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< h1 > Latest Release notes< / h1 >
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< h3 > New in Moodle 1.2.1 (25th March, 2004)< / h3 >
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< dt > Various small bug fixes< / dt >
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< li > Fixed some bugs that were causing survey graphs and results not to display in some circumstances< / li >
< li > Improved security in the cron script< / li >
< li > Fixed WebCT quiz import to deal with missing images, shortanswers and escaped characters< / li >
< li > Fixed formatting on editor dialog to insert links< / li >
< li > Prevent glossary from adding links to activity names that are already links< / li >
< li > Fixed some timezone calculations when user isn't present< / li >
< li > Characters like :( in Javascript code within filtered HTML are no longer converted to a sad smiley< / li >
< li > Improved handling of ratings for single forums when secureforms is on.< / li >
< li > Multichoice question creation now defaults to a single correct answer format< / li >
< li > Guests can no longer see email addresses if "show only to course participants" has been set by that user< / li >
< li > Primary admin is now the lowest-numbered entry in user_admins, rather than the admin with the lowest userid.< / li >
< li > Modified flash MP3 plugin to improve brightness of Play button on darker screens< / li >
< li > Various polishing and improvements in many language packs< / li >
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< h3 > New in Moodle 1.2 (20th March, 2004)< / h3 >
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< dt > Major new features< / dt >
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< li > New support for < strong > groups< / strong > and cohorts within courses (with many options)< / li >
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< li > < strong > Text filters< / strong > allow arbitrary processing on all text in Moodle, including < strong > automatic linking< / strong > , < strong > mathematics support< / strong > , < strong > multi-language content< / strong > and infinitely more possibilities< / li >
< li > A fantastic new < strong > Glossary module< / strong > (thanks to Williams Castillo!) with many different ways to contruct learning activities based around collecting definitions< / li >
< li > A great new < strong > Lesson module< / strong > (thanks to Ray Kingdon!) easily creates active content with pathways and multiple-choice questions< / li >
< li > A new < strong > Label module< / strong > allows arbitrary HTML in the course page< / li >
< li > An improved < strong > WYSIWYG editor< / strong > , faster and more cross-platform than the old one< / li >
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< li > < strong > Automatic backups< / strong > can be scheduled by the administrator for all courses at once< / li >
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< dt > Courses< / dt >
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< li > Activities can now be indented on the course outline, allowing more structure< / li >
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< li > A new report for Recent Activity makes it easier to see what's happened recently< / li >
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< li > A new logs button on every activity links to the logs page to show logs per-activity< / li >
< li > Restore button now always functional< / li >
< li > Improved " index" view for all modules< / li >
< li > Improvements to participants display, including paging and initial searching< / li >
< li > Excel downloads are more compatible with different operating systems< / li >
< li > Better error reporting when adding/updating activities< / li >
< li > Search box no longer auto-focuses (it was causing annoying auto-scrolling on long courses)< / li >
< li > Self-unenrollment link on the course page for students< / li >
< li > Change password link on the course page for students< / li >
< li > Students can now be allowed to see their own activity reports (course setting)< / li >
< li > Teachers can browse the course files for images when using the new editor< / li >
< li > New image of empty box as destination when moving activities< / li >
< li > Accesses are now recorded by course, so the participant listings make more sense< / li >
< li > The activity navbar now has buttons for previous and next activities< / li >
< li > File dates were incorrect on some systems - this is now fixed.< / li >
< li > Old chat users are no longer shown in the recent activity< / li >
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< dt > Site administration< / dt >
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< li > An important security fix preventing teachers from logging in as admins who are students in their course< / li >
< li > New setting " forcelogin" can force people to log in before they can see any of the site< / li >
< li > New setting " opentogoogle" allows Google and people referred by Google to get in as guest< / li >
< li > New setting " timezone" allows a default timezone to be set for the whole site< / li >
< li > New setting " deleteunconfirmed" specifies the time we'll wait for email accounts to be confirmed< / li >
< li > New setting " allowunenroll" enables/disables students from unenrolling themselves from courses< / li >
