This article is for release notes and updates specific to Courseware. Every time there is an update to the content or features, the date and updates are listed here.
4.86 (January 22, 2025)
Updates to New Assignments
Visible Body has added a few key changes to our new assignments to make them even easier to use!
- You can now use individual student settings and overrides for the new assignments. Go to the gradebook, select any new assignment grade for the relevant student, select the "Edit" button, and make your changes for that student. Potential options include:
- Change the assignment due date
- Give them additional attempts on any quiz activities
- Manually change the grades for any activities
- Changed grades, due dates, and attempts for individual students are all marked with an asterisk
- The point total is now on the instructor overview page for new assignments.
- And finally, new assignment icons! Visible Body now has different icons for new assignments, classic quizzes, and classic assignments.
And as always, we’ve made other bug fixes and enhancements.
4.85 (January 9, 2025)
Visible Body LTI 1.3 V1 Is Here!
Visible Body now integrates with a number of popular LMSs, including Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Schoology, and Moodle. This updated integration features:
- Automatic account creation and single sign on for students. Students will be able to access all your Visible Body links without ever needing to set and remember a password. You can share these instructions with your students about this integration .
- Single sign on for you and your students.
- A new Assignment Library provides easy assignment selection and enhanced assignment management, Edit your assignments without leaving your LMS!
- Grade return for your LTI 1.3 assignments, see them directly in your LMS gradebook.
- A new Homepage for Visible Body within your LMS. Manage your settings, and you and your students have easy access to your linked Courseware course as well as all of Visible Body’s apps.
Questions? Check out our Guide to Integrating with Visible Body to learn more. If you want to get started, reach out to our implementation team or instructor community, or visit our LMS Integration page and select your LMS to begin setup.
Currently using our 1.1 integration? Please read our FAQ: Transitioning your LMS from 1.1 to 1.3 for more information.
4.83 (December 12, 2024)
Accessibility Update and New Content
This is Visible Body's biggest accessibility release yet!
Instructors and administrators can add Courseware’s new adapted Anatomy and Physiology essentials course to their Visible Body account to review the extensive accessibility features added to New Assignments.
The adapted A&P course demonstrates how students can complete visual and interactive coursework using screen reader and keyboard controls to:
- Navigate through 3D lessons, slideshows, and quiz activities in new assignments
- Select structures in A&P 3D Lessons
- Read aloud assignment overviews, activity instructions and info/about visual assets
- Take multiple choice quizzes
Keyboard controls are also now available for the assignment builder used by instructors and admins.
What's more, Visible Body's New Assignments now includes new pregnancy and men's reproductive health content, including four new 3D Lessons! Those are:
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- Pathway of Sperm
- Prostate Cancer
- Pregnancy Changes I
- Pregnancy Changes II
And as always, we’ve made other bug fixes and enhancements.
4.82 (December 9, 2024)
LTI 1.3 Editing Updates and New Moodle Integration!
A new integration with Moodle is available! Our LTI 1.3 integration includes:
- An easy setup and SSO experience.
- A new deep linked assignment picker, which allows instructors to select assignments within their connected course to automatically upload into Moodle.
- Automatic grade return for all deep linked assignments.
- A new Courseware Home.
- Automatic access for students and co-instructors in one or more linked sections. Admins or lead instructors won’t need to invite or manage them outside Moodle.
We’ve also updated our editing experience for deep links! Now, it’s even easier to edit and manage your assignments without leaving your LMS, and there’s a simple, one-click way to access Courseware for more advanced editing.
And as always, we’ve made other bug fixes and enhancements.
The LTI 1.3 Courseware integration is in V1 testing for Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Schoology, and Moodle. For more information about our LTI 1.3 integration see here.
Interested in trying our integration? Reach out to your VB education team contact, or send a request through the support team.
VBS Product 5.3.10 (November 7, 2024)
Explore more reproductive content in our latest update!
- 30-week fetus model: See how the body changes during the final trimester of pregnancy.
- Testis model: Learn about the spermatic cord and the pathway of sperm.
- Prostate cancer 3D lesson: See how male reproductive and urinary systems are affected.
- Slideshow: Learn how layers of the abdominal wall form the male or female inguinal canal.
And as always, we've made improvements and fixed bugs.
4.78 (November 4, 2024)
LTI 1.3 Integration Updates!
- Now, availability and due dates follow you, whether you edit first in Visible Body or revise in your LMS!
- Dynamic registration has been updated for Canvas integrations.
- The transfer students option is now easier to use, including a live search.
- Added LMS icons to linked assignments within Courseware.
- And finally, we now better accommodate both test and production LMSs, and improved our handling of multiple instances.
