August 2025

Headlines - What's New in This Release

This release brings streamlined workflows, fresh UI upgrades, and full accessibility compliance—making scenario design and delivery faster, clearer, and more inclusive than ever.

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Improvements & New Features

All Solutions

Accessibility Improvements Across Platforms

🎉 What’s Improved We've implemented key accessibility updates across our entire platform—including the Website, AXS, Player View, Facilitator, Worlds, and Editor—to align with the European Accessibility Act (EAA).

Additionally, you can now navigate more efficiently within the Editor using the Tab key to move through interface elements, making the experience smoother and more accessible for all users.

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Exercise Editor

Pattern of Life - streamlined

🎉 What’s Improved We've streamlined the way designers add buttons and Stax in the PoL Deck in the Editor, making it much more intuitive to assign and manage Stax.

⚙ How It Works

• Clicking an empty button space now automatically creates a new button with a Stax attached.

• When a button is selected, it takes you directly to the related Stax tab.

• The button name is now derived from the Stax name—saving screen space and reducing UI clutter. You can change the button name directly on Edit button title.

• Deleting a button does not delete the associated Stax—helpful if you want to reassign it later.

• A visual dot indicator shows which Stax are attached to the Deck.

• Stax created in the Stax tab will only link to a button when dragged and dropped:

  • If dropped on an empty space: a new button is created.

  • If replacing an existing Stax: the old one is swapped for the new.

💡Use Case Example Let’s say you’re setting up an exercise. With this update, you can quickly populate your PoL Deck by dragging Stax directly onto buttons. It's especially helpful during rapid setup scenarios, like tailoring last-minute exercises.

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Smartwords - improved

🎉 What’s Improved You now have a more powerful and intuitive way to manage Smartwords across your scenarios. This revamp introduces a fully redesigned Smartwords Library with folders, inline editing, and embedded panels—giving you clearer organisation, better localisation support, and faster authoring experiences.

⚙ How It Works

• Smartwords are now scoped per exercise, eliminating cross-contamination from unrelated scenarios.

• Easily organise Smartwords using folders. Deleting a folder does not delete the Smartwords—they’re moved to "Unassigned."

• Directly access Smartwords from within MEL, Personas, or PoL editors—no more switching views.

• Typing {data.} now brings up a searchable dropdown, letting you find and insert Smartwords quickly.

• Simply drag Smartwords from the library into your content fields for instant placement.

• Smartwords are automatically imported or updated when a scenario is published.

💡Use Case Example Let’s say you're designing a multilingual crisis simulation. Now you can easily segment Smartwords for different regions using folders, access them directly while editing injects, and prepare for localisation using the inline search and replace-ready format. This overhaul reduces setup time and boosts accuracy when managing terminology across large exercises.

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"Get from Ventura" Overhaul

🎉 What’s Improved We've redesigned the Get from Ventura experience to make browsing and selecting scenarios faster. With a new card-based layout, instant asset previews, and fewer clicks overall, this update significantly improves the discoverability of our scenario library.

⚙ How It Works

• Scenarios are now displayed in uniform cards that show:

  • Main image

  • Short description (with hover-to-expand)

  • Tags, Scenario Type, Exercise Duration, and Audience

• Cards include:

  • “Add to My Projects” button for instant use

  • “View Assets” button that opens a side panel preview—no need to navigate away

• Search bar supports filtering by tag, type, keyword, or scenario name

• List is paginated for performance, but search helps find content quickly

• No more clicking into multiple pages—all key info is shown upfront

💡Use Case Example A scenario designer prepping for a cybersecurity training session can now search by tags like “phishing” or “compliance,” hover over any card to read the full description, and preview all related assets—all without leaving the page. This speeds up content selection.

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Other: Additional Features migrated from the legacy editor

• Import/Export CSV for Staxs

• Package for Local

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Player View

GoSocial UI Revamp

We've updated the GoSocial Player View with a modernized look and feel that closely mirrors the latest Facebook design. This visual refresh enhances realism and user familiarity.

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Performance Improvements

Virtual Desktop – Login & Performance Enhancements

We've improved how exercises load in virtual desktop, especially for large execises with 100 plus players. These optimisations make logins faster.

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Bug fixes

We’ve fixed bugs and annoyances across the platform.