Anthology Illuminate Release Notes

Rhyddhad Illuminate Hydref 2024

Cyflawni'n Barhaus | Rhyddhau i Gynhyrchu 23 Hydref 2024
Illuminate, Nodweddion a Ddiweddarwyd

Mae ein rhyddhad Hydref 2024 yn cynnwys:

Mae Data Q&A ar gael yng Nghanada a Sydney 

Yn ogystal â bod ar gael yn yr UE ac UDA, mae Data Q&A bellach ar gael i gleientiaid a letyir yn rhanbarthau Canada a Sydney. Byddwn yn ychwanegu cefnogaeth ar gyfer mwy o ranbarthau yn y dyfodol. Gan ddefnyddio Data Q&A, gall gwylwyr ofyn cwestiynau'n seiliedig ar y pynciau sydd ar gael a chael ateb ar ffurf dangosfwrdd. Mae gan y dangosfwrdd nifer o batrymau gweledol, yn ogystal â chrynodeb sy'n seiliedig ar destun a gynhyrchwyd gan AI. 

Nid yw Data Q&A ar gael ar hyn o bryd i wylwyr sydd â mynediad cyfyngedig at ddata. Dim ond sefydliadau sydd wedi mabwysiadu Dilysiad Sefydliadol ac wedi optio i mewn i Data Q&A yn y Gosodiadau sy'n gallu defnyddio Data Q&A.

Dysgu mwy am Data Q&A

Gosodiadau Cyffredinol Newydd 

Mae'r dudalen Gosodiadau Cyffredinol bellach yn cynnwys rheolydd ar gyfer terfyn amser sesiwn. Gall cleientiaid ddewis terfyn amser rhwng 15 munud ac 8 awr. Mae hefyd yn cynnwys maes cyfeiriad e-bost sefydliadol. Rydym yn argymell bod cleientiaid yn poblogi'r cyfeiriad e-bost hwn gyda'r cyfeiriad mwyaf priodol i gael hysbysiadau am ddiffyg gwasanaeth, fframiau amser gwaith cynnal a chadw a gynlluniwyd, a gwybodaeth bwysig arall.

Dysgu mwy am y Gosodiadau Cyffredinol

Cylchdroi cyfrineiriau dilysu brodorol 

Er ein bod yn annog pob cleient i ddefnyddio'r Dilysiad Sefydliadol i gael mwy o ddiogelwch ac i ddatgloi nodweddion ychwanegol, cefnogir dilysiad brodorol Illuminate o hyd. Mae dilysiad brodorol yn cyfeirio at fewngofnodi gan ddefnyddio cyfrif Illuminate unigol. Er mwyn gwella diogelwch ar gyfer y dull hwn, rydym yn gorfodi cylchdroi cyfrineiriau bob 90 diwrnod. Gall defnyddwyr ddiweddaru eu cyfrinair unrhyw bryd trwy ddilyn y ddolen "Wedi anghofio cyfrinair" ar y dudalen mewngofnodi.

Rhyddhad Illuminate Medi 2024

Dosbarthu Di-dor | Rhyddhau i Gynhyrchu 5 Medi 2024
Datblygwr, Diogelwch

Galluogwyd Cyfyngiad Cyfeiriad IP ar gyfer Cyfrifon Gwasanaeth Snowflake

Cwmpas: Modiwl Adroddiadau Illuminate Included ac Enhanced;
Defnyddwyr mae'n effeithio arnynt: Defnyddwyr â rôl datblygwyr yn Illuminate a BBDATA_USER_ROLE yn Snowflake
Pynciau Cysylltiedig: Cyfyngiad cyfeiriad IP ar gyfer cyfrifon gwasanaeth Snowflake 

Rydym wedi ymrwymo i ddiogelwch data ar gyfer pob un o'n cleientiaid. Gall sefydliadau bellach roi a chyfyngu ar fynediad i gyfrifon gwasanaeth Snowflake i gyfeiriadau IP penodol. Mae hyn yn lleihau risg mynediad heb ei awdurdodi i ddata sensitif.

Gyda chyfeiriad IP cyfyngedig, ni fydd defnyddwyr yn gallu cyrchu cyfrif gwasanaeth Snowflake neu newid cyfrinair cyfrif Snowflake. 

