Release Notes

🌈 Customer-Facing Improvements

• New Fill-in-the-Blanks Panel
  Released a brand new panel that supports fill-in-the-blank interactions, giving authors more flexibility in content creation.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Data Panels – Region Selection
  Improved the accuracy of min/max calculations in region selections. Previously, mean values were incorrectly used when data was zoomed out.
• Label Display Issues
  Fixed an issue where labels could overlap in the Image Labelling and Drag & Drop panels.
• Stimulator Panel Enhancements
  • Users can now type a custom value; the stimulator will round to the nearest valid option.
  • Added real-time warning messaging for invalid input while typing.

✨ UX Improvements

• People View
  General UX improvements and minor bug fixes for a smoother experience.
• Student Grid
  Fixed a bug where popups displayed unnecessary scrollbars and hidden buttons.
• Lessons & Modules
  • Fixed a bug preventing modules from expanding after clicking the lesson’s Update button.
  • Resolved an issue where redundant revisions appeared when opening lessons as an author.
  • Module Last Modified dates now correctly update when a lesson is edited.
• Sidebar Display
  Fixed a bug where resizing the browser could cause the sidebar to disappear.
• Staff Invites
  Staff invitations can now be resent to active staff members.
• Course Content Modal
  Minor UX improvements for the “Add content to course” modal on small screens.
• Archived Courses
  Fixed an issue where signup status text could appear inaccurate.

Updated English Content

Lt Panel Types and Applications v1.3.7 (Getting Started with Lt)

• Added mention of embedded YouTube videos to the video panel section
• Added Fill-in-the-blank panel section

Muscle and EMG – Lab v1.3.9 PowerLab version (Preclinical Medicine, Human Physiology, Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, Immersive Nursing)

• Challenge page: added fill-in-the-blanks question

Muscle and EMG – Lab v1.3.11 Sensors version (Lt Sensors Human Phys, Lt Sensors IN, Lt Sensors PCM)

• Challenge page: added fill-in-the-blanks question

🌍 Customer-Facing Improvements

Lessons View

• Added "Module" label with lesson count and improved hover display.

• The “Add Lessons” button now changes to “Edit Module” when the module contains content.

• Navigation Enhancements

  • Retain module open/closed state in the Lessons view.

  • Preserve scroll position and highlight current lesson when returning from the authoring environment.

  • Lessons can now be opened in a new tab using right-click or middle-click on the title.

Performance

• Improved loading speed and performance of the Lessons view.

• Resolved database deadlocks during complex module updates.

• Prevented timeouts when copying large modules.

Authoring

• Fixed extra revisions appearing when creating a new lesson.

• Fixed issue preventing updates to images with alt text in the authoring editor.

Grading

• Fixed slowness when switching between students on lessons with large table questions.

• Eliminated UI “jumping” while switching between grading questions.

Panels & Annotation

• Fixed:

  • Small image issue on entry to Annotation panels.

  • Table questions now properly respect read-only mode.

  • Esc key causing blank screen in Annotation mode.

  • Inaccurate mouse position while resizing spreadsheet panels.

  • Grid misalignment during drag-and-drop with label boxes.

  • Scope panels counting deleted records toward record limits.

 Accessibility

• Resolved color contrast accessibility issue in the instance dropdown (Firefox).

• Reduced grading environment load time.

kuraCloud Desktop Application v1.13.8

• Fix bug where Scope panels don't show live data while sampling after resuming a group lesson.
• NOTE: This is a non breaking update. KCDA will continue to function as normal if not updated to this version.

✨ New Features

• Lesson & Module Consolidation
  Lessons and modules have been unified into a single, streamlined view to improve navigation and reduce time to task.

• New Sorting Options
  Added Type and Schedule Status as sort options in the Lessons view.

• Expand/Collapse All Modules
  Introduced a new button to quickly expand or collapse all modules in the Lessons view.

• Search Term Highlighting
  Search results now highlight matches in module and lesson titles, keywords, and descriptions.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug preventing students from starting lessons when shared via group invite.

• Resolved regressions in sorting for courses and course groups in the sidebar; now using natural sort order.

• Lessons and modules are now sorted using natural order in the Lessons view, defaulting to sort-by-title. Sort preference is now saved.

• Fixed issue where users who changed roles (e.g. from course admin to student) saw duplicated lessons.

• Resolved an error in the Lessons view caused by deleted users in revision details.

🌍 UX Improvements

Course Sidebar Enhancements

• Course group open/closed state is now remembered between sessions.

• The course group for the logged-in user is prioritized in the display.

• Search has been elevated for better visibility and now works across all course states.

• Added an indicator for hidden search results when course groups are collapsed.

• Instances are now sorted in the instance switcher.

• General design improvements for better clarity and usability.

LTI Improvements

• Archived courses can now be accessed via LTI if the user still has access.

• Direct links to lessons and courses have been added to the LTI Integration page for easier navigation.

Updated English content

Introduction to Psychophysiology - Lab v1.3.7 (Psychophysiology)

• Removed subtitle tip
• Updated emotive response videos

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed a permissions issue affecting graders and other user roles.
• Resolved an issue where new instance admins could not be invited to instances containing a large number of courses.

New English Mini Lab

This release adds a new mini lab to the Sensors Human Physiology collection.

EMG and Grip Force - Mini Lab v1.0 (Lt Sensors Human Physiology)