Legacy Release Notes

This article is for users who would like to review older release notes.  For the most current release notes, you can refer to this article. 

3.24 (April 27, 2022)

• 9 models from Visible Biology are now available for dissection quizzing!
  • 3 cell models—Animal Cell, Plant Cell, and Bacterial Cell
  • 6 new plant models—Monocot Stem, Root, and Leaf, and Dicot Stem, Root, and Leaf
• Use our pre-made quizzes or create your own custom questions and quizzes using all these new models

3.23 (April 20, 2022)

• Minor improvements and bug fixes

3.21 (April 6, 2022)

Your Courseware subscription now gives you access to Human Anatomy Atlas 2022＋. This app is loaded with 3D interactive visual content and features! Use it to communicate with patients quickly, learn course content faster, and create an easy-to-use library of Flashcards. Watch an overview:

Visit the My Apps page to get Web, iPhone, iPad, and Android access. 

• From the My Apps page, next to the Atlas 2022＋ launch button, select the "Get Mobile App" button
• Email yourself the link to your phone or tablet
• Depending on the device you're using, download the iOS or Android App
• Sign in with your Courseware username and password and get started
• Use your Flashcards and Flashcards Decks from the web on your phone or tablet by downloading Atlas 2022＋!
• Crisper 3D models and UI for all Courseware quizzes
• And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes

3.20 (March 31, 2022)

• Ongoing improvements of Courseware and Canvas Deep integration! Assignment syncing issues in certain scenarios are now corrected
• Time zone selection options have been refined for creating, copying and editing courses
• And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes

3.17 (March 15, 2022)

Biology quizzes are now in the Courseware Quiz Bank!

• 36 new multiple choice quizzes and 36 new short answer quizzes—all about Biology
• Total of 422 new quiz questions
• Find the new questions by filtering with the topic "Biology" in the Quiz and Question Banks
• And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes

3.16 (March 10, 2022)

Courseware and Canvas Deep integration is now available! 

• With Canvas Deep integration, your selected Courseware assignments and gradebook will sync automatically to your Canvas course
• Toggle Deep integration on or off from the new LMS Integration page, without losing grades in your Courseware gradebook

Create and edit your assignments in Courseware, and Canvas assignments will reflect your updates instantly! 

• Assignments appear in Canvas in the order and folder where you created them. Ungrouped assignments will appear at the top of the Canvas assignments page above all other folders, in a folder entitled “Visible Body Ungrouped Assignments”.
• The Canvas icon next to any assignments and groups that have been synced or removed from syncing to let you know the current status of any assignment
• Non-graded assignments are now marked as complete in the Canvas Gradebook once a student visits the assignment page

The Gradebook in Courseware is now fully integrated with Canvas. All edits to the gradebook in Courseware are reflected in Canvas instantly!

• Instructors will see a new look in their gradebook when trying to export or sync grades, now in an Actions menu that gathers those all together
• Students can take quizzes and see their grades updated right away

3.14 (February 22, 2022)

• Select a Courseware product from the dropdown when you create or copy a course
• Courseware: All Content is available to all current users and includes all the content available in Courseware
• Courseware: Biology Content isn't available yet, but this product is coming soon!
• And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes

3.07 (December 7, 2021)

• Minor improvements and bug fixes

3.6.03 (October 26, 2021)

Free preview of Visible Biology is available now!

• From the My Apps page, launch Visible Biology to navigate through 3D simulation models, animations, quizzes, flashcards and more
• Explore units containing biological systems and functionality including cells, plant structure, photosynthesis and DNA structure
• Visible Biology assignments and biology quizzing are not yet available through Courseware.
• And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes

3.5.00 (October 18, 2021)

• Minor improvements and bug fixes

3.4.01 (October 14, 2021)

Redesigned Courseware My Apps page!

• Find more detailed explanations of what comes in each app, with support article links to read more

3.3.00 (October 11, 2021)

• Minor improvements and bug fixes

3.2.74 (September 20, 2021)

Create assignments with Flashcard Decks!

• Either download our Flashcard Decks or make your own to add them to your Atlas assignments
• Students can open assigned decks and save copies to their accounts to learn and study whenever they want
• And as always, bug fixes and performance improvements

3.2.71 (September 15, 2021)

• Minor improvements and bug fixes

3.2.68 (September 7, 2021)

New "Trouble logging in?" pop-up contains helpful links for students!

• And as always, minor improvements and bug fixes 

3.2.65 (August 30, 2021)

• Minor improvements and bug fixes

3.2.64 (August 27, 2021)

• Minor improvements and bug fixes

3.2.63 (August 26, 2021)

New Flashcard feature! Flashcards are now available in Human Anatomy Atlas for all Courseware subscribers.

