Moodle Releases

Notes:

1. The above lead times and sign-off dates for Moodle releases ensure a robust and stable Moodle environment for students and staff. These dates are to be used as a guide when planning software changes for Moodle and can be subject to change.
2. Moodle UAT: https://unsw-mdl-test.enter.openlms.cloud
   • Login ID: <zID>@adtest.unsw.edu.au
   • Password: This is your ADTEST password. If you don’t know what it is, you will need to contact the IT Service Centre to have it reset.
3. Moodle STAGE: https://unsw-mdl-stage.enter.openlms.cloud
   • Login ID: <zID>@ad.unsw.edu.au
   • Password: Your zPass

Bug

• UNSW3-1923 Apply BASE-4392: mod_quiz: Implement setting for results timeout for overview report
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures there is no error message when viewing the Overview report for STACK quiz questions.

• UNSW3-1974 theme_unsw_new: UNSW new theme May 2022
  Affects System - Updates UNSW New theme.

New Feature

• UNSW3-1715 INTERNAL: assignsubmission_mediagallery: Implementation of automatic submission of Media Collection Assignments [M3.11]
  Affects Students - Submits a Media Collection Assignment to the Assignment tool after the due date if 'Require students to click the submit button' is selected as "No".

Task

• UNSW3-1981 config: Set and track a forum permission for Grading tutor
  Affects Grading Tutor - Ensures Grading Tutor receives email notifications from Forum.

• UNSW3-1983 config: Set RemUI course format layout to List by default
  Affects System - Sets and tracks the course format iayout in RemUi theme as 'List Layout'.

Improvement

• UNSW3-1972 Apply BASE-4412: Upgrade the Coderunner question type v2021112300 (4.1.1)
  Affects Staff/Students - Upgrades the Coderunner question type to the latest stable version 4.1.1 (2021112300). More information on this plugin is available at https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_coderunner/4.1.1/25542.

• UNSW3-1977 mod_mediagallery: Update submission message to show late period
  Affects Students - Displays the late period in hours/days if a Media Collection Assignment was submitted late.

• UNSW3-1978 - theme_remui: RemUI Customisation May 2022
  Affects System - Applies latest updates to RemUI theme.

• UNSW3-1980 format_remuiformat: May Customisations v2021080300 (1.1.0)
  Affects System - Applies latest updates to RemUI theme.

• UNSW3-1986 Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

Bug

• UNSW3-1982 qtype_coderunner: Apply undefined constants from v2021112300
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures there is no error message when attempting a CodeRunner quiz question.

Bug

• UNSW3-1959 Apply BASE-4086 plagiarism_turnitin: Fix display of rubrics to students patch 2
  Affects Students - Ensures the Turnitin Rubrics in a Turnitin assignment.activity is displayed.

• UNSW3-1944 Add a 'All staff roles (non-student roles)" field to "HTML (per role)" fix after BASE-4356 #2
  Affects Staff - Ensures the content in the HTML (per role) block is only visible to the selected roles.

• UNSW3-1863 Apply BASE-4359: mod_activequiz: Update button styling to match Moodle
  Affects System - Ensures buttons within Active Quiz have the same styling as the other buttons in Moodle.

New Feature

• UNSW3-1942 Download submissions in Media Collection Assignment (CASD#2926132) [M3.11]
  Affects Staff - Enables an instructor to download all the submitted files from a Media Collection Assignment.

• UNSW3-1904 Enable and Apply BASE-4325: qtype_drawing: Add Freehand drawing (ETH)
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements Freehand drawing question type from ETH. More information on this Quiz question type is available at https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_drawing.

• UNSW3-1890 Enable and apply BASE-4371: mod_livepoll: Live Poll v3.11.3 (2021112600)
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements the Live Poll module to support synchronous polling. More information on this module is available at https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_livepoll.

• UNSW3-1855 plugin: Enable mod_activequiz
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements the Active Quiz module to support 'Hybrid first' pedagogy in Moodle courses. More information on this module is available at https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_activequiz.

Task

• UNSW3-1965 config: theme_remui/unsw_new: Set and track custmenulinks
  Affects System - Tracks the URLs under the UNSW Sites on the Moodle dashboard.

• UNSW3-1945 config: Disable Guest Access to Moodle Dashboard
  Affects System - Redirects user who is not logged in to the login page.

• UNSW3-1894 config: Track configuration for Active Quiz
  Affects System - Applies the configurations and tracks the permissions for the Active Quiz module.

• UNSW3-1522 plugins: editor_atto: Enable Sketch plugin [M3.11]
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements the Sketch plugin in the Atto Editor and adds it to the Atto toolbar. More information on this plugin is available at https://moodle.org/plugins/atto_sketch.

