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July 24, 2020
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20200724 Released to All Zones
Canadian Zones European Union Zones General Platform Media Management United States Zones Video EditorWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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.
- 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.
- 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. - YuJa Pro Captioning Now Supports Spanish Human Captioning
Organizations using the YuJa Pro Captioning can now human-caption their content in Spanish. - 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. - 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. - 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.
- Audit Log Subscriptions with Subscription Management Capabilities
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June 20, 2020
Canadian and European Union Instances – Enterprise Video Platform RC20200619 Released
Canadian Zones European Union Zones General Platform HTML5 Video Editor Media ManagementWe have successfully released an update of the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to all instances in the European Union and Canada. This release includes over 155+ new features and improvements. A corresponding release will be deployed to United States instances in one week.
- New Notifications Tab within Admin Panel That Unifies All Logging, Audit Logs, and System Events
All audit logging capabilities of the Video Platform and Video Conferencing Platform – including Device Logging, Admin Overview, Software Capture Audit Tracking, and Video Conferencing Audit Logging – have been unified into a single Notifications tab. This new tool provides scalable filtering of millions of events by type, name, user, device, and date. In an upcoming release, we will introduce the ability to selectively create self-subscription to specific event subsets.
- Deep Audit Tracing for Media and Folders Actions Including Content Deletions and Moves
Audit logs for actions performed on media and folders – including deletion, renaming, changing owner, and dozens more – are now available within the new Notifications tab. This enables Administrators to carefully trace videos in situations where, among other things, end-users cannot find a specific video or are unsure about a performed video action.
- Added Drag-and-Drop Support for WAV and M4A Audio Files
The drag-and-drop Media Management ingestion capability has been extended to support both WAV and M4A audio formats. - 15+ New Video Editor Improvements and Options:
- Edits of Videos with an Internal Audio Track – Improved trimming of videos that contain an internal audio track. Previously the internal (system) audio track could be lost during an edit operation.
- High Volume of Cuts – Improved performance when performing a large number of cuts (20+), as well as situations where so many cuts are performed that the video’s duration has been reduced by 90%+
- Advanced Edit Operations – Resolved a number of issues where advanced editing workflows involving multiple blurs, text-labels with special characters and telestrations could fail to properly process within the Video Editor pipeline.
- Brand-Aligned “Forgot Your Password” Screen with Improved Workflow
The Forgot Your Password workflow is now aligned to the branding and styling of the Login page. Further, the workflow for resetting a user password is also streamlined into a two-step email verification process.
- Improved Overview Panel for Administrators with Faster Load Times
The Overview tab of the Admin Panel now loads more quickly and provides at-a-glance visuals on overall activity via the Summary Cards at the top and current storage utilization below.
- Unified Media Security Tab with New Domain Restriction Capability for Embedded Content
The Security Settings for Password, Authentication, Date, IP Range, Location and Domain have been consolidated within the Links tab of Media Details. In addition to being a more natural place for it, the Video Platform’s Security tab now includes:- The ability to restrict an embed code for use on a particular website sub-domain.
- New capabilities to layer multiple security settings for a given media. Now content can have simultaneous security settings such as Date, Password and Location restrictions.
- New Video Quiz Settings Including the Ability to Limit Number of Reattempt and Specify Which Attempts to Record
Video Quizzes now provides more customization options to specify how many quiz attempts to permit, which quiz attempts should be stored, and which attempts should be recorded in the LMS Gradebook.
- More Readable Gradebook View
The Video Platform’s Gradebook table view now has a more modern tabular view with additional Attempts filtering capabilities.
- New Zoom Enterprise Connector Options for Deletion After Importing and Self-Enrollment
The Zoom Marketplace Enterprise Connector now offers some additional options for deleting recordings after the import is complete, as well as options for users to self-enroll their Zoom account (which is part of an Organization-wide Zoom master account) to import meeting recordings. Depending on when you installed the Zoom Marketplace application, the new deletion capabilities may necessitate re-installing the Zoom Marketplace app to associate the updated permission sets.
- New Zoom Audit Logging Capabilities
To better trace issues and status during Zoom import operations, the Zoom Enterprise Connector now provides audit logging capabilities on actions performed during importation. Of course, these Zoom audit logging capabilities are shown within the Admin Panel’s Notification tab.
