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<H2>Release notes</H2>
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<P> New in Moodle 1.0.6.4: </P>
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<UL><DL>
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<DT> Authentication
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<DD> Moodle now features seven different authentication mechanisms,
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making it possible to hook Moodle up to nearly any external list
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of users!
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<P>New methods just added include IMAP, POP3 and NNTP servers (including
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those using SSL or certificate-based authentication), and also
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authentication against user-specified fields in ANY
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external database table.
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<P>The login page can now be partially customised
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by the admin with personalised instructions, and the guest login can be
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hidden if desired.
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<P>"Mappings" can be defined so that other fields (such as email, firstname,
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lastname, department, language etc) can also be copied from LDAP or an
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external database when accounts are first used.
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<P>Finally, Moodle now sports a cool
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new admin GUI for configuring all of this, so it should be pretty
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easy now to set up external authentication.
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Many thanks to contributor Petri Asikainen for helping with the admin GUI.<BR><BR>
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<DT> Languages
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<DD> Complete new Norwegian translation (from Jøran Sørbø), and updates for several others.<BR><BR>
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<DT> Assignments
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<DD> Students can now resubmit assignments after grading if the teacher allows it<BR><BR>
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<DT> Contributed code
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<DD> Standalone user-contributed code is now distributed under the /contrib directory. This directory
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could get quite large, and the quality/security of it has usually not been checked by me,
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and so this code is not included in the standard releases and nightlies. However, people
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who are interested in it can access it via CVS (or see <A HREF="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/moodle/moodle/contrib/">CVS web view</A>). As these new features become polished or if demand grows for them,
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then I'll integrate them into the main Moodle distribution.<BR><BR>
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The first contributor is Holger Schadeck (compuproggy), who has written some <A HREF="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/moodle/moodle/contrib/compuproggy/">interesting code</A>
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to help with translating all the Moodle help files. Check it out!<BR><BR>
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<DT> Bug fixes
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<DD> <UL>
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<LI> Day value in dates (eg forum posts, weekly listing) are
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now displayed correctly on Windows servers.
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<LI> config-dist.php and README.txt is now in DOS format to make it easier for Windows users to get started (Unix users shouldn't be affected).
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<LI> Added a workaround (and new config switch in config-dist.php) for
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some systems which have buggy referer variables. This should help
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those people getting "stuck" on a form during setup.
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<LI> Logout now sends you to the home page and clears the session completely.
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<LI> Timezones now range between -13 to 13 hours (for daylight saving).
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<LI> Character set in email now matches current language.
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<LI> User pictures are now uploaded even if other fields have errors.
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<LI> Full-size user pictures on user profile page no longer clickable.
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<LI> Long user listing now has a small notice at the bottom about automatic unenrolment
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<LI> Unenrol and change password buttons are hidden for guest student
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<LI> Fixed occasional case where submitted assignments were sometimes having their owner changed.
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<LI> User log graphs are now faster, cleaner and translatable.
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<LI> Fixed HTML display errors with courses in category boxes on front page.
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<LI> Admin and guest accounts now always work, even with external authentication activated.
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<LI> Slightly more security when writing/reading files (now checks for embedded scripting).
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<LI> The same user can now be deleted more than once (create, delete, recreate, delete caused error).
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<LI> Language editor now works with multibyte languages (Thanks, Mits)
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</UL>
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</DL></UL>
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<HR>
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<P> New in Moodle 1.0.6.3: </P>
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<UL><DL>
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<DT> Bug fix for no-name forums.
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<DD> New sites created with 1.0.6.2 had some forums appearing with no names
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(for example the News forum on the home page).
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A workaround is to add a new activity to that section (all the names
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will be refreshed), but this release will fix it too. <BR><BR>
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<DT> New languages!
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<DD> Catalan and Spanish (Spain) translations have arrived!<BR><BR>
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<DT> Some display improvements for old Netscape browsers (headers and quizzes)<BR><BR>
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<DT> Guest language now ALWAYS the same as the current site language<BR><BR>
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<DT> "Recent Activity" can now be disabled completely if desired <BR><BR>
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<DT> For very large classes (larger than 500) participant list is not displayed<BR><BR>
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</DL></UL>
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<HR>
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<P> New in Moodle 1.0.6.2: </P>
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<UL><DL>
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<DT> Course formatting improvements
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<DD> The weekly and topic formats now have an extra "general" area up
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the top where "general" activities are listed - these are things
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that apply throughout the course, not just to one particular topic
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or week. This general area is not shown if it is completely empty.<BR><BR>
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<DT> Popup "jump" menu.
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<DD> You can now jump from one activity directly to any other using a
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popup menu in the upper-right corner of the page<BR><BR>
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<DT> Speed improvements
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<DD> Course activity details are now cached for each course, which
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greatly reduces the amount of database access required to display
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the course page. On heavily accessed systems this should improve speed.<BR><BR>
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<DT> Languages
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<DD> Surveys are now completely translatable.<BR><BR>
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<DT> Admin improvements
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<DD> Paging was added to the user admin page, so that the admin can now
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browse large numbers of users. <BR><BR>
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<DT> Fixes and tweaks
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<DD> Various other small improvements to formatting<BR><BR>
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</DL></UL>
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<HR>
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<P> New in Moodle 1.0.6.1: </P>
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<UL><DL>
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<DT> New assignment type: offline assignments
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<DD> In addition to "upload a file" assignments, you can now have "offline"
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assignments. These don't require the student to do anything online.
