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Release Notes

We're continuously improving features and performance, fixing bugs, and releasing updated content to Lt.

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July 31, 2022

Software
New releases
  • The Schedule view is now available to all staff including authors and graders, with relevant permissions 
  • The Grading environment can now be accessed from the Schedule view 
  • 'Grade Lesson' and 'Grade Section' has been added to the lesson menu in the Schedule view
  • The grading progress dialog modal appears if a lesson is committed and grading is selected immediately after but students are still being processed
Improvements
  • We have updated wording in the Edit Roles card to include setting the availability of content 
  • Staff Role Information in the Invite Staff Card and Staff Account Card cards now show the permissions for the selected role
  • Localization
    • Buttons and dialog for a student submitting a lesson report via email are now translated.
    • The comment box now fits all buttons with any translatiuons
  • The Grading view has been updated:
    • New revision selector to allow graders to switch between revisions 
    • Added a new progress circle showing total grading progress across all revisions
Fixes
  • Student Pays course dates are now shown in the instance time zone
    • The issue was occurring just when you were in a different time zone from the instance one (e.g. You are setting up a course in an instance in the US from New Zealand)
  • Accessibility
    • The lesson menu in the Schedule view is now keyboard accessible

June 30, 2022

Software
New Releases
  • Language selection for German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese or English is now available for the lesson environment, under the account drop-down menu. Selecting a language reloads the lesson environment with all titles, messages and tooltips translated
  • The Lesson Menu is now available on all published items in the Schedule View. From here users can:
    • Unpublish modules and (stand-alone) lessons 
    • Commit and uncommit lessons and sections 
    • Reset progress for all students in lessons and sections
  • Student progress bar data visualization has been added for each lesson/section that displays how many students have not started, are in progress, have committed and have been granted extensions
Improvements
  • Student Pays
    • the schedule view shows course dates and is read-only when the course isn't activated.
    • If the course start date is set to a future date ('pending'), setting the availability of the content is allowed.
    • Limit selectable availability dates to Student Pays course dates in the Schedule view
  • Decimal places UI for the spreadsheet panel has been updated to the symbols to + / - for ease of setting
  • Copy Course now retains the course grouping when copying a course
Fixes
  • Corrected the availability message in the published module card to match the schedule interface in regard to what content was available to all students
  • Reduced padding for fields and font in the Course Grouping option in the admin cards
  • Removed redundant link to Content Library in empty lesson lists for LabStation instances
  • Updated placeholder text for Course Name input fields from kuraCloud to Lt 
Technical
  • Improve performance of (rare) full pod sync, which will no longer timeout and restart repeatedly
    • On at least one occasion in the last year, this problem delayed pack changes made in Instance Portal from applying for some hours
  • Time Picker
    • Fix the Adelaide timezone issue where setting availability in the schedule view did not persist
    • Also includes fix for exceptions being thrown when using the keyboard to select an invalid date in the Change Start Date dialog of Student Pays courses

May 31, 2022

Software
New Releases
  • Our Schedule interface is now available as a beta to all customers
    • Use the toggle control to easily  turn on/off lesson availability for lessons and sections 
    • Includes check boxes to set bulk or bepsoke availability across all modules and lessons
    • Availability messaging for states of lessons in the schedule interface, showing how many sections your content is available to  
    •  Mobile View - This adapts the new beta schedule view for small screen devices 
      • Add new tab navigation to make schedule view available on mobile devices
Improvements
  • Copy course feature now publishes content after it has been copied. (i.e., if a lesson or module was published in the original course, it will be published in the new course)
  • Published content can now be viewed in our new Schedule interface
  • Student Pays courses can now be committed and graded after the course has finished and been archived
  • The Auto Scale button label has been replaced with an icon and tooltip to explain how it works
Fixes
  • Safari Fix where downloads from the button panel failed to start in Safari.
    • also fixed file downloads in Safari
  • Fixed the problem that a user can not create a course when the user is a student in a course and has been invited to the same instance as a course admin
  • Fixed Label Image, where answer locations were reverted to minimum size
  • Access denied fix for users moving between student access in one course to staff access in another

