Product Updates

Over the next few weeks, YuJa Structural Remediation will be adding a new feature that allows you to rotate PDFs.

1. YuJa Structural Remediation Now Allows You to Rotate PDFs

   Users in Structural Remediation can now rotate PDFs within the tool as needed. Users can choose to rotate specific pages or to rotate all pages in a document, giving users complete control over the process.

   

Over the next few weeks, the YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform will be releasing a new browser extension for Safari, an integrated workflow for proctored assessments in Blackboard, and other updates to advance the security and usability of the platform.

1. Protect Academic Integrity with Proctored Assessments on Safari

   The YuJa Verity browser extension is now available on Safari, allowing instructors to provide test-takers with more browser options to take secure assessments while enabling Verity’s wide range of proctoring capabilities to help ensure academic integrity.

   

2. Create Proctored Assessments Directly Within Blackboard Courses

   Instructors are now able to create Verity proctored assessments straight within the Blackboard LMS without needing to navigate to the Verity platform separately. This updated integration streamlines and eliminates confusion in the assessment setup process for instructors using Blackboard.

   

3. Manage Your Data With Time-Based Retention Policies

   Users can now configure Verity to delete or archive data before it is automatically deleted after 1 year. This allows instructors to better manage the lifecycle of their data, meet security compliance standards of their organization, and reduce security risks.

4. Secure Verity Plugin Updates In OpenLMS

   The YuJa Verity plugin update workflow for OpenLMS clients has been upgraded to eliminate manual handoffs and reduce crashes. OpenLMS clients can now install Verity updates automatically through a private GitHub repository, improving overall data security and workflow efficiency.

Over the next few weeks, the YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform will be releasing a brand new module that allows interviewers to disable certain actions while monitoring behaviors to secure and advance interview processes.

1. Advance Your Interview Experience Using Candidate AI

   Users can now integrate Candidate AI, a new interview proctoring platform in YuJa Verity, with Zoom and Microsoft Teams in Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) to provide a secure and fair interview experience. With this new streamlined integration, interviewers can limit device functionality and monitor metrics in real-time to make informed hiring decisions.

   

   Key features include:

   • Integration with Video Platforms: Candidate AI is available with major video conferencing platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet, and others.

     

   • Interview Proctoring Configurations: Interviews can select a range of activities to be proctored during an interview, and set severity flags for each activity to align with their policies.

     

   Some configurations include:

   • Recording Configurations: Candidates’ video, audio, and screen activity will be recorded. A 360-degree room scan of the interview environment will be required.

   • Disable Screen and Keyboard Activity: Candidates have restricted access to tools such as spell-check, clipboard, print, screen-capture, file download, virtual cameras, Apple Handoff, and right clicks.

   • Verification: Candidates will be asked to verify their ID and signature.

   • Tab Configurations: Candidates cannot open or close tabs, unauthorized websites, browser extensions, decoy websites, and side panels.

   • Block Items: Candidates cannot access virtual machines, unauthorized desktop applications, mobile devices, and multiple screens.

   • Other Activities: Activity such as system performance, candidate location, keyboard activity, web traffic, and internet connection can be tracked or disabled.

   • Proctoring Reports: Interviewers will receive a detailed, timestamped report after the interview to review flags that were raised to make an ultimate hiring decision. Interviewers can raise new flags, resolve existing flags, and download the session report.

     

In the coming weeks, the YuJa Engage Student Response System will introduce the ability to integrate questions and quizzes from all major learning management systems and a new support modal.

1. Create Interactive Learning Experiences Using LMS Quiz Questions in Engage

   Quizzes for all 4 major LMS: Canvas, Moodle, D2L Brightspace, and Blackboard, can now be imported into YuJa Engage in addition to CSV and question bank import options, allowing instructors to reuse questions they previously created in their LMS without needing to recreate them in Engage.

   

2. Get Help Faster With Live Chat Support Options

   The support modal in YuJa Engage has been updated to introduce more support options to help instructors without navigating away from the Engage platform. Instructors can now start a live chat with YuJa’s support team to get assistance with their concerns and questions in real-time.

   

Over the next few weeks, the YuJa Lumina Video Platform will be releasing various streamlined workflows for setting up RTMP live streams, customizing interface layouts, editing elements of your videos, such as captions and thumbnails, and much more. With these improvements, users will have more control over their media library and live streaming options.

1. Personalize Your Interface With Custom Layouts in Enhanced Enterprise VideoTube

   Admins can now modify the appearance of their Enterprise VideoTube Platform to tailor to specific needs, themes, and preferences. Using the dynamic live preview, you can try out new page designs before applying the customization to your page.

   

   The following customizations are available:

   • Layout Style: Choose the general layout of content sections on your VideoTube. Available styles include: default, split, and blocks. You can also choose from preset or custom colors for buttons and text.

     

   • Sidebar Navigation Items: Choose tabs to include or exclude from your side navigation bar. You can also create a custom new tab.

     

   • Hero Video Banner: Choose the visual style of the video banner and the number of videos to display in the carousel.

     

   • Content Collections: Choose the content collections to display on your VideoTube page. You can also add a new collection.

     

2. New RTMP Stream Workflow Simplifies Streaming Experience

   The look and workflow of the RTMP live stream experience has been refreshed to introduce a more intuitive user experience. Key features include:

   • Default RTMP Stream Session: A default RTMP stream session is now automatically added in YuJa Lumina when an institution has no existing streams, allowing instructors to start a session directly without needing to create a new stream.

     

   • Automatically Created Sessions: A session is automatically generated when a new stream is created, allowing instructors to immediately start broadcasting.

     

   • 24/7 Sessions: Recording is automatically disabled for 24/7 sessions to minimize the risk of overloading storage. The save and publish location is also hidden when recording is disabled.

     

3. Streamlined Experience for Managing Video Thumbnails

   When a new thumbnail is uploaded to a video in YuJa Lumina, it is now automatically saved to the list of thumbnails and is chosen as the current thumbnail for the video by default. This enhanced workflow allows users to update the look of their videos in a simple and efficient process.

   

4. Designing Accessible Captions Now Faster With New Modal

   The Caption Bar Modal has been redesigned to introduce more font and color customization options for video captions. Users can use the built-in color picker, font settings sliders, and the caption preview to ensure that their captions are clearly visible and readable in their video.

   

5. Record Every Detail With 4K Browser Capture

   YuJa Lumina Browser Capture now offers recording up to 4K with a supported camera stream. With four times the resolution of 1080p, 4K offers Ultra High Definition (UHD) image clarity to viewers and provides more flexibility during video editing without sacrificing the quality of video clips.

   

6. Keep Up With Live Streams Using Notifications

   Class members are now notified via email and via a message in their Notifications Tab whenever a live stream has started, helping them keep track of scheduled streams and attending them on time.

   

7. Regulate Student Submissions With Specific Quiz Closing Times

   Instructors can now choose to set specific times for quizzes to close in YuJa Lumina, further mimicking a real-life classroom schedule and encouraging students to complete their assessments within a designated time frame.

   

8. New Audit Logs for Live Streams Provide Additional Transparency

   Audit logs have been added to a live stream session, documenting comprehensive details on stream sessions that provide essential information to instructors. The following logs are now available:

   • Stream session started successfully/unsuccessfully

   • Stream session waiting for video input

   • Stream session in progress

   • Stream session ended successfully

   • Stream session video uploaded