Product Updates

We have released a new Software Capture for Apple version (version v5.0.0) to all instances located in the United States, Canada and the European Union. This releases contains over 75+ features and improvements. The highlights are summarized below.

1. Support for Up to 6 Simultaneous Audio, Screen or Video Sources
   Ability to record from multiple sources simultaneously, including up to two video sources, two audio sources and two screen sources in a single recording.



2. Improved Recording Toolbar with Audio-Level Bars
   Matching the PC-based Software Capture, the Apple Capture now has a new Recording Toolbar which also provides integrated audio-level bars.



3. Integrated Stream Upload Progress Indicators with Estimated Time and Bandwidth Speed
   After a recording, an Upload Status bar will appear providing accurate upload status information as your recording streams upload to the cloud-hosted Video Platform. Additionally, the estimated completion time and current connection speed are also added.



4. Installer Provides Error Message When Attempting to Install on Non-Compatible macOS
   We moved the minimum OS version message to the installer rather than the application file itself.
5. Dozens of Newly Audit Logged Events Including Full State Tracking of In-Progress Recording Uploads
   Administrators and our Support Staff can now view the upload progress of videos, along with dozens of newly logged audit events.



6. Proctoring Sessions Now Show Upload Progress Just Like Regular Recordings
   Just like regular recordings, proctored sessions now show the upload progress, as well as an extra reminder to not turn off your computer.



7. Streamlined Organization Search and Login Workflow
   The sign-in process has been streamlined with improved Organization search, a facility to auto-detect and pre-configure the user’s organization, and pre-selection of the Single Sign On login method.



8. Ability to Preset the Default Profile
   Users can now establish what the Default Profile for a given Software Capture installation should be.

We have released a new Software Capture for PC version (version v10.10.0) to all instances located in the United States, Canada and the European Union.

1. New On-Screen Annotation Toolbar Available for Recorded and Live Events
   A new Annotation Toolbar is now integrated into the Software Capture application. This Annotation Toolbar provides the ability to perform time-synchronized on-screen annotations, highlights, and freehand sketches in both recorded and live streamed scenarios.
2. Ability to Edit Out the Recording Toolbar to Make It Disappear Within the Final Video
   A pair of features with the Software Capture for PC application in conjunction with the Video Editor now provides the ability to make the Recording Toolbar disappear from the screen it was recorded on.
3. Enhanced IP Camera Support by Adding NDI Protocol Support
   The application’s IP camera support now is compatible with NDI compliant cameras. To learn more, visit the YuJa KB article: https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051866373
4. “New Version” Notification and the Ability to Update the Application Directly within the Application
   The Software Capture application now provides an indicator when a new version is available. Additionally, integrated into the application is an installer that will download and install the latest version.
5. Streamlined Organization Search and Login Workflow
   The sign-in process has been streamlined with improved Organization search, a facility to auto-detect and pre-configure the user’s organization, and pre-selection of the Single Sign On login method.
6. Improved Low Storage Space Indicator and Warning Messaging
   In instances where the computer may be low on storage space, an indicator will be provided to the user as well as warning notifications.
7. Improved Compatibility with SonicWall VPN, Kaspersky and Other Third-Party Applications
   The COVID-19 situation precipitates a need to improve compatibility with a new host of applications including VPNs and anti-virus software. Based on customer feedback, we have reviewed and collaborated with a host of third-party vendors to improve compatibility.
8. Improved Framerate and Resolution compatibility with Logitech Cameras
   The Software Capture application now offers improved capability with several popular Logitech cameras including C920, C930e and VD0360 models.
9. Detection of Anti-Virus Quarantine Scenarios
   In situations where a third-party anti-virus software quarantines a component of the YuJa Software Capture for PC, a message will appear indicating that the Software Capture application may not be able to perform in a normal fashion.

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. In addition to the features noted in the RC20201211 tag, the below feature was also included.

