Product Updates

We have successfully pushed an update for Software Capture for PC and Mac to all instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union.

For the YuJa Software Capture for PC, this update includes the option to create a scheduled window for uploading recordings, on-screen highlights to show the recordings state, the option for Software Capture to automatically open after finishing a recording, and optimized live stream screen recordings to use less CPU resources.

1. Ability to Create a Scheduled Window for Uploading to the Video Platform During Off-Peak Hours
   Institutions that would like their recordings uploaded to the Video Platform only during specific time frames can now create permitted upload windows. For institutions with network-constrained infrastructure, this enables uploads to happen during off-peak hours.
   
2. On-Screen Highlight to Show the Recording State
   To give on-screen indications of the recording status of Software Capture, content creators can enable an option to view a highlighted border around their screen capture source (which is not visible in the resultant recording). The highlighted border will indicate whether their recording has yet to start, is in progress, or is paused.
   
3. Software Capture Will Automatically Reopen After Recordings are Uploaded or Discarded
   Content creators who want to make multiple recordings consecutively or discard and restart their current recording will no longer need to manually relaunch and log in to the Software Capture application. We have added a new feature that, when enabled, will automatically reopen the application.
   
4. Optimized Live Stream Screen Recordings to Utilize Less CPU Resources
   By optimizing our live stream encoding, content creators will experience up to 30% reduced CPU usage when capturing their screen sources.

For the YuJa Software Capture for Apple, this update includes options for adjustable file size of recordings, customizing the frame rate of video sources, adjusting the orientation of the video feed, and new hotkeys to dynamically control sources.

1. Adjust the File Size of the Final Recording by Selecting Your Preferred Video Quality
   Content creators can enhance their recordings by selecting from six video-quality presets, each offering different levels of compression. The highest quality preset ensures no compression, preserving the video in its original detail but resulting in a larger file size. The lowest-quality preset applies the most compression, making files smaller and easier to transfer.
   
2. Customize the Frame Rate of Video Sources
   Content Creators can adjust the frame rate of their video source based on what their video camera supports.
   
3. Adjust the Vertical or Horizontal Orientation of the Video Feed
   Content creators have the option to flip their video recordings either horizontally or vertically.
   
4. New Hotkeys to Dynamically Control Sources
   We’ve added new hotkeys for camera, audio, and screen sources to automatically enable or disable them before starting your recording or during the recording.
   

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This update includes a streamlined wizard to create proctored assessments, LMS hierarchy support, email confirmations for registered live assessments, custom suffix settings, guided steps for test-takers, video tutorials for adding applications to a blocked list, improved integration with Aleks, and a new add-on: Live Check-In.

1. Streamlined Wizard to Quickly Create Proctored Assessments
   We now provide a step-by-step walkthrough for setting up Verity when creating a proctored assessment on an LMS or with a third-party proctoring tool. Assessment creators will be guided through each step of the process, from platform and configuration selection to live session setup, ensuring assessments are ready for test-takers.
   
2. LMS Hierarchy Support for Sub-Accounts, Nodes, and Sub-Orgs: Enable Verity for Specific LMS Hierarchies or Courses
   We’ve implemented a scope setting that allows administrators to enable Verity-only specific LMS sub-accounts / sub-org / BB Node.
   
3. Email Confirmations for Registered Live Proctoring Session
   Test-takers who register for a live proctoring session will receive a confirmation email detailing their registration.
   
4. Customize the Suffix to Distinguish Proctored Assessments
   Verity has always provided a suffix at the end of a proctored assessment name to distinguish it from other assessments. Administrators can now customize or remove their suffixes to suit their institution’s preference.
   
5. Canvas Now Supports Auto-Detection and Student Walkthrough of Student Setup
   Test-takers attempting to access a proctored assessment without the Verity Browser Extension will automatically receive step-by-step guidance on how to download the extension and access their assessment. We expect to roll out this same capability for D2L and Moodle in the next release cycle. To enable this capability, please contact your Client Success Manager.
   
6. On-Demand Video Tutorials to Help Add Blocked Applications for Windows and Mac
   In an effort to provide on-demand support, we’ve included tutorial videos for both Windows and Mac devices on how to manually add programs to Verity’s blocked application list. This will ensure that test-takers cannot access specific programs during their proctored assessments.
   
7. Improved Third-Party Integration With Aleks
   When creating a third-party assessment with Aleks, Verity will now automatically enter the password for test-takers to access the assessment.
   

