Product updates for Hoopla

When to use this

Use this article to find summaries of features released to Hoopla (formerly Hoopla) by month and year. This is a historical reference for customers catching up on release notes.

Recent releases

February 2020

• New Race Layout with updated visual design

January 2020

• Recurring Races: schedule races to repeat automatically at defined intervals

November 2019

• Activity Feed Filter: Admins and Team Admins can filter activities by User in the Activity Feed

October 2019

• Save As for Leaderboards, Metric Newsflashes, and Streaming Newsflashes: create a copy of existing content

July 2019

• Post/Message Step Templates: reusable templates for common messages
• User Alias: customize how user names display

June 2019

• YouTube User Transition Videos in Profile: upload custom transition videos hosted on YouTube

March 2019

• Time Metric: track time-based performance indicators

January 2019

• Dashboards: consolidated view of key performance indicators
• Priority Cards: highlight high-priority items on dashboards

December 2018

• Team Admin: delegate channel management to team leads

November 2018

• Challenge Center Updates: view completed Challenge stats for up to seven days

October 2018

• Battle: head-to-head competition between players

September 2018

• Race: time-bound competition with multiple participants

July 2018

• Broadcast YouTube Videos: autoplay support in Webpage step
• Alignment for Data Tables: customize column alignment in Edit Column Display

June 2018

• Notifications: receive alerts when someone comments on or likes your Activity Feed items

May 2018

• Bar Graph Leaderboard: display up to 40 players (4 per slide) in bar graph format

April 2018

• Badges: reward achievements with visual recognition
• Tournaments: bracket-style competitions

March 2018

• Report Syncing: set specific time windows for data integration API syncing
• Activity Feed Refresh: see activity details without clicking into each item; like and comment directly
• Copy Channel: duplicate a channel and convert it into a Reusable Segment

February 2018

• Calendar Event Step: display upcoming events on your channel

January 2018

• Content Management Hub: centrally manage assets and tags
• Leaderboard Insights for Multiboard Leaderboards: performance analytics
• Metric & Leaderboard Links: navigate between related metrics and leaderboards

December 2017

• New Admin Experience: redesigned Configure tab with collapsible sidebar and consolidated content groups
• New Faceoffs Hub: manage all active and future Faceoffs from one view
• Activity Tab Filtering: filter by Newsflashes, Faceoffs, Insights, or any combination

November 2017

• Profile Leaderboard Enhancements: display multiple top players, not just the first
• Excel Online Integration (Beta): map data between Excel Online and Hoopla, including Data Tables

October 2017

• Faceoffs under 24 Hours: Admin-initiated and Player-initiated competitions
• New Insight: Overall Improvement tracking
• Configuration renamed to Configure
• Salesforce Report Wizard for Metric Step: create gauge or progress bar from Salesforce reports
• Metric Step Gauge option: new visual display for metrics

September 2017

• Zapier Integration: pull data from hundreds of apps into Hoopla via Zapier
• Data Tables: display sorted lists of data on TV Channels
• Metric Step & Progress Bar: renamed Number Step with new Progress Bar display type
• Map Salesforce Reports to Team/Generic Metrics: direct mapping from Salesforce configuration page
• Settings moved to Profile dropdown; Uploads moved to Metrics tile; Leaderboards renamed Rankings

August 2017

• Watch Channels: view Channels from the “Watch Channels” tab as a Watcher
• Embedded Reports renamed Data Tables; Devices renamed TV Displays
• Salesforce Report Wizards: step-by-step flows to create Leaderboards or Data Tables from Salesforce reports
• Create Metrics from Leaderboard Configuration: add metrics while configuring leaderboards

July 2017

• Leaderboard Insights: performance analytics for leaderboards
• New Default Backgrounds: fresh stock content applied automatically to new steps
• Activity Recap Duration: specify display duration for each Newsflash in Activity Recap

June 2017

• TV Refresh: redesigned look and feel for Hoopla TV
• Tips & Tricks Step: share productivity videos from industry experts
• Team Profile Customization: upload unique songs and transition videos per Team
• Auto-Calculate Team Metrics: automatic value calculation for all Teams
• Songs for Profile Leaderboards: play Player or Team songs during recognition

May 2017

• Activity Recap Filter: apply age filters to Activity Recap Step
• Motivational Quote Step: rotating motivational quotes on your channel
• Integration tiles: add and access integrations from Configuration home page
• Today Countdown: countdown to a specific time on the current day
• Hide Zeroes on Leaderboards: option to hide players or teams with zero values
• Multi-Select for Shuffle: cherry-pick images and videos to shuffle

April 2017

• Reusable Segments: centrally manage content broadcast across multiple channels
• Admin-Initiated Faceoffs: start scheduled Faceoffs between Players/Teams
• Team Faceoffs: head-to-head competition between two Teams
• Quickfire Images & Videos: attach media to Quickfire Newsflashes
• Marketing Solution Set: example Channel for Marketing departments

March 2017

• Channel Layout Improvement: consolidated “Boards” and “Extras” into one tab
• Scheduled Segments: content broadcast at specific dates and times

February 2017

• Repost Newsflashes: rebroadcast Newsflashes from the Activity Tab
• Sales Solution Set: quick-start flow for Sales Channels with users and metrics
• Auto-Logout Settings: security setting for automatic logout after inactivity
• Unfurling links in Activity Tab: display title and thumbnail for first URL in Slack and Quickfire Newsflashes

January 2017

• Slack Integration Enhancements: define Slack Patterns to trigger Newsflashes and update Metrics, with regex support
• Team & Generic Metric Newsflashes: celebrate Team or company-wide milestone achievements
• Twitter Step: display Tweets, mentions, or hashtags on your Channel
• CSV Upload for New Users: bulk-add users via spreadsheet upload

December 2016

• Shuffle: rotate Transitions and Backgrounds using content tags
• What’s New menu: view recently released features from user menu
• Link Unfurling for Slack and Quickfire Newsflashes: preview linked content with images

November 2016

• Mute checkbox for video transitions, backgrounds, and video steps
• Wider app layout for easier configuration
• New stock images and videos
• Number Step: display large metric values on your Channel

Related

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