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Release 107 is here!We’re excited to introduce new developments to our learning platform. This release, which goes live on Tuesday, 26 November, not only brings a powerful AI tool for content creation but also marks the first step toward a completely revamped learner experience.Let’s dive into the details!

Changes for learners

<h2>Changes for learners</h2>Easy loginSpeaking about the learner experience; we’ve tackled the login screens first. We’ve revamped the flow and made several improvements:<ul><li>The login flow is now consistent across different use cases.</li><li>We’ve redesigned the login box to make elements easier to find. If you use a welcome message, it will now also appear in the login box.</li><li>Learners can now easily show and hide their passwords.</li></ul>Curious about all the changes to the login screens and what they mean for your learning environment? A full explanation of all the improvements can be found here:<ul><li><a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://support.anewspring.com/en/articles/70706?utm_campaign=Product&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9w2ACv-KcnzBWNipq-RkWWXQwWQZu9-OPvnfHwZBiN6wrKKCf6zGyuEwzaEneeCTBaAOaX">Improvements to the login screens for Organisations</a></li><li><a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://support-trainer.anewspring.com/en/articles/692?utm_campaign=Product&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9w2ACv-KcnzBWNipq-RkWWXQwWQZu9-OPvnfHwZBiN6wrKKCf6zGyuEwzaEneeCTBaAOaX">Improvements to the login screens for Trainers</a></li></ul>

Changes for the staff side

<h2>Changes for the staff side</h2>Create AI generated multiple choice questions in a flashWriting questions can be complex and time-consuming, especially when trying to create enough practice material to help learners feel confident in their knowledge.Now, authors (with or without a writer&#039;s block) can generate multiple-choice questions using AI. Simply click the &quot;+Question&quot; button in an activity or in the content library. You can create questions based on text that you enter or you can select one or multiple content parts, and the AI-tool will generate relevant, high-quality questions.Let AI do the hard work for you and be inspired by the questions it provides. This tool is also ideal for creating additional questions on specific topics to improve the MemoTrainer or adaptivity.

Let AI do the hard work

Hide past events for a cleaner overviewThis feature has been available since August 23, 2024.When updating an event, admins often encounter a large list. When most events have already taken place, this can get in the way of keeping a clear overview.We’ve added a new filter, which allows admins to choose to display past events, upcoming events or all events. This makes it easier to focus on the relevant ones and improves the overall clarity of the event overview.

Make it more organised

Mark the assessment as completed when a passing grade is reached or after all attempts are usedThis functionality has been available since October 25, 2024.Currently, an assessment is marked as &#039;complete&#039; once a learner completes the first attempt, regardless of whether they pass or fail. This follows the idea that even a failing grade is a result, which can shape the rest of the learning journey.However, when assessments allow multiple attempts, marking them complete after just one attempt may not always be ideal, especially if completion triggers the unlocking of other content.With the new setting in the &#039;properties tab&#039;, you can now choose when an assessment is marked as complete:<ul><li>After the first attempt, regardless of the score (existing behavior).</li><li>Once the learner achieves a passing score or exhausts all attempts (new option).</li></ul>This ensures learners complete the activity only when they meet the required criteria or have used all attempts.Note: This setting can only be applied to new assessments. Existing assessments cannot be updated with this setting.

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Restrict admin login as other usersThis feature has been available since October 16, 2024.In line with GDPR and data privacy best practices, we have updated the &quot;log in as&quot; feature for admins. This change enables each admin’s &quot;log in as other users&quot; permission to be turned on or off. This improvement enhances data security by allowing organisations to limit which admins can access other users’ accounts, aligning better with privacy regulations and organisational policies.

Upload multiple files at onceThis feature will be available a few weeks after the release.Authors can now upload multiple files simultaneously on the content library’s “files” page, and instructors can do the same when grading webinars or external activities.

<h3>Looking ahead: An invitation for feedback</h3>This release includes several features that have been extensively tested in a BETA version, but we know feedback is essential for ongoing improvement. As you explore these new tools, we encourage you to share your thoughts with our <a target="_blank" href="mailto:support@anewspring.com">Support Heroes</a>. Whether it’s the AI-generated questions, the assessment settings, or any other tool, your insights will guide us as we continue to refine and expand the platform’s capabilities.Enjoy exploring the new features!

