Dynamic Quizzes:Enforce compliance and boost training retention by randomizing the quiz questions presented to each of your learners. Using our brand newQuestion Banksfeature, you can group quiz questions and insert these groups into dynamically generated quizzes. You can also reuse Question Banks in multiple Dynamic Quizzes, reducing the time it takes to create and deliver your training material.
Bug fixes
Certain PDFs used in Document Activities were changing colors when viewed in the Syllabus Builder and the Learner Experience.
Requirements for Video Milestones were incorrectly reflecting Learner progress.
On a Course Cover page, the "Course Instructors" heading was present when no instructors were assigned to the course.
When merging a school from Pre-Registration to Single Sign On, the Password Reset page was not being translated.
When customizing the Learner Activation Email, the preview did not match the customizations that were added.
Performance
We’ve upgraded our Analytics backend infrastructure and have migrated the most data-intensive dashboards (Multiple Course Analysis, Multiple Quiz Performance, and Multiple Quiz Raw Answers) to this new infrastructure. Data will now be added/modified incrementally in these dashboards, as opposed to relying on our previous hourly refreshes.
February 2018
New features
Our new Dynamic Login feature automatically directs a user to the appropriate next step of the process, whether they need to activate their account, create an account, or simply log in.
Enhancements
The Instructor-Led Training events table now will only show future events by default, making it easier to find your next scheduled event. We’ve added a new filter to let you view your past events as well.
A Groups column is now available within both the SCORM Package Analysis and Credential Achievements reports.
You can now customize the “Credential Ready for Download” email.
When changing your school’s Authentication Type from Pre-Registration to Single Sign On, it is now possible for learners to reset their passwords directly within the merging process.
Bug fixes
Some of the Communications emails were not being sent with the “Unsubscribe” link as shown in the email preview.
The “Download your Certificate” emails were not translated from English.
Users were unable to upload files in Course Forum posts.
Certain communications from Fountain weren’t received properly.
Password reset email notifications were sent out without customizations.
Some files in the Media Library weren’t displaying a download link.
When a Presentation was viewed within the Media Library, it did not have the “Actions” drop-down menu to Edit, Download, or Replace a presentation.
In some cases, the incorrect Milestone messages were displayed to Learners.
We found a few remaining references to “SchoolKeep” and have updated those. If you missed our post about the rebranding, check it out here!
January 2018
New features
SchoolKeep is now Northpass! Check out our blog post to learn more about why we rebranded and how the new brand reinforces our focus and commitment to serving the corporate market.
We’ve completely overhauled our existing GoToTraining & GoToWebinar integrations by releasing a new Instructor-Led Training app (ILT). The ILT app provides a centralized location to manage all events and sessions and provides a new “Discover Events” page where learners can browse and register for these virtual events.
Bug fixes
VideoMilestonesrequired an extra click to be considered complete.
When using theSearch + Discovery app, the search page improperly displayed matching results.
When modifyingDocument Activities, admins were unable to delete files uploaded through the Syllabus Builder.
Some schools usingCredentialscould not see their logo in the certificate PDFs.
Performance
We’ve reduced the time it takes to load course activities within the Learning Experience.
December 2017
New features
Our newly-released BambooHR integration allows users toleverage their BambooHR employee data to provide SchoolKeep course access and connect the completion data in our two systems.
Enhancements
We’ve added some additional validation around Discussion Board comments on course activities.
Bug fixes
Admins were unable to replace the Logo Emblems in their email footers.
The “My Courses” page was not properly responding to changes in the browser window size.
Admins were unable to remove an instructors that had been assigned to a course.
The “Coupon code” field was missing in the sales export.
Performance
We’ve sped up the Quizzes endpoint to return the list of quizzes within your school.
Free trial activation links were not allowing customers to set their passwords.
Performance
When accessing a school via aGroup Link, some learners were experiencing slow page loading.
September 2017
New features
New customizable “Inactivity Nudge” notification in the Communications tab. The purpose of the notification is to enable reminding learners via email to return to SchoolKeep after they have been inactive or haven’t accepted their invitation for 7 days, and have assigned courses that are unfinished.
New customizable “Course Assignment” email in the Communications tab to easily alert learners when new courses have been assigned to them.
Account Portals enable you to seamlessly switch between your SchoolKeep accounts.
