Sage AI Transform. We are adding more options (both content and output) to the new Transform element.

Substantial revisions to the Learner Homepage - updated UI, new Dashboard view, new Calendar view, improved Profile and Team pages, reporting for Team leaders and more. This is a large process which will probably run through to April.

Customised email notifications. Admins will have the ability to customise email notification text (note that this feature will only be available on Active/Business plans). This is a large job which might take until March.

Continuing Education. Admins will be able to set CE goals for users and track completion to those goals per CE reporting period. Plus some new Analytics reports about Continuing Education.

Pathway scheduled release. Admins will be able to schedule the timed release of topics within a pathway, to drip feed topics over a scheduled period of time instead of all at once.

Bulk download of files / certificates. We are investigating ways for admins to do a bulk download of uploaded files or certificates of completion (e.g. into a zip file).

Activities removal. We will be deprecating the Activities feature within topics by April 2025. As we have developed more elements for creators over the last few years, the existing Activities function within topics is now less powerful and flexible than having creators use existing elements to create the same experience. To simplify the creation process, we will therefore deprecate the Activities option within topics. Existing topics using Activities will not be impacted - they will continue to work. However, no new Activities will be able to be created. All library content will be updated to remove Activities (and replace with similar content within the parts of the topic). To assist with this, we will also increase the number of parts allowed within a topic to 20 at the same time. Learn more about how to replace your old Activities in this article.

Old Events Element removal. The Old Events Element was replaced by the New Events Element in July 2024. At that time, no more old events could be created but existing old events could still be used. We will be entirely removing the Old Events Element in January 2025. Admins should ensure they have downloaded all historical data from Old Events and removed them from their topics as necessary.

Tweak - We missed a couple of filters which still had 'Articles' - now they have 'Topics'!

Fix - Graphs on the Platform Activity report in Analytics were not correctly adjusting for different selected time periods - now they do.

Tweak - We have tweaked the code running the auto-enrolment for topics and pathways to run more efficiently. This may also help address an edge case issue where a learner happens to self enrol in a topic at the exact same time it is running the auto-enrolment process for that learner in that topic (which can result in duplicate enrolments).

Fix - When deleting a single topic in the admin area (via the 'I want to' menu), Admins were seeing an error after the deletion (the topic was still deleting). This is now fixed.

Fix - There were a few broken links in the creator planning process of a brand new topic from the framework update (see below) - all now fixed.

Fix - Some learners were seeing an error after submitting a response to some Q&A (the response was still submitting). This is now fixed.

Feature - New setting to allow a completed Task or a completed Upload to set a topic to complete. Following yesterday's release of this feature for Q&A, now Task and Upload elements have the same option - creators can enable either element to set an entire topic to complete once that Task or Upload element is complete.

Tweak - We've added 7 more fonts to the Brand Fonts list: Bebas Neue,

Work Sans, Ubuntu, Raleway, Titillium, Noto Serif and Comic Neue.

Fix - We tweaked a little bit of UI in a few places where there were a couple of inconsistencies in padding or fonts after the last Framework update (see below).

IMPORTANT - Articles have been deprecated and merged into topics. As outlined in this Changelog and Admin Newsletters for the last six months, and in the Fresh Habits community webinar on 11 February 2025, we have completed the process of deprecating the concept of 'articles'. All articles are now topics. No articles, data or enrolments have been lost or impacted - this is simply a labelling change. Admins can now find their articles in the list of topics. Creators can now switch between standard topics (the old topics) and short topics (the old articles). Learn more in this article.

Feature - Sage AI Transform updated again! Sage AI Transform can now create Narrations, including both natural language scripts as well as summary text for slides. You can now also transform content into Quotes - with six different types of quotes created by the AI to offer creators a range of ideas from literal quotes, to summary quotes to motivational quotes!

Feature - New setting to allow a completed Q&A to set a topic to complete. Creators have a new option for Q&A which allows the entire topic to be set to complete once the Q&A is finalised. This option may assist in some topics where a learner may have submitted a final Q&A for assessment but not click on the final button to complete the final part of the topic. The same option is coming to Tasks and Uploads in the next update.

Fix - Assessors were unable to delete uploaded files they had attached to a graded task, upload or Q&A. This is now resolved.

Fix - Admins could not copy topics between parent and child portals - they can now!

