Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes.
Unless otherwise stated, all features in this release are available in the Production environment as of 2025-04-01.
Impact helps institutions improve technology adoption and evaluate the impact of educational technology, while helping faculty and students seamlessly navigate new platforms.
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Global Search
Global Search for Impact Admins
Summary
In the global navigation, admins can search the Impact Dashboard using the Global Search.
Change Benefit
This feature allows admins to search pages, actions, messages, walkthroughs, articles, campaigns, campaign (and walkthrough) templates, contexts, and monitors in the Impact Dashboard.
Feature Workflow
In the global navigation, click the Global Search icon.
Type a keyword in the Search field [1]. To open a result, click the result name [2].
By default, the global search bar returns results for keywords in the entire Impact Dashboard. To limit the search to one or more specific areas of Impact, click the Filter icon [1]. Then select the filter checkboxes [2].
Accessibility
Impact Dashboard
Summary
The following is an accessibility update to the Impact Dashboard:
- When choosing the number of results to display per page, the screen reader and keyboard navigation focus remains on the results per page button. Additionally, the screen automatically scrolls down to show the button.
- All sub-accounts in Canvas are available for selection in addition to historic sub-accounts.
- When creating a new report in Insights, changing the Start date and End date updates the dataset in the report and visualization to match the selection on the report viewing screen.
- In Target User Groups, the Group Name Breadcrumb displays the appropriate breadcrumb.
