The most recent updates, for when you just want to know what has changed since last time.
New featureNovember 2025
Verified Consultants and Team Vocean Roles
Two new roles has been introduced - Verified Consultants and Team Vocean.These roles do not take up any license slots in your account. This means that you can now invite certified Vocean consultants and users from Vocean's employees to your account to help and support without the need for available license slots.
Everything that has happened in the platform since 2022, grouped by month. Every update has its own link you can share.
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November 2025
4 updates
New feature
Verified Consultants and Team Vocean Roles
Two new roles has been introduced - Verified Consultants and Team Vocean.These roles do not take up any license slots in your account. This means that you can now invite certified Vocean consultants and users from Vocean's employees to your account to help and support without the need for available license slots.
New feature
Easier to copy QR codes
There is now button to copy QR codes directly into clipboard.
New feature
Data export links
All Leaders now have access to create data export links to export data from activities.
Improvement
Improved participant links
Participant links now have a simpler format than before and are much shorter. Improvements have also been made so that they load faster.
October 2025
3 updates
New feature
Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Upon request, we can now enable MFA on selected users.
Improvement
Faster and more stable AI
A major change to the operation of our AI has resulted in it being almost twice as fast and more resilient to downtime.
Improvement
Separated owner from administrator role
The Owner has been renamed to Primary Administrator and is no longer considered the main contact person of your organization account. Instead, separate settings for a customer reference, called System Owner, have been added to the account’s settings page. This is also the person responsible for ensuring that the terms of use for the account are followed.
September 2025
1 update
New feature
Video files in Innovate contributions
You can now upload video files to Innovate contributions via the “Files” property type. When a contribution is opened and only one video file has been uploaded for a specific property, the video can be viewed directly without downloading.
August 2025
3 updates
New feature
New Innovate property types
Three new property types for Innovate. Yes/No, Numeric and Attached files.
Improvement
New design of members, groups and invite links pages
The pages for listing and managing members, groups and invite links has been redesigned from the ground up. New design and UX.
New feature
Link to Education center
Link to our new education center in the main navigation sidebar and help menu.
June 2025
6 updates
Improvement
Fixed tab menu scrolling
When participants scroll down past the tab menu, it now becomes fixed and stays beneath the top bar.
Improvement
Updated participant experience
The entire experience for Participants has been updated. New design and improved user experience with lots of new features.
New feature
Participant instructions
You can now configure cards of the Formatted Text type to serve as participant instructions. They will then appear for participants to view before they participate.
Improvement
Workboard renamed to Process
The concept of Workboard has been renamed to Process.
New feature
AI Summary card
A new card called AI Summary can be added to activities of the Innovate and Explore types. This card is also added automatically when an activity is created. It displays an AI generated summary of all contributions and updates itself automatically as new contributions come in. The card can also show a summary for each group and participant link that has taken part in the activity.
New feature
Copilot Summarize operation
A new Copilot AI operation called Summarize. It provides a summary of all contributions within an activity, as well as separate summaries for each group and participant link that participated. These summaries are saved and can then be viewed via the new AI Summary card.
May 2025
8 updates
New feature
Rich text card headers and descriptions
You can now set header and description on rich text cards.
Improvement
More intelligent AI models
New, more intelligent AI models.
New feature
Statistics card
A new statistics card can be added to Workboards and Activities. This card is also added automatically when creating a new Workboard or Activity.
Improvement
Remade idea list card
The non-expanded idea list card in Innovate has been completely remade. It now shows a simplified version of an idea list with pagination, displaying the newest ideas at the top.
Improvement
Widget button repositioning
Non-expanded widget buttons have been moved from the footer to the header and are now visible when you hover over the cards. This change frees up space for the card content without increasing the overall size.
Improvement
Mobile theme colors
Custom participant experience colors are now also applied to the browser theme on mobile phones.
Improvement
UX and design improvements
UX and design improvements have been made throughout, including updates to the activity list, Workboard sidebar, and new activity colors.
Improvement
Redesigned statistics component
The statistics component in the bottom left corner, visible to participants, has been fully redesigned. It features a new look and more data. If the setting "Only show results within group" is enabled, you can now browse statistics for each group. A summary of the activity for each group is also generated when this setting is used.
March 2025
6 updates
Improvement
Main sidebar navigation improvements
Design and UX improvements of the main sidebar navigation.
New feature
Create button in sidebar
A button in the main sidebar navigation for creating things.
