Release Notes
ClassView 2.2.16 14.12.2021
This Release contains platform enhancements.
Enhancements
- New polls feature
ClassView 2.2.15 20.10.2021
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Tile view toggle added to in call experience
- Option to display organisations name, meeting name and logo (large screens only)
- Option to keep tiles the same size while screensharing (for the particip sharing).
- Rebranding - opportunity to personalise logo on dashboard, precall screens and in the controls bar incall (large screens only).
- Some URLs on call.vscene.net have been modified.
- Pinning participants in Speaker view added
- Moderator can now enable/disable screen sharing capability for each participant in the call
Bug Fixes
- Fix to end call for all participants
ClassView 2.2.14 11.12.2020
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Improvements to the scheduling tool.
- Turned off muted tiles in recordings.
- Audio enhancements for recordings (up to 48 kHz).
- Notification now displayed when a scheduled meeting is about to end.
- New Feedback option, on left hand menu.
- Removed Lecture Mode option due to consistencies in behaviour (we will be launching a new presenter tool soon).
- Removed Legacy and ClassView options for Hubs: all features of each have been combined into the same experience.
ClassView 2.2.13 10.11.2020
This Release contains platform improvements and fixes.
Enhancements
- Improved user registration journey.
- Meeting recordings available to all participants, under ‘Media’ on Vscene dashboard.
- Notification about call recording added.
- Link added to download console logs.
ClassView 2.2.12 15.10.2020
This Release contains platform improvements and fixes.
Enhancements
- All scheduled meetings will automatically disconnect at the chosen meeting end time.
- Improved labels, icons and colours for the in-call menu bar.
- Menu bar, button and icon image colours amended, in line with accessibility guidelines.
Bug Fixes
- Fix for default selected camera device issue.
- Fix for chat deletion when using Firefox browser.
- Fix and improvements for file upload in Spaces.
ClassView 2.2.11 02.09.2020
This Release contains platform improvements and fixes.
Enhancements
- Participant list for guests.
- Ability for a user and moderators to delete chat entries.
- Text-only email invites.
- Enhancements for Legacy Hubs and Scheduled Calls:
- Support up to 16 participants on screen.
- New high quality audio.
- Select audio and camera devices, in-call.
- Microphone level indicator.
- Native content sharing (no need for plugin).
- Option to mute camera and microphone before joining a call.
- Support for the Safari browser.
Bug Fixes
- Meeting recordings will no longer have “Room deleted” in their name.
- Meeting ID now added in webcast emails.
ClassView 2.2.10 24.06.2020
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Moderators and administrators can now join and moderate scheduled meetings from 1 hour before the scheduled start time
- Mic and camera icons are now disabled when audio or video are muted by a moderator.
- New alert when the maximum number of host users or administrators has been reached.
ClassView 2.2.9 01.05.2020
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Added PINs to “Classview”, providing an extra layer of security when accessing calls.
- Removal of auto-fill from all PIN fields.
- Enhancements to the user interface, both in ‘Schedule a Meeting’ and the in-call moderator panel.
ClassView 2.2.8 17.03.2020
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Enhancements to the user interface, both in ‘Schedule a Meeting’ and the in-call moderator panel.
- When creating a Hub, you will have the option to enable the ClassView feature. This will give you the opportunity to have upto 250 participants on a call and view upto 16 live webcams on screen at the same time.
- The ability to multi cast share with this feature ensures a collaborative workflow.
- *Please be aware that the number of people and shared items displayed on your screen is unique to you. The system dynamically manages your connection to the service and is continually monitoring your connection which can result in the number of persons and shared items changing during a call. This is done in order to ensure that your connection to the service is optimal for the bandwidth conditions at any given time.*
ClassView 2.2.7 31.01.2020
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Added “Record Content Full Screen” in scheduling and Hubs. This will display the content as full screen in your recordings without video from participants.
- Added email authorisation step in registration process for added security.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue with webcast link in recurring meetings.
- Fixed display issue with long emails in dashboard.
- Fixed display issue with recording notification in call when screen share is enabled.
ClassView 2.2.6 10.01.2020
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Improvements on admin reports with no data.
- Fixed issue with apostrophes on email addresses.
ClassView 2.2.5 10.12.2019
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Option to make calendar appointments in Outlook private when scheduling meetings.
- User’s email and organisation are displayed under user’s full name in chat bar and schedule meeting form.
ClassView 2.2.4 22.11.2019
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Hosts in a Vscene SuperOrg subscription plan can now create unlimited Hubs.
- Secure your Vscene Hubs and Scheduled Meetings by setting a PIN (optional).
