Hey thisissara,
For the people studying Italian Units 1&2 in 2019 and continuing it with Units 3&4 next year, there's a new Study Design. According to my teachers the main difference with this new Study Design is that Viewing will become a skill which we will need to develop and use just as reading, speaking, writing, listening are also skills that we need to develop. For example, a reading text may have a couple of pictures with it. However, these pictures are not merely there to make the page look prettier. They are actually there to add meaning to the text and give the text more purpose.
Overall, according to my teachers, the main difference with the New Study Design is that the Viewing of Images is also an examinable component.
I hope this helped! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.