• Create your own cards and decks, or search and add premade decks on dozens of popular topics
• New Study section! Check out three ways to learn and study: lab activities, quizzes, and Flashcard decks
• Visible Body User Accounts improvements; faster access to your saved content
• And as always, minor bug fixes and improvements

3.2.59 (August 18, 2021)

We improved how you can update your information in your profile!

• Now you can navigate to the My Profile page to view your details and edit them easily
• Need to change your email address or password? Now, the steps to take are even more clear
• And as always, minor bug fixes and improvements
  

3.2.54 (August 12, 2021)

• Minor improvements and bug fixes to enhance the user experience when viewing quiz results and grades

3.2.52 (July 28, 2021)

More user-requested improvements to the Gradebook in Courseware!

• Improved Gradebook scrolling and navigation
  • Scroll horizontally no matter where you are on the page
  • Assignment and quiz names are always visible at the top
• Narrower grade columns so that you can see more at once
• Modify grades and give extensions without interruptions. The Gradebook now remembers your page and scroll position when making changes
• And as always, minor bug fixes and improvements

You can see a preview of all these changes in this video.

3.2.40 (July 22, 2021)

New feature: Archive a course!

• You can archive your older courses in our new My Archive section
• While archived, you can still access your course and even make edits
• Want to move it back to your active My Courses list? It’s just one click! 

Want to chat live with our support team?

• You’ll see a chat option on the lower left-hand side of the screen
• If they’re not available, leave your message for the team via the chat, and they’ll get back to you

All new Instructor Resources course!

• The course is chock-full of information that will help you make the most out of Visible Body Courseware 
• It includes tips for getting started for you and your students, loads of premade activities such as labs and eBooks, helpful teaching tools, and premade courses
• This course also provides FAQs, troubleshooting, and more!
• New instructor accounts will include it automatically on the My Courses page. All existing instructors can go grab it on the Premade Courses page

And as always, minor bug fixes and improvements

3.2.34 (July 13, 2021)

• Minor bug fixes

3.2.32 (July 8, 2021)

Improvements to the Gradebook in Courseware offer consistency and ease-of-use with: 

• Improved consistency with the display of grades and grade statuses
• Better tracking of quiz attempts! If the student closes out of their quiz, the attempt is still counted and recorded in the Gradebook. New attempts started for a quiz also make old, in-progress attempts count
• Students with the same last name are now alphabetized by last name and first name in the Gradebook, Roster and CSV exports
• Narrower columns for improved navigation! The submission and duration information is now available via the dropdown menu to save space
• And as always, minor bug fixes and improvements

You can check out all these improvements in this video

3.2.30 (June 30, 2021)

Courseware backend updates to the latest security and reliability standards.

The Visible Body teams have taken proactive measures to make sure Courseware data is secure and students and instructors continue to have seamless access. By updating our Courseware infrastructure, we now have:

• Improved security with all the latest security upgrades and patches
• Continued great uptime rates - remain supremely stable with our 10s of thousands of users

3.2.09 (May 25, 2021)

• Minor bug fix

3.2.08 (April 5, 2021)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.2.07 (April 5, 2021)

Courseware-Blackboard Light Integration is now available!

• Schools can now choose to integrate Courseware courses with Blackboard courses. Launch Courseware from within Blackboard!
• This integration includes single sign on only. Instructors and students only need to log in once and will stay signed in each time they visit Courseware through Canvas
• Available for schools with group licenses and for courses with individual student purchases

Easily see which courses are paired with Canvas and Blackboard

• The icons on the My Courses page will indicate which Courseware courses are synced with your Canvas or Blackboard course

Linked the wrong Courseware course to your Canvas or Blackboard course? 

• Now Canvas and Blackboard integrated courses can be unlinked on the LMS Integration page. Just select the pairing you want to undo!

3.2 (March 9, 2021)

Human Anatomy Atlas 2021 Web is now available through Courseware!

• When you launch Atlas 2021 from Courseware, you’ll be automatically signed into your Visible Body account for easy access to your custom views and presentations!
• Explore new content and features. Atlas 2021 now includes
  • More than 110 physiology and pathology animations that can be used for patient education and advanced learning topics
  • More detailed gross anatomy
  • Faster access to related content
  • More accessibility settings
  • New features to Save and Annotate 3D views, transform your 2D slide presentations into interactive 3D presentations

Create assignments with new content from Atlas 2021!

• Assign your custom content! Create Favorites and Tours in Atlas 2021 that you can assign to your students in Courseware.
• Assign animations directly from Atlas 2021
• Assign views with the peritoneum and organs in context to help with clinical evaluation and F.A.S.T. Exam

The Atlas mobile download on the My Apps page is updated to the latest version for new users, including all animations and user accounts! New users will have access to the mobile app for two years.