New feature
Enhanced visibility options
More visibility options on Innovate properties. These are "Only leaders" which makes the property visible to Leaders only, and "Leaders and creators" which makes the property visible to Leaders and the Creator of the contribution.
New feature
Non-anonymity setting
Setting for non-anonymity in Innovate which makes it possible to show identities of the creators of each contribution in Innovate activities.
New feature
Draft contributions
Its now possible to save contributions as draft in Innovate. Drafts will not be visible to others, and you can come back later to finish the contribution before sutmitting it for others to see. Guest participants cannot create drafts.
New feature
Activity start and due dates
You can now set start and due date on activities. Before start date or past due date the participants will not be able to submit new contributions.
February 2025
8 updates
New feature
AI question in formatted text card
It is now possible to set an AI question in the "Formatted text" card that automatically generates content based on the linked activity's contributions.
Improvement
Improved Leader management
New improved Leader management in Activities.
New feature
Full rights for Workboard Leaders
You can now assign full rights to Leaders of a Workboard. This means they will automatically be added as Leaders for all activities within the current Workboard. When new activities are added to the Workboard, they will be assigned as Leaders automatically.
Improvement
Leaders can always participate
Leaders can now always participate in activities without needing to be added as Participants separately.
Improvement
Technical and design improvements
Technical and design improvements across the entire platform.
Improvement
Improved Participant management
New improved Participant management in Activities for Participants you add from your Space.
New feature
Full access for Workboard Participants
You can now assign full access to Participants of a Workboard. This means they will automatically be added as Participants for all activities within the current Workboard. When new activities are added to the Workboard, they will be assigned as Participants automatically. This applies to Participants you add from your Space, not from participant links.
Improvement
Simplified member addition
Personal invitations to the Space have been replaced with a simpler and more efficient way to add members directly. Members are now added to the Space immediately with the status "Invited." This allows you to start managing the member right after sending the invitation, such as assigning roles, adding them to groups and activities, etc., without having to wait for them to accept the invitation and join the Space first.
December 2024
1 update
New feature
Profile picture upload
Logged in users can now upload a profile picture. The profile picture is visible to other members in the Spaces you are a member.
November 2024
6 updates
New feature
Workboard AI reports
You can now generate AI reports for entire Workboards. You select which activities to be included in the report.
New feature
Cover page for AI reports
When generating AI reports you will now get a separate cover page with display image, title, organisation name and date.
New feature
Creation date for ideas
Added the option to show creation date of ideas in innovate list.
New feature
Filter by creation date
Added the option to filter for creation date of ideas (from and to) in innovate list.
Improvement
Matrix card arrows
Arrows have been added to the Innovate matrix card to clarify axis value direction.
New feature
Hide quadrant plot lines
Quadrant plot lines can now be hidden in the Innovate matrix card.
October 2024
5 updates
Milestone
New Participant Experience
We've launched a completely redesigned and optimized participant experience, with a focus on the participant, independent of the Leader views. The previous experience remains active for existing customers. Over the next few weeks, we will ensure that everyone transitions to the new experience.
New feature
Search activities within workboards
You can now search for activities within workboards when searching for activities in the activity list.
Improvement
Design improvements
Several design improvements.
Improvement
Improved AI model
Improved AI model.
New feature
Pin activities
Admins can now pin activities within their space, making them appear at the top of the activity list for all participants. Additionally, there is a new option in the space settings that allows all leaders, not just admins, to pin activities.
September 2024
12 updates
New feature
Category view in Innovate
Category view in Innovate with an overview of all categories in the activity. This feature is enabled via the "All Contributions" card settings.
New feature
Multiple idea lists side by side
Ability to display multiple idea lists side by side, one per selected category. This feature is enabled via the "All Contributions" card settings.
New feature
Drag and drop between categories
Drag and drop ideas between category lists and the category view in Innovate's "All Contributions" card when the categorization view is enabled.
New feature
Drag and drop to other activities
Drag and drop ideas from the idea list in Innovate and other activities in the Workboard sidebar menu to copy ideas to other activities.
New feature
Direct categorization
Click on ideas and categorize them directly in the idea menu that appears.
New feature
Bulk categorization
Categorize multiple ideas at once via the selection menu in the "All Contributions" card.
New feature
Minimized category card
New minimized card featuring top categories, displayed when the categorization view is enabled on the "All Contributions" card in Innovate.
New feature
Categorize card
New card that can be added via "Add Card" in Innovate. The new card is called "Categorize" and adds the "All Contributions" card but with the categorization settings enabled.
