Release Notes
Summary of the latest feature releases on MOTAR.
In this hotfix, we are adding a feature allowing users to create an Instructor Tool on the sandbox environment and added backend support for uploading large files.
In this release, we added support for 6 killer new features:
1️⃣ An application listing type called Course Evaluation Tools was added. These applications can be added to a course to operate on MOTAR Training and allow instructors to use third-party applications to analyze student course performance data. Read more about it here
2️⃣ MOTAR now supports permission-based sharing of documents to the Hub.
3️⃣ You can now share journal articles on the MOTAR Hub!
4️⃣ Improved how content can be discovered on the MOTAR Hub by allowing users to tag listings.
5️⃣ A tutorial, first-time user experience (FTUE) UI was added for the Unit Training Manager (UTM).
6️⃣ User presence has been added to MOTAR Chat.
MOTAR Hub
- *NEW* Allowed users to discover course evaluation tools on the MOTAR Hub
- *NEW* Allowed users to discover journal articles on the MOTAR Hub
- *NEW* Allowed users to discover documents on the MOTAR Hub
- Hub Filter will now display studio groups/organizations in alphabetical order
- Minor improvements
MOTAR Studio
- *NEW* Allow users to create course evaluation tool listings
- *NEW* Allow users to create journal article listings
- *NEW* Allow users to create document listings
- *NEW* Allow users to tag listings for better filtering while discovering content on the MOTAR Hub
- Minor improvements
MOTAR Insights
- *NEW* Added the first-time user experience (FTUE) UI for the unit training manager (UTM)
MOTAR Training
- *NEW* Course Managers can now add journal articles from MOTAR Hub
- Students will no longer be able to see or take unpublished courses
- Fixed the 'Your impersonated user is not a student of any courses' bug
- Fixed 'event set "n/a" score is force failing the module' bug
- Minor improvements
MOTAR Chat
- *NEW* Added user presence to Chat
In this release, we added MOTAR Devices to the platform. Using this service, users can sync a VR device to their MOTAR account. We also added support for the Multiplayer! Please note that this feature is still in BETA and is only available to certain vendors.
In this release, we added a way for users to share audio files and make them discoverable on the MOTAR Hub.
MOTAR Unity SDK
MOTAR Training
- *NEW* Course Managers can now add the audio module to their courses
- Fixed the issue where selecting individual objectives from the courses tab, selects all objectives
- Fixed the issue where Training modules do not load/display on iPad
- Changed how the instructor grades short answers
- Fixed the issue where the 'Add student button' doesn't always show for the Instructor
- Removed Company listing type
- Minor improvements
MOTAR Studio
- Allow users to create audio listings
- Fixed the issue that was preventing the 'What's New' tab from showing
MOTAR Insights
- Minor improvements
MOTAR Video
- Allowed content creators to modify the Permission Wizard for Video listing and all other listings
MOTAR Hub
- Allowed users to discover audio files on the MOTAR Hub
- Fixed the issue where audio files were not playing on Safari
MOTAR Communities
- Allowed users to view audio files on showcase pages.
MOTAR Chat
- Improved direct messaging between government users
In this release, we added a feature allowing a course manager to share their courses on the MOTAR Hub! Now courses are not only discoverable, but users can request enrollment or observer rights for a course.
In this release, a user can also now upload a video to their organization which allows team members in that organization to view and edit those videos.
We also added the Not Applicable permission flow to the Content Permissions wizard.
