Updates & Releases

AUGUST 23, 2023 - Communities 6

Communities-based deploy, with large number of bug fixes and tweaks.

Enhancements

Changed icons to remove students to make them more clear and provide room for future options
Enabled adding multiple emails when inviting users to a Community,
Blog.powernotes.com now redirects to the new and improved Help and Support page
Added ability to invite students to communities directly from the “Invite to Course” page
Enabled the use of PowerNotes extension on the PowerNotes resources page
Enabled the use of AI tools for instructors in Communities and Organizations (LMS), when toggled on in Community / Org admin
Enabled sending an assignment / setting it to “Open” status upon assignment creation, instead of only upon edit.
Reorganized Assignment creation form to be clearer
Added email to displayed information in Community user list, to make distinguishing between Community members easier
Adjusted language throughout Communities from “Students” to “Members”

Bug fixes

Extension bookmarks now appear and disappear appropriately when added / removed, even without a page refresh
Fixed some issues regarding removing and adding admins in Communities
Fixed a bug where Communities could be created with zero accounts (i.e. without an admin)
Fixed a Word export bug where bulleted comments changed the output
Fixed an AI annotation bug
Fixed an Ebsco citation bug
Fixed deployment issue with specific accounts
Fixed syncing issue with AI flags
Fixed login / invite issues for users in both a Community and an LMS
Fixed specific organization AI access issue

Deprecations

Facebook login feature marked for deprecation; estimated sunset 1 September 2023