< li > New setting " fullnamedisplay" allows override for the formatting of user full names so students can only see " firstname lastname" , " lastname firstname" or " firstname" < / li >
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< li > Individual users can have their email disabled by the teacher or admin (useful for dealing with broken mail accounts that are bouncing)< / li >
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< li > Upload sizes can now be controlled throughout Moodle using " maxbytes" . There is a site limit (bounded by the current PHP limits), which itself is the upper bound for course limits, which is the upper bound for activity limits.< / li >
< li > Moodle cookies can be customised (helps when running multiple Moodles on one site)< / li >
< li > Included script for analysing database performance (admin/dbperformance.php)< / li >
< li > Included standalone script to check a server for Moodle compatibility (lib/compatible.php)< / li >
< li > If a file called cronextra.php exists in the dataroot then cron will run that too. This allows sites to have " special" maintenance features.< / li >
< li > Course formats are now more like plugins, in separate directories< / li >
< li > Users can now be uploaded from text files< / li >
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< li > If $CFG-> disableuserimages is defined (in config.php) then user images can not be changed< / li >
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< li > If $CFG-> admineditalways is defined then the administrator can edit ANY post at any time.< / li >
< li > If $CFG-> filterall is defined then even little things liks forum subjects and activity names are filtered< / li >
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< li > Support for restricted demo users (eg the teacher demo on Moodle.org) - usernames can be added to a list of names in config.php. eg $CFG-> restrictusers = 'teacher,fred';< / li >
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< dt > Themes< / dt >
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< li > Fixes for Internet Explorer can be more robust at using the style sheet< / li >
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< li > Miscellaneous fixes and improvements to themes - < strong > custom themes need upgrading!< / strong > < / li >
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< dt > Translations< / dt >
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< li > New languages: Galego and Lithuanian< / li >
< li > Improved language editing interface - it allows the current language to be chosen and allows each file to be edited separately.< / li >
< li > The list of country names can now be translated, as can the editor buttons, smiley names and file sizes (Mb, Gb etc)< / li >
< li > Language packs can now define the default language direction (RTL or LTR)< / li >
< li > Language packs can now define the order that people's names should be shown in< / li >
< li > Language files are now written using slightly more efficient PHP code< / li >
< li > Finally got rid of the final bogus linefeeds in the multi-line strings< / li >
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< li > Courses can now " force" a language on all users< / li >
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< dt > Backup / Restore< / dt >
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< li > Automatic backups can be scheduled by the administrator for all courses at once< / li >
2004-03-21 01:35:13 +00:00
< li > Logs are now fully restored< / li >
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< li > All needed users are now included in course backups (even if no longer enrolled)< / li >
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< li > Miscellaneous fixes and improvements< / li >
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< dt > Text Filters and Formatting< / dt >
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< li > Warning: the new text filters can increase the load on your server, particularly when used with complex filters. Use them with caution. < / li >
< li > The new < strong > glossary filter< / strong > can create links to glossary entries from matching words throughout Moodle.< / li >
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< li > The new < strong > TeX filter< / strong > can convert TeX code found anywhere in Moodle into true Mathematics notation (GIF format image). There is also an < strong > algebra< / strong > filter with a simpler input format (more like calculators).< / li >
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< li > The new < strong > censor filter< / strong > can be enabled to filter out bad words.< / li >
< li > The new < strong > multilang filter< / strong > allows texts to be entered in multiple languages, and only the best one will be shown to each user (depending on their language setting)< / li >
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< li > The < nolink> tag can be used to prevent autolinking within a passage of text.< / li >
< li > More tags are now allowed, including < acronym> and all < math> tags.< / li >
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< li > Some areas where text wasn't properly filtered before (security risk) have now been fixed.< / li >
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< dt > Developer API< / dt >
