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We have released a minor version update for the Software Capture for Apple and Software Capture for PC version to all instances located in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This version incorporates WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility-approved colors, as well as some small improvements to our Single-Sign-On capabilities within the applications.

1. Updated UI for YuJa Software Capture for PC with Improved Alignment with WCAG 2.1 Level AA Contrast Requirements
   With accessibility in mind, we’ve given the application an updated look to incorporate approved accessibility colors throughout the application.
   

2. Updated UI for YuJa Software Capture for Apple with Improved Alignment with WCAG 2.1 Level AA Contrast Requirements
   In parallel, we’ve updated the UI of YuJa Software Capture for Apple to reflect accessibility approved colors throughout the application. 
   
3. Improved Single-Sign-On integration with YuJa Software Capture
   The Software Application now supports integration with multiple, separate Single-Sign-On (SSO) systems, as well as added use of the WebView 2 Control for better SSO page rendering. These improvements aim to simplify the log in process for users across organizations that use more complex Single-Sign-On infrastructure.
   

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 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 published Version 1.0.0 of the YuJa Video Conference for iOS application to the App Store. This application provides the ability to attend video conferences on iOS phones and tablet devices. Click here to learn more about the new iOS application.

1. Audio, Video, Screen Sharing, and Chat Capabilities
   Attend a video conference session with the ability to participate over video, audio, screen, and chat.
    
   
2. New Meeting Code Capability to Quickly Join a Meeting
   The web-based Video Conference application within the Meeting Info screen now provides a 7-digit Meeting Code which can be used to join a video conference within the iOS application.
    
   
3. Screen View Supports Both Portrait and Landscape Views
   The Screen view is compatible with both portrait and landscape views.
    
   
4. Users Tab Provides Current Attendee List
   The User tab provides a listing of attendees and their current sources available. In future releases, additional participant management capabilities will be integrated into this view.
    
   
5. Real-Time Chat Capabilities
   Participate in a real-time chat session while inside a video conference session.
    
   

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 Video Conference instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This release was primarily focused on internal scalability improvements and performance of key functionality.

1. Eject a User
   With more Instructors moving to Video Conferencing to teach their classes, sometimes bad actors can get ahold of the Video Conference link. Now, Meeting Owners can Eject a User from a Video Conference Session and keep them out by preventing the user from rejoining.
    
   
2. Spanish and Portuguese Support
   We’ve begun the work to start localizing products for Spanish and Portuguese speaking users. With this release, users are able to view the Video Conference Platform in Spanish and Portuguese. Click here to learn how to change the Video Platform’s preferred language.
    
   
3. Click-and-Go Video Conference Scheduler
   A newly redesigned Video Conference Scheduler makes it even easier for meeting owners to start their own sessions with a few clicks. Use the latest UI to toggle session settings like Recording or Waiting Rooms, or switch between joining your personal meeting room and starting a brand new session on the fly. Click here to learn more about creating a Video Conference session.
    
   
4. Smaller Bug Fixes and Improvements
   Multiple Video Conference improvements have been made to improve network scalability for larger video conference sessions, decrease load times for Attendees and more.

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.