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CMS Release Notes

Upcoming Modern Campus CMS 2026.3 (November 12, 2026)Link to this section

These upcoming release notes are subject to change before the official release and are intended to provide an overview of what to expect.

Features

AI

The following AI features will be enabled for customers shortly after the release. In order to utilize AI features in the CMS, you must provide an institution Open API key.

Content Assistant (Beta)
  • When the AI experience is enabled, you can highlight text in the WYSIWYG editor to shorten or lengthen. This functionality has guardrails to prevent the breakage of Components, Assets tags, Dependency Manager tags, and Image HTML tags.
    • In Setup > AI, you will need to enable this ability of this feature once it become available.

Document Accessibility Acknowledgment

  • You can now easily govern your document files upon upload into the CMS.
  • A setting has been added to Setup > Account to enabled this feature, located in the Governance Section.
    • Publish Settings was renamed to Governance to improve clarity.
  • When this option is enabled, it will require users to acknowledge the document files are accessible to the best of their knowledge.
  • When users drag and drop files into Content > Files, instead of automatically uploading the files, the upload modal will be displayed with the files in the upload queue so that users verify the files prior to upload.
  • Document files are considered the following extensions: .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .numbers, .pages, .key.
  • Admins can access a new report in Reports > Accessibility Acknowledgment to review the status of each document in a site.
  • On each document file, there is a newly added Governance tab in Properties so you can determine the status of existing files.

Webpage Schema

  • Populate your organizational data in Setup > Webpage Schema which will be added to your homepage upon publish.
    • Schema is a shared vocabulary for describing important aspects of a website or webpage in a machine-readable format.
    • You must define your homepage filename in Setup > Sites on a new field of Directory Index.
    • Any changes to the organization data will require a republish of your homepage.
  • Schema for all other interior type pages will be added by the system
    • You will need to complete a site publish to have this schema added.

CMS Calendar

  • You can now unpublish events from the public Calendar directly from the Calendar administration screen without deleting them.

Form Module

  • You can no longer edit legacy Form Assets in the CMS interface. You can review our SSM Form Asset sunset timeline, login required, for more information.
  • Updated the Form List modals with a more modern approach to improve accessibility and usability. 

Other

  • Exclude Search access setting is now Exclude from Global Search, with additional helper text to clarify what this setting does.
  • Access to Personalization Management screens have been updated to align to the permission chart. (OX-19057)
  • Since CMS Self-Host environments are no longer supported for the CMS administration view, support for different environments has been removed. This change also improves CMS performance.
  • After a user submits an item into workflow, they can now cancel it via the Pending Approvals Report. (OX-18163)
  • Loading of custom Add-ons has been improved.

Fixes

  • The Page Analytics gadget will now load properly when conflicting Google Analytics accounts are found. (OX-17911)
  • Users can no longer view the user settings screen for other users by manually changing the URL. (OX-19894, OX-19895)
  • You can save larger Components and Snippets without error. (OX-10332, OX-19984)
  • You will no longer be able to import events into Subscription Calendars (OX-18281)
  • The CMS will only display approved HTML in the User Management view, Custom Dictionary, and Global Search.

Modern Campus CMS 2026.2.1 (August 25, 2026)Link to this section

Features

  • You can now use AI in Final and Page Check to check your page title and description for relevance and improve.
    • Navigate to Setup > AI > Features to enable this feature
    • In order to utilize AI features in the CMS, you must provide an institution Open API key.

Fix

  • Form submissions that include file uploads with one-time download links enabled for internal emails will no longer send duplicate internal emails.

Notices

  • Given the growing interest in our AI features, we have created an AI Frequently Asked Questions (login required) page to provide greater visibility into the available features.
  • If your site uses the Emergency Alerts module, we recommend republishing /ou-alerts/alerts-config.pcf to ensure your alerts continue to display securely.

