Release 1.7.5 - 11 February 2026
This release delivers two major platform improvements: a new QR code attendance experience for Live Learning sessions and a rebuilt Capability Assessment experience with a modernised, more flexible foundation. Alongside these updates, we’ve made targeted performance, stability, and usability improvements across reporting, assessment campaigns, and admin workflows.
Version 1.7.5 will be rolling out on all sites from Wednesday 11th February, 2026
What’s New 🎊
AR-10054 – QR code attendance for Live Learning sessions
QR code self check-in is now available for Live Learning sessions, allowing learners to mark their attendance by scanning a session-specific QR code or opening the session check-in link within a defined time window. This reduces the need for instructors, facilitators, and admins to manually mark attendance in Acorn after the session (via the UI or spreadsheets), while still keeping full control over eligibility and final attendance status. QR check-in is disabled by default and can be enabled per session by admins or facilitators.
When enabled, authorised staff can access a QR view to present, download, or share the QR code (and link), while learners are guided through a clear check-in flow that validates timing before login. Registered learners are automatically marked as Attended; unregistered learners receive a clear message and are not enrolled. All QR check-ins are auditable via attendance notes and the Session Logs page. Manual attendance updates remain available and always take precedence.
Why did we do this?
To reduce manual attendance marking for instructors, facilitators, and admins—especially in high-frequency, on-site session environments—by letting learners check themselves in quickly and consistently. This keeps attendance capture simple for delivery teams, while preserving time-window controls, registered-only rules, and audit history when attendance needs to be reviewed or corrected.
AR-8373 – Capability Assessment experience rebuild
The Capability Assessment experience has been rebuilt from the ground up to modernise the UI, support more flexible assessment design, and lay the foundation for future capability validation. While the overall flow remains familiar, the new experience is more consistent, scalable, and built to support both subjective self-reflection assessments and objective, calculated assessments.
This rebuild introduces a modern forms-based assessment engine, improved proficiency selection, clearer in-context visibility of historical results, and a robust foundation for future extensibility—such as evidence-based validation and richer assessment interactions. All existing calculation logic remains fully aligned with the previous model.
Why did we do this?
To replace an ageing, inflexible assessment experience with a scalable foundation that supports more complex assessment needs, improves confidence in results, and enables the next evolution of capability validation.
Changes ✨
AR-9906 – Draft capability assessment submissions
Learners and supervisors can now save progress while completing capability assessments and move between sections without needing to submit immediately. New navigation options allow users to continue to the next assessment, save progress and exit, or return later to complete unfinished work, with validation applied when final submission occurs.
This improvement supports longer and more complex assessments by reducing the pressure to complete everything in one session, while ensuring submissions remain complete and accurate when they are eventually finalised.
Why did we do this?
To give learners more flexibility and reduce friction when completing multi-step or in-depth capability assessments.
AR-9641 – Capability Campaign submission limit of 5,000
Capability campaigns now enforce a maximum of 5,000 submissions per campaign to ensure reliable processing of large campaigns.
Why did we do this?
To maintain platform stability and prevent performance issues during campaign processing.
AR-10007 / AR-10008 – Help icon and tooltip updates
Help icons and tooltips have been updated across key admin and learning workflows, including course creation and editing, Live Learning (Face-to-Face) session setup, and capability-related forms. These areas now use the newer tooltip components, with improved positioning, accessibility, and more reliable content rendering.
Why did we do this?
To modernise inline help, improve consistency across the platform, and ensure help content displays clearly and accessibly in high-use configuration screens.
AR-10010 – Momentum UI groundwork
This release includes behind-the-scenes work to support future Momentum UI updates. There are no user-visible changes in this release.
Why did we do this?
To begin setting up a new user flow for Momentum.
Bug Fixes 🐞
AR-9587 – Hidden content included in completion reports
Resolved an issue where hidden content was incorrectly included in Content Completion Reports when run by Cohort Managers.
AR-9775 – Cohort ID shown instead of cohort name for external users
Fixed an issue where external users saw internal cohort IDs instead of readable cohort names in the form user picker.
AR-10009 – CPD points missing on content view page
Resolved an issue where assigned CPD points were not displayed on the content view page.
AR-10057 – Compliance Area Report crash on creation
Fixed a JavaScript error that caused the Compliance Area Report screen to crash when creating a report.
AR-9564 – Reporting Officer access in capability standalone tenancy
Fixed an issue preventing Reporting Officers from accessing reports in capability standalone tenancies.