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by Nico West 7 min read

What is the manager icon on a course?

The manager icon for course and system level Discussion has been updated. Users will now see a new green rosette icon symbolizing the manager status of the forum. This replaces a badge icon that was used previously. Clients on previous releases can update to the new icon as well.

What is learn 9.1?

Starting with this Learn 9.1 release, the name will shift from using the quarter/year as the name to a version number to align with the SaaS release model. There is also a new monthly release cadence for Learn 9.1 that will include bug fixes and feature improvements. These monthly releases will replace Cumulative Updates which will no longer be issued for 3900.0. You can choose any monthly  9.1  release and take improvements and bug fixes at any time. You do not have to wait until the next big  twice-yearly release  (Q2/Q4) to get an improvement you've been waiting for.

Why is there a warning on grading schemas?

When grading schemas are complex and use smaller points possible values that aren’ t whole, results can be unexpected since numbers are not rounded and explicitly use 5 decimals. The warning message is meant to help users understand they should review the results.

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