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The Uncanny Glow-Up: A New Look, a New Chapter

It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 13 years since Ryan and I launched Uncanny Owl back in May 2013. Back then, we did a lot of the design work ourselves, including our logo and website. And while they served us well for over a decade, we were long overdue […]

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An Uncannily Outstanding 2024: How Stewardship Powered Innovation

Inspired by our trip to the Canadian Rockies, stewardship and innovation guided the Uncanny Owl team through 2024. And we can’t wait to show you what lies ahead for 2025. When the Uncanny Owl team came together in the Canadian Rockies earlier this year, we had no idea how that

Uncanny CEUs 5.0: Smarter Reports, More Control

If you’re a fan of our Continuing Education Credits plugin, hold on to your hats! The 5.0 release is here, and it’s packed with new features that will make managing CEUs and credits smoother than ever before. Whether you’re an admin in need of more flexible reports or you have

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New Group Management & Transcript Features

To support several new features for LearnDash group management and transcripts, today we released updates for Uncanny Groups, Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash, Uncanny Toolkit Pro and Uncanny Continuing Education Credits. There are also multiple quality of life improvements that will make things easier for users of those 4 plugins. Show

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New LearnDash Quiz Report

Tin Canny 4.4 is now available, and the biggest new feature is the addition of a new type of LearnDash quiz report. There are also a number of usability improvements for existing Tin Canny users. LearnDash Detailed Quiz Report Yes, we have the Group Leader Quiz report in Tin Canny,

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Transcripts for Group Leaders, Live Timer

The Uncanny Toolkit Pro for LearnDash 4.2 release is a big one that adds several new features and a number of enhancements across several modules. Let’s jump in to what’s new. Group Leader access to Transcripts Last week we released an Uncanny Groups update that now allows you to connect

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What’s New in Uncanny Groups 6.0

Uncanny Groups 6.0 is a huge release that adds some big features that we’ve been planning for years. The biggest features are support for purchasing multiple groups in a single transaction and new Woo settings, but there’s a lot more in this release. Sell multiple LearnDash Groups By far the

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2023 – Year in Review

2023 has been a huge year for Uncanny Owl and there’s a lot for our team and customers to celebrate. From plugin releases to WordCamp Europe to customer support, the year was packed with milestones and accomplishments. 🥳🥳 Plugin releases So far in 2023 we have released a total of 90

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Uncanny CEUs: LearnDash Credit Report overhaul

WordPress sites offering continuing education credit programs with LearnDash tend to collect a lot of data about course completions. Our Uncanny Continuing Education Credits plugin makes it easy to track and manage CEUs and other credits, but over time, all of the user activity can generate a lot of data,

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Tin Canny Update: New Uploader

Over the years, a common challenge elearning course authors have had with WordPress is uploading and managing really large files. It’s not uncommon to see xAPI and SCORM file sizes in the hundreds of MB, and a few weeks ago, we helped a user with a file that was over

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Toolkit Pro 4.1: Drip topics & Autocomplete with Formidable Forms

We’re excited to announce another big release of our most popular premium plugin, Uncanny Toolkit Pro for LearnDash. The 4.1 update adds 3 completely new modules for LearnDash users: Drip Topics by LearnDash Group, Autocomplete Lessons & Topics on Fluent Forms Submission and Autocomplete Lessons & Topics on Formidable Forms Submission.

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Uncanny Owl Turns 10

Ten long years ago, on May 29, 2013, Ken and I (Ryan) cofounded Uncanny Owl. With absolutely no experience starting or managing a business, no clear direction, and 4 children under the age of 3 between us, walking away from our stable, mid-level jobs at great companies somehow seemed like

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