- *NEW* Added support for the Not Applicable flow for government user type
- *NEW* Added ability to search for a country by name and abbreviation
MOTAR Training
- *Feature Request from Det23* Instructor's note will now include the author's name in case there are multiple instructors
- Added error handling for additional instructor deletion and student enrollment
- Updated student dashboard completion logic. It should now match the Airman Learning Record page
- Downloading a report on a mobile device will no longer throw an error
MOTAR HUB
- *NEW* Government users can now request enrollment either as a course observer or a student
- *NEW* Vendor users can now request enrollment either as a course observer
- Download page: added error handling for deleted apps and fixed issues with history sorting
MOTAR Insights
- Improve the performance of the Unit Training Manager dashboard
- The percent ready count would no longer include pending status
MOTAR Video
- *NEW* You can now upload a video to your organization. Members of your organization will be able to view and edit
- Fixed the issue when editing a video from standard to 360 video type, the thumbnail is removed, and the managing organization resets to none
- Fixed the issue where the video thumbnail doesn't persist
MOTAR Studio
- *NEW* Added Multiplayer permission scope
- Added the link redirect warning for the plugin listing
- Sandbox: fixed for auto age calculation
- Sandbox: AFSC can now be 8 characters long
- New sandbox users will automatically be assigned U.S Government and U.S. Department of Defense permissions
MOTAR Communities
- All Assets filter will now return video listings
- Fixed the issue where the My Org page will not load if the functional org doesn't exist
- Updated the listing card with the latest design
MOTAR Studio
- Added the new SDK location
- Add a new distribution option: Oculus Pro
MOTAR Insights
- Fixed the bug that prevented a new position from being added
In this release, we added a Unit Training Tracker (UTT) that allows the Unit Training Manager (UTM) to track and monitor total unit readiness and the individual readiness status of all members within their functional organization.
- *NEW* Included the "Has the Foreign Disclosure Office (FDO) approved the content for release to any non-US military members?" question
MOTAR Hub
- Improved search capability
MOTAR Hub
- Improved search capability
- *NEW* You can now find the company/ unit showcase on the listing page if you have permission to view it
- Improved mobile view
MOTAR Insights
- *NEW* Unit Training Tracker on the UTM dashboard
- Improved mobile view
MOTAR Training
- Improved how we display user deletion.
- Minor improvement on UI/UX.
- Improved how the course preview page is displayed.
In this release, we added a new feature that allows you to modify set permission via the Permissions Wizard on your uploaded videos.
MOTAR Video
- *NEW* As a content creator, I want to be able to re-run the Permission Wizard to modify Permission Settings on MOTAR Video.
MOTAR Training Sandbox
- Only US sandbox users will be generated going forward.
MOTAR Studio
- Improved error handling for large files.
MOTAR Hub
- Fixed the issue where AI agent packages would display on another tab instead of download.
- Minor UI improvements.
TopNav
- Fixed the Acknowledge All button on the dropdown menu.
In this hotfix, we fixed the issue where MOTAR Sandbox did not allow the sandbox's distribution file to be downloaded.
In this release, we updated the xAPI profiles to offer a v2 implementation that is more compliant with industry standards, increasing portability and making it seamless for vendors to connect their applications and share student performance data in MOTAR! This feature is backward compatible with the existing xAPI v1 implementation. Read more on xAPI v2 here. Also, you can now share videos on MOTAR Hub!
MOTAR Studio
- *NEW* You can now share videos on MOTAR Hub and see how many hits it gets.
- Fixed the issue that prevented a new studio group from being created.
- Minor UI improvement.
MOTAR Video
- *NEW* Added security scanning to all areas where images are uploaded.
- *NEW* Shared video URLs are now private.
- Improved error handling.
MOTAR Training
- Improved how users can be added to a class.
- Fixed the issue that prevented the completion date from being set on Course Creator.
Login pages
- *NEW* Added the "CAC login is not available when you are connected to the internet through AFNET" warning message and error handling to all login pages.
- Fixed password reset.
MOTAR Hub
- Improved error handling.
MOTAR Chat
- Added security scanning to all areas where images are uploaded.
MOTAR Insights
- Minor UI improvement.
In this hotfix, we fixed the issue that prevented users from using their CAC to log into computers that are not connected to AFNET. We also fixed the issue where moderation was not working on MOTAR Admin.
In this release, we added the initial release of security scanning for uploaded images. We also addressed the issue where notifications were not being sent. This release also includes fixes for minor issues that will improve the user experience.
MOTAR Training
- Setting a badge for one level will no longer set it for all levels.
- Old and new course badges will display on the ALR page if the name is modified.
- Fixed the issue where course manager(s) received an invalid error while modifying a course.
- The document module will display when the Instructor or course manager previews a course.
- Changes will persist after saving video and URL modules in Course Creator.
- The 'add student' button will now show up on Safari.
- Course Creator will no longer save automatically after editing a module.
- Minor UI improvements.
MOTAR Studio
- Fixed the issue where it was impossible to save the company showcase page as a draft.
