Change Log

New Features

• • New Matching and Flashcards activities! Pro users can create their own matching pairs activities, flashcard activities, and choose from a selection of game modes. Free and VIP users can download and use matching and flashcard activities from the Games library and Community.

Improvements

• • Session handling improvements
  • Performance improvements
  • Report section will now include an option to show Anonymous classes
  • Adding and deleting a PDF from the whiteboard are and sidebar is now more consistent
  • Improved keyboard shortcut support when working with text objects
  • When lessons are deleted, the relating assignments will also be deleted, after a confirmation prompt is shown
  • Joining as a co-presenter on a 2nd device on a “Student Choice” activity will show correct for that device
  • MyClass Poll – improved result saving
  • MyClass Poll – students will now receive a prompt if they press the “back” button in their browser when joined to a session
  • MyClass Launcher – widgets will remember last-used state on return to the dashboard
  • MyClass Launcher – now included a profile icon when signed out for quick links and sign in options
  • MyClass Launcher – internet detection improvements

Bug Fixes

• • Resolved UI issues for videoconferencing when joining as a student
  • Inserting a new slide while delivering a live presentation will no longer affect 2nd device takeover functionality
  • Lesson size calculations will show correctly after copying and pasting slides
  • Adding and removing audio from a slide issues have been resolved
  • Lesson content added via the Lesson Search to Content Shared With Me folder is now appearing as expected
  • Google Drive API error resolved when downloading an image from Add Media
  • MyClass Launcher – creating and saving a new whiteboard session will now update the Recent Lessons list
  • MyClass Launcher – undo and redo now work as expected for students who join a launcher-based session

• New MyClass license models have been implemented:
  • a Free version that is available to anyone
  • VIP version (promotional use)
  • Pro version

Further details including a license matrix are available at https://boxlight.com/products/apps-for-the-classroom/myclass 

• Users can now register and sign-in to MyClass without a license
• View storage details for each lesson and total storage used in the profile section
• Performance improvements
• Improved handling of internet loss
• Keeping devices from sleeping in most cases while in presentations
• Better handling of sign-ins
• New polling widget on dashboard allows for quick, informal polls to the class
• New FrontRow Widget on dashboard allows control of FrontRow hardware (if you have MyFrontRow license)
• MimioStudio Ink files are now included in the lesson library. This brings the total lessons that exist in MimioConnect to nearly 20k!
• Lessons that came from the MimioStudio community and have an Ink file attached are shown with a different icon in the search section, allowing for faster identification. MimioStudio users can also filter to only show lessons that include Ink files
• Files that include MimioStudio Ink files are pre-converted to MyClass format but the original file is available for download and use in MimioStudio.
• Improvements have been made to the MimioStudio Ink file import process. Files that used the most common SWF objects like ‘Bubble Pop’ will convert those objects to animations within MyClass. Other SWF objects will report ‘Type SWF not supported’
• Improvements to the ‘Student Choice’ mode for Sorting & Drag and Drop questions.
• Various additional bug fixes