New feature
Categorization permissions
Innovate activities now have the setting "Categorization by," which determines who is allowed to categorize contributions. You can choose either "Leaders and Participants" as before, or "Leaders" to allow only Leaders to categorize contributions.
New feature
Automatic AI categorization
If the Space has the AI Categorization license add-on, the setting "Automatic categorization of contributions via Vocean Copilot" is now available for Innovate activities. If this setting is enabled, Vocean Copilot will automatically assign categories to new contributions that are created.
New feature
AI category suggestions
Categories suggested for contributions by Vocean Copilot will be marked with an AI icon, and these can be confirmed by a user when editing the contribution by clicking on the AI icon on the category.
New feature
Categorize Contributions feature
Vocean Copilot now has the "Categorize Contributions" feature, which makes it possible to automatically categorize selected or all contributions within an activity. This feature can be found in the AI panel as well as in the "Contributions List" card under the "AI" button at the top.
June 2024
3 updates
Improvement
Improved activity header
New improved activity header with more functionalities and design options.
Improvement
New activity menu
We have moved all Leader activity functions to a brand new activity menu above the activity header. All Leader functions for facilitating the activity are now gathered here in one place. The Leader cards on the dashboard itself have therefore been removed.
Improvement
Ask Vocean Copilot accessibility
The "Ask Vocean Copilot" AI feature is now easily accessible from a text field directly above the activity header in Innovate activities.
May 2024
5 updates
Improvement
Faster AI model
Vocean Copilot AI updated to a faster and more intelligent AI model.
New feature
Norwegian translation
The platform is now translated into Norwegian.
Improvement
Explore cards redesign
Explore cards have been redesigned to better show which question the card relates to.
Improvement
Dynamic card management
Cards are now created or removed when questions are created or removed to an Explore activity.
Improvement
General UX fixes
General UX fixes.
April 2024
6 updates
Improvement
Category management design
New improved design/UX for managing categories on ideas.
New feature
Override Category phrase
You can now override the phrase "Category" in Innovate activities. This means you can change "category" to any phrase you prefer. For example, "Theme", "Project", "Area", "Department", etc.
New feature
Rename related cards
Leaders are now asked if they want to rename related cards when renaming a question for an existing Explore activity. This prevents card headings from being out of sync with questions after editing their texts.
New feature
Same tab links
You can now create links in formatted text editors (formatted text widgets or idea properties of type formatted text) that target the current browser tab. Previously, links only opened in new browser tabs. This means that you can now, for example, create links between different activities and participant links.
New feature
Manual contribution moderation
Manual contribution moderation for Innovate activities.
New feature
AI-powered moderation
AI-powered early-warning contribution moderation for Innovate activities.
March 2024
4 updates
New feature
Parent Spaces
A Space can be set as parent Space for customers that have multiple Spaces.
Improvement
Ask Vocean renamed
The operation called "Any question" in Vocean Copilot is now renamed to "Ask Vocean".
Improvement
Explore performance improvements
Big performance improvements for Explore when having thousands of participants.
New feature
Google reCAPTCHA protection
Google reCAPTCHA is now protecting the platform.
February 2024
7 updates
New feature
AI summary for long text
An AI summary will be generated for long values on Innovate idea properties of type text and formatted text. The summary can be found next to the heading of the idea property after opening an idea.
New feature
Copy templates without being creator
You can now copy templates without being the creator of the template. You do this by clicking a template in the list of templates and then clicking the copy button in the pop-up dialog. This only applies to templates that are restricted within your network.
New feature
Change template administrator
You can now change the administrator for templates. To do this, click a template in the list of templates, then click the settings button in the pop-up dialog, then click the Change Admin button. This only applies to templates that are restricted within your network and you are the current template administrator.
Improvement
Workboard deletion cascading
Now, when you finish or delete a Workboard, all its activities are also finished or deleted at the same time. Therefore, you no longer need to first finish or delete all activities before you can finish or delete the Workboard itself.
New feature
Close Workboard directly
You can now close and delete the Workboard directly via the Workboard menu in the same way you previously could with its activities.
New feature
Override activity phrase
You can now override the phrase activity/activities in Workboards. This means you can change "activity" to any term you prefer. For example, "Section", "Phase", "Question", "Lecture", etc.
New feature
Hide follow activity buttons
You can now choose to hide the follow activity buttons in activities. Doing this also hides the leader's functions for sending messages to those who follow.
January 2024
12 updates
Improvement
Enhanced AI reports
AI-reports, analysis of contributions and gap analysis now takes contribution properties (sliders, text and formatted text) and categories into consideration.
