Intelligent Insights Minor Release Notes (2024-September)

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In September 2024, several exciting updates were introduced to Intelligent Insights. This Minor Release Notes highlights smaller enhancements, bug fixes, and other backend and architectural improvements made this month.

Table of Contents

• Updated Features
• Ask Your Data
• Large Language Model Updates
• Accessibility Updates
• Platform/Integration
• Ask Your Data
• Expansion To New Canvas Region

Updated Features

Ask Your Data

Large Language Model Updates

Feature Availability	Production environment only
Beta Environment Availability	Not available in the beta environment
Production Environment Availability	2024. September
Location to Enable Feature	NA
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	Intelligent Insights / Ask Your Data
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	LLM
Related Ideas	None
Feature Video	Not available

Summary

• Courses Content Display: Updated to automatically show courses that contain at least one module by default, in line with ayd_question_125.
• Enhanced Query Handling: Improved model logic to reject questions that ask about access to specific URLs.
• Enhanced Question Handling: Significantly reduced instances of the model erroneously rejecting questions it is capable of answering, improving reliability and user satisfaction.
• Response Latency Reduction: Decreased response times, providing quicker and more efficient user interactions.
• Response Improvements:
• Observer Link Enhancements: Improved the response quality for queries regarding observers linked to students’ accounts, ensuring more accurate and helpful information.
• User Identification Enhancements: Enhanced the response accuracy for retrieving the sis_id of users, facilitating better user management and identification processes.
• Gradebook activity now references submissions and comments rather than scores, providing more clarity.
• Moderation Improvements: Better identification of false positive questions and reduced rejection rates for valid enrollment and unpublished course queries.

Accessibility Updates

Feature Availability	Production environment only
Beta Environment Availability	Not available in the beta environment
Production Environment Availability	2024. September
Location to Enable Feature	NA
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	Intelligent Insights / Ask Your Data
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Accessibility
Related Ideas	None
Feature Video	Not available

Summary

• Keyboard Bindings: All keyboard bindings are now listed in a dedicated modal for easier reference.
• Radio Button Selection: Updated radio buttons to use the “space bar” for select/unselect, following web best practices.
• Improved Focus: Column headers now have enhanced styling for clearer focus indication during keyboard navigation.
• Screen Reader Flow: Improved screen reader support to announce progress, read table columns, and explain the data generated.

 

Platform/Integration

Ask Your Data

Expansion To New Canvas Region

Feature Availability	Production environment only
Beta Environment Availability	Not available in the beta environment
Production Environment Availability	2024. September
Location to Enable Feature	NA
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	Intelligent Insights / Ask Your Data
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Availability
Related Ideas	None
Feature Video	Not available

Summary

Expanded Ask Your Data services to Asia and ANZ regions, improving service availability and performance across new geographic areas.