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< li > A new coding guide is available< / li >
< li > A new Philosophy guide is available ;-)< / li >
< li > Improvements to the template for new modules< / li >
< li > Modules should now specify the minimum version of Moodle they are compatible with< / li >
< li > Scripts can specify to print_header() whether the page is pure XML< / li >
< li > Any module can save and retrieve user preferences that stay around between logins< / li >
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< dt > Chats< / dt >
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< li > Chat sessions can now be deleted< / li >
< li > Scheduled chat times now show the timezone to make it clearer< / li >
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< dt > Forums< / dt >
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< li > Forum viewing preferences are remembered between logins< / li >
< li > " Show parent" link on all posts for faster navigation around forums< / li >
< li > Anchor tags allow individual posts to be referenced in all views< / li >
< li > Improvements to cron job when manually run, as well as logging of mailer errors< / li >
< li > Only print the ratings button when there are ratings to be made< / li >
< li > Vastly improved email text versions of HTML forum posts< / li >
< li > When replying, an outline of other replies is shown.< / li >
< li > When using the HTML editor to post, other formatting options are no longer provided.< / li >
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< dt > Journals< / dt >
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< li > Journal questions can now use the HTML editor< / li >
< li > Some fixes to the report page when assessing journal entries< / li >
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< dt > Quizzes< / dt >
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< li > Questions and categories can now be edited without needing to open a quiz< / li >
< li > All questions can now use any of the Moodle editing formats< / li >
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< li > New import format: < strong > GIFT< / strong > format (this is the new default format)< / li >
< li > New import format: < strong > Course Test Manager< / strong > < / li >
< li > New import format: < strong > WebCT< / strong > format< / li >
< li > New import format: < strong > Aiken< / strong > format< / li >
< li > Short-Answer questions can now use wildcards for matching eg wild*rds< / li >
< li > Images now work in questions from external published categories< / li >
< li > Improved the overview reports to show more info and allow deletion of attempts< / li >
< li > Added a new detailed quiz report for statistical anaylsis< / li >
< li > All question types can now have up to 10 answers each< / li >
< li > Menus in quiz editing no longer need submit buttons (just select from menu)< / li >
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< li > Fixed bug that occurred when re-grading SOME quizzes with random questions in them< / li >
< li > Fixed bug that occurred in backups of quizzes with random questions in them< / li >
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< li > Many other small bugs fixed< / li >
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< dt > Resources< / dt >
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< li > Teachers can browse files more directly when creating uploaded file< / li >
< li > New settings to allow a default URL, a default search page and default popup settings< / li >
< li > Uploaded files can appear in popups too.< / li >
< li > Much better display of popups when using the navbar to go there< / li >
< li > MP3 files are now streamed using a built-in Flash MP3 player< / li >
< li > Video files (Media player, Quicktime) are embedded using local plugins< / li >
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< dt > Workshops< / dt >
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< li > Changes to handling of peer assessments< / li >
< li > New assessment phase< / li >
< li > New options for the league table< / li >
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< dt > Miscellaneous< / dt >
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< li > Moodle now ignores any folders that Frontpage may have added to it (_vti_cnf).< / li >
< li > Improved HTML -> XHTML in many places< / li >
< li > Many fixes for non-MySQL databases< / li >
< li > A few hard-coded text strings around the place were made translatable< / li >
< li > User profile data is now properly cleaned< / li >
< li > FIxes for when Moodle is embedded within a frame (eg in Postnuke)< / li >
< li > Bug fixes to Wiki mode< / li >
< li > Admin can no longer edit external accounts< / li >
< li > Qmail users can use " qmail" in the smtphosts field for better results< / li >
< li > Multiple methods of redirecting, to work around some browser bugs< / li >
< li > Small improvements to the display of grades in the gradebook< / li >
< li > More student profile fields can be edited, such as department and institution, and these are also written to grade dumps in text or Excel.< / li >
< li > When a student is added as a teacher, they are now automatically unenrolled from being a student< / li >
< li > Upgraded ADOdb (database layer)< / li >
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