Improved: When working with learning objectives, we show the ‘Continue’ button, instead of the ‘Start’ button, for suggested activities which are already started by the learner.
Improved: Different visual elements are changed to create consistency and a better user experience.
Users, without the learner role, are informed that purchasing or adding a product can lead to using a user licence.
Designers are being informed that conditions will not be included when copying blocks and/or activities.
Multiple visual elements, in the portfolio, are slightly adjusted to improve the general appearance.
WCAG standards
The WCAG standards are defined to make sure all web contents are accessible for all users. In order to meet these standards, we started with changing the contrast of the element-colours to meet the right ratio. All of these changes consist of adjusting the colours from a lighter tint to a somewhat darker tint of that same colour.
General changes
The main colour blue is slightly darker.
The status colours of the certificates are slightly darker.
Some of the assessment colours, which the users can select by themselves, are slightly darker.
The colours of the tags are slightly darker.
The colours of the alerts are slightly darker.
Changes made in the default look & feel
The secondary colour is changed into a red tone.
The colour of the advice bar is slightly lighter.
The colour of the “View objective” text colour is darker.
The text font colour is slightly darker.
Other changes at the learner interfaces
The colour of the red notification dot, that shows the number of unread messages, is slightly darker.
The text colour of the description in the hotspot questions is slightly darker.
The colour of the arrow to resize the text-editor is slightly darker.
The colour of the paginations in the player, when that page is done is darker.
The ‘back to previous page’ button in the player is slightly darker.
The two buttons in the player, which allows the learner to navigate to the top or bottom of the page, are slightly darker.
The text colour of the portfolio page is slightly darker.
The colour of the placeholder texts, which are guidelines in the text fields, e.g. name, e-mail address, etc, are slightly darker.
Changes at the staff side
The colour of the support pull-out button is changed with a darker blue colour.
The colour of the secondary button is slightly darker.
The colour of all descriptive texts, which are above a white background, is slightly darker.
The colour of the labels that indicates an adaptive block is slightly darker.
The colour of the name of the concept, which is located in the concept header, is slightly darker.
The colour of the breadcrumbs is slightly darker.
The red colour for incorrect values in the text fields is slightly darker.
The colour of the icons, that indicates where the user can drag & drop, is slightly darker.
The colour of the category label, within the reporting engine, is slightly darker.
The colour of the statuses and progresses, in the instructor dashboard, is somewhat darker.
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Learners - Home page
Added: Courses, that the learner is subscribed to, but are not available yet, will already be shown on the homepage.
These courses are displayed under a new ‘Available soon’ category.
The available date is shown in the course tile.
Added: The ability to filter courses and/or products, based on one, all, or none of the selected tags.
Articles:
Course settings - Tab: Settings
Make tags visible to learners on the homepage and catalogue
Learners - Learning objectives
Improved: When working with learning objectives, we show the ‘Continue’ button, instead of the ‘Start’ button, for suggested activities which are already started by the learner.
Articles:
Display your adaptive learning journey based on learning objectives instead of activities
Learners - Platform notifications
Added: Learners receive platform notifications when enrolling to, or unenrolling from, events.
Added: Learners receive e-mail notifications when enrolling on events.
Added: Learners (can) receive platform and e-mail notifications when being added to bundle courses.
Improved: Learners receive one general notification, in the desktop view, when multiple new activities are published at once.
Articles:
Manage learners in an event
Tutorial: Adding content and activities to published templates
Text editor
Added: The ability to maximise the text editor, except the basic version, so users have a wider text field.
Articles:
The features of the Text Editor
Plus editor
Added: Synthesia, a new content type to add AI videos.
Articles:
Content type - Video
Upload multiple files at once
Added: The possibility to upload one or multiple files at once for the external portfolio entries.
Added: The possibility to upload one or multiple files at once in the text editor.
Added: The possibility to upload one or multiple images at once in the text editor.
Articles:
Setting up the portfolio
The features of the Text Editor
Content type - Image
Template notification
Added: The condition '..."X" period after activity "X" is completed'.
Articles:
Set notifications in a template to encourage learners to get back to learning
Course settings - Preservability properties
Added: The ability to inform learners about their new course subscription on the same day as the start date of the course.
Articles:
Course settings - Tab: Settings
Import users
Added: The ability to activate a course subscription immediately when importing learners via CSV.
Articles:
Importing users - Filling in the CSV file
User data
Improved: Looking at other users’ data won’t automatically fill your login credentials in their login fields.
