We’ve made some improvements to Talk, making a smoother more intuitive experience for both learners and facilitators, and this is just the beginning - with more social enhancements planned for 2026!

A search for socials
It’s now easier to find that post you were looking for! Search keywords or names and jump straight to the conversation.

​Clearer channels
Facilitators can now set clear Talk channel descriptions so everyone knows which channels to use.

​Easier posts
We found having to think up a title was a barrier to conversation. Now just simply add your comment, no title needed.

​Simpler replies
We’ve simplified comments/replies to just replying to the initial post (which also aligns with commonly used social media platforms).

​Better skimming and scanning
No more having to click in to read a post! Now we’ve got the content of the post right there. Fewer clicks for much better skimming and scanning.

For more information on using Talk, see An overview of Talk channels.

We’ve introduced a new feature to make course handovers smoother.
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With Course collaboration in Users, groups, and reporting account owners and user administrators can see all the courses an author has worked on (including drafts) and quickly add or remove collaborators.

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This means easier handovers, clearer oversight, and less admin stress.
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Learn more in How to manage course access and collaboration.

Watch this space....

You can now manage your email preferences across three categories:

• Assessment and badges

• Course content

• Social

You’ll always get emails about account changes, invites to courses, and other system messages - so you won’t miss anything important.

Open My account, then Notifications to choose the emails you want to see!

• Fix to the display of 'Learners are using this course!' message.
• Fix to avoid apostrophes in names displaying as unicode.
• Improvements to controlling the iQualify email updates you receive.
• Fix to error when searching a learner's name with an apostrophe.
• Improvement for formatting of messages sent via User, groups and reporting.
• Fix to allow editing of Talk channels before a class activation is created.
• Fix to badge preview in iQualify settings.

• Fix to glossary items that weren't displaying for learners.
• Fix to Account owner API token to be accepted in the Course content API.
• Change to disallow coaches awarding and revoking badges (to match expectations of the role).
• Improvements to how task variations are applied to learners when a variation has been updated.
• Fix to allow learners to see past attempts when their quiz has been reset.
• Improvement to include all submission data when printing a task submission.
• Fix to display special characters in task and variation titles.
• Fix to ensure changes to Company display name are saved.

• When a variation is added to a task, the default is to only show these variations to learners who have not yet seen or started the current task.
• Improvement to task upload speed when using Firefox.
• Pasted in content no longer changes the formatting of the whole text box where it's pasted into.
• Setting the number of quiz items per group now sticks.
• When creating a short text task type the prompt to set a correct answer only shows if you have not set one when the task is saved.
• Quiz submissions can be re-opened via the API.
• Small avatar images center and display correctly.
• Self-sign up no longer timing out unexpectedly.
• Improved learner experience when uploading and submitting file upload tasks. Learn more.
• Improvement to consistency for learner task status results.

In response to feedback, we’ve made improvements to the file upload task type to make submitting files smoother and less stressful for your learners.
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We heard that sometimes learners would successfully upload their files but then fail to submit them, which could lead to missed deadlines and unnecessary stress, particularly during assessment periods.

Changes include UI and wording updates that make the process clearer, plus a new on-screen warning if a file is uploaded but not yet submitted.
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These improvements mean better learner experiences, fewer missed deadlines and less stress around important tasks.

• When task extensions are applied via the API, the overdue flag is updated for facilitators in the class console.
• Visual improvement to the like/dislike page icons.
• Accessibility improvements to the 'Skip to main content' button.
• When there is an embedded webpage on a course page, you are still taken to the top of the page.
• Latex renders correctly in the Task hint.
• Increased flexibility to questions per theme in a quiz.
• Additional line breaks no longer show underneath tables in text elements.
• Read only option no longer shows for Coaches in the manage settings.
• Authors can decide to set partial marks on a task and/or set whether points are deducted for incorrect responses. Learn more.
• Improved contents page to help learners to see where they are in their course and what still needs to be completed. Learn more.

Here's what's new:

• See which pages are unseen, in progress, or complete (viewed the page and submitted any the tasks on the page).
• See which sections are complete.
• Better highlighting of the page you were last on.
• Greater distinction between sections, subsections, and pages.
• New options to Expand or Collapse all.
• Keeps the time for a page even after you've viewed it.

Check out the video What's new in Contents to see the key features.

We're hopeful these changes will help people clearly see where they’re at, and what they’ve got left to do!