RoboKind Software Release Notes 3.2.0 - RoboKind Avatar & Remote Lesson Support

Date & Time:	Jan 12, 2021 1:00pm CT - 9:00pm CT
Platform(s)	RoboKind 3.2 Companion App RoboKind Robot Software for version 3.2
Customers Affected	Robots4Autism customers using the RoboKind Companion 3 Application and the http://central.robokind.com website.
Support Contact	Visit https://www.robokind.com/support and choose the contact us option at the bottom of the page.
Release Information	This is a major release to our robots4autism product, which empowers teachers to facilitate lessons remotely as well as in person by having a choice of using physical robots or an avatar when starting lessons. The avatar is an onscreen simulation of Milo which can be used for remotely facilitated lessons. You will be able to connect to your students' tablets, run lessons, and - most importantly - make progress on IEP goals regardless of student location. This release also has improvements to ease the pairing process, eliminate the need for facilitators to sign into student tablets, and to eliminate the requirement that tablets & robots be connected to the same network. See documentation and update information at RoboKind Central 3.2 - Update Guide. For more information about our new student quick reports announced under this release, see https://robokind.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSSD/pages/1497694445.
Device pairing & Registration	This release eliminates processes which required tablets and robots to be physically present in the same room, same network, and able to scan the QR codes or look up the IP addresses of the other devices. Replacing these processes: Student tablets will now go through a one time pairing process to associate the tablet with the organization. See the RoboKind Central 3.2 - Update Guide for details. To be available for lessons, R25 robots must be pre-registered to a customers account in https://central.robokind.com. Where possible, these robots have been pre-registered through the migration process. If an R25 robot at your location is not displayed in RK Central, please submit a ticket at Robot Authorization Request. https://robokind.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSSD/pages/1307312969
Legacy Customer Advisory	Our latest releases are only available to customers who have migrated to our robots4autism 3.0 platform, including the https://central.robokind.com web portal and the RoboKind Companion 3 application. Legacy system support will be disabled at the end of the 2020/2021 school year. Please see our RK Central 3.0/3.2 Platform - Pre migration check list for instructions on moving to the new platform.
Known Issues	In case of network issues or application time out, it may be necessary to close and re-open the RoboKind Companion Application on the tablet. Tip: To close an application on an iPad, double click the home button, then slide the application towards the top of the screen until it is removed. You can then re-start the application. If using Change Devices from the facilitator side bar menu, the student tablet session is ended. The student button will need to be pressed to re-enter student mode on the student tablet. There are known enunciation issues on the words “body” and “who” in the Conversational Dynamics Module 3 - Lesson 4.
Additional Updates	We expect to make continuing refinements to the application in the coming weeks. Customers are encouraged to update their applications to the latest version, keeping in mind that both the facilitator and student tablets must be updates to the same version before they will work correctly together.

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