Cerego Updates

[Justin Pincar]

Hi all,

We're going to try something new - we'll post a summary of changes when we update the site. Enjoy!

Changes:

• Added a search widget to the set list for partners
• Updated the legacy bulk uploader to support external absolute urls
• Fixed an issue with small screen sizes and embedded memory bank
• Partner selection is now cleared on sign out
• Usernames provided by LTI integrations are now synced to Cerego users
• Wrote a fix to handle invalid LTI user_id parameters
• Handled cases when an invalid LTI scoring url is provided
• Added additional logging to troubleshoot LTI issues
• Added validations to report generation for date range and report type
• Improved responsiveness for group reports pages
• Improved efficiency for partners and groups pages
• Adjusted distractor selection algorithm to give extra weight to concept parity
• Fixed a bug where sets with less than five items didn't show up in memory bank
• Email permission is no longer required when creating account through facebook
• Improved copy in group email invitations

Cheers,

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Annotation fields in bulk uploader now work with absolute or relative urls
  
• Fixed bug where viewing collaborators used to show the current user as owner
  
• Fixed a bug triggered when we received an invalid LTI scoring url

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Fixed bug where custom questions didn't always show on region items
• Removed unmaintained v1/users api routes

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Fixed a broken link on the advisors page
  
• Fixed a race condition with populating the edit set link
• Removed unused tinyMCE code to speed up page load times
• List of partners is reset when signing in or signing out
• Fixed an issue with creator names on sets/series not updating on profile updates
• Removed unused v1 API endpoints to speed up application loading time
• Fixed an issue where set/series access is removed but memories remain
• Added additional timestamps to database fields to help with troubleshooting
• Fixed an issue where error reports from emails weren't properly saved
• Updated internal usage tracking code to be more accurate

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Fixed issue where "0" as concept text caused text to be hidden
  
• Absolute or relative urls are now allowed in bulk uploaded distractors
  
• Removed outdated goals#download code and references
  
• Fixed issue where a user could sign out, then hit back, and get a glitchy page
  
• Recall screen will now show a transliteration if present
  
• Header avatar will now change to a partner if acting as a partner
  
• Fixed issue with item navigation while in annotation editor

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Partners now have ability to grant per-set access to editors
  
• Fixed bug where custom questions weren't always shown for passage items
  
• Fixed bug where sound-only distractors made it impossible to answer a quiz

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Header/footer now displays correctly for all LTI users
  
• Long set titles will now display properly instead of overflowing
  
• Fixed issue where long user agent strings could prevent signing in
  
• Fixed issue where some concept text would not trigger the editor
  
• Fixed issue where cloze container item title line didn't connect
  
• LTI users are now linked first by email address, then by external user_id
  
• Fixed issue where a non-partner user could access the wrong template
  
• Miscellaneous performance improvements for partners pages

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Improved UI behavior when invalid login credentials are specified
  
• Improved UI for creating series
  
• Added ability to edit series
  
• Added ability to reorder sets within a series
  
• Improved our ability to store information about system errors
  
• Fixed issue where number of sets in a category wasn't always correct
  
• Fixed error where user might try to use an expired invitation link
  
• Added registration mini-flow for invitations to partner roles
  
• Added teaser banner with video of new memory bank

- Justin

[Andrew Smith Lewis]

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[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Improve error messages for user registration
  
• Improvements for SEO
  
• Updated job postings and layout
  
• Added keyboard shortcut for sound
  
• Added keyboard shortcut for hint
  
• Added ability to reorder sets within series
  
• Added utility script to detect common issues with content
  
• Fixed issue where incorrect number of items were infrequently listed

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Consolidated dashboard/homepage for partners
  
• Allow editing of partially-created items
  
• Fixed an issue where custom questions don't always display
  
• Small visual improvements to editor pages
  
• Add filtering by name and email in editor pages
  
• Fixed issue where access was not always properly revoked to editors
  
• Updates links in user manual
  
• Fixed issue with email validations not always displaying properly
  
• Make language pair optional with default for set creation

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes over the holidays:

• Launched new memory bank visualizations
  
• Added a large amount of automated tests to improve code stability
  
• Added tasks to ensure data integrity
  
• Added additional logging to troubleshoot issues with outbound emails
  
• Fixed "nil.item_type" issue in bulk uploader
  
• Improved collaboration/invitation workflow
  
• Performance improvements for search pages
  
• Performance improvements for report pages

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Fix an issue for LTI users with multiple Cerego identities
  
