Product Updates

October 6, 2023
YuJa Himalayas Data Archiving Platform Update – “Zelkova” Released to CAN, AU and EU Zones
We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Himalayas Data Archiving Platform instances residing in Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This update provides a new Modeling and Forecasting Report for recurring policies, a new policy rule to delete users, and enhanced processing speeds for auto Zoom imports.
1. Modeling and Forecasting Report Generation To provide admins with information regarding how recurring policies will affect their Video Platform instance, we now provide an at-a-glance summary of how the policy will affect files, users, and storage during its next run date.
2. New Data Policy Rule – Delete Users After a Specified Date Institutions with an extensive Roster list can manage user removal through our new recurring policy. By designating a date for users who haven’t logged in, the recurring policy will delete users, relocating their content to the My Media library of the policy creator’s account.
3. Enhanced Processing Speeds for Auto Zoom Imports Previously, auto imports for Zoom recordings could take over an hour to appear on the Video Platform. We have reduced this time to provide recordings within 10-15 minutes.
October 6, 2023
YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform – “Opal” Version Released to US, CAN, AUS, and EU Zones
We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This update includes the option to enable the Lockdown App for Canvas New Quizzes, improved processing times for recordings, the option to adjust email settings at the institution level, and enhanced design and text elements across the platform.
1. Improved Design for the Verity Recording Panel The Verity Recording Panel now provides a new look and feel that seamlessly aligns with our brand development goals. Our intuitively refined design enhances the user experience, particularly when utilizing the Zoom feature.
2. Lockdown App now Supports Canvas New Quizzes Instructors who prefer to use “New Quizzes” in Canvas can now utilize the Lockdown App and its available settings to create the most reliable proctoring environment for online assessments.
3. Improved Processing Time for Recorded Assessments We’ve enhanced our processing efficiency to ensure that recorded assessments are available within the Results table in as little as a few minutes, whereas previously, instructors could have to wait up to three hours.
4. Adjust Email Settings at the Institution Level Verity provides daily emails detailing a summary of all proctored sessions submitted. This setting can now be disabled on an institutional level and available on a per-course basis.
5. Delete Assessments from the Assessment Tab The Verity Portal offers a dedicated tab on the Automated Proctoring, Lockdown App, and Live Proctoring pages, presenting a convenient list of assessments. Instructors can access this Assessment tab for each proctoring tool, allowing them to delete assessments without the need to locate them within the LMS.
6. Enhanced Design Elements and Text Across the Lockdown App To enhance the user experience, we have taken a step toward updating areas of improvement for the Lockdown App through incremental design elements and text adjustments. The refreshed UI and text have been curated to guide students through the essential proctor checks, ensuring a seamless transition into their assessments.
7. Visual Refresh for the Verity Portal We have provided a new look and feel to the Verity Portal, providing a structured approach to the various Proctored Tools accessible from the left-side navigation menu. Instructors and students will be able to select their preferred tool, view setup steps, and have access to view and edit associated assessments.
8. Streamlined User-Friendly Updates As we continue to expand upon Verity, we’ve taken a close look at providing minor updates to existing features to help elevate the experience for instructors, proctors, and students. Below are some of these enhancements.
  - Microphone and Camera permissions will automatically be enabled on the Chrome browser.
  - When students register for a time slot, if only one option is available, it will be automatically selected.
  - Proctors will receive a notification if students leave a live proctoring session.
September 29, 2023
YuJa Engage Student Response System Update – “Perth” Released to US, CAN, AUS, and EU Zones
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 our users with the option to pre-schedule Poll releases, filtering options for locating Polls and Surveys, and overall enhancements to the platform through element redesigns and bug fixes.
1. Ability to Pre-Schedule Poll Releases We’re enhancing the way Creators can initiate Polls by introducing the option to schedule active Polls. This enables Creators to provide asynchronous Polls that participants can complete within a specified timeframe with the option for gradebook synchronization. To learn more about this feature, please visit our guide on Scheduling Polls for YuJa Engage.
