What's New
Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and fixes on uni.xyz.
September 2026
Course Studio Redesigned Around What You're Allowed to Do
The course management area now shows only the tabs and actions you actually have permission for, splits courses you manage from courses you teach, and gives every course its own home page.
Gradebook: Grade Coursework and Track Weighted Marks
Instructors can now mark deliverables in bands, see what each assignment is worth, and certify a learner's final weighted course mark. Students can see what's graded and where they stand.
Deleted Members' Journals No Longer Reassigned to UNI
Removing a team member used to republish their journal entries under UNI's own byline. Their journals now stay correctly attributed instead.
Fixed Accounts Getting Stuck Mid-Signup via Social Login
A number of accounts created through social sign-in were left half set up and unable to sign in again. Those accounts have been repaired and the underlying signup bug is fixed.
Institutional Access Request Form No Longer Loses Your Input
The Institutional Access request drawer could lose what you'd typed if you navigated away and back. It now prefills with what you've already entered.
Competition Results Notification No Longer Duplicated
Entrants were sometimes notified twice about the same competition outcome. You'll now only hear it once.
Sign In to Like, Comment, and Register
Browsing without an account now shows a quick sign-in prompt when you try to like, comment, repost, quote, or register for a competition, instead of the action silently failing.
Uni.xyz Now Opens on the Feed
The homepage at uni.xyz now shows the live feed of what's happening across the platform. The previous homepage moved to /about, and /about-uni is now /story.
August 2026
Fixed Duplicate "Report Received" Emails
Reporting content no longer results in repeated "we've received your report" emails triggered by unrelated later updates to the same report.
Fixed a Bug That Could Lock You Out of Your Account
Deleting your last email address from account settings is no longer possible, closing an issue that could have permanently locked people out of sign-in and password reset.
Ask uni Can Now "See" Images on Your Pages
Ask uni's assistant can now look at the images on a page to answer questions about them, and gives more accurate answers about your own projects and where to sign out.
Previous/Next Navigation Between Spectate Chats
In Unify's spectate mode you can now move between chats with previous/next controls instead of leaving and reopening the list.
Fixed a Crash on Topic Pages
A missing value could crash topic pages before they finished loading; fixed.
Fewer Missing Avatars & Logos
Project covers, commenter avatars, and organization logos across the site now reliably show the right image or a proper fallback instead of a blank space.
Faster-Loading Publication Covers
Publication cover images are now served through uni.xyz's image optimizer, cutting load times significantly on publication pages.
Get Notified When Your Content Hits a Like Milestone
Projects, journals, and other content that cross a like milestone now trigger a celebratory notification.
New Emails: Abandoned Cart Reminders & Membership Welcome Guide
If you leave a membership or competition entry cart without checking out, you'll now get a reminder email; new members also get a welcome email explaining what their plan includes.
Courses: Lesson Access, Assignments & Grading Fixed
Signed-in members without access no longer get stuck looping between a lesson and the login page, a refused lesson explains why in place, several assignment-submission bugs are fixed, and peer review, video, and grading tools are working again.
Search Suggestions Are Back
Typing in search shows live suggestions again, and the navbar search button reliably opens the search modal.
Course Studio Tools Fully Restored
The Gradebook, Assignment Manager, and Cohort Manager for building and teaching courses are working reliably again, along with the institutional partner dashboard.
See & Manage Your Active Sessions
You can now see every device signed into your account and end any session remotely, so you can secure your account if you ever spot one you don't recognize.
Comments as Your Organization Now Credit Correctly Everywhere
Comments posted on behalf of your organization were sometimes attributed to you personally instead. They now consistently credit the organization across the platform.
Hidden Profiles No Longer Appear in Search
Profiles hidden from public view could still show up in some list and search results. They are now properly excluded everywhere on the platform.
You'll Now Be Notified About More Account Activity
Dozens of account events that used to happen silently, including deadline changes, credit expirations, security alerts, and expiring team invitations, now send you an email so you are not caught off guard.
Push Notifications Restored After a Delivery Issue
Browser push notifications had stopped reaching subscribed users due to a delivery bug. They are now working normally again for comments, shortlist alerts, and results.
Organization Manage Pages Get All / Published / Drafts Tabs
Organization admins can now filter their manage pages by All, Published, or Drafts, matching the tabs already available on personal profiles.
