Product Updates

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Engage Student Response System instances. This release includes a redesigned poll-taking experience for participants to track the progression of their polls, a new results page to view the correct answer after completing a poll, and a revamped grading experience for both polls and attendance in the Grade Book.

1. Redesigned Poll-Taking Page with Side Navigation Panel and Indication of Question Progress

   To help participants keep track of answered and unanswered questions, we have designed a new side panel that displays all poll questions, along with their respective points. As participants complete the poll, at-a-glance progression rings around questions will indicate answered, unanswered, and in-progress questions. 

   

2. New Progress Bar to Track the Completion of the Entire Poll

   The new progress bar on the poll-taking page offers a clear view of how much of the poll has been completed, helping participants manage their pace and complete the poll within the time limit.

   

3. New Results Page with Color-Coded Indicators for Correct Answers

   When participants review their responses after completing a poll, the results page will now feature new color-coded indications of whether they chose the correct answer, which will be highlighted in green, or the incorrect answer, highlighted in red.

   

4. Revamped Poll Grading Page with New Question Side Panel and Summary Badges

   The updated poll grading page features a side panel that shows all poll questions, along with new badges indicating the scores participants received for each question. It also includes overall summary badges displaying the participants’ final grades.

   

5. New Grade Book Question Statuses and Color-Coded Icons

   We’ve replaced the previous text-based grading statuses with modernized color-coded icons to ensure less visual clutter. This also introduces new grading statuses to accommodate different question types and conditions:

   • Non-Gradable: Questions without assigned points are now labeled as non-gradable.
   • Ungraded: Short-answer questions will be marked as ungraded until grades are provided.
   

6. The Grade Book Will Display Correct Answers Alongside Participant Responses

   When manually grading responses in the Grade Book, you will now see the correct answer for any response marked as incorrect. This will allow for more accurate grading for certain question types, such as fill-in-the-blank, where responses may vary but still be considered correct, allowing you to compare the participant’s answer with the correct one.

   

7. New Attendance Grading Window to Provide Greater Level of Details on Results

   The grade Book now includes a new attendance grading window to easily swap between participants and provides an overview of their geofence locations. This will help you more easily know the approximate location of the student to the geofence to ensure attendance accuracy.

   

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Engage Student Response System instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This release includes the option to select multiple correct answers for multiple choice questions, take polls through the web or mobile app with automatic Blackboard grade book sync, and a redesigned poll release page.

 

1. New Option to Select Multiple Correct Answers for Multiple Choice Questions

   Multiple-choice questions with more than one correct answer can have multiple selections as correct options. This will allow you to test the full scope of participants’ understanding by allowing them to earn full points when all correct answers are selected. Alternatively, you can award full points if they select at least one correct answer.

   

2. Allow Participants to Take Polls on the Web or Mobile App With Automatic Blackboard Grade Book Sync

   Previously, participants were required to log in to Blackboard to take polls and have their results synced to the Blackboard grade book. Now, their results are automatically synced to the grade book after completing polls through the YuJa Engage mobile app or website, eliminating the need to log in to Blackboard. To configure this option, simply select Allow only course members to join under Participant Restrictions, and assign the poll to your desired course from the drop-down menu.

   

3. Redesigned Poll Release Page with Enhanced Web Responsiveness and Centralized Configuration Settings

   We’ve revamped the Poll Release page with a redesigned interface, new icons for improved navigation, and enhanced web responsiveness. Additionally, poll settings are now consolidated into the side panel, allowing you to view analytics, add questions, and adjust settings in a centralized panel.

   

 

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Engage Student Response System instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This release includes multiple rich-text styling options for question titles, new activity reports for creators, and geofence location configuration in administrator accounts.

 

1. Add Rich-Text Styling to Question Titles With our new rich-text editor, you can now customize the styling of question titles for a unique appearance across both web and mobile versions of YuJa Engage. Some of these styles include:
   • Bold, underline, and italicize words
   • Adjust the font color
   • Highlight text
   

2. New Creator’s Activity Report – View Analytics of Your Activities

   As a creator, you can now access detailed reports of your personal activities, including analytics for standalone activities and those published in courses. Additionally, you can gain insights into participant engagement by reviewing reports for individual activities.

