Product Updates

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. New Storage Management Capabilities Including Download Archive and Additional Policy Rules
   With more users creating content and storing media assets on the Video Platform, storage management is a priority concern for many organizations. We’ve introduced new tools to our Data Management toolset to help Administrators identify archivable media content and manage their ever growing storage. Click here to learn more about data archiving.
   • We’ve added two new features to the Data Management toolset found under the Admin Panel. Administrators can add Bulk Tags to matching media content, and a Download Zip capability for selected media.
      
     
   • New Rules (matching criteria) can be added within the Policy Editor to identify content by Role Type and Content Type. For example, an Administrator could use these rules to easily identify Exam Proctoring Sessions created by Students that should be archived to free storage.
      
     
   • More detailed audit tracking gives organizations transparency into archival events, making it easier for them to monitor the archive folder generation and total amount of storage archived.
      
     
2. Advanced Transcode Management and Admin Bitrate Selection Capabilities
   Content Owners and Administrators can now manage the available transcodes within a video. This including adding specific transcodes for a particular resolution and bitrate, as well as removing an existing transcode. Transcodes provide alternative variants to provide more customizable adaptive bitrate capabilities settings but do occupy additional storage space. Click here to learn more about managing transcodes on a per-video basis.
    
   
3. Advanced Transcode Management Custom Video Qualities Capabilities within Admin Panel
   Administrators can now select which transcode qualities they wish to make available to specific roles. For example, Admins could provide the ability for Content Owners to generate a 480p adaptive bitrate transcode, however permit themselves to generate 2160p transcodes. Click here to learn more about managing transcode generation.
    
   
4. Microsoft Teams Enterprise Connector
   Complementing our Zoom and Webex Video Conferencing Enterprise Connectors, we now offer a Microsoft Teams Enterprise Connector. This provides the ability to automatically or manually ingest Microsoft Teams video conference recordings. Click here to learn more about our Microsoft Teams connector.
    
   
5. Itemized Storage Report
   The Itemized Storage Report is a downloadable report that provides storage metrics for all media content accessible in the Video Platform including the Title, Owner, Date of the Upload, Size, and number of Views. Click here to learn more about the storage analytic reporting.
    
   
6. Bulk Download Support for Multi-Stream Content
   Before, multi-stream video content could only be Bulk Downloaded as separate files which produced separate MP4 files for each stream. Now, users can Bulk Download multi-stream content as a single file allowing all available streams to merge into a single MP4. Click here to learn more about Bulk Downloading media content.
    
   
7. Ingested RTMP Streams Can Be Recorded, Stream with Adaptive Bitrate Streaming and Use the Live Chat Capability
   RTMP-ingested streams can now be recorded by the Video Platform, as well as utilize the same adaptive bitrate streaming infrastructure previously deployed for live streams originating from YuJa Software Capture and Hardware Hub-originating live streams. The Live Chat capability has now been extended to RTMP-originating streams. The resulting recording can also be assigned a session owner, saved to a specific Media Collection, and optionally published to a particular location. Click here to learn more about about RTMP Live Streaming in the Video Platform.
    
   
8. RTMP-Based Events Now Offer a Stream Preview Capability to Monitor the Event
   To enable Event Services teams to better manage RTMP-based Live Stream Events, the Video Platform now offers the ability to preview an active stream and monitor the outgoing audience feed. Click here to learn more about about RTMP Live Streaming in the Video Platform.
    
   
9. RTMP-Based Live Stream Real-Time Event Statistics
   Live stream events, including RTMP-originating events, now offer real-time event statistics including the total number of viewers, active viewers, attendance length, as well as geo-location information on attendees. Future releases will deepen the available statistics, as well as introduce new data visualizations. Click here to learn more about RTMP Live Stream statistics.
    
   
10. New Video Quiz Delivery Options Including “View After Submission” and “Permit Student Resubmission”
    Video Quizzes now support two additional settings available to Video Quiz creators. Instructors can specify if Students should be allowed to resubmit their answers after submission or if a Student can continue to access the video of a Video Quiz after the quiz’s Close Date. Click here to learn more about advanced Video Quiz settings.
     
    
11. Redesigned Gradebook Analytics with Color-Coded, Single Pane Results View
    With a cleaner UI and a list of new features, we’ve given the YuJa Gradebook a whole new look-and-feel to provide an at-a-glance look for Instructors as they monitor their Students comprehension of course content. Instructors can grade each of their students’ Video Quiz short answer responses in a single click, view all attempts, the scores received and the answers selected. Click here to learn more about Video Quizzes and the Gradebook.
     
