Scorion keeps evolving — continuously

And that’s exactly what makes Scorion so powerful. Further down this page, you’ll find all the system updates and release notes. Each note describes what’s included in a release, ranging from completely new features to small improvements or bug fixes.

New developments

Thanks to ongoing development, Scorion as a portfolio platform can do more and more. Recently, several completely new features have been added, including the Archive and the QR code functionality.

The Archive ensures that current data can be retrieved quickly, while information that isn’t needed right away is safely archived — without being deleted. This allows institutions to work with up-to-date portfolios while still meeting data retention requirements.

With the QR code, assessments can be completed in no time. A teacher or supervisor can reliably provide feedback on a student’s professional task. After registering, the assessor also receives a to-do list that can be pinned to their phone as an app-like shortcut.

Co-creation

We also continue to develop Scorion together with our customers and institutions. When a university or institute wants to support a specific assessment process in Scorion, or for example wants to apply AI in a secure way within the platform, we work together to design a possible solution. Sometimes we first build a proof of concept to check whether the idea works in practice. This co-creation approach has enabled Scorion to support dozens of assessment processes that save a significant amount of time for many programs.

Is there an update you’d like to know more about? Feel free to contact us at tickets@scorion.com

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Release notes ScorionX

New Functionalities

At the moment, students can choose to automatically send a reminder to the reviewer seven days after submitting a form. We have now made this functionality configurable. Administrators can define per form template whether a student is allowed to send a reminder, whether the student can enable it (current functionality), or whether it is automatically enabled with a predefined number of days. This functionality is available in the adminX environment. If you would like to use this feature, please contact us at tickets@scorion.com.

When a new version becomes available, a pop-up will appear prompting the user to update. Once the user does so, the existing cache will also be cleared.

For additional new functionality, see the section “New functionality for internal release and pilot.”

Minor bugfixes student view

  • On tablets, several pop-ups were not displayed correctly and selection fields did not always function properly; this has been resolved.
  • Bulk actions in file management were possible, but on tablets these actions were displayed outside of the visible area. This has been fixed, and the new menu bar has been implemented as well.
  • Notifications were not visible on an iPad Pro; this issue has been resolved. Notifications now appear under the account information.
  • When students needed to add additional information to a form, some selected information was not fully visible, or the input field appeared disproportionate. This has now been fixed.

Minor bugfixes other environments

  • On tablets, several pop-ups were not displayed correctly and selection fields did not always work properly; this has been resolved.
  • Bulk actions in file management were displayed outside of the view on tablets; this has been fixed, and the new menu bar has also been implemented.

New functionalites for internal release and pilot

Internal pilot of variable management in adminX:

  • Nodes are now also available in variable management. Administrators can create, view, edit, and use these nodes when needed. Created nodes can of course be used in templates.
  • Administrators can now also create calculations via variable management. A new calculation editor has been implemented to assist with building syntax. Calculations can also be edited, linked, and deleted.
  • Finally, the workflow of variable management has been fully aligned with Template Management. Tables and workflows now share the same look and feel as much as possible.

Enhancements in Template Management in adminX:
After this release, you can also copy templates, and template settings are better categorized.

Enhancements in Tag Management in adminX:
You can now access templates directly via tag management. Tag management has been expanded to allow tags to be moved to a different category. It is also possible to edit the title of a tag or category, or to delete a tag entirely.

In the new student Reportviewer, tables are now supported. After a test day by Operations, several bugs were identified; most of these have been resolved in this version.

Across the entire content management system, consistent delete pop-ups and tooltips have been implemented; these now function uniformly everywhere.

New Functionalities

  • It is no longer possible to delete a portfolio from the archive; this is now done automatically according to set retention periods and if the user has not entered any data elsewhere. 
  • ScorionX can also be displayed in different time and date formats, which is particularly useful for users in America. 
  • The final touches have been made to the ability to display an EULA in ScorionX, which will be implemented for users in due course. Admins will receive more information about this in advance. 
  • It is possible to generate a PDF of certain forms. Previously, this always said ‘completed form’, but now it automatically becomes the title of the form. 
  • For further new functionality, see the heading ‘New functionality for internal release and pilot’.  