May release - New community translated content

Content

New Farmacología (pharmacology) collection 

  • Resistencia de las vías aéreas (Resistencia de las vías respiratorias)
  • Biventer Cervicis de Pollo
  • Aurícula de mamíferos
  • Diafragma de mamífero
  • Corazón de Mamífero
  • Yeyuno de mamífero
  • Útero de mamífero
  • íleon estimulado

  • Conducto deferente estimulado de rata

Additional Fisiología Humana (human physiology) lessons

  • Reflejos y tiempos de reacción
  • Respuesta de Buceo
  • Respuesta Electrodermal (EDR)
  • Prueba de Aptitud Anaeróbica

New Farmacologia (pharmacology) collection

  • Átrios de Mamíferos
  • Biventer Cervicis de Aves
  • Canal Deferente de rato estimulado
  • Canal Deferente de rato não estimulado
  • Coração de Mamífero
  • Diafragma de Mamífero
  • Íleo Estimulado
  • Íleo não estimulado
  • Jejuno de Mamífero
  • Músculo Liso Vascular
  • Resistência das Vias Aéreas
  • Resistência Vascular
  • Reto do Abdome do sapo
  • Útero de Mamífero

New Habilidades Clínicas (clincal skills) collection

  • Administração de Medicamentos I, II
  • Apoio à Eliminação
  • Avaliação Periférica
  • Campos Estéreis
  • Comunicação terapêutica
  • Ferramentas de avaliação
  • Fluido e Nutrição
  • Higiene e cuidados pessoais
  • Histórico de Saúde e Pesquisa Geral
  • Instrução em Saúde
  • Medidas clínicas I,II
  • Oxigenoterapia
  • Promoção da Saúde e Enfermagem Comunitária
  • Promoção do Conforto
  • Segurança
  • Sinais vitais

29 April 2022

Content
  • CRISPR – Lab v1.0
  • ELISA: Giant Panda Problem – Lab v1.0
  • Forensic DNA Fingerprinting – Lab v1.0
  • Introduction to Molecular Evoluation – Lab v1.0
  • Modeling Population Dynamics – Lab v1.0
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) – Lab v1.0
  • Bacterial Transformation v1.1.1
    • Improvements added from Bio-Rad's feedback.
  • Exploring the Greenhouse Effect v1.0.1
    • Removed mention of unused Surface Temperature Probe.
  • Macromolecules: Proteins v1.0.1
    • Improvements added from Bio-Rad's feedback.
  • Cockroach Sensory Nerve – Lab v1.2.7
    • All analysis pages: Turned on CAP Amplitude (Filtered) channel readout in data panel and updated instructions for locating baseline. 
    • P11: Moved TYU question to associated analysis page
    • P12: Greatly simplified data analysis - removed bins and histogram. Now just looking at the average interspike interval and firing frequency at start and end of one recording.
    • IM: Updated Settings Files to new table style
  • Energy metabolism v1.3.1
    • Added feedback to question on page 2
  • Aerobic Fitness Testing v1.3.7
    • Altered challenge question on page 10 and added feedback
  • Aerobic Fitness Testing Distance Learning v1.3.7 
    • Altered challenge question on page 10 and added feedback


 

April 1 2022

Content

 

For both the Immersive Nursing and the Clinical Skills collections we have created Practice Hours Log lessons for each module. This allows your students to record the educational hours they spend within Lt. You can find these lessons in the Practice Hours Log module in the content library. 

