What's New

In this release, we also:

• We updated multiple screens in the Admin, Teacher, and Student apps to reflect the material design updates in the Buzz UI.
• Expanded the list of variables you can include in custom menu URLs to include:
  • USERFIRSTNAME: The first name of the currently logged-in user, or empty-string if the user has specified hidefullname from external web sites.
  • USERLASTNAME: The lastname of the currently logged-in user, or empty-string if the user has specified hidefullname from external web sites.
  • USEREMAIL: The email address of the currently logged-in user, or empty-string if the user has specified hideemail from external web sites.
  • USERNOTIFYSMSPHONE: The phone number (not the provider) the current user has specified in their notification preference for SMS messages, or empty-string if the user has specified hideemail from external web sites
• Updated student enrollment end times to appear on their Course Card, Course Home, and Grades screen if the enrollment ends at any time other than 11:59 pm. This generally occurs if the course is created in a different timezone from the student.

In this release, we:

• Added a line-height button to the rich-text editor full toolbar, and we added additional formatting options to the ordered and un-ordered list buttons.
• Fixed an issue where the Next button in the Admin > New course wizard would appear enabled when disabled.
• Fixed an issue where some admins weren't able to use the new Admin > New coures wizard to create courses.
• Updated the course selector to filter out expired courses by default.
• Fixed a typo in a popup message that appears when printing assessments.
• Fixed an issue with the displaying the pi symbol in the equation editor.
• Fixed an issue that caused the equation editor dialog to flash when opening.
• Fixed an issue where a student's newly self-assigned activity did not immediately appear in the course table-of-contents.

Updates in version 2019.03.21.3689. Learn more.

• GetPasswordLoginAttempt: Fixed an issue that prevented returning the current user’s history without specifying the userid.
• Enrollment Metrics: Fixed an issue that could display a previous reference value for a period in current metrics.
• Assessment: Fixed an issue when grading mathematical expressions. The API was treating the `^` as commutative in some simplifications.

Check out our new video tutorial about Replacement Variables by Brad Marshall from Agilix Support: Use Variables to personalize and optimize content authoring and distribution.

Variables provide a way to simply and uniquely personalize each user's learning experience. Place variable codes in your content, and Buzz automatically replaces the variables with dynamic values drawn from user, course, and/or domain information. Variables also help with the distribution and maintenance of course content.