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OK, this is a big check-in with some big changes, and needs work still. It seems relatively stable, but I need help identifying the rough patches. 1) First grading scales support. There is a now a new table called "scale" that contains grading scales. There can be site scales (course=0) and custom course scales. These can be used in modules - I've only done forums for now but that was the hard one. Scales can be edited via the new item in the course admin menu. There is one default scale - the connected/separate knowing one that used to be in forum. To build this I pull data from the language packs to create one during the upgrade, or anytime a scales menu is called and no scales are found. 2) New roles for course creator and teachers. I've fixed up the course menus and some other things but there's a lot left to do on this to make it all smooth. The idea is that teachers no longer can edit courses unless they are also course creators. The interface for this needs to be smoothed out a fair bit and I need help with this. The upgrade will upgrade all teachers to be creators, but will default the new site config "creatornewcourses" to "no", so that effectively these new teachers have the same privileges. 3) Simplified teacher management. There is no longer an "assign teachers" and a "teacher roles" page - it's all on one page in course/teacher.html. Phew ... time for a shower and then back into it.
README $Id$ ------ If you are installing the first time, then you should read the installation guide which is part of the Moodle documentation (along with information about upgrading etc): http://moodle.com/doc/ There is a copy of all this documentation as part of this Moodle distribution. You can access your local copy of the installation guide here: lang/en/docs/install.html Once Moodle is installed on your machine, then you can also access a local copy of all this documentation (localised to your language) at: http://yourmoodlesite.com/doc/ For the impatient, here is a basic outline of the installation process, which normally takes me only a few minutes: 1) Move the Moodle files into your web directory. 2) Create an empty directory somewhere to store uploaded files (NOT accessible via the web). This directory must be writeable by the web server process. 3) Create a single database for Moodle to store all it's tables in (or choose an existing database). 4) Copy the file config-dist.php to config.php, and edit it with all your own settings. 5) Visit your new home page with a web browser. Moodle will lead you through the rest of the setup, creating an admin account and so on. 6) Set up a cron task to call the file admin/cron.php every five minutes or so. Cheers! Martin Dougiamas