Changelog

Meta

The Lessonspace product team has grown by one this month as we welcome Mark to the team. With some extra hands we'll be able to start shipping both major features and minor updates and improvements at a faster rate than before, so there's a lot to look forward to in the coming months.

Spaces

Features

As we mentioned in our last update, simultaneous screen sharing and webcam feeds are now available on Lessonspace! What this means is when you share your screen, a separate video feed is created in the space to display your screen, rather than just replacing your webcam feed.

If you are in Leading Mode and start to share your screen, your shared screen feed will be the video that gets automatically presented, with your webcam feed moving to the sidebar.

Dashboard

Updates

• Upgraded all date/time values to display timezone data when relevant.
• Updated the copy to be clearer on the Lock Space dialog.
• Fixed some issues with the search filter not applying properly on Sessions page.

Meta

We've got loads to share in this update with regards to new features and updates, but also our home and feature pages got a much overdue update, which now details a lot more of the features available to you in Lessonspace. Check them out!

Spaces

Features

New Participants Panel We introduced a new participants panel for viewing and managing people (as a leader) in a Space. This is part of a larger project that is in the works to support more people in a Space. Watch this, uh ...space.

New Shapes & Line Tools On the shapes tool in the Whiteboard tab we introduced the much requested right-angle triangle, as well as arrow and dotted line tools.

Updates

General

• Tooltips were rebuilt to be much more performant and consistent between devices.

Audio/Video

• Switching between video layouts is now significantly smoother. Previously videos may have cut out for a second or two before being restored, but now switching layouts should have basically no effect on the video feeds.
• Manipulating floating videos is now much smoother, and fixed a bunch of edge cases where videos would not appear in floating mode.
• The yellow border around videos to indicate when someone is talking now properly does not show up when the person has muted their microphone.
• The talking indicator has a higher required threshold to activate, so it does not show up as often when someone isn't actually talking.
• The "poor connection" indicator is now more accurate and should show a lot less often on more stable connections.

Whiteboard Tabs

• Draw Tool and Highlighter cursors have been updated to show the size and colour that will be applied when you draw.
• You can now hold alt while dragging an object on the whiteboard to copy it.

Document Tabs

• Fixed an issue in Document tabs where copied text did not keep the size formatting when pasted.

Dashboard

Features

Space Authentication We introduced an updated gateway for entering a Space. Now, when joining a Space, you will be given the option to enter your name (as usual), or log in using your email address (if you are not already logged into Lessonspace).

Choosing to log in with an email will do one of two things: If you don't have a profile on the account that owns the space, it will create a student profile for you on the account OR if you already have a profile on the account that owns the Space, it will prompt you for your password.

If you don't remember your password, fear not! We also automatically send you an email with a magic link to join the space immediately, as well as a single-use code (called a One Time Pin, or OTP) which you can enter into the password field to join as an alternative.

Updates

• Filter options on listing pages like Spaces, Sessions, Students, and Teachers, are now preserved when you navigate between viewing individual items and the list itself.
• The copy and labels on the Space locking interface were updated to be easier to understand.
• Choosing a display preference (between grid or rows) on the Spaces page will now persist between sessions.
• Timestamps now display with their timezone to help make them a bit clearer.

Meta

A smaller update this month as the team is hard at work on several large features that are planned for release in Q4. Check out the Roadmap to see what's coming up!

Spaces

Features

New & Improved Background Tools We introduced a bunch of new background options via the "Change Background" tool on the Whiteboard module. Watch this clip to see what's new, or read below for the full breakdown.

• 3 Background Colours: the existing white and black is now joined by beige.
• 4 Overlay Styles in 3 Sizes: the existing graph paper overlay is now joined by lines, a dot grid, and standard lined grid overlays, all available in 3 different sizes each.
• 3 Overlay Colours: each overlay can be switched between 3 different colours: blue, grey, or black/white depending on the background colour.

Updates

Languages

• ¿Hablas Español? We've added Spanish language translations just for you!