November 2024 Release Overview
This post provides a summary of the upcoming changes including those features which we have highlighted due to their impact. This release is subject to change and we will do our best to keep the information up to date before the release to live on Thursday the 7th of November. For more in depth technical detail additional details are available on the release page.
- Improvement to Resizing Blocks in Documents
- Course Access options in Course Settings
- Print Tests with questions from Question Pools and other improvements
- Indentations Added to Discussions
- Improved performance for assignment file submissions
- Batch Edit: Usability Improvement
- Download Option for Student Activity Log
- Skip Link to Course Information
- Learn mobile app rebranding
- Known Issues
Improvement to Resizing Blocks in Documents
To help with resizing blocks that are vertically tall, the resize handle has been modified. Now, instructors can resize a block by selecting the vertical edge of a block. It is not necessary to place the mouse directly over the handle.
Image 1. Resize handle in a Document
Indentations Added to Discussions
To better distinguish between responses and replies, indentation has been added.
Image 1. Indented discussion replies
The delete option for the discussion topic has been removed. Instructors can edit discussion topics as needed.
Image 2. Edit option for Discussion Topic
Known Issues
The upcoming November release will look to fix a couple of known issues that have been reported. The first relates to Student Activity Report graphs not loading when accessed through the course gradebook. The fix has been tested on our Staging environment and all signs are positive. The current workaround when accessing these reports, is to refresh your browser as this forces the graphs to be generated.
The second issue relates to UTC times in Student Activity downloads. When downloading student activity data from the gradebook in CSV format timestamps are displayed in UTC format. This is a less readable format and also marks a time difference of 1 hour when in BST. From November’s release this will be fixed so that the times appear in both the export and the Learn UI with the same time and format.
Current, no fix:
- 2024-10-11T07:02:43.113Z
After, fix applied:
- 2024-10-11 08:02:43
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