- Minor UI improvements.
MOTAR Hub
- Fixed the issue where shared lesson doesn't appear on MOTAR Hub.
- Improved error handling.
MOTAR Communities
- Fixed the issue where the company showcase video would not play.
MOTAR Admin
- Added Login Requirements option to the Configure Platform page.
- Added security scanning to all areas where images are uploaded.
- The user profile picture will persist after a new user is created.
MOTAR Portal
- Added security scanning to all areas where images are uploaded.
- Added additional grades and bands to the dropdown menu.
- Changing a profile picture will trigger a moderation event.
MOTAR Insights
- Added security scanning to all areas where images are uploaded.
- Added AFSC suggestions text.
- ALR page will now be displayed to UTM or Leader in view-only mode.
In this hotfix, we fixed the refreshing issue found on motar.io We also fixed the bug that prevents messages from being sent and received on MOTAR Chat.
MOTAR Training
- Fixed the issue where the hidden child module was visible to students.
- Fixed the issue where the URL, Document, and Video modules were displaying access denied.
MOTAR Chat
- Fixed the issue that prevented messages from being sent and received.
In this release, we added security scanning to all areas where files are uploaded.
Notifications
- *NEW* MOTAR will send a notification email once a user has been removed from suspension.
MOTAR Studio
- Re-enabled the "Start a new ATO Package" button.
- Added HTC Vive Focus 3 to the list of Support Devices.
- Improved error handling.
MOTAR Training
- Improved error handling.
MOTAR Portal
- Fixed the issue where User Office Symbol, Base, and Education could not be deleted.
- Minor UI improvements.
MOTAR Admin
- Minor UI improvements.
In this release, we created API-enabled fields that allow future connection to AETC selective authoritative sources. To better improve the user experience, we made the MOTAR icon on the top left is now a clickable button. Clicking on it will bring you to MOTAR Portal
MOTAR Training
- Added link redirect warning message when the user leaves Dynepic's MOTAR website.
- My Record Analytics is now in synch with the student dashboard.
- Removed objective skill level from the My Record page.
- Fixed the issue where URL and document modules were not scoring students.
- Instructors are now able to add an additional instructor to a class version that was created by an additional course manager.
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Chat
- Any links shared in Chat will automatically be clickable and show a warning when redirected outside of MOTAR.
MOTAR Communities
- Fixed the issue where two videos were displayed at the same time while previewing a showcase page.
In this release, we updated all web services to Angular 13 and updated all services to use Iron Bank image.
Content Permissioning
- Fixed the issue where distribution statement F can't be updated.
MOTAR Training
- *NEW* Prevent asserted badges from being updated.
- *NEW* My Record page will now display badge proficiency level.
- Failed objectives will now show up in red on the My Record page.
- Improved mobile view.
MOTAR Insights
- The leader can now add candidates from both Motar Suggestions and AI Competency Search to manifest.
- Manifest will now save after position titles have been modified.
- Fixed the issue where AI-selected candidates were removed after the MOTAR suggestions search.
MOTAR Chat
- Fixed the issue where chat messages can't be edited.
MOTAR Studio
- *NEW* Added middle name and grade & band on Sandbox user card.
MOTAR Admin
- *NEW* Added number of government and contractor users to the analytics dashboard.
MOTAR Hub
- Fixed the issue where filtering by the organization wasn't displaying what was selected.
- Fixed the issue where the distribution links were not showing up in the app's download options.
MOTAR Insights
- Minor improvements.
Notifications
- *NEW* You will now receive a notification when your app has been approved to appear on MOTAR Hub.
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Portal
- *NEW* You can now add your middle name and grade to your profile.
MOTAR Training
- *Fixed the issue where the event set module can't be updated with new data.
- My Record (ALR) page will now show your middle name and grade.
- Added Course Managers can now extend the course completion date.
- Fixed the issue where notes were downloaded without file extension defined.
- Improved URL handling.
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Sandbox
- *Fixed the issue where the event set module can't be updated with new data.
- *NEW* You can now add a middle name and grade to the sandbox users.
MOTAR Insights
- *NEW* A Unit Training Manager can now click on the airman's name and see their ALR from the UTM dashboard.