(E-mail) notification
Added: The e-mail notification for ‘Form and reflection activity invites’ is editable.
Added: The e-mail notification for learners when enrolling for an event is editable.
Improved: The e-mail notification for ‘Activity available after’ is corrected to ‘Activity available until’.
Added: Instructors of an event receive platform notifications when learners enrol to or unenroll themselves from, their events.
Added: Instructors of an event receive e-mail notifications when learners enrol on their events.
Articles:
Notifications that can be sent by aNewSpring
Assess and statistics
Added: Allowing instructors to delete the attachments that were given in the assessment feedback.
Added: Instructors must confirm their choice before actually deleting the attachment.
Added: The ability to reopen a closed and completed form or reflection activity, and continue to edit the assessment.
Improved: Instructors can view the question content in the content statistics.
Added: Also allowing instructors to edit the question content when the user has the author rights to do that.
Articles:
The content statistics of the template
Tags
Added: The viewer role
Added: The ability to filter courses and/or products, based on one, all, or none of the selected tags.
Articles:
Manage tag collections
Adding tags to content libraries, questions and content parts
Bundles
Added: The ability to notify learners when being added to bundle courses.
Added: The columns ‘Consists of’ and ‘In use’.
Improved: Search results are preserved after logging out and logging in.
Articles:
Creating learning journey bundles
Profiles & Competencies
Added: The ability to create competencies within the profile.
Added: The ability to search for learners within the profile.
Articles:
Creating profiles and linking learners
Reports
Added: A predefined report for the progress of profiles.
Added: A predefined report for the progress of the competencies.
Articles:
Tutorial: Create a report to show learners with a completed profile
Tutorial: Create a report to see progress on competencies
Look & Feel editor
Added: The ability to give the footer a background colour.
API
Added: The ability to retrieve bundles and bundle courses via API.
'/getBundles' to retrieve all bundles.
'/getBundleCourses/{bundleID}' to retrieve all bundle courses from that bundle.
Articles:
Webhooks
Added: The ability to be informed when a learner is subscribed to a course.
Added: The ability to be informed when a course subscription of a learner is deleted.
Articles:
Diverse platform improvements
Improved: Different visual elements are changed to create consistency and a better user experience.
Users, without the learner role, are informed that purchasing or adding a product can lead to using a user licence.
Designers are being informed that conditions will not be included when copying blocks and/or activities.
Multiple visual elements, in the portfolio, are slightly adjusted to improve the general appearance.
WCAG standards
The WCAG standards are defined to make sure all web contents are accessible for all users. In order to meet these standards, we started with changing the contrast of the element-colours to meet the right ratio. All of these changes consist of adjusting the colours from a lighter tint to a somewhat darker tint of that same colour.
General changes
The main colour blue is slightly darker.
The status colours of the certificates are slightly darker.
Some of the assessment colours, which the users can select by themselves, are slightly darker.
The colours of the tags are slightly darker.
The colours of the alerts are slightly darker.
Changes made in the default look & feel
The secondary colour is changed into a red tone.
The colour of the advice bar is slightly lighter.
The colour of the “View objective” text colour is darker.
The text font colour is slightly darker.
Other changes at the learner interfaces
The colour of the red notification dot, that shows the number of unread messages, is slightly darker.
The text colour of the description in the hotspot questions is slightly darker.
The colour of the arrow to resize the text-editor is slightly darker.
The colour of the paginations in the player, when that page is done is darker.
The ‘back to previous page’ button in the player is slightly darker.
The two buttons in the player, which allows the learner to navigate to the top or bottom of the page, are slightly darker.
The text colour of the portfolio page is slightly darker.
The colour of the placeholder texts, which are guidelines in the text fields, e.g. name, e-mail address, etc, are slightly darker.
Changes at the staff side
The colour of the support pull-out button is changed with a darker blue colour.
The colour of the secondary button is slightly darker.
The colour of all descriptive texts, which are above a white background, is slightly darker.
The colour of the labels that indicates an adaptive block is slightly darker.
The colour of the name of the concept, which is located in the concept header, is slightly darker.
The colour of the breadcrumbs is slightly darker.
The red colour for incorrect values in the text fields is slightly darker.
The colour of the icons, that indicates where the user can drag & drop, is slightly darker.
The colour of the category label, within the reporting engine, is slightly darker.
The colour of the statuses and progresses, in the instructor dashboard, is somewhat darker.