And as always, we’ve made other bug fixes and enhancements.
The LTI 1.3 Courseware integration is in V1 testing for Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, and Schoology. Along with the new Assignment Library, Visible Body (LTI 1.3) includes a “Visible Body Home” which features our most popular apps. For more information about our LTI 1.3 integration see here.
Interested in trying our integration? Reach out to your VB education team contact, or send a request through the support team.
VBS Product 5.2.24 (October 23, 2024)
See what's new in the latest Visible Body Suite Updates!
- Multiple choice quizzes are now available! Test your knowledge on a topic by selecting from multiple choice questions.
- All new A&P quizzes have been added to the Study section, as well as between most chapters in the Anatomy & Physiology section.
And as always, we've made improvements and fixed bugs.
4.76 (October 1, 2024)
LMS Assignment Library and Other Updates!
We’ve made updates to our LTI 1.3 integration, including:
- New Assignment Library design! Instructors will now easily be able to see which assignments they’ve already deep linked.
- Instructors can now edit the assignment’s points directly in the library!
- We’ve also updated our 1.1 integration to make it easier to use within the 1.3 framework, but we still recommend updating to the new 1.3 integration.
And as always, we’ve made other bug fixes and enhancements.
The LTI 1.3 Courseware integration is in V1 testing for Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, and Schoology. Along with the new Assignment Library, Visible Body (LTI 1.3) includes a “Visible Body Home” which features our most popular apps. For more information about our LTI 1.3 integration see here.
Interested in trying the assignment linking beta, and the rest of our V1 integration? Reach out to your VB education team contact, or send a request through the support team.
4.74 (September 19, 2024)
New Assignment Content!
Check out our updated content for our new assignments!
- 4-6 week embryo (3D model)
- 8-10 week fetus (3D model)
- Fetal circulation (3D lesson)
- Female Reproductive and Support Structures (3D model)
- Endometriosis (3D lesson)
- Uterus Positions (illustration)
Our Resource Center also features a folder in ‘Getting Started’ with two tutorial assignments that show off how to use our new assignments!
And, as always, we've made bug fixes, enhancements, and minor improvements.
4.73 (September 3, 2024)
New and Improved Assignments are Here!
- In these new assignments, students easily stay on track, navigating from one learning activity to another with short quizzes to check their learning along the way
- Use one of our pre-made courses to get started with new assignments right away!
- Easily edit premade assignments to fit your course’s learning objectives
- Search or browse additional content to add
- Reorder activities to your liking
- Customize assignments with your own instructions and other online resources
- Assign all of our newest content in one place, including 3D models of the neuron and ovary, pathologies like Alzheimer’s disease and PCOS, all of our amazing biology content, and more!
Questions about how this impacts your existing assignments? We have answers!
- Question: Can I still use all of my existing assignments?
- Answer: Yes! We haven’t gotten rid of any existing assignments. You can continue to use them, edit them, and make new copies.
- Question: Can I still make assignments with the old system?
- Answer: Yes! Use the dropdown arrow next to the Create New Assignments button and select Classic Assignments and all of the options that you’re used to are still available.
- Question: Can I use the new assignments in the same course with my existing assignments?
- Answer: Yes!
- Question: How do I assign my custom flashcards, tours, and quizzes?
- Answer: Use the dropdown arrow next to the Create New Assignments button and select Classic Assignments. Choose Human Anatomy (Visible Body Suite) to assign your custom flashcards and tours, or Graded Quiz Bank to assign any quiz from the Quiz Bank.
VBS Product 5.1.18 (September 3, 2024)
Visible Body Suite Updates!
VB Suite's latest update offers an exciting look at fetal development with three all-new interactive 3D models!
- The embryo model shows the chorion, yolk sac, and the beginnings of the nervous, digestive, and circulatory systems.
- The fetus model includes internal organs, as well as the amniotic sac and placenta within the uterus.
- The fetal circulation model shows how the circulatory system of the fetus connects to the placenta and how various ducts help oxygenated blood bypass the developing lungs and liver.
The female reproductive system has been greatly enhanced and now includes:
- A new microanatomy 3D model depicting the uterus, vagina, uterine tubes, ovaries, and uterine ligaments.
- A new microanatomy 3D model of endometriosis to show how it can affect reproductive anatomy with different levels of severity.
- A new illustration covering anatomical variations of the position of the uterus.
And, as always, we've made bug fixes, enhancements, and minor improvements.
4.72 (August 26, 2024)
More Courseware Improvements and Updates!
Some more updates for fall start classes:
- Canvas integration update: We finalized our dynamic tool registration with Canvas, making it easy to set up our LTI 1.3 integration
- Added enhanced Safari messaging
- And as always, bug fixes and improvements
VBS Product 5.0.76 (August 12, 2024)
Visible Body Updates
Visible Body Suite Updates: Minor bug fixes and improvements.
