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November 27, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – November 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone Middle East Zone Singapore Zone YuJa Enterprise Video Platform
We have successfully pushed an update to all Enterprise Video Platform instances residing in the European Union, Australia, the Middle East, Canada, and Asia. The United States geographic zone will be updated later this week. The highlights for this update include a brand new Browser Capture Studio UI with auto-upload, a redesigned user report, faster Grade Book’s result visualization, the option to view detailed responses of a participant or quiz question, filter Usage & Analytic reports by dates, and more.
1. Brand New Browser Capture Studio UI With Auto-Upload Capabilities
  We’ve modernized the Browser Capture interface to streamline your recording process by including the following:
  - An updated control bar: We’ve replaced the recording control panel with a control bar featuring a modernized design, intuitive navigation buttons, and clearly labeled controls.
  - Enhanced recording experience with full-screen capture: Record in full-screen mode while simultaneously sharing both your screen and video, replacing the previous side-by-side view.
  - New Picture-in-Picture mode: View your current recording in a floating window that stays visible while you browse other web pages.
  - Clear countdown displayed before recording: A 3-second countdown timer is now displayed to help you prepare before recording starts.
  - Automatically upload recordings: Your recording will now be automatically uploaded to My Media folder to prevent the loss of your video content.
  - Streamlined post-recording workflow: After recording, you can now preview your video and update its title, save location, and publish location simply by clicking the Gear icon.
2. Redesigned User Report Within Usage & Analytics
  We’ve modernized our User Report with a unified, more engaging interface. Key highlights of this improvement include:
  - Improved Summary Cards with a clean layout that groups related data categories together, along with integrated graphs that provide an at-a-glance overview of user statistics, including logins, watch activity, quiz completions, and device usage proportions.
  - Included precise timestamps into a user’s last watch activity for better tracking.
  - A new line graph displaying the number of user login sessions with date indicators.
  - Option to sort a user’s videos and sessions by video title, duration, views, or other metrics, allowing you to review them in your preferred order.
3. Improved Grade Book’s Result Visualization for Fast and Accurate Grading
  We’ve redesigned the Grade Book’s result visualization for quick overviews and more efficient grading, including:
  - Color-coded answer statuses with easily identifiable icons for at a glance quiz results.
  - Introduced new answer statuses: Ungradable and Unanswered, for more accurate responses.
  - Modernized bar charts with clearer visualizations of performance on each question.
4. Access Detailed Performance Insights for a Specific Participant or Quiz Question
  We’ve introduced new search and sort options in the Grade Book to help you view detailed responses from a specific participant or quiz question. You can now:
  - Search quiz results by participant or quiz question in the Grade Book for more focused insights.
  - Sort participants’ attempts by highest score, most recent, or first attempt to quickly find the quiz result that matches your criteria.
  - View detailed responses from a specific participant for all question types instead of being limited to short answer questions.
  - View detailed question information when reviewing results, including the question, its correct answer, and the distribution of attempts.
5. Filter Usage & Analytic Reports by Dates
  Previously, Usage & Analytics Reports were limited to a maximum 12-month period. Now, you can filter reports by date, allowing you to customize the duration and track analytics over multiple years.
6. Improved Epiphan and Extron Integration to Provide Direct Links and Embed Codes for Live Sessions in the Calendar Details
  As an Epiphan and Extron devices user, you can now access direct links and embed codes for scheduled live sessions in your Hub devices’ session calendar, allowing you to easily share the session details with participants.
7. Add Shared Media Files to Your New or Existing Playlists
  If you have edit access to shared media files in your Media Library, you can now add them to your existing or new playlists from the Shared With Me folders, making it easier to access these videos. If you’re an administrator, you can also add media files from the Enterprise Tube or User Collections to your playlists.
8. New User Interface to Streamline the Course Invitation Workflow and Review Invitee List
  After adding users to your course, you can now review and sort the invitee list by name or email to ensure everyone is included. Invited users will receive notifications in both the Video Platform’s notification panel and their email, directing them to the Course Invitation page to review requests.
9. Newly Designed Course Invitation Pop-Up Window
  We’ve redesigned the course invitation pop-up window that appears when users log in to the Video Platform to be more aligned with our branding by updating its colors and icons.