Modern Campus CMS 2026.2 (July 30, 2026)Link to this section

Features

  • The Emergency Alerts interface is now more modern.
  • See improved options in the Content menu.
    • Content > Pages is now Content > Files.
  • Based on changes from Google, we removed the reCAPTCHA statement from the Form Module and CMS Calendar public submissions.
  • Your Find and Replace results will load faster. 
  • You can now upload .svgz as a recognized binary file extension.
    • Edit SVGZ images before uploading rather than using the CMS image editor.
  • You can resize most gadgets to full screen using the new Expand button.
  • For Modern Campus Hosting customers, you can install the Hosting Utilities gadget.
    • This gadget helps you manage 404 pages, redirects, and more. 
  • When you export your site, see the Download Last Export button more prominently displayed.
  • See additional confirmation when making recursive changes to a folder and its files.
  • You can now edit page titles and descriptions directly in the Insights Page Report. Any changes will be reflected in your next scheduled scan.

AI

The following AI features will be enabled for all customers shortly after the release. In order to utilize AI features in the CMS, you must provide an institution Open API key.

Page Metadata
  • When the AI experience is enabled, you can generate page title and description with AI. This feature will be available for all customers, officially ending the beta period. Thank you to the customers who participated in the beta and shared valuable feedback.
Starter Alt Text
  • With the new experience to have Starter Alt Text, there is an AI experience which will help you can generate alternative (alt) text for images. This text can be edited or overwritten as needed.
Insights
  • When the AI experience is enabled, the new editing experience of page title and description allows will have an AI feature for you update page titles and descriptions.

Starter Alt Text

  • You can now store alt text for your images in Properties.
  • The alt text is used when the image is inserted, but it can be edited on the page, as needed.
  • Changes made to the image’s alt text will not be reflected on pages where the image is already in use.
  • An AI-powered experience is also available to help generate alt text, if enabled.

Form Module

In response to customer feedback and to allow more time for adoption of the new Forms module, the removal of SSM Form Asset editing has been deferred to the 2026.3 release. You can review our updated SSM Form Asset sunset timeline, login required, for more information.

  • Submission emails can now include temporary, one-time links for securely downloading submission data.
  • The CMS link in your submission email will now direct you to the submission detail page.
  • You can now apply global CSS to style all forms in Form Settings.
    • CSS applied to individual forms will override global CSS.
  • See a character counter on form input fields that have a maximum length.
  • Your form submission data will display based upon the order of your form fields.
  • You will see an error message at Launch if there is a problem with your CAPTCHA keys.
  • You can rename a form using the More Actions menu more actions menu, then File > Rename.
  • Developers can now access our Form API documentation.

CMS Calendar

  • Google Maps for your event will use only the supported API: Places (New).

Fixes

  • When editing in Source, the original file will no longer belong to Unknown User when you use Save As. (OX-19807)
  • Administrators can once again check in pages that belong to Unknown User. (OX-19742)
  • When you add the tag chooser element to your components, your tags will filter correctly. (OX-16354)
  • When you create a new file in a folder that has an approver group assigned, the file will now automatically inherit the folder's approver group. (OX-19786)
  • You will once again see the favicon for the CMS application on Android devices.
  • Form Submission and Calendar RSVP emails now will come from donotreply@moderncampus.com to align to the CMS.

Form Module

  • You can now remove a file from the file chooser on the public form. 
  • Form fields that are required will have improved labeling. 
  • See improved keyboard navigation in the Form Builder.
  • See improved color contrast in the public forms.

CMS Calendar

  • Public submission Calendar events that have a long description will no longer cause an error when loading the public submissions.
  • Calendar events will now sort correctly when you reload the public events page. (OX-18440)
  • Calendar navigation buttons are now more accessible. (OX-19361)
  • Your related categories link will work correctly when the event category includes an ampersand (&). (OX-19269)
  • When you export a CSV of RSVPs the data will correctly populate. (OX-19707)
  • See improved accessibility in related categories and the featured event slider.

CMS Snap Display Connector for Catalog

  • When you don't have a list of courses, the connector will no longer create a list structure.
  • Your connector will no longer cause a W3C validation error. 
    • You will need to change the program selector to program-item.
    • You will need to change the course selector to course-item.

