SAFARI Montage^® Version 8.2.x

Introduction

This document contains the release notes for SAFARI Montage v8.2. Please note that this version has several server requirements that must be met before updating:

• Servers updating to SAFARI Montage v8.x and later require that SSL be configured to support third party integrations, and LTI Consumer Tools must use HTTPS when configuring the LTI Launch URL
• Servers updating to SAFARI Montage v8.0 and later require FreeBSD v9.1 or later OS drives
• Servers updating from SAFARI Montage v7.2 or earlier will require an intermediate update to SAFARI Montage v7.5.13
• Servers updating from SAFARI Montage v4.x or earlier will require a new OS drive and may require increased RAM or a new server

Please contact SAFARI Montage Technical Support (1-800-782-7230) regarding SAFARI Montage v8.2 update options.

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New In This Release

• COVID-19 Resources
• All SAFARI Montage users now have access to curated content on the current global health crisis, including links to videos promoting health and safety best practices and resources to support the transition to remote online learning
• The COVID-19 Dashboard Icon is enabled by default, and can be managed or disabled by administrators from the Customize Dashboard page
• Learning Object Repository (LOR) Enhancements
• Added support for integrating Zoom with SAFARI Montage
• Provides one click access to schedule, join and view previous Zoom meetings, and automatically saves Zoom meeting cloud recordings to the SAFARI Montage Learning Object Repository
• Once saved, meeting recordings are available via My Files, and can be easily managed and shared as learning objects
• For Zoom recordings produced with the automated transcription option, transcripts are imported and converted to closed captions in the LOR
• Updated the SAFARI Montage Basics Training to cover features and updates introduced in version 7.5 and greater
• New topics include the Canvas, G Suite for Education, Microsoft 365, and Schoology integrations
• Added a District Playlists Dashboard Icon
• Admins are now able to provide one-click access to district created playlists via a new dashboard icon leading directly to the district's playlist directory
• Added an option to allow administrators to set a minimum user type that is allowed to upload YouTube web links
• This setting can be found under WAN Manager > Schools > Edit and can be set on a per-school basis
• Added the Publisher column to the Common Cartridge Management page under Learning Object Repository > Common Cartridges, allowing administrators at-a-glance knowledge of which Custom Publisher a cartridge has been associated with
• Added Publisher Name, External (Vendor) ID, Cartridge Name, and Cartridge Sourced ID columns to the Bulk Metadata CSV export
• LOR Lesson Presenter (LLP) Enhancements
• Added the ability to attach document or web link learning object to each level of an LLP Lesson including a: Course Plan, Unit Plan, Chapter Plan, and Lesson Plan
• Video Streaming Library Enhancements
• Added the Streamable Learning Recorded and Live Virtual Field Trips package (requires purchase)
• Includes 190+ recorded field trips with enhanced metadata and standards correlations along with SSO access to 450+ live field trips offered each school year
• Web Browser Support
• Support for the following web browser types:

• Operating System	Microsoft® Edge®	Microsoft® Internet Explorer®	Chrome®	Apple® Safari®	Firefox™
  Microsoft Windows® 10 (Desktop Mode)	83.0 or greater	11.0	83.0 or greater	N/A	77.0 or greater
  Apple Mac OS® X 10.13 or greater	N/A	N/A	83.0 or greater	13.1 or greater	77.0 or greater
  iOS 13.3.1	N/A	N/A	83.0 or greater	13.1 or greater	N/A
  iPad OS 13.3.1	N/A	N/A	83.0 or greater	13.1 or greater	N/A
  Android 9 (Pie)	N/A	N/A	83.0 or greater	N/A	N/A

SAFARI Montage Media Player

• SAFARI Montage Media Player v7.0.10 (Microsoft^® Windows^® 10)

Network Requirements

• Minimum 100Mbps Full Duplex Wired Ethernet

SAFARI Montage Applications

• SAFARI Montage Media Player
• Version 7.0.10 (Microsoft^® Windows^® 10)
• Required for:
• Selective Video Streaming (SVS) multicast streaming support in browser
• Playback of packaged content at bitrates greater than 300Kbps on content drives prior to SuperSet 32
• Requires:
• Browser support for NPAPI plugins:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
• VideoLAN (VLC) Media Player 32-Bit
• SAFARI Montage Chrome Browser Extension
• Version 1.0.8 available in the Chrome Web Store
• More information
• Lecture Capture Client
• Requires version 1.0.57 or greater

Third-Party Applications

Additional software maybe required to create or view certain LOR content.

