Product Updates

We have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This update aims to provide users with more configurable settings to measure accessibility.

1. Improved HTML Accessibility Checks
   To ensure all content meets accessibility standards, HTML WYSIWYG Editor content will be analyzed and assigned an Accessibility Score. Additionally, Panorama will guide instructors with steps to improve the Accessibility Score.
   
2. Updated UI of Accessibility Gauges 
   To create uniformity in the Score Report, Course Report and LTI Institution Reporting, the UI of the Accessibility Gauge has been updated.
   
3. New Configurable Course Default Settings
   To provide Admin and Instructors with more oversight in to the course, a Course Configuration Panel has been implemented. The Course Configuration Panel serves as a central location for Admins and Instructors to configure course-level settings.
   
4. Ability for Instructors to Enable or Disable Accessibility Report Gauges
   In the Course Configuration Panel, Instructors can configure the Report settings, choosing whether to enable or disable the Accessibility Gauges from appearing in their courses.
   
5. Ability for Admins to Review Default Settings
   In the Course Configuration Panel, Admins can set default Report settings on an institution-wide level.
   
6. Improved Tab Order and Keyboard Accessibility
   The Tab key can be used to navigate through the Panorama Platform, including the Alternative Formats.
   

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States. For a summary of the release, please refer to the corresponding tag for the most recent Canadian and EU zones release.

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the European Union and Canada. Next week, we will perform the same update to United States-based instances.

1. Video Editor Offers a Simple Mode and Advanced Mode
   The Video Editor now supports a Simple Mode and Advanced Mode making it easier for novice and experienced users alike to locate the editing tools they needed to get their recording ready for viewers. The Video Editor starts off in Simple Mode, and more experienced users can toggle the Video Editor to Advanced Mode if they prefer. The mode selection is saved for future video editing sessions. Click here to learn more about the Video Platform Video Editor.
    
   
2. Redesigned Media Chooser with More Intuitive Workflows to Share, Upload and Record Content
   We are introducing a redesigned Media Chooser that provides users with a more structured set of workflows to: share media content in the LMS, upload content, and create a new recording.
   
   
    
   • Choose and Embed Media From Existing Collections
      
     

   
   

   • Upload Content Directly and Embed It
      
     

   
   

   • Record Content Using the Capture Tools
      
     
3. Support for Multi-Embed in D2L Via On-The-Fly Playlist Generation
   Similar to the multiple-embed capabilities added to the Media Chooser for non-D2L LMS’s, we are now adding support for D2L. Instructors can create on-the-fly video playlists by selecting multiple videos at the same time in the Video Platform’s Media Chooser. Users can select up to 12 video at-a-time to create their playlist in any D2L Content Item. Click here to learn more.
    
   
4. Comprehensive Video Watch History
   Ever wanted to find a video you watched before, but weren’t able to locate it? Our new Watch History feature helps viewers keep track of what they’ve watched before. Click here to learn more about Watch History.
    
   
5. Data Management Archiving Now Supports the Creation of Recurring Policies and Actions
   As storage continues to grow for our customers, creating data policies and archiving content can be time consuming for Administrators during the busy school term. We’ve added recurring policies to our Data Management tools to help with that. Administrators can now schedule archiving policies to identify and take specific actions on data. This could include a policy to automatically delete unused transcodes. Click here to learn more about the Video Platform’s Data Archiving features.
    
   
6. Blackboard Collaborate Enterprise Connector
   By popular demand, we’re releasing our Blackboard Collaborate Enterprise Connector to make your Video Platform the central repository for all media content generated in the Video Platform or outside using products like Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams and Blackboard Collaborate. Content from Blackboard Collaborate will automatically import into the Video Platform before being optionally deleted (to free up your Collaborate storage and reduce costs). Reach out to your Customer Success Manager to learn how to deploy this new SKU. Click here to learn more about the Blackboard Collaborate Connector.
    
   
7. Personal Auto-Caption Dictionaries
   A new Personal Auto-Caption Dictionary is available for users – that complements the existing Organization-wide Auto-Caption Dictionary – to help users improve the accuracy of their video’s auto-captions for irregular or uncommon words. The AI Captioning engine uses the dictionary to improve the identification and spelling of words defined by the user. Click here to learn more about populating the Personal Auto-captioning Dictionary for individual users.
    