Verity Add-On: Live Check-In

1. New Proctoring Add-On: “Live Check-In” to Remotely Monitor Assessments Upon Misconduct
   Complementing our existing Live Proctoring options, Live Check-In (similar to Live Pop-In) leverages Verity’s live monitoring infrastructure to flag and, in real time, notify human proctors of potential misconduct. Proctors can then remotely enter a test-taker’s environment to address the issue. This new offering provides institutions with choices when selecting their preferred proctoring options, as we aim to act as a one-stop shop for all proctoring needs.
   

The release provides a comprehensive Dashboard to view the overall accessibility of an institution, SEO auditing, an Accessibility Report for web pages, credit summary tracking, a new accessibility check for color contrast issues, and the option to subscribe to email notifications.

1. Comprehensive Dashboard Summary to View the Accessibility of an Institution
   EqualGround will collect the accessibility scores across an institution to provide a comprehensive summary of the institution’s accessibility. In-depth reporting can be viewed for each category by clicking View Full Report.
   
2. Detailed Reports for SEO Auditing
   We’ve built our own engine to crawl websites and analyze SEO-related issues such as:
   • Missing canonical tags to prevent duplicate content.
   • Links and documents are not crawlable.
   • Missing language tags for pages.
   • Links do not contain descriptive text.
   • Missing metadata from documents.
   • Invalid robots.txt file

   

3. Accessibility Report – Compare WCAG Criteria by their Score or the Number of Issues
   The Accessibility Report offers a comparative analysis of a selected web page’s WCAG criteria— A, AA, AAA, and ARIA. A graph visualizes these analytics, displaying them based on their accessibility score or the number of issues each criterion has. The report also displays the most common issues on the web page, organized by the WCAG success criteria.
   
4. Credit Summary to Track the Use of Scanned Pages and Documents
   EqualGround offers institutions credits for scanning web pages and documents. The Credits Usage Report tracks monthly credit usage and provides a usage history, allowing for trends to be analyzed.
   
5. In-Depth Accessibility Scanning for Documents
   Documents will be scanned to ensure they comply with WCAG accessibility guidelines. Administrators can then access details for their documents to view a list of identified accessibility issues.
   
6. New Accessibility Check for Color Contrast Issues
   To ensure sufficient color contrast between the text and the background, EqualGround will calculate the contrast ratio to identify occurrences of the issue. Website owners can then update their pages based on the report provided.
   
7. Subscribe to EqualGround Email Notifications
   Users can subscribe to receive email notifications alerting them to specific actions on the platform, such as completed scans or when the usage limit is about to be reached.
   

We 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 provides a combined workflow for surveys and polls, a new Open Discussion question type, the option to upload images as possible answers for matching questions, the option to save geofence locations, restore deleted activities, view videos in embedded polls during PowerPoint and Keynote presentations, manually stop scheduled polls, and the option for participants to view their results on the mobile app.

1. Combined Survey Questions into Polls Providing Options for Graded and Ungraded Questions
   To streamline our process, we’ve combined the survey and poll activities. Polls will now include all question types and can be graded or left ungraded on a per-question basis.
   
2. New Question Type: Open Discussion
   Engage now allows Creators to include the Open Discussion question in their polls. This new question type allows participants to freely express their thoughts and opinions without being graded.
   
3. Upload Images as Possible Answers for Multiple-Choice Questions
   Creators can now upload images as answers for multiple-choice questions, allowing participants to choose from a list of possible images and text.
   
4. Save Geofenced Locations for the Attendance Activity
   Routinely used geofenced locations can now be saved, allowing creators to select from a pre-saved list when creating an attendance.
5. Restore Deleted Activities from the Recycle Bin
   Creators can recover an activity from their Recycle Bin if it was accidentally deleted.
   
6. Watch Embedded Videos in Polls During PowerPoint and Keynote Presentations
   Creators who embed videos in their polls and incorporate them into PowerPoint or Keynote presentations can showcase videos directly within their slides.
   
7. Manually Stop Scheduled Polls
   Previously, scheduled polls would remain active until their end date. Now, scheduled polls can be manually stopped anytime by clicking the Stop Poll button.
   
8. Participants Can View the Gradebook on the Mobile App
   We’ve updated the mobile app to allow participants to view the gradebook for all activities.
   

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States Zone. For a complete summary of the release, please refer to the corresponding release tags.

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Panorama Digital Accessibility Platform instances residing in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the European Union.