Apply to Enroll Through Your Institution
You can now search for your school directly on the course enrollment page. If we don't have a partnership with your institution yet, submitting opens a partnership application instead of a dead end.
Read Course Books In-App, With a Table of Contents
Course set books now open right in the browser with a table of contents, collapsible chapter groups, and a resizable reading panel, so you no longer need to download the book or leave the course to read it.
Fixed a Bug That Could Clear a Journal's Organization
A bug in the journal creation flow could silently remove the organization tag from a journal; journals now keep their organization affiliation as expected.
Fixed Sorting Competitions by Entry Fee
Sorting competition listings by entry fee no longer throws an error, so browsing and filtering competitions works reliably again.
Login Now Verifies the Email You Actually Used
Signing in with a secondary email address is now checked correctly, closing a gap where only your primary email was being verified.
Competition Deadline Reminders Now Land With Better Timing
Reminder emails for upcoming competition deadlines were fixed so they actually go out with enough overlap before the deadline, instead of sometimes missing their window.
Courses Can Now Include a Set Book
Course creators can attach a required resource, like a set book, at the course level so it shows up for every enrolled student.
Certificates and Public Pages for Beegraphy University Partners
Beegraphy university partners now get generated certificates with their own public page, plus a staff view to manage the pipeline.
Publish Journals, Projects, and Publications as Your Organization
Organization admins can now create journals, projects, and publications directly from the organization page instead of only posting as an individual.
Meet Ask uni, Your AI Assistant
A built-in chat assistant can now guide you through submitting a project, look up your own awards and prizes, and connect you to a human teammate when it cannot help.
Partially Evaluated Entries, Now One Click Away
Jurors can now jump straight to entries they have started scoring but not finished, via a new Partially Evaluated view linked right from the dashboard stat tiles alongside Fully Evaluated and Unevaluated.
Manage Publications Page Shows Real Publication Cards
Your Manage Publications dashboard now displays actual publication cards instead of placeholder boxes, matching the look of your public publication pages.
Uploaded Videos Now Play in the Jury Gallery
Videos attached to competition entries now render correctly in the jury gallery during evaluation, and the Messaging tab has been renamed to Jury Room for clarity.
Topic Pages Get a Trend Sparkline
Topic pages now show a trend sparkline in the hero and a redesigned explore card, making it easier to see which topics are gaining traction at a glance.
Organization Pages Get Journals & Publications Tabs
Organization public pages now have dedicated tabs for browsing an org's journals and publications, a richer hero for job and service listings, and clearer loading states. Feed cards also show a small badge when content is posted by an organization.
Fixed an Error Opening Some Publication Pages
A backend query conflict was causing some publication detail pages to fail to load. This is now fixed.
Post Discussions and Publications as Your Organization
You can now publish discussion posts and publications under your organization, not just yourself, with a byline that credits both you and the org. Comments and journals already supported this.
Fixes to Journals, Entries, Checkouts, and Explore
Opening a published journal to view it no longer silently marks it as edited, rejected embeds now explain why, abandoned checkouts show as "Not completed" instead of a false failed badge, withdrawn competition entries properly free up your membership slot, and the Explore Disciplines section no longer misses categories like Interior Design.
AI Assistant Gives More Accurate Competition Advice
uni's chat assistant was miscalculating prize totals for dynamic competitions and missing later pages of competition briefs when advising members. It now reports accurate round-by-round prizes and reads the full brief before giving guidance.
Service Inquiries Get Reply Threads and Reviews
Members can now reply within an organization's service inquiry as an ongoing thread instead of a single message, and leave a review after using a service.
Topic Directories Get Sorting, Cleaner Art, and Better Accessibility
Topic pages can now be sorted A-Z, by most works, or trending, each topic gets more visually distinct cover and icon art, and screen readers now properly announce result counts and loading states.
Journals Can Now Show Their Organization Affiliation
When publishing a journal, authors can tag it with an affiliated organization — the org's logo now appears in the byline, journal card, and floating action bar, with a picker in the publish flow and a matching Manage Journals view for org admins.
Organization Profiles Get Structured About Sections and a Reputation Score
Organization pages now support structured About sections and display a reputation score, making it easier to evaluate an organization at a glance.
Styled Confirmation Dialogs for Deleting Content
Deleting your avatar, cover image, journals, or publications now shows a proper in-app confirmation instead of a plain browser popup, so it looks and feels like the rest of uni.xyz.