What's New in Bodyswaps
Explore recent and upcoming releases below
Current app version: 3.4
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Content
Recent Releases - AI Roleplays
Customise your own roleplay through a no-code interface and publish to your account library, classes or specific learning pathways.
Developments:
- New AI Roleplay Builder Assistant - more information in Features/Platform below
- Available in English and French (version 3.3 and later)
- New environments added (including a police interview room environment for the De-escalation and Open Conversation roleplays)
Templates:
New now: De-escalation
- The learner's goal in the simulation is to demonstrate good verbal de-escalation skills while avoiding aggravating behaviours. Using effective de-escalation strategies helps the distressed individual gradually calm down and reach a state of recovery and resolution. Oppositely, using poor verbal de-escalation skills will aggravate the upset person further and cause tempers to rise, until they eventually become inconsolable.
Recent addition: Open Conversation
- Create customisable roleplay scenarios where the educator determines the conversation's topic and configures the avatar's persona and communication style, along with the learner's role. You can also customise the assessment criteria in addition to default metrics like gaze, filler words, and body language.
Recent addition: Building Rapport
- Tailor scenarios for your learners in different industry settings. Learners will be assessed on the 3Cs: Connection, Comfort & Curiosity.
Previous Releases:
- Debating
- Active Listening in Healthcare
- Active Listening in the Workplace
- Job Interview Roleplay
Learn more here:
Recent Releases - Bite-sized Activities
We're releasing 60+ new bite-sized activities, ready to be added into your Pathways.
Recent Releases - Bodyswaps Pathways
New now:
- Self-care and resilience for healthcare professionals
- Healthcare professionals are at high risk for burnout, compassion fatigue and stress. Self-care and resilience skills are critical for maintaining clinical effectiveness and patient safety. This pathway provides practical, immediately applicable skills.
- Fundamentals of therapeutic communication
- Previously: Empathy-driven Communication
- This pathway focuses on developing core communication skills that enable healthcare professionals to deliver patient-centred care. Emphasises the importance of dignity and respect in all patient interactions.
- Navigating difficult interactions in healthcare
- Previously: Navigating Difficult Patient Interactions
- This pathway focuses on developing skills to handle sensitive conversations, practice empathy under pressure and manage complex behaviors in challenging healthcare situations.
- Interprofessional communication in healthcare - The TeamSTEPPS® Toolkit
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This pathway is built for student and practicing nurses. The communication skills taught within are transferable and can apply to other healthcare sectors.
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Previous Releases:
- Get Interview Ready (4 chapters)
- Emotional Intelligence & Personal Impact (4 chapters)
Learn more here:
Recent Releases - Content Category Restructure
We’ve streamlined our content categories to make it easier to find what you need.
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Multiple categories are now merged into one, under clearer titles.
- Navigating Microaggressions
- Recognizing Privilege
- Bias as a Barrier
- Challenging Behaviour (formerly Gender Inclusion)
- Understanding Conflict
- Giving Feedback
- Resolving Conflict
Our new Cultural Intelligence Category now includes the following modules
You can always access the latest structure in the Module Library.
Coming Soon
- New Roleplay Template: Professional Conversations
- New Roleplay Template: Public Speaking Simulator
If you'd like to learn more about content in the scoping phase, talk to your Customer Success contact today.
We want to hear from you!
We're guided by your feedback and actively encourage you to share your thoughts.
If you have any comments to share on your roleplay experiences so far or would to see a specific template developed in future, let us know!
Features / Platform
Recent Releases
New now: AI Roleplay Builder Assistant
We've introduced an AI Assistant to our roleplays (excluding Building Rapport) that automatically populates the customization form. To use this feature, simply provide a short description and access the assistant via the dedicated button at the top of the form.
New now: AI Roleplay Assignment + UX Improvements
We’ve made numerous changes to the user interface in Bodyswaps Go:- Customised AI Roleplays can be directly assigned to a class alongside pathways and modules.
- Improved the search and filtering options for roleplays
- Class assignments can be re-ordered.
- Class progress screens loading times have been reduced and had general refinements.
New now: Pathway Unit Skip + Date Lock Functionality
Educators now have more control, with the ability to designate Pathway units as skippable and/or set a 'lock until' date.
Recent addition: Learner Reports
Learner Reports give educators deeper insight into how learners are progressing with Bodyswaps training. Instead of manually tracking performance, reports provide clear, personalised feedback that helps you understand both individual growth and group. Now available for all roleplays.
Recent addition: Quiz & Questionnaire Export
A new feature allows you to download all Quiz & Questionnaire data from a class.
Accessing the Export:- Navigate to a class
- Open the menu dropdown
- Click "Download Quiz Results"
Learn more here: Quizzes and/or Questionnaires
Recent addition: Anonymous Pathway Access
Pathways can now be access anonymously for customers with this option enabled. Simply access your device in anonymous mode and pathways published to your organisation or published publicly by Bodyswaps will be available.
Recent addition: New User Avatars
Following feedback from our community, we've released new user avatars to improve representation. Alongside this initial update, we're continuing to review and expand the number and diversity of user avatars available.

Watch this space - we have even more on the way!
Previous release: Accessibility Features
At Bodyswaps, we are dedicated to ensuring that our products and services are as inclusive as possible and that no learner is left behind.
Despite the unique challenges of virtual reality, we are committed to following industry best practices.
Our team has been busy developing advanced accessibility features to support every compatible device type in alignment with WCAG2.2 AA standards.
Learn more about the accessibility upgrades here.
Previous release: Class Codes
Simplify the class sign in process and empower your facilitators with our brand new class codes.
These group codes will be valid for one hour at a time and provide even more flexibility on how you add learners to a class - whether they're manually added in advance, they self enrol before the session begins or now, join the class once they're in the app and ready to get started.
Please note: this feature is only available in the latest version of the Bodyswaps app (2.13.0 or above).
Coming Soon
- Bodyswapping in AI Roleplays
- AI Coach in AI Roleplays
- Bodyswaps Go upgrades (general interface and dashboard improvements)
- Short code timing changes
If you'd like to learn more about incoming features, talk to your Customer Success contact today.
Support
Bodyswaps Academy
Across four essential sections, the Bodyswaps Academy covers everything you and your colleagues need to know: from the foundations through to deployment, you'll be an expert in only 40 minutes.
Live Training Workshops
Join one of our live, virtual onboarding workshops. Held every two weeks and led by one of our expert Customer Success team members, these 90-minute sessions cover key topics to get you ready to deploy.
Customisation Guides
New content resources to support your roleplay customisation process, now available with Tutor Notes.