January 28, 2025 Release Notes - Red Hat Learning Subscription

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January 28, 2025

Additions

• Lessons - Lessons are now available for all RHLS Subscriptions (limited list for LS300 Developer)
  
  • New Lesson Delivery Format available in the Catalog. 
  • Catalog cards include the Lesson Duration, number of labs, quizzes, and difficulty level
  • Each Lesson contains and Overview section with details and description
  • As new Lessons are published, they will be made available instantly in RHLS. 
  • As new courses are created and major updates are completed to existing courses, those courses will have the content in the form of lessons
  • Lessons that are a part of courses will share progress between the two offerings
  • Management Reporting now provides insight into Lesson Usage in the Summary page as well as the Team tab for individual users
• Control bar - The new Control bar brings course functions into a single bar at the bottom of the course page. 
  
  • Consistent access to the Previous and Next buttons
  • Table of Contents provides progress tracking, and lets users search for all course chapters and pages
  • Additional functions are on the bar such as RHLC Syndicated conversations, Feedback, Bookshelf access, video controls, and settings
  • Note that users can toggle back to the old course experience by visiting their Profile page
  • Enablement for users is provided through a guided walkthrough on the course page
• Lab Limit Notifications - Users who reach milestones in their lab usage will receive notifications, alerting them to their remaining hours so they can be sure to use them carefully before the end of their subscription
  
  • Notifications when users have 50, 20, 10, and 1 hour remaining
  • A notification on the Home page and Dashboard when the user has zero lab hours remaining
  • The ability for the user to stop ALL of their currently running labs, to assist with saving their lab hours.

Fixes

• Catalog Filters - new filtering taxonomies have been applied to the RHLS Catalog filters, to help users target the appropriate training content for their learning goals. 
  
  • Streamlined list of Red Hat Products based on Red Hat product families
  • List of Topics that align with Red Hat technology practices
  • Audiences provide a list of related IT job roles
  • Levels describe the difficulty of the content - beginner, intermediate, or advanced
• Exam Details Pages - The details pages of each exam have been updated to remoge accordion components, showing all of the content on a single page. 
  
• Course page Table of Contents - Translations are now working on the Table of Contents for each course and Lesson. Previously only English translations were showing. This works in both the new Control Bar as well as the old course experience.