Aula Product Updates: July 2024

✅ Completed Work

1️⃣ Easier Control Over LTI Assignments

We’ve improved how educators manage LTI assignments to give them more control.

Assignments Start as Hidden – By default, assignments won’t be visible to students until an educator decides otherwise.

Easy Visibility Toggle – Educators can now turn assignments on or off whenever they need to.

More Clarity for Students – If an LTI tool is disabled, students now see a clear warning message instead of an error.

👉 This makes managing assignments smoother and ensures students don’t get confused.

2️⃣ Enhancing Integration of External Assessment Tools (LTI Tools)

❓ Why Was This Needed?

Some tools required educators to manually enter settings, which was time-consuming and could lead to errors.

✔️What’s New?

Admins can now pre-set configurations for external tools.

Educators just select a tool from a drop-down menu, and the settings fill in automatically.

👉 Seamless setup, fewer errors, and less hassle for educators!

3️⃣ Improving Copy-Paste Functionality in the Editor

🌟Key Improvements:
✔️Lists (Bullets & Numbering) now work properly – Pasting from Word keeps the correct format.
✔️Multi-level lists improved – Sub-lists stay structured, though more refinements are coming.
✔️Links are now clickable – URLs convert into working links automatically.
✔️Font colors from Word are retained – No more losing important formatting.
✔️Unnecessary comments & references are removed – Reduces clutter when pasting.
✔️Missing images now show placeholders – Helps users identify missing visuals for manual upload.

👉 Better formatting, cleaner pasting, and an improved user experience! 🚀

🐞 Bug Fixes

1️⃣ Profile Picture Uploads Now Work Correctly

Problem: When users uploaded a profile picture, it sometimes looked stretched or cropped weirdly.

Solution:
✔️ Images are now cropped into a perfect square.
✔️ They are resized properly (500×500 pixels) so they look clear.

👉 Now, your profile picture will always look just right.

2️⃣ Fix for Duplicate Assignments

Problem: Some assignments were being created twice by mistake.

Solution:
✔️ Now, only one assignment is created per tool.
✔️ We added extra safeguards to prevent this from happening again.

👉 Now, This fix prevents unnecessary confusion and keeps things organized.