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      SparkLearn® 4.0.5 Release Notes

      April 2025

      Overview 

      SparkLearn is continuously evolving and being updated; the latest release includes updates and fixes following our major 4.0 release in February 2025. 

      Details:

      • Improved the icon used for tests and quizzes
      • Fixed an issue where users would receive an error when launching content synced from OpenSesame
      • Fixed an issue where a tenant owner or content manager could not directly add a new user to some groups
      • Fixed an issue where attempting to search for a user to add to the user completion report would fail
      • Fixed the display of tests in the “Next in course” section at the bottom of articles
      • Fixed an issue where users still on version 3 of the app may receive an error message when accessing a group
      • Fixed an issue where multilingual content in courses would always display in the content’s default language as opposed to the logged-in user’s preferred language
      • Fixed a rare issue where content packaged for offline may be unavailable in the mobile app
      • Updated underlying frameworks and dependencies 

      App-specific Updates:

      • Updated the podcast miniplayer design
      • Users now “Follow” a podcast instead of “Subscribe” to a podcast; all existing subscriptions were updated
      • Fixed an issue where the wrong item appeared as selected when tapping on content in a group or from the Assigned page
      • Improved layout of the Join More Groups page for the mobile app
      • Fixed an issue in which the app may have made a large number of API calls when opening the glossary
      • Fixed an issue in which the glossary terms would not show up in search unless other learning objects were also displayed
      • Fixed an issue in which group views had the wrong text color and were more difficult to read
      • Fixed an issue in which the app may crash during search
      • Additional bug fixes and performance improvements
      • The Android app now requires version 12 or later

      Known Issues:

      • Entity browser loses selection when changing pages
      • Learner is unable to view glossary definition if the term is included within an annotation
      • On the Add a reminder pop-up screen of the set a reminder screen, the choose a day boxes are very close together
      • Navigation bar titles cannot be seen on iOS when text color is set to a light color