Enhancements
We’ve updated the user experience of the filters on all Analytics reports to be more clear, intuitive, and easy-to-use.
Groups columns are now available on most Analytics reports and exports to enable the ability to view groups while analyzing performance.
Enable using SchoolKeep’s unique learner ID in Custom Templates.
Bug fixes
When using a custom domain without SSL and OAuth 2.0 as the authentication type, the learner was not redirected back to the original URL after authenticating. This fix allows the usage of Group and Course enrollment links.
Occasionally users would encounter errors when adding new Courses or Learners to Groups.
Uploading new version of javascript template file was not busting the cache and therefore did not update its content immediately.
Close cross-site scripting vulnerability on Course Forums.
Learner now receives their Credential Achievement email immediately upon achieving the Credential, and will also get an email when their Credential is ready to download. Previously the email was only sent after a download was requested and ready to download.
Some Learners were experiencing an error page upon completing a Quiz.
When exporting the People Center, the Learner assigned Courses count was incorrectly including the addition of Managed courses.
Performance
Reduce render-blocking CSS resources for faster load time in the Learning Experience.
Enhance the performance of the Quiz Scores endpoint.
Sometimes in the Syllabus Builder, a fake duplicate Activity was being created. This no longer occurs.
The Assigned Courses count in People Center export was incorrectly counting courses that a Person was managing, even if that Person had been promoted to an Admin.
Sometimes in the Syllabus Builder, the Bold and Italicize functions were not working.
When using the OnboardIQ v1 integration, labels that used punctuation weren’t updated when Learners completed Courses.
Fixed the ability to sort by the Phone Number field (when applicable) in Analytics.
When modifying text in a Rich Text Activity and then modifying another Activity of a different type (e.g. Quiz or Assignment Activity), the changes to the original Rich Text Activity would revert.
When filtering in Analytics reports, after selecting a Group from the Groups filter, if you began to type to search for another Group, the initially selected Group would be deselected from the filter.
Performance
When filtering by Groups on an Analytics report, the filter selection is now faster and loads the options dynamically. This enhancement is especially noticeable when hundreds or thousands of Groups are present.
Custom assets uploaded to a School are now served via a CDN.
Improve response time of My Courses page when loading all of a Learner’s Courses.
Improve response time of the Syllabus of a Course displayed in the left hamburger navigation of the Learning Experience.
Reduce the usage of render-blocking scripts in the Learning Experience.
All Analytics tables now include a Learner’s phone number when the School is using the authentication type Open Access with fields first name, last name, email, optional phone number, and terms of service.
When a Manager is managing a Group with Courses in it, they now only see Learners in their Group. Previously Managers could see all Learners within the Courses they manage, regardless of if the Learners were in their Group.
When a Manager has access to Groups but no Courses, and has the permissions to add new Courses, they now have the ability to create new Courses.
When a Manager has access to Courses but no Groups, and has the permissions to add new Groups, they now have the ability to create new Groups.
When exporting data from any Analytics table, we’ve enhanced the exported data to only export the data currently onscreen filtered by the selected search term and filter criteria.
In order to streamline the process of inviting many People at once, the Person invitation form now includes validation errors for common problems.
There is now a default date range filter on the Courses, Quizzes, and Quiz Raw Answers Analytics tables to enable a view of the most recent data immediately without having to select a filter first.
Update of the Analytics tables loading indicator design to be more prominent.
When configuring OpenID Connect or OAuth 2.0, the “Issuer” field wording is now more clear about how to correctly enter data into the field.
When using the bulk Person API endpoint to add Learners on a School using any of the Shared Accounts authentication types, we no longer send email invitations.
When using the Default Group feature with Shared Accounts or Open Access, all Course enrollments for the default group now happen immediately as opposed to a background process.
Add Learner email validations to Public Website account creation pages.
API performance: searching on /v1/analytics/quiz_raw_answers
June 2017
New features
We gave the Analytics page a facelift and consolidated four analytics reports (SCORM, Virtual Events, Assignment Submissions, and Credentials) to enable easy access to data across the entire school.
Our brand new OnboardIQ integration enables you to deliver course content seamlessly within an applicant flow. Connect OnboardIQ Learning stages to SchoolKeep courses to automatically enroll learners into a course upon reaching a stage in OnboardIQ, and automatically advance learners to the next stage after completing a course. This new streamlined integration enables setup directly within OnboardIQ’s platform.
