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It looks like the Tags are going away in January. Is this correct?

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Hi @AngelaHetrick1 . I'm pretty sure the feature will remain available indefinitely. I think the following two things are happening.

Currently there are two separate places where the feature needs to be enabled--The main accountSettings ta and Settings > Feature Options. Apparently, the setting on the Fearure options is going away in the next release to get rid if the redundance. It's not clear to me why some settings wind up on the main Settings tab and others on the Feature Options. Personally, I'd like to see them all in one place. And I would strong prefer that the differentiation tags feature be a course-level feature, so instructors would be able to opt in or out.
I think the issue you are referring to is this:

The Differentiation Tags feature user group will close for participation on January 18, 2026. After this date, current members can continue to view information in the group in a read-only format.

The January date refers only to this user group, not the feature itself...thank goodness.

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leward

Hi @AngelaHetrick1 . I'm pretty sure the feature will remain available indefinitely. I think the following two things are happening.

Currently there are two separate places where the feature needs to be enabled--The main accountSettings ta and Settings > Feature Options. Apparently, the setting on the Fearure options is going away in the next release to get rid if the redundance. It's not clear to me why some settings wind up on the main Settings tab and others on the Feature Options. Personally, I'd like to see them all in one place. And I would strong prefer that the differentiation tags feature be a course-level feature, so instructors would be able to opt in or out.
I think the issue you are referring to is this:

The Differentiation Tags feature user group will close for participation on January 18, 2026. After this date, current members can continue to view information in the group in a read-only format.

The January date refers only to this user group, not the feature itself...thank goodness.

mreyes

I want clarification as well, since the Summary in the October 18 release notes states, "The Differentiation Tags feature option is removed for all users. "

teryn_odom

Hi folks - Differentiation Tags are now under my purview as @SamGarza has moved to the Outcomes team. As mentioned above, Differentiation Tags are not going anywhere. We hope to only make them better! Only the feature flag/feature option was removed as part of October release. There is now a setting to enable/disable within account settings. Since DTs are now generally available, there isn't a need for the user group, so it's closing/moving to read only. Feature options are generally short-term for things pre-GA and Settings are long-term. But, you make a great point that it's difficult to manage and ideally would be one area.