Release Timeline
- June 5, 2023: Released to training sites
- July 2023: Released to production sites
Improvements
Outcome Assessment Summary Report
Course Section Trend Analysis Report
My Assignments Dashboard Widget
Syllabus Template Question Types
Improvement Details
Action Items
Current Functionality: Items displayed in the Action Items drawer that displays upon login (unless disabled) are displayed in an incorrect order.
Updated Functionality: Items displayed in the Action Items drawer will now display as follows:
Assignments:
Student Submissions: Assignments with the closest due date will display first with later due dates subsequently displaying.
Scoring Assignments: Assignments with the closest scoring due date will display first with later due dates subsequently displaying.
Available Results: Assignments with the most recently released results will display first with older released results subsequently displaying.
Course Assessments: Course Assessments will first be ordered by Term, then alphabetically by Course Section.
Course Evaluation Results: Course Evaluation results will display in order of which results became available first. If multiple results became available on the same date, they will be ordered alphabetically based on the Subject Code.
Data Collections: Data Collections will display alphabetically by the Data Collection Name (e.g. "2023 Assessment Plan & Report" will appear before "2023 Program Review"), then alphabetically based on Step Number (e.g. Step 1 will display before Step 2), and finally ordered alphabetically based on the Business Object Name (e.g. for Program Data Collections, the "Accounting, BS" form will appear before "Biology, BS" form).
Program Assessments: Program Assessments will first be ordered by Term, then alphabetically by Course Section, and finally ordered by Program name.
Surveys: Surveys with the closest end date will display first and Surveys with subsequent end dates will follow with the furthest end date displaying last. If multiple Surveys are configured with the same end date, they will be ordered alphabetically based on Survey Name.
Tasks: Tasks with the closest deadline will display first with later deadlines subsequently displaying. If multiple Tasks have been configured with the same deadline, they will be ordered alphabetically based on Task Title.
Analytics
Outcome Assessment Summary Report
Current Functionality: Selection of a specific campus and/or delivery mode is not available when defining report parameters.
Updated Functionality: New report parameters have been added to enable the ability to define the campus or delivery mode. Available selections for these new parameters are based off the DeliveryModeDesc and CampusName fields in the Course Section import file sent to HelioCampus.
Note: If Delivery Mode and Campus Name are not being provided in the data files sent to HelioCampus these two additional parameters will not be displayed.
Course Section Trend Analysis Report
Current Functionality: Selection of a specific campus and/or delivery mode is not available when defining report parameters.
Updated Functionality: New report parameters have been added to enable the ability to define the campus or delivery mode. Available selections for these new parameters are based off the DeliveryModeDesc and CampusName fields in the Course Section import file sent to HelioCampus.
Note: If Delivery Mode and Campus Name are not being provided in the data files sent to HelioCampus these two additional parameters will not be displayed.
API Support
API support has been added to enable the ability to pull additional form items from a Syllabus Template at the Course/Co-Curricular Activity & Course Section/Co-Curricular Section levels. The following form items have been added:
- Course Information
- Text/Memo
- Instructor Information
- Single Line Text
- Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
- Table
- Academic Policies
- Outcomes
- HTML
- Document Request
- Multi Choice Multi Answer
- Dropdown Select
Although available, this new API support is currently being finalized. If issues are encountered, please direct questions to the Institution's Client Success Manager with HelioCampus. Learn more about the HelioCampus API.
Assignment Linking
Updated Functionality: Users will now have the ability to open the Assignment Linking UI into fullscreen mode.
Data Warehouse
Current Functionality: For Courses that do not contain any Course Sections, Course Learning Outcomes are not added to the Data Warehouse.
Updated Functionality: Course Learning Outcomes for Courses that are not aligned to any Course Sections will now be added to the Data Warehouse. Additionally, two tables will have fields be renamed as detailed below:
- The changes are with 2 tables. (dw_clo_hierarchy and dw_clo_rubric_hierarchy)
- master_course_section_id is renamed to main_course_section_id
- is_master_inherited is renamed to is_main_inherited
- is_course_clo column will be added. Your institution can now use this column if you would like to know if courses have course learning outcomes. Valid values of this column are True or False.
External LMS ID
Current Functionality: Currently, the External LMS field displays as editable in Course Section Settings.
Updated Functionality: The External LMS field will no longer display as editable at the Course Section Settings level.
Main Menu and UI
As part of the previous 3.91 release, HelioCampus implemented a reorganization of the Assessment & Credentialing platform main menu and user interface updates to improve and simplify the presentation of the platform. To learn more about these changes, the Main Menu Reorganization and User Interface Updates guides can be reviewed.
Upon logging into the platform, a popup will will display to prompt users to explore these updates. This pop-up can be disabled from displaying upon each login by enabling Do Not Show This Specific Announcement Again prior to clicking Dismiss to close the pop-up.
My Assignments Dashboard Widget
Current Functionality: Converted LMS assignments currently display to students via the My Assignments dashboard widget although students are unable to submit content for these assignments.
Updated Functionality: The My Assignments dashboard widget will no longer display converted LMS assignments in either the Assignments to Submit section or the Completed Assignments section of the dashboard widget.
Strategic Planning
The Strategic Plans menu item has been renamed to Strategic Plan Objectives and has been relocated to the Data Collections Main Menu section. The newly titled and relocated Strategic Plan Objective platform page has been updated regarding the homepage page display and creation process of new strategic plan objective sets to more closely align with the current functionality of the Outcomes Library.
- Within the Reports Library, the Strategic Plan Reports have been removed.
- Within the Organizational Hierarchy, Strategic Plan Settings have been removed.
NOTE: This improvement has not removed the ability to add Strategic Plan Objectives or the ability to align them with Data Collections or the Evidence Bank. Clients with interest in setting up a Strategic Plan Objective that aligns with the aforementioned platform features, should contact their Client Success Manager.
Syllabus Template Question Types
Current Functionality: The True/False question type can be added to Syllabus Templates.
Updated Functionality: The ability to add the True/False question type to Syllabus Templates has been removed. Any existing Syllabus Templates utilizing a the True/False question type will be automatically updated to change all True/False question types to Multi-Choice, Single Answer.
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