Fix - When a library topic was imported and that topic contained a narration, then the very first learner who watched the narration may have encountered an error while the audio files were created upon the first load of the narration. This error only occurred if the learner attempted to play the narration before the audio files were created and a page refresh would resolve the issue (and no further learners were impacted). To assist with this edge case, we have updated narrations to only enable the play button after the audio files are created (which only occurs the very first time a narration is played).

Feature - Sage AI Transform Updated again! Now you can also create Checklist items using Transform - very handy to summarise a bunch of content and present it as a list of to-do items.

Tweak - Pathways (and topics, but this issue is about pathways) have an option to recertify an enrolment in a different pathway. That process was working perfectly except for the rare instance when the new pathway had exactly the same topics as the old pathway. This scenario wasn't initially considered for this feature, as it would be assumed that the learner would just recertify in the same pathway (since it is the same topics). We have updated code, however, to handle this scenario for those instances where the two pathways happen to have the same topics but might have different pathway names (like 2024 and 2025 pathway titles).

Fix - The Topic Review and Topic Polish emails which creators could request were not sending after the framework update (below). They are now.

Fix - The Scenario element has given creators some grief over the last week after we attempted to fix a little issue with the Cancel button in that element. We have now resolved those issues. The Scenario element also wasn't respecting line breaks when viewed by learners - it does now.

Fix - About a half-dozen pages in the Admin area were not redirecting properly when selected by Admins (leading to 'Dang' errors) after the framework update below. That's resolved.

Feature - New 'Checklist' layout for the Interact element. There's a great new, interactive layout for Interact called Checklist. It presents learners with up to 20 items (each item can have a title, text and image). The learner needs to check off each item in the checklist. This can be mandatory or optional. Note that this is not an assessable interaction and we do not track which items are checked. This is a learning interaction, designed to step the learner through a process or thoughts.

Feature - Sage AI Transform updated! Creators can now use Transform to build several more elements.

Fix - Seems like placeholder insights were causing that section containing the placeholder not to load for learners. That's resolved.

Fix - Changes to the topic overview were not saving after the framework update (see below) - they are now!

Fix - When admins were assigning creators and assessors to topics in the Admin area on the Access tab of a topic, the dropdown menu selection process was not very efficient and, when the list of assessors and creators was over 30, it could be unreliable. We have fixed this dropdown to be far more efficiency, show up to 100 selected assessors or creators at once and (hopefully) avoid any issues with reliability.

Library - "New Manager" series. We've updated a bunch of existing topics about management with improved layouts and interactions, plus created 12 new mini-topics focused on "New Managers".

Tweak - We've add 5 more characters to the Scenario element taking the total to 46. More coming soon!

Tweak - PDF Topic was failing if the topic contained more than 25MB of images (which is quite a lot of images!). We have added in a check for images sizes before the PDF process begins and if the sum of images sizes is too large, creators will now see a warning and the PDF process will not proceed.

Fix - The framework update (see below) broke the topic selector for pathways. That's resolved now.

Fix - The framework update (see below) meant that the toggle for In Progress vs Completed topics wasn't always showing on the learner homepage - now it is.

Framework Update - This release includes a massive update to one of our core frameworks which runs our user interface. Ideally, there is no change for any user, but 'under the hood' things are newer, faster, better. There are substantial changes behind the scenes and we have been testing for two full weeks before deployment, but there are risks of some edge case issues. We will be monitoring things carefully for the next week. Please contact support if you feel something is off in the user interface. Completing this task frees up our Development team to get back to new features!

Deprecation Work - We have applied more changes to the UI ahead of the imminent deprecation of 'articles' (see above).

Fix - We added the option for the Interact element to have more than 10 items a few weeks back, but it seems some of our Interact layouts decided not to play nicely with this change and weren't showing items 11-20. They all are now!

Fix - Closing the Glossary tab in a topic using the ESC key was causing some UI issues. ESC now works correctly.

Deprecation Work - We have begun the process of deprecating Articles (see above). This is a 2-3 week process, during which time there may be some small inconsistencies in the UI as we remove instances of 'article' and replace it with 'topic'. This update changes the following:

Feature - Sage AI Transform updated! Big update - creators can now select from existing elements in a topic (or an entire section of elements, an entire part or even the entire topic) to provide content for Transform. This means creators can, say, select an existing Narration as the content and then quiz as the Output to make a quiz from the script of that Narration. This feature is available for all organisations with Sage AI Transform access to should further accelerate content creations. Learn more here!

