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December 15, 2023System Administrators' Limit for File Size Increased to 5GB (Improvement)Instructors can upload files (e.g. SCORM packages) that are up to 1GB in size. As part of this improvement, System Administrators can now upload files as large as 5GB in size. This implies that if an Instructor needs to upload a file >1GB but <5GB, they must ask a System Administrator to do it on their behalf. If the file is >5GB, the team should consider breaking the file into multiple files or compressing it. Ref: HCE-7600 December 15, 2023Notifying Users when their Enrolment is About to Expire with the Self Enrolment (Advanced) Method (New Feature)The "Self-enrolment (Advanced)" method is now able to send a notification to learners, instructors, or both learners and instructors when their enrolment is about to expire. Following the upgrade of your learning environment, courses that already use the "Self-enrolment (Advanced)" enrolment method will not automatically start sending notifications, but if the enrolment method is added to a new course or an existing course, the enrolment instance will be configured to notify learners by default 7 days before their enrolment expires. The notification will be sent via email as well as using the system's built-in web notifications. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/WQC3CQ Ref: HCE-5885 December 15, 2023Uploading Users to Programs using a CSV File Will Add Them to All Matching Programs (Improvement)A System Administrator can register users in programs using a CSV file. They can simply enter the program ID in the CSV file as explained in this article. While the article is clear that the program ID to be included in the CSV file should reference the primary key of the program (i.e. the auto-incremented ID generated by the database, not the "ID Number" field that you manually enter in the web form), the system does have the ability to look up programs by its "ID Number" if the value is non-numeric. (This fall back approach is not documented and not officially supported and we do not recommend that you use it.) Because the program "ID Number" is not guaranteed to be unique, one of the caveats is that this method could result in more than 1 program being found. If multiple programs match the "ID Number" in the CSV file, the system would only assign the user to the 1st program it found (e.g. randomly). As part of this improvement, the system will now register users in ALL programs that match the "ID Number" in the CSV file. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/WQC3CQx Ref: HCE-7125 December 15, 2023Automatic Tracking of Attendance and Participation in BigBlueButton (New Feature)The BigBlueButton server is now sends details back to the learning environment related to the attendance and participation of learners in BigBlueButton sessions. This makes it possible for an instructor to specify how long the user must attend a session in order to receive a learning record, and whether or not they need to participate in the chats, the talks and the polls to name a few examples. When a participant meets the requirements as defined by the instructor, the learning environment will grant them a learning record for the BigBlueButton activity in question, which can then be used by the course itself to issue a learning record and a certificate of completion. Please note that this feature has been gradually introduced to BigBlueButton servers hosted by Dual Code since July 2023 but it is only now generally available to all Dual Code clients. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/G4GqAg Ref: HCE-7610 December 15, 2023Built-in Technical Support Page for Users (New Feature)The learning environment now includes a web form that makes it easier for learners to contact your technical support team. The form allows them to enter their name and email address, both of which are automatically captured if the users are logged in. The users can also specify a subject line and a detailed message. When linking to the web page (e.g. using a "Help", "Technical Support" or "Contact Us" link in the top navigational bar), the page will present the form to the learner, or redirect them to an external technical support page if one is configured via the "Support page" setting. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/FQC3CQ Ref: HCE-7456 December 15, 2023Ability to Track Courses Accredited by the Canadian Nurses Association (Improvement)The Accreditation feature allows you to specify the accrediting body, the type of credit, and the number of credits / hours for a course. This information can then be included in a certificate of completion, thereby giving a learner the proof they need to register their credit with their College or other association. As part of this enhancement, the "Canadian Nurses Association" now appears in the list of accreditation bodies, allowing you to track courses accredited by the CNA. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/WwAgC Ref: HCE-7609 December 15, 2023New Report in the Performance Appraisal System (New Feature)The Performance Appraisal System now features a new report called "Completion Rates". The new report provides you statistics, organized by Appraiser, on the appraisal forms such as the total number of forms assigned to the Appraiser, the total number of forms completed, in reviews and locked, and so on. