Weekly Web Updates - September 7, 2020

September 7, 2020 | by Adam Franco and Ian McBride

New Course Hub feature: name pronunciation

We are happy to announce that the Course Hub has gained a new feature: profiles for users with the ability to record your name pronunciation in both audio and text. Further , this feature will present name pronunciation and preferred pronouns to instructors in the Course Hub’s class-rosters. Likewise, instructor name pronunciation will be shown to students on course-overview pages. Thank you to Professor Shelby Kimmel (SHELL-bee KIM-ull) for requesting this feature.

Screen shot of a Course Hub user profile with name pronunciation and pronoun displayed. (Credit: Adam Franco )

WordPress HTTPS

As previously announced, we have now switched WordPress ( and ) over to using encrypted https:// connections for all browsing. This provides enhanced security and privacy for all users of the system. While all plain-text http:// links have been automatically redirected, site-owners may wish to update any hard-coded links to https:// versions, especially for embedded images, videos, and other embedded content.

Please evaluate any sites that you maintain report any issues found or questions .

Updates

Drupal convert_bundles
Drupal field_permissions
Drupal helpfulness
Drupal tvi
WordPress
WordPress badgeos plugin
WordPress cryout-theme-settings plugin
WordPress jetpack plugin
WordPress members plugin
WordPress osm plugin
WordPress social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom plugin
WordPress wp-accessibility plugin

Fixes and Tweaks

Updated Course Hub class rosters to drop “Commons” and rename “Commons Dean” to just “Dean” now that the Commons system is no more.
Adjusted event lists on the MIIS site to continue showing events until midnight PT on the day on which they occur.
Updated the Directory’s department dropdown list which is now sourced from HCM.
Added a Twitter embed to the MIIS CBE site.

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