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August 18, 2022
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20220819 Released to CAN and EU Zones
Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones Media Management Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed our update to all instances residing in Canada and European Union. This update provides a new CampusTube video experience, a new Cielo24 human captioning enterprise connector, dynamic feedback for video quizzes, new API, and many WCAG 2.1-aligned accessibility improvements. This update will be released to the United States zones next Friday.
- New CampusTube Video Portal for Richer Inside-the-Campus Video Distribution
We have revamped our Shared Folders to create a richer CampusTube video experience that complements the public-facing EnterpriseTube experience. The focus of the new CampusTube experience is to transition the current, staid folder-like view to a more engaging intra-campus video experience. Over the next few release cycles, we will be adding new permissions capabilities, group management capabilities, and auto-provisioning with SAML-based group sets. - Brand New CampusTube Experience with New Media Channel Playlists
The Media Channel-style playlists within the CampusTube now offer an improved viewing experience with a layout that mirrors LMS course-linked Media Channels.
- Advanced Media Search Console with Boolean Operators and Filtering Capabilities
We have improved upon our advanced text-based metadata search capabilities with a new interactive Advanced Search console experience. The Advanced Search Console is focused on providing “power users” with the ability to seamlessly filter through Titles, Folders, Metadata, Comments, Owners, and more along with the ability to join queries with advanced boolean search operators.
- Introducing Cielo24 as a New Third-Party Human Captioning Provider
Continuing our efforts to provide institutions with the freedom to use their preferred human captioning services, Administrators can now integrate the Video Platform with their Cielo24 account. Please click here to learn how to integrate Cielo24 or any of our other third-party captioning providers.
- Video Quizzes Support Ability for Creators to Provide Dynamic Response-Based Feedback
Content Creators can now provide dynamic feedback for quizzes based on the answers provided by the user.
- Support for oEmbed Open Format for Content Embedding
Users will be able to embed their Video Platform media content such as videos, documents, and photos directly onto platforms such as WordPress and Drupal that support the oEmbed format. - Support for Multiple LTI 1.3 Integrations with a Single Video Platform Instance
Similar to our LTI 1.1 integration, institutions can now integrate a single Video Platform instance with multiple LTI 1.3 integrations. - Facial Recognition Now Offers a View of Individual Faces
Within the Facial Analysis tab, Content Creators can now view the faces of those recognized by the Facial Recognition tool.
- New APIs for Managing Video Content
We have added new APIs to manage video content. To learn how to use these, and any of our other APIs, please click here.- Users will now be able to add or remove media files for their desired videos.
- Text can now be added or deleted from caption or transcript files.
- Create or delete timestamps for videos.
- Obtain embed code for folders.
- Improved Performance for Bulk Transfers
We have provided a new paginated view of User Collections for Bulk Transfers. The new view will allow Organizations with thousands of individuals to experience faster load times and more responsive operation when transferring media to users and locations within the Video Platform.
- Browser Capture Studio Now Supports Apple Safari
With Safari version 14 supporting the MediaRecorder API, the Browser Capture can now be used with Apple Safari.
- Ability to Pause/Resume Browser Capture Recordings
Content Creators using the Browser Capture Studio can now pause and resume their recordings. - Improvements to Video Platform Accessibility Aligned with WCAG 2.1 Standard
We have made several improvements to product accessibility aligned with the WCAG 2.1 Level AA standard, including being able to activate folders via the keyboard with a single key stroke, improved visual cues, refined use of the Escape key, additional alternative text for icons, color correction for visual impairment, and more.
- New CampusTube Video Portal for Richer Inside-the-Campus Video Distribution
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January 28, 2022
Enterprise Video Platform – Update 20220128 Released to CAN and EU Zones
Browser Capture Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones Upcoming Update Video Editor Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in Canada and the European Union. This update includes about 200+ features and smaller improvements including improved Media Chooser recording options, new video editing insertion capabilities, refreshed layouts, faster loading of course and roster data, enhanced metadata searching capabilities, and much more! This will be released to the United States zone next Friday.
