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< H2 > Release notes< / H2 >
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< H3 > Coming in Moodle 1.1 (20th August, 2003):< / H3 >
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< DT > This summary is in progress and still to be finalised.< / DT >
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< DD >
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< LI > Completely new chat module for synchronous discussions< / LI >
< LI > Completely new workshop module for peer grading< / LI >
< LI > Completely new system for backup/restore of courses< / LI >
< LI > All-new course browser (handles large numbers of courses)< / LI >
< LI > Courses and categories can be hidden from students< / LI >
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< LI > Activities can move any distance with two clicks< / LI >
< LI > Topics/weeks can now be moved up and down< / LI >
< LI > Pop-up menu to switch between topics/weeks< / LI >
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< LI > THREE new quiz question types: Numerical, Description and Multianswer (Cloze)< / LI >
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< LI > Expanded quiz reporting< / LI >
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< LI > Lots of new languages< / LI >
< LI > Languages now have a parent language (for displaying missing strings)< / LI >
2003-07-21 07:43:04 +00:00
< LI > Web links can be in pop-up windows< / LI >
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< LI > Consistent grading scheme throughout all modules (tbd)< / LI >
< LI > Better control over peer-grading in forums (tbd)< / LI >
< LI > Ability to add text between activities in course display (tbd)< / LI >
< LI > Ability to indent activities in course display (tbd)< / LI >
< LI > Improved program resources, allowing more variables and control (tbd)< / LI >
2003-08-07 17:37:50 +00:00
< LI > Many more improvements and fixes yet to be listed< / LI >
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< H3 > New in Moodle 1.0.9 (29th May, 2003) :< / H3 >
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< DT > General< / DT >
< DD >
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< LI > Various optimisations and significant performance enhancements< / LI >
2003-05-15 16:16:53 +00:00
< LI > Several obscure security fixes< / LI >
2003-05-06 15:58:20 +00:00
< LI > Moodle is now well-behaved when enclosed within a frame< / LI >
< LI > Richtext editor can now be used in more text-editing fields< / LI >
< LI > New format "Plain text format", useful when posting code or HTML.< / LI >
< LI > New format "Wiki format", allows Wiki-style tagging in most places< / LI >
2003-05-09 17:48:31 +00:00
< LI > New popup allows emoticons/smilies to be inserted by clicking on images< / LI >
2003-05-06 15:58:20 +00:00
< LI > Ability to specify permissions of new folders and files created on the server< / LI >
< LI > Some fixes for servers running in Safe Mode (some file problems remain)< / LI >
< LI > Various fixes for cleaning some external text of quotes, etc< / LI >
< LI > Various fixes for PostgreSQL 7.3 compatibility< / LI >
2003-05-15 16:16:53 +00:00
< LI > Started migration of HTML code towards XHTML Transitional< / LI >
< LI > Countless other little fixes all over the place< / LI >
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< DT > Languages< / DT >
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< LI > < B > 10< / B > new language packs! Argentinian Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, Slovakian, Romanian, Danish, Russian, Polish, Chinese Traditional and French Canadian.< / LI >
2003-05-06 15:58:20 +00:00
< LI > Fixes and upgrades to almost all language packs< / LI >
< LI > Language can be specified for the current session (see menu on home page and login page) and can be changed on any page by something to the url, eg: http://moodle.org/?lang=ru < / LI >
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< LI > Language menu can be restricted to a subset of languages and even removed.