Improvement

• UNSW3-1963 Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

• UNSW3-1961 block_myoverview: Add options for 8 courses per page
  Affects Staff/Students - Displays 8 courses per page (as default) in the My Course Overview block for new users.

• UNSW3-1960 format_remuiformat: Customise v2021080300 (1.1.0)
  Affects System - Applies latest updates to RemUI course format.

• UNSW3-1958 local_o365: Implement configurable hour to run suspend sync
  Affects System - Ensures active users are able to log in to Moodle.

• UNSW3-1955 theme_unsw_three_col_new: UNSW three column theme V8.1.3
  Affects System - Updates UNSW 3-column theme to version v8.1.3.

• UNSW3-1954 theme_unsw_canberra: UNSW canberra theme V8.1.3
  Affects System - Updates UNSW Canberra theme to version v8.1.3.

• UNSW3-1953 theme_unsw_new: UNSW new theme V8.1.3
  Affects System - Updates UNSW New theme to version v8.1.3.

• UNSW3-1952 theme_remui: RemUI Customisation April 2022
  Affects System - Applies latest updates to RemUI theme.

• UNSW3-1921 theme_unsw_canberra: UNSW Canberra Theme V8.1.2
  Affects System - Updates UNSW Canberra theme to version v8.1.2.

• NSW3-1917 theme_unsw_three_col_new: UNSW Three Column New Theme V8.1.2
  Affects System - Updates UNSW 3-column theme to version v8.1.2.

• UNSW3-1916 theme_unsw_new: UNSW new theme V8.1.2
  Affects System - Updates UNSW New theme to version v8.1.2.

• UNSW3-1941 qtype_drawing: Custom Quiz Drawing Review popup
  Affects Staff - Displays the image in the centre of the popup window reviewing a Freehand drawing quiz question.

• UNSW3-1877 Apply BASE-4369: mod_activequiz: Update button margin to match Moodle
  Affects System - Ensures button margin in Active Quiz has the same styling as the other buttons in Moodle.

Bug

• UNSW3-1922 Apply BASE-4404: mod_dialogue: Fix downloading of file attachments in conversations
  Affects Students - Enables file attachments to be downloaded in a Dialogue activity.

• UNSW3-1913 format_unsw: UNSW Online course format v2022021400
  Affects System - Updates the course format of UNSW Online theme to version v2022021400.

• UNSW3-1886 Add a 'All staff roles (non-student roles)" field to "HTML (per role)" fix after BASE-4356
  Affects Staff - Enables the selection of multiple roles when adding content in the “HTML (per role)” block.

• UNSW3-1556 mod_mediagallery: Remove the submission check box in Media Collection Assignment [M3.11]
  Affects Students - Removes the check box tick symbol for "Submit Assignment" in a Media Collection Assignment.

Improvement

• UNSW3-1924 Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

• UNSW3-1907 theme_unsw_online: UNSW Online theme v2022021400
  Affects System - Updates the course format of UNSW Online theme to version v2022021400.

• UNSW3-1903 lang: local_unswlogin: Update loginwelcome and descriptionAGSMEE
  Affects System - Updates the wording on the login pages for UNSW Global and AGSM EE.

• UNSW3-1704 New feature request: Add a 'All staff roles (non-student roles)" field to “HTML (per role)” block [M3.11]
  Affects Staff - Adds a new 'All staff roles (non-student roles)" field to the “HTML (per role)” block to display the block to staff only roles.

   

Bug

• UNSW3-1914 - Apply BASE-4394: Apply MDL-74074 badges: Ensure profile criteria exists before completion check
  Affects System - Applies a security patch to ensure correct access to Badges when they are enabled.

Bug

• UNSW3-1856 - mod_mediagallery: Allow editing of gallery for non creators with capability
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures a Media Gallery that is created as contributable can be edited by other users.

• UNSW3-1861 - group: import: Re-implement MDL-72342 with customisation
  Affects Staff - Ensures groups can be created with users assigned to the relevant groups when uploading from a CSV file.

• UNSW3-1869 - mod_mediagallery: Fix Gallery CSS to allow button clicks for first media item
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures buttons in first thumbnail function when editing Media Gallery in Media Collection activity in Grid view.

• UNSW3-1888 - Apply BASE-4374: mod_oublog: Fix the issue when viewing posts with attachment
  Affects Staff - Ensures details of students can be viewed for OU Blog containing posts with attachments.

• UNSW3-1891 - Apply HOSTED-611: local_migration_request: Limit available users to 100 results
  Affects Staff - Ensures available users in Sandpit Request Form is limited to 100.