And as always, minor bug fixes and improvements

3.1.28 (February 9, 2021)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.1.27 (February 4, 2021)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.1.26 (January 28, 2021)

• New pre-made course! An autograded labs course is now available in all new instructor accounts
  • Uses Courseware's quizzing features to create labs that are automatically graded
  • Quizzes and activities are all available in the Quiz Bank for you to edit and customize
  • Coming soon to the Premade Courses page!
• Every time you copy a course, you'll see an option to set it to your time zone
• And as always, other minor bug fixes and improvements

3.1 (January 21, 2021)

Major update to Courseware quizzing engine!

• Updated our anatomy for quizzing. Quiz on the finer details of the following areas:
  • Kidney gross anatomy
  • New hand ligaments
  • Refined female genitalia
  • New structures for female genitalia 
  • Hip circulation
  • Knee circulation
  • Vasculature and nerves in the head and neck
  • Branches of cranial nerves
  • Segmented lungs
  • Pleura
  • Three heads of the pectoralis major
  • Innermost intercostal muscles

You can watch a video to see the details of the quizzing anatomy and quiz question updates here!

• Improved quizzing usability and design!
  • Improved experience to rotate and zoom via trackpad or mouse
  • Students can use joystick to manipulate 3D models
  • Faster loading times
  • Quizzes look and feel more modern, and more like the practice quizzes students are used to in the Visible Body apps
  • Students can now retake quizzes with additional attempts right from the finish screen without going back to Courseware.
  • Images you upload are 30% bigger!

• New partial credit setting when creating Graded Quiz Assignments
  • We default all of your quizzes to “Yes” to enable partial credit
  • Yes: Students will get credit for the questions they answer correctly. They will get no points for questions they answer incorrectly or don’t get to in the allotted time. 
  • No: Students will get no credit for the quiz if they do not finish in the allotted time. You can easily switch this off in your assignment details settings.

You can see a video showing the new quizzing design, joystick, and partial credit functionality here!

• Other small improvements
  • Gradebook and Roster have numbered lists of students
  • Overall course grade is available in the student view of the Gradebook

• And as always, other minor bug fixes, improvements, and performance enhancements

3.0.13 (October 14, 2020)

• Bug fixes and performance enhancements

3.0.12 (October 1, 2020)

• Bug fixes and performance enhancements

3.0.10 (September 17, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.0.09 (August 17, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.0.07 (July 31, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.0.05 (July 23, 2020)

Courseware-Canvas Light Integration is now available!

• Schools can now choose to integrate Courseware courses with Canvas courses. Launch Courseware from within Canvas!
• This integration includes single sign on only. Instructors and students only need to log in once and will stay signed in each time they visit Courseware through Canvas
• Available for schools with group licenses and for courses with individual student purchases

3.0.02 (June 26, 2020)

• Minor improvements

3.0 (June 19, 2020)

• Create Courseware assignments with brand new content from Physiology & Pathology!
  • New 3D pathology models, brand new animations presenting physiological processes and common pathologies, and practice quizzes to test your knowledge
  • Set the heart rate and visualize conduction in a dissectible, beating 3D heart, and follow along on an ECG
  • Walk through interactive lessons to understand the progression of atherosclerosis, kidney stones, lung cancer, and other common conditions
• Web access to P&P is now available for all users!
• Download the mobile app on your phone or tablet. This app is a 5-year subscription, so you'll keep getting updates as we add new content and features

2.5.14 (June 16, 2020)

• Free student trial is now 2 weeks

2.5.13 (June 5, 2020)

• Updated the Invite People page for added clarity
• Master courses now link to lab manuals for students to download and type in their answers!
• Fixed an issue with bony landmark quiz scores
• And as always, minor bug fixes and improvements

2.5.11 (May 20, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

2.5.10 (May 4, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes

2.5.09 (May 1, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements

2.5.08 (April 29, 2020)

• Updated password security requirements. New passwords must:
  • Be at least 8 characters long
  • Include at least 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number, AND 1 special character

2.5.04 (March 24, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

2.5.03 (March 19, 2020)

• Extended free trial access through June 30, 2020 for current students with trial access.

2.5.02 (March 18, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes.

2.5 (March 17, 2020)

• New! Courseware now offers free access for students through June 30, 2020.
• Instructors now have direct access to dozens of pre-made courses, right from their My Courses page.

2.4.08 (February 25, 2020)

• Minor bug fixes.

2.4.07 (December 19, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

2.4 (December 12, 2019)

• New! Courseware is now available as an annual subscription to schools, colleges, and universities.
  • Courseware can still be purchased individually by students, but now educational institutions can buy an annual subscription to give access to all students.