This update includes scoring rubrics to define how accessibility scores are calculated, a new audio player for Alternative Formats, use Panorama with Power BI, redesigned reports across the platform, semantically structured audio formats and Gradient Reader, publish OCR Reconstructed HTML content into Canvas as a page, customize the highlight color of issues, elements within documents will be highlighted when using PDF Remediation Engine Max, and more.

1. New Scoring Rubric to Define How an Institution’s Accessibility Scores Are Calculated
   Considering an institution’s unique accessibility requirements, they now have the option to choose from various scoring rubrics that will be applied across their Panorama instance. These scoring rubrics will determine the accessibility scores of documents based on a strict set of criteria. To know how each rubric aligns with the types of documents an institution might have, administrators can review different scenarios to determine which rubric best suits them.
   
2. New Audio-Player for Audio Podcasts and OCR Audio with Visual Waveform and Playback Speed Controls
   Our recent UI update incorporates a waveform to help visualize playback for audio-based Alternative Formats, including Audio Podcast and OCR Audio. Additionally, we provided speed controls, allowing listeners to customize the audio playback speed according to their preferences.
   
3. Use Panorama With Power BI to Create Visual Analytics
   Users can download Panorama reports and upload them into Power BI to create visual analytics with their data. Learn more.
   
4. New Redesign of the LMS Report – Compare the Accessibility Scores of Each Document Type
   We’ve redesigned the LMS Report and provided a new graph consolidating the previous Cumulative Accessibility Score and Score by Document Type charts. The new graph offers a comparative analysis of the institution’s overall accessibility with various document types, such as HTML content, PDFs, and DOCX files.
   
5. New Redesign of the Issues Report – Compare the Number of Issues for Each Document Type
   We’ve redesigned the Issues Report and provided a new graph that allows administrators to compare their institution’s overall accessibility issues with selected document types to view which files contain the most issues. We’ve also updated the view for the Most Common Issues into a tabular structure for improved responsiveness with various screen sizes.
   
6. New Redesign of the Content Report – Simplified Viewing of Data for Documents Processed and Alternative Formats Downloaded
   Previously, administrators would have to look at two charts to compare and analyze the files processed by Panorama and those processed by document type. We’ve consolidated both charts into a simple-to-view line graph showing the total files processed and files processed by each document type. Similarly, this feature extends to the Alternative Formats’ charts within the Content Report, showing the total number of Alternative Formats downloaded and a breakdown of each format downloaded.
   
7. New Semantic Structure to Preserve the HTML Elements in the Gradient Reader
   Users viewing content within the Gradient Reader can choose to generate a Semantically Structured Gradient Reader, which will analyze the HTML content within the document to produce an accurate representation of the file.
   
8. New Semantic Structure to Preserve the HTML Elements in an Audio Format
   Users will be able to perceive the semantic structure of audio content, allowing them to hear details like rows, columns, and bullet points, providing an auditory representation of the visual format.
   
9. Ability to Fix HTML Accessibility Issues Within the Issues and Content Table
   The Issues and Content table in the Course Report will allow users to fix accessibility concerns for content created with WYSIWYG editors in their LMS.
   
10. Publish OCR Reconstructed HTML Content as Canvas Pages
    The OCR Reconstructed HTML format can be generated for content and uploaded to Canvas as a page.
    
11. Customize the Highlight Color of Issues Within Documents
    To ensure that highlighted issues remain visible on various background colors, users can customize the highlight color and adjust the spacing between the highlighted border and the text.
    
12. New Redesign of the Storage Report – Compare the Total Storage Accumulated for Each Document Type
    We’ve redesigned the Storage Report to allow administrators to compare their institution’s overall file storage with different document types within a single graph.
    
13. New Redesign of the Course Report – Compare the Overall Accessibility Score with Each Document Type
    We’ve enhanced the Course Report graph, enabling users to assess a course’s overall accessibility score and compare it with the accessibility scores of individual document types within the course. Users can also, based on preference, choose between a chart or table view for the files processed and Alternative Formats downloaded within the course.
    
14. View the Total Number of Improved Documents Within Each Course
    Administrators can access the Course Analytics in their LMS Report to view the total number of documents improved in each course.
    
15. Option to Ignore SSO Role Mapping in Favor of LMS Mapping
    Recognizing that most institutions favor mapping roles based on their LMS, administrators can choose to disable SSO role mapping. This ensures that user mappings are only determined by their LMS roles.
    
