SAFARI Montage 3.2.x Release Notes

Released: 10/10/2008

New Features & Additions

» New – SAFARI Montage Media Player
  • Dynamic toggling between Spanish and English language tracks, allowing for continuous play between Spanish and English for Schlessinger Media Titles
  • Dynamic full screen display switching as the video plays
  • Ability to dynamically turn closed-captioning on and off as the video plays
  • Support for mixed media play lists on Windows®, combining QuickTime® and Windows Media® videos
  • Support for Windows Vista®
» New, WAN Server automatically updates connected Expansion and Remote Servers
» Remember Me, allowing users to remember login for 30 days
» Additional H.264 Support, allowing Standard and HD content upload via CreationStation™
» SSL Support, providing secure connections for user login and administration functions
» Numerous Additional Reports, including select reports providing real-time feedback of server usage
» (real-time reports indicated as “live” below):
  • Logins by School (live)
  • Logins by Time (live)
  • Hard Drive Usage (live)
  • Playbacks by Media (live)
  • Playbacks by Time (live)
  • Playbacks by School
  • Playbacks by User
  • Usage Data (csv)
    • Total Plays (by Month)
    • Total Plays (by Month, Content Package)
    • Total Plays (by Month, Content Package, School)
    • Total Plays (by Month, School)
    • Total Plays (by Month, School, User)
    • Total Plays (by Month, School, User, Title)
    • Total Plays Last Month
    • Total Plays Last Month (by Content Package)
    • Total Plays Last Month (by Content Package, School)
    • Total Plays Last Month (by School)
    • Total Plays Last Month (by School, User)
    • Total Plays Last Month (by School, User, Title)
    • Full Export Last Year
    • Full Export Last Month
    • Full Export (up to 5 years)

Updates

  • Updates to CreationStation to provide end-user information on metadata areas
  • Updates to Permanent Links to support automated login
  • Updates to Promethean whiteboard support:
    • CreationStation Guide “next steps” added to the left navigation within CreationStation, allowing users to navigate back to the list of “next steps” at any point while adding or editing metadata.
    • Promethean users can now search for Promethean Flipcharts by username, using the “Uploaded By” advanced search parameter (available to all users who have the privileges to upload Flipcharts)
    • CreationStation upload now supports Promethean Flipchart .flp and .flipchart files
    • Playlist manual playback now supports Promethean Flipcharts
    • Firefox 3.0 support added
  • Subject Tab and browsing navigation enhanced to increase speed
  • Backup and Restore updated to manage additional information
  • Online Help updated to include 3.2 features
  • Content Auto Activation Sequence enhanced to reduce overhead

Corrections

  • Corrected issues preventing student users from editing play-list metadata
  • Corrected issues preventing users from uploading content to CreationStation with Firefox 3.0
  • Added support for dashes and underscores in user login names
  • Numerous additional minor corrections and enhancements

Additional Content-Related Updates:

  • Correlations
  • State Standards
  • Metadata Updates