<h3>Dive into the details</h3>In this article, we explained the biggest changes to our platform. Want to learn more about all the changes or find out which ones are relevant to your version? Take a look at the Release Notes:<ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://portal.anewspring.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181962">Release Notes for Organisations</a></li></ul><ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://portal-trainer.anewspring.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181959">Release Notes for Trainers</a></li></ul>If you have any questions regarding the release, do not hesitate to contact our <a target="_blank" href="mailto:support@anewspring.com">Support Heroes</a>!

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We’re excited to introduce new developments to our learning platform. This is Release 107, which goes live on 26 November 2024. Let’s dive into the details!

Release 107: Generate questions in seconds with AI

Welcome back to another update about our platform! This is Release 106, which will go live on August 6th, 2024. Take a seat and let’s dive into the upcoming changes and additions.

Available right away

<h3>Available right away</h3>A fresh wind through your files!As an author, you’ve just uploaded an image to use in a content part. You want to reuse the image for a question, but in order to do that you need to reupload the image. Sounds familiar? Not anymore! We are announcing some big improvements to the way files can be organised in your content library.<ul><li>New content libraries</li></ul>For all newly created content libraries, files will no longer be saved in a ‘content parts’ or ‘questions’ folder. Instead, you are totally free to create your own folder structure to keep everything tidy and organised straight from the get-go.<ul><li>Existing content libraries</li></ul>For all existing content libraries, your current folder structure will stay the same. But, you are able to reorganise and restructure everything according to your taste.Go full Marie Kondo by:<ol><li>renaming files</li><li>renaming folders</li><li>moving files from one folder to another (within the existing content library)</li></ol>

‘Available’ and ‘in use’ status for contentAs an author, do you run into the problem of a content library filled with content that was ultimately not used in a template, but that you cannot delete?When linking a content library to a template, all content becomes available for use and is therefore given the status &#039;in use&#039;. Which also means that it can no longer be deleted.We have some good news for all these authors. We’ve adjusted the status of content, which will make cleaning up unused content child&#039;s play.To make better sense of what happens with your content, we’ve split the status of content into two:<ul><li>Available to be used: when content is linked to one (or more templates) but  is not actually used.</li><li>In use: when the content is actually in use in a template, be it in an activity or as an explanation for a widget.</li></ul>And that is not all! Content with the status ‘available to be used’ can be deleted from the content library at any given moment.

Available soon

<h3>Available soon</h3>Events visible in the course calendarThis feature will become available on the 20th of August.The calendar widget is a handy tool. Learners can create a plan to stay on top of their learning activities or instructors can set one up for learners to follow. However, both parties weren’t able to see the (online or offline) event activities in the overview. So, we added them!<ul><li>Learners</li></ul>In their calendar, learners will now automatically see the event they’ve (been) enrolled in. Additionally, the name of the event is a link to easily open the activity.<ul><li>Instructors</li></ul>Instructors will see all events they need to assess in their calendar. When they click on the event name, they will go directly to the event page. Here, they can view the event itself and the list of learners that have subscribed.

Where is content in use?This feature will most likely become available at the end of August.There&#039;s more in-depth information for users that are both author and designer.Users that are linked to a content library as author and as designer, no longer need to go into the template to see exactly where content is in use. They will be able to see in which activity a content part or question is used from the content library tab!

New API calls

<h3>New API calls</h3>There are a couple of new calls for API users to further optimise their flows.Set instructor for learnersThis call has been available since June 20, 2024The call: POST /setTeacherStudents links an instructor to one or more learners, without specifying the courses.The instructors will only be linked to the learner when they have access to the course.Previously established links to learners, that are not specified in the call, are removed.See all groups from a specific userThis functionality has been available since July 2, 2024The call: GET /getUserGroups receives all groups that a specific user is linked to. From all groups, we send the group name, ID and type. You can also specify if you only want to get a certain type of group (like student or teacher groups).

<h3>Dive into the details</h3>Some of these features are available for aNewSpring for Trainers and all of them for aNewSpring for Organisations:<ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://portal.anewspring.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181918">Release Notes for Organisations</a></li></ul><ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://portal-trainer.anewspring.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181920">Release Notes for Trainers</a></li></ul>If you have any questions regarding the release, do not hesitate to contact our <a target="_blank" href="mailto:support@anewspring.com">Support Heroes</a>!