• VideoLAN (VLC) Media Player
• The SAFARI Montage Media Player is compatible with the use of the VideoLAN VLC media player for live stream and Video on Demand (VOD) playback
• Version 3.0.8 32-bit (Windows 10)
• Sun^® Java^®
• Java is available as an alternative method to upload media files and update ISO files if HTML5 uploads are unavailable, and is required for bulk CreationStation uploads
• Version 8 or greater
• Adobe^® Flash^® Player 18 or later
• Adobe Flash is required to support any user-uploaded interactive content in .SWF format
• Version 18
• Software clients for the associated file types
• SMART Notebook^® software / SMART Notebook Interactive Viewer software - .NOTEBOOK / .NBK
• Promethean^® ActivInspire^® / ActiveStudio^® / Flipchart Viewer - .FLIPCHART / .FLP / .AS3A
• Hitachi^® StarBoard^® - .YAR
• eInstruction^® Workspace^™ - .GWB
• Egan^® TeamBoard^® - .TMB
• Mayer-Johnson^® Boardmaker^® - .BM2
• Clear Touch Interactive^® EasiNote^® - .ENB
• Microsoft Office / Office Vewiers - .DOC/.DOCX, .XLS/.XLSX, .PPT/.PPTX
• OpenOffice.org^® - .SDW/.ODT, .SDC/.ODS, .SDD/.ODP, .ODG; .ODF, .SDP
• Apple iWork^® - .PAGES, .NUMBERS, .KEY
• Adobe Acrobat Reader - .PDF
• eBook Reader - .MOBI, .LIT, .EPUB
• Interactive Whiteboard Integration - supported software versions
• SMART Notebook Software / Notebook Interactive Viewer - v 9.5 or greater
• Promethean ActivInspire (v 1.5 or greater) / ActiveStudio (v 2.5 or greater) / Flipchart Viewer
• StarBoard (v 8.11 or greater) / StarBoard LE - Viewer Only (v 3.0 or greater) / StarBoard for OS X (v 9.2 or greater)
• eInstruction Workspace for Windows (v 8.90 or greater) / eInstruction Workspace for OS X (v 5.10 or greater)
• Egan TeamBoard Draw v3 or greater
• Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker (v6 or greater) / Boardmaker Studio (v14 or greater)
• Clear Touch Interactive EasiNote v 3.1 or greater
• VivEd 3D Science
• Requires:
• Graphics card support for Web GL 2.0 (OpenGL ES 3.0)
• One of the following web browser types:

• Operating System	Microsoft® Edge®	Chrome®	Apple® Safari®	Firefox™
  Microsoft Windows® 10	83.0 or greater	83.0 or greater	N/A	77.0 or greater
  Apple Mac OS® X 10.13 or greater	N/A	83.0 or greater	13.1 or greater	77.0 or greater
  Chrome OS	N/A	83.0 or greater	N/A	N/A
  iOS 13.3.1	N/A	83.0 or greater	13.1 or greater	N/A
  iPad OS 13.3.1	N/A	83.0 or greater	13.1 or greater	N/A
  Android 9 (Pie)	N/A	83.0 or greater	N/A	N/A

Special Considerations for your SAFARI Montage Environment

• SAFARI Montage Endpoints
• SAFARI Montage Endpoints must be configured to use the host name of the SAFARI Montage server in version 8.0 or later. Using an IP address in 8.0 or later will result in a security error displaying on the Endpoint.
• Lecture Capture
• Lecture Capture recordings do not support ABR conversion. The SAFARI Montage Auto-Converter must be configured to enable "Convert to H.264 MP4s:" if the "Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR)" auto-conversion option is enabled.
• Classroom Media Contollers (CMCs)/KIOSKs
• CMCs and KIOSKs do not support playback of ABR video and require that the SAFARI Montage Auto-Converter be configured to enable "Convert to H.264 MP4s:" if the "Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR)" auto-conversion option is enabled and requires SuperSet 37 or earlier content drives for playback of packaged content
• SupeTube
• SupeTube requires that the SAFARI Montage Auto-Converter be configured to enable "Convert to H.264 MP4s:" if the "Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR)" auto-conversion option is enabled