   
8. Notifications and Alerts
   With so many new notifications for Video Conferences, Live Streams, Video Quizzes and more, it can be difficult for users to keep track of what’s completed and what’s outstanding. Now users are able to mark those notifications as read to help prioritize remaining events that require the user’s attention.
    
   
9. Archiving Event Notification Toggling
   In our previous Video Platform release, we added a new notification to alert users when their content was archived by a System Administrator using the Data Management tools. In this release, Administrators can disable the notification if they do not want to alert users of the archiving event. Click here to learn more about all of the Video Platform’s email notifications.
    
   
10. Geo-Location Analytics Now Available in Content Analytics
    To help Content Creators track the usage of their videos, we’ve added Locations to our comprehensive Content Analytics report available under Usage & Analytics. Previously only available in User Analytics, the geo-location analytics data helps inform Content Owners where in the world users are watching a specific video. Click here to learn more about Content Analytics.
     
    
11. Admin Panel Responsiveness for Small Screens
    With Administrators constantly on the go and using devices with smaller displays, navigating through the Admin Panel can be frustrating as text and charts don’t always auto-resize when the user zooms in and out of the web browser. We’ve added additional support so that the Admin Panel remains responsive for all users regardless of the size of the display or the amount of zoom. Please note that this is an ongoing project with additional improvement being delivered in upcoming releases.
     
    
12. Better Color Accessibility for Charts and Graphs
    As we continue to drive improvements to the accessibility of the Video Platform for every person, we’re refining the UI so that users with visual impairments can more easily review charts and graphs. We’ve updated the color of text, icons and charts so that they offer more contrast along with additional improvements to the legiblity of text and images .
     
    
13. New ASR Language Support Packs including Vietnamese
    We’re adding Vietnamese as an available language for auto-captioning videos spoken in Vietnamese. This adds to our growing list of support language including English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, Portuguese and more. Click here to learn how to request auto-captions for your video.
     
    
14. More Accessible Inline Dialog Titles
    To assist users who use screen readers to navigate in the Video Platform, a new menu title is visible at the top of the Media Details panel and other inline dialogs. This text can be “picked up” by industry-standard screen readers.
     
    
15. Additional Third-Party Hardware and Application Integration APIs
    New APIs allow third-party tools to pull video thumbnail images, individual video streams, check for Device statuses and more. These new APIs were released to support our partnership with Epiphan, Extron, PlayPosit and others. Click here to learn more about available Video Platform APIs.
16. Enable LTI 1.3 For Specific LMS Courses
    We now make it possible to enable Video Platform integration for specific LMS courses using unique Deployment IDs. Previously, Organizations were only able to enable LMS-wide integration using LTI 1.3. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to learn more.
17. Blackboard Media Chooser LMS Extension Integration Improvements
    Recent structural changes to Blackboard have required that we update our Blackboard Media Chooser LMS Extension to continue supporting a seamless integration experience during specific actions such as Course Copy. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to download the newest LMS Extension.
18. Refined Support of Canvas Media Chooser for Multiple-Embed Scenarios
    The Canvas Media Chooser LMS Extension can now “sense” which Canvas rich-text boxes support multiple-embeds and which ones do not. This ensures instructors correctly embed videos in a way that aligns with Canvas’s capabilities. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to coordinate the update of your Canvas Media Chooser LMS Extension.

We have successfully pushed an update to all Panorama instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This release is specifically targeted to improving back-end infrastructure and simplifying the implementation process.

1. Improved Installation and Setup
   As customers continue to purchase Panorama for their digital accessibility needs, we wanted to improve the speed of the implementation by improving how Panorama integrates with an organization’s LMS.
2. Full Automatic Synchronization
   We’ve moved Panorama from on an on-demand sync to an full automatic sync for all LMS’ to increase the efficiency of Panorama content identification. Now, alternative formats generation is even faster as we continue to focus on improving the back-end infrastructure of the Platform.
3. More Secure Content Replacement in D2L
   We re-designed our back-end connector with D2L to improve the reliability and security of the Panorama-to-D2L connection.
4. Smaller Bug Fixes and Improvements
   Multiple Panorama improvements were made to optimize our system interaction with third-party integrations to significantly increase system performance, prevent duplicate document and alternative formats from non-whitelisted LMS courses and more.

