For the product updates of 2024, see Product Updates 2024.
We are happy to announce that we added another round of improvements to the graphing interface. As of today it is possible to improve the accessibility of your content by adding a title or an alternative text to a chart. In addition, you can now choose the aspect ratio for the axis of the graph, allowing you to easily graph circles using parametric lines:
For more information about the currently available configuration options check out this section of the help article on parameterised graphs.
We have build additional options on top of the extension to add different types of items to your (parameterised) graphs. As of now it is possible to style your lines and points with improved coloring and different types of styles!
In addition, you gain more control over how the lines on the axis are displayed. For more information about the currently available configuration options check out this section of the help article on parameterised graphs.
Grasple allows a deep integration to your LMS with LTI 1.3 Advantage, including the Grade & Assignment Services. Via the LTI integration we sync grades to your LMS if you setup LTI link to the tests within your Grasple course.
Until now, grades were only synced after the grade integration was setup. This resulted in a problem for teachers since it required a setup of all the LTI links at the start of the course for grade syncing to work easily without too much hassle. Good news: we fixed this now!
From today on we automatically sync any grades retro-actively as soon as we see that an LTI Link to a Grasple test has an LMS grade-item associated to it. This means that as soon as you add the grade-item to your LTI link, all previous and future grades will be synced automatically.
Parameter conditions can be used to ensure that values generated for a parameter are within a certain range, and adhere to certain conditions. Up until now it was only possible to apply such conditions to a single numeric value. To allow for better expressions and easier filtering we added support to filter lists and matrixes in the conditions of parameters:
The condition for the list parameter means: make sure all numbers in the given list are smaller than or equal to 2. Similar conditions can now be applied to matrixes as well.
If you want to know more about what you can do with parameters and the options for conditions please check out this help article.
It has long been possible to create line graphs based in parameters to enhance your questions in exercises. To make it possible to create even richer content we have extended the list of what is possible to plot inside a (parametrized) graph. As of today you can:
plot a point in a graph
plot a parameterized function in a graph
create a line based on discrete data (as opposed to a function)
In addition, it is now possible to hide certain items from the legend. All of this is now possible through the newly introduced configuration modal for graphs:
More information about the possibilities of these graphs, including an example of how to create them can be found in this help article.
We have concluded the project that started in the summer of 2024 to make sure the platform is WCAG 2.2 Level AA compliant for students. This project has been concluded today after the final student pages were checked and updated accordingly to ensure each student page is compliant.
But it does not stop here, since we believe that any website should continuously improve and this also holds for accessibility. Therefore, we are now gathering feedback. If you (or your university) are interested in testing and providing feedback, please reach out to us since we are happy to receive feedback on how easy to use the platform is for different users.
This document contains updates we made to make the sure the platform is WCAG 2.2 Level AA compliant for students. The approaches/updates listed are also translated into (internal) best practices to be applied for any new features/updates on the platform together with (automated) tests to prevent regression of accessibility.
Some multiple choice question have multiple correct alternatives and thus may require more than one answer to be selected. As of now, this type of behaviour is supported in the platform via the Multi-Answer Multiple choice type! This new allows you to create questions such as this one:
More information on how to create such questions and all available options can be found in this help article.
The data export feature in Grasple allows you to extract a detailed overview of what is happening in your course(s). With these exports you can build custom reports, perform a detailed content analysis, or spot area's in which students are struggling. To make it easier for you to filter these data-sets on sub-groups we have added the course group name to each data export which contains per-student information.
Read more about the available data exports in this help article.