4.70 (August 1, 2024)
Courseware Improvements and Updates!
Updates for the start of classes include improvements to reference content that comes with Courseware and new features and updates for instructors using the immersive assignments beta.
- Redesign of reference content on the Courseware My Apps page and improved accessibility features:
- One click now gets students right into the web version of VB Suite or sends them a link to download the mobile app
- Keyboard navigation and screen reader accessibility improvements to the My Apps page
- Instructor and admin features added to the Immersive Assignments beta:
(1) Edit quizzes in three key ways: Choose quiz attempts (1, 2, 3, or unlimited), set points, edit name and instructions
(2) Select to enforce the activity order so that students cannot skip ahead without spending time on each activity
- Students enhancements to Immersive Assignments beta: slideshows and illustrations will have the about this view text open by default
Join the Immersive Assignments beta by opting in from the New Assignments tab in the Resource Center or within your user profile. Learn more about the Immersive Assignments beta here.
4.69 (July 15, 2024)
New Updates for our LTI 1.3 Integration!
Schoology has been added to our Visible Body (LTI 1.3) integration, as well as our deep linking beta. This includes:
- A new deep linked assignment picker, which allows instructors to select assignments within their connected course to automatically upload into their LMS.
- All published assignments from the connected course will appear in the assignment picker.
- Automatic grade return for all deep linked assignments.
The LTI 1.3 Courseware integration is in V1 testing for Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, and Schoology. Along with the new assignment picker, Visible Body (LTI 1.3) includes a “Visible Body Home” which features our most popular apps. This integration also includes single sign-on and automatic student account creation. For more information about our LTI 1.3 integration see here.
Interested in trying the assignment linking beta, and the rest of our V1 integration? Reach out to your VB education team contact, or send a request through the support team.
4.68 (July 11, 2024)
Anatomy and physiology lessons added to the immersive assignment builder!
The immersive assignment builder now includes hundreds of visual and bite-sized lessons that cover core topics in the anatomy and physiology course. This content is all from Visible Body's Anatomy and Physiology product that is now integrated with Courseware to make assignment building easier for instructors.
- All videos, 3D Lessons, illustrations, slideshows, and quizzes from Visible Body's Anatomy & Physiology product are available to add to an immersive assignment.
Join the Immersive Assignments beta by opting in from the New Assignments tab in the Resource Center or within your user profile. Learn more about the Immersive Assignments beta here.
VBS Product 5.0 (June 20, 2024)
Visible Body Suite Updates!
The Anatomy and Physiology app has been added to Visible Body Suite! Explore 50 virtual "chapters" that present topics taught in an introductory A&P course.
- There is a "chapter" for every body system
- Use the guided learning path to move through each lesson
- Share lessons with other VB Suite users with the QR code feature
- A&P is now available in Italian
We've also added quality of life improvements for sharing content, as well as major accessibility updates:
- A sharelink can be generated to the main menu for either A&P or Visible Body Suite
- Flashcards and tours are now fully screen reader and keyboard accessible!
Check out our video for more information about accessible content in Visible Body Suite.
4.66 (June 13, 2024)
New Updates for our LTI 1.3 Integration!
Deep linking is now available in beta for our Visible Body (LTI 1.3) integration. This includes:
- A new deep linked assignment picker, which allows instructors to select assignments within their connected course to automatically upload into their LMS.
- Automatic grade return for all deep linked assignments.
The LTI 1.3 Courseware integration is in V1 testing for Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, and coming soon to Schoology. Along with the new assignment picker, Visible Body (LTI 1.3) includes a “Courseware Home” which features our most popular apps. This integration also includes single sign-on and automatic student account creation. For more information about our LTI 1.3 integration see here.
Interested in trying the assignment linking beta, and the rest of our V1 integration? Reach out to your VB education team contact, or send a request through the support team.
January - June 2024
4.64 (May 15, 2024)
More Immersive Assignments Updates!
- You can now add links in your Immersive Assignments to other online resources. The link can be embedded within the assignment, or open in a new tab.
- We’ve made several dissection quizzing improvements.
- The “Dissect” tool has been added, replacing “Hide Others.”
- Several design improvements have been implemented for a smoother experience.
- Immersive Assignments is now dark mode compatible.
- Finally, increased security has been added for quiz data.
Join the Immersive Assignments beta by opting in from the New Assignments tab in the Resource Center or within your user profile. Learn more about the Immersive Assignments beta here.
4.61 (April 4, 2024)
New Immersive Assignments Updates!
