A new flow for unregistered users arriving on Kialo has been introduced to allows users to interact with a template without having to signup or login, encouraging engagement for new or not logged in users.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Some minor visual updates have been made to improve user experience.
A few minor issues with unwanted jumping and scrolling behavior in certain scenarios have been fixed.
Release Notes #1127
Bug Fixes and Improvements
An issue with loading the Kialo platform when using “locked” grades within the Moodle integration has been fixed.
Release Notes #1126
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor issue with UI elements being focused before input has been given has been fixed.
Release Notes #1125
New Features and Functionalities
With the latest release, the Small Group Mode feature is now supported for educators using Canvas. If an educator is utilizing Canvas to manage their students and courses, students joining a discussion will now be correctly assigned to their group set or section corresponding to the selection of the educator.
Release Notes #1124
New Features and Functionalities
Previously, our Small Group Mode feature could only be turned on and once it had been done, could no longer be disabled. Now, discussion admins can also turn the Small Group Mode feature off, allowing discussion admins to be more flexible and making decision settings less permanent.
Release Notes #1123
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor issue with a blank claim sometimes being shown after saving an edit has been fixed.
Release Notes #1121
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor visual issue that occurred when viewing the feedback section has been fixed.
Release Notes #1119
Bug Fixes and Improvements
The sharing tab integrations list has been updated.
Demo Discussions will now open in a new tab, rather than the current one.
A minor visual issue with overlay elements shifting has been fixed.
Cycling through grading details included the educator, this has been fixed.
A bug in which the Group Mode sidebar closed unexpectedly when switching groups has been corrected.
Navigation from the discussion thesis to group notifications on small screens has been improved.
Release Notes #1118
New Features and Functionalities
The Claim Cards in Kialo discussions have had a major design refresh, improving the user experience with a less cluttered view on each card and better optimized for mobile devices.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor issue with UI elements “locking up” and getting stuck when repeatedly clicked in quick succession has been fixed.
Release Notes #1116
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Performance improvements have been made for adding groups in Small Group Mode.
Release Notes #1115
Bug Fixes and Improvements
An issue with users being incorrectly redirected after logging in or signing up based on their UI language has been fixed.
Release Notes #1114
New Features and Functionalities
The Small Group Mode feature is now fully supported in Moodle, both via plugin and standard LTI, allowing educators to use this feature not only on the Kialo platform but within their Moodle courses as well.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
The Small Group Mode admin sidebar has been simplified.
A minor issue with Kialo educator accounts being created via Moodle and not automatically logging in has been fixed.
An additional minor issue for educator logins not properly being linked to different accounts has been fixed.
Release Notes #1111
New Features and Functionalities
Demo Discussions have been introduced with this latest release, allowing educators without much experience in using Kialo to interact with fully-formed discussion, with multiple arguments and theses, and experience what Kialo is like as a teaching tool.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
For discussion admins, the Task Progress icon has been replaced with the Task Overview icon.
Additional contextual information has been added for the tooltip for anonymous discussions.
Minor visual improvements have been made to various UI elements.
Group count and discussion group IDs have been added to discussion statistics.
Release Notes #1110
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Photo-import has now been re-enabled for the Kialo Google Classroom integration.
The workflow for group assignment when using an LTI has been improved.
Release Notes #1109
New Features and Functionalities
With this latest release, the Small Group Mode feature has been drastically improved. The performance when creating larger discussions with multiple groups has been made markedly faster, in addition to improved UI elements and smoother transitions when navigating the feature.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
The login flow for educators using the LTI integration for Kialo Edu has been improved.
An incorrect link sending users to the wrong help center article has been fixed.
A minor issue with some users not necessarily being able to log out when using the Firefox browser has been fixed.
Release Notes #1107
New Features and Functionalities
Educators who utilize the grading feature within a discussion can now sync grades of participants in a discussion with LTI and Moodle.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A new context menu has been added to allow discussion admins to change the discussion type from the root node or thesis node in the discussion.
Release Notes #1106
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A minor issue with Moodle deeplinking not working in the Firefox browser has been fixed.
Release Notes #1105
Bug Fixes and Improvements
A number of minor, visual improvements have been rolled out with this latest release, including the implementation of a new colorblind color palette, removed the shifting of the minimap for large discussions, and adding some padding to certain elements on mobile for a better user experience.
Release Notes #1104
Bug Fixes and Improvements
By removing the task list and removing admins from the task and grading view, the admin view for discussions has been updated for a clearer user experience.
The default email subscription type has also been updated.
Release Notes #1103
New Features and Functionalities
A new page for our website has been rolled out with this latest release. Our “Pricing” page details why Kialo is free and available to everyone at no cost.
