Dear Community,

We’ve been working on many new features for New Digication. Therefore, we thought it would be helpful to give you an overview of features and updates we’ve made so far and an updated feature release timeline. We’d like to express our thanks once again to all of those piloting the new tools and the wonderful feedback and insight you have provided our team.

Features & Updates Now Available

• Table Module
• Hyperlink option in Text Module
• Ability to style hyperlinks
• Improved Image Resizing Options in Modules
• Option to remove previously selected color from pages, slides and modules
• Changed ePortfolio settings title, grammar issues
• Changed ePortfolio sharing custom permissions description
• Changed background image option from "Parallax" to "Fixed", functionality the same
• Increased size/icon of page menu item drag handles
• Changed Add Content module from "Slide Section" to "Slide"
• Changed "Style Library" icon and thumbnail
• Changed "Submit" button language
• Changed default height of page menu
• Added default background image to new slides
• Added backgrounds to all styles
• Added individual background opacity controls
• Adjusted pre-defined styles
• Adjusted image display settings
• Added individual background opacity controls
• Added option to remove background images
• Added support of embedded content such as YouTube, SoundCloud, Prezi, etc.
• Please note if your school has a custom embed it is not yet supported but we are working towards supporting them in the future. A list of supported embeds is available on our help desk.
• Ability to add New Digication templates at system level (Admin Feature)
• Additional content type display and content filter by search in Add Content page
• Updated color scheme of the Add Content page (see screenshot below)

Resolved bugs

• Fixed new template navigation should have shorter header
• Fixed speed issues with page loading, editing background images, text and styles
• Fixed Filemanager - Images were slow loading
• Make sure create slide are ordered consistently
• Default slides should have a background
• Fixed error on publish when there's a second slide
• Editing media file manager popup becomes not-scrollable
• When opening up the style editor, the style-picker image doesn't show up
• Fixed module toolbar that was not showing up properly when a module had background color or image
• Fixed bug that caused text modules to error if there was no content
• Fixed bug allowing users to click a navigation item marked as a non-clickable "heading"
• Fixed bug where page menu dropdown wouldn't show if the top-level page was a heading
• Fixed bug where hidden pages were showing in published mode
• Fixed hidden pages styling
• Fixed bug where "show" link was not clickable on modules containing a background element
• Fixed bug where deleted pages were not actually deleted from page menu
• Fixed bug where deleted modules showed on the page until next refresh
• Fixed auto-save sluggishness in page menu while editing menu items
• Fixed bug where user should be redirected to a different page if they deleted the current page
• Fixed inconsistent style brush icons in sidebar
• Fixed bug where Upload window was not scrollable
• Fixed bug where after hiding page navigation editing tools the show button became inactive
• Fixed bug where background image opacity slider did not adjust opacity
• Fixed bug where a sub-page page could not be published if parent page was a heading
• Fixed bug where media module toolbar was not showing correctly
• Fixed bug where drop down menus were not showing up in published mode
• Fixed display bug where heading pages were not styled properly
• Fixed slide ordering bug where slides displayed out of order
• Fixed bug where media modules were only clickable on edge
• Added backgrounds and fonts for default style library

Known bugs we're working to resolve

• Audio file processing stuck
• Custom styles disappear when publishing
• Published slide show different height than in edit mode
• Scroll bars in text modules on PCs; IE, Chrome, Firefox browsers
• Link default color should match the sidebar style link default color
• UI language change (typos, text changes)
• Better prompt for saving

New features coming in March!

• Submit ePortfolio

Features to be released throughout Spring and Summer 2017

• Conversations
• Gallery
• Organizer phase 1: Move modules between slides and move slides within a page
• Existing Digication modules support group 1 (not including custom modules)
• Contact/email Form
• Equation editor
• Delete ePortfolio Option
• Copy ePortfolio
• Custom modules & template library
• Support prompts in modules and slides
• Save & share modules and slides
• Reportable modules
• Download reportable result
• Accessibility
• Conversion from Digication Classic ePortfolios
• Enhanced style library
• Ability for school admins (potentially users) to save and share templates
• Ability for school admins (potentially users) to save and share styles
• Users can save a style and apply it globally
• Download ePortfolio as Zip files
• Organizer phase 2: Move modules and pages between ePortfolios
• Existing Digication modules support group 1 (not including custom modules):
• Twitter
• Social Bookmarks
• Google Form
• Google Calendar
• Creative Commons License
• Publish All pages feature
• Image as link (like a button)

Interested in Learning More?
If you would like to join an upcoming webinar about New Digication features or a guide to New Digication Implementation, reserve a time online:
New Digication Feature Overview
New Digication Implementation

Support resources to aid with your transition continue to be added to our help desk and will find additional New Digication help documentation as well.

We appreciate your patience and support as we make progress on the development of New Digication features. As always, we welcome your feedback, questions and concerns! Contact us at support@digication.com.  

Kind regards,

Your friends at Digication