Hello eKadence users,


It's been a while since our last newsletter, here is a list of our latest features that are now live.


Teacher Experience


Discussions/Assignments/Assessments

  • View summary of student performance by question for auto-graded questions
  • Discussion - Add "Mark Grading Completed" button
  • Setting - Add minimum score option to the "Must first complete" prerequisite setting
  • Setting - Add "Set to Now" option next to submission publish/cutoff time


Grading

  • Migrate student scores - no longer requires a previous class grade in eKadence
  • Migrate student scores -  "From Other Class" option's previous class search improvement
  • Gradebook - Clicking on student name from grade book to see student's grades for this class on one screen
  • Quick Grader - Show the number of students that need grading on quick grader button
  • Quick Grader - Discussions - Show late flag next to posts
  • Grading Comments - Allow tab key to move focus instead of indenting
  • Rubrics - Allow import/export to XLSX file
  • Rubric grades are no longer rounded to the nearest whole number
  • Students' original scores will not be cleared when students resubmit


Conferences

  • Conference - Add section selector to conferences page
  • Conference - The default end date is now set to the end of the grading term
  • Conference - Show caseload conferences in the Upcoming Conferences widget


Misc.

  • Announcements - Creating new Announcements UI speed improvements
  • Students - Add show/hide inactive students from view
  • Students - Hover over profile image to view personal image and school photo
  • Resources - Add Import SCORMs option
  • Class Setup - Students' Grades tab will be hidden when the teacher sets Gradebook to Teacher Only
  • Class Setup - Link Sections tabs UI update
  • Class Setup - Manage grading categories UI improvements
  • New class setup new UI flow
  • New teachers without any classes will be shown a Get Started button
  • Help window - Reply to field enforces email format validation


Fixed Issues

  • SCORM imports failing fix
  • Quick Grader - Group assignments counter fix
  • Conferences - Recurring conference fix
  • Content Editor - Fraction display in math format fix
  • Remove settings icon on class card on the student detail page
  • Group announcement email notifications not sending fix
  • Submission page - Dark mode fix



Student Experience

  • Activities - Flag activity UI update
  • Grading Comments - Allow tab key to move focus instead of indenting
  • Learning Path - Always show Prev/Next buttons
  • Help window - Reply to field enforces email format validation
  • Discussions - "Continue" button is unclickable fix
  • Conference - Show caseload conferences in the Upcoming Conferences widget
  • Notifications - Entry is missing activity title fix
  • Improve email notification information
  • Excused assignments no longer show as Incomplete or Overdue for students in the "To do tasks" widget