- LMS Media Chooser Integration with Browser Capture Studio
Users are now able to launch the Browser Capture Studio via the Media Chooser (LMS Extension). Simply by clicking Start, users can easily create presentation recordings, and then select them within the Choose Media tab afterwards. This enables Content Creators to quickly record course content and student assignments. - New Video Editor Insertion Options for Inserting Single-Stream Videos into Multi-Stream Videos
The Video Editor now provides more seamless tools for Content Creators to insert (and override) single-stream videos seamlessly into multi-stream videos. Moreover, we have also expanded the Video Editor’s capabilities to include inserting lengthy videos into shorter videos. - Improved EnterpriseTube with New ‘More Videos’ Carousel
As part of a multi-release plan to add more powerful capabilities to the EnterpriseTube, this release we start some UI improvements. The EnterpriseTube now has an additional More Videos carousel, which provides additional room to publicly showcase content. - Refreshed Courses & Groups UI Layout with Improved Filtering, Faster Data Loading and Responsive Design
Courses and Groups was completely overhauled from the ground-up to be more capable of handling tens-of-thousands of courses and roster entries. Users will now experience a faster, efficient, and more functional flow that is based on user feedback. - Ability to Search for Video PID within Media Library Using Information Encoded in Direct Link or Embed Code
Users are now able to use the Media Search Bar to search for a video using the information encoded in a Direct Link or an Embed Code. This was a heavily requested feature by our Administrators to identify where a video, known only by Direct Link or Embed Code, resided within the Video Platform. Instructions on how to search a video through Direct Link or Embed Code can be found by clicking the arrow icon located in the Search Bar. - Detection of Errors in Manually Edited SRT Caption Files
This new capability is able to detect and provide more detailed remediation information when users manually upload a SRT caption file that contains formatting issues. This aids Content Creators in easily correcting the errors, and saves all users from future inconveniences. - Ability to Search by Metadata Fields Defined in a Custom Metadata Schema
The Metadata Fields defined within a Metadata Schema are now searchable with a new search operator called “metadata:” For Organizations using a Custom Metadata Schema, users will now be able to generate more accurate search results.
- Metadata Field Search in the Media Library
- Metadata Field Search in the Media Chooser
- Metadata Field Search in the Media Library
- New APIs Available for Deeper Device Status Information and Functionality Customization
As third-party Developers seek to do more with their external tools and integrations, we continue to add new capabilities within our REST APIs.- Ability to Query Device Status Through Supported REST API
This API allows Application Developers to create an external page or application that summarizes their Organization’s Device statuses and provides a preview of a Device’s audio and video activity. We understand that some Organizations prefer to operate within a custom-built monitoring system, so now they have the capabilities to build this out fully. Please refer to this guide to learn more. - Ability to Specify Scheduled Recording Storage Location
This feature allows Application Developers to determine where a scheduled recording will be stored upon completion (as opposed to storing completed recordings in a general Default Collection).
- Ability to Query Device Status Through Supported REST API
- Ability to Customize YouTube Ingest Compliance Notification to Meet Local Compliance Laws
Administrators can now customize the prompt that will appear when users import a video from YouTube. In addition to a custom message, Administrators are able to provide a link to their country’s relevant legal rulings and institution policies for users to refer to. To learn more about this feature, please click here. - Improved Visualization of Word Cloud and Confidence Score Highlights when Using the Model A – Auto-Captioning Engine
We have made significant visual improvements to the Word Cloud feature for the Model A – Auto-Captioning Engine. Additionally, we have made significant improvements to the Confidence Scores shown in the Video Editor for Model A. - More Expansive Spanish and Portuguese Translations Now Available
To better support users from diverse linguistic backgrounds, we are providing more comprehensive Spanish and Portuguese translation support within our Enterprise Video Platform. To learn how to enable your preferred language, please click here. For future releases, we are currently working on expanding our services to provide Finnish and Dutch translations. - Refreshed Hub Profile and Workflow
The Hub Profile creation workflow has been refined to allow users to more efficiently create Hub Profiles. To learn more about this feature, please click here. - Ability to Search by Full Name in Roster
To allow for a faster and more refined search process, Administrators will now be able to search for users using their full names. - Notification when User Role Has Been Changed
To allow for easier tracking of purposeful and inadvertent role changes, Administrators can now receive a notification in the Audit Log when a user’s role has been changed within the Video Platform. - Refined UI Flow for Downloading a Transcript from Media Player Sidebar
The workflow for downloading a Transcript from the Media Player Sidebar has been improved (from a slightly confusing previous UI). Moreover, the Transcript will now be included when students decide to Bulk Download all associated Resources. To learn more about this feature, please click here - Ability to Disable Ability to Take Video Quiz via “Bell Icon” in Video Platform
Administrators can now disable Video Quiz Notifications which, in turn, prevents students from accessing video quizzes from the Bell icon. The most common reason to do so is to ensure that all quiz attempts flow to the LMS Gradebook (via an authenticated LMS LTI Launch event) instead of only the Video Platform’s Gradebook.
