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Release Notes: Software Update Grizzly v1.14
Release Notes: Software Update Grizzly v1.14
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Software Update Grizzly v1.14.10

Released Sept 13, 2024

New Feature

  • A Studio author can now embed an iFrame into the Pagebuilder activity.

Feature Improvements

  • The process for exporting ReX content to Studio has been simplified. ReX authors no longer need to “copy and paste” content in the ReX modal; they can now easily select their exported ReX content from a dropdown menu using the ReX button in Studio.

  • The loading speed of videos has been improved. The improved speed improvement will be most noticeable for users with low bandwidth because this improvement will use fewer resources.

  • WCAG improvement: The Video Response Conversation functionality has been updated for better keyboard navigation. Users can now use the tab key to cycle through the response options more easily.

Fixes​

  • The page layout has been improved. This improvement addresses the height of Addons and the page height. Now scroll bars will appear correctly for each element rather than for the entire activity template.

  • The video generation functionality has been improved to allow authors to regenerate the video multiple times without error.

  • The Export functionality has been updated. When a List Builder page is exported to Studio, the page will appear immediately in the pages tab once the export has been completed.

  • Scrolling in Studio has been improved to smoothly handle multiple Addons with several AI videos, ensuring a seamless and uninterrupted page flow.

  • The decision report now loads in the dashboard.

See Rex Release Notes Here: ReX Release Notes: Software Update v1.4

Software Update Grizzly v1.14.9

Released Aug 23, 2024

New Feature

  • Auto-closed captioning has been enabled on all audio elements in Studio, which include:

    • AI Video (Legacy)

    • AI Video

    • AI Text-to-video

    • Standard video

    • Audio player

Feature Improvements

  • Default SVG assets are available in Studio for use as icons in nav-bar buttons

  • In Studio, the tooltip for Course Completion under General Settings has been updated for better clarity.

  • A third-party AI voice integration has been added to AI Video, enabling authors to use consistent AI voices across AI Video, AI Voice, and AI video-to-text features.

Fixes​

  • The nav-bar functionality has been updated to allow the author to add and edit pages without interruption from “content out of date” message.

  • The nav-bar functionality has been updated to allow the content creator to add and edit pages without running into an error.

  • Adding nav-bar pages quickly in succession no longer causes grey screen.

  • Authors can duplicate and move pages from the Interface nav-bar to Wireflow without affecting the original page.

  • Fast-clicking on main menu items (Interface editor, Sim preview, Rex import, etc) can no longer inadvertently trigger multiple views. Also modals open faster.

  • Upon opening a new project, the toolbar has been improved to allow for modals to open faster without causing errors.

  • The AI text-to-video functionality has been updated, so that file name handling has been improved.
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    Software Update Grizzly v1.14.8

    Released Aug 21, 2024

    Fixes​

    • Discontinued two no longer supported Japanese voices (Sakura Takahashi & Himari Honda)
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    Software Update Grizzly v1.14.7

    Released July 18th, 2024

    Feature Improvements

    • Preview mode enhancement: ability to hide top toolbar, making preview 1:1 with the learner experience.

    • Studio has been updated to support course completion reports to accurately display whether a user has not started, is in progress, or has completed a session.

    • Content creators can successfully duplicate pages to the dashboard settings and to the interface navigation bar.

    • Updated Error Handling for Avatar Creation

      • The Colossyan feature has been updated to include additional error handling. This new addition will allow for seamless Colossyan video creation.

      • The Synthesia feature has been updated to include additional error handling. This new addition will allow for seamless Synthesia video creation.

    • The Shared Libraries feature has been updated. This update allows content creators to seamlessly switch to other views when creating a new page in Studio.

    • The Video Response/Conversation template has been updated to be more responsive and to improve the load speed.

    • Portal:

      • The language and function of several dialogs have been updated to better differentiate between projects and libraries.

      • The Sidebar navigation has been updated for a better Libraries housing.

      • The Portal has been updated to provide a better distinction for users between projects and libraries.

      • Rich Text Editing updated for project descriptions, allowing for text styling.

    • SSO: The https requirement for Identifier (Entity Id) field has been removed for the sso settings.

    • New Report

      • The Course Completion report has been added to the dashboard. This report displays the number of learners who have not started, completed or are in progress of a learning experience and compares results to other sessions of the same experience.

    Fixes

    • The footer shows the correct number of rounds and the round completion logic is correct in preview and Simplayer views.

    • The scrolling behavior on the Conversation page has been updated to allow for the user to easily select answers without the user having to scroll back up to the top of the video. Both adaptive and Full height setting have been addressed.

    • The Network Map feature has been updated. Now, if a static value is set for a network connection and a variable is not set, then the static value is what will appear in the component.

    • The Project Settings Completion Score section has been updated to allow the titles to properly reflect the content.
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    Software Update Grizzly v1.14.6

    Released July 5th, 2024

    Feature Improvements

    • Look and Feel

      • Label font sizes have been adjusted for the Rating component to improve visual consistency.

      • The Page look has been updated to have a better fit within the Content and Addons. With this update the height of Page is no longer affected by height of the Addons.

    • Feature Updates

      • Studio AI features have been updated to use newer LLM models.

      • The “Move to Round” button has been removed from team states in the wire flow.

    Fixes

    • Table management has been updated to allow content creators to delete the last column of a table component.

    • Round Management functionality has been updated. If a content creator adds or removes rounds to a sim, the footer will automatically update to reflect the appropriate number of rounds.

    • The Scenario and a Video Response activity has been updated to allow users to proceed with the sim after selecting Continue.

    • The List Builder functionality has been improved to allow content creators to remove validation text in the errors tab.

    • Users no longer see the old system view after duplicating a List Builder activity and trying to edit the new activity. The old system view no longer appears after editing a List Builder’s settings and canceling the change.

    • The Rich Text Editor has been updated allowing the save button to become active after the content creator makes their first edit.

    • The background for the Slideshow has been updated. When expanding a slideshow to full screen the background remains the same color as when the slideshow is not in full screen.

    • The Slideshow editor has been updated to allow the content creator to remove a column or row.
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    Software Update Grizzly v1.14.5

    Released June 14th, 2024

    Improvements

    • The Editor panel has been updated to improve the Advance Button settings; this update will add more clarity to where the settings would be applied.

    Fixes

    • The Colossyan Avatar feature has been updated to show all available avatars.

    • The Colossyan Avatar feature has been updated to address an issue that was causing some avatar videos to fail to successfully generate.


    Software Update Grizzly v1.14.4

    Released June 7th, 2024

    Fixes

    • Upgrade to 1.14.3 now works for old projects.


    Software Update Grizzly v1.14.3

    Released June 7th, 2024

    Fixes

    • Existing pages in projects and libraries affected by the Shared Libraries validation bug will now be fixed and validation will work as expected.


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    Software Update Grizzly v1.14.2

    Released May 28th, 2024

    Feature Improvements

    • Styling and Format

      • Creators now have the ability to:

        • Customize the Continue button, by editing the text and its alignment.

        • Add icons and align them to the left, right, or center.

        • Customize the buttons in the top navigation bar to be icons

        • Change the color of Sim Interface navigation buttons

        • Add tooltip text to Sim Interface navigation buttons. It will appear when the learner hovers the navigation button.

        • Remove the drop shadow from the Sim Interface header bar, which increases the flexibility of styling your sims.

    • Accessibility

      • When navigating the sim using a keyboard and on a page with addons, focus moves from the end of the main content to the addons, and then to the Continue button.

      • When navigating the sim using a keyboard, the focus of each new page is the main content of the page. Screen readers begin reading the title of the new page.

      • When navigating a sim via keyboard, the header is outlined as a banner and the main content is outlined as main. Empty boxes have been removed from the header so that tabbing is smoother and screen readers no longer read erroneous information.

