We've created this page to inform you of product updates that our team is working on. We're always eager to learn how we can continue to improve our product. Drop us a note at productfeedback@piazza.com, we'd love to hear from you!
March 28, 2022 Updates:
[Released] Top bar rewritten in React
[Released] Feed rewritten in React
[Released] Grade passback support in LTI 1.3
[Released] Automatic roster sync support in LTI 1.3
[In queue] Continued progress on rewriting Q&A in React:
Responsive design for mobile
Improved compatibility with screen readers and additional accessible design
May 10, 2021 Updates:
[Released] Added functionality to Piazza Lite (support for polls and upvoting)
[Released] Improvements to text editor which include code compiler and live preview
[Released] Auto-saved drafts on all responses (answers, followups, and new posts)
[Released] Added keyboard shortcuts in editor for easier post creation: to submit post use Ctrl- (or Cmd-) Enter; to save a draft use Ctrl-S; to toggle live preview pane use Ctrl-P
[Released] Support for SSO
[Released] Support for LTI 1.3
[In queue] Accessibility improvements to Piazza site
[In queue] Rewriting Q&A section of Piazza to React to improve user experience
January 27, 2021 Updates:
- [Released] Nested folders for easier class topic organization
[Released] A "student's view" for when you need to pull up a safe-view of Piazza in front of your class (during live lecture or office hours)
[Released] Improvements to polls to easily create and edit polls (for flipped classrooms)
[In queue] Adding support for polls, upvoting and filters in Piazza Lite
[In queue] Auto-saving drafts on all responses (answers, followups and new posts)
[In queue] Runnable code snippets
[In queue] Support for SSO and SAML
[In queue] Support for LTI 1.3 and automatic roster sync from within your LMS
December 15, 2020 Updates:
- [Released] Nested folders for easier class topic organization
- [Released] Statistics export tool to view student contributions and participation stats to specific posts
[Released] A "student's view" for when you need to pull up Piazza in front of your students
[Released] Instructor only followups for easier communication with teaching staff
[Released] Improvements to polls to easily create and edit polls
[Released] Site license dashboard to purchase instructor and department site licenses
[In queue] Accessibility enhancements and improvements to Piazza Lite
[In queue] Ability to have free-form answers for polls
November 11, 2020 Updates:
[Released] Nested folders for easier class topic organization
[Released] Statistics export tool to view student contributions and participation stats to specific posts
[Released] A "student's view" for when you need to pull up Piazza in front of your students
[Released] Instructor only followups for easier communication with teaching staff
[In queue] Improvements to polls to easily create and edit polls
[In queue] Accessibility enhancements and improvements to Piazza Lite
[In queue] Site license dashboard to purchase instructor and department site licenses
[In queue] Instructor only folders to give you and your teaching staff a designated folder for post
October 2, 2020 Updates:
- [Released] Uploading groups as a CSV file to easily assign students in a section to groups
[Released] Ability to shut down a class entirely by hiding all posts in class
[Released] Option for instructors to only allow private posts in their class
[Released] Ability for professors to disable the Resolved/Unresolved toggle for their class
[In queue] Improvements to polls to easily create and edit copied polls
[In queue] Nested folders for easier class topic organization
[In queue] A "student's view" for when you need to pull up Piazza in front of your students
[In queue] Statistics export tool to view student contributions and participation stats to specific posts (tallied by student)
September 3, 2020 Updates:
- [Released] Ability to organize class drop down menu
- [Released] Improvements to markdown editor
- [Released] Ability to schedule class lock times, and enable private posts only when class is locked
- [Released] Allow adding students to a private post from edit mode
- [Released] Addition of mhchem to LaTeX editor to write chemical equations
- [Released] Ability to edit group names
- [Released] Ability to edit resource section names
- [In queue] Uploading groups as a CSV file to easily assign students in a section to groups
- [In queue] Improvements to polls to easily create and edit copied polls
- [In queue] Statistics export tool to view student contributions and participation stats to specific posts (tallied by student)
April 22, 2020 Updates:
- [Released] Updated folders functionality so you can now rearrange and rename folders
- [Released] Live Q&A feature where students can easily ask and upvote questions as you’re running your class
- [Released] Upgraded rich text editor to better support copying/pasting images
- [Released] Functionality to lock a post/class during exams
- [In queue] Ability to only let students create private posts when class is locked
- [In queue] Ability to organize your class drop down menu
January 30, 2020 Updates:
- [Released] Ability to add additional instructors and students to a private post
- [Released] Ability to create a new folder while creating a post
- [Released] Ability to customize the color of your class menu bar for improved class differentiation
- [Released] Ability to easily copy and paste post and followup links
- [Released] Ability for students to mark fellow classmates’ comments as helpful
- [Released] Ability to add posts to a reading list, so students can easily discover critical information
- [In queue] Upgrading rich text editor to better support copying/pasting images
- [In queue] Functionality to differentiate between different anonymous posters in same thread
Dec 13th, 2019 Updates:
- [Released] Duplicate post detection when asking a question, to help reduce redundant posts
- [Released] Released ability to revoke a student's posting privileges, temporarily or permanently
- [Released] Easier access to drafts via the folder bar
- [Released] ‘Disable post history’ feature now located next to history slider bar for easier access
- [Released] Improved helper text on add/drop functionality when uploading an updated student roster
- [Released] Improved helper text to change private posts to anonymous public posts
- [Released] Ability to request Piazza stickers for students in your class!
- [In queue] Ability to tag posts as Reading List so students can more easily discover critical information about their class
- [In queue] Ability to add additional instructors and students to a private post
- [In queue] Ability to create a new folder while creating a post
- [In queue] Ability to customize the color of your class menu bar for improved class differentiation
Nov 23rd, 2019 Updates:
- [Released] Improved refresh of left feed panel so it stays in sync with class activity
- [Released] Easy access to Piazza Network resources to increase transparency to professors and students
- [Released] Ability for instructors to endorse followups
- [Released] iOS - Rewrite of WebView implementation to be lighter weight and improve stability
- [Released] Android – Fix intermittent bug with pasting text into new posts, answers, follow-ups
- [In queue] Improving the search result experience; adding support for duplicate post detection
- [In queue] Continuous improvements to our iOS and Android apps on frequently requested items
Oct 26th, 2019 Updates:
- [Released] Ability to download your class posts via the Statistics page as a JSON/CSV file
- [Released] Students can no longer save their names as "Anonymous"
- [Released] Support to update files in Class Resources so that links do not become stale
- [In queue] Improving refresh of left feed panel so it stays in sync with class activity
- [In queue] Improving the search result experience; adding support for duplicate post detection
- [In queue] Improvements to our iOS and Android apps on frequently requested items