- LMS Media Chooser Integration with Browser Capture Studio
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November 27, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update 20211126 Released to US, CAN, and EU Zones
Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform Live Streaming Media Management Media Player Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This update provides new quiz capabilities, new enterprise connectors to third-party hardware, as well as 150+ smaller bug fixes and updates.
- Video Quizzes Now Offer the Ability to Assign LMS Gradebook Credit Based on Percentage Watched
In addition to assigning credit based on Percentage Watched Threshold, users now have the ability to give credit to students based on the percentage of the video they watched. For example, if a student has watched 50% of the assigned video, they will receive a credit of 0.5 points. This Playback Quiz can also be enabled via the Video Quiz Editor. Click here to learn more about how to create a Playback Quiz.
- Ability for Users to take Video Quiz in External View
In addition to standard view, students will now have the option to take their Video Quizzes in External View. This allows students to fully utilize the space on their device to create an optimal viewing experience.
- Refreshed Admin Panel Platform Tab with Unified Preferences, Settings, Metadata, API and System Alerts Sub-tabs
This update reduces the numbers of tabs in the Admin Panel and simplifies the organization, layout and usability of many of the configurations. Click here to learn more about the Admin Panel’s Platform tab.
- Refreshed Roster Tab with New Summary Cards and Filtering Options
Administrators now have the ability to filter and identify users that match specific criteria. This update will now allow users to generate quick search results as opposed to manually searching for their desired results. Click here to learn more about the Admin Panel’s Roster Tab.
- Ability to Redo Actions in the Video Editor
Users will now be able to perform a redo of their last action in the Video Editor. This allows users to easily retrieve their edit as opposed to recreating it. Click here to learn more about using Redo in the Video Editor.
- The Media Chooser Now Offers Expanded Display of Filter Options
This update entails displaying filter options in a horizontal window for easier navigation and selection. This feature aims to help power users, with a large quantity of diverse media, retrieve their desired content. Users can customize the filters to be as specific or general as they please, ranging from file types, including YouTube and Vimeo, to specific publication status, and location where stored.
- Ability to Generate Indexes Based on OCR
Users will now be able to generate indexes based on OCR via the Accessibility tab in the Media Details panel. This will replace the previous feature which generated indexes based on the closed caption file, and based on our research creates better and more structured indexes. Better indexes allow students to easily navigate between topics within lengthy videos. Click here to learn more about how to generate indexes.
- Media Player Now Shows Video Next to Sidebar in Small Viewports (Instead of Overlay)
To optimize the viewing experience of the Media Player for smaller windows, this update supports side-by-side viewing of the Media Player and Sidebar for users who have smaller device screens or prefer to view content in smaller windows.
- New Epiphan Enterprise Connector for Integration with Epiphan Capture Hardware
With Epiphan Video’s Pearl integration with YuJa’s Video Platform, users will experience easy data management through automatic recordings and live-streaming of their scheduled and impromptu events. Upon completion, users’ recordings will be automatically uploaded into their YuJa media library. Click here to learn more about the Epiphan Enterprise Connector.