Mae cyfrifon gwasanaeth yn gyfrifon sy'n mewngofnodi i Snowflake ag enw defnyddiwr a chyfrinair. 

Delwedd 1. Cyfrif gwasanaeth ar dudalen mewngofnodi Snowflake.

Gallwch ganiatáu a chyfyngu ar gyfeiriad IP penodol neu ystod o gyfeiriadau IP

Mae'r ymholiad enghreifftiol hwn yn caniatáu cyfeiriad IP penodol (1.1.1.1) ac yn cyfyngu ar ystod o gyfeiriadau IP o (192.168.1.0 i 192.168.1.255) ar gyfer cyfrif gwasanaeth o'r enw SVC_BLACKBOARD_DATA. 

USE ROLE BBDATA_USER_ROLE; 

ALTER NETWORK POLICY NP_SVC_BLACKBOARD_DATA set ALLOWED_IP_LIST = ('1.1.1.1'); 

ALTER NETWORK POLICY NP_SVC_BLACKBOARD_DATA set BLOCKED_IP_LIST = ('192.168.1.0/24'); 

Delwedd 2: Ymholiad yn Snowflake i ganiatáu cyfeiriad IP penodol a chyfyngu ar ystod o gyfeiriadau IP.

Gallwch ddod o hyd i ragor o enghreifftiau o gyfyngu ar gyfeiriadau IP ar y dudalen help cyfyngiad cyfeiriad IP.

Illuminate July 2024 Release

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 24 July 2024
Reporting, Updated Features

Our July 2024 release includes:

AI Design Assistant Adoption Report 

Previously available only to clients opting into the Illuminate Preview program, this report is now generally available to all clients. It reports on usage of the AI Design Assistant in Blackboard Ultra over time, by institutional hierarchy node, course, and instructor. 

Find out more about the AI Design Assistant Adoption Report

Data Q&A 

Previously only available as part of the Illuminate Enhanced Reporting upgrade, Data Q&A is now available as a feature of Illuminate. Data Q&A is included at no additional cost for clients hosted in the US and EU regions, with further regional support to follow. Using Data Q&A, you can ask a question based on available topics and receive an answer in the form of a dashboard with multiple visualizations, as well as a text-based summary generated by AI from the visualizations. 

Data Q&A is not currently available to Viewers with restricted access to data, which will follow in an update to the topic, and is only available to institutions that have adopted Institutional Authentication.

Find out more about Data Q&A

Improvements to reports:

• Student Performance and Grade – This report has been updated to improve visual and filtering consistency. 
• Learning Platform Adoption – The 4-level Institutional Hierarchy filters have been added to all tabs except the Originality Tool Adoption tab. 
• Collaboration Session Activity Report – This report now supports role-based access. 
• Learning Tools Adoption Report – This report now supports role-based access. 
• LMS Trends Report – This report, which is available to advisors within Anthology Reach, now has printing enabled.

Data model improvements: 

• A new canonical sub-model has been deployed for CRM use cases, based on data available in Anthology Reach. 

This sub-model is not yet populated and is deployed in order to generate feedback and prioritization of future expansion. We are working towards data ingestion for Reach clients and will share progress in a future release.

Illuminate Developer Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 24 July 2024
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary

Blackboard Data Developer Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 24 July 2024
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary

Illuminate April 2024 Release

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 30 April 2024
Reporting, Updated Features

Our April 2024 release includes:

• Improvements to our Home Page for a consistent and better user experience.

  Role-Based Access is now available for clients using Institutional Authentication with SAML as their identity provider. This feature allows access to compartmentalized reports, enabling administrators to give users the permissions to log into reporting and access data only from the nodes they are associated with.
  Now, administrators can assign roles and permissions to allow or restrict user access to specific reporting areas.

  Find out more about Role-Based Access and Roles and Permissions

  In Custom Reports, a feature of the Illuminate Enhanced Reporting premium upgrade, Authors can now easily create visualizations through simple drag-and-drop actions, selecting metrics from pre-built datasets already connected in their instances. This eliminates the requirement for SQL skills. 
  Pre-built datasets included are:

  • Person Course Summary
  • Learning Filters All Roles
  • RLS Filters

  Additionally, Authors can now choose to cache data and refresh it based on their preferred schedule. They can also upload flat files like CSVs or Excel spreadsheets, enabling seamless incorporation of external data into Enhanced Reporting.