- Redesigned assignment preview page for students! It will now show the status and grade for every activity in the assignment, as well as launch the student straight into any activity by clicking it.
- Students can also navigate through slideshows, cross-sections, and 3D lessons with our new navigation! They can skip around and go out of order, and keep track of the slides, views, or sections they’ve already seen with a handy check mark.
- Instructors can now see how much time each student spent on each Immersive Assignment activity when you click on the grade in the gradebook!
- The default font size has been increased.
Join the Immersive Assignments beta by opting in from the New Assignments tab in the Resource Center or within your user profile. Learn more about the Immersive Assignments beta here.
VBS Product 4.7.36 (March 25, 2024)
Visible Body Suite Updates and New Content!
Visible Body Suite has received several accessibility updates! Users in accessibility mode can now use keyboard navigation to:
- Use menus to launch content
- Use content search
- View and navigate the 3D models
- Make and edit tours and decks
- Move through flashcard decks
- Control videos
- Move through subviews including tour stops, 3D lesson stops, preview mode for flashcard decks, and more
- Launch sharelinks, save favorites, and share content
- Finally, a “Listen” button has been added for histology slides and illustrations
Check out our video for more information about accessible content in Visible Body Suite.
We’ve also added four new endocrine animations:
- Negative feedback loops
- Positive feedback loops
- Water soluble hormones
- Lipid soluble hormones
- As well as a new endocrine illustration slideshow!
4.59 (March 20, 2024)
Even More New Content and Updates for Immersive Assignments!
- Immersive Assignments has even more new content to assign! This includes:
- All cross sections from VB Suite.
- Another big batch of biology dissection quizzes.
- Immersive Assignments has also been updated to allow instructors to assign points for any type of Immersive Assignment activity, giving students real credit for completing them!
- You can now see the grade details in the gradebook by clicking on the Immersive Assignment grade.
- Students can use the new quiz navigation panel to easily see which questions they've answered, skip questions and go back to them, go back and change their answers, and generally answer quiz questions in whatever order they want!
Join the Immersive Assignments beta by opting in from the New Assignments tab in the Resource Center or within your user profile. Learn more about the Immersive Assignments beta here.
4.58 (March 18, 2024)
Courseware and Integration Improvements
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We've added the instructor community into the Resource Center! Instructors will be able to “Join our Community” from the Resource Center’s left hand navigation. You can also access our community here.
- Our integration error handling has been improved to make it easier to understand and fix problems.
4.57 (February 28, 2024)
New Content for Immersive Assignments!
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Immersive Assignments now has even more content! this includes:
- A whole host of new dissection quizzes covering bony landmarks, the skin chunk model, and many biology models.
- All beating heart views and 3D lessons.
- Several new 3D views from Visible Body Suite.
- Instructors can also now change an Immersive Assignment grade in the gradebook.
- A few design updates to make the Immersive Assignments experience even easier.
Join the Immersive Assignments beta by opting in from the New Assignments tab in the Resource Center or within your user profile. Learn more about the Immersive Assignments beta here.
4.55 (February 8, 2024)
New integration with Blackboard and other Courseware improvements!
The LTI 1.3 Courseware integration with Blackboard is available! Similar to the integrations with Canvas, D2L, and Schoology, this will include:
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A setup, account linking, and single sign-on (SSO) experience within Blackboard.
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A new Courseware Home.
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Automatic access for students and co-instructors in one or more linked sections. Admins or lead instructors won’t need to invite or manage them outside of Blackboard.
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Ability to set up one-way links to Visible Body assignments.
Interested in trying the integration? Reach out to your VB education team contact, or send a request through the support team.
Courseware Improvements:
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We've updated the first getting started video for instructors! It is available to instructors on the help screen inside Courseware. It can also be viewed here.
4.54 (February 5, 2024)
New Content for the Immersive Assignments Beta!
- Dissection quizzes are now available in Immersive Assignments!
- The new short dissection quizzes will be used in the first Immersive Assignment pre-made course! Other new content includes:
- Meiosis and mitosis moving models.
- Phylogenetic tree model.
- 7 new evolution illustrations.
- New multiple choice quizzes.
- Instructors can also now change an Immersive Assignment grade in the gradebook.
Join the Immersive Assignments beta by opting in from the Resource Center or your user profile. Learn more about the Immersive Assignments beta here.
VBS Product 4.6.45 (January 24, 2024)
Update to Tours and Other Content!
- Tours are now editable! Users can add, remove, or rearrange the views in each tour.
- The tour creation process has been updated, and keywords can be added to make them easier to find in the new search field. Tours and flashcards can now be created from the flashcard menu.
- My Library and Study menus are now searchable as well.