Enhancements
After re-sending an invitation to a specific person either from the People Center or from the Delivery Log, the table will no longer refresh, but will simply give you visual feedback of success, ensuring that any searches or filters are not lost.
Add additional information to the Delivered status on the Delivery Log to better understand the status of an email notification.
Enable Learners to re-subscribe themselves to your School from My Profile.
Restrict a Manager’s ability to delete a Quiz to only when it is their own Quiz and is not used in any other Manager’s Courses.
For security, restrict a Manager’s ability to edit a Learner’s profile who is also another Manager or Admin.
When a SCORM course or SCORM activity is changed while learners are taking it simultaneously, the Learning Experience will refresh to ensure that the Learner is accessing the latest content.
The Add People form can now be used to bulk add a list of existing Learners to new Courses and Groups. Previously the form could only be used to invite new Learners.
Fresh design for our error pages. Hopefully you won’t see them often, but if you do, the page is more friendly.
Occasionally Learners attempt to reset their password from the Admin side of the Platform. When this happens, Learners will now be prompted to visit their School Website directly to manage their password instead of receiving a message that their email is not found.
Bug fixes
When a Manager doesn’t have access to manage any existing Courses or Groups, but has the permissions to add their own Courses or Groups to the school, the Manager will have the opportunity to add new content to the school.
Users were previously unable to delete courses that were linked with OnboardIQ labels in the OnboardIQ v1.0 integration. Linked Courses can now be deleted.
The header Image for Credential Awarded email and Discussion Reply email were displaying larger than image for the other School emails.
Ensure CSRF protection for Learners managing their Profile.
When utilizing the Salesforce App and Open Access authentication type, when a Learner joined the school and was added to the Default Group, a duplicate enrollment was being sent to Salesforce.
Admins on School using Custom Domain and Preregistration authentication type were unable to log in on their School Website. This only affected Admins, and did not affect Learners.
Managers were unable to delete Learners, even if they had the appropriate level of permissions.
When managing a Learner’s permissions, the lists of Courses and Groups that the Learner has access to did not always populate.
When a Manager had access to Groups but not courses, they were unable to log in and saw error page.
Manager Role: Invite users to manage specific analytics, learners, content, and groups. Available on Pay as you Grow, Premium, and Unlimited plans.
Communications Manager: Customize invitation and other automated emails sent to your school’s users, monitor email sending activity, and whitelabel email senders. These features are available to all customers, except for whitelabeling email sender, which is available on Pay as you Grow, Advanced, Premium, and Unlimited plans.
Five new API endpoints to add Groups to a person, remove a person from a group, list the courses that a person is in, list the groups that a person is in, and remove a person’s access to a course.
Enhancements
Enhance OnboardIQ integration when used with the Open Access authentication type to use an additional parameter which allows for immediate learner access to SchoolKeep.
Bug fixes
Fix an issue where SCORM Courses couldn’t be edited or deleted.
When previewing a Course and navigating via the left navigation menu, the Discussion Board comments were not updating to the current Activity.
When users on the Instructor role clicked the “return to admin” button after logging in, sometimes they would be redirected to a page that they could not access.
Ignore case when requesting a password reset email.
Fix an issue where after clicking a Group Enrollment link, the learner did not gain immediate access to the courses.
Allow Salesforce app to be used with any Authentication type that accepts an email address.
Completed migration to Learning Experience V2.
Enhance OnboardIQ integration when used with the Open Access authentication type to allow passing onboard_iq_uid parameter within links. This enables learners to gain instant access to the appropriate learner account and automatically associate any completed courses with the appropriate labels.
Expose onboard_iq_uid via API when a school is using the OnboardIQ integration.
Enhanced and more consistent user experience when editing a Person’s information. Details are now within a full-page form instead of inline on a Person’s profile page.
Add the ability to use a Learner’s email within custom templates. This allows the ability to utilize Learner details within custom tracking code.
Bug fixes
The list of requirements on a Milestone Summary page were displaying in a skinny column instead of taking the full width of the page.
After cloning a Course, the enrollments number was also cloned. However, the enrollments themselves were not cloned. The enrollments number now clears out after cloning a Course.