    
12. Improvements to Keyboard Level Accessibility with Platform-Level Highlight Selection on All Keyboard Navigations
    As part of an initiative to deepen the accessibility capabilities of the Video Platform, we have introduced both improved the keyboard navigation visual element, refined the screen-reader support, and transitioned some UI panels into a more Universal Design. Over the coming quarters, we will continue to broaden and improve additional UI screens.
     
    
13. XML Scheduling Upload Now Provides Collection-Level Specification Capabilities
    As more and more organizations move to remote scheduling for classroom lecture capture, we’ve made bulk scheduling even easier. Administrators can bulk schedule lecture capture sessions through the Devices page under the Admin Panel using an XML and can now specify the location to save the recording. Click here to learn more about uploading an XML schedule for automated recording.
     
    
14. Added 10 New Auto-Captioning Languages including Finnish
    As YuJa continues to expands internationally, our user base has become increasingly diverse and English is no longer the only primary language spoken by Video Platform users. We’ve added 10+ new languages to our AI auto-caption toolset to support organizations including Finnish, Farsi, Danish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, and Traditional Mandarin. Click here to learn more about requesting auto-captions on a per-video basis.
     
    
15. Transcript Downloading from within the Media Player
    With our initiative to improve digital accessibility for all users, we’ve added the ability to download the video transcript directly though the Media Player’s Sidebar so viewers who are watching an embedded video can download the transcript. Click here to learn more about downloading resources through the Video Platform Media Player.
     
    
16. Prioritizing Proctor Session Initiation for Students Enrolled in Proctored Courses
    We know that students can make mistakes when trying to initiate a proctoring session on their device so we’ve made it easier to launch the tool by prioritizing proctor sessions for students when they click Create Recording. Students are now less likely to accidentally create a standalone recording instead of a proctoring session. Click here to learn more about enabling prioritization of proctoring sessions for students.
     
    
17. Customizable Terms and Conditions Prompt for New Video Platform Users
    Video Platform security and transparency has always been our top concern. Organizations can now require all users to accept their organization’s custom Terms and Conditions before accessing the Video Platform for the very first time through their LMS or SSO. This ensure that user information isn’t passed from the LMS or SSO into the Video Platform until the student accepts the Terms and Conditions. Click here to learn more about enabling this feature for your Organization’s Zone.
     
    
18. Class Media Channel Email Invitations
    Administrators can now control how users join a Class Media Channel through their email invitation by enabling or disabling different log in methods including SSO credentials, Video Platform credentials or even creating a new account. Click here to learn more about configuring Class Media Channel invitation options.
     
    
19. New API to Obtain Audit Log Entries, Video Search Capabilities, and Per-User Schedule Retrieval
    The REST API now offers additional APIs to extract audit log entries, perform additional video operations such as video search, and retrieve auto-scheduled sessions on a per-user basis. These APIs will also be used by third-party video quiz partners to enable them to utilize YuJa-hosted videos for quiz creation. Click here to learn more about the available REST APIs in the Video Platform.
20. Full Platform Localization Project Complete, including Support for French
    Our multi-quarter full Video Platform localization project is now complete with fully instrumented Globalization. This will enable seamless introduction of new Language Packs in the future. This release, we have completed the availability of our French Language Pack. Click here to learn more about changing your account’s preferred language. Note: We currently have our Test Engineers performing even more thorough sweeps of all tool-tips and older features to make sure we fully localized the UI. If you notice anything that isn’t localized, please let us know.
21. General Availability of Multiple Single Sign On Enterprise Connectors for a Single Video Platform Instance
    The Video Platform now supports up to 2 SAML and 2 CAS vendors for a single Zone allowing institutions with multiple SSO vendors to provide an seamless login experience to all Video Platform users.
22. Browser Capture Studio Now Offers an On-Demand Upload Capability to Support More Restrictive Firewall Settings
    With an improved network framework for Browser Capture, users using the online recording tool have a more consistent experience that improves upload response times on local networks running firewalls. Click here to learn more about using Browser Capture.

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

1. Audio Podcast File Alternative Formats Now Generated By Default
   Panorama now provides users the option to request an MP3 audio file as an alternative format for DOCX, PPTX, PDF and more.
    