- Pop-up Blocker Detector Installed for Video Editor and In-Browser Capture
To help prevent confusion when a browser-based Pop-up Blocker plugin blocks access to the Video Editor or In-Browser Capture (which open in a new tab), the Video Platform now provides notification to the user of the situation.
- Infrastructure for Custom Transcode and Bitrate Management Tools
Laying the groundwork for an upcoming Admin Panel tool to provide Transcode Management capabilities, this release we deployed the foundational infrastructure to soon support this functionality. In an upcoming summer release, the Video Platform will introduce the actual Advanced Transcode Management capabilities. - Third-Party Integration with Epiphan Third-Party Hardware Capture Appliances
The Devices tab within the Admin Panel now integrates a rich Epiphan device integration that provides the ability to register, auto-schedule, and auto-ingest recordings. The new Epiphan Middleware Controller architecture ensures that the Epiphan integration can scale to any number of local Epiphan appliances. Further, this Controller architecture can be extended to manage any third-party hardware capture appliances.
- New Notifications Tab within Admin Panel That Unifies All Logging, Audit Logs, and System Events
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February 29, 2020
Canadian Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20200229 Released
Android App Canadian Zones General Platform Media Management Update Video Editor Video QuizzesAn update to the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform has been released to instances hosted in our Canadian zone. This release will be made available to instances in the United States and the European Union next week. This update contains over 150+ new features and improvements with highlights provided below.
- Introducing YuJa Pro Captioning Service Offering ADA-Compliant Captioning
YuJa is introducing YuJa Pro Captioning, a human-based ADA-compliant captioning service that delivers 99%+ captioning. This service complements our existing human-based, third-party captioning integrations to offer competitively priced human-based captioning. We offer 24-hour, 48 hours, and 5-day turnaround options and pricing as low as $0.95 per minute. For more information, please contact your Account Manager. - HTML5-Based In-Browser Capture Now Available
A new HTML5-based capture solution is now available as a beta feature of the Video Platform. This enables users to create short recordings quickly without requiring any downloads. Over the upcoming releases we will be introducing screen recording and multi-video capabilities. - New Video Editor Options Including Blackout Video Source and Image Title Card Insertion
New editing options are available within the Video Editor to upload a still image as a Title Card, as well as black out a particular video source for a period of time. Blacking out a video source provides time-synchronized redaction of a particular video stream. - Minor Version Update to YuJa Mobile for Android application (2.1.0)
A new minor update to the YuJa Mobile for Android was deployed to the Android Play store. This resolved 10+ small issues including an issue that could cause the Mobile Capture to crash on Android devices with stratified storage space - Recording Initiated Via Media Chooser LMS Extension Now Show Up Faster
Content recorded by initiating the Software Capture link within the Media Chooser now more quickly selectable for LMS insertion. - Video Quizzes Now Offer the Ability to Create Custom Points (“Weights”) to Certain Questions
To enable customized grading structures of video quizzes, Content Creators can now add customized grade points for particular questions. This enables certain questions to be weighted more heavily than others. - Shared Folders Are Now Continually Updated When Content Owners Add New Content to the Folder
Folders shared with others now are updated continuously to reflect any new content that Content Owners add to the folder. - Ability to Search and Filter by User within the Admin Panel’s Audit Log
Administrators can now filter through the audit log entries by username or name. This enables viewing audit log entries generated for a particular user. - Organization Management Supports Org-Level Media Player Brand Selection
Administrators can now select a Media Player branding scheme for a particular hierarchical organization level. This released also included 15+ smaller fixes and improvements to the Organization Management feature.
- Introducing YuJa Pro Captioning Service Offering ADA-Compliant Captioning
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February 1, 2020
United States Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20200131 Released
Android App General Platform HTML5 Player HTML5 Video Conferencing Live Streaming Media Management Media Player United States Zones UpdateWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States. Please note that this release will be pushed to Canadian and European Union zones next week. This release includes over 135+ new features and improvements.