2.3 (October 15, 2019)

• Human Anatomy Atlas 2020 is now available!
  • The male and female gross anatomy models have over a hundred new refinements!
  • Additional nerves, arteries, and veins in the head and neck region.
  • Anatomy added and refined in the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic regions.
  • Tag structures! Use the new 3D labels feature to show the names of multiple structures on screen, and create interactive presentations or study cards.
  • New Draw and Notepad features for 3D interactive lectures and note-taking!
• And as always, minor bug fixes and improvements.

2.2.68 (September 23, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes.

2.2.67 (August 28, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

2.2.65 (August 22, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes.

2.2 (August 21, 2019)

• New calendar feature for students and instructors!
  • View assignments for your course in a monthly or weekly calendar view.
  • Instructors can edit and delete assignments right from the calendar!
• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

2.1 (July 18, 2019)

• Anatomy & Physiology 6.2 with minor bug fixes is now available!
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

2.0.10 (June 27, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes.

2.0 (June 25, 2019)

• Anatomy & Physiology 6 with histology is now available!
  • Assign lessons from Anatomy & Physiology with our new histology content.
  • Includes more than 100 new microscope images showing body tissues!
  • In the mobile version, zoom and pan when viewing any image in full screen mode.
• And as always, minor bug fixes and improvements.

1.4 (May 28, 2019)

• Unpublish assignments that you want to edit—individually or in bulk.
• New bulk editing feature!
  • Change the due dates and release dates for multiple assignments at once, all from your assignments page.
  • Publish and unpublish multiple assignments at once.
• Adjust the due dates and release dates when copying a course—you pick a new start date and we’ll change all the dates for you based on the intervals of your original course.
• See at a glance which assignments are published with new “published” and “not published” icons.
• Choose when students see correct answers on multiple choice quizzes.
• And as always, bug fixes, enhancements, and improvements.

1.3.34 (March 20, 2019)

• Minor improvements.

1.3.33 (February 13, 2019)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

1.3.32 (February 11, 2019)

• Instructors can now modify quiz attempts on a student-by-student basis and notify the students directly in Courseware and via email!
• Now it's even easier for students to join your course with our user-friendly sign in and sign up page.
• Filtering results in the quiz and question banks now includes the number of results.
• And as always, minor bug fixes and UI improvements.

1.3.22 (January 24, 2019)

• Minor improvements and bug fixes.

1.3 (January 3, 2019)

• New purchase process! Student trials are now available. Three easy steps to create your account and get started in Courseware.
• The left-hand pane is now collapsible to give you more space to work with.
• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

1.2.07 (October 3, 2018)

• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

1.2.01 (September 20, 2018)

• Student view is now available for instructors. See how your students see assignments in your course!
• New timed quizzing! Set time limits for Graded Quiz Assignments and manage student accommodations in the Roster.
• You can now delete your unassigned quizzes and quiz questions.
• Quiz questions are now tagged so that you can see where they’ve been used.
• Updated quiz and question filtering! Now you can select multiple authors at the same time when looking for quizzes and questions.

1.1.13 (August 23, 2018)

• All new instructor accounts have three pre-made courses loaded in—each new account will see these three courses when they first activate Courseware.
• Quizzing
  • Instructors can now change the number of points a question is worth to whatever they like!
  • Added pagination to the question bank to improve the quiz creation and editing experience!
• Instructors can now copy a folder from one course to another.
• Assignments in the Gradebook are now listed by due date.

1.0.103 (August 15, 2018)

Fixed issues with Gradebook reporting.

1.0 (August 9, 2018)

Updated web and mobile apps!

• New Atlas 2018 with Augmented Reality for mobile devices! Turn any room into an anatomy lab.
• New Atlas 2018 dental models, Gross Anatomy Lab views, and lab activities section.
• New Muscle Premium 7 now features Media section with video presentations by physical therapists, doctors, and researchers!
• A&P now available in Spanish!

Ready made courses!

• A sample two-semester A&P course with 22 units for each major body system
• Includes assignments, quizzes, lab activities, and more!
• Easy to edit or add to so that you can tailor the courses to fit your needs
• An A&P Pre-lab and Post-lab Assessments course
• Includes system overviews, pre-lab and post-lab exercises, and quizzes catered to student learning goals

Hundreds of new quiz questions!

• Short answer questions written for our Sample Two-Semester A&P course
• More than 700 new quiz questions written for our A&P Pre-lab and Post-lab Assessments course
• 1500 Atlas and bony landmark questions
• 3500 total quiz questions

User experience improvements

• Web apps only need to launch once and launch even faster, saving you time
• Upload your school’s logo to see it in your course and whenever you launch the quiz app!
• Ability to change font, color, and size of text in assignment descriptions and announcements
• Bug fixes, enhancements, and minor improvements

Beta (November 29, 2017)

• First release