Release Notes 1/6/2022

Release Notes 1/6/2022

Calls Module
  • Significant changes have been done to the form builder to improve the user experience.

    • General aesthetics have been changed to accommodate the new changes.

    • Each form item now has a numeric value to indicate the position and assist with skip-logic configuration.

    • There is now validation when a template form is saved, to indicate missing information required in the fields.

      • An error message is presented that now indicates the location of the field and the item missing required information.
    • It is now possible to insert fields below or above an existing field in the form builder (when the call is not live status).

    • An error message is now presented with skip-logic is incorrectly configured, indicating the problematic field.

    • An up and down button has now been added that allows re-arranging fields in lengthy forms and across sections.

    • A master button to “Collapse all fields” has been added, improving navigation for content-heavy or lengthy forms.

    • A confirmation dialog is now presented to the user when attempting to delete an entire section in the form builder.

Conference Module
  • “My Schedule” for attendees and speakers has been reworked and reorganized to improve the user experience.

    • Attendees have now the ability to filter by category and search sessions under “My Schedule”
    • There is now separation of a speaker who is also an attendee, from “Enrolled Sessions” and “Speaker Sessions”
  • Filters applied as an attendee under “Sessions and My Schedule” are now persistent when exploring others sections of the conference, and will remain in place when returning to these sections.

  • Attendees now see a countdown to session start, when accessing a session detail page.

    • When the countdown time reaches 0, the session now automatically starts if the user is enrolled or no enrollment requirement has been configured by the administrator.

    • Attendees are able to prematurely join in the waiting room at the 5 minutes mark if desired, instead of waiting for the countdown to start.

    • Attendees will now automatically join the session chat by default.

      • Attendees are able to turn off session chat that they automatically joined if desired.
  • Slayte now has the ability to use RTMP video streams for hybrid events.

  • The “Add Video or Stream service” in session detail workflow has been improved and simplified.

    • A shortcut to access the Zoom configuration that opens in the Zoom website has been added, to facilitate verifying correct Zoom session details.
Bug Fixes and QoL improvements
  • An issue in which “All Chats” UI would overlap with the navigation bar has been corrected.
  • An issue when using hidden fields in the form builder would prevent form operation has being corrected.
  • An issue that would prevent submitting previously saved drafts has been corrected.
  • An issue in which some help tip buttons were incorrectly placed has been corrected.
  • An issue that would incorrectly flag skip-logic fields in loop, has been corrected.
  • An issue that allowed administrators to save incorrect settings on video/stream on session detail has been corrected.
  • Several validations are now placed on session detail to prevent the administrator from incorrectly saving a partial session setup.
  • It is now possible to have the field type “Additional Form” in the form builder, optional and hidden from the submitter.
  • An issue that would prevent Call Chairs from downloading Reviewer-specific bulk exports has been addressed.
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