click here to learn more about uploading an XML schedule for automated recording.
- Added 10 New Auto-Captioning Languages including Finnish
As YuJa continues to expands internationally, our user base has become increasingly diverse and English is no longer the only primary language spoken by Video Platform users. We’ve added 10+ new languages to our AI auto-caption toolset to support organizations including Finnish, Farsi, Danish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, and Traditional Mandarin. Click here to learn more about requesting auto-captions on a per-video basis.
- Transcript Downloading from within the Media Player
With our initiative to improve digital accessibility for all users, we’ve added the ability to download the video transcript directly though the Media Player’s Sidebar so viewers who are watching an embedded video can download the transcript. Click here to learn more about downloading resources through the Video Platform Media Player.
- Prioritizing Proctor Session Initiation for Students Enrolled in Proctored Courses
We know that students can make mistakes when trying to initiate a proctoring session on their device so we’ve made it easier to launch the tool by prioritizing proctor sessions for students when they click Create Recording. Students are now less likely to accidentally create a standalone recording instead of a proctoring session. Click here to learn more about enabling prioritization of proctoring sessions for students.
- Customizable Terms and Conditions Prompt for New Video Platform Users
Video Platform security and transparency has always been our top concern. Organizations can now require all users to accept their organization’s custom Terms and Conditions before accessing the Video Platform for the very first time through their LMS or SSO. This ensure that user information isn’t passed from the LMS or SSO into the Video Platform until the student accepts the Terms and Conditions. Click here to learn more about enabling this feature for your Organization’s Zone.
- Class Media Channel Email Invitations
Administrators can now control how users join a Class Media Channel through their email invitation by enabling or disabling different log in methods including SSO credentials, Video Platform credentials or even creating a new account. Click here to learn more about configuring Class Media Channel invitation options.
- New API to Obtain Audit Log Entries, Video Search Capabilities, and Per-User Schedule Retrieval
The REST API now offers additional APIs to extract audit log entries, perform additional video operations such as video search, and retrieve auto-scheduled sessions on a per-user basis. These APIs will also be used by third-party video quiz partners to enable them to utilize YuJa-hosted videos for quiz creation. Click here to learn more about the available REST APIs in the Video Platform. - Full Platform Localization Project Complete, including Support for French
Our multi-quarter full Video Platform localization project is now complete with fully instrumented Globalization. This will enable seamless introduction of new Language Packs in the future. This release, we have completed the availability of our French Language Pack. Click here to learn more about changing your account’s preferred language. Note: We currently have our Test Engineers performing even more thorough sweeps of all tool-tips and older features to make sure we fully localized the UI. If you notice anything that isn’t localized, please let us know. - General Availability of Multiple Single Sign On Enterprise Connectors for a Single Video Platform Instance
The Video Platform now supports up to 2 SAML and 2 CAS vendors for a single Zone allowing institutions with multiple SSO vendors to provide an seamless login experience to all Video Platform users. - Browser Capture Studio Now Offers an On-Demand Upload Capability to Support More Restrictive Firewall Settings
With an improved network framework for Browser Capture, users using the online recording tool have a more consistent experience that improves upload response times on local networks running firewalls. Click here to learn more about using Browser Capture.
- New Storage Management Capabilities Including Download Archive and Additional Policy Rules