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Snap new features for 4.1 MP5

Rafael Becerra
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Snap has received some exciting new improvements in our next release, 4.1 MP5, arriving in April. Here’s an overview of the new features you can expect.

 

Updates to Snap Feeds

The Snap feeds feature helps ensure users stay updated on messages, grades, deadlines, and forum posts. Snap previously featured a drawer within the “My Courses” section that featured the Snap feeds functionality on the right-hand side. Going forward, Snap will feature a new design for “My Courses” that better aligns with Moodle's new functionality. Our team has performed thorough research to develop new functionality for the Snap feeds, which can now be found with a new icon in Snap’s header.
 

For Admin users, and as shown above, a separator will now exist between the user content information and the administrator information, making it easier to understand the relationship of the icons.

 


For Student or Teacher users, the header will not have this separator.
 

 

Improvements to Activity Cards

As part of our continuing effort to enhance activity cards, options will now be displayed at the top right side of the card. All the previous information that was on the cards can now be found here.
 
 
The resource activity cards now function more like cards and feature an improved design that eliminates extra space at the bottom of each activity. This enhances readability for elements such as the description. The fade-out element has been removed, and instead, a chevron icon indicating that more information is available will now be displayed. Additionally, elements such as the asset type, activity name, and activity icon have been repositioned within the cards for better organization.
 

 

Page Activity Adjustments

The page activity will now offer a better experience facilitated by a newly implemented behavior. You’ll now be able to expand and collapse the page content with the help of the chevron icon at the bottom of the card, and clicking the activity title will redirect you to the page activity view. The prior setting that controlled this behavior will be removed.
 
 

Move activities/resources

In Snap, the 'Move' action has been relocated to the activity cards menu. Now, you can move one or more sources on a course page by clicking the 'Move' option on each activity card's menu. Afterward, a checkbox will appear on each activity card, allowing you to select multiple activities/sources to move within the course, to other parts of the section, or to another section.

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    Laura Martin

    Hello Shaun,

    Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. Your input is greatly valued.

    We understand that the recent redesign of the cards may have caused some inconvenience for you and your institution, and for that, we apologize. Our aim with these changes is to continually enhance user experience and accessibility for all Snap users with each update.

    The significant alterations to the cards were initially rolled out in our February release, version 4.1MP4, as outlined in the Release notes. However, we acknowledge that we should have provided more detailed information about subsequent changes in the MP5 release notes.

    Your observation regarding the ability to move activities individually rather than in bulk has been duly noted, and I will share it with our development and design teams. Our goal is always to enhance Snap's usability and friendliness without compromising its functionality.

    Once again, thank you for your valuable feedback.

    Wishing you a wonderful day ahead,

  • Shaun Boyd

    Hello Rafael,

    It would have been great if all of these changes were communicated better in the Open LMS EDU 4.1 Maintenance Pack 5 update release notes.

    The changes that have been made to the UX/UI of the cards in SNAP is significant and was only afforded less than 20 seconds of note in the YouTube highlights clip.

    There was no mention of it AT ALL in the release notes for the MP5 update and I think that this is a massive oversight on the part of OpenLMS. This is not a minor change in the UX and should have been included in a major upgrade like the 4.3 one that is scheduled for July. Why was it packaged in a maintenance pack release is baffling.

    The ability to now move activities individually and not en masse as has been the UX with SNAP up until this MP5 update, is also a major step backwards for the SNAP theme. Again something not noted AT ALL in any of the release notes from this update.

    These are significant changes and should be made quite clear to users. Not hidden in 20 second clips on Youtube.

    Shaun

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  • Shaun Boyd

    Hello Laura

    Thanks for the reply.

    You mentioned the following:

    "The significant alterations to the cards were initially rolled out in our February release, version 4.1MP4, as outlined in the Release notes. However, we acknowledge that we should have provided more detailed information about subsequent changes in the MP5 release notes."

    The change in MP4 yes was noted, though I'd be hard pressed to agree it was classified as "significant alterations to the cards". This change would fall more appropriately under the small cosmetic make-over banner. It did not imped on the UX at all, unlike the MP5 one which would fall under the category of a "significant alterations to the cards". 

    It would have been rather more helpful if OpenLMS "provided more detailed information about subsequent changes in the MP5 release notes". I am also hoping that this will followed through in any of the future release notes. 

    I also think that if the OpenLMS "goal is always to enhance Snap's usability and friendliness without compromising its functionality", then unfortunately you have not passed at all with this update.

    Shaun

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  • Laura Martin

    Hello Shaun,

    Thank you again for your thoughtful feedback. We're genuinely glad to have your insights and apologize for any communication gaps.

    I'd like to assure you that we do not intend to lose any functionality with the changes. In fact, the team is already working on adding the "bulk move" capability back to Snap. We've also linked this article to the MP5 release notes for reference.

    We are committed to improving our communication processes and release notes in the future, ensuring that significant changes are clearly highlighted. 

    Thank you once more for your understanding, and please don't hesitate to reach out, now or in the future. You can always contact me at lauramartin.prieto@openlms.net.

    Best regards,
    Laura Martin

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  • Tanya Allan

    re the 'My Courses' page in Snap theme (Course overview block) - can you please point me to where I find the documentation re what criteria is used to determine the filters for:

    • in progress
    • future
    • past

    cheers Tanya

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  • Rafael Becerra

    Hello Tanya,

    The course overview block from my course comes directly from Moodle core, you can find more information about the block at https://docs.moodle.org/404/en/Course_overview. For your specific question about the filters, it works like this

    For courses to appear in the 'Past' section, the course end date must be in the past or the course must be completed. If course completion is turned on in the course settings, the course will not appear in the 'Past' section until course completion conditions are met even if the course end date is in the past.

    For courses to appear in the 'Future' section, the student must be enrolled in them even though the course start date is in the future.

    For courses to appear in the 'In Progress' section, they must be not yet completed and the current date must be after the course start date. The current date must be before the end date, or there is no end date. Courses 'In progress 'displayed in the Course overview block match the courses displayed in the navigation drawer, although a site administration navigation setting can limit this number.

    Hope this helps.

    Regards.

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