- *NEW* A commander can now click on the airman's name and see their ALR from the Leader dashboard and the Mission Planner. The commander must be the creator of said mission.
- *NEW* Add MOTAR Suggestions to the Mission Planner tool. MOTAR Suggestions search allows commanders to search for qualified candidates based on matching entered position titles with candidates' education and hobbies and skills.
- Improved UTM dashboard by only showing objectives associated with the selected course(s). The dashboard will also show if the students are currently enrolled.
MOTAR Admin
- *NEW* Your middle name and grade can now be added to the user profile.
MOTAR Communities
- Fixed the issue where the screen would freeze if the user views multiple functional org.
- Minor improvements on the search tool.
MOTAR Unity SDK
- Improved event set module handling.
- Fixed issue where video type reverts back to standard.
MOTAR Admin
- Move temporary the password field to be below the handle field.
MOTAR Training
Minor improvements to the suspension flow and the DX Inspector.
- Added support for badges on new revisions.
- Improved how badges are displayed on My Record page.
- Removed infinite loading spinner when navigating between versions of class on the Instructor dashboard.
- Removed link redirect popup for download button.
- Additional info section will display properly if the information is avaliable.
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Training & MOTAR Sandbox
- Fixed for app module launching issue
In this release, we added a dashboard for an admin to manage functional organizations.
Notifications
- Fixed the issues where platform notifications are not displaying.
- Added email and platform notifications for when a user has been assigned a task.
- Added notifications for when a user has been assigned a task.
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Communities
- Fixed refresh issue where members weren't showing.
MOTAR Training
- Fixed issue with suspended users still being able to access student dashboard.
- User with observer permission will no longer have access to the student dashboard.
- User should not be able to update asserted badges
MOTAR Training
- Fixed the issue preventing Training Sandbox courses from being published.
MOTAR Admin
- *NEW* Added a dashboard for an admin to manage functional organizations. From this dashboard, an admin can edit and delete functional organizations and associated metadata.
MOTAR HUB
- DX Model Inspector: added a loading icon for long load time.
- Minor improvements.
Leadership dashboard is now available on MOTAR Insights for a high-level view of your unit and subordinate units in your chain of command. Also, we added features allowing you to link to organizations directly above you to enable the chain of command org structure.
MOTAR Communities
- *NEW* You can now link your functional org to a superior org and build out your MAJCOM.
- Added a new role: external admin. This role can be added to multiple functional organizations for administrative purposes.
- Added an ability to switch between organizations if you belong to multiple.
- When adding members to an organization, you can now see if users are members of another organization.
- Minor improvements.
- Fixed the issue where the org icon was not displaying correctly.
MOTAR Insights
- *NEW* Added the Leadership dashboard.
- Added a feature to allow switching between UTM and Leadership dashboards if you have both roles.
This release includes lots of new features like the Mission Planner tool found in MOTAR Insights service, the ability to connect functional organizations, and the ability to add additional information to My Record page. Also, users can now preview 3d models with the DX Inspector.
MOTAR Insights
- *NEW* Added Mission Planner tool for the leadership to create missions using the MOTAR Insights service with AI Plug-ins!
- The unit training manager dashboard is now mobile-friendly.
MOTAR Communities
- *NEW* Added the ability to connect your functional organization to superior organizations to create the entire chain of command.
- Two reports from two different users will now suspend the showcase page.
MOTAR Training
- *NEW* My Record page will now display duty title, user office symbol, base, hobbies and other skills, and education if the information is available.
- Fixed the issue where objective and additional training material does not always display in preview mode.
- Students' performance can now be transferred.
- New government user that does not belong to a class can now log in to MOTAR Training.
- Fixed the issue where the user's certifications were not displaying on subsequent versions of a course.
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Sandbox
- *NEW* Sandbox User Profile API now includes duty title, user office symbol, base, hobbies and other skills, and education. Please see docs.motar.io for more information.
MOTAR Studio
- *NEW* You can now add the option to preview 3d models to all listings.
- Fixed the issue where the packages tab was not displaying.
- Fixed broken link to studio icon.
- Minor updates.
MOTAR HUB
- *NEW* Added the DX Inspector feature for preview 3d models.
- Enhance permissions security on communities
- Licensed/downloaded packages cannot be deleted.
