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Share-Based Compensation Plans - Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2021	Apr. 30, 2020
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Expected volatility	149.80%
Minimum [Member]
Risk-free interest rate	0.01%	0.17%
Expected life (in years)	2 months 12 days	1 year 2 months 12 days
Expected volatility		81.80%
Maximum [Member]
Risk-free interest rate	0.02%	0.19%
Expected life (in years)	7 months 6 days	1 year 7 months 6 days
Expected volatility		112.70%
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Risk-free interest rate	0.60%	1.70%
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Expected volatility	136.50%
Employee Stock Option [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Expected life (in years)	5 years 6 months	5 years 6 months
Expected volatility		127.60%
Employee Stock Option [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Expected life (in years)	5 years 9 months 18 days	5 years 9 months 18 days
Expected volatility		128.20%
Performance Stock Options [Member]
Risk-free interest rate	1.20%	2.30%
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Expected life (in years)	10 years	10 years
Expected volatility		115.00%
Performance Stock Options [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Expected volatility	76.00%
Performance Stock Options [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Expected volatility	136.50%

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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