• CSS changes to help memory bank display better on small screen sizes
  
• Improved memory bank API code for calculating aggregates

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Updated the FAQ in the learning application
  
• Image multiple choice 5 is now supported in the learning application
  
• Increase timeout on the pause screen to 5 minutes
  
• Fixed an issue when an invalid sound wouldn't raise errors correctly
  
• Improved data integrity checking to detect errors early
  
• Removed grant manager position from jobs page
  
• Updated team page

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Added mailer with instructions for new instructors
  
• Improved data integrity jobs
  
• Change database structure to support users with extremely long names
  
• Fixed a bug where group reports could show percents over 100%
  
• Fixed issue in group admin where first series was not selected when group had no sets
  
• Updated team page
  
• Updated partners

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today: 

• Fixed an issue with notes appearing to not update after changes were made
  
• Added an old version of safari to unsupported browser list
  
• Fixed a race condition when saving concepts with image and text
  
• Fixed an issue when study data could be uploaded multiple times
  
• Removed some unused information from study data upload
  
• Changed cursors on memory bank to be more natural
  
• Fixed an issue where users with invalid email addresses in LTI had issues
  
• Added additional data integrity checks
  
• Updated EdX login link
  
• Updated team page

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Added McGraw Hill Education to partners page
  
• Added formatting to support ordered and unordered lists in notes
  
• Added prettier formatting for dates in group reports
  
• Added onboarding flow when users have been assigned a target goal
  
• Updated open-source library code to latest versions
  
• Added quick content input tool
  
• Increased upload drop target size for image/audio
  
• Added a bunch of messaging in the bar for the learning application
  
• Added progress to goal report
  
• Store assigned goals when users come in through LTI groups

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Fix columns off-by-one in progress report
  
• Improvements for learn app width and scrolling in IE

- Justin

[John Stoecker]

Changes today:

• Improvements to quick editor
  
• Fixing our automatic honey badger bug tracking integration after update
  
• Fixed some minor formatting issues in progress to goal report
  
• Improved learn app splash screen
  
• Added functionality for progress to goal report per set
  
• Show distractor image/text based on distractor, not on concept
  
• Improve message shown when a set preview is finished
  
• Improved keyboard shortcuts to help with ADA compliance
  
• General improvements to API performance
  
• Correctly update set facets count when an item is deleted
  

- John

[John Stoecker]

Changes today:

• Memory bank orbs fix. Orbs should be correctly positioned after tab switch.
  
• Fixed group memory bank not showing unsubscribed users who has progress.
  
• Group report sorting with blank value fix.
  
• Improved distractor generation.
  
• Minor group report fixes.
  
• Fixed learn app splash screen for smaller screen.
  
• Gem upgrade : Removed protected attributes.
  
• VitalSource demo
  
• Allowing newlines in content
  

-John

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Fix issue where partner footer wasn't always displaying correctly
  
• Show assigned targets in the normal learn app if assigned through LTI
  
• Fix an issue with concept sound uploading
  
• Ensure images show for example sentences
  
• Framework for i18n/l10n
  
• Alter many database columns to utf8mb4 charset

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes today:

• Always request new list of accessible partners
  
• Better/faster support for utf8mb4 characters
  
• Ensure set content is updated when changing study type for items
  
• Fix issue with outdated template path in bulk uploader 

- Justin

[John Stoecker]

Changes today:

• Adding new sequence item type

- John

[John Stoecker]

Changes today:

• On browse search, multi-word queries should not display with + sign
• Make sure recreating a set with the same name after deleting it works
• Allow embedding iframes in set description
• Code workaround for self-join bug w/ acts_as_paranoid in content issues script
  

- John

[Justin Pincar]

Changes this week:

• Added more onboarding to first learning session
  
• Fixed issue with sounds in sequence editor
  
• Fixed issue where learn app sometimes had extra width
  
• Fixed bug were wysiwyg editor didn't save formatting
  
• Fixed bug where switching to notes during sequence study lost progress
  
• Fixed bug where custom questions didn't always show up for region items
  
• Performance improvements to distractor generation

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes this week:

• Fixed issue with some links on partner dashboard
  
• Made sequences easier to work with on large screens
  
• Learn more tour will now scroll back up on completion
  
• Added a Tibetan IME
  
• Better support for remixing items across sets
  
• Added more strings to i18n dictionary
  
• Added auto-scrolling when reviewing sequences
  
• Better IME support for katakana characters
  
• Group administrators now only get one invite email
  
• Added support for zip files in new item uploader
  
• Added support for more fields in new item uploaded
  
• Better URL support for group management pages
  

• Performance improvements to distractor generation

- Justin

[Jinjutha Hancock]

Changes:

• Added goal line for when partner assigns progress to permanence goal.
  
