Avalon 6.

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3.0

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Features

Feature improvements include enhanced playlist copying, editing, LTI integration, and sharing. In addition, this release includes a preview of the MediaElement 4 player. See the closed issues for a full list of features and enhancements.

Improvements to Playlist Functionality

• Shareable via LTI link
• Shareable via private link
• Improved naming of complex works
• Add all items to playlist link added
• Copy playlist functionality added
• A new visibility option, Share by link, restricts viewing access to a playlist to users who have a unique and obfuscated URL
• Entire playlists can be copied
• Playlist items can be copied from one playlist to another
• Add Section to Playlist
• Add All Sections to Playlist
• Playlist markers can be clicked to navigate to their respective time points

Other Changes

• Tested for compatibility with Fedora 4.7.4

Bug Fixes

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Avalon 6.3 is a significant update including a new media player, rewritten batch ingest functionality, and support for cloud deployments.

Media Player Upgrade

Avalon's media player has been upgraded to the latest release of MediaElement.js. Highlights of this change include:

• Adobe Flash Player no longer required for media playback
• A loading indicator displays while media content is loaded into the player
• Updated icons within the media player

Playlists

• Tagging: tags can be created and associated with playlists, providing improved organizing, searching and sorting for users with large numbers of playlists
• User preferences for sorting on the playlist index page are saved

Improved Batch Ingest Functionality

• Replay batch ingests: update metadata for newly ingested items by updating spreadsheets
• Ingests with large numbers of items run more successfully
• System emails about batch ingest statuses are improved

AWS Support

• Avalon components have been updated to work with Amazon Web Services
• For more information, see the avalon-aws repository and accompanying documentation

Bug Fixes and Minor Changes

• Playlist items no longer intermittently skip
• Issues with LTI login have been resolved