August 2021 Release Roundup

For those using the Gamification App, starting from this monthly release, it will be possible for users to directly share the badges they obtained in the platform on social networks such as LinkedIn or by copying their links via email or chat messaging.

Starting from this weekly release, a new option is available in the platform’s advanced settings to enable data anonymization for deleted users. The option name is Anonymize Deleted Users, and it is enabled by default on the platforms activated starting from September 2, 2021.

For those using the Notifications app, starting from this weekly release the ability to choose Users as recipients (in addition to Superadmins and Power Users) has been added to the Manager Request Not Accepted notification which triggers when a user does not accept a manager request to confirm their association.

In this update, the following new features have been added to the mobile app:

• Observation checklists are available also for mobile. Your users can now manage and fill out observation checklists directly from their mobile app, from the My Checklists page or as a course training material.
  Checklists enable your users to check their own learning progress or the progress of other users in the platform and to monitor compliance requirements while doing a specific task. 

• HTTPS internal web server has been implemented both for the Android and the iOS versions of the app. Also, the mobile app is now compatible with the iOS networking security feature called App Transport Security (ATS). Part of the internal architecture of the app has been adjusted to support HTTPS and be compliant with the ATS standard. If you want your app to be compatible with HTTPS and ATS, you only need to update Go.Learn or your branded app to version 3.8.0, no other action is required from your side.

Furthermore, a handful of minor issues have been addressed to give you a better, smoother learning experience.

For those using subscription plans in their platform, starting from this weekly release, the area displaying the plan content at the bottom of the Subscription Plans built-in page when selecting the What’s Included button is accessible both when users are logged in and in the public area.

For those having assigned group creation permissions to their Power Users, please note that starting from this weekly release, the group Automatic Creation option will no longer be visible when Power Users create new groups. This change does not have any impact on the existing behavior: Power Users were able to create automatic groups, but then had no visibility on the Eligibility area and were not able to create or edit conditions for the group automatic population. Learn more about groups.

As communicated on August 17, 2021, in order to improve the platform security, for those using the [GET] /learn/v1/courses/{id}/comments API, starting from the August 24th weekly release, this endpoint is no longer usable by suspended users.

As communicated on June 1, 2021, for those using the POST /course/v1/thumbnails API to manage course thumbnails, this endpoint will no longer be available starting from the August 24th weekly release.

As communicated on May 26, 2021, for those using SCORM training material, starting from the August 24th weekly, in order to improve the platform performance and security, the maximum number of files that you can include in a single package will be reduced to 15000.

As communicated on May 26, 2021, for those using the Power Users app, starting from the August 24th weekly release, in order for Power Users to be able to see the Enrollment button for courses, the profile they are assigned to must have the View permission enabled for courses besides any relevant permission on Enrollments.

As communicated on May 26, 2021, for those using the Task List widget to monitor the number of assignments to evaluate, starting from the August 24th weekly release, the number of assignment shown in the Assignment to Evaluate red icon will match the number of users submitting the assignment instead of the showing 1 as generic notification that there are assignments to evaluate.

In this update, a handful of minor issues have been addressed to give you a better, smoother learning experience on mobile.

As communicated on May 11, 2021, for those using the GET learn/v1/enrollment API, please remember that the End of Support date for this endpoint is set to August 19, 2021. 

The API is already replaced by the following endpoints:

• GET /course/v1/courses/enrollments – returns all enrollments to all courses and accepts the parameters already available for the GET learn/v1/enrollment API

• GET /learningplan/v1/learningplans/enrollments – returns all enrollments to all learning plans and accepts the parameters already available for the GET learn/v1/enrollment API

• GET /learningplan/v1/learningplans/{learning_plan_id}/courses/enrollments – returns all enrollments to all courses included in learning plans according to the learning plan ID.

For those creating and managing new custom reports, the Last Update Information area on top of the New Reports page adds two new statuses No Data Available and Data Refresh In Progress. 

Moreover, a new filter Hide Expired Users has been added in the Filters tab under the User Options section allowing expired users to be hidden or shown in reports. This affects the following reports:

• Users – Course Enrollment Time

• Courses – Users

• Users – Training Material

• Users – Courses

• Users – ILT Sessions

• Users – Webinar Sessions

• Users – Learning Plans

• Users

• Users – Certifications

• Certifications – Users

• Users – Badges

• Ecommerce – Transactions

• Users – External Training

• Viewer – Asset Details

For those using the Privacy Policy Dashboard, an informational window has been added to the report export to pdf or csv function indicating when the data has not yet been loaded into the page and downloading is not yet possible.

As communicated on July 6, 2021, for those using the Branded Mobile App Publisher to create a branded version of the Go.Learn mobile app and publish it on the mobile app stores, please note that starting August 2021, Google Play will require new apps and updates to existing apps published on the Android Google Play Store to use the Android App Bundle (AAB) package format. The Android Package (APK) format will no longer be supported by the Play Store starting August 2021.

For those using the GET learn/v1/sub_plan API for the management of subscription plans, please note that starting on this weekly release, this endpoint will be available only for Superadmins and Power Users with all permissions on subscription plans and subscription bundles. When called by users and Power Users without the above-mentioned permissions, the API will return a 403 error.
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For those using the web conferencing widget for courses, please note that starting on October 7, 2021, the widget will no longer allow the creation of webinar sessions. You will still be able to create new sessions for VILT courses from the Course Management area.

For those using the New Audit Trail functionality, starting on October 7, 2021 the following labels for events relating to users self-registering will be updated to better describe each event:

• “User has been created (confirmed registration)” will change to “User self-registered in the platform” – this event describes a user successfully self-registering on the platform without the need to be approved by the Superadmin

• “User platform subscription waiting to be approved” will change to “User self-registration request submitted” – this event describes a user has self-registered and an approval request has been sent to the Superadmin

In addition to the above, a new event “User self-registration approved” will be added to the New Audit Trail indicating when a Superadmin has approved the self-registration request of a new user.

For those using the /learn/v1/lp/{lp_id} API, please note that starting on November 25, 2021, the short_description attribute will return the course description with the stripped HTML replaced by spaces.

In order to improve the platform security, for those using the [GET] /learn/v1/courses/{id}/comments API, please note that starting on August 26, 2021, this endpoint will no longer be usable by suspended users.

Please note that starting September 9, 2021, the platform will no longer accept the “=” character in new or edits to entries for the following user common fields:

• username

• email

• first name

• last name

This change also affects Single-Sign-On provisioned users.

For those using the POST /pages/v1/menu API to create menus, please note that starting on November 11, 2021, the maximum number of menus you can create with this endpoint will be limited to 200. This new limit will align the API behavior to the user interface.