New Feature

• UNSW3-1705 - Implement the ability to turn off the Moodle Assignment rubric from generating a mark [M3.11]
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements option for rubrics in Moodle Assignment activity to not generate a mark and hide scoring.

• UNSW3-1713 - Download submissions in Media Collection Assignment (CASD#2926132)
  Affects Staff - Ensures all submitted files can be downloaded from a Media Gallery in an Assignment activity.

• UNSW3-1718 - plugins: Enable filter_echo360du [M3.11]
  Affects System - Installs Echo360 Domain Update Filter plugin to ensure all the old Echo360 old URLs are updated.

• UNSW3-1899 - Enable and Apply BASE-4382: qtype_gapfill: Install v2021073100
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements Gapfill question type in Quiz activity. Information on this new Quiz question type is available at https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_gapfill.

Task

• UNSW3-1775 - config: mod_chat: track readlog setting [M3.11]
  Affects Students - Ensures past chat sessions in Chat activity cannot be viewed when option for viewing past chat sessions is disabled.

• UNSW3-1779 - config: mod_scheduler: Set and track viewfullslots
  Affects Students - Ensures Student can view time slots in Scheduler activity that are booked by other Students.

• UNSW3-1850 - config: atto_morefontcolors: Track availablecolors values
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures more font colours are available in Atto editor and tracked.

• UNSW3-1870 - local_unsw_user_manager: Implement group creation for Process CSV
  Affects AGSM EE Administrator and UNSWG Administrator - Ensures AGSM EE Administrator and UNSWG Administrator roles can create groups when uploading from a CSV file.

• UNSW3-1871 - config: theme_remui: Set and track canberracategoryid values
  Affects System - Ensures Canberra Category ID is applied and tracked for Canberra courses in UNSW RemUI theme.

• UNSW3-1883 - config: Set and track Sample email in OIDC CTA button
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures display of sample email address on Moodle login button is applied and tracked.

• UNSW3-1884 - config: Set and track custommenuitems
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures menu items for Site Home, Student Help and Staff Help are applied and tracked.

• UNSW3-1885 - config: Set and track auth_instructions
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures settings for Alternative logins on Moodle login page are applied and tracked.

Improvement

• UNSW3-1692 - local_blackboard: Update email template for inactive users remove from groups alert [M3.11]
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements email text changes for inactive users removed from groups.

• UNSW3-1738 - lang: Customise remotenewsfeed string [M3.11]
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures label for “Remote RSS Feeds” block does not change to “Remote news feed“ when the block is added to a course.

• UNSW3-1847 - config: Enable Chemistry notation using mhchem
  Affects Staff/Students - Installs mhchem plugin for displaying chemical formulae and equations. Information on this plugin is available at https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Chemistry_notation_using_mhchem#Installation.

• UNSW3-1866 - Apply BASE-4356: block_rolespecifichtml: Applied associated code for file fixes
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures image is displayed in Role HTML block.

• UNSW3-1872 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

• UNSW3-1876 - theme_unsw_new: Further login design changes
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures latest design changes are applied to the Moodle login page.

• UNSW3-1892 - Upgrade to PHP 7.4.28
  Affects System - Upgrade PHP to version 7.4.28.

Bug

• UNSW3-1696 - Inspera Quiz import and Export January 2022 fixes [M3.11]
  Affects Staff - Rectifies issue with negative marks imported into Inspera Quiz from Moodle.

• UNSW3-1780 - filter_thebox: Fix multiple and mixed embedded files display
  Affects Staff/Students - Rectifies issue with uploading media in theBox to a Book using the Atto editor.

• UNSW3-1794 - Apply BASE-4328: qtype_coderunner: Display proper error patch
  Affects Staff - Ensures proper error messages are displayed in CodeRunner question sets.

• UNSW3-1832 - mod_turnintooltwo: Re-allow backing up of activities
  Affects Staff - Ensures Turnitin v2 activities can be backed up so they can be unchecked by default when restoring or importing a course.

• UNSW3-1836 - Unset institute and theme when not logged in
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures themes for alternative logins do not persist when user is not logged in.

• UNSW3-1840 - filter_asciimath: Replace use of deprecated string offset syntax
  Affects System - Ensures correct square brackets used in syntax for deprecated string offset.

• UNSW3-1843 - mod_assign: tests: Fix quick grading for groups apply to all unit test
  Affects System - Ensures automated unit tests pass for grading groups in Assignments.

• UNSW3-1844 - mod_forum: tests: Fix custom unit tests
  Affects System - Ensures automated unit tests pass for Forums.