Aerobic Fitness Testing - Lab v1.3.6 (Exercise Physiology)

  • Updated hardware list in the IM
  • New popups: Three-way tap, Three-way valve, Switching to a fresh Douglas bag, Closing a Douglas bag.
  • Updated Gas collection setup illustrations and video.
  • New Flow head illustration 
  • Zeroing equation was updated in the settings files

Aerobic Fitness Testing - Lab Distance Learning v1.3.6 (Exercise Physiology)

  • Updated hardware list in the IM
  • New popups: Three-way tap, Three-way valve, Switching to a fresh Douglas bag, Closing a Douglas bag.
  • Updated Gas collection setup illustrations and video.
  • New Flow head illustration 

Anaerobic Fitness Testing - Lab v1.3.4 (Exercise Physiology)

  • Updated hardware list in the IM
  • New popups: Three-way tap, Three-way valve, Switching to a fresh Douglas bag, Closing a Douglas bag.
  • Updated Gas collection setup illustrations and video.
  • New Flow head illustration 
  • MAOD example data was added
  • MAOD data settings files and IM were matched.

Energy Metabolism - Lab v1.3 (Exercise Physiology)

  • Updated hardware list in the IM
  • New popups: Three-way tap, Three-way valve, Switching to a fresh Douglas bag, Closing a Douglas bag.
  • Updated Gas collection setup illustrations and video.
  • New Flow head illustration 

Energy Expenditure and Exercise - Lab v1.3.7 (Exercise Physiology)

  • Updated hardware list in the IM
  • New popups: Three-way tap, Three-way valve, Switching to a fresh Douglas bag, Closing a Douglas bag.
  • Updated Gas collection setup illustrations and video.
  • New Flow head illustration

Fluid and Electrolyte Balance v1.3.2 (Water Balance and Kidney and Urine modules; Human Phys, PCM, IN collections)

  • changed “water activity” to “water potential”

Lt Student Starter v1.3.5 (Getting Started)

  • removed reference to unanswered question prompt


Autonomous Nervous System - Lab v1.3.7 (Human Physiology, PCM, Neuroscience, and IN)

  • Updated analysis instructions and screenshots
  • Updated 4 popups with the new "ANS_Measuring latency" image

Electrooculography (EOG) - Lab v1.3.5 (Human Physiology, Psychophysiology, and Neuroscience)

  • Updated analysis instructions and screenshots
  • P9: Added popup to Step 1 (corresponds to the -45° mark.) 
  • P12: Replaced popup for saccades and relinked
  • Updated example data in unused popup to match example data on Angular displacement - Activity page (and the Lt Sensor's lesson)
  • Updated the Annotate question on page 14 so text is editable
  • P8: updated example data screenshot with image from Lt Sensors version so screenshot matches the data panel

Heart and ECG - Lab v1.3.5 (Human Physiology, PCM, and IN)

  • Updated analysis instructions and screenshots

Heart Sounds - Lab v1.3.5 (Human Physiology, PCM, and IN)

  • Updated analysis instructions and screenshots
  • P3 & popup: changed "ground electrode" to "earth electrode"

Muscle and EMG - Lab v1.3.6 (Human Physiology, Psychophysiology, PCM, IN, and Neuroscience)

  • Updated analysis instructions and screenshots

Alfred Ashmore - Polycystic kidney disease v1.2.9 (Patient Resource Pack)

  • On page 5, removed the audio from the “home hemodialysis” video and changed the caption of that video to align with the content of the video

 

March 31, 2022

Software
New Releases
  • LTI - We have now added support for integration with D2L
  • Settings Files We have added the following two new settings files to our data panels
    •   1 - Blood Pressure (Blood Pressure (Lt Sensors).adiset)
    •   2 - ECG and heart rate (ECG and Heart Rate (Lt Sensors).adiset)
Improvements
  • Navigation updated on the home header to a tab-based design.
    • There are now 3 tabs in the home header: Home, Content Library and Analytics
    • Please note: Content Library and Analytics buttons have been moved out of the Course card
  • Interface improvements to our cards which have been updated to fit with slightly reduced font sizes and heights to make better use of screen real-estate improving our information architecture
Fixes

  • Video fast forward now uses 5 second increments when skipping forward or backwards when using the arrow keys in the video panel. This was previously 10% of the video duration.

