November - December 2024 Release Notes

[FinalAsgard]

November 18, 2024

- [BUG] Squashed a bug that marked a multi-answer question as correct if you selected all of the correct answers and an additional incorrect answer

- [ENHANCEMENT] Installed a framework that will allow me to add more responsive elements to the UI and will allow me to add really cool User Experiences in the near future
- [ENHANCEMENT] Question text can now be multi-lined. This is great for making a really long question look nicer and easier to read
- [ENHANCEMENT] Added a captcha to the registration page to help curb the incredible number of bots that want to register but not use the site

- [UI] Reduced the font size of the questions on the test and answer pages when the question has a lot of text. This looked awful on desktop.
- [UI] Made the "Select an answer" text more clear for when viewing a question with multiple answers so there is a visual distinction besides the round radio box turning into a slightly less round check box

[FinalAsgard]

November 21, 2024

- [UI] The primary Library page now sorts the exams by date last taken, so the tests that you're currently working on will be at the top of the list and easier to find.

[FinalAsgard]

December 8, 2024

ENHANCEMENTS
- Added the ability for an Exam Author to add instructions, or "Insights", to each question in an exam. These show up on the answer page after a user submits their answer to a question. Just click on the Instructor Insights button to view these, if available

- Added 2 AI Tutors to provide dynamic insights to questions. These tutors each have different personalities, so use whichever you prefer the instruction from.

- Added Markdown support to Question text. Use common mark markdown to add formatting to your exam questions

[FinalAsgard]

December 9, 2024

- [UI] Added a Question Edit button to the Exam Answer page for users who have edit permission for the exam. This will make it way easier to go in and update a question if you discover something wrong with the text while you are taking the exam.

[FinalAsgard]

December 15, 2024

ENHANCEMENTS
- You can now have a conversation with the AI instructors!

[FinalAsgard]

December 19, 2024

ENHANCEMENTS
- Users are now awarded bonus credits when they achieve FAMILIAR rank in an exam
- Added Drago to the Query the Help Owl text about the instructors
- Updated the AI instructor prompts to ignore mentioning the incorrect answers category for Group questions that automatically generate the incorrect answers

FEATURE
- A new Practice Flash Card mode will be available that will generate the practice questions based on questions that you have recently gotten incorrect. While the new practice mode is not here yet, tracking of incorrect questions has started to take place so that any exam from today onward will be able to be used to populate this practice mode when it is added.

UI
- The answer text for questions with long answers is now left aligned within its space on the Exam Answers page instead of being sometimes centered

[FinalAsgard]

December 20, 2024

ENHANCEMENTS
- Exam Authors can now see the AI Instructor Insights when editing a question, and can delete an Insight.
- If an author adds their own Insight to a question, then when an AI Instructor is summoned to give their insight the Author's insight will be sent as well to hopefully influence the AI. This should be useful for the rare question where the Instructor gets its insight wrong because its overlooking a contextual clue of the question.

FEATURE
- Added a new Flash Card Practice option for "Recently Incorrect". This will allow you to practice the 15 most recent questions that you got wrong. If during a test you get a question correct 2 times in a row then it will be removed from the Recently Incorrect list.

UI
- Practice Flash Cards now parse Markdown used in test questions

[FinalAsgard]

December 22, 2024

ENHANCEMENTS
- Made improvements to the Instructor Chat UI so that it works more fluidly. No more pressing enter and just hoping and waiting that it's doing something for 10 seconds before you see a change! Also removed the banner asking you not to hit enter twice, because "trust us it's working..."

UI
- Moved the "Next Question" button on the Answers page to be consistent with the location of the button on the Instructors Insights tab