   
2. Configurable Settings to Control Panorama Scanning Frequency
   Brand new settings allow Organizations to specify how often Panorama scans their LMS to synchronize content between the Accessibility Platform and LMS, then automatically queue the content for processing. Before, content was synchronized daily.
    
   
3. Alternative Formats in Canvas Pages
   Users can now access alternative formats directly from the Pages activity in Canvas for all digital content processed by Panorama.
    
   
4. Detailed Breakdown for Panorama Accessibility Reporting
   Using Panorama’s Accessibility reports to drive improved digital accessibility using AI flagged issues is now even easier. Instructors can now view a detailed breakdown of files that qualify for an accessibility error by issue type.
    
   

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

1. Drag & Drop Document Replacement with LMS Mirroring of Replaced Version
   With a refreshed UI, the Accessibility Report allow instructors to Drag & Drop edited documents that they have improved the accessibility for. This provides a quick-and-easy way to update documents. Previously, instructors needed to edit the LMS post, remove the old document and upload the new version.

 


2. Native HTML Accessibility in Canvas
   Panorama now provides accessibility reporting for HTML files and native HTML webpages in Canvas including Assignments, Discussions, Pages and Syllabus. Users can also access alternative formats of the HTML file and webpage’s text in PDF, Braille, EPUB and more.
    
   
3. Configurable Feature Flags in Canvas
   New settings are available to let Organizations control Panorama behavior using Feature Flags. These flags support toggling new HTML Accessibility features and Accessibility Score Weighting.
    
   
4. Severity Grade Now Visible in Accessibility Reports
   In our ongoing effort to provide additional transparency to accessibility scores, we’ve added Severity Scores to each accessibility issue flagged by Panorama’s AI to show Minor, Major and Severe issues.
    
   
5. Customize the Severity of the Accessibility Checks
   Panorama supports custom Issue Severity Scores that are configurable by an Administrator for PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT and PPTX file types. Organizations can now provide prioritization of accessibility issues that are unique to their users.
    
   
6. Monitor Files Still Processing in Panorama
   Panorama will now identify and mark files that have not been processed allowing instructors to monitor when a document is ready for review.
    
   

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. Live ASR Provides Auto-Captioning for Live Streamed Events
   AI-based auto-captioning is now available for live streams. Now live streamed events can be captioned in real-time which provides improved accessibility to live content. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to learn how to opt your Organization into Live ASR for Live Stream events.
    
   
2. New User Analytics Dashboard with Breakout Analytics for Course-Embedded Content
   The User Analytics view has a brand new look with more in-depth analytics of individual users. Capabilities include:
   • Ability to filter video analytics for a given course including video content presented in both Media Channels and LMS-embedded Deep Linked content
   • New summary statistics on most viewed content, accesses and storage space used
   • Improved visualizations of aggregated usage statistics

   This new User Analytics dashboard also allows organizations to establish program certifications based on a viewer’s completion of course content. Click here to learn more about User-Level Analytics.
    
   

3. Additional Localization of Video Platform – In addition to the previous localizations, this release we have localized My Account, Live Stream Player, and Video Editor. Key remaining sections are Analytics and Admin Panel (will be completed in the subsequent release cycle). Our initial focus is to provide full localization for French. Click here to learn more about enabling French language support for your Video Platform account.
    
   
4. New APIs to Support Third-Party Hardware and Software Encoders 
   We’ve taken another step forward in our ongoing partnership with Extron and Epiphan to provide seamless video capture content and management to users through native integrations. New APIs and software encoders provide new entry points for the Video Platform to register, manage and ingest content from third-party hardware units.
5. Additional Media Chooser Support for Blackboard Content Items
   With the newest Media Chooser Plugin for Blackboard, instructors can now edit their media Content Item including content title, description, start date, and more before sharing it with students. Reach out to your dedicated Customer Success Manager to learn how to download the newest version of the Blackboard Media Chooser Plugin.

We have released a new Software Capture for PC version (version v10.11.1.0) to all instances located in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This release is specifically targeted at achieving full localization support of the PC Capture application. From here, we will continue to add new language packs.

1. Full Localization of the PC Capture Application to French
   The Software Capture for PC application is now fully localizable and we are introducing support for French in this edition. Future updates will include localization support for additional languages.

