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Otus Release Notes [Q1: 2026]

Release updates including new features, product improvements, and resolved bugs.

Written by Brooke Fodor
Updated this week

Release Notes: 3/26/2026

🚀 New Features

  • Insights AI: Resource Suggestion Integrations

    Educators can now receive resource recommendations directly in Otus Insights, using content from Discovery Education or PBS Learning Media.

    Key Benefits/Details

    • Relevant recommendations: Get resources based on the data that Insights accesses in Otus.

    • DiscoveryEd ready: Resources require a district subscription. Contact your Client Experience Partner (CXP) for details.

    • PBS Learning Media access: All districts with Otus Insights enabled automatically have access to PBS resources.

    • Enhanced instruction support: Helps educators quickly find supplemental content aligned to lessons or standards.


🛠️ Updates & Enhancements

  • Control Center: Upload Student Profile Pictures with Multiple ID Options

    On the Control Center’s Uploads page, Main Admins can now select which student ID (Clever ID, External ID, SIS ID, State ID, or Student Number) is used to match profile picture files, rather than being limited to SIS ID


🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Control Center

    • Resolution (3rd Party Settings)

      • Company student & family visibility checkboxes now default to enabled upon district creation.

  • Gradebook

    • Resolution (Assessments Gradebook)

      • Individual Student Gradebook will display fraction & percentage scores.

    • Resolution (Standards Gradebook)

      • Sorting by "Performance" now acknowledges the overridden scores.

  • Plans

    • Resolution: Pressing Enter/Return works as expected in Chrome.


Release Notes: 3/13/2026

🚀 New Features

  • Plans: Bulk Download Student Plans

    Administrators and educators can quickly download multiple student plans at once, eliminating the need to open each plan individually. Download offers a PDF with all included students in one file or ZIP files with each student’s plan as an individual document.

    Key Benefits/Details

    • One action: Download plans for multiple students at once, saving time compared to opening each plan individually.

    • Flexible formats: PDF or ZIP for preferred downloading

    • Sharing options: Easily share plan documents with families or stakeholders who may not have system access.

    • Filter-based exports: Apply filters before downloading so reports only include the specific students or plan data you need.


🛠️ Updates & Enhancements

  • Analytics: RIT Scores

    Users can now view RIT scores in 3rd Party Analytics based on the latest 2025 Student Achievement Norms from NWEA, instead of the 2020 norms.


🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Standards – Decaying Average

    • Resolution: Users can now rely on the Decaying Average calculation to respect the “Average” setting, providing accurate results consistently.

  • Report Card

    • Resolution: Thai characters now render correctly in server-generated PDFs, displaying properly instead of squares.

  • Class Info

    • Resolution: Users can now add a co-teacher by email, with valid accounts recognized correctly.

  • Mailbox

    • Resolution: Co-Admins can now load the “Create” page in the Mailbox module without errors.

  • Analytics

    • Resolution: (3rd Party/Other Assessment Filters)

      • Co-Admins can now apply filters on the initial page load and see accurate data reflected immediately.

    • Resolution: (Drill-down Date picker)

      • Drill-down pages now respect the date picker selections, displaying data for the chosen dates.

    • Resolution: (Continued Filter Retainment)

      • Filter selections now persist across sessions and page refreshes.

    • Resolution: (Future Assignment Data)

      • Refreshing pages with “All Time” or “Custom” date picker selections now returns assignments with due dates in the future.

    • Resolution: (Current Enrollment Query)

      • Report and CSV downloads now display only the sites a student is currently rostered in when using “Current Enrollment.”

    • Resolution: (Current Grade Level CSV)

      • The “Current Grade Level” column now populates in CSV downloads for Student Performance in Assessment Analytics.

  • Assessments – Advanced LaTeX Expressions

    • Resolution: LaTeX expressions now render at the correct size for students, improving readability.

  • Standards Performance – Teachers Filter

    • Resolution: The “Teachers” filter now returns only relevant data in Standards Performance reports.

  • Historical Analytics – Builder Students Field

    • Resolution: The “Students” field in Builder now returns all applicable students, not only those actively in Student Groups under “Current Enrollment.”

  • Class Board – Embedded YouTube Videos

    • Resolution: Embedded YouTube videos now display in published posts.

  • Standards Gradebook – Non-point Total Grade

    • Resolution: Non-point total grades now calculate as expected for assignments due on the last day of the grading period.


Release Notes: 2/23/2026

🚀 New Features

  • Google Integration: New Google Picker

    For any feature that supports Google attachments, Otus now uses Google's frontend picker instead of our custom-built picker.

    Key Benefits/Details

    • No Google SSO login required to attach Google Drive resources

    • Users choose which Google account to access each time they attach a file

    • A familiar, intuitive experience using Google’s native interface

    • Enhanced security through Google’s authentication and permissions


🛠️ Updates & Enhancements

  • Advanced Assessment: Calculator

    Educators can now enable Learnosity’s calculator for an entire Advanced Assessment at once, making it available to students on every question. The three calculator options have been updated to include:

    • Basic: Four-function calculator

    • Extended: Basic functions plus percentage (%) and square root (√).

