Big week for Nurture Signal: it now works inside Canvas, and quizzes gained a new open-ended question type with AI-assisted marking.
Nurture Signal
New
- Canvas: Nurture Signal now works inside Canvas — sign in, run live sessions and sync grades without ever leaving your course.
- Open-ended questions: Add write-in-your-own-words questions to quizzes and assessments. Every host gets a model answer shown alongside each response; premium hosts can also set AI-checked marking criteria and get personalised feedback on each answer.
- AI usage page: See how much AI you’ve used on a new dedicated page, and get the specific reason if an AI request fails instead of a generic error.
- Canvas setup: Canvas admins can now connect Nurture in a couple of clicks, or by pasting a single link — no more manual setup.
- Microsoft-only sign-in: Schools can now be set up so every account signs in through their own Microsoft directory only.
Improvements
- Sign-in: Signing in with a verified Google or Microsoft account now links straight to your existing Nurture account instead of showing an error.
- Sign-in: Shows a clear loading message while you’re redirected, instead of the page appearing to freeze.
- Sign-in emails: Verification code emails now come from a dedicated address, with a properly branded plain-text version.
- Canvas: The session-creation panel now fills the height of the Canvas tray, instead of leaving space at the bottom.
- Canvas sessions: Everyone in a Canvas course can now see the course’s published sessions, and instructors can start a new one directly from the course view.
- Participant names: Locked once you join a session through a verified Canvas sign-in, so the roster stays accurate.
- Live session composer: Add a Reflection prompt the same way as any other content, through the single “Add content” button.
- Homepage: Sign-in, sign-up and the join-a-session form now appear immediately, without a loading flash.
- Security & reliability: Ongoing behind-the-scenes improvements to keep accounts, sessions and personal data secure.
Fixes
- Quiz maths: Mathematical formulas in a chosen answer now render properly instead of showing the raw formula text.
- Admin: The Live view no longer lists self-paced assessments as if they were happening right now.
- Sign-in: The “resend code” countdown is now accurate and can’t be skipped early.