Minor bugfixes student view

  • Various pop-ups were not displayed correctly on tablets, but this has now been resolved. 
  • On tablets, the sort button was missing from the booklets view. It has been moved to a new location at the bottom of the toolbar.  
  • When you could only invite a reviewer by email, you could select a previously used email address and then add it by typing it in. The validation did not work correctly, but this has been resolved.  
  • When you could add yourself to a form, the count was incorrect. This has been resolved.  

Minor bugfixes other environments

  • Improvements have been made to the ability to sort/change columns in User Management and OSCE, among others, on both desktop and tablet.  

New functionalites for internal release and pilot

  • Internal pilot of Template Management in ScorionX: This admin functionality will replace the management of templates (form groups, forms, reports, and dashboards). With this live release, it is possible to create templates, click through within the pop-ups, and link book templates to a report template or dashboard template.  
  • Internal pilot of Tag Management in ScorionX: This admin functionality will replace the management of templates in folders. In this release, it is possible to display tags, link and unlink tags, and search for tags.  
  • Variable management now also has a start screen for nodes. In upcoming sprints, we will continue working on the nodes so that they can be created, read, modified, and deleted.  
  • In the new report viewer, we can now also unlock HTML for texts, and the conditions are included in the display of tables and graphs.

New Functionalities

  • Custom Export: From the Admin in ScorionX, it is possible to enable a new export function. Here, you can determine whether you want to export data from a booklet, form, or variable. If you want to export data from a booklet or form, you can also choose which variables (items/fields) you export. If you want to use this feature, please contact Operations at tickets@scorion.com. 
  • Mail Editor: The mail editor used to use old techniques. It has been updated and given a new look. 
  • Task list: The “bulk bar” has been given a new look and feel, which you will see when you perform a multiple action in the task list. 
  • Portfolio export: The name of a portfolio export has been changed to portfolio_lastname_username. This makes it easier to find out which user created an export. 
  • Turn-it-in link: Scorion can now also link to Turn-it-in to perform a plagiarism check on submitted work. If you would like to expand your setup with this link, please contact Robert Smeenk at sales@scorion.com  
  • International: It is now possible to set date and time formats (YYYY-MM-DD and AM/PM). ScorionX will then display these according to the set notations, which is particularly important for users in America. 

For further new functionalites, see the heading “New functionality for internal release and pilot”. 

Minor bugfixes student view

  • Tablet: Recently, several bug fixes have been made for ScorionX on tablets, such as autofocus in the book overview, GUI on the iPad Pro, simultaneous insertion of multiple forms is possible again.  
  • Mobile: there were too many pop-ups when inserting forms simultaneously, this has been resolved. 
  • When your session expires, the message that your session is about to expire is displayed again. This lets you know when you need to log in again.

Minor bugfixes other environments

  • When you, as an assessor, could also give push feedback to the student, the sorting was not correct. This is now working again. 
  • If you wanted to open the preview in the task list after the student had sent a reminder, it remained empty. This has been resolved. 

New functionalites for internal release and pilot

  • Internal release of the new dashboards. The dashboards now display text, graphs and tables in a new look and feel. The loop elements are also available. The latest techniques are also being used. The following developments are planned: making all elements available via a new API and working on the performance of data loading. 
  • Internal pilot of Template Management in ScorionX: This admin functionality will replace the management of templates (form groups, forms, reports and dashboards). With this go-live, it will be possible to view existing templates in ScorionX, edit the XML, link them and adjust settings. The following developments are creating, deleting and copying a template.   
  • Internal pilot of Tag Management in ScorionX: This admin functionality will replace the management of templates in folders. Management is done via tags that you, as an admin, can also create and manage yourself. This ensures that, in combination with a “smart search function”, you can easily find templates and see what belongs together.  
  • Internal pilot of XML editor in ScorionX: This admin functionality makes it easier to create forms, reports and dashboards in XML. The editor supports functionalities such as comparing forms, helping to build the XML (snippets), inserting variables, error messages. Together with template management, variable management and tag management, this forms Content Management. Operations will be working with these functionalities in the coming period, providing a good test case before the functionality is released for an external pilot. 

