CN Website Release Notes 2025

June 12. 2025

• We have introduced a new feature that allows channel members to set up paid course completion certificates. Read the guide
• Channel administrators can now create multiple copies of a course, making it easier to replicate and manage courses across their channel. Learn more
• We have added a new course-level setting that allows administrators to disable the display of course grades for students.
• We have refined the channel layout as part of the Version 6 update, resulting in a cleaner and more user-friendly interface.
• We have continued to conduct accessibility reviews and implemented updates to ensure compliance with WCAG 2.2 standards. View VPAT details 

Mar 28. 2025

• We’ve made significant upgrades to AI lesson generation: Learn more
  • Audience-Aligned Difficulty Levels: Ensuring the content difficulty is appropriate for the selected audience.
  • Expanded Activity Options and Explanations: Each subtopic now includes a greater variety of activities, detailed explanations, and examples to enrich learning.
• Instructors can now receive notifications for students who have not submitted assignments by the due dates, helping manage course timelines more effectively. Learn about non-submission notifications.
• We have improved the user label display and analytics by introducing a search keyword option, allowing for quicker and more efficient navigation. Learn more about applying user labels.
• A new lesson-based completion analytics view has been added to pathway courses, enhancing the way you track and analyze student progress. View student learning analytics.
• The Gradebook now features an improved column display organized by category, making it easier to handle courses that have many columns inside of each category. Explore the GradeBook management.
• The maximum number of users in a course or network user group has been expanded to 200, facilitating larger collaborative learning environments.

Feb 19, 2025

• Refined CN Mailing System UI: Emails sent from courses now display the course name for better identification: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/9228583565719-CN-Mail-Email-tool
• Microsoft Azure Integration: CN now supports automatic user association with a CN Channel through Microsoft Azure sign-up/sign-in: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034952413-Set-up-Institution-Google-Microsoft-Azure-Sign-in
• Channel Admins Report Management: Channel admins can now name and delete Channel Generated Reports: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033217734-Reports-and-Analytics-for-Institution-Admins
• User Reports Enhancement: Added a new column for “User Creation Date” in user reports for improved tracking and data analysis.
• Updated Course Disable Logic: Admin-disabled courses can no longer be re-enabled by instructors and will not be accessible by students: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/16542945263383-Disable-Course
• Enhanced Lesson-Based Completion Analytics: Instructors can now access detailed lesson-based completion analytics for Pathway courses through CSV reports: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/8407507684119-View-student-learning-analytics-in-Pathway-course
• Rumi Tips for Instructors: Rumi is now providing instructors with more targeted tips based on relevant criteria, such as setting up Anar Seeds goals and using instructor-suggested hashtags.

Jan 15, 2025

• Instructors can now schedule a future activity publish date in Pathway courses: https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/5224345641623-Activity-and-Lesson-Publish-Settings-in-Pathway-Courses
• CN now supports task URL and task update notifications in Networks
• Institution mass emailing users: CN Channel>>Email Channel Users: allow adding additional and removing specific recipients. https://support.thecn.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408184940055-Email-Channel-Members
• Updated link text for adding personal reflections on ePortfolio
• We have enhanced the CN Anti-Spam System to ensure a safe and secure academic environment. The CN system will monitor and disable accounts exhibiting suspicious behavior, violations of misconduct, or using high-risk, spam-like email domains.