Improvement
Improved Improve activity function
The "Improve activity" function in Vocean CoPilot has been improved.
New feature
Any question function
New function for Innovate in Vocean CoPilot called "Any question" that allows you to prompt the AI freely with the activity and its contributions as context.
Improvement
WCAG AAA compliance
WCAG AAA compliance has been implemented for the participation-mode of all activities. This ensures better standards of usage for people with people with impaired vision for example.
Improvement
Innovate participation form
The participation form for Innovate is now opened in an expanded card like participate for the other activity types.
New feature
Select link when embedding
It's now possible to select a link when embedding an activity card.
New feature
Select all contributions button
There is now a button to Select all contributions in Explore text question result cards.
Improvement
Gap Analysis group limit increased
The limit for how many groups you can include in an AI Gap Analysis has been increased from 3 to 5.
Improvement
Advanced AI model
We have switched to a more advanced AI model, which gives better quality to all answers from Vocean Copilot.
Improvement
Redesigned AI Report generation
The Generate AI Report feature for Innovate and Explore has been redesigned from the ground up. The reports will be twice as long with much better content.
New feature
Choose report language
You can now choose which language the report should be written in when generating an AI report.
Improvement
Improved select all functionality
Easier to select all and deselect all in the idea list. Now when you select all, only those included in the current filter are selected instead of all ideas in the entire activity. This makes it easy to, for example, select all ideas with a certain category by filtering on that category and then clicking select all.
December 2023
7 updates
New feature
Create participation cards
It is now possible to create, move and configure participation cards for all activities.
Milestone
Present activity type
A new activity type called Present! The Present-activity can show data from multiple other activities within the platform. You can include the results from digital workshops, collaboration sessions, and other activities to create comprehensive presentations that provide a clear overview and understanding of the progress made. Present is a user-friendly and intuitive method for collecting, analyzing and presenting data, making decision-making faster and more informed. With this tool, you can measure the effects of your organization's activities and make evidence-based decisions. For this new type of activity, we have a lot more features we plan to add in the near future so keep your eyes open.
New feature
Print functionality
All activity views have been adapted for print, print either via the browser's print function or via the new print button in the activity header.
New feature
Full width expanded cards
New setting on activity cards to always display them expanded in full width.
New feature
Formatted Text card
New "Formatted Text" card is now available on all activities. Leaders can use this to write documentation, instructions, embed images, links, etc on a workboard or activity.
New feature
Add card from activity
On the new activity type "Present" and on Workboards, you can now select "Add card from activity…" when adding a card. Then you can add cards that link to completely different activities, both within the same Workboard but also outside.
Improvement
Prioritize result card settings
The Prioritize result card now has settings like other result cards.
November 2023
6 updates
Milestone
Category-library launch
Category-library is launched. All categories that are added to activities are also added to the organization's category-library. The same category can therefore be used in several activities instead of creating duplicates for each activity. This means that categories are elevated from the activity level to the organizational level. This opens up great possibilities for the future, such as category analysis and statistics for the entire organization. You can now see how many activities and contributions each category is used on throughout the organization. Categories can be created just as before when creating activities or through contributions, but now also in advance through the category-library if you prefer. The category-library can be found through the organization's settings and can be managed by the organization's administrators.
New feature
Categories when moving contributions
Categories are now included when you move contributions between activities.
New feature
Idea action menu
Now when clicking an idea in the list of ideas in Innovate activities a new menu appears where you can take action on the clicked idea. The actions you can choose from the menu are open, edit, select, deselect, like, copy to another activity and delete the idea.
New feature
Select all ideas button
There is now a button for selecting all ideas and deselecting all ideas in the list of ideas in Innovate activities.
New feature
External participant notification
As a Leader you can now see directly in the activity dashboard if there are external participants (participant link users) that are following the activity. There is a red notification circle on the megaphone button in the top right corner of the screen if someone is following.
Improvement
UX and design improvements
Several UX and design improvements.
September 2023
5 updates
New feature
Follow activities and messaging
Follow activities and send messages to followers. Guest participants (activity link users) can now follow activities by entering their email. Leaders can then send messages to the guests and also to participants from their Vocean place. Currently available messages include "New activity available", "Participation reminder", "Results available" and "Thank for participation".
Improvement
Vocean Copilot improvements
Vocean Copilot improvements. Improved actions include "Improve activity" and "Find duplicates". Another improvement is a decent increase in the number of contributions it can analyze.