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They are useful for grading activities that are not on in Moodle, and a
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also useful for adding "manual" columns to the grade page.<BR><BR>
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<DT> Languages
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<DD> Spanish (Mexican) has been added to the distribution. Other languages have various improvements.<BR><BR>
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<DT> SMTP authentication
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<DD> SMTP mail now supports SMTP username and password if needed<BR><BR>
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<DT> Documentation
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<DD> Some parts rewritten, and documentation cleaned up (upgrade info now part of main docs)<BR><BR>
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<DT> Other fixes
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<UL><LI>Better checking on teachers using "loginas" to stop them roaming other courses as a student
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<LI>While using "loginas", teachers can return to their own identity using a link in the footer
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<LI>Some strings fixed in assignments, journals, and forums.
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<LI>Guest language is now the same as the site
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<LI>etc
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</UL>
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</DL></UL>
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<HR>
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<P> New in Moodle 1.0.6: </P>
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<UL><DL>
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<DT> New feature - WYSIWYG Text editing!
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<DD> A WYSIWYG text editor has been added to many of the forms in Moodle. These are currently
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only visible when using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later - other browsers see the
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normal forms exactly as before.<BR><BR>
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<DT> New feature - Quiz module!
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<DD> Finally, the most requested new module is here! Multiple choice, short answer, and true-false
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questions with automatic marking, multiple attempts, teacher regrading and many other features.
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Questions are stored in a categorised database, and may be "published" to other courses.<BR><BR>
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<DT> New feature - Grade manager!
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<DD> A new tool has been added for teachers to see all grades for a course on one page.
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You can also download/export grades as a tab-separated text file or an Excel
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Spreadsheet. In future more features will be added to this page like sorting, manual
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columns and calculations, but it's still pretty useful right now.<BR><BR>
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<DT> New feature - LDAP authentication!
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<DD> Moodle can now authenticate against external directories that use the
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LDAP protocol (including Novell etc). Many thanks to Petri Asikainen for
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developing this authentication plug-in!<BR><BR>
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<DT> New feature - New smilies
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<DD> Many new smilies have been added, and are now also accessible using a GUI in the text editor.<BR><BR>
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<DT> Improved text editing
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<DD> You can now include all major HTML tags in all texts. This is now safe because
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of newly added functionality that strips all Javascript and faulty tags from texts
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before they can cause security or display problems.<BR><BR>
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<DT> Languages
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<DD> German and Italian have been added! Many thanks to the translators (see the credits).<BR><BR>
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<DT> Reading module => Resource module
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<DD> After much thought and a vote of support (21 "yes" to 6 "no") on the "Using Moodle"
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web site I changed the name of the "reading" module to "resource" (at the code level
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and also the language packs). It was better to do this earlier than later.
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This more generic name will be more meaningful to more people and opens the way to
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some real development on a resource library.
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But I don't want to ever change a module name again! :-)
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If you have any hard-coded URLs pointing to readings that you don't want to break,
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you can add a line like this to your Apache httpd.conf to redirect them:
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<B><CODE>Redirect /mod/reading http://yourserver.com/mod/resource</CODE></B><BR><BR>
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<FONT COLOR=RED>Note: if upgrading to 1.0.6 you may have some "reading" errors in "Recent activity" ... logging
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out and then logging in again will fix this</FONT><BR><BR>
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<DT> Other additions
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<DD> An admin script to totally delete the Moodle data directory has been included (admin/delete.php)
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for people who need to tear down a Moodle installation but don't have root access on their
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server.<BR><BR>
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<DT> Miscellaneous
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<DD> Many small improvements have been made to the interface, and many small bugs have been fixed.
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Some examples:
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<UL>
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<LI> Big "Edit this page" buttons at the top of pages (replacing the tiny icon)
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<LI> LDAP authentication module (thanks to Petri)
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<LI> Authentication from external sources can now import any fields
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<LI> Student assignment list now shows submission status properly
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<LI> Default language for users is now the site language
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<LI> Users have a 'Change Password' button on their profile page
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<LI> Journals that need teacher feedback are highlighted
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<LI> More documentation and more context help buttons
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<LI> Database-specific upgrade code
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<LI> Uses character-set codes to make the browser do the right thing
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<LI> User's name in footer is now a link
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<LI> News and social forums are now editable
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<LI> Forums that don't allow posting don't have uneccessary "discuss" links
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<LI> Improved algorithm for shortening posts in forum listings
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<LI> Choice module now allows up to six choices
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</UL>
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</DL></UL>
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<P> </P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="1"><A HREF="../doc/" TARGET="_top">Moodle Documentation</A></FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="1">Version: $Id$</FONT></P>
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