CN Website Release Notes 2024

Dec 3, 2024

• Added a new feature: CN Channel>>User Management>>Auto-Remove Channel Users: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/11551528532119
• Supported CN Channel admins to create template content for Institution Showcases: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001434633
• Displayed Word Count in the simple text editor of Showcases
• Copy course settings: Course Anar Seeds Settings, Global Class Settings, Post Settings, Instructor-suggested Hashtags: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/28421428256535
• Allowed importing all questions of a quiz into a question bank: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/11632536785431
• Updated score recording logic: Allowing instructors to score a new submission without replacing the existing recorded score
• UI/UX enhancements for the Post Filters section in CN Post: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005228407
• V6 user interface post-release refinements

Oct 30, 2024

• Released CN V6: A more modern user interface
• CN LMS integration with Zoom. It supports 1) meeting scheduling through integration, 2) Pathway activity completion tracking and grading based on meeting attendance. https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/26114570737943
• Pathway activity types update: Introducing the new Virtual Meeting activity, which consolidates the previous Zoom activity and Show a ClassCast activity https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051622533
• feature refinements and minor bug fixes

Sep 29, 2024

• CN LMS is now both LTI1.1 and LTI1.3 compliant https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/5895522270743
• Integration with Turnitin Feedback Studio through LTI1.3 (Note, Turnitin LTI1.1 is still supported): https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/27066853991831
• Fixed the email address casing issue for recipient verification during badge import
• Allow institution admins to hide CN helpdesk email from various menus for better customization
• CN Channel>>Institution Showcase refinements: 1. The CSV export now includes students-created Showcase content. 2. Fixed a submissions loading issue
• Updated CN Mail logic to strengthen security 

Aug 30, 204

• Updated the new account welcome email for CN Post and CN ePortfolio LTI tools. The email now uses the Welcome Email Template for Active Users in CN Channel and institution admins can customize and manage the email: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005425373
• Instructors can now set default post feed for CN Post: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005228407
• Added additional ePortfolio privacy and account settings in CN Channel>>Settings & Controls: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/10906100118167
• AI Feedback for ePortfolio Showcases refinements
• Bug fixes and minor refinements for Groups and other features

Aug 06, 2024

• New Feature: AI Feedback for ePortfolio Showcases: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/25685452387991
• AI Activities Generation enhancements: Pathway course instructors and designers can now add AI generated activities anywhere in a lesson: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/24168105101335
• Removed “CSV Update User Coin Balance” and added “CSV Update Primary Email” in CN Channel>>User Management. See how to use this feature to manage accounts of graduates: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/25680654055575
• Export Pathway course content through Common Cartridge 
• Improved personal course creation workflow. Now individual users can create unlimited paid personal courses.
• Removed Google Drive Assignment>>Template type due to low usage and Google scope restrictions: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007586673

Jul 03, 2024

• Auto-save not submitted Showcase content and Cancel button improvement to avoid users losing Showcase content they are editing 
• Pathway LMS hidden lesson title display logic and UI/UX refinement 
• Rich text editor bug fixes 
• Added two new webpages: ePortfolio for Assessment and Implementation Services

June 06, 2024

• CN automatically populates a basic ePortfolio from user uploaded PDF resume: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/24036200301335
• AI-assisted Lesson/Activities Creation in Pathway LMS courses https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/24168105101335
• CN Post LTI 1.3 and CN ePortfolio (course-level) LTI 1.3 support Grade Sync now
• Anar Seeds grade passback refinements – We are now providing two more options: grade passback at the end of the seeds accumulation period and passing back daily Anar Seeds goal: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/23636181977239
• Added a CN Communities feed to CN Post: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002196428
• Updated the Groups page UI/UX in Networks to be consistent with courses (excluding Group Sets): https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051417013-Network-Page
• Added Roster Settings for CN ePortfolio (course level) LTI tool 
• ePortfolio visibility refinements: 1. Removed the “Visible to Employer” option and 2. Added “Visible to CN Users” and “Visible to My Institution” to some sections.
  https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047699354-Visibility-Settings
• Support hiding all Channel courses and Networks on full CN for institutions that use the CN ePortfolio LTI tool. This setting option is only available to CN Administrators to operate the changes. 

Apr 29, 2024

• AI Post summary: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/22695769697687
• Pathway LMS import through Common Cartridge : https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004186934
• LIT 1.3 Roster Sync upgrade, including daily roster sync between LTI 1.3 generated CN course and the corresponding LMS course
• CN email recipient selection UX refinement: You can now more easily type in an email address to send an email to
• Updated Highlight Post logic: pin a post to the top of the post feed infinitely or for a specified time: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006512648
• Support embedding YouTube Shorts: You can now add YouTube Shorts anywhere you can upload a YouTube video
• Update the Rumi webpage: www.thecn.com/rumi

Apr 01, 2024

• New Rumi Resources Recommendations Service – recommending MERLOT resources: 
  https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/22689798607639 
• Automated hashtagging for course posts: 
  https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/22720361611927
• AI rubric generation: 
  https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/22518698041623 
• Rumi Settings refinements in CN Channel: 
  https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500011398122
• Notify students when their post receives AI Automated Post Reflection
• Support more automated reminder email templates in CN Channel>>User Management. Added new account and ePortfolio events and triggers:
  https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403913377431 
• Pathway HTML editor style improvements: quote block and embedded videos 
• CN Grader refinements: 1. Handled submitted URLs in different cases and 2. Taking users to specific submission number
• Groups page student view display logic refinement

Feb 29, 2024

• Update notification names and links in Slack notifications: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001949108
• Updated CN Mail >> View History page UI, allowing search messages by sender: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/9228583565719
• Groups page UI refinements to support Group Set: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/235456027
• New Group Assignment feature: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/21991631940887
• Develop AI automated post reflection: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/21635695439383
• Launch the CN Success Cases page on the website: https://www.thecn.com/cn-successcases
• Pathway LMS Mobile refinements for iOS

February 1, 2024

• A series of enhancements on Institution Showcase Assessment: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001434633
  • Added record score settings 
  • Updated Assessor view
  • Applied CN Grader interface for Showcase assessment 
  • Enriched Institution Showcase Assessment analytics 
  • Added student self-assessment function
  • Added hide assessor’s assessment option
  • Added awarding badges based on Institution Showcase assessment results 
• Support instructors to leave question-based feedback on quizzes https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/235234668
• Reduce Title font size on CN certificate templates
• Increased resolution for course images and institution logos 
• Fixed hashtag-based Word Cloud Analytics display issues
• AI quiz question generation https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/21055907088791
• Pathway LMS title text alignment and indicator of last edited activities for instructors