- More flexible options to extend the running time of a live Scheduled Vscene meeting.
- Enhanced email notifications for Vscene Webcast.
- VsceneSchools subscribers can now register unlimited number of V-Room hardware systems. Check V-Room pricing.
- Enhanced notifications of room availability when scheduling a meeting. Admins will now be able to locate a conflicting booking.
- Improvement of the performance of users’ online presence and direct one-to-one calls.
- Enhancement of the screen layout in Meeting Spaces and direct one-to-one calls.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug prevented editing of a series of recurring meetings.
ClassView 2.2.3 07.10.2019
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Hosts in a Vscene SuperOrg subscription plan can now create unlimited Hubs.
- Secure your Vscene Hubs and Scheduled Meetings by setting a PIN (optional).
- More flexible options to extend the running time of a live Scheduled Vscene meeting.
- Enhanced email notifications for Vscene Webcast.
- VsceneSchools subscribers can now register unlimited number of V-Room hardware systems. Check V-Room pricing.
- Enhanced notifications of room availability when scheduling a meeting. Admins will now be able to locate a conflicting booking.
- Improvement of the performance of users’ online presence and direct one-to-one calls.
- Enhancement of the screen layout in Meeting Spaces and direct one-to-one calls.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug prevented editing of a series of recurring meetings.
ClassView 2.2.2 24.05.2019
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- Added option to rename a Space
- Meetings can be scheduled up to 2 years in advance.
Improved
- Fixed issue with missing Join and Moderate buttons for recurring meetings
- Fixed issue with broken link for sharing recordings.
- Disable the option for direct call if the user is offline
ClassView 2.2.1 01.05.2019
This Release contains platform improvements.
Improved
- Improved scroll down menu for start/end time on schedule meeting form. Typing is available, seconds are omitted, default start time is current time for any date, default end time is set to 1 hour in advance.
- Meaningful names for recordings in Media
- 10 results for room systems in schedule meeting
- Meaningful error response when a room system is booked.
- Exact start and time of the meeting is given.
- Extend meeting option in call is available again.
- Fixed issues with recording thumbnails
ClassView 2.2 05.04.2019
Introducing Vscene 2.2 – a major platform update that introduces a host of exciting new features, improvements and changes.
Improved
- Improved WebRTC experience for Spaces and direct calls.
- You now have more editing options on your Organisation’s profile.
- We have improved the loading time on your dashboard and the Schedule Meeting page.
New features
- Organisation Connections
Bug Fixes
- Fix for websocket failure error which caused issues with chat and direct calls.
- When a meeting is scheduled, the form is cleared.
- When a meeting is edited, the start time field is populated with the booked time not the current.
- A confirmation pop-up when meetings are deleted is added again.
- Hubs and meetings chat messages have the correct date and time instead of the erroneous 02/01/1970.
- A bug with Hub names breaking if contained dashes is fixed.
- For consistency, all personal hubs are now named “Personal Hub”.
- Webcast participant’s video and audio are muted.
ClassView 2.1.5 05.03.2019
This release contains bug fixes and some minor feature improvements.
Improved
- A confirmation pop-up window is displayed before deleting a meeting
- Room pin is now displayed in the call details
Bug Fixes
- Bug fixed that occurred when changing a password in user settings.
- Bug fixed that caused issues with case-insensitive emails in “Forgot password”.
- Bug fixed that occurred when extending a meeting in-call.
- Bug fixed to ensure Room Systems already in use in a call will not be available for dial-out in another call
- Bug fix for issues that occurred with ‘Stop Sharing’ and the ‘Screen Share’ extension.
ClassView 2.1.4 25.01.2019
This update introduces some new features, user-friendly improvements and bug fixes.
Improved
- Registration page input fields have been updated for easier use
- Administrators of Organisations can now delete meetings from the Home page
- We have added a confirmation pop-up when deleting recordings in Media
New features
- Vscene Outlook plugin: This new plugin makes it easy to host and join instant meetings from your Outlook desktop application. You can download the plugin here.
- Hubs: You can now own five Hubs from which you can host or join instant meetings easily
- Polls: Moderators of calls can now create Polls in Scheduled Meetings and Hub calls
Bug Fixes
- Bug that occurred when creating a Parent Organisation fixed.
- Bug that prevented deleting a Space has been fixed.
ClassView 2.1.3 06.12.2018
We have added lots of new features and improvements suggested by the Vscene community and bug fixes.
Improved
- UI improvements in Spaces, Schedule Meeting and Room Systems pages.
- Contact names, in the right bar, are now displayed on mouse hover.
New features
- Option to change a private space to public.