16. Panorama Support for Canvas Rubrics
    We’ve expanded Panorama’s support within Canvas to provide Accessibility Reports for rubrics.
    
17. Users Will Be Notified of Unsaved Panorama Settings
    When users navigate away from unsaved changes within the Panorama LTI app, they will receive a notification informing them that their changes have not been saved.
    

We have successfully pushed an update for all YuJa Panorama Accessibility AutoPilot Add-On Platforms residing in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia.

1. AutoPilot Support Remediation for WYSIWYG Editors
   AutoPilot will automatically apply accessibility fixes for issues detected within WYSIWYG editors.
   

We have successfully pushed an update to the YuJa Structural Remediation Max Add-On Platform for those residing in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia.

1. Elements in PDFs Will be Highlighted When Hovered Over
   When viewing a document’s structural hierarchy, elements will automatically be highlighted when hovered over, allowing users to easily identify which content they are adjusting.
   

We have successfully pushed an update to the YuJa Website Accessibility Widget for those residing in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia.

1. New Redesign of the Website Report – Compare Content and Color Adjustments Over Time
   We’ve improved the Website Report graph, enabling administrators to compare color and content adjustments over time. Additionally, we’ve introduced a tabular structure to declutter the report and display only relevant information.
   

EqualGround is a brand-new product for real-time website accessibility auditing designed to enhance web accessibility. Backed by the latest WCAG 2.2 compliance guidelines, EqualGround scans entire websites and provides comprehensive evaluation reports for accessibility checks to help improve readability and navigation. 

The release provides options to initiate scans for WCAG 2.2 accessibility issues, customized website scans, initiate scans for multiple subdomains, exclude web pages from scans, view real-time progress of scans, view in-depth accessibility reports, track accessibility improvements over time, custom role management, SSO integration, and more.

1. Initiate Scans for WCAG 2.2- Aligned Accessibility Issues
   To provide an accessible website viewing experience, EqualGround will examine websites using industry-standard WCAG 2.2 levels of conformance (A, AA, and AAA), scanning pages and documents to generate accessibility scores for individual web pages.
   
2. Full Customization for Website Scans
   EqualGround offers comprehensive website scanning. For each website, admins can specify the depth, frequency, and schedule of scans.
   
3. Initiate Scans from Multiple Subdomains
   Administrators can designate several subdomains as entry points, which serve as the starting locations for EqualGround to crawl through web pages to identify accessibility issues.
   
4. Exclude Accessibility Scans for Specified Web Pages
   Administrators can specify web pages they would like to exclude from the accessibility scans to ensure that only desired pages are analyzed.
   
5. View the Progress of Current Scans
   After adding a website, users can initiate scans and monitor their progress in real time by viewing the scan status of each page as EqualGround crawls through the website.
   
6. View In-Depth WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Reports
   Admins will be able to review a comprehensive report on their scans in a visual web format or HTML text. They can quickly access information about the issues, including their level (A, AAA, or AAA), and identify where the issue occurs.
   
7. View an Accessibility Summary of Websites and Individual Web Pages
   Websites and individual web pages will have their own dashboard, which features a quick summary of the overall accessibility performance. The performance will be measured based on aria labels and WCAG A, AA, and AAA level issues detected.
   
8. Track the Improvements of Websites and Web Pages Over Time
   As websites and web pages enhance their accessibility, users can track the changes over time by reviewing the scan history to assess how scores have improved.
   
9. SAML-SSO Authentication Support
   In addition to manual login credentials, administrators can access EqualGround by signing in directly with their SAML-SSO integration.
   
10. Assign Custom Roles to Users
    Administrators can create custom roles on the EqualGround platform to provide users with different levels of access to view reports, initiate scans, and manage website settings.
    
11. Manage Users Within the Roster Management Dashboard
    Administrators can manage users on the EqualGround platform by adding users, assigning them new roles, and removing them from the platform.
    
12. Allocate Users to Manage Websites
    In addition to offering users different access levels, admins can allocate them to only manage and view specific websites.
    
13. Manually Trigger Scans to Immediately View Scores
    Administrators can trigger a manual scan instead of waiting for the scheduled scan to occur to instantly see a website’s latest scores.
    
14. Customize EqualGround’s Login Page
    Administrators can now customize the branding of their EqualGround login page by adjusting the colors of buttons and adding imagery.
    
15. Custom EqualGround Platform URLs
    Institutions can contact their Client Success Managers to create their own custom EqualGround Platform URLs.