{"id":3116,"date":"2021-07-08T15:05:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T19:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tlsrv.net\/whats-new-on-thinglink\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T16:04:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:04:41","slug":"whats-new-on-thinglink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/whats-new-on-thinglink\/","title":{"rendered":"10 New Product Updates from ThingLink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">ThingLink keeps getting better every month, and over the last 20 months, our product team has released an impressive number of new features and upgrades &#8211; almost all in response to feedback and requests from our community of creators. Click the interactive ThingLink (and links) below to see some of them in action! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"hs-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; overflow: hidden; width: 100%; height: auto; padding: 0px; min-width: 256px; display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 913px; max-height: 517px;\" data-service=\"cdn.thinglink\" data-script-embed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"hs-embed-content-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1466368594802638849\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-original-height=\"1080\"><\/iframe><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s new:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Custom Icons:<\/strong> As well as the 300 stock icons provided, you can now create and upload your&nbsp;<strong>own custom icons<\/strong> for fully branded and more professional-looking ThingLinks. Here\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.thinglink.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360024569973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how-to<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V96-GGMfbmk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video <\/a>walkthrough.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conditional transitions: <\/strong>Use this tool to check a learner\u2019s knowledge before moving to the next scene, or create password-protected locations or escape rooms! Create quizzes, tests and surveys in your interactive designs. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/support.thinglink.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360059312293\">How to article<\/a> from the support pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>VR Short URL Code:<\/strong> We introduced the Short URL code for VR in early 2021, meaning you can <span style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">share your tours for VR headsets quickly and easily, getting your learners immersed in the action straight away<\/span>.&nbsp;<\/span>Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/marketing\/short-url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog <\/a>or the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.thinglink.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360059312293-Tour-tag-update-conditional-transitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support article<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Unsplash integration: <\/strong>We integrated with the image library Unsplash to give you <span style=\"color: #434343;\">instant easy access to over 6 million searchable, free images for use in all your thinglinks!<\/span> Why not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/marketing\/unsplash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read our article<\/a> on best practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Canva integration:<\/strong> One of our biggest partner updates in 2021 was the Canva integration &#8211; now all ThingLink users can <span style=\"color: #333333;\">quickly create professional-looking interactive materials for online education, training, marketing, and communications.<\/span> Take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/marketing\/canva-thinglink-webinar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog<\/a> which also links to our dynamic webinar and contains links to free downloadable Canva templates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New Saimaa interface:<\/strong> We premiered a new interface Saimaa in 2020 which gave ThingLink users access to a wide range of exciting new features, including bulk uploads, improved folders and QR code sharing.&nbsp;Read all about it at this <span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/marketing\/new-thinglink-saimaa-user-interface-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog<\/a><\/span> post!&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drive uploads<\/strong>: One of Saimaa\u2019s best features is the ability to choose files directly from your Google Drive or OneDrive. Ideal for when you don\u2019t store content on your hard drive. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>360 image library:<\/strong> In early 2021 ThingLink added the brilliant 360 Image library, <span style=\"color: #2c0571;\">a <span style=\"color: #000000;\">curated collection of professional 360\u00b0 images from culturally relevant natural and historic sites. You can use the images to build immersive learning experiences and to travel virtually across the world<\/span>.<\/span> Read the <span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/360-image-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog <\/a><\/span>to learn more.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Localization to additional languages<\/strong>: The ThingLink Editor is now available in 20 different languages &#8211; read our support article on <span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.thinglink.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360044146094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how to change the interface language<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Big pop-up tag:<\/strong> Following user feedback, we added the option to increase the size of your text and media tag. The bigger tags are now 50% bigger &#8211; increasing accessibility and legibility.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>As well as these ten big features, we launched plenty of other small upgrades, improvements, and optimizations in response to your feedback.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"tl-cta-block\"><h3>Free ThingLink trial<\/h3><p>Get started for free and start creating today!<\/p><button class=\"tl-button tl-button--white tl-button--small tl-cta-block__button\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\">start a free trial today<\/button><\/section>\n\n\n\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ThingLink keeps getting better every month, and over the last 20 months, our product team has released an impressive number of new features and upgrades &#8211;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[454],"tags":[177,158],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3116"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10040,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions\/10040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}