Real-Time Alerts

We have successfully pushed an update to all Video Conference Platform instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This update provides our users with the re-release of our Video Conference mobile app and an increased number of video participants.

1. YuJa Video Conference Mobile Release
   We have re-released our Video Conference mobile app for IOS and Android to provide a secure and reliable experience similar to our desktop application. Mobile Video Conference attendees will be able to view shared screens and a list of participants. They will also have access to the live chat feature to engage with others during the session.
   
   
2. Increased Number of Video Participants to 120
   In continuing to enhance the overall collaborative experience, we have increased the number of simultaneous video participants to 120 and dial-in users to six. For future releases, we intend to incrementally increase video participants in an effort to attain 200 on-video participants. 

We have successfully published a new version of the YuJa Mobile for Android and iOS application to the Google Play and App Store.

1. Improved WCAG 2.1 Accessibility and Color Contrasts
   An update to the mobile applications is available that meets WCAG 2.1 color contrast requirements.
   
   
2. Support for Multiple Single-Sign-On Connectors within a Single Organization
   Organizations with multiple Single-Sign-On systems within a single Video Platform instance can now integrate both connectors into their mobile applications.
   

We have successfully published Version 1.0.0 of the YuJa Video Conference for iOS application to the App Store. This application provides the ability to attend video conferences on iOS phones and tablet devices. Click here to learn more about the new iOS application.

1. Audio, Video, Screen Sharing, and Chat Capabilities
   Attend a video conference session with the ability to participate over video, audio, screen, and chat.
    
   
2. New Meeting Code Capability to Quickly Join a Meeting
   The web-based Video Conference application within the Meeting Info screen now provides a 7-digit Meeting Code which can be used to join a video conference within the iOS application.
    
   
3. Screen View Supports Both Portrait and Landscape Views
   The Screen view is compatible with both portrait and landscape views.
    
   
4. Users Tab Provides Current Attendee List
   The User tab provides a listing of attendees and their current sources available. In future releases, additional participant management capabilities will be integrated into this view.
    
   
5. Real-Time Chat Capabilities
   Participate in a real-time chat session while inside a video conference session.
    
   

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.
   

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

1. Refreshed User Interface and Navigation Experience
   The application introduces a refreshed UI and menu navigation experience. This includes a new Navigation Bar that provides quick access buttons for Channels, Recording, Uploads, and Downloads.
   
   
2. Ability for Users to Download Media for Offline Viewing
   Approved content can now be downloaded within the mobile application for offline viewing (without WiFi or network connectivity).
   
   
3. New Playback and Caption Bar Capabilities
   Added new playback options including auto-replay, play-in-background and full-screen playback. Also added capability to modify the caption style and size.
   
   
4. Improved Media Playback Experience Across Devices
   Introduced a more modern mobile playback experience with improved stability across both older and newer devices.
   
   
5. New Instrumentation to Receive Reports of Crashes and Abnormal Situations
   We now have integrated application instrumentation to receive crash reports and abnormal terminations. Along with this, an improved process to resolve issues more quickly by acting on the crash data has been defined.
   

We have released a new version of our YuJa Mobile iOS application for phones and tablets that is compatible with zones in all geographies. This new application version features:

1. New Manage Uploads – This new tab enables users to view the real-time upload status of both captures and uploaded media as they are transferred to their cloud-managed YuJa account.
   

2. Improved Recording Robustness – Now screen locks or situations where the application becomes inactive does not impede an active recording. Further, recordings are also stored into your Photos section as an added safety measure.
   

3. New Color Scheme – The previous green color scheme has been refreshed with a more modern blue scheme which is also consistent with our web-based Platform.
   

4. Minor Fixes and Improvements – In addition, we improved compatibility across iOS versions, as well as resolved about a dozen or so smaller issues.
   

We have successfully pushed an update to all physical zones residing in the United States. Please note that this release will be pushed to Canadian zones next week. This release includes 150 new features and improvements including:

1. Easier to Use Main View with Action Buttons for Common Workflows – The Platform user interface has been updated to include the most common tasks as Action Buttons in the top-bar. Users can access media channels, create captures, and manage & uploads media all from the main screen.
2. Refined Media Player with Better Search Visualization and Small-Screen Capabilities – We’re introducing a new Media Player which offers even easier to navigate search-inside-video capabilities, improved embeddability in smaller windows, and better support for mobile devices and tablet screen sizes. We also added some new capabilities including topic highlighting in the auto-scrolling sidebar, better search-inside-video sidebar, and a simplified Play-Bar.
3. Live, Multi-Source Room Preview Snapshots of Active Captures – The latest Software Capture applications for both PC and Apple, as well as the latest Hardware Hub firmware now supports multi-source preview within the Admin Panel’s Devices tab. Administrators can now keep tabs on active room recordings with periodically updating snapshots of actively recording rooms and lecture halls.
4. New Quiz Question Types and Refined Quiz-Taking Interface – The Video Quiz suite now has new question types including Multi-Select, Short Answer and True-False options.
5. Auto-Captioning Support Now Available in Six New Languages – As part of the more powerful Artificial Intelligence-based auto-captioning engine we integrated in the last release, we are now introducing the ability to auto-caption in additional languages including French, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
6. Improved Support for Legacy Browsers – Our focus was improving support for the deprecated since IE Edge – but still used – Internet Explorer browser.
7. Improved Media Library Performance – We optimized a number of heavily used search and general sub-routines to make them much faster. Our performance tests in various physical zones showed improvements in overall Media Library load time and snappier navigation.
8. Additional Infrastructural Work for HTML5 Video Conferencing – While still in an alpha state, we have continued to bolster the infrastructure, as well as, migrate over functionality from our Flash-based Video Classroom. We expect this suite to enter Beta in the March / early-April timeframe.

We released a small update to the iOS and Android mobile applications that resolved a compatibility issue with certain Single-Sign-On products and zones located in Canada.

We have successfully pushed an update to all zones. This release includes:

1. Introduction of “One-Click Drag-and-Drop” which enables users to drag content right onto the Media Library window pane for uploading and inclusion within their Personal Library.
2. Migration to general availability in all physical zones of Custom Metadata Schema which enables institutions to define customized – and optionally mandatory – metadata fields for media. This offers improved metadata-based organization and metadata search. To ensure a successful incorporation of these capabilities, we will not be enforcing the Required Flag for metadata schema rules while institutions learn about these capabilities. Enforcement of the Required Flag will happen in a subsequent release.
3. Improved integration with Rev, AST CaptionSync and 3Play Media for submitting human captions. We have had conversations with all our human captioning vendors to improve their error reporting in instances where captioning isn’t possible (low audio levels, zero audio levels, etc.) and, based on this, will be deepening the integration further in an upcoming, near-term release.
4. Updates to the iOS mobile apps to match the Android app’s ability to upload pictures and videos already present on the device.

We also added about 50+ minor improvements and fixes including: a minor update to the Apple Capture application related to improvements in device compatibility, media library permission and usability fixes, HTML5 Media Player browser compatibility fixes, and more.

Looking ahead, we are putting the final touches on some improvements to our YuJa Cloud’s media processing pipeline (to be even faster, have more capacity, and fault tolerant), an improved YuJa Software Station for PC with more capabilities, and much more.