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Release 106: Clean up your content and files!

Welcome! In this edition, we&#039;ll discuss all changes to the aNewSpring platform in Release 105. Take a seat and let’s dive in.Are you short on time? Read through the titles and the bold marked text to get the quick update.

Messages in app

Messages and announcements in the app

Learners who want to use every available moment to learn, can do more in the app from now on. Why? Because messages and notifications have been added. This makes it possible to ask instructors questions on the go and to stay up to date at any time.<ul><li>Messages and announcements are added to the notification overview, which will be named  &#039;communication centre&#039; from now on.</li><li>Incoming messages and announcements can be seen in one overview, with a clear difference between read and unread items.</li><li>Learners can send new messages or respond to received messages. Besides that, they will be able to search through announcements and messages, and send questions to instructors about a question or piece of content from the activity player.</li><li>Newly received messages and announcements send push notifications to the learner’s phone. Learners can turn this off in &#039;settings&#039;. If the learner has previously disabled the main setting &#039;receive push notifications&#039;, it must be enabled again in order to receive them.</li></ul>

Tagging files

Authors who are used to tagging content libraries and content can now apply the same way of organising to files. Files can be tagged on the files overview page within a content library.

When you are creating questions or pieces of content and looking for a file to add, tags can be used to filter and quickly find what you’re looking for.<ul><li>File filtering is an addition that will go live later, in June 2024.</li><li>Images added by a designer, reseller or tenant, like course and product images, cannot be tagged.</li></ul>

Free products with direct access

Easier starting of free products (with direct access)

Learners who add products with &#039;free, direct access&#039; as a payment method will no longer end up on an unnecessary order page. Instead, they are immediately redirected to the course. If the product contains multiple courses, they will end up on the homepage. The learners will no longer receive order emails for these types of products.

Pre-recorded videos

Submitting pre-recorded videos

Learners who learn at home or at work via a desktop computer don’t always have access to a webcam. This made it difficult to complete a video hand-in assignment. The option to upload pre-recorded videos will now be available for learners who learn on the desktop computer. This also gives them a chance to edit their work and to submit more creative videos!

Screen reader accessibility

Further steps have been taken in our ongoing project to make the aNewSpring platform fully accessible for all your learners. This time, we’ve added the possibility to add text alternatives to non-text content.Non-text content, such as images, videos and sound clips, can be provided with text alternatives. They can be read by screen readers, so non-text content becomes accessible to everyone. Text alternatives can now be added by:<ul><li>authors using files in questions and content pieces</li><li>designers using images in the template</li><li>resellers who use images for products</li><li>tenants who use files in the look &amp; feel</li></ul>

Dive into the detailsSome of these features are available for aNewSpring for Trainers and all of them for aNewSpring for Organisations:<ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://portal.anewspring.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181864">Release Notes for Organisations</a></li></ul><ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://portal-trainer.anewspring.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181865">Release Notes for Trainers</a></li></ul>If you have any questions regarding the release, do not hesitate to contact our <a target="_blank" href="mailto:support@anewspring.com">Support Heroes</a>!

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Welcome! In this edition, we'll discuss all changes to the aNewSpring platform in Release 105. Take a seat and let’s dive in.

Release 105: Messages in the app, tagging for files and more!

This release, we worked on five improvements for the aNewSpring platform. We have improved existing functionalities and added brand new functionalities for you to try. Are you curious about what has changed? Let&#039;s dive right in!

Accessibility

<h3>Accessibility update</h3>It’s important to us that everyone is able to learn on our platform, including people with disabilities. And we took another step towards this goal! The (video) hand-in activity and the SCORM activity can now be performed with a keyboard.We are also working on the accessibility of the platform by means of screen reader software. Some preparatory work has been done, which includes making individual parts of pages (such as buttons and input fields) recognisable for a screen reader. The login pages are the first that are completely screen reader proof.With these steps, we are getting closer to a learner interface that fully complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

LTI 1.3

<h3>Use LTI 1.3 in the external activity</h3>Last release, we shared the first part of the update to LTI 1.3. Playing aNewspring through LTI 1.3 in an external LMS was the first step. In this release, the roles have been reversed. It’s now possible to play learning activities from outside aNewSpring in our platform, using LTI 1.3, via the external activity.