• Added a 'submit' button to FIB quiz type (instead of just hitting enter only)
  
• Fixed a bug related to FIB quiz not being able to submit after using a hint.
  
• Fixed various learn app styling
  
• Fixed a bug in the bulk uploader.
  

- JJ

[Jinjutha Hancock]

Changes:

• speed up content endpoint for large series
  
• Instructors can assign progress goal to sets/series
  
• Moved sequence distractor generation to the backend from frontend. 
  
• Fixed learn app not updating # of urgent items (sometimes show 0 item).
  
• Partner's dropdown should show partner list in alphabetical order.
  
• Fixed partner's dashboard and groups broken when partner has no groups.
  

[Justin Pincar]

Changes:

• Allow instructors to override LTI-specified scoring
  
• Fixed an issue with scrollbars and progress indicator
  
• Fixed an issue where details button on search didn't always work
  
• Improved browser support for embedding on notes tab
  
• Improved browser support for editing sequences
  
• Improved browser support for multiple-choice quizzes and long text
  
• Email confirmations are now sent when users sign up
  
• Better security around user emails

- Justin

[Justin Pincar]

Changes:

• Fixed compatibility with old reports that may not have image columns
  
• Fixed positioning of orbs on memory bank tab change
  
• Fixed overflow on all facets tab
  
• Email is now pre-filled after incorrect signin
  
• Fixed a race condition with update facets_count on goals
  
• Fixed memory bank group user avatar not changing
  
• Fixed multi-color memory bank

- Justin

[John Stoecker]

Changes:

• Office365 login
  
• Better data validations
  
• Patch to MGH demo integration
  

- John

[John Stoecker]

Changes:

• speed up study controller
  
• lti scoring permission fixes
  
• self serve oauth
  
• list index for partners
  
• unicorn killer, clean up gemfile
  
• fix distractor testing
• group management invite bug fix
  
• better error messages on bulk upload
  
• statspl banner on landing page

-John

[Jinjutha Hancock]

Changes:

• Fixed partners not able to add public sets to series
• Images use transcoder so they can be served over SSL
• Fixed a couple of console errors.
• Added documentations for LTI, Bookmarklet (example API calls), self serve oauth docs
• Added other cleaning up + specs 

[John Stoecker]

Changes: 

• flickr images show creative commons attribution
  
• bulk upload fixes
  
• line breaks in passage fix
  
• if partner has no series, hide the series tab
  
• cap fading session size in learn app
  
• fix facebook_connect error in user page
  
• add patterns and sequences to course_items report
  
• fix missing templates
  
• html showing in set titles for "&"
  
• internationalization on uploader
  
• notifications
  
• don't capitalize in math sets
• bad password reset URL in LTI welcome emails
• endpoints for iOS to do sound + image uploads
  
• more caching on brows pages to speed them up
  

- John

[John Stoecker]

Changes:

• custom branded learn app
  
• content issue notification email bug fix
  
• FIB empty answer bug fix
  
• italics should work in learn app distractors
  
• add set title and series list (if any) to content issues email
  
• oauth fix for new clients
  
• sentence editor visual fixes
  
• memory aggregate stats rounding fix
  
• fixed password resetting email
  
• distractors generation improvement
  
• sentences remove new lines and bad characters
  
• added extra information in content flagging (quiz types)
  
• fixed bulk upload to respect the set’s language pair
  
• fixed some issues with white spaces in FIB quiz
  

- John

[John Stoecker]

Changes:

• speed improvement - single page app for site
  
• show assignments count for partner students
  
• fix fancybox styling
• fix admin user memory bank show
  
• fix app branding deletion for partners
  
• v1 code cleanup
• fix memory leaks in item editor and learn app

- John

[John Stoecker]

Changes:

• dot regions fixes, regions pulse on study
• more ancient Greek letters don't require accents
• partner bar top styling
• better favicons
• help doc for resetting password/account management

-John

[John Stoecker]

Changes:

• Mobile UI improvements for set details page
• Languages with backslash characters now supported
• Default group for custom LTI teacher endpoints

-John