Tweak - We've added a Spinal Tap's worth - 11 - new characters to Scenario! There are now over 40 characters with yet more to come in the next few weeks.

Tweak - The keyword search on Admin/People now works for a search phrase (e.g. Tribal Habits) rather than just one word (Tribal). So you can now search for someone using their first and last name. 😎

Tweak - The Scenario element in Creator mode is now wider (which makes it look closer to the full width of the learner version).

Fix - EEEK! When we updated Hotspot last week to the new creator UI, it broke the first two markers on newly created Hotspots. That's fixed.

Fix - When a part has an assessable element (like an assessable Upload) and the element was failed, the final 'complete this part' button was styled red and disabled. The wording on that red button was also red, so this didn't meet WCAG requirements! It does now and is much easier for everyone to read.

Fix - In certain situations, when copying a Glossary between topics, the items in the copied Glossary would appear in a different order. Now they will copy in the same order as the original Glossary. Note that this wont fix Glossaries already copied with this issue - you will need to recopy.

Fix - Users were unable to clear the expiry date of a Certificate saved in External Knowledge - they can now.

Fix - When a topic had an Assessment enabled and toggled some quizzes to only show in the Assessment and then disabled the Assessment without changing the setting on those quizzes, those quizzes become 'invisible'! It's pretty rare, but we fixed it anyway so the quizzes remain visible in this edge case.

Fix - When editing the Scenario element, creators couldn't 'Cancel' their changes (to revert to previous version). They can now.

Feature - Sage AI Transform updated! We've added all the interact layouts to Sage AI Transform (for organisations on Active/Business/Stored plans). These are more complex transformations and can generate a Process layout with steps, an Acronym layout (which is quite fun), Timelines layout for events occurring over a time period plus tabs, lists, flipcards and more.

Tweak - Interact element now accepts up to 20 items and has the improved drag and drop UI seen in the new Slideshow element.

Fix - When copying the new Slideshow element, it wasn't always immediately displaying the images in the slideshow to creators, which made it hard to realise the element had been copied. That's fixed now.

Feature - Sage AI Transform is available! Our next piece of AI technology has launched. Sage AI Transform allows creators to transform existing content into Tribal Habits elements. We are initially launching with plain text content and outputs of Quizzes and Accordions, but there are lots more content and output options coming over the next few weeks. Note that access to this feature, including certain content and output options, requires certain plans. Learn more in this article.

Tweak - Narration and Hotspot elements now accept up to 20 items and have the improved drag and drop UI seen in the new Slideshow element.

Tweak - PDF Topic now includes Scenario, Slideshow and Event elements.

Fix - The description text box for the Overview image in a topic went missing - its back from its holiday and visible again.

Fix - The recent update to our Zapier integration to fire the Update Person trigger for deactivated/reactivated people stopped firing. It's firing again now!

Feature - New Slideshow element is available! We have a new element for creators to kick off 2025 - slideshow. This element allows creators to add up to 20 images into a scrolling slideshow, including captions. Learn more in this article!

Tweak - We have updated our Zapier application so that the trigger for an updated person is now also triggered if the person is deactivated (or reactivated) or becomes an admin (or is no longer an admin).

Tweak - We have restricted the Overview image in topics to be JPG or PNG to help with some compatibility requirements with certificates of completion and topics which are showing the overview image on the certificate. Note that PNG images must be non-interlaced PNGs (which are the majority of PNGs, but some older image editors may also create interlaced PNGs, which are not compatible with the PDF format of our certificates of completion and can result in errors).

Fix - Seems like we had a little error with Activities (reminder - they are being deprecated in the next few months). That's fixed!

Tweak - Admins can now filter All People by Language. The Admin/People table now displays languages for each user and the CSV download for users includes their language. The Public API can now also set languages for users.

Tweak - The Analytics reports for Completed Dates and Certified Dates now only display Enrolled People in the table when that option is selected (to see all people, select the All People option).

Tweak - We've added tool tips to various options in Creator mode to help out new Creators.

Tweak - Certificates of Completion now once again show the Overview image from a topic if that topic has that option enabled. NOTE: Overview images should be small (both in pixels and size) to fit onto the Certificate template. Also, Overview images must be JPG or non-interlaced PNG format.

Tweak - The Analytics/Downloads table is finally fixed so that if you have a really complex and long filter, you can now still see the Download column on the table without having to Zoom out! At last!

Fix - The Scenario element wasn't displaying correctly on some mobile devices - now it is!