10. New Status Labels to Track Invitation Acceptance of Invited Users
  You can now check the acceptance status of course invitations for invited users directly on the Courses & Groups page.
11. Improved Responsiveness of Video Editor With Different Screen Sizes
  We’ve enhanced the responsiveness of the editing timeline, along with various buttons in the Video Editor, ensuring a consistent editing experience across devices and screen sizes.
12. Streamlined Folder Navigation in Media Library for Single-Click File Access
  We’ve updated folder navigation in the Media Library to allow single-click access and provide clearer hover indicators for additional actions, allowing faster access to your desired media file.
13. Refined Tooltips for Media Player Control Bar
  We’ve refined the tooltips for the buttons on the Media Player control bar by providing clearer explanations when hovering over them, ensuring new Content-Creators are aware of the available features.
14. Upgraded Enterprise Tube Page with Enhanced User Interface
  We’ve improved the Enterprise Tube home page with an improved user interface for a consistent browsing experience. The updates include:
  - Adjusted font sizes of login and side panel options for improved readability and focus.
  - Expanded space in the banner section to accommodate longer titles.
  - Optimized alignment for a better video overview experience.
  - New arrow buttons between banner items.
October 15, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – October 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone European Union Zone Middle East Zone Singapore Zone YuJa Enterprise Video Platform
We have successfully pushed an update to all Enterprise Video Platform instances residing in the European Union, Australia, the Middle East, Canada, and Asia. The United States geographic zone will be updated later this week. The highlights for this update include a redesigned Accessibility dashboard, the option to bulk archive courses, a redesigned My Account, more in-depth activity tracking for courses, the Multi-Select metadata type, and more.


1. Redesigned Accessibility Dashboard with the Admin Panel
 The Accessibility Dashboard has been redesigned from the ground up to provide actionable insights into video accessibility within the enterprise. New capabilities include:
 - Summary Cards highlighting key aspects of video accessibility.
 - Filterable tables detailing On-Demand and Live ASR Captioning Activity, Pending Requests, and Accessibility Settings.
 - Visibility on use of Generative AI capabilities in enhancing accessibility.
2. Bulk Archive or Restore Courses in Courses & Groups
 If you’re an admin or an instructor managing dozens or even thousands of courses on the Video Platform, you can now Bulk Archive and Bulk Restore multiple courses.
3. Redesigned My Account, Including Tab Unification, Workflow Improvements, and Refreshed Design
 The My Account page has been refreshed with a new design, consolidating multiple sections into a few easy-to-navigate pages.
 - New Configurations Page to Manage Personal Settings – The new Configurations page lets you manage your settings for notifications, downloads, integrations, and the media player in one place.
 - Upgraded Recycle Bin and Watch History Pages With a New Interface – The Recycle Bin and Watch History pages have been updated with our new branding, making it easier to view deleted content or videos you’ve previously watched.
 - Improved Accessibility – A number of screens with overlays have been re-designed to be more screen-reader and keyboard-navigation friendly.
4. In-Depth Activity Tracking for Courses
 The Activity panel now offers enhanced audit log tracking for course channel management, allowing you to see whether a course was successfully copied or if any errors were encountered.
5. New Set of APIs for NL-LOM Metadata Harvesting
 As an administrator, you can now use our NL-LOM APIs for your metadata harvesting, a standardized format designed for educational institutions in the Netherlands to ensure consistency in managing resources.
6. New Metadata Type – Multi-Select
 The new Multi-Select metadata type allows you to create a list of values and choose one or more to apply to your content.
7. Improved the Underlying Infrastructure of Our Generative AI Capabilities for Multi-Language Audio Dubbing
 You can now automatically generate more precise audio tracks for videos originally in English with our improved multi-language dubbing capabilities. Simply choose from over 25 languages to dub your video, allowing your viewers to select their preferred listening experience.
8. Usability Improvement in Platform-Level Settings with Clearer Explanations of Each Option
 With increased settings and configurations, we have introduced a new user interface style to explain each of the options more clearly.
9. Faster Processing Speeds for Generating Content Reports
 Previously, generating a Content report may have taken almost two minutes for results to appear. Now, you can expect results to appear in under a minute.
