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March 15, 2024
YuJa Engage Student Response System Update – “Tampa”
Australian Zones Canadian Zones Engage Student Response System European Union Zones Singapore Zones United States ZonesWe have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Engage Student Response System instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This release provides our users with geolocation-based attendance tracking, a new Ranking question type, manual grading for all questions, export results for Blackboard and Canvas, edit questions for active polls, embed scheduled polls within the LMS, enhanced SSO security, and enhanced parity between the web and mobile app.
- New Geolocation-Based and Code Word-Based Attendance Tracking
Attendance tracking, particularly useful in educational settings, is a tool designed to confirm the physical presence of students inside classrooms by verifying their location. The results can then be viewed and synced with the LMS gradebook to keep track of attendance.
- New Ranking Question Type
Engage now offers Creators the option to include a Ranking question type for surveys. This new question type will enable participants to express their preferences by ordering options from greatest to least, favorite to least favorite, or any other desired arrangement.
- Manual Grading for All Question Types
Similar to how Engage provides manual grading for short answers, we’ve expanded this capability for all question types. Creators can access the gradebook results for a poll to edit whether the responses given were correct and quickly switch between questions and attempts for each student.
- Export Poll Results for Blackboard and Canvas Gradebook Sync
In cases where a poll was not embedded in the LMS, Creators can download a CSV file of their chosen poll results, which can then be uploaded into their Blackboard or Canvas gradebook. This feature is already supported on Moodle, and our next release will provide D2L Brightspace users with the same capability. - Edit Questions for Activated Polls and Surveys
When Creators are sharing individual questions with participants for active polls and surveys, they can edit questions on the fly right before release.
- Embed Scheduled Polls within the LMS
Scheduled polls can now be embedded in the LMS for automatic gradebook synchronization.
- Enhanced Single Sign-On Security by Allowing Fingerprint Values to Be Assigned
YuJa Engage ensures secure user logins by providing the option to add a fingerprint value. If one was not added during SSO ADFS integration, it will automatically be assigned once a user logs in for the first time. - Features for the YuJa Engage Mobile App Are Aligned with the Web App
To provide consistent and reliable features to the mobile app comparable to the web app, we have added and resolved many issues to enhance the overall user experience. Some of these features include the following: participants can view embedded videos, feedback can be provided for polls and surveys, and the inclusion of the ranking question type.
- New Geolocation-Based and Code Word-Based Attendance Tracking
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March 5, 2024
YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Update – “Cashew” Released to CA, AU, EU, ME, AP Zones
Australian Zones Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones Middle East Zones Singapore ZonesWe 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 new protocols to support metadata harvesting enabling interoperable search, real-time recording updates for active Software Captures, creating exceptions for groups to access suites, a new option to select Verbit for closed captioning, assigning specific sub-admins to manage captions and generative AI, user provisioning and SSO integration for our Umbrella System, and so much more.
- Full Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Support Protocol for Metadata Harvesting Enabling Interoperable Search
We are introducing a new set of APIs that can retrieve relevant metadata to identify direct video links. Institutions can leverage this retrieved metadata to optimize their internal search engines and locate videos imported from the Video Platform onto their websites. For more information, please visit sections 5.2.47 – 5.2.51 on our YuJa API guide.
- New Real-Time Recording Status Updates for Active Software Captures
New Thumbnail Placeholder provides real-time updates to the activity status of an active Software Capture session. Available now are Pause, Recording, Processing, and Uploading states. Coming soon with Software Capture Version 14.2 are Stalled and Failed states to inform the user when, perhaps, their computer enters Sleep Mode.
- Umbrella System – Institution-Level View and Provisioning of Courses & Groups
To improve support for large university and community college systems operating with a single Video Platform instance, School Admins who manage an individual institution will only see their institution’s courses within the Courses & Groups tab.
- Umbrella System – Ability to Establish Single Sign-On Integrations for Individual Institutions within an Umbrella System
Umbrella System now enables multi-campus institutions to establish independent Single Sign-On tools for each campus within an Umbrella System. - Create Custom Exceptions for User Group Access to Available Product Suites
Administrators can choose to override role-based access to Product Suites for desired groups. By adding exceptions for specific groups, all members within those groups gain access to their assigned suites, regardless of their individual roles.
- Enhanced UI for the Admin Panel Devices Pop-Out Menu
We have updated the pop-out menu for devices with a more modern UI design. Each setting is now organized within a dedicated section allowing administrators to easily locate their desired settings.
- Assign Specific Sub-Admins to Manage Captions and Generative AI Tools
Administrators can now customize captioning and generative AI permissions, granting specific sub-admins access to these tools.
- Verbit: Branded Closed Captioning Provider Within the Video Platform
We’ve partnered with Verbit for years, however we’ve recently added a new direct interface to Verbit. With our new partnership, our goal is to continue to offer our customers extensive choices in their captioning provider.
- Password Reset for Inactive Users Before Reactivation
Administrators have the option to require users who haven’t accessed the Video platform within a specified number of months to reset their password when attempting to log into the Video Platform. - Bulk-Add IP Addresses to the Security Settings for Media Content
Content Creators seeking to restrict access to their media across a broad range of IP addresses can create a single list of addresses to add to their security settings.
- Integrate a Secondary Zoom Account with the Video Platform
For institutions with a secondary Zoom enterprise license, they now have the option to integrate this secondary account with the Video Platform instance. This will allow the secondary account to import users to the Video Platform while the primary account will still have full access to all integration settings.
- Enhanced Single Sign-On Security by Automatically Assigning a Fingerprint Value
The Video Platform ensures secure user logins by automatically assigning a fingerprint value if none was added during SSO SAML integration. Administrators can also add a secondary fingerprint for enhanced security in case the primary one becomes invalid. - Improved Search Accuracy When Locating Media Content
The Video Platforms media search bar has been improved to provide more accurate search results for media content and faster load times when displaying results.
- New APIs to Retrieve Media Content Information and Create Placeholder Thumbnails
We have added new APIs to retrieve information related to media content and the option to create placeholder thumbnails. To learn how to use these and any of our other APIs, please visit our API Support guide.- Retrieve Platform ID for Scheduled Recording: Updated the API to include the platform ID related to upcoming scheduled events (API guide section 4.2.6).
- Retrieve Folders for Groups: Returns a list of folders a group has access to (API guide section 3.2.11).
- Create a Placeholder Thumbnail: Creates a placeholder thumbnail for a scheduled session in a specified folder (API guide section 4.2.8).
- Full Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Support Protocol for Metadata Harvesting Enabling Interoperable Search