Modern Campus CMS 2026.1.2 (April 23, 2026)Link to this section

Fixes

  • Users will no longer receive a Publish button, when they should see a Submit button. (OX-19667)
  • Users will now see the Submit button on the page they are working on. (OX-19687)
  • When you copy a group, the new group includes the current users. (OX-19706)

Modern Campus CMS 2026.1.1 (April 9, 2026)Link to this section

Fixes

  • You can now see the approver assigned to you in your user settings. (OX-19663)
  • Larger files will once again publish. (OX-19664)
  • If you use a custom login process, that redirect will work again. (OX-19665)
  • When editing a group, you can now see the full name of the users in the group. (OX-19669)
  • You will no longer receive an error when submitting to an approver, who needs approver. (OX-19670)

Modern Campus CMS Notice (March 27, 2026)Link to this section

We made a configuration change to allow for processing of larger data sets in XSL.

Modern Campus CMS 2026.1 (March 26, 2026)Link to this section

Features

Group Approvals

  • You can now submit pages, files, and assets to a group for approval.
    • Determine whether a group can be used for workflows in Setup > Groups.
    • The Pending Approvals and Custom reports will display approval groups.
    • The concept of archiving a workflow item for a given user has been removed.
    • Workflow items complete automatically for every user when it is approved, declined, or canceled.
    • Workflow items under Dashboard are now categorized as Pending and Completed.

Form Module

  • The Form module has moved out of the beta phase. You can confidently use the Form module as part of your standard CMS workflow.
  • You can no longer create new SSM Form Assets through the CMS interface or API.
  • Administrators can copy any launched SSM Form Asset to the Form Module.
    • The Form Asset name will be updated to note that this action occurred.
    • The copy process is completed to its best ability and will require some clean up.
    • After copying and cleaning up the form, replace the existing Form Asset with the form from the Form Module.
    • Form Asset Submissions will not be copied, utilize the Export CSV for safe keeping.
  • Create copies of any form in the Form Module.
  • Limit which sites appear as insertion options when adding forms to pages.
    • This only limits insert capabilities within the CMS. You can still use the embed code on any webpage that supports JavaScript.
  • Filter the form list to quickly find your forms.
  • View form activity in the new form Log.
  • See form-related actions in the Activity gadget.
  • When editing a form, you will now see its dependency tag.
  • See what pages contain a form with File > View Subscribers.
  • You can close the Form Builder using the new Close button in the right sidebar.
  • The CSS starter file now contains starter style declaration for the Submit button.
  • You can now give forms names up to 255 characters.
  • When adding a file upload element, see the upload extensions listed in alphabetical order.
  • Hover over a file download to see its filename.

Other

  • When you generate a new SFTP key, the CMS automatically creates a modern, more secure type of key.
    • We've also added guardrails to help users understand the impact of generating a new key.
      • Publishing Form Assets will no longer be supported after generating a new key. Please fully transition to the Form Module before taking this action.
    • Customers with Modern Campus Hosting will no longer see the option to generate a new SFTP key.
  • In Site > Settings, you can now hide Breadcrumb Settings from the CMS interface.
  • When editing an image, you will now see its dimensions.
  • Updated CMS logos with registered trademark.
  • Updated accessibility check to axe-core 4.11.1.

Fixes

  • When sharing Insights reports, you can now select recipients in the To dropdown. (OX-19216)
  • In page access settings, the approver option now correctly displays “Inherit from User” instead of “Inherit from Parent” to better reflect that it inherits from the user’s settings, not the parent directory. (OX-9128)
  • A locked user must contact an administrator to reset their password. (OX-19499)
  • When you submit for approval, the pop-up notifications that confirm your actions are now correct.
  • You can now check in Components directly from the My Checked-Out Content gadget.
  • When publishing is not allowed, you will no longer see the Publish button in MultiEdit and Versions.

Form Module

  • The reCAPTCHA notice now appears with the proper color contrast by default. (OX-19169)
  • When a form is checked out, other users can’t perform form actions.
  • When viewing your list of forms, see better messaging when no forms are present.
  • When a user submits an invalid email, they will now see the correct error message.
  • When a user submits an invalid checkbox option, they will now see the correct error message.

CMS Calendar

  • When you edit your event location, the ICS file will now contain the updated location. (OX-19479)
  • Calendar buttons for the day, month, and week have been updated to resolve accessibility issues. (OX-18748)
  • Calendar loading icon has been updated to resolve accessibility issues. (OX-18145)
  • Calendar HTML for date, location, and time has been updated to resolve accessibility issues. (OX-19022)

See Release Notes Prior to 2026.1

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