- Full Sub-Administrator Capabilities within Custom-Designed Hierarchies
The Video Platform now provides full capabilities to create hierarchical representations of your organization including Faculties, Departments, Schools, Campuses and Schools. Within this hierarchy, custom-defined Sub-Administrators can be created that can manage specific sets of Users, Courses, Devices, as well as create subsets of functionality. Over the coming months, we will continue to create new Sub-Organization capabilities so your feedback will help shape the future product roadmap of this capability. - Create Sub-Administrators Based on Both Role Scope and Functional Needs
Custom sub-administrator roles can be defined based on virtually any role scope and functional need. Some examples of possible sub-administrator roles you could create include:
- Classroom Device Manager for Medical School
- Closed Captioning Associate for the Department of Earth Sciences
- Full Admin for the Online Campus
- Each Sub-Administrator Role Can Be Assigned a Custom Start Page
Each sub-administrator role can now select the default start page that is shown on login. The options listed in the drop-down will adjust based on the functional capabilities of the sub-admin role. - Support for Upcoming Chrome 80 Version (“The Cookie Crumbling Update”)
In advance of the upcoming – and much anticipated – Chrome 80 release which introduces several breaking changes to most major third-party web applications, we released an update that is compatible with this new browser version. With this change, we believe your users will not be affected when the Chrome 80 browser, that is currently in beta, releases to production. - New Picture-in-Picture Viewing Mode Designed for Tight Spaces
We have introduced a new viewing mode that is designed for tighter embedded viewports such as within an LMS. The Picture-in-Picture mode can also be enabled selectively as an additional viewing option on the primary or secondary Media Player menu. The Picture-and-Picture sources can be swapped and users can also move the embedded picture source within the window to suit their viewing preference.Note: To enable the new Picture-in-Picture capability within the Media Player, within the Admin Panel’s Branding tab, please add this option to your Media Player branding.
- Live Streaming Infrastructure Now Scales Elastically with No Practical Limit
As part of a larger-scale project to create elastic scalability in all key sub-systems, the Live Streaming infrastructure can now stream to any-size audience without the need for in-advance provisioning. There are some related capabilities we have planned for future releases to also elastically scale the real-time live stream transcoding sub-system. - New Video Platform Branding Options Enable Customization of the Left Navigation Bar Colors
The Video Platform now includes the ability to customize the colors of the Left Navigation Bar to align with your organization’s brand. - Minor Version Update to YuJa Mobile for Android Native Application
We released a new minor version update to our YuJa Mobile for Android application (2.0.9) that incorporates 15+ smaller bug fixes and video streaming improvements. We are actively working on a new iOS application which matches the current functionality of the Android application. - Improved Video Quiz Integration with LMS Course Copy
To support the use of LMS Course Copy and the creation of Master Course Shells, for LMSs that support Content Item Message-based Course Copy, namely Canvas and Blackboard, previous Video Quizzes can be re-posted to the newly copied course as a new Video Quiz directly within the LMS interface. For Moodle and D2L customers, to take advantage of this capability, please contact your LMS vendor and request a status on the following open feature items: Moodle MDL-66934 and D2L LTI Copy Course Updates.
- New Video Conference Start Meeting Panel
The new Video Conference Start Panel provides quicker access to start an impromptu meeting, schedule meetings, and view the calendar of scheduled meetings.
- New Video Player Capabilities including Click-to-Pause, Improved Multi-stream Mobile Compatibility and More
The Media Player now offers some additional enhancements including the ability when viewing single-stream videos to click the video box to pause and resume the video. For multi-stream videos, there is a new hover effect to swap the primary stream. We also improved multi-stream compatibility on mobile browsers and added a new hover-glow effect for the Media Player icons.
- Support for Canvas Accommodated Groups
To provide specialized video support for designated Accommodated Groups within Canvas, the Video Platform can now interface with the Canvas LMS to pull Accommodated Group rosters and display specific sub-channel content designated only for the Accommodated Group.
- Full Sub-Administrator Capabilities within Custom-Designed Hierarchies
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December 6, 2019
United States Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20191206 Released
General Platform HTML5 Video Conferencing HTML5 Video Editor Media Management Media Player United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States. Please note that this release will be pushed to Canadian and European Union zones next week. This release includes over 165+ new features and improvements.