September 3, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – September 2024
Australia Zone Canada Zone Middle East Zone Singapore Zone YuJa Enterprise Video Platform
We have successfully pushed an update to all Enterprise Video Platform instances residing in the European Union, Australia, the Middle East, Canada, and Asia. The United State geographic zone will be updated later this week. The highlights for this update include an upgraded view of the Enterprise VideoTube, enhanced visuals for the content report, an upgraded Activity panel, a new audio player interface, sub-admin permission management, users with edit access can change media ownership, new import schedule wizard, remotely stop active recording sessions, and more.


1. Upgraded Enterprise VideoTube with Slide-Out Channel Bar and New Branding Options
 The Enterprise VideoTube has been redesigned with a new slide-out Channel Bar that displays available public channels in an easy-to-view list. Administrators can also update the Enterprise VideoTube branding by customizing the background and text colors of both the Channel Bar and the landing page, as well as using a static masthead image. Over the coming releases, we will be incorporating the ability to create custom pages, playlists, and adding new permission management capabilities.
2. Upgraded Content Report with New Data Visualization Capabilities
 We’ve significantly enhanced our Content Report by streamlining multiple tabs into a unified, engaging interface. Key highlights of this improvement include:
 - Improved Summary Cards with at-a-glance statistics and integrated graphs
 - The Hot Spots panel features a view of the video with highlighted segments indicating the most-watched parts.
 - Improved Playback list featuring drop-down analytics that reveals audience retention and time jumps.
3. Upgraded Activity Panel of the Admin Panel with Improved User Interface
 We have rebranded the Notifications tab to “Activity,” and added valuable insights, data summarization, and filtering tools.
4. New Audio Player Interface with On-Screen Visual Waveform
 A new, more modern Audio Player provides listeners with an upgraded experience when listening to audio-only content. The new player design introduces an on-screen visual indicator featuring a colorful waveform that synchronizes with the active audio. This waveform will also dynamically adjust in response to the audio’s volume.
5. New Sub-Admin Permission Management Console and Framework
 Over the coming releases, the Sub-Admin role configuration will become increasingly flexible. To support this, we have introduced a new Sub-Admin Permission Management Console alongside a Capabilities Framework. This will enable Sub-Admins roles to be more flexibly aligned to Admin Panel Capabilities and, most importantly, Platform-level Capabilities. This more powerful Capabilities framework lays the foundation for unique Sub-Admin job classifications.
6. Video Editor Now Offers Light Mode and Dark Mode Options
 With recent updates to the Video Editor introducing a dark theme to alleviate eye strain, we are also offering the option to choose a Light Mode for those who prefer a brighter interface.
7. Increased Import Speed for Zoom Recordings Ingestion
 We have enhanced our import time for Zoom recordings using a newer Zoom architecture that transitions from an hourly “pull” to a synchronized “listener” model where recordings arrive within minutes.
8. Comprehensive Activity Tracking and Audit Logging for Video Editor Actions
 The Admin Panel’s Activity panel will now track granular actions and will keep track of actions performed within a Video Editor session. This provides admins and our support staff with better tools to support users.
9. Allow Users With Edit Access to Change Media Ownership
 We’ve introduced a new setting allowing users with edit access to reassign content ownership. Access the settings from the Admin Panel -> Platform -> Platform Settings.
10. Institution-Wide Security Privacy Configuration of Student Uploads
 To safeguard the content of students, administrators can enable a new security setting that automatically sets all student uploads as private by default. Access the settings from the Admin Panel -> Platform -> Platform Settings.
11. New Sub-Admin Capability Framework to Publish Content to Featured Videos in the Enterprise VideoTube
 Leveraging the new Sub-Admin Capability Framework, Administrators can allow Sub-Admins more control over their institution’s Enterprise VideoTube by permitting them to publish content directly within the Feature Videos section.
12. Watch Browser Capture Videos While They Are Being Transcoded and Processed
 We’ve improved our Browser Capture processing pipeline, allowing users to view and select recordings in the Media Chooser even while they are being actively processed.
13. Option to Enable Metadata Harvesting for Specific Roles
 With the implementation of metadata harvesting, which enables users to utilize APIs for collecting information related to their content’s metadata, we have introduced a new option to restrict API usage according to specified roles: IT Managers, instructors, and students. Access the settings from the Admin Panel -> Platform -> Metadata.
