Product Updates

Over the next few weeks, the YuJa Lumina Video Platform will receive significant enhancements to interactive learning and analytics capabilities. Key highlights include a new interactive Video Branching feature that enables choose-your-own-adventure learning experiences with a visual canvas editor and path analytics, customizable analytics reports that allow administrators and instructors to generate insights with flexible date ranges and content filtering, and expanded monthly usage reports with comprehensive engagement metrics.

1. Create Immersive, Choose-Your-Own-Path Experiences – Use Interactive Video That Puts Learners in Control of Their Learning Journey

   Instructors will now be able to create interactive branching videos that allow students to make choices throughout playback, choosing their own learning paths based on responses or decisions. Key capabilities will include:

   • Visual Canvas Editor: A drag-and-drop interface that enables instructors to build complex interactive scenarios by connecting videos from your media library.

     

   • Flexible Branch Points: The ability to add up to three decision points per video, each offering up to three branch options.

     

   • Seamless Playback: Students will be able to interact with branch-point buttons that transition to the next video segment based on their selections.

     

2. Customizable Analytics Reports Enable Data-Driven Decision-Making

   Instructors will now be able to create personalized analytics reports with custom date ranges and content-specific filtering to gain deeper insights into video engagement. Already available to admins and sub-admins, instructors will now be able to analyze their content performance while administrators access institution-level reporting across courses, users, and individual videos.

   

3. Release Notes Will Now Be Available in the Admin Panel

   Administrators will be able to access the latest platform updates and feature announcements through a dedicated Release Notes tab in the Admin Panel sidebar, eliminating the need to navigate to external resources to stay informed about new capabilities and improvements.

   

4. Integration Management Pages Redesigned for Improved Usability

   The Admin Panel’s integration configuration pages have been redesigned with an updated interface for SSO/SAML settings, video-conferencing connections, scheduling integrations, and analytics configurations, providing administrators with a more intuitive and consistent experience when managing platform integrations.

   

5. Event Banners Provide Visibility Into Upcoming Webinars and Product Announcements

   Administrators can now view upcoming webinar events and important announcements through event banners in the Admin Panel. Multiple active banners can be navigated with arrows or dismissed for the current session to avoid repeated interruptions.

   

This week, we’ll be updating YuJa EqualGround with new features and capabilities. Key updates include a new Microsoft SharePoint integration Add-in, custom schedules for scans, a new guide experience for first-time users, add web pages to website scans, the ability to disable specific web pages, bulk scan web pages, a new filter to view desired web pages, and export the documents found on your websites to an Excel file.

1. New SharePoint Add-In for Deeper Site and Document Library Integration

   The new Microsoft SharePoint integration enables faster, simpler, and more efficient scanning and management of your SharePoint sites and document libraries. You will be able to focus more on accessibility fixes instead of administrative tasks. Key features include:

   • Time-Saving Full Access: Once you grant EqualGround one-time permission to scan all your SharePoint sites and document libraries, you no longer need to approve each one individually before scanning.

   • Simplified Management: You can add multiple SharePoint sites and document libraries under the same Microsoft account for faster setup and to keep everything organized in one place.

   • Automatic Syncing: Once enabled, any new page you add to your SharePoint will be automatically included in your next scan without any extra setup.

   

2. Custom Scan Scheduling for Websites and Page Groups

   You can now schedule scans with much more flexibility, such as every 3 days, 5 days, or any number of days, weeks, months, or years, for specific page groups or entire websites. Automating your scan schedule to match how often you update your content ensures new content is automatically checked for accessibility issues, instead of having to manually initiate scans after each update.

   

3. A New Guided Experience for Setting Up Your EqualGround Platform

   As a first-time user, you can now start with our Quick Setup Guide, which walks you through the essential steps to ensure your EqualGround Platform is set up correctly. The guide shows you how to add websites and ensure your integrations are up and running. Any user new to EqualGround can quickly set up and start scanning pages and documents with confidence. You can access the Quick Setup Guide anytime from your profile icon.

   

4. Add Specific Web Pages to Your Website Scans

   Add specific web pages on demand to improve scan coverage across your websites. This allows you to include web pages that aren’t in your navigation or sitemap, such as launch pages, campaign content, and microsites, ensuring EqualGround can generate more accurate reports for your websites. Additionally, these web pages can also be scanned independently of your website, allowing you to focus on areas that need attention.