Improvement
General design improvements
General design improvements.
Improvement
New participate cards
New participate cards with improved user experience and design.
New feature
Progress bars
Progress bars that show progress when participating in activities and workboards.
August 2023
5 updates
New feature
Export AI results to Word
You can now export AI results to Word documents (docx). Export reports and other texts generated by Vocean Copilot to Word documents with just one click. The documents are downloaded to your device for you to keep and modify.
New feature
Join by code
Join by code! A new way to join activities. On activity links you can now enable "Code". It's a 6-character code that your attendees can use to join via that activity link. The code is entered via vocean.com/join to join.
Improvement
Updated floating panels
Activity links Floating panels has been updated. Better design and more features, including possibility to show the 6-character code that can be used to join.
New feature
Delete personal invites
You can now delete personal invites.
Improvement
General design improvements
General design improvements.
July 2023
6 updates
Improvement
Smoother participant link handling
Smoother handling of participant links. Now you can manage participant links directly in the sidebar of the workboard.
New feature
Quick buttons for activity links
Quick buttons when managing which activities activity links are connected to. Quickly select or deselect all activities, or quickly change the link towards the next or previous activity.
Improvement
Improved sidebar appearance
Improved appearance of the sidebar for the workboard, as well as inside the expanded "Manage links" card.
Improvement
Better guidance for workboards
Better guidance when you have created a workboard for how to add activities, create links and invite participants.
Improvement
Real-time activity link management
Management of the activity links is now updated in real time for other leaders.
New feature
Activity link user tracking
The number of users of activity links is now directly visible on the links and can be tracked in real time.
June 2023
1 update
New feature
Presentation mode settings
You can now display the activity heading, description, and image while in presentation mode of a card. To do so, simply access the top of the card during presentation mode where you will find a button titled "Presentation Settings." Here, you can choose to hide or show the activity heading, depending on your preference.
May 2023
4 updates
New feature
Folders in activity list
Folders in the activity list. You can now create folders on the activities page to strucutre all your activities in your organisation.
New feature
Enhanced word cloud visualization
More ways to visualize data in the Innovate word cloud. You can now choose to show key phrases, all words, the full texts of the contributions or categories in the word cloud.
Improvement
Easier activity link management
Easier management of activity links. Each activity link now has their own dropdown where you select which activities they have access to.
New feature
License management page
New page where Space admins view their licenses. See how many licenses you have, how many that are currently in use, and the renewal date. On this page you can also request to upgrade your number of licenses. The page can be accessed by Space admins through the left sidebar.
April 2023
5 updates
New feature
Embed and link to cards
Embed and link directly to cards. In the headers of expanded cards you will now find a link button where you can find an embed code or direct link to the card. Login and access to the activity is required for people viewing the embed or link.
New feature
Email notifications by category
Setting in Innovate activities to send notifications to specific email addresses. You can also filter by category, so that a specific email only receives notifications about contributions with selected categories.
New feature
Group filter for participants
Group filter when managing participants in activities. Also buttons for adding or removing all members to an activity with one click.
New feature
Activity list filters
Filters in activity list. Filter by activity type and your role in the activities.
Improvement
Minor updates and improvements
Several minor updates and improvements.
March 2023
10 updates
Improvement
Activity info in contribution popup
Activity heading, description and image is now shown in the popup where you create new Innovate contributions.
New feature
Contribution count on thank you page
After creating new Innovate contributions on the "Thank you" page you can now see how many contributions you have submitted and how many the minimum/maximum numbers of contributions are in the activity.
New feature
Slider intervals setting
There is now a new setting in the Explore slider widget where you can choose to show intervals above each section on the slider.
New feature
Image upload to contributions
It is now possible to paste and upload images to innovate contributions via rich text properties.
New feature
Text size in presentation mode
You can now change the size of texts in presentation mode. After expanding a card, click the presentation mode button, then a text size setting button will appear among the other buttons in the card header.
New feature
Mobile real-time notifications
Participants that are using mobile phone to participate are now notified in realtime when a new activity is added to the workboard that they have access to.
Improvement
Scale question type separation
Scale question type is now its own question type in Explore, instead of being a setting on Multiple options questions.
New feature
Slideshow functionality
Slideshow functionality in expanded cards while in presentation mode. You can now use previous/next buttons to go to the previous or next card while in presentation mode.
New feature
Word cloud contributions list
You can now show a list of all contributions in the expanded word cloud card in Innovate. There is a button in the card header that toggles the visibility of a list of all contributions next to the word cloud.