 

Bug fixes Student environment

  • It was no longer possible to change the title of a form on mobile, this has been fixed. But please note that the pen is now below the three dots.  
  • The “counter” of the number of documents under “attachments form” in file management, shows the correct number of files again.  
  • The notifications you receive via the “little bell” at the top right are displayed neatly again, previously the words were truncated. 

Bug fixes other environments

  • When logging through to someone else’s task list, it is again possible to pass on tasks. This does depend on the setup you have.  

New functionality for pilot

  • Custom Export: From the Admin in ScorionX, it is possible to enable a new export function. Here, you can decide whether you want to export the data of a booklet, form or variable. If you want to export the data of a booklet or form, you can also choose which variables (items/fields) to export. If you would like to test this, please contact Operations at tickets@scorion.com. 

 

New functionality

  • When sending an invitation to a feedback giver, it is now also possible to add the last name. This can be done both in the e-mail text and the subject line. 
  • Students with “private books and forms” can now also work in ScorionX. These are no longer visible to user administrators or teachers who may log on read-only. 

Minor bug fixes student view

  • When selecting a form, the panel was scrolling up again, which meant the form was no longer in view, this has been fixed.  
  • In some situations, the attachment icon was displayed while no file was attached, this is functioning correctly again. 
  • When selecting feedback providers, written text remained when clicking “show previously used email addresses”, this is now cleared. 
  • When selecting feedback providers, if an e-mail address was entered more than once it was shown several times in “show previously used e-mail addresses”, this is now shown only once again.  
  • In certain cases, it took a very long time for a booklet to open. A hotfix for this was implemented last release. In this release, a durable and robust solution has been made for this and booklets load even faster.  
  • If form was previously inserted, the form could still be inserted after it was unlinked from the booklet, this is no longer possible. 

Minor bug fixes other environments and login

  • In the archive environment, person fields were no longer displayed, this has been fixed. 
  • After last release, the “eye” on password entry was no longer visible on Edge, this is back.  

New functionality for internal release and pilot

The developments below are not yet ready to release for the end user. To ensure quality, Scorion is first working extensively with the functionality itself. If you would like to know more about these developments, please contact Robert Smeenk, Mathilde Sanders or sales@scorion.com. 

  • Internal release of the new dasboards. The dashboards now display texts, graphs and tables in a new look and feel. This also makes use of the latest techniques. Next developments are, being able to build (loop) the custom table and working on the performance of loading the data.  
  • Internal release of the new admin functionality: Template management in ScorionX, this functionality will eventually replace form groups and forms management. The next development is the ability to read the settings of templates. 
  • Internal release of the XML editor where it is possible to open the templates in XML and edit them. It is also possible to build new forms with XML and immediately see how they look and work. The XML editor is part of Template Management. 
  • QR code scanning for rating has had some minor adjustments so that it can be piloted in a controlled environment. The pilot will start soon. 

 

Bugfixes after new version 

After the go-live of version 2.0.1, some issues were reported by users. These have been resolved and deployed in this version. The updates include: support for dashboards on tablets, inserting forms on iPads, displaying information in a booklet, recognizing the user’s language, and ensuring all buttons are available on different screen sizes.

Update Framework 

In recent months, a major update has been made to the framework on which Scorion is built. This migration offers significant advantages in terms of performance, flexibility, and scalability. The new architecture ensures a more robust and future-proof codebase.

Archiving Environment

From this release onwards, it is possible to archive students who have completed their studies into a separate environment. This allows institutions to continue meeting data retention requirements without the accounts being visible in the production environment. When a student is archived, their data remains temporarily stored, and an export of their portfolio is created. If you would like to use this feature, please contact us. 

