Product Updates

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.

1. Audit Log Subscriptions with Subscription Management Capabilities
   Administrators can now create email subscriptions to specific Audit Log events. These events are sent in real-time to the specific users or email aliases. This enables scenarios such as a Device Sub-Administrator setting up subscriptions to be informed of all Device-level alerts for low-audio and auto-scheduling error.
   
   
2. Additional Auto-Captioning Languages
   The Video Platform now supports Automatic Captioning (ASR) in the following languages: English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese, Hindi, Turkish, Thai, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Korean.
   
   
3. Improvements to Zoom Enterprise Connector
   The Zoom Connector now permits ingestion of password-protected and host-only content. Additionally, organizations with multiple Video Platform instances can now simultaneously integrate the same Zoom enterprise account into multiple Video Platform instances.
4. Improved Localization of Date and Time Formats
   The Video Platform’s Branding tab now supports the ability to use either a Day/Month/Year or Year/Month/Day format.
   
   
5. Canvas Native Integration for Non-LTI Automatic Course Provisioning, User Creation, and Roster Sync
   Complementing the IMS-certified LTI integration, the Video Platform now offers native Canvas synchronization. This native API-level capability pre-populates the Video Platform with LMS-side entities without the need for an LTI launch event. The course, user and roster entities are then continually updated to match their corresponding Canvas-side entity. For information on this capability, visit the YuJa Knowledgebase Article.
   
6. Smaller Media Now Uploads Via Multi-Part Upload
   Multi-part Upload was originally implemented for larger (500MB+) content. Now the robustness of this implementation, including the ability to permit uploads to withstand intermittent or temporary Internet connection interruptions, is now available for smaller media files.
7. YuJa Pro Captioning Now Supports Spanish Human Captioning
   Organizations using the YuJa Pro Captioning can now human-caption their content in Spanish.
8. Improved Performance of Media Player When Large Number of Video Embeds
   The load-time and performance requirements of the Media Player has been improved to better support situations where a large number of videos are embedded into a single LMS or webpage.
9. Improved Video Editor’s Video Insertion
   Improved robustness of video insertion into an existing video in situations where: 1) the video being inserted is a silent video or, 2) the slide or image is being inserted at the last second of the video.
10. Ability to Automatically Perform Auto-Captioning (ASR) Directly into Preferred Language
    For organizations that would like to perform ASR in a non-English language by default, the Video Platform now provides the ability to specify their preferred default.
    
    

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.

1. Video Conference Recordings Are Now Playable in the Media Player

   Multi-party video conference recordings with screen, video and audio are now playable directly within the Enterprise Video Platform’s standard Media Player. This means that video conference recordings can now be edited, captioned, downloaded, thumbnailed, etc. with all the same capabilities afforded to standard captures and uploaded videos.

   In subsequent releases, we will be adding improved multi-person layouts, removing the interim step where a newly created recording initially plays back using the Video Conference application, and adding the ability for whiteboards and document sharing content to be linked to the recording as an attachment.

   

2. Ability to Limit Access to Video Conference to Only Specific Users
   Administrators can now restrict access to the Video Conference to only specific users. This includes the ability to define who can create meetings and who can only attend meetings.
   
   

A new version of the Software Capture for Apple version (version v4.1.1) has been released to all instances located in the United States, Canada and the European Union.

1. Brand New, Faster and More Efficient Capture Engine
   This version introduces a brand-new Capture Engine that provides improved stream synchronization on Retina displays, better memory and CPU efficiency, and a snappier user experience. This engine also provides improved device compatibility with external peripherals (example: Yeti Professional Microphone).
2. Support for Recording Internal System Audio
   Content Creators can record the system internal audio as a secondary audio source alongside the primary microphone source. This can be used to record the sound of a video being played back during an active recording.
   
   
3. Improved Compatibility When System Language is Simplified Chinese
   Resolved minor incompatibilities with the application when launched when Apple’s System Language is Simplified Chinese.
4. Support for Recording with Apple Airpods
   Alongside the new Capture Engine is support for using Apple Airpods to perform recording.
5. New Apple Capture Audit Logging Capabilities
   To provide Administrators with better visibility in remote user actions and system activity, the Apple Capture now provides audit logging capabilities for specific actions. Over the coming releases, additional events will be added to the Apple audit logging capabilities.
   
   
6. New Permission Management Panel
   In many cases, Apple OS’s default permission settings for applications is to deny Camera, Microphone and Screen Recording access. On start-up, the new Permission Management Panel provides a clear indication of available permissions and the ability to directly open the Apple OS Security & Privacy tools needed to enable the required permission.
   
   

A new version of the Video Conference platform has been released.