- Easier-to-Use and More Robust Video Uploading Experience
The Platform now integrates a new media uploading experience that’s easier-to-use, more fault-tolerant and faster. The new upload experience now includes:- Faster uploads with auto-queuing capabilities
- Better adaptation to browser capabilities and constraints
- Upload continuation even when navigating between Video Platform pages
- Better user interface with “docking” window controls
- Video Editor Now Shows Captioning Confidence Scores
Users can now highlight words within the captioning that was below a specific Confidence Score. The words that the captioning engine AI was not “sure of” are highlighted to enable a more streamlined editing experience. Users can also hover over any word to see the specific Confidence Score attained when transcribing the given word. Please note this capability is only available for newly auto-captioned content. - Multi-Level Training Dictionary Available for Improved Caption Quality
Both organizations and individuals have new tools to improve the captioning quality of the Platform’s integrated artificial intelligence-based captioning. Organizations can establish an instance-wide dictionary, and users submitting videos for auto-captioning can also include a video-specific custom dictionary. - Create Multiple Media Player Branding “Skins”
Organizations can now create multiple Media Player branding options (often called “skins”) that can be applied organization-wide or to specific videos. Customizations include primary and secondary button placements, colors, and menu option selections. - Improved Media Player User Interface
New iconography and menu style provides a more modern user experience for both instructional and marketing video use-cases alike. These improvements to the Media Player can be utilized in conjunction with the Multiple Player Branding capabilities also released in this update.
- Video Editor Supports Removal of Video Stream While Retaining the Embedded Audio Track
Users who use the capture tools to record a multi-source recording, but then wish to subsequently remove the video source that contains the audio track, can now do so. - New Video Conference Start Panel with Participant and Chat Pane
A new “Start Screen” is now available within the Video Conference that provides the ability for participants to quickly access meeting bridge, participant list, and chat information. - New Participant Panel with “Raise Hand” Capabilities
Video Conference participants now have the ability to perform a virtual “Raise Hands” within a meeting. The meeting owners and presenters receive a notification of the hand-raise as both a notification message and indicator on the Participant Panel.
- Easier-to-Use and More Robust Video Uploading Experience
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November 8, 2019
United States Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20191108 Released
HTML5 Video Conferencing Media Management Media Player United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States. Please note that this release will be pushed to Canadian and European Union zones next week. This release includes over 195+ new features and improvements.
- Users Can Now Resume Watching Where They Left Off
Viewers watching content as an authenticated user can now resume watching a video from the place they previously left off. A user’s video resumption history is retained for all videos the user is authorized to view.
- Auto-Captioning Now Offers Advanced Punctuation Capabilities for both Captions and Transcripts
Over the next two releases, we are rolling out some innovative updates to our auto-captioning capabilities. The first of these capabilities is that the captioning engine will now provide advanced punctuation when performing captioning and transcription. - YouTube Media Ingestion to “Deep Import” Content
User wishing to ingest a YouTube video can now specify a link and import the video content into their My Media account. This enables YouTube content to be ingested, auto-captioned and used in accordance with the TEACH ACT.
- New Dark Mode Branding Option for Top Navigation Bar
The Platform offers a new Dark Mode branding option for the Top Navigation Bar that also includes color customization of the top-bar’s color.
- Roster View Displays the LMS and Single Sign Linkage Attribute Information
The Roster tab within the Admin Panel now displays the dual integration parameters. This can be used by Administrators to ensure that the Linkage Attribute is being transferred correctly from the organization’s upstream enterprise systems. - Support for Enabling End-User Downloading at the Media Channel Level
Content Owners can now enable download privileges to an entire course-level Media Channel to viewers.
- Inline Action Menu Support within the List View of My Media
Users managing their content within the List View now have the same inline Action Menu as they do with the Thumbnail View.
- On-Screen Message When an Ad Blocker Could Interfere with Platform Use
With a plethora of browser-based plugins blocking webapp and website capabilities, in a situation where the Platform detects components were blocked, a clear message will be displayed informing the user of this situation. - Added Support for the oEmbed Open Format
To promote easier content exchange with third-party resources, as a content Provider, we have implemented the oEmbed protocol. This makes it easier to share content as embedding blog posts on websites and social platforms such as Twitter. - Better On-Screen Guidance for Uploading Media for the First Time
New users are now greeted with a “Happy Folder” icon that provides a succinct suggestion on how to add content to their My Media account.
- Added Native Integration Option for Microsoft Azure-based SAML
Organizations integrating with Azure ADFS now have a dedicated integration tab rather than using the generic SAML integration tab.
