✨ New Features

Multiple Rubrics in Brightspace Assignments

Instructors using Brightspace can now work with assignments that have multiple rubrics attached. Each rubric displays as an expandable accordion showing scores per criterion, total points, and grade levels. You can select which rubric to use for grading, and the overall score updates accordingly. This supports institutions that use separate rubrics for content assessment, writing mechanics, accreditation tracking, or peer evaluation.

Blackboard Live API Integration in Tutor

Added live API access to Blackboard for real-time data retrieval including assignment deadlines, course information, and instructor details. This enables the assistant to provide up-to-date information directly from Blackboard.

Dynamic UI Translation for Chat

Chat interface now supports multiple languages (French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese) with automatic detection based on admin settings. All UI elements including buttons, labels, error messages, and system notifications are translated to match the selected language preference.

🛠 Improvements

Enhanced Feedback Performance, Stability, and Quality

• Upgraded model for faster processing and higher quality feedback output

• Added a comprehensive audit step to ensure consistency between custom instructions and base prompts

• Implemented fallback feedback mechanism for assignments without rubrics

• Added secondary re-ranker fallback to improve generation reliability

• Enabled autograding by default when numerical scoring is enabled

• Fixed settings synchronization issues in production environments

Improved FAQ Management

• Increased character limits to 1000 characters for questions and 20,000 characters for answers

• Added descriptive error messages and import guidance for better user experience

• Fixed validation to prevent partial imports when character limits are exceeded

Enhanced Knowledge and Export Processing

• Added 2-second delay for content loading to improve crawl reliability for slower-loading pages

• Fixed inbox conversation exports for long conversations to prevent timeouts

Accessibility Enhancements

• Added proper ARIA roles and semantic HTML elements for screen reader compatibility

• Improved color contrast ratios for better readability

• Implemented automatic announcements when assistant responses finish rendering

• Added proper heading hierarchy for navigation

🐛 Bug Fixes

General Improvements

• Fixed external link warning page errors when clicking links from inbox

• Resolved escalation flow issues with phone number and URL options

• Corrected Blackboard discussion URLs to include proper content identifiers

• Fixed Flow trigger example character limit validation

• Improved H5P smart triggering to reduce unnecessary clarification questions

• Fixed agentic search streaming to properly complete when finished