- Animations, Illustrations, and Histology slides can now be shared.
Check out all these great new features in Visible Body Suite!
4.52 (January 11, 2024)
New integration with Canvas and other Courseware improvements!
The LTI 1.3 Courseware integration with Canvas is available in beta. Similar to the recently released beta integrations with D2L and Schoology, this beta includes:
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A setup, account linking, and single sign-on (SSO) experience within Canvas.
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A new Courseware Home.
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Automatic access for students and co-instructors in one or more linked sections. Admins or lead instructors won’t need to invite or manage them outside of Canvas.
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Ability to set up one-way links to Visible Body assignments.
Interested in trying the beta? Reach out to your VB education team contact, or send a request through the support team. Courseware Improvement:
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We've updated the getting started video for students. It is available to students on the help screen inside Courseware. It can also be viewed here.
2023
4.51 (December 21, 2023)
IA improvements, gradebook user updates, and more!
- Immersive Assignment grades can now sync along with all other grades via Canvas deep integration.
- Instructors can now preview their IAs anytime, even if the due date has passed.
- Maintenance fixes and back-end updates.
Gradebook updates:
- The old arrow-style dropdown menu has been replaced with a 3-dot menu.
- Added hover states for a more modern look and feel.
- Fixed an issue with the standard CSV gradebook export.
December 6, 2023
New assignable content in Courseware's Immersive Assignments
- A ton of biology content!
- A small batch of biology multiple choice quizzes.
- "Getting Started" multiple choice quiz about navigating assignments.
4.50 (December 4, 2023)
New integration with Schoology and other Courseware improvements!
Just like in the D2L beta, our LTI 1.3 beta release for Schoology will include:
- A setup, account linking, and single sign-on (SSO) experience within Schoology.
- A new Courseware Home that features our most popular apps.
- Automatic access for students and co-instructors in one or more linked sections. Admins or lead instructors won’t need to invite or manage them outside of Schoology.
- Ability to set up one-way links to Visible Body assignments.
Reach out to us today if you want to join the Visible Body Schoology beta integration!
Courseware Improvement:
- We've updated the folder behavior when editing assignments! Folders will now stay open while instructors work on their assignments to help provide context and consistency.
November 29, 2023 (VBS Product v4.5)
4.50 (November 16, 2023)
New improvements for Courseware
Updates to the My Apps page design on the Courseware website. Check out our new design layout here and explore our many apps!
November 14, 2023 (VBS Product v4.4)
New Biology content in Visible Body Suite!
- New Bio Evolution Unit includes our 3D phylogenetic tree model! Students can explore how all living things evolved from a common ancestor.
- Meiosis and Mitosis animated 3D models are now included in VB Suite and can be saved and shared.
- Additional illustrations.
- Bug fixes and minor improvements.
4.49 (November 14, 2023)
Updates for Immersive Assignments Beta!
- More IA grade information is now available! Students can now see their results and score at the end of a quiz before trying again or moving on to the next activity.
- Instructors can view quiz results in the gradebook and access detailed grading information in the CSV report.
- Topics in the assignment builder are now categorized as either A&P or Biology for easier filtering.
- And of course, some bug fixes and other minor improvements
Remember to submit feedback in the "submit an idea" section of the Resource Center to let us know any thoughts you have on IA!
4.47 (October 30, 2023)
Try Visible Body's new beta integration with D2L!
Want to seamlessly access Visible Body in your D2L Brightspace course? Reduce setup time and friction, and get right to the content you want. Our beta LTI 1.3 release for D2L will include:
- A setup, account linking, and single sign-on (SSO) experience within D2L.
- A new Courseware Home that features our most popular apps.
- Automatic access for students and co-instructors in one or more linked sections. Admins or lead instructors won’t need to invite or manage them outside of D2L.
- Ability to set up one-way links to Visible Body assignments.
Reach out to us today if you want to join the Visible Body D2L beta integration!
October 23, 2023 (VBS Product v4.37)
New Features and Improvements for Visible Body Suite!
- Updates to our models for smoother transitions and added context.
- Menu improvements to narrow search filtering, enhance defaults, and clarify text changes.
- Major upgrades to Anatomy Search including more available content and expanded access to the search feature.
October 23, 2023 (VBS Portal v4.46)
New Dashboard for Visible Body Suite!
- VB Suite has an all new web dashboard! Use it to access the web and mobile versions, download premade Flashcard decks and Tours, and sign up to get alerts about product updates.
4.45 (October 17, 2023)
Try out our new Immersive Assignments Public Beta!
- Join the Immersive Assignments beta by opting in from the Resource Center or your user profile.
- Assign our newest content, including models of the neuron and ovary, pathology models of Alzheimer’s disease, PCOS, and many more!