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

1. New User Engagement Report

   A new User Engagement report provides real-time visual summaries of how users are engaging with Panorama. Reports include Panorama console and “widget” usage, number of times a recommended accessibility suggestion was implemented, and how often alternative formats are used.

   

2. PowerPoint Analysis Now Includes Reading Order Checks

   The PowerPoint Accessibility Analysis Engine (AAE) has been improved to perform Reading Order checks to ensure that objects displayed are in a logical reading order. This is a critical element to use within screen-readers.

   

3. New User Feedback Reporting Tool

   One of the ways we learn how our automated accessibility checks are doing is through feedback from users. Now users can provide feedback on Panorama, and more specifically how well a particular accessibility conversion performed, directly within the Panorama Console.

   

4. In addition to the above improvements, a number of fixes for specific scenarios were also improved including:
   • Improved detection of items with missing Alternative Text on PowerPoints
   • Resolved issue within the Blackboard Course Homepage where the Accessibility Gauge could fail to load.
   • Resolved issue where tagged PDFs were incorrectly listed as regular PDFs
   • Ability to replace files directly within the LTI-based application’s Accessibility Report.

We have released a new Software Capture for Apple version (version v5.1.0.0) to all instances located in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This release is specifically targeted at achieving full localization support of the Apple Capture application. From here, we will continue to add new language packs.

1. Full Localization of the Apple Capture Application to French
   The Software Capture for Apple application is now fully localizable and we are introducing support for French in this edition. Future updates will include localization support for additional languages.

A new Hub firmware is available for both the RCS-430 and RCS-550 models focused on improving the handling of specific scenarios and edge-cases. To request your Hubs to be updated, please provide a list of Hub UDIDs to your designated Customer Success Manager.

1. Improved Source Recovery Logic During Disconnections

   The Hub-side and video processing-side has been improved to better handle situations where the audio or video source disconnects intermittently during the recording.

2. Improved Internet Disconnection Recovery Logic

   Improved live stream resumption in situations where the Hub’s Internet becomes unstable or disconnects temporarily.

3. Added Firmware Version Summary within Source Details Tab

   To help organizations track the versions of the specific components of their Hub’s firmware.

   

4. Improved LCD Screen Status Indicators
   

   Improved the status indicators that are displayed for the Hub’s recording statuses.

5. In addition to the above improvements, a number of fixes for specific scenarios were also improved including:
   • Resolved issue where, in some situations, RS 232 commands did not transmit correctly to the RCS-550 Hub.
   • Improved source synchronization when a pause and resume operation occur via RS-232 commands.
   • Resolved issue where if inline audio is unplugged during the recording, the audio wouldn’t record after being plugged in back.
   • Resolved issue that prevented capture at the 1920 x 1200 aspect ratio
   • Resolve issue that could result in a slow memory usage and generate excessive logs
   • Improved stability and quality of HDMI Embedded Audio recording

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

1. Updated Course Accessibility Report with Clearer Indications and Action Items

   The Course Accessibility report has been redesigned to provide clearer visual indicators, summary information, and more organized tables for detailed information.

   

2. Updates to Microsoft Office’s Word and PowerPoint Accessibility Engines

   Based on feedback provided by our partner institutions – submitted through the integrated Feedback tool or through our support channels – we have updated the Accessibility Engines for Word (docx, doc) and PowerPoint (pptx, ppt) documents to provide improved preview accuracy.

3. Improved Accessibility Score Calculations for Word Documents

   The heuristic used to provide Accessibility Scores for Microsoft Word documents has been improved to provide a better single-score assessment.

4. Updated LTI Role Mapping

   Updated the default LTI role mapping to be more representative of the permissions provided by each LMS’s base roles.

5. Updated Contents Tab with Clearer Indicators of Accessibility Scores and Additional Filtering Options

   The Contents Tab now provides clearer indicators of Accessibility Scores. Additional course and file filtering options were also implemented.

   

6. Improved Navigation Structure Aligned with Other Products in the YuJa Portfolio

   The navigation structure of the YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility product has been refined and aligned with other products in our portfolio for a more consistent user experience, better use of vertical space, and product branding.

   

7. Added Accessibility Status Information to the Institution Report

   Added a new courses tab inside the institution report, which allows administrators to easily view the accessibility status of their courses.

   

8. Refined Settings and Configurations View

   The Visualization configuration and Course Settings have also been updated to provide the ability to configure Panorama options within a single, integrated panel.