Improvement
Word cloud sorting by likes
The list of contributions in the Innovate word cloud card that appears when clicking a word is now sorted by likes with the most liked item in the top.
February 2023
14 updates
Improvement
Vote renamed to Prioritize
Name of the Vote activity changed name to Prioritize.
New feature
Filter on result links
Filter on result links. There is now a setting on activity result links where you can select groups and/or participant links. When using a result link with a filter, all results will be filtered to only show responses from participants in the selected groups/participant links.
Improvement
Improved filter dropdown
The new improved filter dropdown menu used in Explore cards is now added to Innovate and Vote cards too.
New feature
More idea property types
More ways to enrich ideas. Previously, idea properties could only be of the Slider type. Now we're adding more types of properties and the ability to have an unlimited number of properties. The new types of properties are text and rich text. Rich text is an advanced text editor which provides lots of new opportunities to enrich ideas.
Improvement
New idea creation flow
New flow for creating ideas. More focus on the idea and a larger surface with more possibilities.
Improvement
Everyone's contributions cards
Your-contributions cards are replaced with everyone's-contributions cards filtered to show only your contributions. Provides the same powerful filtering/sorting options etc. as your contributions.
New feature
Change Innovate settings after contributions
Be able to change Innovate settings after contributions have been received, including changing properties.
New feature
Move contributions to Explore
Be able to move contributions (ideas and voting options) to new Explore activities.
Improvement
More predefined scales
More predefined scales in Explore, as well as improvements (tooltips that show the steps of the scales and clearer names for the different scales).
New feature
Contribution editing permissions
Be able to set who can edit contributions in Innovera (Everyone or the contribution's Creator and Leader). Makes it possible to allow everyone to edit everyone's contributions which takes the opportunities to co-create to a new level.
New feature
Add contributions in everyone's card
You can now add new contributions in the everyone's-contributions card in Innovate.
New feature
Scale calculations result card
New result card in Explore to show different types of calculations for selected scale questions. You can select questions of type multiple options with scale activated. Show calculations such as average, median, standard deviation, number of positive answers etc.
New feature
Property display settings
You can now choose for each property in Innovate whether it should be displayed or not – or only later when enriching contributions. This property can be changed later. This is useful for example if you want to focus on different properties at different times during the process.
New feature
Floating panels for activity links
A floating panel for activity links. You can now open up floating panels for result and participation links. These panels contains the QR-code in different sizes and also a button for copying the link. You can open several floating panels from different workboards and activities and move them around on the screen and they are persistent throughout the session when navigating through the platform.
January 2023
5 updates
New feature
Drag and drop card reordering
You can now drag and drop cards in activities to change their order. You can do this while in edit mode of an activity. To enter edit mode click the edit button in the top right corner of the screen while inside an activity.
Improvement
All Leaders can manage all cards
All Leaders of an activity can now view and manage all cards of that activity, not just the cards that has been added by themself.
New feature
Minimum responses privacy setting
Minimum number of responses privacy setting in Explore. When this setting is applied, the specified number of responses is required before results are displayed or exportable. This is to reinforce the level of anonymity for the participants and is strongly recommended in activities where sensitive questions are applied, for example in employee surveys. This setting will limit the possibility to make correlations between the questions, to prevent an individual from being identified based on the answers. Participants are notified when this setting is enabled.
New feature
Question correlation filters
Question correlation filters in Explore. You can now filter the result of Explore questions by answers from other questions. You can filter using answers from questions of the types yes/no and multiple options.
Improvement
Technical improvements
Technical improvements.
December 2022
10 updates
Improvement
Survey renamed to Explore
Name of Survey activity changed to Explore.
Improvement
Improved question adding flow
New improved look and flow when adding questions to Explore.
New feature
Answer option ordering
Possibility to set the order of answer options in multiple choice questions.
New feature
Sentiment on answer options
You can now set sentiment on answer options in multiple choice questions.
New feature
Scale activation
You can now choose to activate Scale on multiple choice questions. Sentiment and Scale will make it possible for new ways to visualize results in the future.
New feature
Predefined scales
Predefined common scales you can load if you use scale.
New feature
Column chart sorting
Ability to set sorting on column charts in Explore (Fixed or Toplist).
Improvement
Automatic column charts
When you create Explore activities, a column chart is automatically created instead of "Horizontal bars" for multiple-choice questions if you have Scale enabled, otherwise "Horizontal bars" is created as before.
