Category: YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform

  • February 6, 2021

    YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20210206 Released to All Zones

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

    1. Reports and Configuration Now Available Within New LTI-based Application

      Unified and updated the Panorama reporting into a consolidated LTI-based application. Now all reports can be accessed within a unified LTI application. Please contact your Customer Success Manager for updated installation steps.

    2. New Blackboard Plugin for Easier Installation
      The Blackboard installation steps just got easier with the release of a YuJa Panorama Visualization Plugin for Blackboard. This capability also adds an additional layer of security and integrity checks. Please contact your Customer Success Manager for updated installation steps.
    3. New Configuration Panel within LTI-based Application
      Added ability to view the latest Visualization version, with the corresponding integrity hash on the Configuration panel.
  • January 17, 2021

    YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC2021016 Released to All Zones

    YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform

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

    1. Faster File Scanning with Smart Prioritization

      In addition to the automatic background processing of newly added LMS content, Panorama now prioritizes newly added files to pages that LMS users have visited recently.

    2. Per-Course Activation of Panorama within Moodle

      The YuJa Panorama for Moodle Plugin has been updated to support enabling Panorama on a per-course basis. To take advantage of this new capability, please request the latest Moodle plugin.

    3. New LTI-based Canvas Application for Enabling Courses Selectively
      Canvas deployments can now take advantage of a new LTI application which provides Administrators the ability to enable and disable courses, as well as update how Panorama is configured with your LMS.


    4. Support for Term-Level Reporting
      Instructors can select all terms, one term, or many terms to be included in both Course-level and Institution-level reports.


  • November 14, 2020

    YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC2020113 Released to All Zones

    YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform

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

    1. Added Ability to Request Accessible Formats On-Demand Ahead of Queued Processing

      The Panorama integration with Canvas and Blackboard LMS platforms now makes it possible to request accessible formats to be generated on demand. Availability on other LMS Platforms to follow.

    2. Improved Support for Blackboard SaaS Deployments vis REST APIs

      Blackboard is now fully supported using their new REST API protocols, enabling improved support for SaaS-based Blackboard deployments.

    3. Additional Improvements
      – Resolved accessibility preview for PDFs that didn’t have accessibility issues
      – Resolved issues Accessibility Checker for PDFs not utilizing full capabilities
  • October 22, 2020

    YuJa Panorama for Digital Accessibility – Update RC20201023 Released to All Zones

    YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform

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

    1. New Feedback Feature to Provide Product Team with Improvements on Accessibility Alternate Conversions

      A new document accessibility feedback widget allows site administrators and course instructors to provide the Product Team with feedback about their experiences. The feedback widget can be found in two locations, the Institution Accessibility Report and the Course Accessibility Report. On both reports the feedback widget can be opened by clicking on the feedback icon located on the bottom right of the screen.

      We strongly encourage administrators and instructors to submit feedback as it helps guide our development to continue to deliver a product that meets your needs.

    2. Improved Accessibility Report Layout Within LMS Viewport

      Course Accessibility reports and Institution Accessibility reports have been updated with an improved UI. This iteration is focused on improving user experience with many components having been restyled to be more responsive and decluttered.

    3. Additional Improvements
      -Improved contrast of component selector buttons
      -Fixed course title getting cut off
      -Fixed long filenames breaking styling in Accessibility Reports
      -Fixed accessibility shortcuts not being invoked sometimes
      -Fixed issues not being correctly categorized in the Accessibility Reports
      -Improved loading performance of Accessibility reports