14. More Granular Branding Options: Customize My Media Sidebar Folder Icon Colors
 We have introduced a new branding setting enabling administrators to customize the color of My Media Sidebar folder icons on the Manage Media page, ensuring the icons are accessible with various background colors. Access the settings from the Admin Panel -> Branding -> Platform Colors -> Sidebar Folder Selection.
15. New Available Functions for the YuJa Video Player API
 The YuJa Video Player API, which integrates YuJa’s Media Player controls into third-party software, now offers APIs to retrieve both the current playback time and the total video duration.
16. More Accessible Design for Media Library Folders in List View
 Previously, we updated the look of our folders to offer a more accessible design so that users could easily select folders or their action menus. In this release, we’re including the same design to be featured when viewing folders in a list view.
17. New Import Schedule Wizard to Show a List of Successful and Unsuccessful Imports
 The Import Schedule modal for devices has been updated to feature a two-step process, allowing users to upload XML or CSV files, followed by a review of successfully and unsuccessfully imported schedules.
18. Stop Active Recording Sessions by Remotely Managing Recording Tools
 Recording sessions through Software Capture, Browser Capture, and the Hardware Hub can now be stopped remotely through the Video Platform by selecting the Stop button on the recording thumbnail.
19. Reduced Visual Clutter in the More Action Menu by Organizing Items into Headings
 The More Actions menu categorizes all items under specific headings, helping content creators locate the desired action for their content.
20. Visible and Invisible Dates Moved to Additional Options for Content Publishing
 As we explore new strategies for publishing content to channels, we’ve introduced an Additional Options setting that will offer new methods for publishing content. In anticipation of these updates, we have relocated the Visible and Invisible Date options to this section.
21. Clear Labels and Improved Visibility for Video Editor Tools
 To help Content Creators easily differentiate between various tools in the Video Editor and enhance their visibility, we have added clearly defined labels to the cut, split, undo, and redo tools.
22. Enhanced Visual Search Capabilities for Selecting Users to Share Media With
 When selecting a user to share media with, the drop-down list will no longer auto-populate with all users. Instead, it will filter results based on the search query entered.
23. Compact List View for Publishing Video Quizzes to Courses
 For institutions with a large number of courses, the list of courses available for publishing Video Quizzes could take considerable time to load. We have addressed this by introducing a compact list view, which can be expanded to load additional courses and filtered through the search bar.
July 13, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – July 2024 – United States Zone
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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.
July 9, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – July 2024
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We have successfully pushed an update to all Enterprise Video Platform instances residing in Canada and the European Union. Zones residing in the United States, Australia, the Middle East, and Asia will be updated later this week. The highlights for this update include improvements to the Video Editor, a dedicated Overview page for Campuses under the Umbrella System, updated design interfaces across several areas of the platform, new security ID support PINs, quality-of-life improvements to the Media Chooser, automatic imports for Zoom Room recordings, analytical tracking for time jumps by users, enhanced captioning for live streams, and more.
1. Unified Video Editor Slide-Out Sidebar with Access to All Advanced Editing Tools
  To enhance the Video Platform’s usability, it now features a sidebar menu for Content Creators to quickly access advanced tools and settings. This consolidates the previous right-hand side panel and the advanced editing tools on the center panel into a single, unified slide-out toolbar.
2. Umbrella System – Dedicated Usage & Analytics Overview Page for Campuses
  For institutions deploying the Umbrella System Architecture, Administrators responsible for managing campuses within their institution’s hierarchical structure will have access to a dedicated Overview page. This page will display analytics specific to their campus, including data on top-performing videos, active users, and views.
3. Updated Interface for the Admin Panel’s Branding Page
  The Branding page has been redesigned to feature a more organized structure with clear headings and new icons and colors across the page. Over the coming releases, each panel of the Admin Panel will be significantly updated.
4. Update Graphs and Analytic Displays for the Content Report in Usage & Analytics
  We’re continuing to transition the Video Platform to our new design system by introducing it to new areas, such as the Content page, to update the visual esthetics of graphs and how data is displayed.