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Reminder email

<h3>You have an event tomorrow!</h3>Keeping track of your agenda is typically something that you either excel at, or not. Whether you have a structured or chaotic way of working or somewhere in between, some help with keeping track of your appointments always comes in handy.With the new reminder email for events, you can now send an automatic reminder to learners and instructors a few days in advance. You can adjust the exact number of days for each event, and also add a note to be included in the reminder email.A useful tool to remind participants of how exactly they can reach the event location or what homework they need to complete beforehand. This way, everyone is prepared and ready.

Filter content by tags

<h3>Filter content by tags</h3>Content libraries, content parts and questions can be tagged for a while already, but the tags are not always visible everywhere just yet. An example of this is when you select a content part to display above a block. In this release, we have addressed this scenario and more.From now on you can see the tags and filter the table based on tags, when you are:<ul><li>a designer or author selecting a piece of content to use it, in a variety of situations;</li><li>a designer turning content parts or questions on or off for usage in the template on the &#039;content management&#039; tab;</li><li>a designer selecting questions as &#039;extra memo-trainable&#039;;</li><li>a designer selecting questions for the extra exercise functionality;</li><li>an administrator using an existing content library for a new survey;</li><li>an administrator selecting content parts and questions for surveys.</li></ul>

<h3>RIT-value now exportable for assessments</h3>It’s now possible to export the RIT-value, RIR-value, and P-value of an assessment activity to a CSV file. These statistics provide valuable insights into the difficulty, discrimination and effectiveness of each question. Therefore, use this information to fine-tune exam activities for better results and make informed decisions to enhance learning experience.

Dive into the detailsSome of these features are available for aNewSpring for Trainers and all of them for aNewSpring for Organisations:<ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://portal.anewspring.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181830">Release Notes for Organisations</a></li></ul><ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://portal-trainer.anewspring.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181831">Release Notes for Trainers</a></li></ul>If you have any questions regarding the release, do not hesitate to contact our <a target="_blank" href="mailto:support@anewspring.com">Support Heroes</a>!

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This release, we worked on five improvements for the aNewSpring platform. We have improved existing functionalities and added brand new functionalities for you to try. Find out what changed!

Release 104: Five updates and improvements

The days have gotten darker, candlelight fills our living rooms and gifts slowly but surely gather underneath the Christmas tree. While you’re trying your hardest not to open any of the presents at home, we come bearing a release full of treats that you can start unwrapping immediately!

Search functionality

Search through all content libraries at the same time!

You’re at the start of a new project, a new training. You know you have content that can be reused, but in which content library did you store it exactly? With our new search function, authors no longer need to look through each content library. From now on, you are able to search through all content libraries you have rights to, simultaneously.Apart from name and ID from content libraries, content parts and questions, you can also get results from text within those content parts and questions. This results in a clear overview of all relevant content for your new training!

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Styling options

<h3>Style ‘explanation for block’ the way you like</h3>We have added three new options to the popular ‘explanation for block’-functionality:<ol><li>Place the explanation above or underneath the block title.</li><li>Choose to collapse the explanation if the learner closes the block.</li><li>Display the explanation with a background (for text content) or without background (for images). This way, your content always looks top-notch!</li></ol>With these options, you can customise your blocks and add beautiful visuals or important information to your learning journey.

Insights surveys

<h3>Insight from your surveys</h3>In the summer, we went live with the survey functionality that helps you collect feedback from your learners in a quick and easy way. Now, we improve upon how you get insights from the results of the survey:<ul><li>Template designers can choose whether the instructor should have access to the results of the survey in the instructor dashboard. Does it include questions about the instructor, and you don’t want them to see the answers? Simply turn off this option.</li><li>The administrator can export the results as a CSV file. In case you want to analyse the results further (in Excel for example) or share the results with someone else.</li><li>The administrator can filter the results based on course. This way you can see the differences in results per course.</li></ul>

Learner groups

<h3>Link learner groups to profiles</h3>From now on, you can link multiple learners to a profile at the same time, by adding a learner group to a profile. Would you rather do this via the API? Go ahead! Did you link a learner group to a profile? In that case you can see this on the learner group page.The option to link learners to a learner group through API will be available a few days after the official release.