- New Keyboard Shortcut to Toggle Between Primary and Secondary Streams
The Media Player now supports faster toggling between sources using the lower-case v key. - Media-Level Player Branding Option to Hide Video Chapters on a Per-Video Basis
As part of a feature spanning multiple releases, we are adding media-level branding options for specific videos. The first of these capabilities is the ability to hide the left-side mini-bar of the Media Player. - Native Support for VTT and XML Caption File Ingestion
The Platform now supports the ability to ingest VTT and XML caption file formats and display them within the Media Player. All existing multi-language and caption capabilities are compatible with the new VTT and XML caption file formats. - Video Conference Now Has Audit Log Capability
To help troubleshoot Video Conferencing issues that arise, the Platform now integrates and audit log capability. Over the coming releases we will continue to add additional events and logs.
- Video Conference Has Server-Side Performance Improvements for Improved Scalability
To support additional capacity and improve stability, additional server-side performance and stability improvements were deployed.
- Users Can Now Resume Watching Where They Left Off
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October 9, 2019
United States Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20191011 Released
Analytics General Platform HTML5 Video Conferencing Media Management Media Player United States Zones Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States. Please note that this release will be pushed to Canadian and European Union zones next week. This release includes over 175+ new features and improvements.
- IMS Caliper Analytics 1.1 Certification Achieved
Our big data analytics achieved a major milestone by being awarded IMS Caliper Analytics 1.1 certification. Interested organizations can take advantage of this optional SKU that is available to all Enterprise Video Platform customers. A little more on IMS Caliper: “Caliper Analytics enables institutions to collect learning data from digital resources to better understand and visualize learning activity and product usage data, and present this information to students, instructors, and advisors in meaningful ways to help inform: student recruitment and retention plans, program, curriculum, and course design, student intervention measures”
- New Ad Astra Integration for Integration with Enterprise Scheduling Systems
A new Ad Astra enterprise scheduling integration is now available to all organizations. Room calendars can by synch-ed and then mapped to specific Software Capture and Hardware Hub capture resources. This enables fully automated scheduling, recording, publishing and distribution.
- New Reflective Pause Question Type for Video Quizzes
A new question type called Reflective Pause is now available within Video Quizzes. This question type is designed to re-focus the viewer on the video content through the use of a rhetorical and thought-provoking question. This tool is a new capability to ensure that all video content – including compliance training, security compliance, etc. – receives the focus and attention of the viewer.
- Improved Device Source Preview Window
Improved the view of the Source Preview shown within the Devices tab of Admin Panel. Also, clarified case where there is no active signal to show a status of No Active Signal instead of an error state.
- Deprecated Video Classroom Name within Platform
As we have transitioned fully to an HTML5-based Video Conferencing tool, the old tool’s name (Video Classrooms) has – for the most part – been transitioned-out from the Platform. - New Overlay Style Captioning for Single Stream Videos
A new overlay caption style, similar to Netflix and YouTube, provides viewers with the opportunity to use the full window for viewing the video instead of allocating a significant portion to a fixed caption bar. The same 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA)-compliant user-selectable opacity, color and font settings are also available with this new capability. - Improved Performance for Folders with Pictures
The load-time performance for folders containing a large number of pictures is now considerably better (10x faster).
- Performance Improvements for Change Owner Capability
Improved performance within the Change Owner dialog for institutions with over 25,000 user entries. - Simplified Process to Request Data Backups
Organizations wishing to request a copy of their organization’s Storage may initiate the request directly within the Admin Panel’s Storage Quota tab. Please note that Professional Services may apply to the fulfillments of these requests. - Media Chooser LMS Extension Offers More Clear Action and UI
The available actions within the LMS Media Chooser are now shown more clearly within the Top Bar. This is aimed at improving the user experience for novice users who may be using the video tools to embed their first video or create their first Video Assignment.
- Ability to Watch a Video in Chrome within an Inactive Tab
Users watching video content within one Chrome tab, while actively navigating within another tab, can now continue to listen to the YuJa-hosted video. Previously, due to a recent Chrome update, the video would automatically pause when the Chrome tab became inactive.
- Improved Test Proctoring Workflow for Courses with Multiple Instructors
Courses with multiple instructors co-teaching can now designate where proctored test recordings should go.
- IMS Caliper Analytics 1.1 Certification Achieved
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September 14, 2019
United States Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20190913 Released
General Platform HTML5 Player HTML5 Video Conferencing Media Management United States Zones Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all physical zones residing in the United States. Please note that this release will be pushed to Canadian and European Union zones next week. This release includes over 200+ new features and improvements.