- New Matrox Enterprise Connector for Integration with Matrox Monarch LCS Capture Hardware
The Matrox hardware integration with YuJa’s Video Platform enables users to define their profiles and record video content using Matrox LCS devices. Built as a partnership with Matrox’s Product Management Team, this integration provides Matrox customers with the ability to use their Matrox hardware for classroom lecture capture use cases. Click here to learn more about the Matrox Monarch LCS Enterprise Connector.
- Ability to Disable YuJa Credential Login for Non-Admin Users
For institutions that connect YuJa directly to an LMS and/or SSO, Administrators can now disable the YuJa Credentials direct login capability. Click here to learn more about choosing a default login method.
- Improved Live Stream Fault Tolerance with Repeated Pause/Resume Events and Improved Streaming of High Bitrate Content
This update includes resolving minor bugs and issues to provide an enhanced livestream experience.
- Video Quizzes Now Offer the Ability to Assign LMS Gradebook Credit Based on Percentage Watched
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October 10, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20211008 Released to CAN and EU Zone
Analytics Browser Capture Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform Media Player Video Editor Video QuizzesWe 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.
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- Redesigned Media Player Sidebar with Improved Visualizations
The Video Platform’s Media Player now offers a redesigned experience for each of the metadata panels of the Media Player. This change was focused on optimizing the visibility and usability of each panel. Click here to learn more about the Media Player Sidebar.- The new Chapter Index panel
- The new Optical Character Recognition (OCR) panel
- The new Resources panel
- Live Stream Integration Directly into Media Channels
To make it easier for students to join course-level Live Streams, a new integration within the Media Channels provides notification of active Live Streams to the course.
- Video Editor Now Provides the Ability to Insert Video from Your Existing Media Content
Content Owners can insert existing media into a video stream from their My Media library without having to first upload the content (as was previously the case). Click here to learn more about Insert Video. - Video Editor Now Supports Simultaneous Editing of Caption Files in Multiple Languages
Content Owners can now context-switch and edit multiple Caption Files within a single editing session. Click here to learn more about editing caption files in multiple language. - Video Editor Now Supports Find-and-Replace for Editing Captions
Caption editors now have a quick find-and-replace workflow to make editing captions more efficient.
- Video Editor Performance Optimizations (EU and CA Zone)
The processing infrastructure used by the Video Editor in the EU and CA zone has been optimized using the same elastic edit-processing infrastructure utilized in the US zone. The result is faster editing of long videos. - Gradebook-Aligned Video Completion Scoring
The Video Platform now offers an LMS Gradebook-aligned video completion scoring capability previously offered within the Techsmith Knowmia product. With this product being sunset, the ability to apply a grade based on a percentage-threshold watched was a heavily requested feature by former Knowmia customers. Click here to learn more about how to create a Playback Quiz.
- Support for Organization-Approved Pre-Roll and Post-Roll (Trailer) Videos
Organizations can now upload approved Pre-Roll and Post-Roll video content that can then be utilized by Content Owners. The goal is to allow Organizations to more easily distribute brand and compliance-aligned pre-roll and post-rolls. Click here to learn more about using Video Bumpers.
- Support for Downloading Video Podcasts with “Burned In” Captions
Content Owners and Administrators can now opt to download their video content with a “burned in” copy of the time-synchronized caption file. For videos with multiple associated caption files, users can select which caption file to “burn in”. Click here to learn more about obtaining burn-in captions within your downloaded videos.
- Create Auto-Scheduled Placeholder Recordings That Can Be Immediately Inserted Into Instructional Content
Auto-schedule recordings can now create placeholder videos ahead of the actual event. These placeholder objects can be inserted similar to actual videos. Click here to learn more about creating a Placeholder Video. - Browser Capture Now Provides the Ability to Download a Single Stream Podcast of the Newly Created Content
Users now have an option to immediately download an offline podcast of their newly created multi-stream content. Previously within the Brower Capture Studio, multi-stream content had to be downloaded as separate streams. Please note, the most popular workflow of saving directly to My Media is not affected by this enhancement.