- Fixed the issue where SBIR, GPR, or CC permissions were not showing on the quick-view tooltips.
- Fixed the issue where a new .fbx file can't be uploaded.
MOTAR Admin
- Added duty title, user office symbol, base, hobbies and other skills, and education to the user profile.
MOTAR Portal
- You can now add additional information about yourself such as duty title, user office symbol, base, hobbies and other skills, and education on the edit profile page.
MOTAR Chat
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Docs
First initial release of platform-wide chat
Notifications
- Fixed issues where app approval, graded, and transfer emails were not received.
MOTAR Video
- SBIR and GPR CC permissions will now show up in quick-view.
- Minor updates
AI is now supported on the platform with a permissions-based AI Plugin.
MOTAR Admin
- Updated the admin dashboard to support the AI plugin.
MOTAR Studio
- Added support for permissions-based plugin end-points for AI Engines to integrate with MOTAR.
MOTAR Docs
Account Creation
- Extended the token timeout for the signup form. This form is for CAC users requesting a MOTAR account.
- Fixed re-associated CAC bug.
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Training
- Fixed the issue where course managers were not able to add another course manager.
- Fixed the issue where users were not able to generate a report from the Report tab.
- Fixed the issue where the search field was not returning course instructors.
- Fixed the issue where tasks cannot be created because the next button was not functional.
MOTAR Studio
- Fixed the issue where account managers or studio admins were not able to add users to their studio group.
MOTAR Communities
- Enabled functional organization.
This update includes lots of new features like an Insights service with Unit Training Manager (UTM) dashboard, the ability to create functional organizations and add unit members, and the ability for an instructor supervisor to create instructor certificates and set required certifications to teach a course.
General Updates
- Updating your pictures will no longer place you into a quarantine state.
- Updated search to not return suspended users.
- Fixed the issue where the user profile seems to be retained.
*NEW* MOTAR Insights
- *NEW* Added the Unit Training Manager (UTM) role to MOTAR Insights. UTM is a Government member who can access MOTAR Insights to see a high-level dashboard of members of their functional organization and determine who is due for what recurring training.
- *NEW* MOTAR Insights service provides a high-level dashboard for the UTM.
MOTAR Training
- *NEW* Added the Instructor Supervisor role to MOTAR Training. The Instructor Supervisor is a Government member who sees the majority of the analytical data from a single or multiple course(s) with the purpose of making informed decisions. This role can re-certify the Course Instructors initially every year to make sure they are up to date on instructing. This role can create, add and manage certificates but they can't change the curriculum, unlike the Course Manager.
- *NEW* The Instructor Supervisor can now add certificates to the MOTAR Training courses from their Instructor Dashboard. They can manage, filter by certificate, and re-certify the Course Instructors by using the Course Creator. This feature is available in web and mobile views.
- *NEW* Certifications are visible when adding Course Instructor in Tasking.
- Tasking will now show all class levels
- Minor improvements
MOTAR Portal
- Added a button to Government users to their My Record (aka Airman Learning Record or ALR) page.
MOTAR Admin
- Added an option to annotate developer types to the Add Developer modal.
- You can now view the signup form from the User Moderation tab.
- Changed how deleting an app works.
MOTAR Chat
- *NEW* Initial release of the platform-wide instant messaging service. Using this service, a government user can DM another government user. They can also create group chat(s) with other government users.
- Government users can longer send chat messages to vendors/contractors, suspended, or foreign users.
- Fixed the issue where users can't send new chat messages.
MOTAR HUB
- HUB download page now shows all download listing types.
- Improved Hub searches and filters & fixed non-responsive 'Clear All' button on Hub filter.
- Added Redirect warning modal for Hub lesson URL that leaves MOTAR.
MOTAR Studio
- *NEW* Government users belonging to a Government studio organization can now create a functional organization and add additional members.
- Improved the company showcase edit flow.
MOTAR Video
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Docs
- MOTAR Training
- The initial release of My Record page.
- General Updates
- Users logging in with a CAC who don't have an existing account, will be able to sign up and be quarantined until approved by an Admin.
- Users logging in with a CAC can now associate their CAC to their MOTAR account at login.
- Added support for Infinite scroll to improve performance.
