VM images reduce the wait time for users starting tracks. By using images, you can pre-install your software and files, removing the need for track setup scripts. Take full advantage of this with our new image builder.

You can now create, configure, and customize images directly in Instruqt.

No More External Cloud Accounts

With our integrated image builder, you no longer need a Google Cloud account to manage custom images. Enjoy a streamlined creation process within Instruqt's ecosystem.

Manage VM Images with Ease

Our centralized management system allows you to effortlessly handle your VM images, enhancing consistency and reducing setup work for each lab.

Ready to Dive In? Jump straight into VM image creation by visiting settings. Look for the 'Host images' option, where you can use our builder to get started right away. If you need a helping hand, our support team is just a click away and our docs contain more information on this feature.

Your feedback drives our improvements, so please share your experience with us via our Slack or through the support platform.

Warm regards,

The Instruqt Team

Check out this video overview of our most recent product updates. Reach out with any questions or feedback!

Coming the 9th of Jan, we're excited to announce some crucial updates aimed at bolstering security and protecting against abuse. These changes affect both track creation and invite settings.

Track Creation Updates:

To prevent misuse, all new tracks created via the UI or API now come with

• Default time limit of 20 minutes
• Idle Time Feature enabled with a 5 min default

Updates to Invites:

• Access Restriction Default: Invites will now have access restrictions set to specific by default, rather than unlimited.
• Risk Warnings: We've added warning notifications for any settings that may pose a higher risk of abuse

These enhancements are part of our ongoing commitment and work to ensure a secure and abuse-free experience on our platform.

Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for your continued support!

• We’ve added a completely renewed “Track Statistics” page where you can see key data about track performance.
  This page now includes a new challenge dropoff chart making it easier to identify where tracks can be improved and understand learner behaviour.
   
• Also during this last month, we expanded the tag filtering options to the "Users" and "Plays" reports enabling a deep dive from the overview into which users or plays are connected to the tags selected.

All the latest additions to the platform are designed to help you get the most out of your tracks and enhance overall learning experience.
We hope these features help you get the most out of Instruqt. If you have any questions or feedback, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’re always here to help!

We're excited to share with you a roundup of this month's updates. We've been working hard to make sure our products continue to meet your needs, and we think you'll find these latest enhancements both useful and easy to navigate. Here’s a quick overview of what we've been up to this month.


Customizable Loading Messages

Customize your user experience with our new Customizable Loading Messages. Tailor loading messages to fit the tone and style of your organization or disable them entirely for a more personalized touch.

Run Code Button

Enhance your content creation with the upcoming Run Code Button. This feature allows learners to execute code snippets directly from the content, eliminating manual copy-pasting and ensuring a smoother, more efficient learning experience.

Autosave on Editors

We're excited to announce the launch of the Autosave on Editors feature! This new functionality ensures that all progress made by learners in the Code editor is automatically saved. Say goodbye to the frustration of losing unsaved work due to accidental closures or interruptions.

Improved Visibility of Deleted Hot Starts

Gain more control with our new Visibility of Deleted Hot Starts feature. Now, even deleted hot starts are visible in the UI table, offering a complete history of activities for better resource usage and cost management.

Video Support in Markdown

Expand your creative possibilities with our new Video Support in Markdown! Easily embed videos into markdown-formatted documents like notes or assignments. This upgrade makes our markdown editor more versatile, allowing for richer, multimedia content creation.

1 note type to rule them all

No more needing a note per video, or image. Introducing Markdown Support for All Notes! Create dynamic and interactive notes by combining text, images, and videos in one unified note. This enhancement simplifies note creation and enables more engaging and diverse content. Current notes will continue to be supported

UI updates to the  Lab

We've made some small tweaks, including colour adjustments and repositioning the refresh button next to the active tab for better user context and accessibility.

Quick Access to Track Resources 

Speed up your workflow with Quick Access to Track Resources! Directly jump to resources from the track dashboard with a simple click, streamlining your navigation and saving valuable time.

Email Display on Teams Page

Managing teams just got easier with our Email Display on Teams Page feature. Team administrators can now view user email addresses, simplifying user identification and communication, especially in cases of name duplicates.