- New Device Management and Integration APIs
In an effort to continue to expand the capabilities of our Hardware Capture appliance partners, we have continued to extend our APIs to provide additional device management and integration APIs. These include: the ability to programmatically register and unregister third-party hardware capture appliances, integration of Live Stream ingestion, recording pause and resume support, and more. - Support for D2L Homepage Link to Video Platform
D2L institutions can now add a link to the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform that is not contextually associated with a course. When the LTI link is followed, the Video Platform will present the user’s My Media content and is agnostic to any specific course view. - Support for Moodle Media Chooser Insertion of a Direct Link When the LMS Strips the Embed Code
Institutions that use Moodle can now use the Media Chooser in scenarios where the Moodle LMS strips the inserted video link, such as within a Moodle Forum post of a student. Now this scenario is detected and a link is, instead, inserted. - Support for Bulk Human Caption Operation
Human captioned-enabled users can now bulk-select multiple videos to send for human captioning. - Improved the Loading Time of the User-Level Analytics View
Optimized the retrieval and tabulation functions of this user-centric analytics view. Now this user-level view loads, in most cases, within a matter of seconds rather than over a minute. - Optimized Loading Speed of Media Player When Embedding 5+ Videos in a Page
Now embedded videos will load much more quickly as a result of a number of packaging, caching, and localization optimizations. - Continued Work on Accessibility Improvements Across Video PlatformAs part of our continued efforts to deepen the accessibility of our offerings, we have focused this release on improved Tab Ordering. For example, the Video Editor’s Tab Order is more logical and intuitive than it was previously.
- Redesigned Media Player Sidebar with Improved Visualizations
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June 26, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20210618 Released to US Zone
Analytics Enterprise Video Platform General Platform Himalayas HTML5 Player Live Streaming Media Management Media Player SSO United States Zones Video QuizzesWe 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.
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June 19, 2021
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20210618 Released to EU and CA Zone
Analytics Canadian Zones Enterprise Video Platform European Union Zones General Platform HTML5 Player Live Streaming Media Management Media Player SSO Video QuizzesWe 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.
- New Storage Management Capabilities Including Download Archive and Additional Policy Rules
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September 12, 2020
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20200904 Released to Canadian and US Zones
Canadian Zones General Platform Live Streaming United States Zones Video Editor Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in Canada and the United States. For a summary of the release, please refer to the corresponding RC20200904 tag when deployed to the EU zones.
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September 4, 2020
Enterprise Video Platform – Update RC20200904 Released to EU Zone
European Union Zones General Platform Video Editor Video QuizzesWe have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the European Union. Next week, we will perform the same update to our United States and Canadian-based zones.
- Advanced Adaptive Live Streaming for Hardware Hubs
Hardware Hub-originating live streams can now take advantage of newly deployed elastic-scaling infrastructure that provides an adaptive bitrate live streaming experience. The resolution levels offered include: 240p, 480p, 720p, and 1080p with the default option being a network-sensing Auto setting.
Organizations can request a firmware update to their Hardware Hubs to take advantage of this new capability. Please note that similar capabilities on the RTMP-based stream ingestion and the Apple and PC-based Software Capture application’s live streaming facilities are on the near-term roadmap.
- New Video Quiz Gamification Capabilities to Create Advanced Tours (Beta)
Video Quiz Creators can create Choose-Your-Own-Adventure type video quizzes with a video asset. A new Decision Point question type has been introduced that provides the ability to customize the linear progression of a video-based quiz based on the response to a proposed Decision Point. This enables an interactive user experience where video content can be sequenced in a non-linear fashion based on interactive input. This Beta feature will be further enhanced based on its assigned roadmap, as well as user feedback on future capabilities.
- Deeper Audit Logs for Video Quizzes
To provide better insight for instructors and Administrators, the Video Platform now provides deeper audit logs of quiz events including: deleting, editing, publishing, quiz attempts, and dozens more.
