Overview
This release is part of a series of updates that will be made available on a weekly basis through mid-August to ensure that you, your instructors and staff, and your learners have a successful fall with Class. This release also includes an update to the Zoom SDK for Android to version 5.11.3.
Features
Admin controls:
- Additional controls for admin users, including:
- Option to show or disable whether Class session information is shown to learners in the session information panel
- Option to automatically start recording a session when a session host joins Class
Enhancements
General:
- Updates to the latest version of the Zoom SDK for Android (v5.11.3)
- Improved support for Breakout Room timers and notifications on Chromebook
Class Creation and User Management
- Several updates to Class creation and user management, including:
- A new, simpler workflow for adding additional instructors to Class sessions during the creation process
- The ability to assign user roles when adding participants to the Class Roster
- Role editing of existing Class users from the roster
Bug Fixes
Below are the high-priority bug fixes included in this release:
- Fixed a bug where students couldn’t see launched PDF files
- Fixed an issue where joining a class from the link would open the Google Play store rather than launching the class
- Fixed a bug where users are not able to see all of their classes via the Calendar
- Fixed a bug in Spanish where the ‘Absent’ label was missing on the sidebar
- Fixed a bug where when selecting “Add Class Dates” the “From” date is unable to be set past the “To” date.
- Fixed a bug where 400 errors on POST class creation (meeting already linked to a class) displayed a 500 error
Known Issues
General:
- Additional USB cameras are not always detected
- Certain devices on Android 11 may not be able to screen-share with more secure apps in the background (ex: banking application)
Breakout rooms
- Instructor is not able to see the chat thread for a breakout room after joining and leaving it
- Intermittent issues with the “more” button in breakout rooms being unresponsive on the sidebar
- Issues with duplicate users showing as unverified when using breakout rooms
- Issues with users getting unverified when joining and leaving a breakout room
- Issue where the Host/Co-Host labels in the Participant list disappear when breakout rooms are launched
Chat
- Issues with chat not navigating the user to the newest message
Demo class
- Issues in Demo Class when adding a student to the roster
- Unable to join the demo experience as a student user
Localization
- Mistranslations for professor, trainer, and teacher role names
- Mute All and Verify All not visible in Spanish translated application
- In Spanish translation of the application, the label for Absent participants is missing
- Japanese translation of application has incorrect labels for breakout room chat threads
LTI
- Issues with host instructor losing privileges when launching through LTI
- Issues with LTI verification not properly parsing the username
- Instructors can’t edit the semester length from the LTI edit class details pane
Participants list
- Issues with the unverified icon not displaying in Participants list for unverified users joining class
- Issues with the Absent participants list not displaying
Sign-in
- Issues where participants can connect to the meeting when using SAML meeting authentication
- Issues with users not staying signed in when relaunching the application
- Error when logging into class from a @gmail.com email address
- When an organization requires authentication to join a Class, they are unable to
Teaching tools
- Intermittently, users’ last names are duplicated on their individual whiteboards
- XML Error in Agenda when opening demo class as Corporate Instructor
- Issues with the syllabus/agenda showing an XML error 24+ hours after upload time
- Font changes in Whiteboard don’t persist on Chromebook and Windows
- Organizations that block google on their network are not able to open and view any shared files
- Issues adding whiteboard pages, where the page numbers do not increment as expected
- Intermittently, users’ last names are duplicated on their individual whiteboards
- Intermittently, whiteboard presenter mode is not centered on presenters’ drawing
- Microsoft word files are currently unable to be viewed within the share files tool
Zoom users
- Messages sent from Zoom chat are not displayed in the Class chat
- Zoom users see a blank page when instructor launches Browse the Web and Survey
- Issues with Zoom users and verification, including when they select a link from their chat
- Issue with Participant list displaying the sidebar icon for zoom users who have closed it
- Issues where Zoom users do not appear in the All Breakout Rooms tab
- Issues where two links to the sidebar are sent to participants joining from the sidebar
- Issues with Zoom users becoming unverified after opening the sidebar link
General
- Zoom marketplace “Class for Users” app needs to be authorized or re-authorized
- Issues with classes where there are participants with the same name
- Issues with the meeting information dialog displaying the class name as the description
- Issues with the calendar in Class schedule tab when selecting classes on later days of the month
- Class name appears in meeting description field of meeting info panel
- Within the edit class details page, instructors can only delete one session date at a time
- Newly rostered students don’t show up in drop-down when verifying user as existing student
- Course sessions can overlap in the same date/time
Contact our Support Team
Hours: Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm ET/CT/MT/PT | Premium SLA: 24 hours | Standard SLA: 72 hours
Class Support Services Guide