January '24 Impact Platform News for Admins

January 2024

1. Diagnostic Management Tools 

Seamless Administration:

The new Diagnostic Management Tools make it even easier and flexible for Admins to manage and deploy Diagnostics. Client Admins can launch and assign the 360 Diagnostic to passes, teams, and individual learners. Admins are also able to view 360 Diagnostic results in the Client Dashboard. 

Flexible Post-Learning 360 Diagnostic (formerly known as the "Updated 360"):

When using the new Diagnostic Management Tool, Admins have the option to deploy the Post-Learning 360 Diagnostic and select any skills that they'd like to re-assess. They are able to select the date that they'd like learners to start the Post-Learning 360 Diagnostic. Previously, the Post-Learning 360 Diagnostic was only incorporated into the FranklinCovey Facilitated Course experience. 

Learn more about the benefits of the new Diagnostic Management features here.

2. Microcourse Updates

In order to better align our Skill Microcourses with our Skill Graph and 360 the following improvements have been made to the explore page:

Managers

• Receiving Feedback has been renamed Growth Mindset
• Strategic Focus has been changed the Strategic Thinking
• Developing Your Team and Retaining You Team have been combined in Developing & Retaining Talent
• Trust has been renamed to Earning Trust
• Building Relationships is now Building Trusting Relationships
• Work-Life Boundaries has been added
• Team Goals and Individual Goals have been changed to Setting Team Goals and Achieving Team Goals
• Addressing Unconscious Bias is now split into Identifying Bias and Reducing Bias

Individual Contributors

• Receiving Feedback has been renamed Growth Mindset
• Building Relationships is now Building Trusting Relationships
• Individual goals is now Setting Goals and Achieving Goals
• Addressing Unconscious Bias is now split into Identifying Bias and Reducing Bias
• Emotional Intelligence, Work-Life Boundaries, and Earning Trust have been added

3. Localization

• Added ability for 360 Respondents to change the language of the assessment they are filling out.
• Added additional space for long titles for OnDemand Course cards on the Explore page.

4. Accessibility

In Fall of 2023, FranklinCovey finalized the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) to evaluate the accessibility of our digital products, ensuring they align with Section 508 standards. We are actively implementing VPAT recommendations to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to inclusivity. Our goal is to make sure that everyone can use FranklinCovey's digital products, regardless of their abilities. We are on track to address all critical accessibility issues by Feb 29, 2024.

Accessibility Updates to the Impact Platform

• Updated labels on the following elements to be comprehensible with a screen reader:
  • SVG icons
  • 360 feedback fields
  • Main navigation button in mobile view
  • ‘Remove task’ button on the homepage is marked as interactive
  • ‘Open Search’ button in mobile view
•  Updated the following elements to receive the proper focus on a screen reader:
  • Profile confirmation modal
  • Log in page links
  • Links within articles
  • 360 ‘remove reviewer’ buttons
  • 360 results ‘add skill’ buttons
•  Completed work to ensure application challenge date selector and month drop-downs are accessible.
• Updated the radio buttons on the 360 self-reflection to be accessible with or without a keyboard.
• Completed work to ensure the “Help” and “Profile” expandable/collapsible are accessible.

Accessibility Updates to the Admin Platform

• Completed work to ensure that buttons are either always visible, or at least visible when tabbed to.
• Completed work to implement expandable/collapsible elements.
• Completed work so that the complete assign existing user modal is visible and usable up to 200% browser zoom.
• Updated tooltips so they are accessible for keyboard and screen reader users.
• Updated checkbox styling so they have visible keyboard focus.
• Updated the pass and team management pages to ensure that all interactive elements are accessible by keyboard users.
• Updated the ‘clear search’ functionality so that keyboard users can clear the library search and user management search.
• Updated the header navigation elements so that all interactive elements can be accessed by keyboard users.
• Updated the gray font on the assigned tab to ensure the color contrast is sufficient.
• Updated the Assign Existing Users modal to ensure it is accessible by keyboard users.