Features, Improvements, and Fixes

Oct 16, 2026

These Release Notes contain a summary of the changes made for the Oct 16, 2026 release of EchoExam. For changes made in previous deployments, visit the Deployment Notes section of our Knowledge Base or contact support@echo360.com.

New Features

Superscript and Subscript in Answer Boxes

Instructors and learners can now use superscript and subscript formatting in supported EchoExam answer boxes, making it easier to enter academic, scientific, and technical notation accurately.

Improvements

Accessibility Improvements

This release includes accessibility remediation work to better support WCAG 2.2 AA expectations across EchoExam. Improvements focused on reducing accessibility barriers for admins, instructors, and learners, including support for assistive technologies, accessible interaction patterns, labels, contrast, focus handling, and keyboard navigation.

400% Zoom and Reflow Support

EchoExam pages have been improved to support 400% zoom and narrow viewport reflow across instructor, administrator, and publisher workflows. Updates targeted key areas such as course pages, reports, library pages, and narrative editing so users with low vision can access content without unnecessary horizontal scrolling.

Print Layout for Matching Questions

Printed matching questions now align the answer choice bank farther to the right within the printable content boundary. This improves the printed exam layout while preserving answer blanks, question numbers, and question text.  This is limited to Abeka printing template only.

Faster, smoother page loading

We improved the initial loading experience so pages feel faster and more responsive from the start.

Fixes

General bug fixes and performance improvements to enhance overall reliability, stability, and user experience.