   

5. Disable Web Page Scans as Needed

   Disable scans for low-priority web pages to focus on what matters. Skip routine checks for content that rarely changes, like policies, archived sections, or duplicate templates, so you can prioritize high-impact web pages and keep reports cleaner and more actionable.

   

6. Bulk Scan Multiple Web Pages at Once

   Managing large websites with hundreds of pages is now easier. Building on our existing bulk website scanning feature, you can now select and scan multiple web pages at once to save time and optimize accessibility audits for large websites. Instead of manually selecting each web page you want to scan, you can complete one scan for all the web pages at once.

   

7. Enhanced Filtering Options for Web Pages

   You can now filter web pages by accessibility, SEO, performance, usability, and document scores, showing only those that are in the specified range. You can also filter web pages by their scan status, such as showing only pages with completed scans. With these filters, you can spend less time searching for the web pages you want and more time improving your web page issues and review process.

   

8. Export a Report of Documents Found on Your Websites

   Export an Excel report of your scanned website documents to take on the go for offline viewing. See accessibility scores and issue counts at a glance to spot patterns, prioritize fixes, and share improvements with external users.

   

9. Explore the Latest Product Updates

   Get a preview of upcoming EqualGround features and explore our other products directly within the Platform.

   • See EqualGround Updates: Visit the new “Latest Updates” section to see the features we have added in recent releases, and what’s coming next.

   • View Updates for Other Products: Explore updates for our other products directly through the Marketplace, making it easy to discover new features and products that interest you.

   

Over the next week, YuJa Panorama will receive new updates that improve accessibility workflows, including easier document remediation, guided setup experiences, personalized banners, better notification options, improved integration with tools like Microsoft Word, enhanced content support, and more.

And if you’d like to learn more about how you can leverage YuJa Panorama to streamline accessibility compliance through inline remediation, sign up for our upcoming webinar on October 27th, hosted by Yennhu Nguyen, Director of Client Success at YuJa.

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1. Automated Remediation for High-Priority Issues with AlwaysOn Compliance

   We are providing an extra accessibility boost for all institutions with our new feature, AlwaysOn Compliance. Now, each institution will receive a baseline allocation of daily credits at no cost. With these credits, Panorama will automatically detect documents have an accessibility score below 50% and improve them. You can revert the changes at any time, leaving you in control while benefiting from an automated remediation system.

   

2. New Panorama Add-In for Microsoft Word to Detect Accessibility Issues In Real Time

   Included with Structural Remediation, we now have a Panorama add-in for Microsoft Word that will detect accessibility issues as you create your document. This allows you to review accessibility issues in real time without having to save and upload the document to your LMS, ensuring content is more accessible from the start.

   

3. New Options to Try Out AutoPilot for Free

   You will now be able to try AutoPilot for free directly on YuJa.com. Upload your own document or use one of our sample documents to see how AutoPilot automatically remediates content for accessibility. It’s a quick, no-commitment way to see how our tools make content more accessible for all.

   

4. New Options to Try Out Structural Remediation for Free

   You will now have access to a free trial of Structural Remediation on YuJa.com. Simply upload a PDF to see how Structural Remediation improves its reading structure for individuals using assistive technologies, such as screen readers. It’s a quick and easy way to experience how a more accessible structure leads to a more inclusive experience for all users.

   

5. A New Guided Experience for Integrating YuJa Panorama with Your LMS

   You can now go through a guided setup that takes you through missing learning management system (LMS) integrations. New institutions can use this as a checklist to set up their LMS integration with YuJa Panorama and start processing documents from day one. You can minimize, expand, or close the guide window at any time, so help is always available without getting in the way.

   

6. Quick Launch for Document Remediation

   We are now providing a large scale remediation process that will allow instructors to switch between documents in their course quickly. From the Course Report, select “Launch Remediation” to review and fix a document’s accessibility issues, then easily move to the next one using a curated list of your documents.

   

7. Turn Math Images in Documents into Accessible Searchable Content

   When converting documents to an OCR HTML Alternative Format, Panorama will now convert any images of math formulas to MathML, ensuring complex equations are accessible to screen readers and searchable for easier studying.

   

8. Faster, High-Quality Text-to-Speech Conversion

   Text-to-speech conversion from the Alternative Formats Menu is now faster and more powerful than ever. With our new processing engine, audio files are now generated up to 10% faster, with noticeably improved sound quality.

   

9. Smarter PDF Conversion with Auto Tagging

   We have set a new benchmark for accessible PDF auto-tagging with tags that more accurately preserve the document’s content while keeping files close to their original size. While other leading tools generate tags that can lead to much larger file sizes and disruptions to the content, Panorama closely aligns with the original source file, ensuring tags are generated to improve accessibility.

