What changed

Every build of VCDX Academy is listed here with what it fixed or added. Reports from readers are credited by name when the reporter agreed to it.

v8.1 2026-09-04

Readable theory pages.

Structural Theory text that was written one line per thought now renders as headings, bullet lists, definition lists and paragraphs instead of one long block — across all 21 sections. → pagereported by Amith
Improvement Bullet and numbered lists inside lab steps render as real lists.

Learner orientation: Start here, goal survey, tailored study plan, curriculum by exam.

Feature Start here — what the site is and is not, who it is for, what each part gives you, the six-step workflow, expectations and limits. → page
Feature Five-question goal survey (goal, domain focus, level, lab, hours per week) stored only in your browser. → page
Feature My plan — ordered sections, labs and gates for your goal, week estimates per stage, Next up and Revise, adapting to your progress. → page
Feature Curriculum by exam — every blueprint objective of the 14 exams mapped to topics, labs and quiz questions, with coverage gaps shown honestly. → page
Feature “Set your goal” / “Next up” card on Home and a Next up panel on the Progress Dashboard. → page
Improvement “Mark complete” now also on section and Validated Solution pages, so reading gates in a plan can be ticked off.

Reader feedback loop.

Feature Native feedback page — report a wrong claim, a broken page or an idea, with screenshots, straight from the site. → page
Feature “Report” links on every topic, lab task, quiz question and design decision, pre-filled with the exact item.
Feature This changelog, with reporter credits. → page
Feature Privacy-friendly page analytics and a “Was this page useful?” prompt (no cookies).

Pre-publication polish.

Structural Wider, centred reading column; hero spans the full width. → page
Structural Version filter can no longer hide a whole page; lab and solution pages show a static version badge, list pages show per-version counts.
Feature Search now finds individual topics, lab tasks, quiz explanations and design decisions and deep-links to them.
Feature Sources & Acknowledgements page, sitemap, robots.txt and canonical URLs. → page
Improvement VMware Validated Solutions pages: overview shown once in full, external dependencies labelled, quality tags spelled out. → page