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. 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.

We have successfully published Version 1.0 of the YuJa Video Conference for Android application to the Google Play Store. This application provides the ability to attend video conferences on Android phones and tablet devices. We are planning a similar mobile application for iOS platforms in Q2 of 2021. Click here to learn more about the new Android 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 Android 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.

   

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 Video Conference instances residing in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This release was primarily focused on 25+ internal scalability improvements, performance of key functionality, as well as fixes and product improvements.

1. Dynamic Recording Pause and Resume

   Ability to Pause and Resume recordings dynamically during a given video conference event. Previously, it was an all-or-nothing recording capability, however now these operations can be performed as needed, as a way to skip the recording of specific sections of the video conference.

   

2. Unified Video Conference Entry Screen

   A single entry screen to enter your name, select webcam, and test mic sources makes getting into a meeting easier and faster.

   

3. Infrastructure Improvements

   Improved load detection on the server-side as a precursor to more dynamic server assignment of video conference sessions.

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.

   

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.

1. Updated Institution Reporting User Interface

   The Institution-level report has been updated to provider clearer scorecards, trends indicators, and summaries. Over the upcoming releases, each report and screen will experience a similar update.

   

2. Improved Accessibility Checker for Issues That Span Paragraphs
   Improved the accessibility reporting for Microsoft Word documents with improved support for issues that span across the full paragraph.
   
3. Other Improvements
   • Accessible formats button now always fetches the latest, most up-to-date alternative formats instead of the latest versions available during the initial page load. Replacing a document now refreshes the page, to display the updated document.
   • Accessibility reports no longer show preview documents without the associated red lines (when applicable).
   • Improved compatibility of Microsoft Word contrast checking.
   • Improved the method of calculating accessibility scores for newly uploaded documents, including fixing the tendency for large and problematic documents to have an unusually high score.