   

3. Set Up the Default Geofence Locations for Your Institution

   As an administrator, you can now set up multiple geofence locations for your entire institution, allowing attendance creators to select from a predefined list of locations.

   

 

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Engage Student Response System instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This release provides new analytical reports for activities, a live carousel view of short answer submissions, direct links to video tutorials to help create polls, and updates to the Engage add-on for PowerPoint and Keynotes.

1. New Institution Report – View a Summary of Analytics for Activities on the Platform

   We have incorporated an at-a-glance summary of statistics for platform activities and engagement by tracking the total number of participants and responses. Engage IT managers can also access a comprehensive list of courses, with the option to view reports for each course to gain deeper insights.

   

2. Live Carousel View of Short Answer Submissions

   As participants submit responses to short answer questions, a live, rotating carousel will be displayed, allowing creators to see all responses in a single view.

   

3. New Course Report – View Course Analytics to Track Engagement Over Time

   Creators can monitor course engagement by tracking the total number of polls and attendance activities created, along with the number of responses participants have provided.

   

4. New Standalone Report – View Analytics of Activities Not Released in a Course

   For activities not released within a course, creators can monitor their polls and attendance, allowing them to track and compare key metrics over time, such as the number of questions created and total participant engagement.

   

5. New Activity Report – View Analytics for Specific Activities on the Platform

   The Activity report summarizes statistics for a selected poll or attendance, allowing creators to view associated questions and the total number of participants that completed the activity.

   

6. Direct Links to Video Tutorials for Creating Poll Questions

   To assist new activity creators in understanding the various question types available on Engage, we have added direct links to video tutorials, offering step-by-step instructions on creating each question type.

   

7. Engage PowerPoint Add-in and Keynotes: Import and Create Question Banks

   To ensure feature parity between the Engage web and desktop apps for PowerPoint and Keynote, creators can import questions from the Question Bank into their presentations or create a new Question Bank with their custom list of questions.

   

8. Engage PowerPoint Add-in: The Activity Feed Provides a List of Live Participants

   We have updated the Engage PowerPoint add-in to align more closely with the web app by providing the Activity Feed panel, which displays a list of live participants joining the poll or attendance.

   

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Engage Student Response System instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This release provides a combined workflow for surveys and polls, a new Open Discussion question type, the option to upload images as possible answers for matching questions, the option to save geofence locations, restore deleted activities, view videos in embedded polls during PowerPoint and Keynote presentations, manually stop scheduled polls, and the option for participants to view their results on the mobile app.  

1. Combined Survey Questions into Polls Providing Options for Graded and Ungraded Questions To streamline our process, we’ve combined the survey and poll activities. Polls will now include all question types and can be graded or left ungraded on a per-question basis.
2. New Question Type: Open Discussion Engage now allows Creators to include the Open Discussion question in their polls. This new question type allows participants to freely express their thoughts and opinions without being graded.
3. Upload Images as Possible Answers for Multiple-Choice Questions Creators can now upload images as answers for multiple-choice questions, allowing participants to choose from a list of possible images and text.
4. Save Geofenced Locations for the Attendance Activity Routinely used geofenced locations can now be saved, allowing creators to select from a pre-saved list when creating an attendance.
5. Restore Deleted Activities from the Recycle Bin Creators can recover an activity from their Recycle Bin if it was accidentally deleted.
6. Watch Embedded Videos in Polls During PowerPoint and Keynote Presentations Creators who embed videos in their polls and incorporate them into PowerPoint or Keynote presentations can showcase videos directly within their slides.
7. Manually Stop Scheduled Polls Previously, scheduled polls would remain active until their end date. Now, scheduled polls can be manually stopped anytime by clicking the Stop Poll button.
8. Participants Can View the Gradebook on the Mobile App We’ve updated the mobile app to allow participants to view the gradebook for all activities.