Release Notes — 7/01/24 - 9/30/24

Analyze

No updates for 7/01/24 - 9/30/24

Billing

No updates for 7/01/24 - 9/30/24

Bookshelf

Updated page view options in reader preferences for PDF and Fixed Layout EPUBs

What’s changed?

Updated the page view options for fixed format books so that they are consistent with the new Paginated EPub.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors

Library search should default to Content Search tab if no title results are returned

What’s changed?

Improved the search experience by adding the ability for the search UI to default to the content results tab if there are zero title returns.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors

Added shortcuts for Free Books subscription in Home

What’s changed?

Created a promotional swimlane in Bookshelf (bookshelf.vitalsouce.com) to display a collection of open resource titles.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors

Recent Activity books missing the 3-dot menu

What’s changed?

Added the 3-dot more options menu to the titles displayed in Recent Activity on the Home Shelf.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors

Removed the ability to navigate between the Fraction and Dewey libraries

What’s changed?

Removed the ability for users to navigate between the new and old Bookshelf online library.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors

Added a notification to the Expired menu on the left navigation bar when an asset expires.

What’s changed?

Added a notification to the Expired menu on the left navigation bar when an asset expires.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors

Added an Update Library button to the new library experience

What’s changed?

Added an Update Library button to the Help menu so that users can manually refresh their license.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors
Connect

Place cursor in search box on Find & Add Sections modal

What’s changed?

Upon opening the Find & Add Sections modal on Connect Item groups, the user’s cursor will automatically be placed in the search field.

Who does this change affect?

  • LMS Admins
  • Institutional Admins

Students with Unissued Print Items on Students Page Appear with No Print or Content in Print Distribution Tool / Not All Student Content Showing in "Sections and Items" Tab

What’s changed?

This issue was exacerbated by the increased volume of license processing jobs due to fall rush. We have resolved the underlying problem that caused student license states to be intermittently incorrect when job processing was slowed or strained.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors

Build new Publisher Participation Report

What’s changed?

We have begun piloting new publisher-facing participation reporting with a handful of key publishers. This reporting change is a major process improvement for them that will ensure student content access is properly handled closer to real time. 

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors

Explore and Create showing results with prices when "No Price Available" filter is selected

What’s changed?

We’ve resolved an issue that made it possible for adoptions with price(s) available to be included in the “No Price Available” filter on Explore & Create.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors
Content Upload

No updates for 7/01/24 - 9/30/24

Explore

Added Additional Currencies In Explore

What’s changed?

The Explore admin site has added support for the following currencies:

COP - Colombian Peso (*$*)

BRL - Brazilian Real (R$)

NZD - New Zealand Dollar (*$*)

Publishers can now select these currencies when fulfilling content in Explore.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors
Launch

No updates for 7/01/24 - 9/30/24

Deep linking

No updates for 7/01/24 - 9/30/24

Manage

Updated Upload spreadsheet with new list of BISAC codes

What’s changed?

We’ve updated the list of BISAC codes in the Upload spreadsheet.

Who does this change affect?

  • Learners
  • Instructors
Store & Sampling

No updates for 7/01/24 - 9/30/24

Studio

No updates for 7/01/24 - 9/30/24

Verba

No updates for 7/01/24 - 9/30/24

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