- Improvements to Gradebook Sync Integration
Based on customer feedback, the Video Platform has incorporated a number of improvements to its LMS Gradebook synchronization including improved error handling, retry logic and more. - Resolution of a Number of Media Download Edge Cases
The Video Platform has incorporated 10+ fixes for “edge cases” related to downloading both transmuxed and original video content. - Improvements to Canvas Native API Integration Module
In the last release, the Video Platform added a new native Canvas API-based integration that complemented the standard IMS-based LTI integration already provided. This release, the Video Platform added improved API integration including better handling of API rate limiting during large volume synchronization, support for course copy scenarios, support for Canvas API Scoping, and better support for situations where multiple identical course codes exist for active courses. - New Security Pin Requirement for More Secure Phone-Based Support
To ensure that YuJa’s total-user-support provides industry-leading product support in a secure and compliant manner, YuJa Product Support is introducing a new Security Pin requirement that users are required to provide to receive non-general (account specific) product support.
- Improved Video Editor Experience with More Responsive Design
The Video Editor now offers an even more flexible and responsive design which fits better within smaller laptop screens. With this update, several fixes to caption and transcription editing issues have also been included.
- Added Profanity Filter Option for the Recently Released Auto-Caption Engine
The Profanity Filter capability is now available with the recently released auto-caption engine. Now both Caption Engines offer a Profanity Filter option.
- Devices Tab Now Provides Improved Schedule Management Tools
A new Manage Schedules option within the Devices Tab provides the ability to view, filter and delete schedules on a per-device and all-devices basis.
- Progress on Initiative to Provide Full Localization Support (Starting with French)
The Video Platform is undergoing an initiative to provide full localization support across all aspects of the product. We expect to have all web-based Video Platform screens full localized by mid-Fall with our initial support for French. This release includes translations for over 60% of the common Video Platform user interfaces including the Media Library, Media Player, and more.
- Support for Locked Student Video Submissions
Instructors can now disallow the ability for student-submitted video assignments to be edited or deleted when submitted via an LMS Media Chooser.
- On-Demand LMS Gradebook Sync
Complementing our automatic LMS Gradebook Sync, the Video Platform now offers an On-Demand LMS Gradebook Sync option which will perform a full re-synchronization of the YuJa Gradebook data for a given quiz to the corresponding LMS Gradebook.
- Advanced Adaptive Live Streaming for Hardware Hubs
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April 25, 2020
Canadian and European Union Instances – Enterprise Video Platform RC20200424 Released
Analytics Canadian Zones European Union Zones General Platform HTML5 Video Conferencing Video Editor Video QuizzesWe have successfully released an update of the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to all instances in the European Union and Canada. A corresponding release will be deployed to United States instances in one week.
- Video Lifecycle Management with New Data Retention and Data Policy Management Tools
Administrators have new tools to manage data retention including the ability to create data policies. Policies can be created with customizable rules including identifying unused data, older content, and specific content types. When executing policies, Administrators can review matching data, preview content, purge content, as well as aggregate it into an Archive Folder. In future releases, we intend to provide tools to offload Archive Folders onto offsite or AWS-side storage locations. We encourage you to try your data management workflows and provide us with feedback on future improvements you would like to see.
- New Auto-Captioning Engine with Better Accuracy and Room Acoustic Models
The Video Platform now provides a new auto-captioning engine that offers higher-quality auto-captioning. This auto-captioning engine also operates better in larger lecture halls and in situations where the microphone may be further away from the speaker. We encourage you to enable Model A in your organization’s Admin Panel and try it out for yourself.
- Video Editor Now Provides Clearer Indication of Trimmed Captions
The Video Editor provides an easier interface to edit captions while simultaneously making trims and cuts to the video (which naturally affects the caption time-points). The new Video Editor interface includes a color indicator showing which caption entries will be removed, which will have an invalid timestamp (post edit), and which ones will remain valid.
- Increased the Maximum Video Size to 1TB
By default, all Video Platform instances now have a maximum single file size of 1TB. For a basis of comparison, that’s about the combined size of two hundred and fifty, full-length HD movies.
