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The Course Updates feature was recently converted to being powered by new React / Paragonuse new front end technology, but previous to this change this part of the platform Updates had remained relatively unchanged since its their initial implementation into in Studio in circa 2013 or so.
Course Updates were intended as a primary in-platform mechanism for educators to reach out to students for instructor paced courses. Updates were never reimagined to work for self paced courses, and are thus less used today than they were from 2012-2015. Incorporating self-paced learning triggers for new updates is one way to reimagine how updates could be used in courses.
When the Course Home was updated to be powered by the learning MFE in 2019
we decided to only show the most recent update, a short term compromise as we focused on releasing the MFE to production. How updates are rendered in course home, including whether or not students have actually read previous updates, is an improvement we can address now. Generating in-platform updates is not enough to reach learners, but we never automatically sent out course updates via email and instead expect educators to duplicate these updates via the bulk email tool and discussion forums.
Scope & Approach
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Value & Impact
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