- 360°/VR Video Media Player Now Moved to General Availability
By popular request, the Professional Services Team migrated the 360°/VR Video Media Player, a previously custom capability, to a feature available in all instances. The new 360°/VR Video enables the viewing of 360-degree VR content and supports perspective changes via the gyroscope (when viewed on a mobile device).
- New Advanced Visual Search Capabilities
The Visual Search capabilities introduced in the last release are now even more powerful with the following new additions that incorporate “fuzzy search”, advanced filtering options and improved performance:- Implementation of a Fuzzy Search algorithm – Established a fuzzy search that will match against a threshold of about 80%. This enables keyword searches such as engineer~ which will, for example, return engineers and engineer.
- Ability to Restrict Searches to the Current Folder – New option within the Advanced Search operations to restrict search matches to media contained in the current folder.
- Ability to Restrict Searches to a Given Channel – New option to restrict search for content to a particular Media Channel by using the channel: attribute. An example is channel:”MATH 235″.
- Searching for YouTube and Vimeo Videos Included – Linked YouTube and Vimeo videos will be searched based on the available metadata fields.
- Support for Prefix Searching – New option to search based on a keyword prefix via keyword* search operator. For instance, entering te* returns results with words starting with te including tell and test.
- Support for Owner Filter – New option to filter searches based on the owner of the media via the owner:”{Your Name}” search option.
- Custom Metadata Schema Search for Non-Videos – Visual Search now will search a custom Metadata Schema applied to non-video assets.
- Speed Improvements with Large Match Sets – When searching for words that are mentioned thousands or tens-of-thousands-of-times in a given folder, the search results will now be returned within seconds instead of over a minute.
- Go Back Folder Quick Link for Faster Folder Traversal
Within My Media’s Action Bar, a new Go Back button enables users to traverse to the parent folder of the current location.
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Capabilities Extend to Video Sources Recorded by PC and Apple Software Capture Application
To enhance our Visual Search capabilities, we now will perform a full OCR scan of video sources – not just the screen source – recorded by the Software Capture for PC and Apple applications. - Media Player’s Slide Text Section Supports Multi-Source OCR
Within the Media Player, recordings that have multiple sources with OCR results for the same time point – which is now possible with the newly introduced multi-source OCR – will now be shown. - HTML5 Video Conferencing Now Offers Breakout Room Capabilities
The Video Conferencing product now includes the ability to create and manage Breakout Sessions with attendees. Future releases will further refine this capability so we certainly welcome your feedback on features and improvements we can make.
- Extended API to Support Automatic Publishing Capabilities When Auto Scheduling
To better support end-to-end automatic scheduling and publishing workflows, the RESTFul API now supports automatic publishing when performing auto-scheduling operations. - Media Player Improvements When Viewed in Portrait Mode on Mobile Devices
This release includes improvements to the Media Player when viewed on mobile devices in portrait mode. A new top-and-bottom viewing capability for multi-stream videos ensures a crisp viewing experience irrespective of the mobile device form-factor or screen orientation.
- Better Notifications for Auto-Scheduled Software Capture Applications
To ensure that Administrators are informed on the status of auto-scheduling events when using the Software Capture applications, the Devices tab within Admin Panel now has a new status called Not Ready, as well as new notifications.The Not Ready status indicates that the Software Capture application is not in a state to record. For example, there could be a firewall issue, device conflict or perhaps the computer is logged out. Further, if an error blocks the use of a particular source, an error message will show up above the affected source. Please note: The full capabilities of this feature will be realized with the upcoming versions of the PC and Apple Software Capture applications that are forthcoming next month.
- Ability to Lock / Override Roles for Users within Specific Courses
To support scenarios where a Student role (such as a “student helper” or “course note-taker”) needs Instructor-level permissions within a given course, we now provide a manual “override” of the role value supplied by the Learning Management System.
- Video Quiz Audit Log Capabilities
To ensure the integrity of the Video Quiz-taking process, Content Creators and Administrators now have an Audit Log capability. This provides granular information on creation, editing, quiz attempts and user submissions.
- Improved Screen Reader Support for Media Player Sidebar
This release improves the screen-reader accessibility support of the Media Player’s Sidebar. Specifically, we applied user-interface changes to ensure that screen-readers can fully narrate the options in a consistent and clear manner.