5. Security ID PINs to Help Verify Account Access
  We’ve introduced unique ID pins for each account, which automatically change every 24 hours. Users can relay their PIN to our support staff to confirm they have access to the account they need help on.
6. New Third-Party Hardware Smart Connectors Required for Integration with Video Platform
  Hardware Smart Connectors ensure the integrity of the Video Platform and align with permitted use, similar to integration with third-party video conference tools. Now, all third-party hardware device integrations will require a licensed Smart Connector. All users who use these capabilities should have had their Client Success Manager reach out to them to ensure continued operations of the integration.
7. Video Editor Supports Ability to Mute Audio Tracks of a Unified Audio-and-Video Stream
  The Video Editor features the option to mute audio streams while retaining the video source, allowing Content Creators to remove unwanted audio.
8. View Selected Folders within the Media Chooser
  The Media Chooser allows users to view which folders they’re searching within.
9. New UI to Improve Visual Distinctiveness of Playlists
  Playlists feature a new UI that distinguishes them from folders, allowing Content Creators to easily recognize them within their personal library and channels.
10. Media Chooser – Browse Files Within Folders When Filtering by Location in the Media Chooser
  When choosing a location to filter results, users can toggle the “Show Files” option to view all media content within folders.
11. Automatic Imports for Recorded “Zoom Rooms” Meetings
  Our existing Zoom integration, which supports automatic imports for Zoom video conference recordings, will also support automatic imports for Zoom Room recordings.
12. Video Editor – Updated the Blur Tool to a More Intense Blur Effect
  The Blur tool has been updated to a much more intense blur effect to help ensure that textual material is illegible.
13. Analytical Tracking for Video Timeline Jumps by Users
  Administrators can view how users interact with a video by seeing parts they go back to or jump to when watching content.
14. Customize the Title Tag of the Video Platform
  Administrators can adjust the title tag of their Video Platform to match their institution’s branding.
15. Option to Require SSO Login for Administrators
  To protect the privacy and security of an institution’s Video Platform instance, we’ve added a new optional setting that requires administrators to log in through their SSO instead of their YuJa credentials.
16. Improved Live Caption Quality and Stream Sync
  We’ve addressed inconsistencies in live captioning, resulting in more accurate captions that will sync with the live stream.
17. Video Title Preview for Embedded Media
  To help viewers understand what they are about to watch, embedded videos show their titles directly on the thumbnail.
18. Phasing Out Support for YouTube Video Imports
  Given YouTube’s lack of official support for importing videos into third-party platforms, we will gradually phase out the option of importing YouTube videos to the Video Platform. While we phase out the feature, users who still wish to utilize it can find it under My Account > Integrations.
19. Visual Display of Content When Replacing Media
  We’ve created a visual display of the content that will be replaced, allowing users to more intuitively recognize the media they’re updating.
New Add On! New Drupal CMS Plugin with Media Chooser Capabilities
1. Integrate the Media Chooser with Drupal to Embed Content Into Your Website
  Through Drupal’s rich text editor, Content Creators can use the Media Chooser to embed videos, documents, and playlists into their websites. This will allow those navigating the website to experience faster load times due to bandwidth offloading.
June 20, 2024
YuJa Website Accessibility Widget Update – June 2024
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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.
May 29, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – May 2024 – Singapore and Middle East Zone
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We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the Singapore and the Middle East Zone. For a complete summary of the release, please refer to the corresponding release tags.
May 28, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – May 2024
Canada Zone European Union Zone YuJa Enterprise Video Platform
We have successfully pushed an update to all Enterprise Video Platform instances residing in Canada and the European Union. Zones residing in the United States, Australia, the Middle East, and Asia will be updated later this week. The highlights for this update include a new visual search experience with improved search capabilities, an update of the Video Editor theme to a dark theme, IMS Caliper Analytics support for YouTube videos, direct links to video quizzes will record grades for users, performance report tracking for the Video Editor, more accurate tracking of unique video views using IP address, enhanced screen reader capabilities, overall UI enhancements, and much more.