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< LI > Truetype fonts are now part of the language packs< / LI >
< LI > ALL dates/times can now be reformatted as part of the language pack< / LI >
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< LI > A small but annoying bug was fixed with the web-based language editor on Windows servers that caused language files to grow< / LI >
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< DT > Developers< / DT >
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< LI > Global debug variable gives more feedback about uninitialised variables and the like< / LI >
< LI > Various fixes to tidy up and further standardise some of the PHP code< / LI >
< LI > Various fixes for robustness (ensuring variables are always initialised)< / LI >
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< DT > Admin< / DT >
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< LI > < font color = red > Some changed options and code in config-dist.php (if upgrading, compare with your current config.php or rebuild your config.php from scratch)< / font > < / LI >
< LI > < font color = red > Many changes to themes - authors of custom themes should read < A HREF = "http://moodle.org/theme/UPGRADE.txt" > theme/UPGRADE.txt< / A > < / font > < / LI >
2003-05-16 08:51:10 +00:00
< LI > New moodle.org registration function for security notifications etc< / LI >
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< LI > Admin directory can be moved from /admin to something else (see config-dist.php)< / LI >
< LI > User listing is now paged, and can now be searched for strings< / LI >
2003-05-09 17:48:31 +00:00
< LI > Module management: activity modules can now be individually disabled or deleted completely< / LI >
2003-05-06 15:58:20 +00:00
< LI > Improvements to the language editing page< / LI >
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< LI > Better checking of PHP environment during installation, with warnings< / LI >
< LI > Cleaner installation procedure.< / LI >
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< DT > User management< / DT >
< DD >
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< LI > New role: Course creator - just like teacher but can also create new courses< / LI >
< LI > New authentication plug-in named "manual", prevents users from creating their own accounts< / LI >
< LI > "Forgot Password" routine now uses an email confirmation before resetting password< / LI >
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< DT > Courses< / DT >
< DD >
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< LI > Activities on the course page now have a little button to hide/show that activity to students< / LI >
< LI > Whole topics/weeks can also now be hidden or shown< / LI >
< LI > The list of participants now has some paging, to cope with very large classes< / LI >
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< LI > Zip/Unzip is now supported by an internal zip library, removing
the dependence on external programs to do this. This also means that
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zip/unzip now works on Windows.< / LI >
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< DT > Assignments< / DT >
< DD >
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< LI > Assignment submissions can be sorted< / LI >
< LI > Assignment notification mail isn't sent to unenrolled students< / LI >
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< DT > Forums< / DT >
< DD >
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< LI > Display of forum discussions list is greatly improved< / LI >
< LI > Whole discussions can be moved to any other forum with a single click< / LI >
< LI > Date/time of posts is now "last modified", not "created"< / LI >
< LI > Blank subject-lines or messages are now prevented< / LI >
< LI > More intelligent parsing and display of text in posts< / LI >
< LI > Force Subscribe now works on the "Site News" forum (mails all active students/teachers)< / LI >
2003-05-01 13:46:11 +00:00
< LI > Better handling of mailouts to prevent the possibility of double copies
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that sometimes happened with very large classes< / LI >
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< DT > Workshop Assignment module (not included: available soon as a separate download)< / DT >
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< LI > A very interesting new module contributed by Ray Kingdon,< / LI >
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< LI > A flexible tool that implements a variety of peer-grading and
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example-setting schemes that involve a whole group in examining
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and grading pieces of work.< / LI >
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< DT > Quizzes< / DT >
< DD >
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< LI > New question type, Random Question (selects from all questions in the same category)< / LI >
< LI > New question type, Matching Question (student must match answers to questions)< / LI >
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< LI > New question type, Random Matching Short-Answers (randomly creates Matching Questions
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from the available Short Answer questions in the same category)< / LI >
< LI > Quiz question import from text files (modular design allows expansion to new formats - a beta Blackboard module is included)< / LI >
< LI > 'Create multiple questions' wizard to quickly create a random quiz< / LI >
< LI > Quiz questions may be randomly shuffled< / LI >
< LI > Quiz answers (multiple choice, etc) may be randomly shuffled< / LI >
< LI > Fixed off-by-one error when "Save Grades" button wasn't used.< / LI >
< LI > Regrading works properly if the quiz has been changed< / LI >
< LI > Editing a question after it's already been used in a quiz no longer affects quiz results< / LI >
< LI > Multiple choice answers are labelled a,b,c not 1,2,3< / LI >
2003-04-21 06:43:05 +00:00
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< DT > Resources< / DT >
< DD >
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< LI > Better performance when editing large text or HTML resources< / LI >
< LI > Plain images are now display centered within a proper web page (not raw).< / LI >
< LI > Wiki format added as a new option for Resource pages< / LI >
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< DT > Custom Themes< / DT >
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< LI > A number of new styles have been added to all built-in themes. Some of these are ESSENTIAL
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to viewing some of the new features. PLEASE SEE
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< A HREF = "http://moodle.org/theme/UPGRADE.txt" > theme/UPGRADE.txt< / A >
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TO SEE THE CHANGES YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE TO OLDER THEMES.< / LI >
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< LI > Custom themes now have the capability to re-define all the little button graphics.
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There is a new entry in theme/x/config.php ($THEME->custompix) and a new
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optional subdirectory "pix". See the theme cordoroyblue for an example.< / LI >
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< P > Older releases can be seen in the < A HREF = "http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=1" > Moodle.org announcement forum< / A > .
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