August 8, 2024

Overview

This document may change as the release approaches.

This release we've put out some updated features along with some bug fixes, but it's really a springboard for what's coming...

Did You Hear? Course-wide Upgrade Tool Coming Soon!

We've heard the feedback loud and clear - upgrading your Legacy DesignPLUS content item by item is tedious. That's why we've been hard at work developing a new tool that will enable you to more efficiently upgrade your Legacy content to work with the new Sidebar, course-wide!

We've got some exciting things to share unveil in regards to the course-wide Upgrade Tool, but you'll have hang in there for a few more weeks before we post the most exciting information!
I can't share anything more; I don't know what you've heard, but I absolutely cannot be bribed with coffee or nachos...

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Bug Appreciation

It's a twig; it's a moth; no, it's a praying mantis! The Peacock Mantis, or pseudempusa pinnapavonis, is a rather beautiful species native. When it feels threatened, it displays it's eye-spot camouflage as a defense mechanism. In finding this creature for the release, Google mostly tried to convince me to purchase one as a pet. Would you?

New Resources

New Knowledge Base Articles

Our support team has developed several new knowledge base articles (KBA) to make sure all of our amazing customers have access to the newest information and answers to common questions.

KBA - How do I create a link in DesignPLUS that jumps back to the top of a set of Tabs?

KBA - Why is the font size displaying different numbers in the Canvas RCE and the DesignPLUS Style Editor?

New Walkthroughs

Embed: Walkthrough - Learn to insert externally-sourced media, such as third-party videos, into the editor using the new Embed Walkthrough

Link List: Walkthrough - Learn to create a navigation bar with hyperlinks to better assist students in navigating courses using the new Link List Walkthrough

Learn more about accessing Walkthroughs in the User Guide.

New Features

There are no New Features being released this week.

Updated or Modified Features

HubSpot Report Form Integrated in Upgrade Tool

We've updated the Upgrade tool by adding a new, interactive notice. If you encounter a bug (or something else wonky) while using the Upgrade tool, you can submit a Support Ticket right from the Sidebar! What is great about this feature is that it collects and sends our developers all the information they need to resolve your issue.

It's also a resource for you! The first link in the notice is a Knowledge Base Article (KBA) with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Upgrade tool, including what to expect and what kinds of things may be known bugs. The second link is a form that allows you to report a problem to Cidi Labs and the form automatically collects the before and after upgrade HTML from the page you're on!

Panel Heading Alignment

A couple months ago we released a New Feature that really opened up the possibilities for Module List stylings, like Heading Alignment; we've done some work so now Accordions, Expanders, & Tabs include Heading Alignment as a Style option.

Bug Fixes

Embed

This update will put a wrapper around media added from the native Canvas editor toolbar. In other words, if you add media from the Canvas editor toolbar, you will still be able to adjust it in the DesignPLUS Sidebar because it will be wrapped properly.

Icons

We love when you style an icon perfectly, and it looks so good you have to duplicate it! We didn't love that changing the icon removed all the styling, so we fixed it!

Style those icons like you're paid to do it, and know that you can change the icon as many times as you want without having to start from scratch!

Image

This update improves and fixes the tests that determine when and how to appropriately stack images depending on the container's allotted width, so your image will become centered above your text if the screen gets too small to float properly.

Link Grid

We brought back the hover style for links within the Link Grid that were previously overridden.

Now, when you use Link Grids on a theme style like Basic Bar, when students hover over the Link Grid item, an underline will display to clue students into the fact that item is indeed a hyperlink.

Policies

This fix resolves an issue in which Accordions, Expanders, and Tabs contained on a [Policies] page were not being inserted to the RCE properly.

When adding a Policy with these tools, it should display as designed by your institutional admins.

Table Hover Feature

Our resident bug-catcher brought this rare issue to our attention, and we've released a fix for a minor bug in which the Table hover wasn't working for Row Headers (th elements).

Upgrade Tool

Introduction Content

Upgrading the kl_introduction content block will now preserve the text styling to make sure your Introduction Content looks as it did in Legacy.

Icons & Headings

Previously when adding an icon to headings in the Colored Headings Theme, the icon was covering the text if you changed the text to be left aligned. We've made an adjustment to the alignment of headings with icons for this theme type so that no longer happens.

If only there were a tool that could notify us when you encounter an issue when upgrading. Oh wait...