• Other improvements and bug fixes:
  In Learning:

  • In the Social and Collaborative Engagement Report we solved an issue with the Institutional Hierarchy Levels and the Tool type filters. In the Virtual Engagement tab, we also fixed an issue with the x-axis of the stacked bar for the student distribution by participation in Collaborate sessions. Those values are now correctly sorted.
  • The Student Summary Report now supports Role Based Access.

  In Leading:

  • In the Learning Platform Adoption Report, we fixed the filters for the ‘What institution roles access LMS sessions?’ visualization and implemented several performance improvements.
  • The Course Administration Report now supports Role Based Access.

Illuminate Developer Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 30 April 2024
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary

Illuminate March 2024 Release

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 26 March 2024
Reporting, Updated Features

Our March 2024 release includes:

• One new report in the Leading area:

  To provide a better understanding of how tools are being used and adopted in the Institution, we have improved the Learning Tools Activity and Use report.  

  The Learning Tools Adoption Report now includes key information on tools usage, identifies which courses and Institutional Hierarchy Nodes use specific tools, and allows for easy comparisons of tools usage across different timeframes.

  The report has two tabs:

  • Overview
  • Comparison

  Find out more about the Learning Tools Adoption Report.

• For institutions with Anthology Student, new SIS filters and attributes were incorporated into the Student Performance and Grades and the Social and Collaborative Engagement reports:

  • Course Modality 
  • Grade Level 
  • Program 
  • Course Retake 
  • Primary Instructor 

  A distinct indicator (🔹) identifies data sourced from the Student Information System (SIS) allowing institutions without SIS data to recognize why certain elements are not populated. The overall functionality of the report remains unchanged.

Illuminate Developer Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 26 March 2024
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary

Illuminate February 2024 Release

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 21 February 2024
Reporting, Updated Features

Our February 2024 release includes:

• Illuminate has a new URL: https://illuminate.blackboard.com/. Users can still access Illuminate using the previous URL.

• In Settings, under the Snowflake Account Settings tab, a credit burndown chart is now available for better control of the institution's monthly credit usage.

  
• Other improvements and bug fixes:
  • In Learning, in the Student Summary Report: We fixed an issue with the Course ID value. It now appears in the Course summary Report for consistency between reports. Additionally, in the Activity Log Tab, we are now filtering out “Root” and “Interactive” elements from the item column.
  • In Teaching, in the Instructional Practice Report: We resolved an issue with the filter controls of the Virtual Classroom Engagement Tab and updated the Collaborate Session calculations for consistency within the report.
  • In Leading, in the Course Administration Report: We addressed an issue related to the percentage of new updated items. Previously, it filtered out any items created before the course creation date, resulting in always showing a 100% percentage and an artificially low item count. This issue was solved by modifying the logic behind the course item count to consider items created or modified after the course creation time, thus removing the template items.
  • In Leading, in the Learning Platform Adoption Report: The LMS Activity Tab now includes 4 levels of Institutional Hierarchy, allowing Institutions to set their own context and zoom in on the data they need.
• In Custom Reports, Authors can enjoy a better user experience with an improved frame and expand/collapse actions.

Illuminate Reporting January 2024 Release

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 24 January 2024
New Features, Updated Features

Our January 2024 release includes:

• In Teaching, the Course Summary Report is now supported for Role Based Access for clients with Institutional Authentication using Blackboard Learn as the identity provider.

• In Custom Reports, Authors can now seamlessly share dashboards with report viewers within their institution. 

  More about Role Based Access

Illuminate Developer Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 24 January 2024
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary

Illuminate Enhanced Reporting November 2023 Release

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 15 November 2023
New Features

Our November 2023 release includes:

• Custom Reports is now available for all clients with Enhanced Reporting. This new enhanced feature will allow you to create custom reports that meet your needs and deploy them alongside our standard (pre-built) reports.
   
  

  Find out how Custom Reports works.

• Data Q&A is now available to all clients with Enhanced Reporting. This new feature will allow you to explore your institutional data regardless of your technical expertise by asking questions in natural language and getting customizable visual answers, saving time and effort.
   
  

  Find out how Data Q&A works.

Illuminate Developer Canonical Data Model changes

Continuous Delivery | Release to Production 15 November 2023
Developer, CDM Changes, Data Dictionary