- 360°/VR Video Media Player Now Moved to General Availability
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August 7, 2019
United States Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20190809 Released
General Platform HTML5 Video Conferencing Media Management United States Zones Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all physical zones residing in the United States. Please note that this release will be pushed to Canadian and European Union zones next week. This release includes over 160+ new features and improvements.
- New Visual Search Available to Upgrade Across All Instances
All the sub-system infrastructure and related metadata upgrades to take advantage of the new Visual Search is available to organizations. Within the next 60 days, this will be turned on incrementally to all customer instances, however we will provide the opportunity for Administrators to request it be turned on within their instances. New capabilities of the new Visual Search include:- Ability to perform full media library searches across all videos within all metadata types including captions, optical character recognition (slides) and comments.
- Capability to see all matches across the timeline of the video as clickable push-pins.
- Play All Matches feature that generates a dynamic playlist of five-second snippits of all search matches.
We will continue to refine and improve this capability over the coming months and value your feedback in improving the quality of the visual search across your production data workloads.
- Ability to Perform an OCR “Sweep” on Uploaded Media
Content Owners uploading content can now trigger an OCR sweep of their uploaded media using the same OCR-generation algorithms that run when processing content captured via our capture tools. This ensures that uploaded content displaying significant textual content can take advantage of our Visual Search capabilities.
- Improved Zoom Connector Integration
The Platform’s Zoom integration is being migrated from a traditional API integration into a Zoom Marketplace application. For organizations enabling this Product SKU within their Instance, this provides an easier installation process, as well as a more future-proofed integration via Zoom’s preferred integration method. To learn more, visit our Zoom integration steps available here.
- Sub-Channel Rosters Can Now Be a Subset of the Main Channel Roster
To provide more flexible intra-course sharing of content, Media Sub-Channel rosters can now be a customizable subset of the full course roster of the main Media Channel. This enables new scenarios such as, among other things, providing specific accessibility accommodations to subsets of course participants.
- Video Quiz Creation and Administration Now Within Media Details
Content Creators can now create and manage their video quizzes directly within the familiar Media Details view. Previously, quiz content was managed in a special section within My Account settings. Over the coming months, we will continue to introduce new quiz capabilities, as well as improved creation workflows.
- Video Quiz Creators Can Now Add Hints to Questions
Video Quizzes now support the ability to add a Hint to a question. Users who opt to view the Hint are displayed to the instructor within the YuJa Gradebook.
- Richer Video Quiz Question and Answer Fields including LaTeX Support
To support more sophisticated formatting options, the question and response fields now allow entries that can exceed 140 characters and be formatted via a built-in formatting toolbar. For users wishing to create richer formatting for STEM-based content, we have also integrated support for the LaTeX language in the question and response fields.
- More Intuitive Question Markers Below Timeline of Video Quiz
The Video Quiz timeline incorporates new question markers that “fill in” as a particular question has been completed.
- Improved HTML5 Video Conference Replay
This release, we completely overhauled the conference replay to be more robust. This should provide both a more intuitive replay experience, as well as fewer situations with video conference replay issues. - More Intuitive Thumbnail Selection Option within Media Details
Based on customer feedback, we improved the selection of custom thumbnails within the Media Details. The new selection uses an image carousel with more clear delineation of the current thumbnail being used.
- New Visual Search Available to Upgrade Across All Instances
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July 12, 2019
United States Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20190714 Released
General Platform HTML5 Video Conferencing Media Management United States Zones Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all physical zones residing in the United States. Please note that this release will be pushed to Canadian and European Union zones next week. This release includes over 180+ new features and improvements.
- Improved Media Channels Interface with Drag-and-Drop Channel Reordering
The release introduces a more compact, flexible and configurable Media Channels view. This includes a more compact video thumbnail, improved visibility of tabbed Sub-Channels, and most importantly, the ability to re-order published content with convenient drag-and-drop facility.
- Improved Media Thumbnails within Media Library View and Loading Performance
The new, more compact Media Thumbnail has also been incorporated into My Media and EnterpriseTube. New content will also more clearly show key attributes, including duration, using a gradient overlay which uses the available space better. We also made the entire experience load faster.
- Video Quizzes Now Offers “Skip for Now” and “Disable Fast Forwarding” Options
Over the coming months, the Product Team will be introducing over 50+ new interactive video and text quiz capabilities. This release, the Platform now offers two new quiz capabilities to disable fast-forwarding during video quiz attempts, as well as the ability to provide the answer immediately following a question submission.
