Lectora Online 5.2.5 Release Notes
Released on:
January 29, 2023
Current Version:
Lectora Online 5.2.5 (175)
Issues Fixed:
LO-7944 - Sunset SOM in Lectora Online
LO-8022 - Unlimited Disk Quota for Portal orgs
Lectora Online 5.2.4 Release Notes
Released on:
December 3, 2022
Current Version:
Lectora Online 5.2.4 (172)
Issues Fixed:
LO-7954 Output of XLF export no longer working for German vowel mutation characters a.k.a. Umlauts
LO-7972 Updating the CourseMill field in Lectora Online is not fully saving and reverts back to the default setting
Lectora Online 5.2.3 Release Notes
Released on:
Oct 15, 2022
Current Version:
Lectora Online 5.2.3 (151)
Issues Fixed:
- LO-7888 Saba Publisher Online has no ReviewLink tab in the user's Preferences window so they can't change RL email or password
- LO-7940 CLONE - Update AICC publish to copy files in the CRS folder to the root folder when publishing
- LO-7834 LO/RL Platform Upgrades
- LO-7884 Trivantis.com AWS classic networking
- LO-7889 User cannot select text in published projects regardless of the Protect content option checked
- LO-7900 Illustrated Cut Out Characters cannot be downloaded from LO
- LO-7928 Preferences, Apps, ReviewLink, Cannot remove password from field plus old value comes back.
- LO-7935 Audio Closed caption text appears in wrong place up the page from the closed caption black box
- LO-3338 YouTube closed captioning does not display via LO, does display via LD.
- LO-7892 Publish to RL - Account Settings button not working right
- LO-7894 Move RL off of Trivantis.com to public.lectora.com/help/ReviewLink
- LO-7925 Closed caption background flag is not correct if importing PKG from LD
Lectora Online 5.2 Release Notes
Released on:
Dec 12, 2021
Current Version:
Lectora Online 5.2 (86)
Enhancements:
Publish to The Training Arcade Activity List
Publish your Lectora Online SCORM content as an activity within your arcade, such as a Task, Mission, or Journey. (requires an Arcades® subscription)
Publish to Rockstar Learning Platform
Sign up for a FREE Rockstar Learning Platform account to publish UNLIMITED Lectora courses directly to your platform.
Publish to Docebo
Enjoy easy integration with the Docebo LMS. Publish your Lectora courses directly to the Docebo Content Library in a few clicks.
Add CenarioVR content.
Drop in your zipped scenario in a few clicks
Trigger an event when the scenario completes (on-done)
Upon completion of the CVR content, the following 3 variables are set.
Duration
Result (passed, failed, & completed status)
Score
New Focus Action to set the keyboard focus to any Lectora object
Focus an element on the fly to improve the navigation experience for screen reader learners. (Coming soon to Desktop!)
Issues Fixed:
LO-7682 Fonts are now retained when importing a Question/Test CSV
LO-7676 Video controller buttons no longer overlap with RTL (right to left) languages
Lectora Online 5.1 Release Notes
Released on:
Oct 22, 2021
Current Version:
Lectora Online 5.1 (126)
Enhancements:
Training Arcade Integration
Allows Authors to insert Training Arcade Games directly into their Lectora Course and retrieve user interaction information from the Game object
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- Insert a Training Arcade Game directly into a Lectora Online course
- Training Arcade Game variables provide information to the Lectora course on the Learner's interaction with the embedded Training Arcade Game (where xxx is the numeric ID of the object)
Duration (in seconds from game beginning to end)
Variable Name: Object_Name_xxx_Duration
Result (passed, failed or completed - set after end of game)
Variable Name: Object_Name_xxx_Result
Score (percent correct, not the game score)
Variable Name: Object_Name_xxx_Score
Points (points accumulated in the game)
Variable Name: Object_Name_xxx_Points
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- New "OnDone Playing" trigger for Training Arcade Games
Issues Fixed:
LO-7672 Textbox formatting lost when switching content
LO-7686 The auto start media tap/click page now uses a play button for better appeal. The play button is always visible, providing a better user experience, even for taller pages or smaller devices.
LO-7678 Older style Legacy Lectora buttons and shapes have no icon
Lectora Online 5.0.2 Release Notes
Released on:
Sep 13, 2021
Current Version:
Lectora Online 5.0.2 (86)
Enhancements:
This release includes several system performance improvements.
Issues Fixed:
The OnShowPlay action will wait for an initially hidden video to be displayed.
PowerPoint files with certain m4a audio files are now supported.
Lectora Online 5.0.1 Release Notes
Released on:
Aug 1, 2021
Current Version:
Lectora Online 5.0.1 (71)
Enhancements:
UI text size increased to improve usability
Issues Fixed:
When deleting a progress bar, custom variables are now retained
Publish to HTML: HTTP 500 error and zip file failure
Find/Replace ".<space><space>" with ".<space>"
Error Code 1004 with custom colors
Lectora Online 5.0
Released on:
Jul 11, 2021
Current Version:
Lectora Online 5.0 (55)
These Modular Development tools, which dramatically reduce time, save money, and extend resources with repeatable, scalable processes include:
- Ready-made instructional design frameworks
- Mobile-ready themes & style packs
- Interactive wireframe templates
- New library of templatized interactions
With these new ModDev elements, instructional designers can customize and brand once, and blast their branded modular templates across a global organization for consistent, professional results.