- User Interface Improvements to Browser Capture Studio
Updates to the Browser-based Capture Studio include improvements to the compatibility across web browsers, minor improvements to the capture workflow, and better messaging once a recording is complete. - New Media Chooser Behavior for Blackboard and Moodle Students
The Media Chooser is once again useable by student roles. Following changes to Blackboard and Moodle’s security model, student roles were unable to embed content. Now, the Video Platform will detect the role and place a permitted link into the chosen LMS region. - Sub-Organization Now Supports Auto-Provisioning of Shared Folders
Organization Management capabilities now include the ability for sub-organization creation to automatically create a Shared Folder matching the hierarchy of the Sub-Organization structure. - Performance Improvements to UI Screens Displaying and Filtering Large Volumes of Users
Several web application screens which had slightly sluggish behavior when filtering against ten-of-thousands of users has been improved. This included the Link Users within the Zoom Enterprise Connector and the Admin Panel’s Overview and Roster tabs. - Pre-Quiz Error Messaging to Quiz Takers with Browser Settings That Prevent LMS Gradebook Sync
Users who are likely to have browsers or browser settings – such as disabling third-party cookies – that could prevent LMS Gradebook synchronization of quiz results will now see an in-context LMS message preventing quiz entry. This is aimed at reducing the chances that a student takes an LMS-embedded quiz without being able to transmit the resulting quiz grade to the LMS Gradebook.
- HTML5 Video Conference Now Has Improved Screen-Reader Support
A minor update to the Video Conference web application interface addressed a number of screen-reader issues related to missing alt-text for UI components.
- Video Lifecycle Management with New Data Retention and Data Policy Management Tools
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February 29, 2020
Canadian Zone – Semi-Monthly RC20200229 Released
Android App Canadian Zones General Platform Media Management Update Video Editor Video QuizzesAn update to the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform has been released to instances hosted in our Canadian zone. This release will be made available to instances in the United States and the European Union next week. This update contains over 150+ new features and improvements with highlights provided below.
- Introducing YuJa Pro Captioning Service Offering ADA-Compliant Captioning
YuJa is introducing YuJa Pro Captioning, a human-based ADA-compliant captioning service that delivers 99%+ captioning. This service complements our existing human-based, third-party captioning integrations to offer competitively priced human-based captioning. We offer 24-hour, 48 hours, and 5-day turnaround options and pricing as low as $0.95 per minute. For more information, please contact your Account Manager. - HTML5-Based In-Browser Capture Now Available
A new HTML5-based capture solution is now available as a beta feature of the Video Platform. This enables users to create short recordings quickly without requiring any downloads. Over the upcoming releases we will be introducing screen recording and multi-video capabilities. - New Video Editor Options Including Blackout Video Source and Image Title Card Insertion
New editing options are available within the Video Editor to upload a still image as a Title Card, as well as black out a particular video source for a period of time. Blacking out a video source provides time-synchronized redaction of a particular video stream. - Minor Version Update to YuJa Mobile for Android application (2.1.0)
A new minor update to the YuJa Mobile for Android was deployed to the Android Play store. This resolved 10+ small issues including an issue that could cause the Mobile Capture to crash on Android devices with stratified storage space - Recording Initiated Via Media Chooser LMS Extension Now Show Up Faster
Content recorded by initiating the Software Capture link within the Media Chooser now more quickly selectable for LMS insertion. - Video Quizzes Now Offer the Ability to Create Custom Points (“Weights”) to Certain Questions
To enable customized grading structures of video quizzes, Content Creators can now add customized grade points for particular questions. This enables certain questions to be weighted more heavily than others. - Shared Folders Are Now Continually Updated When Content Owners Add New Content to the Folder
Folders shared with others now are updated continuously to reflect any new content that Content Owners add to the folder. - Ability to Search and Filter by User within the Admin Panel’s Audit Log
Administrators can now filter through the audit log entries by username or name. This enables viewing audit log entries generated for a particular user. - Organization Management Supports Org-Level Media Player Brand Selection
Administrators can now select a Media Player branding scheme for a particular hierarchical organization level. This released also included 15+ smaller fixes and improvements to the Organization Management feature.
- Introducing YuJa Pro Captioning Service Offering ADA-Compliant Captioning