Dashboard Release Notes - February 29, 2016

Improvements

• Updated backend processes to refresh student name details from google when a student is added manually to td.students group through a school's Google Apps admin console.  Previously the name was appearing overnight.
• Return only active student domains when fetching list of classes to display to Teachers.

Smart Share

Fixed the following issues with Smart Share:

• Added a validation check when you try to Smart Share files on which you do not have adequate access rights.  Smart Share window now shows a message indicating which file cannot be shared.
• Fixed the issue where the Smart Share was not working on the Class Info page.

RESOLVED: Workspace Service Disruption

UPDATE: As of 8:40am PST, the Workspace outage has been resolved. If you encounter any further issues, please submit a support ticket and we will investigate right away.

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We are currently experiencing a global service disruption with Workspace. When users, primarily students, try to access mystudentdashboard.com, or workspace.teacherdashboard.com, they see a Server Error. Our team is doing everything they can to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.

In the meantime, students or teachers experiencing this issue can access Workspace by adding "https://" to the beginning of the URL or use the below links:

https://workspace.teacherdashboard.com
https://mystudentdashboard.com

We will update this post as soon as the issue has been resolved. Please open a ticket at support.hapara.com or email us at support@hapara.com if you have any questions or further issues.

Best regards,
Hapara Support

Highlights Release Notes - February 8, 2016

Bug Fixes

Focused Browsing icon does not display after student logs out & in

Sometimes after a student logged out and logged back in, during a Focused Browsing session, Highlights did not display the Focused Browsing icon on the student panel (even though the student was focused). This issue has been resolved.

Extension prevents users accessing the Internet via proxy server

The Highlights extension was erroneously stopping a dialog popping up that asked the student for a username and password to log into a proxy server. This issue has been resolved.

Front end does not display tabs with blank urls

Unusually, some games open a new Chrome tab with no URL. An example is  Zuma Free Brain game. Highlights was not displaying these tabs in the Browser Tabs or Activity Viewer panes. Now, in the Browser Tabs pane,  Highlights shows the title of the Zuma page. And in the Activity Viewer pane, Highlights represents the URL with the text "blank".

Improvements

Added 150 & 180 minute Focused Browsing durations

The list of Focussed Browsing durations has been expanded

Highlights Release Notes - January 27, 2016

Bug Fixes

Adding or removing a student made Highlights unavailable for a few minutes

After a Teacher added or removed a student from a class via the Class Info page, they could not access Highlights for the next few minutes. This issue has been fixed.

Time on Snap email incorrect

The time shown on the Snap email sent by teachers was not obeying the school timezone. It is now.

Workspace Release Notes - January 25, 2016

Improvement and Bug Fixes

• Teachers and learners can now create new Google Docs / Sheets / Slides / Drawings from within a card in Workspace instead of needing to create these separately and then load them from Google Drive.

• When adding a Youtube or Vimeo link to a Goal/Resource/Rubric card the video itself will now be embedded and be able to be played in the Workspace.

• Updated French translations

• Previously students couldn't visit Hapara Workspace links that included their class code. They now can.

Dashboard Release Notes - January 11, 2016

Improvements

French Translations Improvements

The French translations on Hapara Dashboard User interface (text and captions) have been updated to include additional translations.  

Hapara Dashboard Admin Page Improvements

Simplified many of the technical error messages generated by Data Loader to make them more easier to understand and interpret.

Highlights Release Notes - January 15, 2016

Bug Fixes

Can't send Focused Browsing to Group from Activity Viewer or Snaps page

Teachers can now send Focused Browsing session to a Group from the Activity Viewer and Snaps pages.

Access to dictionary.reference.com blocked during Focused Browsing to dictionary.com

The website dictionary.com automatically redirects to dictionary.reference.com. When a teacher Focused Browses to dictionary.com the students should be allowed access to dictionary.reference.com. An issue meant Highlights was not handling this case. This issue has been fixed.

Sundry

Sundry small style improvements to the user interface of Highlights.

Improvements

Highlights displays pdfs opened in Chrome

A student can open a downloaded pdf in a Chrome tab. Highlights now displays the pdfs opened by students in Chrome in the Browser Tabs, Activity Viewer and Current Screens panes.

Focused Browsing "Restore tabs after Release" checkbox ticked by default

When a teacher opens the Focused Browsing panel, the "Restore tabs after Release" checkbox is now checked by default.