1. Streamlined Single-Sign-On Process for Externally Embedded Content
   To make the sign-in process easier for the end user, we now provide an improved authentication process when embedded content is enabled with Single-Sign-On. Now, click on the secured video and a sign-in window opens that provides the ability to authenticate with the organization’s Single Sign-On. Once authenticated, the video will auto-detect the authentication and commence playback. To learn more, visit the YuJa Support article: https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/360059012834
   
   

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 our United States-based zones.

1. Improved Browser Capture Studio with Screen Recording Capabilities
   The Browser Capture Studio now offers the ability to perform screen-recording alongside audio and video sources. To learn more about using the Browser Capture Studio, visit the YuJa Support article: https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046033333
   
   
2. Improved Browser Capture User Experience Offers Direct Download Capabilities
   The Browser Capture Studio now offers the ability to download the raw Webm video that the browser recorded (before it’s sent up to the Video Platform for processing).
   
   
3. New API for Bulk Deleting Device Schedules
   To enable third-party workflows on device schedule management, an API to purge all device schedules is now available. Visit the YuJa Support article for details: https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049580714
4. Ability to Share Video Quizzes Editing Capabilities with Other Users (Beta)
   Content Owners can now share access to a Video Quiz to other editors. This heavily requested feature enables new collaboration workflows including the ability for Instructional Designers to pre-create quizzes on behalf of instructions and then share the resultant video and quiz. Through Q1 of 2021, we will continue to further refine this workflow.
   
   
5. Ability to Insert a Video In-Situ into an Existing Multi-Source Recording without Overwriting Existing Timeline
   The Video Editor’s Insert Video capability now offers a “Current Time- Insert” (without Override) for multi-stream videos. This enhances the “Current-Time – Insert” that was previously only available for single-stream videos. Visit the YuJa Support article for details: https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051853393
   
   
6. Better Highlighting of Active and Selected Video and Folders
   A smaller “fit-and-finish” improvement to My Media provides a better indicator of the active or selected media.
   
   
7. Improved Media Details User Interface
   The Media Details interface offers a cleaner design with dozens of minor UI fixes and improvements.
   
   
8. Refreshed IMS Re-certifications for all LTI Enterprise Connectors
   We finalized the annual re-certification and compliance of all our LTI-based Enterprise Connectors including our LTI 1.1, LTI 1.3, LTI Advantage, and IMS Caliper integrations with the IMS Global standards organization.
9. Ability to Disable Auto-Captioning for Specific Zoom-Mapped Users
   As part of a staggered roll-out of 20+ features in Q1 of 2021 focused on new Zoom capabilities and improvements, today we added the ability to selectively enable auto-captioning for a specific user’s content ingestion. Visit the YuJa Support article for details: https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050861693
   
   
10. New Notification When Human Captioning Requests Have Been Fulfilled
    A new Notification is now provided within both the Admin Panel’s Notification tab, as well as an email alert when a human caption request has been fulfilled.
    
    
11. Improved Live Stream Player User Experience
    An improved Live Stream Player is now available that provides improved multi-source selection in instances with 3+ sources. In additional to other smaller improvements and refreshed icons, the Live Stream Player also aligns to the branding styles defined for the On-Demand Media Player (for both the Overlay and Fixed Bar style).
    
    
12. Improved Device Schedule Management with Additional Capabilities to Select All, Select Partial and Clear All
    The Device Schedule Management tab now offer some bulk schedule management capabilities to select all, select partial and clear selected. Visit the YuJa Support article for details: https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048682194
    
    
13. Improved Audio Waveform Generation to Reduce Visual Skewing When Using Browser and Screen Level Magnification
    In instances where a current browser or screen-level magnification exists on the user’s computer, the improved waveform rendering of the audio waveform, reduced instances where it appears unsynchronized with the absolute time-codes.
    
    
14. Improved UI Responsiveness of Notification Tab’s Filtering for Narrow Viewports (Such as LMS Windows)
    The Admin Panel’s Notification tab now offers improved UI responsiveness in narrow viewports such as within LMS Windows. Visit the YuJa Support article for details: https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050322154
    
15. Downloading Media for Offline Use Now Routes through the Content Delivery Network (CDN)
    To improve both the speed of offline downloading, as well as compatibility with anti-virus software, content being downloaded for offline use will now route through the same Content Delivery Network (CDN) infrastructure used to perform live and on-demand video streaming.

