Release notes — October 14, 2026

Highlights

  • Sessions open at their scheduled start time — Participants can now join a scheduled session only at its scheduled start time; until then, the "Join Session" button is disabled with a tooltip explaining when the session will be available. Pre-work, pre-quizzes and other materials stay available before the session, and demo rooms are not affected.
  • Instructor emails now reach TAs and collaborators — Instructor emails now also go to the TAs and collaborators on the class, so your whole teaching team stays informed.

Improvements and fixes

  • When you open a gradebook score in Insights, it can now explain that specific score, giving you more useful context on participant performance.
  • Next Slide now works as expected in solo rooms after a participant leaves and rejoins, so they can keep moving through the session.
  • Participants moved to another group now get access to their new group without extra steps, and instructors' group details load correctly after the move.

Accessibility

  • The link back to your LMS is back in the left sidebar beside Log out, with sharper logos, higher contrast, a screen reader label, a visible keyboard focus ring, and a tooltip that stays open on hover and closes with Escape.
Published
Permanent link
https://updates.breakoutlearning.com/updates/2026-10-14-release/