Notification

<h3>Wake them up, before they go-go</h3>A couple releases ago (go), we added the ‘automatic logout after ‘x’ minutes of inactivity’ functionality. For learners, we are now adding a warning.Are they automatically signed out after 30 minutes of inactivity? You can set up a warning that will inform them about this after 20 minutes. This way you can nudge them to continue learning, before they are logged out.Are you in the market with Code 95 courses? In that case, this functionality is required.

<h3>Play aNewSpring courses via LTI 1.3</h3>Do you play aNewSpring courses via LTI in an external LMS? It will soon be possible to do so via LTI version 1.3! All functions that are available for version 1.1 as provider, are also available for version 1.3.And the best part? When it comes to LTI 1.3, tenants can set this up themselves on the settings page. No need to contact Support (although, we are there if you need us)!The current LTI 1.1 configurations will, of course, keep working.Do you want to get started with LTI 1.3? This functionality will be released in January 2024.

<h3>Dive into the details</h3>Some of these features are available for aNewSpring for Trainers and all of them for aNewSpring for Organisations.<ul><li><a target="_blank" href="https://anewspring.freshdesk.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181781">Release Notes for Organisations</a></li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://anewspring.freshdesk.com/en/support/discussions/topics/3000181783">Release Notes for Trainers</a></li></ul>If you have any questions regarding the release, do not hesitate to contact our <a target="_blank" href="mailto:support@anewspring.nl">Support Heroes</a>!

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Release 103: A festive release filled with gifts

In our last release, we launched Surveys, effectively positioning aNewSpring as your Training Improvement Engine.In this edition, we dive deeper into features that offer you a lot of flexibility, helping you continuously improve your training.All these changes will be available from the 17th of October 2023.

Keep improving with greater flexibility

<h3>Keep improving with greater flexibility</h3>Edit conditions even after publishing templates.We listened to a lot of users who weren’t able to add/make changes to conditions in templates that were already published. This led to confusion and extra manual effort in fixing these conditions in activities and blocks.With this release, users can adjust the (triggers of) conditions even after the activity or block is published. <a target="_blank" href="https://support.anewspring.com/en/articles/70671">Read more in this support article.</a>Note: You can’t add new conditions or remove existing conditions. Three specific conditions (two for retention and one for objectives) aren’t just ready for editing yet as part of this release.

Save time by linking events to a course through the events page.We’ve enabled an easier way to add an event to the course, while configuring the event itself. So now you will find a ‘activities’ tab on the event concept page, where you can link the event to the activities in a course.

Easily update your survey content at any time to keep your surveys fresh and engaging.Last release, we launched Surveys so you can gauge feedback from your learners directly within the learning platform itself.In order to help you stay up-to-date with thoughts from learners, we now allow you to update the content in your surveys. This means adding new questions and content parts, hiding existing ones, changing the order of questions, and offering learners the most recent version of the survey.

Set the validity of certificates based on the specific requirements of each course.So far, the validity of a certificate could only be determined through the certificate activity, found within the template.This poses problems when you want to create courses for a sub-company since the expiry dates may need to be different for each sub-company. Imagine then having to copy the template and have different groups of users work in different templates - since the settings can’t be changed within the course.As a solution to this, we’ve renamed the ‘events’ column as ‘actions’ thus making it possible to adjust the expiry date of a certificate on a course level.

Committing to compliance

<h3>Committing to compliance</h3>Mail certificates to learners and stay compliant with Code95 regulations.Regulations change. But, we want to help you stay compliant even as regulations change.Code95 regulations ask for certificates to be mailed to learners upon achieving them — so, you can set up the certificate activity so that the certificate is mailed to the learner when they obtain the certificate after completing the necessary requirements.While this was built keeping regulations in mind, this is also a great way to build engagement with your learners by emailing their certificates right to their inbox!

