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  • March 22, 2023

    YuJa Engage Student Response System – Update RC20230315 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 a new mobile app for Engage, a dashboard for students, a redesigned Instructor View for sharing Polls, and overall improvements to the platform.  
    1. D2L Brightspace and Moodle LTI 1.3 Integration for Student Response System D2L and Moodle admins may integrate YuJa Engage for their institution to allow polls and surveys to be created and published directly to desired courses. Students may then access YuJa Engage, participate in polls and surveys, and have their grades synced to the LMS Gradebook. To learn more about the integrations, please visit our support guide on integrating the YuJa Engage platform for D2L Brightspace or Moodle. The YuJa Engage platform is shown inside the D2L Brightspace and Moodle LMS.
    2. Mobile IOS App for Students To provide students with on-the-go access to Polls and results, we have released the highly anticipated iOS app for YuJa Engage. Download the app through the App Store to join polls and view results directly from your smartphone. Future updates will provide an Android app for students to download and access Polls. Mobile view of a student taking an Engage Poll.
    3. New Dashboard Homepage for Students Students can stay up to date with recent Polls and results through the new dashboard for their homepage. By offering instant viewing of active and past Polls in real-time and the ability to join Polls using codes, students can access everything they need from a single, easy-to-use location. The Student Home Dashboard features separate panels; organizing content into Join Polls, Enrolled Courses, Join using code, Recent Results, and Support Center.
    4. New Poll Activation Dashboard for Instructors We have updated the UI to provide a fresh new look for instructors to view the results of their live Polls. Instructors can see responses to questions as they are completed, a breakdown of attempts, and an Activity Feed of participants in the Poll. Sharing a Poll features five panels for instructors to view. The questions panel, Responses, Poll Code, Participants, and Activity Feed are available.
    5. 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:

      • Joining a Poll after it has ended will direct the participant to the results page.
      • More responsive UI when participating in Polls from a smartphone.
      • Faster response time when viewing past Poll results.
  • February 8, 2023

    YuJa Engage Student Response System – Update RC20230208 to US, CAN, and EU Zones

    We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Engage Student Response System instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This release provides our users with Blackboard Ultra LTI 1.3 integration, Gradebook integration for Blackboard Ultra and Canvas, an improved UI design for viewing published polls, and overall improvements to the platform.
    1. Blackboard Ultra LTI 1.3 Integration for Student Response System Blackboard Ultra admins may integrate YuJa Engage for their institution to allow polls and surveys to be created and published directly to desired courses. Students may then access YuJa Engage, participate in polls and surveys, and have their grades synced to the LMS Gradebook. To learn more about our Blackboard Ultra integration, please visit our support guide on Integrating the YuJa Engage Platform for Blackboard Ultra LTI 1.3. YuJa Engage poll creation is shown within the Blackboard Ultra LMS.
    2. Polls Can Now be Synced with Blackboard Ultra and Canvas Gradebooks YuJa Engage now offers Gradebook synchronization for Blackboard Ultra and Canvas users. Instructors can publish polls directly to courses for students to take within the LMS and then view the results for each student within their LMS Gradebook. To learn more about this feature, please visit our guide for Blackboard Ultra or Canvas Gradebook synchronization. The Student view of a student participating in an Engage Poll within the Canvas LMS.
    3. Enhanced User Experience for Published Polls We have updated the UI to provide a modern look for instructors to view published polls results. Instructors can simply select the desired poll and view a list of questions and their corresponding poll results, as well as a Participant Summary. Reviewing a published poll within YuJa Engage shows a list of questions, along with question details and participant summary.
    4. 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:

      • The Support Center panel in the Creator dashboard now offers additional options to contact tech support.
      • Resolved an issue for users not being able to be added by their phone number.
      • Enhanced the mobile browser responsiveness for Poll participants. 
      • Updated UI responsiveness for images being inserted into Polls.
  • January 24, 2023

    YuJa Engage Student Response System – Update RC20230120 to US, CAN, and EU Zones

    We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Engage Student Response System instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This release provides our users with Canvas LTI 1.3  integration, a dashboard for poll Creators, a clickable-image question type, improved performance for our PowerPoint add-in, and overall improvements to the platform. 
    1. Canvas LTI 1.3 Integration of Student Response Platform Similar to our LTI integration for Blackboard Learn, Canvas admins may integrate YuJa Engage for their institution to allow polls and surveys to be created and published directly to desired courses. Students may then access the LTI link and participate in polls and surveys within the Canvas LMS. To learn more about our Canvas integration, please visit our support guide on Integrating the YuJa Engage Platform for Canvas LTI 1.3 YuJa Engage featured within the Canvas LMS.
    2. New Dashboard “Homepage” for Poll Creators with Improved Navigation We’re pleased to provide an overview for Creators to manage polls through our new Dashboard. The Dashboard offers instant viewing of active polls in real-time, access to view grade book results for recent polls, and the ability to publish recently modified polls. The YuJa Engage Dashboard features Active Polls, Recent Results, and Recently Modified Polls.
    3. Clickable Image Question Type To expand upon our question types for polls and surveys, clickable images will allow Creators to select regions on an image and award points based on the correct region chosen by poll participants. Clickable Image question type features an image of a map with various continents selected as answers. In addition, a participant's view is shown with a pinned region on the image chosen.
    4. Improved Performance for the Microsoft PowerPoint Ribbon Add-in We have improved the performance of our PowerPoint poll integration to provide instructors with quick access to their institution from the sign-in panel and faster processing speeds for inserting poll questions into their slides.

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