Updates & Releases
Track the evolution of UCI Spark with our latest features, improvements, and enhancements
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Latest Release
- • Updated dashboard image for new quarter
- • Integrated Spark supporting content into base app
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- • New Spark Pages info site launched
- • Updated LTI integration for compatibility with upcoming change to Canvas
- • Added new Counseling Center Sparks
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- • Added link to complete the optional intake questionnaire to the dashboard
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UI Refresh- • Added new Division of Career Pathways sparks
- • Refreshed look and feel of UCI Spark based on student feedback
- ○ Updated to latest version of Tailwind to support new UI
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Integration- • Adjusted build process to also incorporate the Spark library, simplifying the process needed to add and update sparks in the app
- • Integrated data from Career Pathway's Handshake career center management software into UCI Spark, including: date of last login, date of profile completion, date of last career fair attendance, and date of last career center appointment
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Features- • Implemented new Search feature for library
- • Launched new Canvas Usage Heatmap analytic for students
- • Added new criteria to randomize sparks
- • Added course grade to available criteria
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- • Removed requirement to complete questionnaire before accessing dashboard
- ○ Goal grade and goal questionnaire still required to access course analytics
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Enhancement- • Launched new "evergreen" sparks, allowing for long-form content hosted in UCI Spark to be available as a spark rather than linking off to an external website
- • Added new criteria and data to target students who live in campus housing and who live off-campus
- • Update the Course Analytics tab to split Course Sparks to their own page
- ○ This change is to prepare the Course Analytics screens for additional features in the future and ensure that course sparks aren't hidden away
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Major Update- • Spark Library now orders sparks alphabetically
- • Launched new Canvas Assignment Trends visualization to Course Analytics
- • Implemented new sparks for Office of Access & Inclusion
- • Updating landing page to provide more information to instructors and staff
- • Launched a "For You" page in the library to show all matched sparks to students (not just the top 4)
- • Launched a new dashboard tour feature to guide students around the features of UCI Spark
- • Added new criteria to match students based on lack of enrollment in a particular course
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- • Bug fixes and internal updates, no new features launched
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Admin Tools- • Admins now can edit sparks directly within the tool without having to upload a new spark library
- • Updated Canvas LTI integration to allow for favoriting sparks, providing feedback on sparks, and accessing the Help popup
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Integration Launch- • Launched Canvas LTI integration
- • Various UI updates