We had a major update with a bunch of new stuff today. In addition to the list below, we did quite a few user interface tweaks in response to the great feedback we have received:

• We redesigned the “create section” function. Instead of radio buttons you can now just click once on the section you want.
• We implemented incoming RSS Feed capability. Now you can have your students blog in whatever blogging tool they like and you can aggregate all of their feeds right here in Ecto.
• flickr – yep we have integrated with flickr so now you can bring flickr images to your learning page.
• We have added descriptions to Files and Resources.
• Short answer questions now have an expected answer. Students can see the expected answer after they have submitted the learning page for grading.
• We have implemented a Clipboard in Ecto. Now you can copy content that you see in Ecto to your Ecto Clipboard and then use that content later when you are creating your learning pages.
• We have redesigned the way you create and manage related groups
• We have included your avatar (your picture) on the membership list in a group and in the forums
• We have also included a function where the forum moderator can designate a string to hold posts until they have been reviewed by the moderator.
• The moderator can now also edit forum posts.
• We completely redesigned the Grade book to make it easier to use.
• In the attendance tracker we added a feature so that the instructor can mark all as present