Enhancements:
Modernized User Interface and Experience
Lectora ModDev rapid modular development system
New Mobile-Ready Themes & Style Packs
Interactive Wireframe Templates
Custom Color Palettes Save & Import
Visual Style Preview
Improved Media Event Synchronization
Greater Control of Closed Captioning
Improved video editing capabilities of Screen Recorder Tool
Issues Fixed:
Text block with a hide by float transition will now reappear when a show action is applied.
In Run Mode, Mute now will persist across pages
Lectora Online 4.10
Released on:
Nov 6, 2020
Current Version:
Lectora Online 4.10 (198)
Enhancements:
- Organizations can now set their own Password Policy LO-7241
- Now organization administrators can set a password policy
Number of failed login attempts before user is locked out - Lockout time period
- Password length
- Number of numbers required in a password
- Number of uppercase characters required in a password
- Number of lowercase characters required in a password
- Number of special characters required in a password
- Do not allow username or names in a password
- Do not allow consecutive characters
- Check against a list of common bad passwords (blacklist)
- Now organization administrators can set a password policy
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- Translate courses using the XLIFF file format LO-7244
The translation tool now produces XLIFF files for translation - Closed Captions can be added to any video with the video editor LO-7239
See Video
- Translate courses using the XLIFF file format LO-7244
- Videos can be created in a structured way with the video editor Scripted option LO-7228
See Video
Issues Fixed:
- 211970271 Test saving values in question variable
- 217724132 Error during executing action an action [Video Close] Safari
- 231213806 YouTube Video video does not show if initially hidden
- 204156323 Media Events not working in Safari on MacOS since last LO update
- 200307824 Manage Titles dialog, Right Click not working
- Support - Closed Caption box in video player has lost its background that helps the text stand out from the video
- Support - Closed Caption <span> text formatting doesn't work
- Support - Edit question text control in Question Editor does not work on Mac
- Community - M4A audio files not playing on v4.9
- Support - YouTube auto-start issue
- Support - xAPI course description causes JS error if it contains a newline char
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Lectora Online 4.9
Released on:
Sept 11, 2020
Current Version:
Lectora Online 4.9 (548)
Enhancements:
Audio and Video Player Updated LO-6831-
- Stream your videos with the latest technologies
- More authors are using media streaming services that utilize Browser native streaming protocols such as HLS and MPEG-Dash. We have updated the media player so you can take advantage of these modern streaming protocols natively in Lectora.
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- Now when you update a variable you will see any associated objects update.
- Variables that are used inline in Text Blocks are now updated when the variable is modified with a Modify Variable action. Similarly when you use Modify Variable to update Question, Form Element, or Progress Bar variables the UI of those objects will change to the new value.
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- We upgraded the jQuery library used by Lectora to jQuery 3.5.1.
- With this update we drop support for Internet Explorer 9 and less for published courses.
- The internal jQuery library can be accessed through scripting using the triv$ object.
- This update ensures the latest security fixes for jQuery will be included in your published content.
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- You asked and we listened. Back by popular demand the Send Email action has returned!
- We highly recommend you submit results or responses through our Submit Form Action or Submit Test Results to a server side script or Google Forms. However, if you have a use case where you want your students to use email, this action is back in Lectora for you to use.
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- The Click / Tap here start page is now Accessible (WCAG compliant), it uses a standard button object. The text for this page can be configured in the Publish String Sets. You can also find some secret styling tips for this page in our community forum.
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- For Text to Speech a sample rate of 8000Hz is just not enough. We have listened and with this release higher sample rates are now available!
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- We’ve made our publishing options easier to understand
- When scaling to fill up the browser window you can now also set a limit so your content is not expanded beyond a reasonable size.
Issues Fixed:
LO-7146: Google Fonts Format Updated
Google changed the way they package their fonts (https://fonts.google.com/) and as such we have made adjustments so you can use their new format. In Lectora Online you will want to follow these instructions for installing custom fonts.LO-7137: Text Wrapping Improvement
Text Wrapping improvement for mobile views. Text blocks would sometimes grow too large on mobile device views making the page taller than it needed to be. This fix shows our commitment to evolving our industry leading exclusive Responsive Course Design system.
LO-7154: Object Transitions Improved
LO-6792: On mobile devices a Change Contents action would not allow media auto-start.
LO-7163: An event can not be created when it is greater than 1 hour into the media.
LO-7164: If the normal state of a Button has a Picture fill then it cannot be removed
Case 179723
This article last reviewed December 2021. The software may have changed since the last review. Please visit our Release Notes to learn more about version updates.