1. Improved Firewall Traversal for Screenshare
   Capabilities to allow the screenshare connection to better traverse specific firewall and router configurations.
2. Improved Audio and Video Permission Edge-Cases
   Resolved a number of edge cases that could cause webcam and microphone permissions to be blocked during the Video Conference initiation.

A new version of the Video Conference platform has been released. Please keep in mind that the release cadence for the Video Conference has been increased to twice-a-month (or more) as we roll out capabilities on a more aggressive release schedule in preparation for the Fall.

1. Improved Connection Management and Retry Capabilities
   The Video Conference Platform now will perform individual connection-level retries to re-establish connections that may be on slower or high-latency connections.
2. Improved Firewall Traversal Capabilities
   Capabilities to better traverse specific firewall and router configurations have been deployed. This should resolve several connection issues that users experience.
3. New Ability to Select Video and Audio Options from the Entry Panel
   Now the Entry Panel has a new option to select Video and Audio directly before entering the Video Conference.



4. New Top Bar Audio and Video Selection Options
   The Audio and Video buttons within the Top Bar now provide the ability to toggle between available video and mic sources.

We 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 Canadian zones.

A new version of the Video Conference platform has been released that includes 15+ features and improvements. Please keep in mind that the release cadence for the Video Conference has been increased to twice-a-month (or more) as we roll out capabilities on a more aggressive release schedule in preparation for the Fall.

1. Improved Participant Management Capabilities with Integrated Virtual Classroom Tools
   The Participant Management panel now offers an improved visualization of participant capabilities and roles. The Panel also now provides an integrated menu to manage mute settings, charge role and enable and disable media sources.
   
   
2. New Mute Management Capabilities for Simplified Virtual Classroom Management
   Meeting owners now have additional mute capabilities to better manage the number of speakers during a multi-person virtual classroom. New mute management capabilities include:
   • Mute specific participants
   • Mute All participants with sub-capabilities to enable participants to subsequently unmute themselves
   • Offer the ability to speak to specific, owner-selectable participants

   

A new version of the Video Conference platform has been released that includes one key improvement. Please keep in mind that the release cadence for the Video Conference has been increased to twice-a-month (or more) as we roll out capabilities on a more aggressive release schedule in preparation for the Fall.

1. Improved Re-Connection Logic in Unstable, Intermittent, or Weaker Connections
   Improved re-connection logic between peer-to-peer connections in situations where the link is temporarily unstable, intermittent or weaker. We will continue to monitor “connection graphs” to identify additional connection management improvements required.

We have successfully published a new version of the YuJa Mobile for iOS application to the Apple AppStore.

1. Improved and More Modern Playback Experience
   A refreshed video playback experience using an overlay style Play Bar now provides better use of the available screen size.
   
   
2. New Recording and Orientation Options
   Improved video display orientation to match the orientation used when recording for both portrait and landscape, as well as the ability to select the capture resolution when recording.
   
   
3. Easier to Use Entry Screen
   The login experience has been streamlined. Rather than having to scroll through a list of Organizations and Schools, users can simply enter their email address, organization name or organization’s email domain to login to their organization’s configured authentication methods.
   
   
4. Integration with Playback Analytics
   Playback analytics shown within the Visual Analytics now integrate with playback events generated by users when accessing the iOS application.
   
5. Ability to Record Audio Podcasts
   The recording capability now includes the ability to create audio-only recordings (podcasts).
   
   
6. Additional Variable Speed Playback Option
   Improved variable speed playback and device capability, as well as added new 4x speed control.
   
   
7. Extended Control of Use of Non-WiFi Connections
   Selectable option to control whether downloads content for offline use can be performed only when connected to non-Wifi connections. This is aimed at helping users avoid situations where downloading or uploading content exceeds their phone’s data plan thresholds.
   
   
8. Stability Improvements Based on Customer Usage
   Leveraging the previous deployment to resolve 50+ application crashes and errors that were discovered in the field. The result is an even more stable and robust user experience.
   

A new version of the Video Conference platform has been released that includes several improvements and features. The release cadence for the Video Conference has been increased to twice-a-month as we roll out capabilities on a more aggressive release schedule in preparation for the Fall.

1. Support for Up To 9 Participants on Video
   The maximum number of participants on video has been increased to 9. Over the coming months, we will continue to increase this maximum.



2. 10+ Smaller Fixes and Improvements Including:
   • Improvement to mute, no-sound and no-video icon sizes to be more consistent and sized to the video box.
   • Improved handling of video source switching in instances where it is performed very quickly (or toggled).
   • Resolved issue where copying the meeting link via the Copy Link button did no work on Chrome or Edge.