Welcome to the Elucidat release notes! Here, you'll find updates on new features, improvements, and bug fixes in our latest release. See All release changes for the full list or read on for a summary of the highlights.
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Release highlights
Today’s release brings lots of great new functionality to Create. Read on to find out more about each new feature.
Introducing releases: a new way to publish courses
We have re-built the way Projects are exported from the platform. The new workflow introduces releases. You can now access the new release workflow by clicking Export in your Project‘s top toolbar.
What is a release?
A release is a fixed snapshot of your course that Elucidat hosts for you.
Previously, the only way to publish your course was to export a SCORM package directly from the Project. These packages were stand-alone and self-contained. This made things like versioning difficult. If you made a change to your learning, you had to export a new package and re-upload it to your LMS—there was no way to update it directly from the platform.
Now, instead of packaging all your content into a heavy, static SCORM file, you can export a lightweight SCORM wrapper that connects back to our servers or generate a web link that can be launched in a browser. Content is served directly from Elucidat, giving learners faster load times, more reliable delivery, and a consistent experience for whichever method you use.
What are the benefits?
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New Online Link release format
Online Link courses can be launched directly in a browser and are a great option if you don’t have a Learning Management System (LMS) or if you need to distribute the same course across several environments. Online Link avoids repeated exports and uploads. One hosted release can be used everywhere. -
Update courses instantly with re-release
Because the content is hosted in the cloud, you can update a release directly and immediately from Elucidat without replacing anything in your LMS or distributing new links. - Releases use our bookmarking micro-service
When a learner returns, their score, progress, and position is retrieved from our servers rather than being restored by a limited encoded string. This effectively removes the constraints of traditional suspend data.
Resources
Here are some resources to get you started.
- Publishing your first Online Link course
- Publishing your first SCORM course
- Updating a live course with re-release
- Understanding how your learners’ course progress is bookmarked
Re-release cannot be used with directly exported SCORM packages made prior to this release. You’ll need to create a new release and upload it to your LMS to benefit from re-release.
Enhanced tracking with xAPI
Lastly, we’ve also added the ability to set up integrations with a Learning Record Store (LRS) which enable your courses to report xAPI data to multiple endpoints at once.
xAPI (sometimes called TinCan) stands for Experience API and is typically reported to and viewed in a Learning Record Store (LRS). In elearning, it is used to track learner data in a more holistic way than traditional SCORM reporting.
Resources
Here are some resources to get started.
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Start tracking xAPI data with SCORM Cloud and Elucidat
Get started quickly by creating an LRS integration with SCORM Cloud. -
Creating an xAPI integration to report learner data to a Learning Record Store (LRS)
Create an integration with your own LRS and start reporting xAPI data.
All release changes
See below for the full list of changes in this release. Use the tabs to view release items for each platform.
Shared
Changes that apply to both Elucidat Author and Elucidat Create.
Improvements
No changes in this release.
Fixes
No fixes in this release.
New features
No new features in this release.Author
Changes that apply to the Elucidat Author platform.
Improvements
No changes in this release.
Fixes
No fixes in this release.
New features
No new features in this release.
Create
Changes that apply to the Elucidat Create platform.
Improvements
No changes in this release.
Fixes
No fixes in this release.
New features
- We have overhauled the course export process, replacing the ability to directly export SCORM packages with the ability to create releases.
- We have added a new Online Link release format so learners can take courses directly in their browser
- It is now possible to re-release live courses, enabling you to update them directly from the platform without having to replace the SCORM file in your LMS or re-distribute course links
- You can now add xAPI reporting capability to your course, allowing you to report xAPI data to one or more LRSs
- Releases now use our bookmarking micro-service to track and restore learner progress
These release notes focus on major new features, improvements, and bug fixes that users will experience directly. Unlike a detailed changelog which lists all technical changes, these notes highlight the most important updates.
Our team is constantly working on essential background improvements, including backend systems, infrastructure, and preparation for future features. While this parallel work is not listed here, it is strategically planned and executed alongside the visible improvements described in these notes.