1. New Visual Search User Experience with Slide-out Drawer with Time-Sequenced Results
 We have redesigned the user experience of the Visual Search to provide improved at-a-glance search match information, along with the ability to quickly review more detailed metadata match information. New capabilities include:
 - Visually Summary Bar: Clear color-aligned search match summary information that shows how a particular search term matched within the captions, slides (OCR), in-video comments, and indexes
 - Slide-Out Match Details: Clicking Match Details now presents a slide-out drawer with time-sequenced, color-coded search matches along
 - Improved Timeline Indicators: The search matches are now better annotated along the timeline bar of the video thumbnail
 - Improved Accessibility and Responsiveness: The user experience now offers a more modern, responsive and screen-reader-accessible design.
 - Multi-Selection of Search Results: A convenient multi-selection of search results to perform bulk actions is now available.
2. Improved Search Capabilities to Locate OCR, Captions, Table of Contents, and Comments
 We’ve optimized that search infrastructure to ensure search results are quickly displayed across all metadata layers.
3. Search for Folders on the Video Platform When Using Basic Search
 When using the Video Platform’s basic search, users will find relevant folders on the search results page.
4. Video Editor Now Uses Dark Theme to Improve the Contrast of Editable Elements and Reduce Eye Strain
 Our Video Editor has been redesigned with a dark theme to reduce eye strain and improve the ability to edit the video content.
5. IMS Caliper Analytics – In-Depth Integration of Video Viewership Data for YouTube Videos
 Previously, we added additional data with our third-party Caliper Analytics integration to help administrators make more informed decisions about their content uploaded to the Video Platform. We’ve now expanded our analytic capabilities to include video viewership metrics for uploaded YouTube content, monitoring the following information:
 - Points on the video timeline viewers play the video.
 - Points on the video timeline viewers pause the video.
 - Specific points selected on the video timeline.
6. Visual Analytics Overview Now Offers New Directional Summary Cards With Integrated Directional Graphs
 Each panel in the Overview tab for Usage & Analytics offers a graphical representation of the trend line of the given metric. The goal is to provide improved at-a-glance information to administrators. Over the coming quarters, we expect to roll out this new analytics representation to other reports.
7. New Compact Design for Media Library Folders with More Accessibility Action Menu
 The Media Library folder design now offers a more compact design with a clearer pop-out menu style.
8. Video Quizzes: Direct Links to Video Quizzes Will Record Grades for Users
 Previously, grades from Video Quizzes accessed through direct links were assigned to an “anonymous” user within the Video Platform. With the recent update, authenticated users who take a quiz using a direct link will have their grades automatically recorded and synched with the gradebook in the Video Platform.
9. Administrations Can Receive Automatic Emails for Device Schedules
 Administrators can schedule reports for devices on their platform to obtain a CSV file containing a list of past or upcoming automated recording sessions within a specified period of time.
10. New Report for Tracking the Historical Computational and Delivery Performance of the Video Platform
 The Report panel in Usage & Analytics offers administrators the option to request a performance report. This report provides insights into the Video Platform’s speed in processing requests, such as:
 - Media processing time.
 - Completion of auto-captions.
 - Time taken for videos to be playable.
 - Load times for various information, including the Roster, Devices, Campus Tube, and Gradebook pages.
11. Consolidated Usage and Object Reports Within the Data Management Tab
 In our previous release, we updated the Data Management page by consolidating information from the Overview page in Usage & Analytics and the Admin Panel. We are continuing to update the Data Management page, which now offers the option to retrieve reports for storage usage and stored objects.
12. Configurable Email Notifications for Media Deletion and Recycle Bin Actions
 We’ve expanded customization options for administrators, allowing for personalized automatic email notifications when media content owned by a user is deleted and when media is moved to the recycle bin.
13. More Accurate Tracking of Unique, Unauthenticated Video Views Using IP Address
 We’ve implemented an IP-based approach to tracking unique video view counts for authenticated and unauthenticated users.
14. Roster Panel Supports Email-Based Search
 Administrators have the option to look up users on the Roster panel by using their email addresses.
15. Enhanced Screen Reader Accessibility for Mouse-Hover Actions
 Users who require screen reader assistance will find improved functionality in scenarios where mouse-hover actions are required to select content.
16. Updated Color Scheme and Text for the Advanced Search Console
 We’ve improved the Advance Search Console’s overall color palette and text to align more closely with our brand goals.