    • Scientific: Advanced functions (exponents, trig). Opens in Radians or Degrees.

  • Standards: Search Standards

    When adding a standard to an assessment, the search results now display the exact folder where each standard is located, making it easier to identify and select the correct one.

  • Standards Gradebook: Override

    You can now override a standard directly from the individual student view within the Standards Gradebook, giving you greater flexibility when reviewing and updating student performance.


🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Analytics

    • Resolution: Users can now deselect the “Select All” option in the Classes filter within Analytics without receiving an error message, and reports will update correctly to display student data as expected.


Release Notes: 1/29/2026

🚀 New Features

  • Advanced Assessments: Enable Calculator for Entire Advanced Assessments

    Educators can now enable Learnosity’s calculator for an entire Advanced Assessment at once, making it available to students on every question.

    Key Benefits

    • Enable the calculator once instead of configuring each question individually

    • Students have calculator access across all assessment items

    • Eliminates missed or inconsistent calculator settings

    • Streamlines assessment setup for teachers


🛠️ Updates & Enhancements

  • Otus Insights: Advanced Query System

    Insights is evolving from static summaries to a more interactive, conversational experience. Truly making Insights an AI assistant.

    • You Can Compare Different Reports

      • Load two different reports (such as "Fall Math" and "Spring Math"), then ask the Al to compare them.

    • You Can Ask "Who?"

      • Ask specific questions, such as, "Which students in Grade 5 scored below 70 in math?" The system will list the actual names of those students for you.

    • You Can Custom Filter

      • Mix and match rules using plain English, such as "Show me all ELL students at Lincoln Elementary who scored below proficient." The system understands how to find exactly that group.

  • Google Integration: API Change

    Due to recent changes made by Google, we are no longer able to manage permissions on Google Drive files attached to assessments.

    • As a result, when a student submits a rubric-based assessment with a Google Drive file attached, ownership of the file will no longer transfer to the teacher. This means students will continue to have the ability to edit their Google Drive files even after the assignment has been submitted.

      • Recommended Best Practice
        To review a student’s work as it existed at the time of submission, we recommend using Google’s Version History, which allows educators to view and restore earlier versions of a document if needed.


🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Main Administrators (Control Center)

    • Resolution: Main Admins can now assign site permissions to Co-Admins.

  • Analytics

    • Resolution: The “All Time” option in the date picker now saves and displays correctly when selected.

    • Resolution: CSV downloads from Analytics data tables now include all expected data.

  • Plans

    • Resolution: The Individual Student Plan text field now supports the full intended character limit without restrictions.

    • Resolution: Attachments uploaded by Family users can now be opened and viewed.

  • Gradebook (Standards)

    • Resolution: Standards scores for all applicable students now display in the Co-Admin view.


Release Notes: 1/15/2026

🚀 New Features

  • Otus AI Insights: Standards Analytics

    Let AI do the work to help you gain deeper insights into how students and classes are performing on standards.

    Key Benefits

    • AI analyzes standards performance for you

    • Clear insights at the student and class level

    • Faster identification of gaps and trends

    • More focused, effective instruction

  • Otus AI Insights: Create and Manage Student Groups

    Otus Insights now allows you to manage and create student groups directly within the Insights feature.

    Key Benefits

    • Save time by creating and managing groups directly in Insights

    • Act faster by grouping students based on performance trends

    • Target instruction with data-driven student groups

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  • 3rd Party: Save Default Visualization in Control Center

    Admins can now select how data is displayed (line chart or bar chart) by default for each third-party assessment.

    Key Benefits

    • Consistent experience by standardizing report views across user roles

    • Admin control to choose the most meaningful visualization

    • Clearer insights with reports that match how data is best understood


🛠️ Updates & Enhancements

  • AI Insights: Chat Improvement

    • AI Insights chat experience is now faster and more interactive, letting users start typing immediately and control responses in real time.

  • New Portfolio: Visibility in Student Profile

    • The Student Profile has an updated Portfolio section, which highlights a student’s three most recently added artifacts, allowing the educator to view them individually or click into the individual student's Portfolio to see it holistically.


🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Analytics (Standards)

    • Resolution: Updated the standards dropdown to accurately filter results based on the logged-in educator’s permissions.

  • Assessments (Advanced)

    • Resolution: Corrected LaTeX/MathML rendering logic to ensure absolute value and degree symbols display properly in assessment items.

    • Resolution: Enhanced Everway (formerly Texthelp) SpeechStream integration to support accurate reading of MathML/MathJax content within items.

  • Plans (Students)

    • Resolution: Updated navigation handling for the “Add Students” button and “Details” tab to accurately handle scenarios with zero students, preventing empty-page redirects.

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