2. More In-Depth Engagement Analytics When sharing polls, Creators can now access the Average Engagement analytic, which displays the percentage of participants who have attempted to answer questions. Furthermore, the Participants Platform panel offers a detailed breakdown of how users access the poll, including their choice of browsers and platforms, such as Windows, Mac, or Mobile.
3. New Filtering Options for Locating Polls and Surveys IT Managers and Creators now have greater precision when locating Polls and Surveys with the help of new filtering options. These options allow users to specify their preferences, such as choosing whether to view Polls or Surveys and selecting whether they are active.
4. Require Names When Participants Join Anonymously Previously, participants joining anonymously were not required to enter a name. In this update, we introduced a setting allowing IT managers and Creators to require participants to enter a name.
5. Enhanced Design Elements and Text Across the Platform To enhance the user experience, we have taken a step toward updating areas of improvement through incremental design elements and text adjustments that can help facilitate ease of navigation across the platform. We encourage IT Managers and Creators to take a look at our new design spacing, buttons, messages, and more. We thank you for your valuable feedback as we continue to roll out even more enhancements to the platform.
6. Bug Fixes and Optimizations We have optimized the performance of YuJa Engage and made several bug fixes to improve the user experience. Highlighting some of these optimizations and fixes are:
  - Resolved issues with SSO and LTI linkage.
  - Resolved issues with Polls having blank titles.
  - Resolved issues that prevented Poll questions from being shared individually.
September 5, 2023
YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform – “Nepheline”-Post Release Update to US, CAN, AUS, and EU Zones
We have successfully pushed a hotfix to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This hotfix includes refined workflows for Canvas New Quizzes, students attempting to take a proctored assessment, ID Verification, and several optimization and bug fixes.
1. Refined Verity Workflow for Canvas New Quizzes Previously, instructors were required to create a Canvas New Quiz before enabling Verity. We have refined this process to allow instructors to enable Verity as they are creating their quizzes.
2. Updates to the Student Workflow Interface for the Browser Extension and Lockdown App Text and icons are thoughtfully centered, providing a more intuitive and visually pleasing process as students prepare to access their assessments.
3. Refined Workflow for ID Verification In addition to our AI-enhanced ID verification, we offer students the convenience of capturing photos of their ID and face for manual verification by their proctors.
4. Improved Facial Analysis Recognition Under Low-Light conditions We’ve improved our AI-enhanced ID verification to deliver faster and more dependable student identification, even in low-light conditions.
5. Optimization and Bug Fixes We have optimized the performance of YuJa Verity and made several bug fixes to improve the user experience. Highlighting some of these optimizations and fixes are:
  - Resolved issues related to color adjustment and user-friendly messages.
  - Enhanced the precision of Course and Institution reports.
  - Flagged events will accurately appear on recordings.
August 30, 2023
YuJa Hardware Hub – “Everest” Firmware Update Now Available
We have released a new Hardware Hub RCS 550 firmware that is available for update within the Devices Panel. This update provides our users with real-time health and performance monitoring and the option to publish and live stream to EnterpriseTube and CampusTube folders.
1. Real-Time Health and Performance Monitoring for the Hardware Hub The Hardware Hub is trusted for seamless, end-to-end video capture and distribution. To ensure the reliability of your device during sessions, we now offer live tracking for the performance of the Hardware Hub. View analytics such as:
  - CPU Temperature reading
  - Video streaming quality
  - Storage management
  - Hardware issues
  By monitoring the performance of the Hub, administrators will be able to take note of crucial readings to better manage their recordings.
2. Manage and Resolve Issues for Configured Devices We have added a check for source issues within the Device Status report by providing instant viewing of how many devices are experiencing issues. If any device is experiencing problems, simply click ‘Resolve Issues’ to be directed to the device configuration page, where adjustments can be made or seen for pressing issues such as connecting a device to the correct source or viewing which device has disconnected.
3. Live Stream and Publish to the EnterpriseTube and CampusTube The Hardware Hub has previously been able to live stream and publish to Channels inside the Video Platform. We are now expanding this capability to allow users to publish to any location within their EnterpriseTube or CampusTube folders.