We have successfully published a Firmware update for Hardware Hubs available to all customers in the United States, Canada and the European Union. Reach out to your Customer Success Manager to schedule your firmware update.

1. Device Profile Management
   As Organizations continue to expand their usage of the hybrid learning model, remote management of lecture capture devices becomes a linchpin to the model’s success. With new remote Device Profile Management tools for YuJa Hardware Appliances, Administrators can now define their room types and configure recording sources all from the Video Platform’s Admin Panel. Click here to learn more about creating a Device Profile.
   
   

   

2. Real-Time Local HDMI Source Preview
   A new local preview of most sources connected to the Hardware Hub is now available for Organizations who use the YuJa Hardware Appliance to record lecture room connector. View a preview of available screen and webcam sources by connecting a display to the Hardware device’s HDMI output. Click here to learn more more about the Hardware Appliance’s Local HDMI source preview capabilities.
   
   
3. Smaller Bug Fixes and Improvements
   Multiple improvements have been made to improve device stability, management of network disconnect situations, consistency of device previews and more.

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

1. Automatic Processing for D2L Digital Content
   We’ve added automatic processing for D2L files on pages that are visited by users so users don’t need to wait for Alternative Formats or Accessibility Scores to generate. System Administrators can configure this behavior under Additional Settings in the Panorama LTI.
    
   
2. Automated Processing for Canvas HTLM Pages
   We now support automated generation of Canvas HTLM content when the page is loaded ensuring a quicker processing and retrieval of Alternative Formats.
    
   
3. Enhanced Panorama Security Message
   We released our Enhanced Security feature in our last Panorama update and have added additional messaging in this release to notify users when they need to install the Panorama Browser Plugin to use all the features of Panorama.
    
   
4. Smaller Bug Fixes and Improvements
   Multiple Panorama improvements were made to optimize the connection between Panorama and all LMSs, improve processing speeds and more.

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

1. A Brand New Browser Capture User Experience
   We redesigned the user experience of the Browser Capture to focus on a more intuitive interface, better control of source recording, and previewing of active sources. We also implemented 15+ stability and firewall traversal improvements. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to learn how to enable Browser Capture for your Organization. We’ve got plenty more in store for the Browser Capture as we continue to enhance and extend this tool’s capabilities in future releases. Click here to learn more about Browser Capture.
    
   
2. New Media Player Viewing Options for Multi-Stream Content
   User now have more flexible viewing options for multi-streamed content with the ability to hover over the multi-stream content in the Media Player to select from a Side-by-Side, Picture-in-Picture or Single Source view. Click here to learn more about configuring default settings for Multi-Stream viewing.
    
   
3. Improved Media Player Accessibility with the Ability to Dynamically Move the Caption Bar
   Viewers can now dynamically move the caption bar around to suit their personal preferences. Click here to learn more about Media Player Accessibility tools.
    
   
4. Better Messaging When Captions are Being Processed
   The “No Captions Available” when ASR-based captions are being generated has been replaced with the message “Captions are being processed and should be available soon.”. Further, when no captions are pending, a more prescriptive message of “No captions available. To request captions, please contact the Video Owner.” shows. Click here to learn more about Media Player Accessibility tools.
    
   
5. Media Detail Advanced Capabilities Tucked Under “More Options”
   As the Video Platform expands, we’re constantly adding new features under the Media Details panel. We didn’t want to overwhelm the novice user and as such, we’ve tucked away advanced media tools under More Options.
    
   
6. Editable Embed Code for Advanced Configurations
   We’ve added the ability to edit a video’s Embed Code elements to give power users more control over embed code behavior. Click here to learn more about editing a video’s embed code.
    