Want to help shape the future of Instruqt? Your response to this short 10-question multiple-choice survey is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your input!

We are excited to share the addition of a new user role: The Instructor role.

This new user role allows you to add users, who can share content, create invites and run sessions without the ability to edit content. Allowing you to share more, run more workshops all with less content nightmares such as duplicates or accidental breaks to tracks.

Role breakdown

• Access and View Content: Users can be added to the workspace as “Instructors” and given access to view specific tracks. They have the ability to see the overall structure of the content and interact with it, such as playing a track, to get an understanding of what it contains and they have permission to share it.

  
  How to add a user

  Select “Manage team” in the side menu Enter their email and select the “Instructor” option from the role dropdown

  How to give an Instructor access to content (Account admin)

  After the user accepts the invite and creates their account come to the “Manage Team” page Locate the user you want and click the option in the Track access column. Now you can add this user to all tracks or select specific ones you want them to access

  How to give an Instructor access to content (Content Creator)

  Go to the track you want to share access to. Click on the Authors (Next to the Share button) Click the Add user button Select the user you want to give access (Instructors will have share permissions only)

• Create Invitations: Instructors can create invitations based on the content they have access to. However, they are only able to view and manage the invitations that they have personally created.

• Assist on Invitations: Instructors can be added to existing invites by Content Creators, to help them collaborate or use the existing invite.

  How to add an instructor access to content (Content Creator)

  Go to the track you want to share access Click on the Authors (Next to the Share button) Click the Add user button Select the user you want to give access (Instructors will have share permissions only)

Access Control and Permissions:

• Limited Editing Capabilities: While instructors can view and interact with the content, they do not have the ability to edit the content.

The Instructor Role is your solution to scaling workshops, content sharing, and collaborative sessions without the risk of content alteration. Empower your team to do more, share more, and engage more, all while maintaining content integrity.

Try out the new Instructor Role today and see how it transforms your content sharing and workshop experiences!

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further assistance. Happy instructing! 🚀

Howdy y'all 

We're looking to enhance your experience and provide transparency about our system's performance with our brand-new Status Page!

🔍 Why Check Out Our Status Page?

• Real-time Updates: Get instant information on the current operational status of our system. No more guesswork!
• Historical Data: Review our system's performance over the past 90 days, ensuring you're always in the loop.
• Diverse Service Breakdown: From Containers to VMs, see detailed insights into every segment that powers your content creation and delivery.

💡 Features You'll Love:

• User-friendly Interface: Navigate with ease and understand system performance at a glance.
• Regular Maintenance Updates: Stay informed about scheduled updates, ensuring minimal disruption to your workflow.
• Subscribe to stay up to date:  Never miss planned maintenance or notice about outages

🔗 Click here to visit our Status Page

Our commitment remains steadfast: delivering top-notch performance while ensuring you're informed every step of the way. 

Your feedback is invaluable to us! Explore our Status Page and let us know your thoughts. Together, we can continue making Instruqt the best place for your content creation and delivery needs.

Warm regards,
The Instruqt team

We're thrilled to announce the launch of a brand new set of reports that will help you make better data-informed business decisions:

• A new Overview report offering high-level insights to help you understand and optimize the ROI of your content.
• An improved Plays report to help you look up, analyze and correlate track plays from any source - invites or embeds.
• An improved Users report to help you look up and qualify users based on their activity over time.

We hope these reports will help you make the most out of Instruqt. 
If you have any questions or feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out and let us know!

We're excited to introduce a new feature to Instruqt: Gated Embeds.

With Gated Embeds, you can boost your lead generation efforts. This feature lets you capture leads directly from your marketing or documentation, by gating an embedded track. This lets you gather leads without navigating visitors away from your website to a Track Invite link. This improves the user experience and helps you track engagement accurately, connecting it to the campaigns bringing visitors to your site using embed events. 

To create a gated embed, open the invite editor, select 'Embedded on my website' and select which track you wish to gate. Optionally, you can configure which fields to collect. As part of this release, we've also added the option to only accept business emails in the form configurator (works on both invite links and embeds).

After creating the gated embed, you configure the snippet just like regular embeds and integrate it on your website.
All set to start collecting leads!