Alert Card Release Notes

Release Date: 3 Mar 2021

Support for Alert Alarm Sounds

The Alerts card now supports audio playback, allowing for alarm sounds to be played in a continuous loop.

The Alert card comes preconfigured with a default alarm sound which users can enable or disable when configuring their Alert card. Users also have the ability to upload up to 20 mp3 audio files, one for each alert type, as necessary.

Wayfinding Configuration

Release Date: 29 Jan 2021

Updated Card Theme

The following updates have been made to the card theme:

• The card theme has been updated in the Library with a new design, improving card standardization.
• The card base theme will not be generated during deployment, as the BaseCardTemplate property has been set to false in the manifest.json file in the card template.
• The default fonts have been updated to the following:
  • Header text = Poppin font, previously Monserrat.
  • Body text = Roboto font, previously Lato.
• The card template has been assigned to use the “Productivity and Engagement” as the default content category.

Introducing Card Content Categories

With the introduction of Content Categories in Appspace 8.0 ac.22, all card themes will be assigned with a default content category, allowing organizations to create content, build channels, and target messaging according to workplace communications best practices and internal communication goals.

These content categories can be changed during card creation by the Publisher or Author, as the card theme has been assigned a content category based on the messaging focus. These content categories are defined as follows:

• Culture & Values – Content that promotes company values and affects the employee experience, to help customers drive company values throughout their organization.
• Goals & Performance – content that showcases both long- and short-term goals and measurements of performance, to create shared ownership of company goals and drive employee performance.
• Productivity & Engagement – content with information that keeps the company running, day-to-day, facilitating organizational productivity.
• Safety & Compliance – content with information that supports employee safety and ensures company compliance with regulatory requirements, to help create a safe environment and promote safe behavior amongst employees.

Users will also be able to view the Content Category for every piece of content within a channel playlist. However, cards created prior to this release will not contain a content category, and will be considered as “Unassigned”.

Release Date: 8 July 2020

The Alert card content creation workflow and card editing user interface has been updated and streamlined in conjunction with the release of the completely redesigned Library module in Appspace 8.0.

Redesigned Card Editor

The card editor has been updated with a new UI and workflow, which groups key functions and features into tabs and sections for improved user experience, such as:

• Preview tab – this tab appears only after the content is saved and the editor window is opened. Preview options include Responsive, Responsive 16:9, 2K, 4K, Tablet, Phone, or Custom.
• Edit tab – configure the card layout, message title and summary, logo, background and a featured media/image. Also, depending on card or template type, you may see these additional sections:
  • Design section – includes customized design options for each card type, which includes color palette, background, logo, and style selection options.
  • Configuration section – includes customized configuration options for each card type, such as chart options.
• Article tab – write the content article, caption, and include a referral link if any.
• Schedule tab – here you add the content directly to any existing channel, and configure its playback schedule and display properties.
• Settings tab – in this tab you may add a name for this card, configure its expiry date, add tags, and add a thumbnail image.

New Category and Tags

When creating a card, you now have the option to filter results based on tags and card template categories which are based on card types such as Messaging, Data, Services, Feeds, and Legacy content – to easily find what you need from a huge list of templates available.