Notifications have been improved for users to better distinguish between chat and comment mentions.
Release Notes #1177
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Now, when cancelling a claim or comment, the draft will be reset.
Release Notes #1176
New Features and Functionalities
Grading sync has been integrated into the Google Classroom add-on, meaning users will now have their grades given by educators available in Google Classroom. In the previous version of the add-on, this feature was not yet available.
Kialo Edu is now available on the SLS (Singapore Learning Space) learning platform. With this latest integration, educators and students will now be able to utilize Kialo directly in their familiar learning platform integration.
Release Notes #1175
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor issue with syncing grades within Canvas having the submission state being set for past assignments and was mistakenly being labelled as “late”, has been corrected.
Release Notes #1173
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A technical issue sometimes leading to cloning issues on Kialo has been fixed.
Release Notes #1171
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor issue with the welcome dialog has been fixed.
Release Notes #1170
New Features and Functionalities
This release includes the new functionality that allows educators to back-up and restore discussion within Moodle and enables educators to quickly share or re-use discussion across different courses
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor issue with discussion permissions sometimes being out of sync has been fixed.
Cycling through elements should now focus the elements correctly.
A minor error showing when toggling follow/unfollow and mute/unmute for non-admins on discussion has been fixed.
Release Notes #1167
New Features and Functionalities
New tooltips have been added for users when entering a discussion for the first time. These will give new users a better overview of the features and settings of a discussion.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Some minor UI improvements have been made, including updated animations to the homepage and changes to the topic templates element.
Release Note #1169
Bug Fixes and Improvements
New animations have been added to the landing page for a better user experience.
A minor issue with the print preview not properly being displayed has been fixed.
There were some inconsistencies with the Kialo logo on some pages. This has been fixed.
In the Safari browser, the sunburst element was sometimes hard to see and very pale. This has been fixed.
Release Notes #1168
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor issue with some elements not properly being displayed on iOS has been fixed.
Release Notes #1166
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A number of visual, as well as minor content changes have been made to improve the user experience.
A minor issue with Canvas avatars not being imported correctly in some very edge cases has been fixed.
The embedded LTI flow has been improved to ensure that an educator’s login credentials are pre-filled, making the overall flow smoother.
Release Notes #1165
Bug Fixes and Improvements
The instant access welcome screen has been improved.
Login/register buttons have been added to the demo discussion screen.
Wording has been improved in the download statistics.
Grading overview has been added to the discussion menu.
Feedback and grades can also be copied now when cloning a discussion, even if grading is not enabled.
A minor issue with a context menu not opening when right-clicking on claims has been fixed.
Release Notes #1164
New Features and Functionalities
With this release, discussions with Small Group Mode enabled can now be cloned within a Moodle instance.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Some UX cleanup has been included in this latest release, including improved drag behavior on certain elements, removal of unnecessary notifications, and editable template comments.
In some cases with students signing up via an LTI, a confusing pop-up requesting email verification would appear, which is unnecessary in this case as they are already logged into their educator’s LTI platform.
An issue with the “View as Student” view in the Canvas platform causing the discussion view to break in Kialo has been fixed.
Release Notes #1163
Bug Fixes and Improvements
An issue with vertical spacing being incorrect and therefore, making claims overlap on mobile devices, has been fixed.
Release Notes #1162
New Features and Functionalities
Due to some new technical implementations for browsers we support, Kialo is now fully functional in embedded iFrames. This allows users to directly interact with Kialo discussions in LTI platforms, rather than accessing and interacting with discussions in a new tab/window.
The Kialo homepage has been updated to further illustrate and communicate that we are more than simply a debate platform for the educational space.
Release Notes #1158
Bug Fixes and Improvements
The behavior for account linking and email synchronization has been improved to ensure that students and teachers always have the correct account linked when accessing Kialo from an LMS.
A number of broken links in Google classroom have been fixed.
Some UI elements were incorrectly shown and covered by other elements. This has been fixed.
Release Notes #1157
Bug Fixes and Improvements
The UX for teacher feedback has been updated so that the active drawer closes after an educator has saved their feedback.
Release Notes #1154
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Some minor technical changes have been made to improve language-specific topic libraries and LTI integrations with Kialo.
An issue with grades not properly syncing with Schoology has been fixed.
Account linking sometimes did not work properly for cloud-hosted LMS. This has been fixed.
A minor styling issue when entering text into the search field has been corrected.
Release Notes #1153
Bug Fixes and Improvements
The Canvas integration has been updated with an improved user flow for discussion admins, allowing them to accept the terms and conditions for all participants. Previously, each individual had to accept when joining a discussion for the first time.
A prompt asking to have a suggester join a discussion as a writer has been removed when accepting suggestions in group discussions to improve the user experience.
Release Notes #1152
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor visual issue has been fixed in which the Kialo logo not properly appearing in invite emails or newsletters.
