The release notes provide information on the features and improvements in the specified version. The release dates that are related to the version of the release are published in the Study guide release schedule.
Improvements
The issues in release mentioned under the section improvements are considered as new functionality, user experience improvements or bug fixes. Issues marked as hotfix are developed in this sprint but applied to the previous release or directly to production, depending on impact.
Usability: the load time of the landing page should be reduced - SG-698
Based on the logging we noted the initial opening of the study guide could take up to 2 seconds. We deep-dived into the cause and a fix is applied that builds up the page in a different way, optimising the display with an end-result the load time is drastically reduced (0.5 second).
Usability: the filter should stay active using the back icon - SG-682
Accessibility: improve mobile menu usage - SG-670
Description management should be less magical - SG-693
The display of descriptions in the structure page had some 'hidden magic'. To reduce the magic a change is applied.
To understand the change applied, first let's look at the 'old' behaviour:
The description with the lowest sequence is displayed in the structure.
This is currently determined per group. The order and presence of descriptions on the group determine the result. If a group has no descriptions, nothing is displayed for that group. If a group has one or more descriptions, the first description is shown in the structure.
If a group has more than one description, the "Show more" button is displayed.
The popup opened on ‘Show more’ displays all descriptions belonging to that group.
The new behaviour will be:
The sequence configured under Admin > References > Module Group Description will determine the display order. This sequence is imported from Curriculum > Elements > Module Group Description, but may be overridden in Study Catalogue.
Descriptions with sequence 0 or with no sequence (empty) are never shown in either the structure or the popup.
A description with sequence 1, if present on the group, is displayed in the structure.
Descriptions with sequence 2 or higher, if present on the group, are displayed in the popup.
The "Show more" button is displayed if the group contains one or more descriptions with sequence 2 or higher, regardless of whether a sequence 1 description is present.
The "Show more" button is not displayed if there are no descriptions with sequence 2 or higher, or if the widget configuration is set to "Hide Show More".
The popup does not display descriptions with sequence 1, 0, or no sequence (empty).
The year dropdown should show the years in the correct order - SG-625 (Hotfix)
When having multiple years in the study guide, the year selector showed the years in a random order. This has been fixed, and the years are shown in the correct order again.
Security
An integral part of our development and build process is automatic scanning for known security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities will be fixed based on their impact, which means that in some cases an immediate hot-fix will be applied, and in other cases the vulnerability will be fixed in the current or next Sprint (release). The security section provides an overview of the vulnerabilities mitigated.
For more information on reported vulnerabilities, see the central database of vulnerabilities.
During this release no security vulnerabilities were reported, requiring mitigation.
For more guidance on configuration and setup of Study Guide, use the relevant Study Guide manual.