- Added support for cross-platform direct instant messaging for Gov users.
- MOTAR Admin
- Added a Preview Listing button in Admin for App approval.
- When deleting an app in Admin, the user will need to type 'delete' rather than enter a password
- Fixed the issue with non-responsive moderate listings
- MOTAR HUB
- HUB download page now shows all download listing types.
- Improved Hub searches and filters & fixed non-responsive 'Clear All' button on Hub filter.
- Added Redirect warning modal for Hub lesson URL that leaves MOTAR.
MOTAR Training- Tasking will now show all class levels
- Minor improvements
- General Updates
- Added support for quick chat access to see the summary of chats outside of the Chat service. Note that this service is currently not available to contractors and foreign users.
- Added action-based email notifications on major events such as app approval, updates to class status, and more. released.
- Added support for suspending showcase content.
- Students can now delete their notes from the Student dashboard.
- Minor improvements for mobile devices.
- Content Permissions
- Contractors with Unlimited, Limited or Government Purposed Rights flows will not be able to apply CC BY-ND rights.
- Minor improvements to tooltips.
- MOTAR Training
- Added support for course completion. Student dashboard will now display in progress, expired, upcoming, completed, and all courses.
- Notification is now clickable.
- Suspended students can no longer see or take classes they were suspended from until the instructor removes the suspension.
- A child module can now be promoted to a parent module.
- Fixed the issue where the instructor was not able to preview a course.
- Fixed the issue where deleting a user does not clean up training objects.
- One question assessment can now be set back to pass/fail.
- Additional instructor is now able to transfer students and add students.
- Fixed the issue with an additional instructor not being able to preview a revision of a course on Ipad.
- Observers can longer remove instructors from a course.
- Observers can now access Training.
- Observers can longer add a task for a student.
- Observer can longer modify class target end-date.
- Renamed Achievements to Record.
- Lock/unlock button is now visible on the preview page.
- Deleted note text no longer retained when a new note is created.
- Fixed the issue where an instructor was not able to add a class to the 1st version of a class even if the 2nd version was created first.
- Report now includes labels and dividers.
- Child modules are now visible by default.
- Authoring tools can no longer be added to a course.
- +EON-XR Lesson is now deprecated and replaced with +App lesson.
- Minor improvements to the mobile experience.
- MOTAR Admin
- Added support for setting outside data and ATO warnings on HUB content from the partner's dashboard.
- Apps can now be deleted from the admin dashboard.
- Added support for Showcase In Moderation dashboard.
- MOTAR HUB
- Added major improvements to Hub search and filter options for sorting content.
- Coming soon listing now displays as expected.
- Contributor's name is now visible if applicable.
- Show spinner if the content is currently loading.
- Display supported devices dialog
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Video- Added ability to select video library during video upload.
- Added support for large video files.
- Minor improvements.
MOTAR Communities- Fixed communities search.
- Fixed issues with filter sortings . 1982, 1980, 1979, 1958, 1957, 1956 released.
- Corrected AI agent and Mappack icons showcase filter.
- MOTAR Studio
- Removed package file type restrictions. You can now upload zip, rar, exe, or apk for map pack, AI agent and model. For app, you can upload exe, apk, or rar.
- Optional special instructions tab can be added for Hub listings.
- Added ‘Are there any AI agents connected to this model’ toggle settings to Smart model listing.
- Minor Improvements.
- MOTAR Chat
- Minor UI Improvements.
This update includes lots of new features as MOTAR expands support for Authoring Tools, AI, Smart Models, and Peripherals.
- Content Permissions
- Added an option to log in with CAC from the Permissions Wizard.
- Added ability to edit content permissions to further share.
- Added Distribution F sharing option for government users.
- MOTAR Video
- Added support for adding a thumbnail to your videos in the edit flow.
- Added support for adding a thumbnail during video upload flow.
- MOTAR HUB
- Creator's names are now clickable on MOTAR HUB.
- Improved image handling for company icons.
- MOTAR Studio
- Expanded Plugins to support user authentication similar to apps: added redirect URI, Permissions Scopes, edit name, edit descriptions, and add icon.
- The Save & Publish button now updates the Preview Showcase Page.
- Added support for uploading a large binary file.