  • Panels - We have fixed a regression bug for data panels for Safari 12 users.
    • Fixed bug where a sampling panel could be blank and unusable after switching pages.
    • Fixed  issues with scrollbars on sampling panels.
    • Fixed bug in resizing of sampling and spreadsheet panels for authors.
    • Fixed Category panel label reordering.
  • User Feedback menu allows users to open and share feedback with the product team easily

March content releases

Content

Diving Response Module

  • Diving Response Tutorial v1.3.3 - reworked the breath-holding and diving response part to align with current understanding of the field
  • Diving Response - Lab v1.3.3 - The background page was aligned with the current understanding of the field.
  • Diving Response - PLP v1.3.2 - The background page and question 2 was aligned with the current understanding of the field.
  • Note: these changes were applied to the Lt Sensor version of this module too.

Chemistry

  • Boyle’s Law and Charles’Law - Lab v1.0.1 - changes were made to the procedure on page 4, the pressure channel was added to the data panel on page 6 and the instruction on page 6 were written more clearly.

Lt Sensors - Breathing belt view updated in settings files:

  • Breathing - Lab (Lt Sensors) v1.3.5
  • Diving Response - Lab (Lt Sensors) v1.3.3

New Polish Lt Sensor lesson
Mięśnie i EMG — laboratorium v1.3.4

Updated Polish Lt Human Physiology lessons

  • Body system added to keywords
  • Video subtitle file type changed and popup added to first video
  • Settings files and example data updated
  • Instructor's Material: settings files now in table format
    • Ciśnienie krwi — laboratorium v1.3.5
      • Images updated on pages 1, 2, 3 and 7
      • Blood vessels images updated on background page
    • Mięśnie i EMG — laboratorium v1.3.4
      • Time readout panels added
      • Popup added to page 4, part 2, step 4
    • Tony Serca — laboratorium v1.3.4
      • Images updated on page 2 and 7
      • Updated the heart valves image on the background page

Updated Polish Getting Started with Lt lessons

  • Pre-lab v1.3.3
    • Introductory paragraph expanded on page 1
    • Feedback improved for question on page 3
  • Laboratorium v1.3.3
    • Hardware added to description
    • Video subtitle file type changed and popup added to first video
    • Channel titles updated
    • New instructions on page 6
    • New popups added with example data
    • Instructor's Material updated and settings file now in table format
  • Typy paneli i aplikacje Lt v1.3.4
    • Hotspot panel added to page 4
    • Panels on pages 5-7 reordered and feedback provided
    • Video subtitle file type changed on page 9 and popup added
    • Spectral Analysis panel added to page 10

Polish module name changed     
Start z Lt — Administratorzy  →  Start z Lt — Nauczyciele

New German Human Physiology and Lt Sensor lessons

  • Blutdruck – Praktikum v1.3.6

Updated German Getting Started with Lt lesson

  • Lt Panel-Typen und -Anwendungen v1.3.3
    • Hotspot panel added to page 4
    • Panels on pages 5-7 reordered and feedback provided
    • Video subtitle file type changed on page 9 and popup added
    • Spectral Analysis panel added to page 10

German module name changed     

  • Erste Schritte mit Lt – Administratoren  →  Erste Schritte mit Lt – Lehrkräfte

German module images added to Generalistische Pflege (de-DE) collection


 

February 28, 2022

Software

Improvements

  • Grading - All students are now included in a grade export. This change affects both the CSV and JSON export.
    • The model answer data for the data panel, scope panel and spectra panel now appears in the model answer view available in the grading environment
  • UX - Selecting a lesson from a module card now opens the lesson details card to the right of the module card instead of switching you to the lessons card stack.
  • Updated user menu - This includes minor visual and accessibility improvements.