Instructions For Updating SAFARI Montage to v8.2.x

Please read these instructions in their entirety before you begin:

• These instructions and all related documents are available online at http://www.safarimontage.com/support
• It is important that you review the SAFARI Montage 8.2.x Release Notes available online, as these may include Known Issues that you should understand before running the upgrade
• Review the SAFARI Montage 8.2.x System Requirements, which include important information that will ensure your environment meets all requirements
• Allow for time to back up your system in your update planning
• No one should use the SAFARI Montage System during the update process, so please perform this update during off-hours.
• For customers utilizing the SAFARI Montage Media Player, we recommend you update all client computers to the current version of the SAFARI Montage Media Player prior to running the server update. Not doing so will result in all users receiving an alert upon logging in to SAFARI Montage instructing them to update the player. Administrators can suppress this notification in the following location: Admin > Settings > System > Alert to Install SAFARI Montage Media Player. The latest version of the player is available for download at http://www.safarimontage.com/support
• If monitoring the update from the console, be aware that the system may appear to be inactive at certain times during the upgrade. This does not mean that the upgrade has stopped.
• Review any questions with Technical Support in advance. Please note that SAFARI Montage Technical Support is available Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time and they may be contacted by telephone at 800-782-7230 or online via http://www.safarimontage.com/support

Requirements

• An email from SAFARI Montage containing a link to download the update ISO
• FreeBSD v9.1 or later OS drives

Please note the following version-specific requirements before starting the update process:

• Servers updating from SAFARI Montage v7.2 or earlier will require an intermediate update to SAFARI Montage v7.5.13
• Servers updating from SAFARI Montage v4.x or earlier will require a new OS drive and may require increased RAM or a new server

WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO APPLY THIS UPDATE IF YOUR SYSTEM DOES NOT MEET THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS. DO NOT INTERRUPT THE UPDATE IN ANY WAY OR POWER OFF THE SERVER AT ANY TIME DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS OR DATABASE OPTIMIZATION. DOING SO WILL RENDER YOUR SERVER INOPERABLE.

Download and Upgrade Instructions:

1. Back up your SAFARI Montage system via the Administration tools:
1. Navigate to Admin > Data Recovery > Backup
2. Perform a full backup:
• Set Type to Data & User Content and select to either keep or overwrite the previous backup
2. Download upgrade media (ISO) using the link provided in the email from SAFARI Montage
3. Upload the ISO file to the SAFARI Montage system via the Administration tools:
1. Navigate to Admin > Tools > Software Update History
2. Click on the Upload an ISO image of the update and install link
3. Browse to the location of the ISO file downloaded in Step 2 and click on Open

The ISO will begin uploading to the server. Once the upload is complete, the upgrade will begin and will take approximately one to two hours, after which the server will reboot.

If you are running WAN Manager with Expansion Server(s):

1. The Expansion Controller must be upgraded first. See Upgrade Instructions above.
2. Once the Expansion Controller has been upgraded, it will automatically push the upgrade to all of the Expansion Servers. The progress of the upgrade can be viewed by navigating to Admin > Expansion Server > Expansion Servers.

If you are running WAN Manager with Remote School Server(s):

1. The WAN Manager Parent server must be upgraded first. See Upgrade Instructions above.
2. Once the upgrade is completed on the WAN Manager Parent server, you will be able to automatically 'push' the upgrade to the Remote School Servers, thereby eliminating the need to upgrade them separately on-site
1. Navigate to Admin > WAN Manager > Remote School Servers
2. Either check 'Remote update all servers', which will update five servers at a time until they have all been upgraded, or select individual servers to be upgraded by checking the box next to the server name.

Total time to upgrade all expansion and/or remote school servers will depend upon the total number of servers and available bandwidth. The upgrade will be downloaded to each remote server, where the upgrade process will run automatically and can take several hours to complete. If 'Remote update all servers' is selected, servers will be processed in groups of five, and upgrades will run concurrently on each group of remote servers.

~ THIS COMPLETES THE SERVER UPDATE PROCESS. PLEASE TEST FROM A CLIENT BROWSER. ~