- Download and assign our pre-made samples! Students will navigate smoothly from one learning activity to another, taking short multiple choice quizzes along the way.
- Make your own assignments! Search for the right content, choose and sequence the assignment activities that best fit your curriculum.
- Bug fixes and minor improvements.
- Learn more about the Immersive Assignments beta here.
*Note: If you are part of an admin-managed school, you are not able to try the beta if you do not have permission to Create Assignments*
4.44 (October 9, 2023)
Coming Soon! New Assignments Beta
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Final improvements and bug fixes for an upcoming beta for immersive assignments, a new way to experience Visible Body content and quizzing!
4.43 (September 28, 2023)
Coming Soon! LTI 1.3 Integration Updates
- We have added LMS icons to clarify integration status within Courseware! Located on the “LMS Integration" and admin's "Manage Courses" pages.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.42 (September 20, 2023)
Newly refined loading process!
- We've improved the loading process when opening VB Suite and Courseware web versions.
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.41 (August 31, 2023)
Updated Courseware Resource Center for the new semester!
This update will send a notification to instructors for the Getting Started page, with a new temporary highlight that will add the Getting Started folder for their students in one easy click.
4.40 (August 22, 2023)
Improvements and bug fixes
- Improved customer interactions with the grade details page using keyboard navigation.
- Cleaned up and improved our notifications system.
And as always, made many minor improvements and bug fixes.
August 15, 2023 (VBS Portal v4.39)
New Google single sign-on (SSO) access options as well as keyboard accessibility updates!
- We've added a message in the app for users that have gained access to VB Suite via Courseware or VB Suite using Google SSO and do not have a password to enter into the mobile app.
- We’ve made improvements to keyboard accessibility. You can now sign in and sign up using your keyboard!
4.38 (August 3, 2023)
Accessibility updates in Courseware
Our Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) has been updated for 2023! This includes our recent and ongoing efforts towards making Courseware keyboard and screen reader accessible for students.
4.37 (July 31, 2023)
Maintenance Release
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
July 17, 2023 (VBS Portal v4.36)
Maintenance Release
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
July 5, 2023 (VBS Product v3.1)
New content added in Visible Body Suite
VB Suite's latest update will get your heart pumping!
- More content added to My Apps Resources in Visible Body Suite. Check it out in the "Spotlight" section under "Recently Added Content".
- Interact with a 3D beating heart to learn about the cardiac cycle, conduction, and cardiac output. You can adjust the heart rate by setting the BPM and follow along on an ECG.
- Our new pathology slideshows visually explain diseases like lung cancer, cirrhosis, and more.
- And, as always, bug fixes and improvements.
4.35 (June 29, 2023)
Maintenance Release
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.34 (June 13, 2023)
Maintenance Release
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.33 (June 1, 2023)
Maintenance Release
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.32 (May 30, 2023)
Available Now: New Accessibility update
New option added for instructors who would like to add alt image text to images they upload into quizzes to help screen readers for visually impaired students.
- And, as always, minor improvements and bug fixes.
May 22, 2023 (VBS Product v3.0)
VB Suite Product (mobile and web) available on the My Apps page has a brand new menu and search system!
- Start by choosing a topic of interest, such as human anatomy.
- Search for specific content by keyword and filter results by content type (3D view, animation, etc).
- Check out the Spotlight section for newly added content and features, helpful tips, and free resources.
- And, as always, bug fixes and minor improvements.
4.31 (May 2, 2023)
Maintenance Release
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.30 (April 24, 2023)
Available Now: More content added to My Apps Resources in Visible Body Suite
New in VB Suite: Discover what happens when physiology breaks down with the new pathology update!
- Explore 8 new 3D models of common disease states, such as Alzheimer's Disease, meningitis, multiple sclerosis, and more.
- Better understand physiology and pathology with 13 new videos about Parkinson's Disease, ALS, epilepsy, and more.
- And, as always, bug fixes and minor improvements.
4.29 (April 20, 2023)
Clearer instructions and information!
- Due dates, availability dates, and course dates now include time zones.
- We've clarified LMS integration error message language with actionable directions.
- A new Admin role information button on the “Roles and Permissions” indicates how the default instructor role is assigned.
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.28 (April 5, 2023)
Featured: Improved Systems Tray!
Fine-tune your study of anatomy with the muscle layers, attachments, and improved region selection in Courseware! Learn more here!
Use the Visible Body Suite app’s systems tray to:
- Select multiple regions to customize your view.
- Simulate a dissection more closely by adding and removing muscle layers, from deepest to most superficial.
- Study muscle attachments in context by showing pins and paint alongside the entire skeleton.