Fixes

  • Sampling Panels - We have fixed the text selection and drag/drop bug.
    • This also includes improvements to dragging/copying data values out of our sampling-related panels.
    • We now don't round the decimal places for the dragged value out of all data panels (We have left this up to the panel you are dragging into to control rounding).
    • You can now click to copy a value as an alternative to dragging.
    • There are now tooltips on hover and click-to-copy to make this feature more discoverable and usable.
  • Student invitation status on the student card no longer displays incorrectly.

New Releases

  • LTI Integration - We have added an icon and thumbnail image for the LMS to use when displaying Lt links. Please Note: Not all LMS' support this feature.
    • All students are now included in a grade export. This change affects both the CSV and JSON export. Added two new columns to CSV export - "LTI Activity Progress" and "LTI Grading Progress".
    • LTI  now works with lesson names containing a double quote.
    • LTI  now shows the correct user interface for students that have a secondary role as a teaching assistant in another course.
  • Student Pays Scheduling - Student Pays courses can be scheduled so that courses start on a particular date.
  • Student Comms - Improved the note about access codes and the 21 day grace period in student emails for student pays instances.
  • Accessibility - The OK button on the Check Answer modal is now accessible via keyboard and takes the user back to the question when Enter is pressed.
    • Our Terms Of Service now has an autofocus on the Accept button, selecting enter performs the button action the focus is on.
    • When selecting the Enter key on our  Terms Of Service modal, the terms are now accepted, as opposed to bringing up a second modal

January 31 2022

Content

This release includes five new lessons added to the Biology collection.

  • DNA Structure and Replication v1.0
  • Exploring the Greenhouse Effect v1.0
  • From DNA to Protein v1.0
  • Macromolecules v1.0
  • Measuring Primary Productivity v1.0
  • Autonomes Nervensystem – Praktikum v1.3.4 (also PowerLab version)
    • “Proband” changed to “Proband/Probandin”
  • Elektroenzephalographie (EEG) – Praktikum v1.3.3
  • Elektrookulografie (EOG) – Praktikum v1.3.3 
  • Réflexes rachidiens – TP v1.3.8 (Lt Sensors)
  • Bibliothèque contextuelle v1.0.2 (Getting Started with Lt)
  • Circulatory system model v1.1.3
    • Changes in the IM to clarify usage of the 3D model images
  • Digestive system model v1.1.1
    • Changes in the IM to clarify usage of the 3D model images
  • Muscular system model v1.2.1
    • Changes in the IM to clarify usage of the 3D model images
  • Neural Tissue Histology v1.1.1 (Anatomy)
    • Changed the myelinated axon image to new update. Edited the label to read "nucleus" no longer "nucleus of schwann cell".
  • Nervous system model v1.3.1
    • Changes in the IM to clarify usage of the 3D model images
  • Reproduction system model v1.1.2
    • Changes in the IM to clarify usage of the 3D model images
    • Added pop up explaining male and female definitions for the lab.
  • Respiratory system model v1.2.2
    • Changes in the IM to clarify usage of the 3D model images
  • Skeletal system model v1.2.3
    • Changes in the IM to clarify usage of the 3D model images
  • Special senses model v1.1.2
    • Changes in the IM to clarify usage of the 3D model images
  • Urinary System model v1.1.2
    • Changes in the IM to clarify usage of the 3D model images
  • Molar Volume of a Gas - Lab v1.0.2
    • Step added on page 2 reminding students to empty and dry the flask in preparation for the next activity.
  • Réflexes et temps de réaction (Human Physiology and Lt Sensors)
    • Question added to page 20
  • Circulation cardiaque et périphérique – TP v1.3.4 (Lt Sensors)
    • Video file sizes reduced on pages 3, 4, 7, and 8
    • Updated screenshot in popup for step 3 on page 12