Winter 2021 updates
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We've added live captioning to Zoom.
Fall 2020 updates
Course management and organization
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New Menu/Tab course format for enhanced organization of course materials.
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Easier access to turn editing on and return to top of page.
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Ability to add a demo student so you have a true experience of course as your students see it.
![Quick mail](https://www.yorku.ca/eclass/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/2020/08/Screen-Shot-2020-08-28-at-1.55.00-PM.png)
A new Quickmail functionality allowing you to send emails to course members through eClass.
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New functionality to allow students enrol themselves into groups.
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Enhanced search filters for the course participant list.
Course content
![H5P](https://www.yorku.ca/eclassdev/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/2020/08/H5P.gif)
Easily create and embed interactive content using the enhanced H5P integration.
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Improvements to the Atto text editor to allow for changing text colour and prevention of auto-linking of activities.
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Support for Emojis
Activity improvements
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Improved activity chooser, that allows you to favorite the activities and resources you use most often.
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Forums can now be submitted for grading, exported and come with an intuitive summary report.
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Improvements to the Zoom plugin to account for recurring meetings and align more closely with the external Zoom experience.
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A new Questionnaire tool that allows you to set up a wide range of questions for student feedback.
![Innovative tools](https://www.yorku.ca/eclass/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/2020/08/2.5-1024x640.jpg)
Innovative tools tailored to science courses, such as a Virtual Programming Lab (which allows live coding exercises in eClass), and MATLAB grader.
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New question types (Algebra, Formula, Ordering, Pattern Match, Word Select).