EULA (End User License Agreement) 

To use Scorion, new terms of use must be accepted. Each user will be shown the EULA once upon logging in and must accept it. This ensures that all users clearly understand the terms they are agreeing to. 

Turnitin Plagiarism Check

When students submit their work, you may want to check it for plagiarism. Scorion has implemented a direct integration with Turnitin for this purpose. Once a student submits their product, it is sent to Turnitin, where a plagiarism check is performed, and the result is returned to the instructor. This feature is ready for a pilot phase. If you are interested, please contact us.

Comming Soon

QR Code for Forms 

This feature will first be tested in a pilot phase before being widely released. Students will have the option to generate a QR code instead of sending a form and show it to their assessor. The assessor can then scan the code with their mobile phone and complete the form. 

“To-Do” List on Mobile

Once the assessor scans the QR code, they automatically gain access to the mobile to-do list. If they already have an account, they can log in immediately, view their tasks, and complete them. If they do not have an account yet, they can create one by entering their email address. From that moment on, all assessments will be stored in the to-do list. This eliminates the need for email invitations, and all tasks are conveniently located in one place. 

 

Refactor File management and no more automatic file downloads
With this refactor, you can get a better handle on the file management, the bass files and folders are displayed in one table. In doing so, the alignment is better, making it quieter to work with. The biggest difference is, you can now also see if a file is linked to a form.

 

Automatically select account when sending a form
It was not always clear who, account or e-mail address, invited the user when sending the form. From this version onwards, a check is performed on the entered e-mail address. If the e-mail address is linked to an account, the account will be automatically selected so that the invitation appears in the reviewer’s task list.

 

Show group in task list
To provide additional overview within the task list, the Group column can be enabled. This allows you to easily select forms if, for example, you want to review an entire group at once.

 

Redesign password forgotten mail
If you have forgotten your password, you can request a new one. The mails you receive for this still have the old look and feel. These are now also in the new look and feel and scale well on different devices.

Entire new look and feel
In this version, Scorion has been given a new look and feel to match the new logo and corporate identity. Orange and black out, purple and white in. This makes the environment look calmer for every user.

 

Improving accessibility
The introduction of the new look and feel enables compliance with the WCAG standard for contrasts. Scorion supports with three different modes, the standard with A, AA and AAA.

 

Diverse bugfixes
Some bugs have been addressed in this version, otherwise no significant new features have become available.

Viewing tasks
Users who have the task manager feature in addition to a task list have the option to pass tasks to a reviewer of their choice. As of this version, it is possible to view a task before it is passed on. In this way, a quick assessment of the completeness of a task can be made so that a conscious selection can be made of tasks to be forwarded to the appropriate person.

Filter on groups is retained
In User Management it is possible to set filters based on one or more groups. When a screen other than the User Management is visited, for example by joining a user or going to File Management, the set filter is automatically cleared. As of this version, a set filter is retained for the full duration of a session. This means that the filter is automatically cleared only after logging out.

Progress graph for feedback roles expanded
For some forms it is possible to invite multiple reviewers/feedback givers. When it is mandatory to select a feedback role for these reviewers/feedback providers, the progress can also be shown in a graph.

To always show the progress in this progress graph, the option Not yet invited has been added.

Portfolio’s exporteren
Vanuit een admin- en (indien ingesteld) beheer-account is het mogelijk om het portfolio te exporteren van een gebruiker. Vanaf deze versie is het mogelijk om meerdere portfolio’s tegelijk te exporteren.

New progress
When a form of the review type has multiple reviewers, the progress in the left screen is no longer shown by progress icons but by a progress bar.

The same applies to forms of the scan type, where the user’s own progress is also included in the progress bar of the other feedback providers. In addition, the progress colors have partially taken on a new meaning.

 

Delete empty forms
As a moderator in the Submit module, from this version it is possible to delete empty forms in multiple sets of forms simultaneously.

In the pop-up window a selection can then be made of the forms to be deleted.

In addition, it can be set in the Poweradmin that forms with data may also be deleted.