Improvement
Inline answer options
When you participate in Explore and answer multiple-choice questions, the options are now displayed inline and all get the same width, so that no option should get more focus than another.
Improvement
Updated terms and conditions
Terms and conditions have been updated.
November 2022
11 updates
New feature
New Survey result cards
New result cards for the Survey activity. Column chart, Pie chart, Text list, Horizontal bars, and Result slider.
Improvement
Improved filter menu
New improved filter menu added to all Survey result cards.
New feature
Copy Survey responses
You can now select responses of Survey text questions and copy them to other Innovate and Vote activities.
New feature
Extend trial period
When your Trial period expires you can now request to extend it.
Milestone
Vocean Connector 2.0
Our Vocean Connector version 2.0 is now live in Power Platform. With it you can retrieve contributions from the different activities. It is also possible to let a trigger inform you, for example, when an idea is added or when an activity you are participating in finishes.
New feature
Embed code for activity links
Embed code for activity links that let you embed participation links and result links in other applications.
New feature
Likes as matrix property
Use likes as property for axises and bubble size in Innovate matrix.
New feature
Show your contributions
Show which contributions that are yours in the Innovate contribution list.
New feature
Edit own contributions
You can now edit your own contributions in the Innovate result widgets when you are a participant.
New feature
Minimum contributions setting
You can now specify a minimum number of contributions in Innovate activities that each participant has to contribute with.
Improvement
Trial period shortened
Length of trial period is changed to 14 days.
October 2022
17 updates
New feature
Categorize contributions
Categorize contributions for innovate activities.
New feature
Matrix text labels
It's now possible to enable contribution text labels in the innovate matrix card.
New feature
Likes visibility
Amount of likes for a contribution is now visible in the "Your contributions" card for innovate activities.
Improvement
Extended trial period
Trial period is extended to 28 days instead of 14.
Improvement
New onboarding design
New design of the onboarding flow.
New feature
Contribution management menu
Menu for managing selected contributions or voting options. Move or copy selected contributions or voting options between Innovate and Vote activities, or create a new activity and bring the selected contributions or voting options to the new activity. You can also use this menu to delete all selected contributions or voting options.
New feature
Help menu
A new help menu is now always available in the bottom right corner of the platform. Here you can find links for contacting Vocean, asking for a new feature, giving feedback or reporting a problem. You can also find a link to the changelog to read more about new Vocean releases.
Improvement
Changelog link in update popup
A link to the changelog is added to the popup notifying users that there is an update.
Improvement
USD preselection
Preselect USD instead of SEK in shop if the user is not Swedish.
New feature
Auto-add as Leaders setting
There is now a setting for personal Space invites for automatically adding the people as Leaders and Premium Leaders.
New feature
Contribution counter
In Innovate when adding contributions you can now see how many contributions you have added and what the max allowed number of contributions are.
New feature
Spectator result expansion
Spectators are now able to expand the question results in Survey to view more details in the same way as Leaders can.
New feature
Alphabetical sorting
You can now sort Innovate result by alphabetical order in the contributions list card.
New feature
Expand participant card
You can now expand the participant card in all activity types after the activity has finished to view your contribution.
Improvement
Templates for paid accounts only
Free accounts will not be able to use Templates anymore, that is a feature for paid licenses.
Improvement
Technical improvements
Technical improvements.
Bug fix
Bug fixes
Bug fixes.
September 2022
15 updates
Improvement
Onboarding flow improvements
Onboarding flow improvements.
Improvement
Auto Premium Leaders in Trial
People invited during Trial creation are now automatically added as Premium Leaders.
New feature
Innovate participate card in library
Innovate participate card is now added to the card library.
New feature
Participate card settings
Innovate participate card now has a settings menu with some settings for managing the card.
New feature
Full screen participate card
Innovate participate card now has a full screen functionality if the user want full focus on the ideation process.
Improvement
Idea renamed to Contribution
The word "Idea" is replaced with "Contribution" throughout the entire Platform to make it more generic and fit more use cases.
Improvement
Auto Trial activation
Trial is now automatically activated when creating a Free account. When the Trial ends the user will be asked to downgrade to Free or to purchase a paid license.
Improvement
Auto redirect to Trial
Users that are not a member of any Place are now automatically redirected to the create Trial flow.
Improvement
New invitation page design
New design of Place invitation page.
New feature
Email and phone validation
Validation of email and phone numbers when creating a Place.
New feature
Cookies consent banner
New cookies consent banner.
Improvement
Updated template information
Updated template information.