Student screen reader access!
- Student pages in the Courseware platform are now fully screen reader accessible, and keyboard navigation friendly.
- We’ve also made more updates to the Courseware Resource Center, including:
- a more noticeable “?” icon.
- improved Help Center search tool.
- “Submit an idea” entries delivered directly to the product team.
- key update notifications at first sign in.
- Updated the “My Apps” page with Visible Body Suite’s new name.
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.27 (March 28, 2023)
Maintenance Release
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.26 (March 10, 2023)
Available Now: New Pig Model in Visible Biology!
- Launch the new views in the “Animal Structure and Function” and “Evolution: Animal Diversity” Units to learn about the pig’s structures, functions, and how they compare to other animals. Read more here!
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Create Flashcards and custom Tours from any pig model view!
New Resource Center to orient users, and a new name for Atlas!
- Select the “?” icon in the upper right corner to access these pages in the Resource Center:
- “Getting Started” instructor and student pages onboard users with video and article links.
- “What’s New” featuring app updates and new content.
- “Courseware Help” with links to our top help articles.
- “Submit an Idea” for users to submit ideas and feedback.
- “Submit a Support Ticket” page for technical support.
- “Anatomy Atlas 2023 +” text is now updated to “Visible Body Suite” in the Courseware assignment creation workflow.
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.23 (February 14, 2023)
New VBio Course and Student Info View
- Purchase dates, expiration dates, and extend-access links now appear in the student account information at the top right corner of the screen.
- Updated “Concepts of Biology (OpenStax Correlation)” course appears in new instructor accounts.
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes.
4.20 (January 10, 2023)
New course reordering feature allows for custom “My Courses” pages for all users!
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The default order starts as alphabetical, but each user can now click and drag courses in any order they choose in their own “My Courses” page.
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes.
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4.19 (December 15, 2022)
Courseware student accounts are now fully keyboard accessible! New instructor account default courses and ease-of-use improvements enhance user experience.
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Students can navigate Courseware using only their keyboard! New skip navigation links aid movement around the page:
- Updated and renamed default courses are now included with new Courseware instructor accounts:
| Product type | Courses included with new accounts | |
| Courseware: All Content | Concepts of Biology | Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology |
| Courseware: Biology Content | Concepts of Biology | |
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Ease-of-use improvements:
- Platform-wide updated date picker includes a new “Today” button, bringing the user immediately to today’s date when scheduling assignments and courses
- “Manage Courses” and “Manage People” Admin page columns now clearly show which one has been sorted
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes
4.18 (November 22, 2022)
New views of the Frog, Sea Star, and Earthworm from Visible Biology are now assignable in Courseware! We've also improved Question Bank and Quiz Bank filter lists, and student purchase options views.
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Filter by Author field lists in Quiz Bank and Question Bank have been reordered
- Visible Body and Atlas Quizzes are first
- Current user is next
- After that, users are ordered alphabetically by last name
- Student purchase options will now be hidden from some site license instructors during course creation and course copying to prevent confusion
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes
4.17 (November 17, 2022)
New transferable "Primary Instructor" designation offers course ownership flexibility, and prevents courses from being deleted permanently!
- The course creator is designated “Primary Instructor” permanently, unless their primary instructor functionality is transferred to a new owner
- Courseware Admins can now transfer Primary Instructors on the "Manage Courses" page under “Manage People for this Course”
- Primary Instructors can transfer their course ownership themselves on their course’s “Manage Class Roster” page
- Admin role can now make a copy, send a copy, archive, and delete a course from the "Manage Courses" page
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes
4.16 (October 26, 2022)
Administrators can now access a new area called “Manage People” from the left panel where they can view every member of their institution in one place.
- Admins can search by first/last name, email, or role as they type
- Admins will be able to sort their users by each column on this page
- Admin can also access a new popup that allows them to view every course that a user is a member of and can view and edit the user’s primary and course roles or remove them from the course
- The arrow to contract or expand the left panel now only appears when hovering over the panel to avoid confusion
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes
4.15 (October 19, 2022)
We've enhanced our library of assignable Human Anatomy Atlas 2023+ content, now including fascial compartments!
- Fascial compartments from Atlas are now assignable through Courseware
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes
4.14 (October 13, 2022)
New “Manage Courses” area allows Admin role users to view and access every course in your institution and manage other users!
- New “Manage People for this Course” feature! Admins can now manage the instructors of any course, and assign them different course roles and permissions.
- Admins can toggle "Access All Courses" to allow instructors access to all institutional courses, but no access to managing users
- “Send a Copy of a Course” and “Archive Course” choices are now available in the "Course Options" category of the Roles and Permissions area.