    Fixes

    • The interface has been updated to increase reliability when Content Creators decline saving changes for any item on the Nav bar.

    • The video player feature has been updated. Now, after a video plays, the end-user is directed to the navigation bar and select Your Team. This update improves the Your Team modal dialog so that it now easily dismissible when using the keyboard. This feature update is most useful for anyone utilizing a screen reader and a keyboard.

    • Text-to-AI Videos have been updated to allow the Content Creator to select PNG image files for imagery scenes as well as JPG files.
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Software Update Grizzly v1.14

Released May 9th, 2024

New Features

Feature Improvements

  • Added the ability to be able to add Pictory & Colossyan videos to conversation and video response activities.

  • All 4 video forms are working as intended in video response and conversation templates.

  • Cosmetic improvements have been made to improve the look of the Projects List view.

  • Shared Libraries

    • Functionality has been added to Studio that allows the content creator to save pages to shared libraries

    • The Shared Libraries feature has been updated to allow content creators to import pages from shared libraries. The content creators may use the 3 dots (…) functionality to import pages from libraries. This functionality is also available anywhere that a content creator would be able to import to. i.e. dash pages, interface pages.

    • Now when sharing a page containing your favorite character Avatar, the Avatar will be saved with the library and therefore be usable anywhere that library is used.

    • The Share Libraries has been updated. Now when deleting a page from a previously saved library, that library page will no longer appear in the list of available library pages. However, if that page is already being used in a project, that page will be unaffected inside the project.

    • The Shared Libraries feature has been updated to ensure that sharing pages to libraries will not transfer their review comments.

    • The Share Libraries feature has been improved to allow COA images to transfer when shared to a library.

    • The Share Library feature has been updated. The content creator may now use a filter to search for their favorite library. The function is also available after clearing a filter, pressing the “+” button and after archiving a library.

    • The Share Libraries feature has been updated to support the Decision Rationale.

    • Shared Libraries has been updated to ensure the title of components display correctly in the Pages view.

    • The Shared Libraries feature has been updated include the new Quick Add function. This functionality works seamlessly with existing and new projects.

    • The Shared Libraries feature has been updated to include a new Quick Add picker for pages. The content creator can now use the “send to library” feature to add their page to their library. This can be accessed via the 3 dots (…).

  • Conversation Template

    • In conversation template, the thread settings window now adjusts to the size of the browser.

    • The Conversation Template has been updated so that the thread setting modal adjusts to the size of the browser.

    • In conversation template, proximity-based character detection is implemented. Dragging a conversation statement will now auto-assign character based on the statement proximity. The Character thumbnail is also shown next to the statement while being dragged. Right clicking in conversation will now show the auto-assigned character based on the proximity.

  • Video Response Template

    • The Video Response has been updated. Now when a content creator edits a script text of an AI video, the script text no longer auto-injects into the response description.

    • Video Responses have been updated to allow the content creator to View the activity multiple times and show the responses each time. This also occurs if the content creator would edit the response and View the activity, the updated responses will show.

    • Video Responses has been updated to add error messages intended to inform the content creator that an unexpected behavior has occurred that is likely impacting the expected outcome or behavior.

      The Video Response feature has been updated to instantly show the video options after the content creator removes the previous video.

    • Video Response template has been updated to enforce video spacing. Now all the videos on the same page will have the same spacing value resulting in a more uniform look.

Performance and Infrastructure Improvements:

  • The 1.14 has addressed an issue involving upgrading projects to the latest version, now projects will update seamlessly.

  • The library update functionality has been improved so that now pausing a Library while is updating may resume updating simply by pressing Resume.

  • The infrastructure has been updated to accommodate the following for Shared libraries:

    • utility function to save entities to other project id

    • worker functionality to sync library content in parallel to project content.

    • possible entity service update

    • copying and renaming libraries.

      • Now a content creator can make a copy of their favorite library and name the new library with an appropriate name of their choosing.
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