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Lectora Changelog

What's new in Lectora 21.5.2 (12497)

Jan 16, 2024
  • Improvements Include:
  • LD-8455: Update to Speed Control Property to be enabled for projects built in earlier versions.

New in Lectora 21.5.1 (12488) (Dec 9, 2023)

  • Improvements Include:
  • LD-8442: Fix for setting or maintaining button states after trigger actions occur.
  • LD-8424: Change to how screen readers read Alt tags for graphics with treatments such as Shadows

New in Lectora 21.4.4 (12467) (Jul 31, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • LD-8005 New objects inserted onto a selected page now automatically appear on top. Otherwise, they are inserted after the object selected in the project explorer. Copy/paste and drag/drop were updated so order is not reversed in some cases
  • LD-8297 Saving to an LMS is improved (bookmarking, variables). You no longer need to set AICC_LessonStatus equal to itself to ensure saving
  • LD-8300 The default button no longer has a shadow
  • LD-8308 Eliminated Screen Reader double reading issues. This release cleans up the double reading issues when a page loads
  • LD-8245 Updated accessibility checker to the current WCAG specification
  • LD-8301 Fly animation can now be used with WCAG mode enabled

New in Lectora 21.4.3 (12462) (Jun 19, 2023)

  • LD-8248 Fixed a regression issue where pasting was reversing the order of items
  • LD-7900 Custom radio buttons can be selected via the keyboard with the spacebar (accessibility update)
  • LD-8297 Progress is saved to the LMS more often to ensure reliable saving of bookmarking and variable data
  • LD-8267 LMS API calls are greatly reduced, back to v17 levels
  • Several changes to provide a better UX

New in Lectora 21.4.1 (12457) (Feb 22, 2023)

  • Issues resolved:
  • LD-8189 Sunset SOM in Lectora
  • LD-8209 After Update to 21.4 - Lectora Crashes
  • LD-8210 Axe is raising issues with the audio player
  • LD-8228 trying to attach a VTT CC file to a video when ~Triv folder under C:Users<username>AppDataLocalTemp is missing gives "directory name is invalid"

New in Lectora 21.4 (12441) (Oct 25, 2022)

  • Guide your learners to better experiences with the following updates:
  • TOC Navigation Modes
  • Set Default Paragraph Formatting/Spacing
  • Other Updates Include:
  • LD-7553 - Button fonts should have option to persist across states
  • LD-8156 - Non-overridden Button Property Propagation - handle custom buttons
  • LD-8158 - Support for SSO with Portal and LD Login
  • LD-8005 - Inserting New Objects displayed at top of layering
  • LD-8169 - Publish to HTML Preview recognizes Microsoft Edge
  • Bugs Resolved with this Release:
  • LD-8170 - XLIFF exported file problem when source language is not English escaping international characters as text formatting.
  • LD-8173 - Vulnerability found in Lectora published titles
  • LD-8182 - Update AICC publish to copy files in the CRS folder to the root folder when publishing
  • LD-8147 - Safari Mac page objects wiggle/flicker/dance when audio plays
  • LD-8155 - Changes to login screen to avoid users navigating to an Offline Activation window when they need to request a password change
  • LD-8174 - Button groups do not hide on “Initially Hidden.”
  • LD-8176 - CC Text Issue becoming disjointed on Ipad and Chrome
  • LD-8099 - Remove Cancel/Help duplicate buttons for TTA dialog box
  • LD-8166 - Adding a shadow to a button with a customized state should not give message to add that change to all states
  • LD-8180 - Uploading quiz questions via CSV shows duplication of processing
  • LD-8195 - Button groups are not targets for Show/Hide/Toggle actions when they should be

New in Lectora 21.3 (12393) (Jul 29, 2022)

  • New integrations have arrived to make publishing your content even more efficient! Authors now can publish directly to any of the platforms listed below:
  • Rockstar Learning Platform
  • The Training Arcade
  • Docebo
  • Not only are you able to publish new content directly to these platforms, but you can also publish updates to content directly from Lectora to these platforms as well.
  • Other key improvements include:
  • Improved XLIFF Support:
  • LD-8007 XLIFF translation files are not read correctly on some translation tools.
  • LD-7654 XLIFF translation file creates empty <target> element instead of showing the same text contained in <source> element
  • Other Product Issues Resolved:
  • LD-7634 Resized and/or cropped image objects lose modifications when the image resource is replaced
  • LD-7925 Some Audio object Closed caption box settings not being loaded from AWT file on Reopen of the course
  • LD-7958 M4a Audio does not always playback
  • LD-8086 Lightbox or Browser Close button issue | Lectora 21
  • LD-8090 A button with an image for its disabled state will lose the image if the course is rotated to Portrait orientation
  • LD-8102 A Button Group object's variable does not have a built-in description when viewed in variable Manager
  • LD-8124 Support non-ASCII characters in the project name

New in Lectora 21.2 (12364) (May 4, 2022)

  • This update includes exciting news as eLearning Brothers is now ELB Learning! This update is a rebranding to the new company name ELB Learning and an exciting new logo for ELB Learning.

New in Lectora 21.0.3 (12306) (Feb 1, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Enhanced closed caption controls for audio. Improved background color management for audio closed captions and a new setting, "Display Caption Box", to adjust controller height when CC is turned off. (LD-7148, LD-7826)
  • Improvements:
  • Buttons:
  • LD-7854 Button state improvements when using Library objects
  • LD-7867 Button state improvements when using Seamless Publish
  • LD-7873 Button text improvements for automatic line wrapping
  • LD-7878 Button tracking improvements
  • PowerPoint support:
  • LD-7858 PowerPoint files with m4a audio files are now supported.
  • Text items:
  • LD-7862 Bullet points from previous content are now displaying correctly
  • LD-7895 Initially hidden text blocks with Hide from Screen Reader will honor setting when shown
  • Autoplay:
  • LD-7866 Autoplay improvements for ipad or iphone (mobile device)
  • LD-7850 Autoplay improvements for Chrome
  • Mobile device support:
  • LD-7881, LD-7888 Mobile device improvements for scaling, positioning, and media player controls.
  • LD-7882 Mobile device improvements for autorotation display
  • XAPI:
  • LD-7834 Improvements for xAPI specifications