17. New APIs to Add or Delete Users from Shared Folders
 We’ve added new APIs which can add and delete users from shared folders (1.2.12 and 1.2.13).
Himalayas Add-On
1. Specify the Number of Days Media Will Remain in the Exclusion List
 Previously, content would remain in the exclusion list for 90 days. We have now provided the option for administrators to set a custom amount of days to keep items in the exclusion list.
April 19, 2024
Enterprise Video Platform & Himalayas Update – “Douglas Fir” Released to US Zones
United States Zone YuJa Enterprise Video Platform
We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States. For a complete summary of the release, please refer to the corresponding release tags.
April 15, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – “Douglas Fir”
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We have successfully pushed an update to all Enterprise Video Platform instances residing in Canada, Australia, Middle East, Asia and the European Union. The highlights for this update include click-and-drag functionality for overlays in the Video Editor, consolidation of the Overview analytics into the Data Management Page, the option to map custom LMS roles, new media player for embedded YouTube videos, grade book sync for YouTube playback quizzes, a new option to allow only course channel members to view course video comments, the option to download a device’s schedule, and so much more.


1. Video Editor: Click and Drag Image Overlays and Watermarks Within the Timeline to Adjust Their Timestamp
 Content creators can drag and reposition their watermarks and other overlays directly within their tracks to precisely adjust timestamp placements.
2. Consolidated the Overview Analytics into the Data Management Page With Enhanced UI
 We’ve enhanced the color schemes and improved the visual representation of graphs for tracking storage usage and stored objects. Previously accessible on the Overview page within the Admin Panel, this information has now been integrated into the Data Management section.
3. Map Custom LMS Roles With the Video Platform
 Canvas and D2L Brightspace administrators will be able to map their custom LMS roles to existing roles on the Video Platform. In future releases, this will also be available to Blackboard and Moodle users.
4. New Media Player UI for Embedded YouTube Videos
 We’ve updated the look and functionality of YouTube videos embedded on the Video Platform with our familiar branded media player, which includes features like speed control, fast forward, and rewind options, all of which are keyboard accessible.
5. Usage and Analytic Data for Users Will Include YouTube Videos
 Users’ viewership analytics will now include YouTube videos, ensuring more accurate tracking of metrics such as the most viewed videos, average view percentage, and quiz completion.
6. Gradebook Sync for YouTube-Embedded Playback Quizzes
 Create playback quizzes for YouTube videos, complete with gradebook sync across both the Video platform and the LMS grade book.
7. Improved the LTI Launch Speed When Accessing the Video Platform
 When accessing the Video Platform via an LTI launch, users will experience significantly faster load speeds, especially for institutions with extensive course channels and media libraries.
8. Specify a Default Global Language Across the Video Platform
 Administrators can access their branding settings to select a default language to apply across their Video Platform instance.
9. New Option to Allow Only Course Channel Members to View Course Video Comments
 When configuring comment settings for media files, Content Creators now have the option to restrict comment visibility to course members only. This ensures that media published across various course channels will display comments exclusively from members within those courses.
10. Video Quizzes Will Be Preserved When Changing or Deleting Owners
 If a Content Creator is removed from the Video Platform or the ownership of a video changes, any associated video quizzes will be preserved and made available to the new owner of the video.
11. Event Logging for Newly Created SSO-Integrated Groups
 Administrators now receive real-time notifications when a group is created on the Video Platform through their SSO integration.
12. Unique Group IDs for Groups Provisioned With SAML
 Groups provisioned with SAML will include a unique ID to differentiate them from other groups with the same name.
13. Enhanced Canvas and Moodle Gradebook Sync for Institutions With Multiple Domains
 For institutions with multiple domains registered under a single integration on the Video Platform, administrators can include their LMS vanity URLs to provide more accurate gradebook synchronization.
14. Download Device Schedules as an Excel File
 Administrators can download an Excel file containing a comprehensive list of their filtered schedules when viewing device schedules.
15. Enhanced UI for the Visual Search Bar
 We’ve enhanced the visual search bar’s UI, introducing new icons and making it easier to locate the option to search within the current folder or across all media on the platform.
16. API to Create Device Sessions in Multiple Channels and Folders
 We have updated our existing API to create a session (4.2.8), allowing content creators to publish the session into multiple channels and folders.