 2025
 January 24
Unified Navigation enhancements:
Note: Unified Navigation was previously known as the New Destiny User Experience.
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Enhancements were made to Unified Navigation, including:
- Improved navigation: Use the app switcher
to navigate directly to the Collections homepage from the Profile page.
- Ability to copy and bookmark URLs across Collections by Destiny, Destiny Discover, and Destiny Back Office. Now you can share direct links to pages for specific sites, such as the Collections homepage or a particular collection.
 2024
 January 19
Now you can:
Navigate to Collections by Destiny using the new Applications icon in the Destiny header (only if this is how Destiny is set up at your district).
For more information, see Access Collections.
Other enhancements:
The Destiny Administrator can add, edit, and delete words patrons cannot search for while using Collections by Destiny. You can manage this option in Destiny Back Office.
For more information, see Unsearchable Words in Destiny Help.
 2022
 August 9
Now you can:
Enlarge the Collections tab, which includes new graphic-based icons on the homepage. You can set this option in Destiny Discover to provide a more visual experience for younger students or any group of users (assigned by user role).
For more information, see Customize Your Display Options.
 February 3
Now, when you add a background, such as 'Under the Sea', to Destiny Discover, it also appears in Collections by Destiny. Watch for more fun themes and color options coming soon!
For more information, see Customize Your Display Options.
 2021
 December 14
A new Search bar for Destiny Discover and Collections by Destiny is here! Now you can conduct a search from the top of any page to find collections containing that term(s).
 2019
 September 2019
Now you can:
Other enhancements:
- Updated the Note cards in a collection to make them clickable, like other resources.
- Improved the 'Sort by' order by ignoring indefinite articles, such as 'a' and 'the'.
 August 2019
Now you can:
- Pin specific collections to the site, district and public ribbons (admins only).
Pin a Collection
Other enhancements:
- Improved the navigation from Collections to Destiny Discover. Destiny Discover items now open in a separate tab.
 July 2019
Now you can:
- See collections in the same order on both the Destiny Discover and Collections homepages.
Access Collections
Other enhancements:
- Increased the font size for Notes in a playlist.
 June 2019
Now you can:
- See shared collections created by users in your school or district on the corresponding ribbons.
Create a Collection
Other enhancements:
- Updated the Missing Image icon
on a resource so it is consistent with the one in Destiny Discover.
- Added more Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance measures.
- Improved overall performance of the Collections interface.
 January 2019
Now you can:
- Create a playlist to present resources that support student learning. Use playlists for in-class instruction, discussions, group projects and more. Share them with specific groups of students for differentiated lessons.
Create Playlists
 2018
 August 2018
Now you can:
Other enhancements:
- Fixed an issue with uploading files from Google Drive.
- Added more options to the "Type" drop-down when editing items.
 June 2018
Now you can:
Other enhancements:
- Added the word 'Set' to distinguish between individual collections and collection sets when adding items.
- Added a notification message when you try to add an item you already have to a collection.
- Fixed performance issues and miscellaneous bugs.
 May 2018
Now you can:
- Enter a phrase in the Destiny Discover Search bar without using quotation marks. For example, type human body to see collections for 'human body' before collections for 'human' or 'body'.
Search for and Add Items from Destiny Discover
- Create a collection set containing one or more collections, as well as individual items.
Create a Collection Set
Other enhancements:
- Added a dashed gray border around an item when you "drag and drop" to custom sort your collection.
- Removed the school name, role and email fields from the Collections feedback form.
 April 2018
Now you can:
Other enhancements:
- Removed the BETA designation and added enhancements to the Google Chrome extension (available in the Chrome Web Store) to improve performance.
- Boosted system performance to make collections' PDFs load faster.
- Fixed performance issues and miscellaneous bugs.
- Improved overall performance of the Collections interface.
 March 2018
Now you can:
- Submit your feedback on Collections by clicking
on the right side of the page. Then, select "'Specific Feedback to Follett Developers" or "Generic Feedback to Follett Developers", and follow the prompts. Feedback forms are private and secure.
- See items in a staggered view.
View an Item
Other enhancements:
- Updated the Collections user interface, including moving the Collaborator icon
above the collection image and changing the Grade and Subject tag colors from orange to blue.
- Removed a list of restricted words for use in titles, descriptions and tags.
- Added Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance measures, including card color adjustments.
- Improved overall performance of the Collections interface.
 February 2018
Now you can:
- See items in a list view or grid view.
View an Item
- Browse more items in a collection per page, due to fixed card sizes.
View an Item
- View an item on its own details page.
View an Item
Other enhancements:
- Implemented additional Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance measures, including text-to-speech capability and color requirements. Text-to-speech software is required to convert Collections text to audio.
- Improved overall performance of the Collections interface.
 January 2018
Now you can:
Other enhancements:
- Implemented Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance measures to the Collections interface.
- Fixed the Share Collection page so that it properly displays the Link and People tabs.
- Completed support for logged-in students' ability to automatically open a collection via a link from their Learning Management System (LMS) (for example, Canvas, Google Classroom, It's Learning). Authentication from the LMS and Destiny Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) setup is required.
- Optimized the "Browse" and "See All" features on a full page with a fixed Search field.
- Improved overall performance of the Collections interface.
 2017
 December 2017
Now you can:
Other enhancements:
- Improved the Resource List import selection.
Import a Resource List
- Optimized the "See All" feature on a ribbon to improve loading to 20 collections at a time.
- Removed the caret in the Collections search bar to coincide with upcoming advanced search features in Destiny Discover.
 November 2017
Now you can:
Other enhancements:
- Updated the "Browse by Topic" feature in Destiny Discover to include search results for Collections.
 October 2017
Now you can:
- Assign resources as "Instructor Use Only" to hide them from student view.
Edit an Item's Details
- Use quotation marks around a keyword when searching to find a specific collection.
- See 'Video' as the correct Type when importing video files from Resource Lists.
- Explore 150 Featured Lightbox collections and three sample Next Gen Science Standards collections.
- Open a Featured Lightbox title, and click
to go directly to a supplemental collection in Collections. Featured Lightbox title
- View and share Featured Collections by Follett educators.
View and Share Featured Collections
Other enhancements:
- Optimized overall performance to make collections load faster.
- Boosted system performance with minor speed improvements.
 September 2017
Now you can:
- Share a public collection via email, Google Classroom or by copying/pasting a view-only link (no need to copy the collection first).
- Report abuse to monitor and remove unwanted resources from your school/district.
Report Abuse
Other enhancements:
- Improved the accessibility of the Import Resource List feature.
- Improved screenshot captures for resources.
- Fixed an issue with book links in a collection's PDF document.
- Boosted system performance with minor speed improvements.
 August 2017
Now you can:
Other enhancements:
- Fixed an issue with emojis and stickers not appearing as the Destiny Discover profile image.
- Improved overall performance of the Collections interface.
 July 2017
Collections by Destiny® launched on July 7, 2017, and is now available with Destiny 15.0. It works on any device or browser, and is also accessible through the Destiny Discover mobile app!
Now you can:
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Abuse, reporting
Access levels, setting
Account settings, managing
Classroom Ready Collections, exploring
Collection sets, creating
Collections
Destiny Discover, adding items from
Documents, uploading
Featured Collections, viewing and sharing
Items
Larger content, setting
Lightbox titles, collections containing
Notes, adding
Playlists, creating
PDFs, creating
Profile, editing
Resource Lists, importing
Roles, setting
Standards, attaching
Themes, setting
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