Improvement
Shop improvements
Shop improvements.
Improvement
Technical improvements
Technical improvements.
Bug fix
Bug fixes
Bug fixes.
August 2022
5 updates
New feature
Print Survey answers
Button to print your answers in Survey activities.
Milestone
Trial accounts launch
Trial accounts. New customers can now test Vocean Premium 14 days for free.
Improvement
Required contact information
Contact information is required for new Trial and Free accounts for our customer managers to serve you better.
Improvement
Technical improvements
Technical improvements.
Bug fix
Bug fixes
Bug fixes.
July 2022
6 updates
Milestone
Template system launch
Template system – A completely new concept in Vocean. Create processes and flows of activities with just one click using pre-defined templates, or create your own templates from processes that you have created yourself.
New feature
Leader instructions
Leader instructions. You can now add instructions to activities that will only be visible to other Leaders of those activities.
New feature
Create activity from Vote
Create new activity from Vote and bring the selected voting options to the new activity.
New feature
Import ideas from activity
Import ideas from another activity. Select ideas or voting options in an activity and then import them to another Innovate activity.
New feature
Import voting options
Import voting options from another activity. Select ideas or voting options in an activity and then import them to another Vote activity.
New feature
Vote without options
Create Vote activities without voting options. This is useful for example if your vote options depends on ideas in another activity that is still running.
June 2022
4 updates
Improvement
New onboarding for Free accounts
New onboarding flow for creation of Free accounts.
Improvement
Free account creation improvements
Improvements to Free account creation flow.
Improvement
Shop improvements
Shop improvements.
Bug fix
Bug fixes
Bug fixes.
May 2022
4 updates
Milestone
Microsoft Teams purchase option
Vocean can now be purchased through Microsoft Teams.
New feature
Data export addon
New addon for exporting activity data. Export data to for example Excel or Power BI.
Improvement
Updated payment terms
Updated payment terms.
Bug fix
Bug fixes
Bug fixes.
April 2022
8 updates
Improvement
New prices
New prices.
Milestone
Card library launch
A card library that contains different types of components that the user can add to their activities dashboards depending on their use cases.
New feature
Scatter plot card
Scatter plot card for the Survey activity. Can be added from the card library.
Improvement
Pipedrive integration improvements
Improvements to Pipedrive integration.
New feature
Drag and drop activity order
Change order of activities in Workboards using drag and drop.
New feature
Activity dropdown menu
Dropdown menu on each activity in the workboard sidebar with options for finishing, activating, restarting, removing and changing orders of activities.
Improvement
Updated icons
Updated icons.
Improvement
Sidebar not expanded by default
Lists of activities and reports in sidebar are not expanded as default anymore.
March 2022
6 updates
Improvement
Auto Premium for Owner
Owner will be automatically Premium when upgrading to Premium license.
New feature
Change Place name on upgrade
Possibility to change name of Place when upgrading from Free.
New feature
Pipedrive integration
Pipedrive integration so our customer managers can serve you better.
Improvement
Updated payment terms
Updates to payment terms.
Improvement
Shop improvements
Shop improvements.
Bug fix
Bug fixes
Bug fixes.
February 2022
14 updates
Milestone
Workboards launch
Workboards – A complete remake of how activities are structured, managed and their design.
Improvement
Activities grouped by workboard
The page that contains all your activities is now grouped by workboard.
Improvement
Improved design and UX
Improved design and user experience throughout the platform.
New feature
Presentation modes
Presentation modes (full screen) for all result views.
Improvement
Update active activity presentation
Activities presentation (heading, description and image) can now be updated also when the activity is active.
Improvement
Realtime remake
Complete remake of the technical solution of the realtime functionalities.
Improvement
Teams integration remake
The Teams integration is totally remaked to support the new workboards.
Improvement
Minimum Leaders changed
Minimum Leaders that can be purchased is changed from two to one.
New feature
Navigation buttons after participation
Navigation buttons that appear after participation that leads to the next activity in the Workboard.
New feature
Try Vocean card for guests
Card that offers guests to try Vocean after they have participated. The card leads to Vocean.com.
Improvement
New login/signup design
New design of login/signup screens.
Improvement
New email verification design
New design of email verification page.
Improvement
Shop improvements
Shop improvements.
Bug fix
Bug fixes
Bug fixes.
January 2022
3 updates
Improvement
Shop improvements
Shop improvements.
Improvement
Updated Free account limitations
Updated limitations for free accounts.
Bug fix
Bug fixes
Bug fixes.
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