Get the full picture

<h3>Get the full picture</h3>Display comments added by learners in response to survey questions within the survey results.Within the survey activity, learners are provided with the option of adding comments in each question type (except the essay question). These comments weren’t yet visible on the result page. Because these comments carry a lot of insight and clearly add relevance to the results; we’ve added the comments to the results overview.Share your thoughtsWe’re continuously iterating on our platform capabilities — especially with the Survey feature — and we’re very curious to hear your thoughts.Simply reply to the newsletter email and let us know what you’d like to see added within the Survey capabilities to make it work even better for you!

Committing to accessibility

<h3>Committing to accessibility</h3>Lessons, assignments and assessments are fully keyboard operable.In order to be compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, we have to make sure learners can navigate and work on the platform with just their keyboard.This release, we’ve made the lessons, assessments and assignment activities operable according to the guidelines. With lessons amounting to around 90% of all activities we have, this is a huge and important milestone where learners can navigate quite a lot with their keyboard alone!

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Release 102: Focusing on flexibility, compliance and accessibility

Training improvement

Get the lowdown on our new flagship feature: Surveys, which helps us land as your Training Improvement Engine.You’ll also notice that hand-in assignments are available to a pool of instructors for grading and find a few other cool updates. All these changes will be available from the 8th of August 2023.

The Survey feature

<h3>The Survey Feature</h3>Continuous iterative improvement in small incremental steps sounds great on paper, but when it comes to actually implementing them into a learning journey, you of course have to know what and where to improve.The challengeAs the management guru Peter Drucker famously said, “If you can&#039;t measure it, you can&#039;t manage it.” — so the first step before improving learning journeys is to find out what it lacks.Gathering feedback from learners while possible with the evaluation questions, doesn’t fill the gap since they do not place the feedback in an overview or within context to derive meaningful insights out of it.The goalWith the survey feature, you can set up well-defined surveys that can be repeated in multiple templates and learning journeys and used to gauge feedback from your learners.If you want to know how well your training is performing, or what your learners actually think of your brand and offerings, or even why you hear positive feedback about instructor A and not instructor B, you can do so and validate your assumptions.

Working with surveys

<h3>Working with Surveys</h3><a target="_blank" href="https://support.anewspring.com/en/articles/70658">Surveys</a> are one step ahead of the evaluation activity that we have within the platform. How?<ul><li>You can build a survey with the right goal in mind. A dedicated professional (apart from the training designer or instructor) with the right expertise can focus on creating a well thought-out set of questions.</li><li>The survey is not bound to a specific template or learning journey. So, gather feedback from a wider aperture and easily visualise where things are working well and where improvements can be made.</li><li>All results are collected in one overview.</li></ul>Create and manage surveysWith the Surveys feature, you can create surveys based on your role and rights and manage the content easily—create a new content library or rely on an existing one. Since surveys use the same evaluation questions and content parts from the content libraries, you can efficiently re-use your content!Additional permission for administratorsIn order to keep things clear and allow for division of labour, you’ll find two new permissions within the administrator role. The main one allows users to see results from surveys and the secondary permission lets certain users create and manage the surveys.The new survey activityWith this release, you’ll find a new survey activity type for the templates (and learning journeys). Learning designers can select the pre-defined survey (created by the survey expert) and add it to an activity at the template level.In order to keep things clear and fit the purpose of the activity type better, we’ve renamed the ‘Inquiry’ activity type to ‘Questionnaire’.Viewing the resultsOf course there’s a place where you can easily process the feedback!You’ll find one overview with all the results, per survey, featuring the multiple choice, multiple response, as well as matrix and essay questions.Templates to get you startedTrouble formulating the right questions of your survey? We got your back—you’ll find a new template with predefined questions to immediately use within a survey.

Release notes

Release 107: Generate questions in seconds with AI

Release notes

Release 107: Generate questions in seconds with AI

Release 106: Clean up your content and files!

Release 105: Messages in the app, tagging for files and more!

Release 104: Five updates and improvements

Release 103: A festive release filled with gifts

Release 102: Focusing on flexibility, compliance and accessibility

Release 101: Get the lowdown on Surveys within aNewSpring

Release 100: We couldn’t have timed it better!

Release 99: You’ve got 99 problems, but this release ain’t one!

Release 98: A fresh new look with a side of improved user experience!

Release 89: Assessment and adaptivity

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