(06-07-2022) The next release is scheduled in approximately three days. The release will contain the following:
Teacher setup video added to notes in Group Member Evaluation
Teacher setup video added to Criteria in Feedback Assignments
Improvements to the allocations dialog
Filters on contributions in Interactive Study Material
Group synchronization option in Microsoft Teams
Student Preview available in Brightspace (with LTI 1.3)
Product Release Video
Teacher setup video added to notes and criteria
There is now a teacher setup video that will appear on top of the notes on Group Member Evaluation Assignments. The video will appear on both old and new Group Member Evaluation assignments.
Fig. 1: Setup video added to notes in Group Member Evaluation
Fig. 2: Preview of setup video in the notes
Teacher setup video added to Criteria in Feedback Assignment
There is now a setup video added to the build settings of the criteria section on Feedback Assignments.
Fig. 3: The setup video is added to the build set of criteria step
Fig. 4: Preview of video on setting up criteria
Improvements on the allocations dialog
Teachers are now able to do a number of new things with regard to allocations. Firstly, teachers can now switch the sorting order. Previously students and groups were sorted alphabetically. Now they can adjust this to their liking. Secondly, teachers can now search and allocate students or group names. Thirdly, teachers are now also able to search within the dropdowns. And finally, the teachers now have a wider window for the allocations, there are now three more allocation columns visible. The dialog now fits almost three allocation columns and goes full screen on smaller screens.
Fig. 5: Improved allocation view.
Filters on contributions in Interactive Study Material
A “Filter on” drop-down has been added on the sidebar of Interactive Study Material. This allows users to see only teacher or only student contributions.
Fig. 6: Filter is on for all contributions
Fig. 7: Options for filtering contributions.
Group synchronization option in Microsoft Teams
Group synchronizations can now be turned off for a tenant. Groups can be created manually instead of using private channels for groups when API is enabled.
Fig. 8: Synchronization with teams can be selected to turn on or off.
Fig. 9: Option to create groups manually.
Student Preview available in Brightspace (with LTI 1.3.)
We now support Student Preview in Brightspace, when using LTI 1.3. It works identically to the Student Preview we have for Blackboard and Canvas.
Fig. 10: Teacher view of an assignment in Brightspace.
Fig. 11: Open up the account dropdown and select “View as a Learner”
Fig. 12: Select “Student”.
Fig. 13: You are now entering student mode. Click Enter to continue.
Fig. 14: The teacher can see a preview of the assignment from the perspective of a student
Fig. 15: Exit Student Preview through the dropdown menu.