- Improved Optical Character Recognition Algorithm Deployed
As part of a longer-term project to improve the searchability and quality of auto-generated metadata, the Platform now has an improved Optical Character Recognition (OCR) algorithm. New content will automatically take advantage of the improved OCR algorithm that, among other things, will read the text off recorded slides better. - Improved Auto-Generation of Table of Contents Based on Screen Transition Algorithm
As part of the same longer-term project to improve the searchability of auto-generated metadata, the Platform now has an an improved algorithm for pre-generating the Table of Contents shown within the Media Player. This algorithm leverages screen transition data to better detect truly distinct presentation segments and, in turn, generates a more relevant Table of Contents section. - Improved Iconography for Admin Panel, Analytics and My Account
The Platform now incorporates clearer and more understandable iconography for the Left Navigation Bar within the Admin Panel, Visual Analytics and My Account.
- New SIS, LMS and SSO Auto-Merge Module
Organizations now have new integration options with the ability to integrate the Platform directly into a Student Information System (SIS) while using both a Learning Management System (LMS) and Single Sign On (SSO) system. Both courses and users will be cross-matched among the systems for a consistent and unified media experience.
- New Podcast Syndication Capabilities
For organizations looking to cross-syndicate channels to other forms of distribution, Media Channel owners can now generate an RSS Feed that can be enabled on a per-channel basis. This can be “consumed” by RSS syndication tools such as Apple iTunes.
- Auto-Resizing Media Details Dialog that Fits Better within an LMS and Smaller Screens
The Media Details pane has been improved to dynamically adjust to the available size in two ways. First, the window vertical scroll adjusts to keep the Save buttons visible. Second, the horizontal space is used more efficiently with the left icon labels tucking away when there is not an ideal viewing size.
- Improved Resolution of Default Thumbnail
For new video content, the Platform now generates and associates a higher resolution thumbnail. Previously, the thumbnail generated could appear slightly grainy when viewed within a mid-sized browser window. Please note that this is not retroactive on existing media. - More Flexible External Sharing with the Share Dialog
The Share dialog now supports the ability to input an email address to send a recipient a direct link to a video. Email recipients will get an email and if they have an associated YuJa account, they can also access it within the Shared with Me section of their account.
- Folders and Channels Can Now Be Sorted by Last Viewed
Now that the Platform offers the ability to adjust the order of your content, the Product Team has also released a Sort By Last Viewed option to all production zones.
- Improved the Video Editor’s Launch Behavior
Since the Video Editor opens in a new browser tab, the Platform now provides an on-screen notification that it is being launched.
- Improvements to Media Player Layout and Multi-Source Sync Performance at Faster Speeds
The Media Player now has an improved capability to play multi-source content, in synchronicity, at faster speeds. Previously, we saw edge cases where, in certain browsers, at higher speeds (1.75x or faster), that the sources could become slightly out-of-sync. - Improved Network Quality Detection and Notification of HLS Bitrate
The Media Player now has an integrated notification of the current bitrate being streamed, as well as more reliable adherence to automatic or manual adjustments to the bitrate.
- Video Conferencing Have Ability to Change A/V Sources
The beta HTML5-based Video Conferencing product now has the ability to switch webcam and mic sources while in a video conference meeting.
- EnterpriseTube Tools Can Be Turned On-and-Off
Organizations now can selectively enable the EnterpriseTube Library and Events tab. The Product Team also moved the EnterpriseTube administrative tools into the Admin Panel Platform tab for a more consistent experience.
- Coming Soon – New “Visual Search” to Replace Existing “Intuitive Search” Capability
You may have noticed an emphasis on improved metadata generation in this release. This is part of a new Visual Search capability that the Product Team is launching soon. This will eventually replace the current search capabilities (called “Intuitive Search”). This new Visual Search will enable users to:- Perform a deep search across all their media content and see playable push-pins where there are matches in the captions, optical character recognition, index and more.
- Click Play All Matches to dynamically generate a unified playlist clip that shows all the matches. This enables a user to quickly find topics of interest and watch just those topic excerpts.
Over the coming weeks, we will be launching some new media processing “horsepower” that will re-process in the background the petabytes-on-petabytes of existing media data. The end result is that all your content will be able to take advantage of this new capability.
- Improved Media Channels Interface with Drag-and-Drop Channel Reordering