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 35+ internal scalability improvements, performance of key functionality, as well as fixes and product improvements.

1. Improved Video Streaming Loading

   The HTML5-based Video Conference now performs stream loading faster with a more refined user experience.

2. Clicking the Share Button as an Attendee Takes to the Most Relevant Shared Content

   To provide an attendee with an easier experience, now clicking on the Share button in the Top Bar takes them to the most relevant shared content.

We have successfully pushed a mid-cycle update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This release is focused on increased scalability and performance as we look to 2021 with the need to even further scale-up infrastructure.

1. Improved Cloud-Side Performance of Device Monitoring within Admin Panel and Visual Analytics Suite

   With the increased load came a more definitive need to further optimize the Devices tab within the Admin Panel, as well as the Visual Analytics suite.

2. Deployed Infrastructure to Move Static Asset Delivery to the Global Content Delivery Networks (Will Be Enabled Iteratively Within Video Platform Instances)

   To improve global performance of Video Platform static asset resource loading (images, CSS files, etc.), this has been moved off our AWS-side infrastructure and now will load via the Content Delivery Networks. This will reduce page load times, as well as reduce sever load. This functionality will be deployed iteratively through Q4 to customer instances.

3. Resolved Rare Issues Which Could Stall Loading of Notifications Panel within the Admin Panel

   Deployed improvements to the Notifications tab that resolved rare issues which could cause the Notifications data to stall when being loaded.

4. Added API for Hardware Hubs to Be Remotely Auto Started

   The original API call did not adequately address auto-starts to devices without Profile IDs. Now, an API is available to auto-start 2U and 1U Hardware Hubs.

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

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 Canadian zones.

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 our United States-based zones. This release was primarily focused on 250+ internal scalability improvements, performance of key functionality, as well as fixes and product improvements.

1. Improved Performance of Zoom Ingestion

   The Video Platform sub-systems responsible for performing Zoom ingestion has been bolstered to provide even more robust and scalable ingestion of Zoom recordings. Many of these capabilities will complement a soon-to-be-released product called YuJa Himalayas for Digital Archiving and eDiscovery aimed at helping organization better manage the onslaught of digital media in a more compliant, scalable and cost-effective manner.

2. Data Management Tool Provides Ability to Export Matching Results as a CSV Table

   To provide better capabilities to review and archive potential content, the Data Management tool within the Admin panel now provides the ability to export the matching results table.

   

3. Faster Generation Speed for Embed Codes and Video Links for Longer Videos

   Though link generation speed is relatively fast, we recognize that some users need the links nearly instantaneously. Now, the links are available within seconds of the video being uploaded.

4. Improved Performance of Audit Logs (Notifications Tab) Data Loads

   With even mid-sized organizations routinely seeing hundreds-of-thousands of audit log entries, the Video Platform now offer a more robust and performant Notifications tab.

5. Improved Load Time of Visual Analytics and Admin Panel with Ultra-Large Data Sets

   Refinements to the load time of summary statistical information within both the Visual Analytics and Admin Panel have been made. These improvements are most noticeable for customers processing large volumes of video data.

6. Improved Summary Cards for Institution Storage Boxes with New Third-Party Storage Type

   New Storage Type Summary Cards provides a summary of the key storage types including a new storage type: Third-Party Imports. This new type summarizes the quantity of content being stored that arrived via an automated ingestion from a third-party systems such as Zoom.

   

7. Performance and Throughput Improvements to Canvas API Module

   The Canvas API Sync module has been improved to perform higher throughput Canvas data synchronization. Additional capabilities include:

   • Improved compatibility with Canvas API’s Enforce Scopes
   • Better integration with Canvas instances which do not perform archiving of historical course and user data
   • Faster data synchronization of new Canvas entity data

8. Improved Video Quiz Gradebook Synchronization and Related Improvements

   Based on user feedback, the Video Platform now includes about 15+ fixes and improvements for better Gradebook synchronization and handling of edge-cases. We will continue to review user feedback to resolve additional concerns.

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