   
7. Quick-Click for Direct Links and Embed Codes
   Copy a direct link or embed code in a single click using the new Copy button now available for all media content. Click here to learn more about sharing content using a Direct Link or Embed Code.
    
   
8. Improved Publish Dialog Layout for Smaller Screens
   We’ve made changes to the Publish dialog to optimize the space for smaller viewports. Click here to learn more about publishing media in the Video Platform.
    
   
9. Ability to Manage Video Quiz Open and Close Dates within the Media Chooser
   We’re continuing to improve our Video Quiz tools for Instructors who post video quizzes directly within their LMS. Now, Instructors can set the Video Quiz’s Open and Close dates directly within the Media Chooser. Click here to learn more about Video Quizzes.
    
   
10. Additional Security for the Zoom Enterprise Connector
    A new Verification Code is now required when changing the email address associated with a Video Platform account. This was done to ensure that Zoom-mapped accounts are mapped securely to the correct Video Platform account.
     
    
11. New Bulk Actions Options for Bulk Security
    Set the security of a group of videos from Private to Public, or enable Portal Authentication at the same time using our new Bulk Security feature. Content Owners managing large media collections can now set video security in bulk. Click here to learn more about Bulk Media Management options.
     
    
12. Improved the Accessibility and Navigability of Charts and Graphs
    In our drive to improve digital accessibility for all users, we’ve added additional screen reader support for graphs and charts in the Video Platform which includes adding data tables to complement graphical chart elements.
     
    
13. 24/7 RTMP Live Streaming
    We’ve more formally added 24/7 RTMP Live Streaming as we previously deprecated this capability only to release the ever-growing use cases our users had for 24/7 live streaming of content. Administrators can now start a non-recorded 24/7 RTMP Live Stream that can be used for permanent digital signage. Click here to learn more about RTMP Live Streaming.
     
    
14. Archiving Notifications
    New archiving notifications alert users when their content has been archived by their Administrators. As organizations ramp up archiving media content using YuJa Himalayas, we will continue to roll out new Video Platform notification capabilities.
     
    
15. Zoom Metadata
    New Zoom metadata like the Zoom Meeting ID, Name of the Organizer and List of Participants makes it easier for Content Creators and Administrators to search for Zoom recordings imported automatically using the Zoom Connector. Click here to learn more about the Zoom Connector.
     
    
16. Additional Third-Party Hardware Integration APIs
    Added improved Device API error handling and new API to retrieve Device Status and Audit Logs. Click here to learn more about available Video Platform APIs.

We have released a new Software Capture for PC version (version v10.11.3.0) to all instances located in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This release is specifically targeted at updating the Software Capture UI and improving software stability across more rare scenarios.

1. Clean-and-Crisp UI
   We’ve given the application an updated look to make improve the intuitive feel of the application and better use of the available space on the screen.
    
   
2. Software Stability Improvements
   We’ve added over 10 smaller improvements and fixes including resolving audit log inconsistencies, improving load times and more.

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

1. Official Panorama Support for D2L Brightspace
   We’re excited to announce Panorama support for D2L Brightspace to help your instructors ensure they are providing accessible course content to their students using D2L. Panorama seamlessly generates multiple accessible variants of the course-material in the background including HTML, Electronic Braille, EPUB, Audio (Speech-to-Text), High Contrast, and Tagged PDF files. Reach out to your Account Manager for additional information.
    
   
2. Secure Browser Plugin for Security and Authentication
   Make Panorama even more secure for your Organization by requiring instructors to install the Panorama plugin on their Chrome, Firefox or Safari web browser before they can replace files in Panorama. To turn on this requirement, navigate to Additional Settings in Panorama and enable Visualizer Enhanced Security.
    
   
3. Default Prioritization for Frequently Used Courses
   Improve Panorama processing times for the most frequently used courses in your LMS by specifying the Scanning Frequency and Number of Prioritized Courses.
    
   
4. Smaller Bug Fixes and Improvements
   Multiple Panorama improvements were made to better handle Tagged PDFs, Organization Reporting Metrics, advanced Alternative Formats usage and more.

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States. For a summary of the release, please refer to the corresponding tag for the most recent Canadian and EU zones release.