4.13 (October 4, 2022)
We've enhanced our library of assignable biology content, now including Sea Star and Earthworm!
- Sea Star and Earthworm models are now assignable through Courseware
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes
4.11 (September 15, 2022)
Copy assignments to new folders, assign zero-point quizzes, and set new “Manage Folders” permissions!
- Individual assignments can now be copied from one course to another, rather than needing to copy the entire folder
- The standard gradebook CSV exports will now include more information about students, including email, login dates and times, and time spent on quizzes
- A quiz can now be set to zero points. Zero point quizzes do not impact a student’s grade
- Default score for all new quizzes and assignments will be 10 points / 10%
- Admins can now set the “Manage Folders” permission when creating or editing roles to restrict other roles from making or moving folders
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes
4.10 (August 18, 2022)
- Bug fixes:
- New students signing up without a course join link may, once again, use a bulk code or start a trial without issue
- Timed accommodations will correctly save again
- Gradebook improvements:
- "Incomplete" status has been changed to "Not attempted", and now also shows the grade as either 0/x points or 0%
- When the instructor grades short answer quizzes, questions with images now display those images
- Header now includes total possible points for each quiz, along with the quiz name
- Updated text on My Apps page (for Courseware and Web Suite) from Atlas 2022+ to Atlas 2023+
- New statuses for students on the assignments page!
- Graded assignments will now be marked with icons based on whether they are available, in progress, or complete
4.09 (August 2, 2022)
Courseware now includes the option to set a contact as an Administrator at an institution's account.
In addition to Instructor and Students roles, Courseware now has an Administrator role. In this initial release the Administrator has access to all Instructor accounts and instructor features, and can set up types of Instructors with restricted permissions.
New “Roles and Permissions” area on the left navigation panel pre-populated with new “Admin” and “Instructor” roles!
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Key Admin role features:
- New welcome page displays on Admin’s first login
- View, create, edit, duplicate, and delete individual Instructor roles, but institutional template Instructor role cannot be deleted
- Option to set new permissions once for all default instructor roles
- Access to the “Edit Your Permissions” area by either creating a new role, or editing an existing role
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New categories of permissions the Admin can edit for Instructor role within the permissions area include
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- Course Options
- Assignments
- Gradebook
- Announcements
- Class Roster
- Course Resources
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- Access to “Add Users for this Role” area, where Admin can add users from the Instructor role
- Manage student view of Instructor username and email address in the course banner with a new permission toggle
- Admin role cannot be edited, duplicated or deleted
- Now any staff with the “Manage LMS Integration” permission (no longer the course creator only) can link their institution’s LMS to a Courseware course
4.08 (July 25, 2022)
Courseware: Biology Content is now available! When you're creating a course, you can now select one of two options from the "Product" dropdown.
- Select “Courseware: Biology Content” to give students access to assignments made with content from Visible Biology and Anatomy & Physiology
- Select “Courseware: All Content” to give students access to assignments made with all the Visible Body content
- Courseware will prompt students to get the access they need for their courses
4.07 (July 20, 2022)
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
4.06 (July 7, 2022)
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
4.05 (June 16, 2022)
- Upgraded the gradebook and roster views to allow for simple column sorting, such as by student name, email address, course grade and total points
- Anyone in a course will see the course instructors listed as “Instructor” rather than as "Professor"
- Addressed an issue with deep linking in Canvas. Students can now open a synced assignment after the instructor has turned off deep linking
- Updated LMS integrations to not interfere with Blackboard courses when an institution also has Canvas deep integration
- Improved the Course Resources area to show the names of each file when more than one is uploaded at one time
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes
4.03 (June 2, 2022)
- New and updated Human Anatomy Atlas models are now available for Courseware assignments
- Osteon and Sectioned Femur models have been updated with more detail
- Three brand new tissue-level anatomy models: Skeletal Muscle, Heart Wall, and Hepatic Lobule
- Just select "Create New Assignments", choose "Human Anatomy Atlas" and go to the "Microanatomy Views" section to start making assignments with these new models
4.02 (May 25, 2022)
Visible Biology assignments have been expanded!
- Even more flexibility with assignable customized Favorites, Tours, and Flashcard Decks from Visible Biology
- Add Visible Body's pre-made biology Tours and Flashcard Decks by adding them to your account, then assign them
- Assign quizzes from Visible Biology to your students for non-graded practice
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes
4.01 (May 10, 2022)
Manage Class Roster feature now has better tracking and management of student drops and transfers!
- Better messaging when students access an assignment from Canvas that hasn't been published in Courseware yet
- Better tracking for the history of students dropped or transferred from CW courses
- Instructors can re-add dropped students in Courseware at any time
- And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes