Product Updates

We have successfully pushed an update to all Enterprise Video Platform instances residing in Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This update includes new generative AI capabilities for dubbing audio.

1. New Generative AI Capability – Add AI-Generated Multi-Lingual Dubbing to Create Language Tracks  Content Creators can use AI credits to auto-generate audio language tracks for their videos. This enables an English speaker’s audio to be presented to a viewer as an audio track in French, German, Spanish, or any of our dozen available languages.

We have successfully pushed a new YuJa Enterprise Video Platform Mobile App to the iOS and Android App Stores. This brand-new mobile app, for both iOS and Android, features a new My Media tab for users to access their content, a redesigned Media Player with added functionality, a refreshed Course Channels view, and so much more. We are just getting started with adding new capabilities to our new mobile app. Please note that our old Mobile App will no longer be available by the end of January.

1. A Brand-New Mobile App for iOS and Android We have fully redesigned the Mobile App from the ground-up to be faster, more modern, and compatible with new devices. Available for both iOS and Android, our new Mobile App features a modernized UI and performance enhancements to greatly improve the user experience.
2. Access Your My Media Library On the Go Access a My Media tab that provides users with the ability to view all content in their collection as well as upload new media.
3. New Video Player Features Added Functionality and a Fresh UI Our new Video Player includes added functionality to take full advantage of the features already available to users in the HTML5-based web app. This includes the ability to view multi-stream videos, toggle on captions and subtitles, move 10 seconds forward or backwards, and more. Additionally, the UI has been fully redesigned and features a sleek look with modernized icons.
4. A New Way to View Course Channels We are introducing a new Channels view, where all videos within a Channel will be visible to ensure that users can easily access all content published to their courses.
5. My Media Now Supports Robust Global Search A new global search functionality on the My Media page enables users to search and access all of their media content.
6. New In-App Support Page to Address User Queries and Concerns We have introduced an in-app support page to address all user queries and concerns regarding our products and services. YuJa Help will allow users to call our toll-free support line, send us an email, and access product documentation, all in one place.
7. Users Can Now Open Links and Access Various Document Types In our previous app, users were only able to access and watch videos. We have now added functionality so users can open hyperlinks, as well as access PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and more.
8. New Recording Workflow for Increased Efficiency with Support for Files App We created a new recording workflow that allows users to easily navigate to their camera and create audio and video recordings, which can then be uploaded directly to their My Media Library or posted on Course Channels.
9. Track App Issues in Real-Time for Quick Resolutions To provide our users with faster device compatibility, YuJa Engineers now receive action logs to help us track and diagnose app issues, which we aim to resolve within 30 days.
10. Improved Mobile Download Flow for Added Convenience Our improved mobile download flow makes it easier than ever to download content. This includes a dedicated Downloads page, which allows users to conveniently track and manage their downloaded content.

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa LMS Accessible Design Add-On Platform instances residing in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia. This release provides new elements, support for theme colors, spacing, and sizing of elements, and the option to save designs as templates.

1. New Accessible Design Tool Elements We’ve expanded our Accessible Design Tool to incorporate more elements when creating pages. Creators can now embed media content, create tooltips, highlight text, and so much more. To view all available features the Design Tool offers, visit our guide on the Accessible Design Tool Overview.
2. WYSIWYG Design Tool Now Support Themes Based on Color, Spacing and Sizing Elements Our previous release introduced the Design tool, which lets LMS users add customizable elements inside HTML editable areas. We now offer the option to save an element’s color, spacing, and sizing to create its personalized style. Elements can then be grouped into a Theme that can be saved and used when creating new designs.
3. WYSIWYG Design Tool: Save Designs as Templates Have you created a design that you’re really proud of and would like to use again? If so, save it as a template and reuse it in other areas of the LMS.

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 add video content to questions, grade short answer questions with search and filter options, real-time participant results for Polls and Surveys, auto-roster sync for Canvas and D2L Brightpsace, the option to duplicate Polls and Surveys, improved screen reader capabilities and tab navigation, and a refined user experience with new interactive elements.

1. Engagement Questions Can Include Video Content Creators can now add video content to their Poll and Survey questions, allowing participants to view videos before selecting an answer.
2. Grade Short Answer Questions with Search and Filter Options Creators who wish to review and manually grade Short Answer questions will now be presented with a list of participants with options to filter based on correct or incorrect answers.
3. Real-Time Participant Results for Polls and Surveys For live Polls and Surveys, participant results are now updated in real-time immediately after submission.
4. Auto-Roster Sync for Canvas and D2L Brightspace Our Canvas and D2L Brightspace integrations now offer course roster sync to automatically retrieve a list of users for the selected course.
5. Create Duplicate Polls and Surveys for Editing IT Managers and Creators can duplicate their Polls and Surveys to instantly create an additional copy to edit.
6. Improved Compatibility with Screen-Reader Narrations The Engage platform now offers fully narrated text for screen readers to read aloud.
7. Enhanced Keyboard Accessibility Shortcuts We have enhanced keyboard navigation, enabling IT Managers, Creators, and Participants to easily tab through the Engage platform.
8. Refined User Experience within Specific Interactive Elements We have made several improvements to enhance the usability of Engage across the web and mobile app, such as:
   • New pages to clearly indicate when a Poll has closed or is waiting to be released.
   • Individuals will automatically log in to their respective roles.
   • Updated UI for QR code scanning.
   

