{"id":13848,"date":"2026-08-20T16:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assets.avallain.com\/?post_type=releases&p=13848"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:07:29","slug":"author-release-52","status":"publish","type":"releases","link":"https:\/\/assets.avallain.com\/de\/releases\/author-release-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Release 52"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Accessibility Improvements, Easier Content Editing and an Updated User Interface<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Accessibility<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Avallain Author Release 52 includes accessibility improvements to multiple Activity Classes. Most of those improvements are under the hood and relate to keyboard navigation, aria labels etc., mostly notable only when using a screen reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Option: Gapfill Behaviour<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The following Activity Classes now allow using the keyboard to select and place drag items even if the option Gapfill Behaviour has been set to \u201cDrag\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Order:Match Gap<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Order Text Gap (Label an Object)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Order:Sequence<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Order:Match<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Order:Sort<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This gives content creators the flexibility to use simple drag and drop while not compromising on accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Accessibility improvement in Mercury Design Pack<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    To further improve accessibility for Activity Classes that rely on colour or motion as part of the learner interaction, the Mercury Design Pack now includes toggles to aid learners with visual or motor impairments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The gamified Activity Types Catch and Box Drop have a toggle to disable the motion. Learners with motor impairments can now use this toggle to halt movement of items on the screen and use the keyboard to place the drag items or, in the case of Catch, select the items representing correct answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Colouring activities now have a Colourblindness mode toggle that associates numbers with the different colours thereby allowing learners with visual impairments to solve the activity by relying both on the colours and their associated numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Activity Type Hangman has been improved to not solely rely on colour to mark correct and incorrect letter selections. Instead, selected letters are replaced with a cross or tick mark and incorrect letters are listed below the letter selector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note:<\/strong> These changes are only available in the Mercury Design Packs. Other design packs can choose to implement these accessibility improvements differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Backend<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    LO Editor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Working with activities in the LO Editor has been made easier in Release 52. You can now copy, paste and delete multiple activities at the same time. This allows content creators to copy two or more activities from one LO to another or to delete multiple activities at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Image:<\/strong> Selecting multiple activities for copy or delete<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The User Interface<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The User Interface has been updated and improved in many parts of Author including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n