What's new in CyberFaCES
Every feature and improvement we have shipped, newest first. Jump to a month, or filter by the part of the site you care about.
May 2026
Discussion forums inside communities, and a way to apply
Apply to instruct or to start a community
A signed-in user can request instructor access or propose a new community. Administrators review the request, and approval grants the matching platform permission.
Accounts & accessApril 2026
Announcements, community analytics, and a much richer reader
Sign in and land back where you were
Login links carry an encoded return URL, so signing in returns you to the page you came from.
Accounts & accessDecember 2025
Workshops, exportable reports, and staff permissions
Course permissions for the Staff role
Staff can manage courses, edit their own, and delete, without needing full administrator access.
Accounts & accessNovember 2025
Forum likes and a sturdier admin grid
Server-side checks on the admin dashboard
The admin dashboard authorises on the server rather than relying on a hidden menu, and the admin menu structure was reorganised.
Accounts & accessOctober 2025
Registration protected by CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA on registration
The registration form is protected by reCAPTCHA, configured through its own config file.
Accounts & accessPer-action course permissions
Course actions are governed by an explicit permissions configuration, and menu items carry sensible defaults.
Accounts & accessJuly – August 2025
Sign in to JupyterHub once, and run a course as a workshop
One sign-in for JupyterHub
Open JupyterHub from a course and you are already signed in. A signed token carries your identity across, so there is no second login to remember.
Accounts & accessFirst and last name at registration
The registration form asks for first and last name separately and no longer accepts blank entries.
Accounts & accessApril 2025
Badges and achievements you can earn and share
Browse a course before signing up
Course and module landing pages are readable without an account, so people can see what a course covers before registering.
Accounts & accessClearer sign-in guidance
Choosing ORCID at sign-in now says plainly that it is not supported, and the steps for resetting a CiLogon connection are written down.
Accounts & accessThis page covers changes you can see and use. Internal refactoring, dependency updates, and documentation-only changes are left out, and a quiet month is a month spent on those. Months with no user-facing changes are not listed.