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/K4AVCQ Ref: HCE-7601 December 15, 2023Renaming of the "Manager" column in the Performance Appraisal Report (Improvement)The "Completion Details" report that is part of the Performance Appraisal System had a column titled "Manager". The title of the column is ambiguous because "Manager" could represent the user's Supervisors or the person who evaluated the user (e.g. the "Appraiser"). To clarify the meaning of the information inside column, the title of that column is now "Appraiser". Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/K4AVCQ Ref: HCE-7578 December 15, 2023Uploading User Information to a Field of Type Date/Time is Ignored Under some Specific Conditions (Bug Fix)If you have defined an 'optional' (i.e. not required) custom user profile field of type date/time, and you have one or more pre-existing users in the system that do not have values for this newly created custom profile field, you cannot set/update that value for those users through a CSV user upload. The value you specify in the CSV file for that field will be ignored. As part of this software fix, the user upload will not process and store the date/time as expected. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/zgAG Ref: HCE-7472 December 15, 2023Changing a Program from "Do not assign roles" to Assigning a Role such as Student Uses the Wrong Enrolment Method (Bug Fix)If a program is set to not assign any roles (where "Assign the role of" is set to "Do not assign roles") and it is later changed to assign the role of student, the user is enrolled in the course using the "Manual" enrollment method. This makes it difficult to track which program assigned the user to the course and may also prevent the user from being tracked in the compliance reports. As part of this software fix, if a program changes from "Do not assign roles" to "Assign the role of: Student", the system will enrol the user in the course using the program enrolment method. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/BIAM Ref: HCE-7582 December 15, 2023Encrypting CSV Files for User Uploads (New Feature)The system now supports GPG decryption for CSV files used for user uploads. If enabled, a public key will appear on the "Encryption" page in the system. This key must be used to GPG encrypt your CSV files before uploading them to the system. Please note that even if you choose not to GPG encrypt the CSV file, the file is still protected using TLS 1.2 or greater and high-grade encryption (256 bit) while being uploaded to the server (i.e. in transit) and encrypted with a data key using an industry-standard AES-256 algorithm while on the server (i.e. at rest). Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/0IGGCQ Ref: HCE-7599 December 15, 2023Sorting the Learning Records Report by Certain Columns Generates an Error (Bug Fix)When sorting the Learning Records by columns that contain user information that are not available in the report by default (e.g. username, department) , the report generates an error. As part of this software fix, any standard user field that is added to the report can now be used for sorting purposes. Please note that sorting by custom user profile fields however is not yet supported (but doesn't generate an error). Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/jgA5 Ref: HCE-6239 December 15, 2023User Profile Field of Type "Static Text" is Conditionally Visible (Improvement)The "Static Text" custom user profile field allows you to display read-only information on the self-registration page and/or edit profile page such as a welcome message or special instructions. As part of this improvement, the "Static Text" field can now be made conditionally visible. This means that the message or instructions that you display on the web page can vary depending on the option a user selected in a dropdown menu elsewhere on the page. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/oAAG Ref: HCE-7562 December 15, 2023Improvements to the Attendance Sheet (Improvement)When instructors print the list of attendees for a face-to-face session, the page being printed included unnecessary elements from the web page. As part of this improvement, these elements have been removed resulting in a nice printed page. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/b4CGCQ Ref: HCE-7496 December 15, 2023Search Function Redirects to Another Tab (Bug Fix)When searching for cohorts, a search on the "All cohorts" tab would redirect the administrator to the "System cohorts" tab. If the cohort in question was not a "System" cohort, it would not appear in the list of results. As part of this bug fix, the search results are now displayed on the "All Cohorts" tab if they are performed from that tab as expected. Learn more here: https://docs.dualcode.com/x/YQCj Ref: HCE-1358 December 15, 2023Moodle Plugin Updates (Moodle Update)As part of our general development cycle, numerous 3rd party plugins available from the Moodle marketplace were updated. These include: availability_language, availability_role, atto_fullscreen, block_course_modulenavigation, enrol_coursecompleted, format_grid, mod_publication, and mod_zoom. Learn more here: https://moodle.org/plugins/ Ref: Miscellaneous December 15, 2023Moodle 4.1.7 Update (Moodle Update)As part of our general development cycle, the HCE, which is based on Moodle, the world's most popular open-source LMS, has been upgraded to Moodle 4.1.7. Learn more here: https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.1/4.1.7 Ref: HCE-7390 |
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