10. Send Accessibility Alerts to Course Instructors

    As an admin, you can now enable automated alerts that notify instructors when accessibility scores for their courses dip below a specified threshold. Alerts can be sent out in multiple ways:

    • Email Alerts: Send out automated emails to instructors.

    • Banner Alerts: Display a banner to instructors at the top of a course.

    You can enable one or both alerts to ensure they are seen by instructors. Each type of alert features a quick launch remediation button, guiding instructors through a step-by-step process to help fix issues. By catching issues early, instructors can stay on top of their courses and provide a better learning experience for every student.

    

11. Status Alert for When the Panorama Visualizer Does Not Detect Activity

    An alert banner will now appear to notify you if the Panorama Visualizer has not been installed. The Visualizer enables Panorama content, such as accessibility icons, to appear in the LMS, providing access to alternative formats. The Visualizer banner will also display if no activity has been detected in the last 24 hours, notifying you of potential misconfiguration.

    

12. Explore the Latest Product Updates

    Check what is upcoming for Panorama and our other products directly from the Platform.

    

    • See Panorama Updates: Visit the new “Latest Updates” section to see what’s coming next and the features we have added in recent releases.

    • View Updates for Other Products: Updates for our other products can be accessed through the Marketplace, helping you learn more about products that interest you.

13. Add a Static IP Address to Your Network Allowlist for Panorama Connections

    You can now route all Panorama traffic through a single static IP address for your institution. This improves compatibility with strict firewall policies and prevents blocked requests by your network. To enable this feature, contact your Client Success Manager to activate the static IP for your account, and then add it to your network allowlist.

Over the next few weeks, YuJa Verity will receive several new updates, including more customized settings to prevent cheating attempts, improved analysis tools, faster review of flagged events, expanded third-party integrations, and more.

1. Detect Spoken “Keywords” to Flag Potential Misconduct

   Admins and instructors can add keywords that automatically trigger a flagged event when they are detected in the test-taker’s audio. These keywords are customizable in the institution-wide settings or individual assessment proctoring settings. For example, you can set keywords such as “Hey Siri” or “What’s the answer?” to flag and review potential misconduct.

   

2. Enhance Security with Signature Verification for Test-Takers

   Signature verification requires test-takers to draw or upload a photo of their signature, which instructors can review afterward to confirm if it matches the signature on their ID Card.

   

3. Export Reports for Offline Viewing

   Admins and instructors can now export their Institution, Course, and Assessment reports in JSON, CSV, or XLSX format for offline viewing.

   

4. Transcribe Audio from Proctored Sessions

   Instructors can now generate and download a transcript of a test-taker’s recorded audio from any proctored session. Transcripts make it easy to locate relevant moments, scan for key phrases, and verify what was said.

   

5. Disable Apple Handoff to Prevent Content Sharing

   Instructors can now require test-takers to turn off Apple Handoff on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad before an exam. By requiring test-takers to turn off Handoff, you will reduce cross-device sharing of app activity and help maintain a secure testing environment.

   

6. Resolve Flagged Proctoring Events as Non-Issues

   Verity now includes a “Resolve” action for flagged events to address false positives and keep proctored assessment records fair and reliable. With this option, instructors can review the recording, document any notes they wish, and mark the event as resolved if the behavior is acceptable.

   

7. Atomic Assessments Now Available as a Third-Party Assessment Tool

   Adding to the growing list of supported third-party assessment tools, Verity is now integrated with Atomic Assessments, providing institutions with even more comprehensive proctoring options across diverse academic disciplines.

   

We’re rolling out enhancements over the next few weeks that allow instructors to insert activities directly into PowerPoint presentations on Mac devices and improve LMS integration for embedding activities into courses. These updates make it simpler to present activities on Mac and give participants an easier way to join activities within their LMS.

1. Insert Activities into PowerPoint Presentations on Mac Devices

   With the recent changes in streamlining how activities are inserted into presentations, you can now add activities in PowerPoint on Mac devices. This will allow you to use your preferred presentation app without having to learn a new workflow.

   

2. Enhanced LMS Integration for Inserting Activities into Courses

   We have streamlined how you add activities to your Canvas, Blackboard, or D2L Brightspace courses. Simply select your course and let Engage automatically create an assignment for the activity with grade book sync. Students will then have direct access to the activity through the QR Code or Join Code, allowing them to start immediately.