Jul 19, 2016 | Software Updates
We’ve release another update to Qwizdom OKTOPUS, ready for download right now! This release will make two textbox improvements: formatting selected text rather than the whole textbox, and adding in improved hyperlink support. We’ve also fixed some issues...
Jun 30, 2016 | Software Updates
A new version of Qwizdom OKTOPUS is now available to download! We’re really excited to tell you that we’ve implemented our new clear screen options and our new textbox controls. (See the change log for links later in this post). We’ve also sorted out...
Jun 1, 2016 | Community Feedback
We’ve received some excellent feedback and new ideas for our “clear screen” functionality. Currently, we have one button to clear the screen, but we are going to add two more options as our users have requested: A way to clear annotations only A way...
May 13, 2016 | Software Updates
Another new version of OKTOPUS is available for download! We’ve implemented the ability to hide unnecessary toolsets. To do this, expand the toolbar to Aerial View and click the toolset title. It will grey-out the column. Click it again to mark it active. Now,...
Apr 30, 2016 | Community Feedback
As you are probably aware, OKTOPUS has several toolsets available to choose from: Standard Tools, Maths, Literacy, Geography, Science, and Polling. But in secondary and grammar schools, a lot of teachers just need one or two of these toolsets to be available. So, for...
Mar 29, 2016 | Software Updates
Today we’ve release version 4.4.37. This update brings in support for 4K / UHD screens. We’ve re-jigged our interface and have built it specifically with 4K screens in mind. You can be sure of a pixel-perfect display for your 4K content with OKTOPUS....
Mar 16, 2016 | Community Feedback
Recently we received a really important piece of feedback about our software, which is our choice of font. It is generally well received as it is clear and easy to read, but there are two areas where it doesn’t make sense for primary school teachers: our numbers...
Mar 4, 2016 | Software Updates
It’s been 5 months since our last update, but we think this one was worth waiting for. Many thanks to our users for the requests they have sent in to us. We’ve successfully implemented the Open Recent feature, as well as a way to split your screen to...
Jan 6, 2016 | Community Feedback
Welcome to 2016! We would like to extend our sincere thanks to our community who have taken OKTOPUS in their stride on our first year together. It’s not easy to move away from whiteboard software (especially if it’s all you’ve known) but we hope that...
Nov 6, 2015 | Software Updates
Version 4.4.31 is now available for download! Based on previous user feedback, we have solved the problem when loading consecutive IWB files, and we’ve made a lot of improvements and fixed some bugs that may be an issue when prepping a lesson. We’ve added...