- Option to promote a user as Space moderator or demote a moderator to user.
- Dial-in details in the view Meeting screen and the Join screen.
- When lecture mode is selected, the meeting organiser is added in the lecturers by default.
- Number of registered Room Systems and number of allowed Room Systems per organisation are displayed in the Admin dashboard.
Bug Fixes
- Fix for issues when editing a recurring meeting’s date.
- Fix for invalid links in the registration page.
- Fix for missing organisation-only Room Systems in the Schedule Meeting form.
- Fix for invalid share links in videos under Media.
- Fix for issue with Spaces having the same call details when deleted and re-created under the same name.
ClassView 2.1.2 21.11.2018
This update brings some performance improvements as well as some other features such as newly designed registration and log-in page,
Improved
- Enable search for private meeting spaces by organisation administrators
- Improved login and registration page
Bug Fixes
- Fix dropdown menu issues
ClassView 2.1.1 02.11.2018
This update brings some fixes to organisation search and character limits as well as new features such as grid option as a whiteboard background.
Improved
- Enable search for private meeting spaces that user is member of.
- Improved registration page.
- Improved button bar in call.
New features
- SuperOrg admins get email notifications for child org new users.
- New email templates for HEAnet users.
- Option for grid background in Whiteboard.
Bug Fixes
- Fix issue with 30 characters limit for room system IP.
- Fix for organisation search bug.
ClassView 2.1 15.10.2018
The new version of our platform – Vscene 2.1 – is finally here!
Improved
- Improved Whiteboard.
- Design and a new logo.
New features
- Support for Edge.
- Moderators have the option to add a room system in a call.
- Reports for administrators that can be exported in a file.
- Administrators can view/edit Organisation details.
- Administrators can view/edit Room System details.
- Super Org Administrators can view, edit and delete meetings of their “children” organisations.
- Option to downgrade an admin to a normal user.
- New chat message notification.
- New chat windows.
- Paginated tables and lists.
- More warnings and error messages.
- File uploading and sharing in meeting spaces.
- Option to add or remove a user in meeting spaces.
- Help section and onboarding tour.
- Video preview and audio check before a call.
- Recording thumbnails.
ClassView 2.0.3 20.04.2018
In this version we have fixed some dial-out issues and provided useful improvements.
Improved
- New Room System type for SIP devices.
- When a meeting is edited, the existing ical invite is updated instead of creating a new one.
- When a meeting is deleted, an ical invite is sent to delete the event from the calendar.
- Moderators can extend scheduled meetings by 5 to 30 minutes.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed some issues with dial-out to SIP addresses.
ClassView 2.0.2 23.03.2018
This release contains bug fixes and a list of small improvements.
Improved
- A new “Opt-in” button was added on user registration.
- A “Make admin” button was added for administrators, so they can promote normal users to admins.
- Added description for public/organisation room systems.
- When a new organisation is in “Pending approval” status, the organisation admin is not listed in pending users.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug for profile update.
- Fixed some bugs when editing a meeting.
- Corrected webcast link.
ClassView 2.0.1 08.03.2018
This release brings various fixes and adds new explanatory messages.
New features
- Added warning messages about recording, webcast and lecture mode on the Schedule Meeting page.
- Added explanatory messages for user profiles (i.e public, protected and private).
Bug Fixes
- Added hash key (#) at the end of the telephone extension in the email invite.
- Fixed issue with “nickname” in email invite.
- Fixed issue with refresh screen on chat.
- Fixed issue about right bar on Chrome.
- Fixed bug with room systems from different organisation on Schedule Meeting.
ClassView 2.2.16 14.12.2021
This Release contains platform enhancements.
Enhancements
- New polls feature
ClassView 1.1 28.09.2022
Welcome to ClassView. A new experience with new branding, an updated user interface and various enhancements.
Improved
- Improved navigation throughout – simpler and faster to get where you need to go.
- More relevant terminology specific for the education setting.
- Better in-call experience – smoother and more reliable.
- A pre-call check screen to ensure you’re all ready to join a session.
- Scheduling tool has also been improved so it’s quicker and easier to create a ClassView session.
- Plus loads of under-the-hood improvements to make the whole experience enjoyable.
ClassView 1.2 28.11.2022
This Release contains platform improvements.
Enhancements
- New Organisation dashboard. View statistics, generate reports and manage child organisations and connections in one place.
- Improved design of Users and Room Systems pages. It’s now easier to search for users and room systems and get information quickly.
- We’ve made some changes under the hood to make the in-call experience better and more reliable for users with limited bandwidth or underpowered computer or mobile devices.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed incorrect end date loading into edit session form for repeating sessions.