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Panorama Digital Accessibility Platform instances residing in the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia. This release provides our users with updates to our Remediation Engine to support HTML documents, the option to add alt-text to all occurrences of an image in Canvas, a new OCR conversion engine, enable Panorama in specific LMS sub-accounts, new design tool elements, Themes and Templates for the Accessible Design Tool, increased accessibility checks for images, HTML and DOCX files, and so much more!  

1. New Inline WCAG 2.1-Aligned Remediation Engine for HTML Issues Directly within Accessibility Reports Complementing our Remediation Engine for inline accessibility issue resolution of Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoints, we’ve now extended these capabilities to HTML documents inside Accessibility Reports to resolve issues such as:
   • Alternative text for images.
   • Non-descriptive hyperlink text.
   • Unformatted lists.
   
2. Find-and-Tag to Add Alt-Text to all Occurrences of an Image Within Canvas Tired of alt-tagging the same image in multiple courses? Now Content Creators can instantly create and apply alt-text to all instances of the same image in multiple HTML areas of their LMS or only to instances without a description.
3. Enhanced Support for OCR, PDF Tagging, DOCX, and HTML Conversions We’re introducing an OCR conversion engine to provide greater capabilities in generating distinct documents based on the OCR-ed content.
   • OCR Overlaid Tagged PDF: Generate a tagged PDF that allows for selectable text overlaid on the original document.
   • OCR Reconstructed Tagged PDF: Generate a brand new tagged PDF.
   • OCR Reconstructed DOCX Document: Generate a brand new DOCX file.
   • OCR Reconstructed HTML Document: Generate a brand new HTML file.
   
4. Enable Panorama in Specific Sub-Accounts / Sub-Orgs / Nodes Admins can now view a hierarchical list of institution sub-accounts / sub-orgs / nodes and choose which accounts to enable Panorama in to allow course-scanning for Accessibility Reports, Alternative Formats, and more.
5. Accessibility Report: Docx Lists Will Be Checked for Proper Formatting The Accessibility Report for DOCX files will check if ordered and unordered lists within the document are formatted correctly.
6. Broader Set of Accessibility Checks for Images We’ve added additional accessibility checks to ensure images are accessible to all viewers.
   • Flag alternative text longer than 120 characters.
   • Flag images that have the file name as the alternative text.
   • Flag images that have placeholder text as the alternative text (e.g. “Photo” or “Image”).
   
7. Increased the Number of Accessibility Checks for HTML Content We’ve also added additional accessibility checks to ensure that HTML content is accessible with two additional checks:
   • Flag adjacent links with the same URL.
   • Flag tables with no content.
   
8. Accessibility Check to Ensure Vimeo Videos Contain Captions Linked Vimeo videos in HTML documents will be scanned to ensure the video contains captions.
9. Export Reports With a Date Range and the Preferred File Format Admins and Instructors can now select the date range of data to include in their reports and receive them as a JSON or Excel file via email.
10. Downloaded Course Reports Will Include All Issues When downloading a Course Report, it will now contain all issues detected within the course. This will allow admins and instructors to receive all the information of the report as seen within the Panorama LTI app.
11. New Alternative Format: Enhanced HTML View With Enhanced HTML view, HTML documents can be displayed in a dedicated tab to customize the appearance of the document using the Website Accessibility tool for a more personalized viewing experience.
12. Keyboard Accessibility Support for the Design Tool Creators can access and navigate through the Design Tool through the use of their keyboard.
13. Disable the Check for Specific Accessibility Issues We now allow administrators to turn off their preferred checks for accessibility issues. While we recognize the significance of not disabling issues that Panorama can detect, we understand the importance of providing institution administrators with the flexibility to meet their institution’s accessibility needs.
14. Panorama REST API to Generate Alternative Formats Reports We have added additional support for third-party API integrations to allow individuals to access information regarding their documents and options to generate Alternative Formats and Accessibility reports. To learn how to use our APIs, please visit our Panorama API guide.
15. Option to Disable the Panorama Design Tool We have provided a course-level setting instructors can use to disable the Panorama Design Tool.