Summary of new features released and bugs addressed.
New Features & Improvements
- Curriculum Map State Management
This feature changes the way coordinators interact with the curriculum map. The curriculum map now has two states – one that is a current state and one that is a future state, represented by two tabs. The current state map is restricted and cannot be edited. This map drives assessment data generation and attainment rules for the current term.
To make edits, coordinators will check out the future state curriculum map. Once a map is checked out, only that user will be able to check it back in or edit it. Other users can see who checked out the map and the edits being made. Upon checking the map back in, the coordinator can assign an effective date for the edited map. On that effective date, the future state map will become the current state map. This enables coordinators to work ahead and have the curriculum map evolve it gracefully over time while still generating mastery data for the current term.
- Bulk Upload and Download Alignments for Curriculum Maps
Coordinators can now download curriculum maps and upload new or changed curriculum maps in a CSV format. Click Download on the current state map to download the current or current plus future state maps. Uploads are done on the future state tab and the map must be checked out first. Clicking Manage Map will bring up the upload window. When the map is ready for upload, choose the future state term and drop the CSV file in the upload window. This feature will help institutions who are utilizing a curriculum system and would like a faster way of syncing their maps to Insights. - Canvas / Insights Outcome Synchronization
Approved outcomes can be pushed to Canvas and synchronized whether an assessment plan exists or not. This enables coordinators to upload and approve outcomes prior to their outcome fetch. Insights will harmonize all of their CLOs in Canvas with their approved CLOs in Insights. This feature is behind a feature flag and is off by default. If you would like to enable it, please contact your CSM. When this feature is turned on, it will send "Import Success" emails when the synchronization occurs.
Bug Fixes
- Support for Blueprint Courses
Prior to this fix, assignments planned in Insights were being duplicated when the blueprint course synced. Courses flagged as 'blueprint' courses in Canvas will now no longer be added to Insights. If a course is created in Canvas and retroactively labeled a 'blueprint' course, the offering will be removed from Insights. Coordinators will only see live courses (which may be a course created from the blueprint) in Insights.