• UNSW3-1857 - theme_unsw_new: Fix undefined variable in Custom Mobile menu
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures the Moodle login page is displayed correctly on a mobile device.

Task

• UNSW3-1699 - config: Set and track custommenuitems [M3.11]
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements the configuration of the menu items for Site Home, Student Help and Staff Help.

• UNSW3-1700 - config: Track sharing cart block permission for Teaching Assistant [M3.11]
  Affects Teaching Assistant - Ensures Teaching Assistant role cannot add Sharing Cart block.

• UNSW3-1701 - config: Set and track plagiarism_turnitin_customfieldforauth [M3.11]
  Affects System - Ensures UPN can be used for authentication in Turnitin Plagiarism Plugin.

• UNSW3-1714 - plugins: Enable atto_morefontcolours [M3.11]
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures more font colours are available in Atto editor.

• UNSW3-1717 - config: theme_remui: Set and track enabledictionary [M3.11]
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures the dictionary functionality is disabled in RemUI theme.

• UNSW3-1740 - config: mod_scheduler: Track enabling attach calendar invites setting [M3.11]
  Affects Staff - Ensures calendar invites can be attached to Scheduler activity.

• UNSW3-1815 - config: mod_ouwiki: Update permissions for tutor roles [M3.11]
  Affects Grading Tutor/Non-Grading Tutor - Allows Grading Tutor to edit OU Wiki and removes ability from Non-Grading Tutor to delete a pages in OU Wiki.

• UNSW3-1841 - config: atto_morefontcolors: Track allowcustom option
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures a custom colour can be chosen in Atto editor.

Improvement

• UNSW3-1716 - local_nssdb: Implement a whitelist for NSS user suspension [M3.11]
  Affects System - Ensures test accounts are not disabled in Moodle.

• UNSW3-1837 - Optional redirection from site home page to login page when not logged in
  Affects System - Implements redirection to Moodle login page for users who are not logged in.

• UNSW3-1838 - theme_remui: RemUI Customisation January 2022
  Affects System - Applies latest updates to RemUI theme.

• UNSW3-1842 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

• UNSW3-1845 - theme_unsw_new: New login design initial changes
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements new Moodle login page to replace old login and pre-login pages.

• UNSW3-1860 - Apply BASE-4357: MDL-72246 core_completion: Only fetch other completion data on requested
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements performance improvements when displaying courses containing activities with tracking completion.

Bug

• UNSW3-1773 - Apply BASE-4312: local_teameval: Fix handling of incomplete comments [M3.11]
  Affects Students – Ensures comments are saved correctly for Team Evaluation (Beta) in Assignment activity.

• UNSW3-1795 - Apply BASE-4330: local_teameval: Fix autocomplete dropdown [M3.11]
  Affects Staff – Ensures autocomplete dropdown in adding question template is displayed correctly for Team Evaluation (Beta) in Assignment activity.

• UNSW3-1801 - Apply BASE-4334: mod_attendance: Fix handling of calendar view for students [M3.11]
  Affects Students - Ensures a date can be selected in the Attendance activity on iPad without errors.

• UNSW3-1803 - Apply BASE-4333: mod_workshep: Fix Assessment page error [M3.11]
  Affects Staff – Ensures Assessment phase in UNSW Workshop can be accessed without errors.

• UNSW3-1805 - Apply BASE-4332: local_userpolicy: Fix query when a user profile has more than one custom profile field [M3.11]
  Affects Students - Ensures Privacy Settings can be accessed without errors.

• UNSW3-1809 - theme_agsm: AGSM theme (M3.11) fixes
  Affects System - Updates UNSW AGSM theme to version v8.0.1.

• UNSW3-1810 - theme_unsw_new: UNSW new theme (M3.11) V8.0.1
  Affects System - Updates UNSW New theme to version v8.01.

• UNSW3-1811 - RemUI Course Format Customisations (M3.11) fixes
  Affects System - Updates RemUI course format to version v2021072000.

• UNSW3-1812 - theme_remui: RemUI Customisation v2021072000 [3.11.1] (M3.11) further fixes
  Affects System - Updates RemUI theme to version v2021072000.

• UNSW3-1813 - theme_unsw_canberra: UNSW canberra theme (M3.11) V8.0.1
  Affects System - Updates UNSW Canberra theme to version v8.0.1.

• UNSW3-1814 - theme_unsw_three_col_new: UNSW three column theme (M3.11) V8.0.1
  Affects System - Updates UNSW 3-column theme to version v8.0.1.

• UNSW3-1821 - local_astra: Correctly refer to azure classes [3.11]
  Affects System - Ensures Astra export can upload grades without errors.

• UNSW3-1834 - Apply security patches from 3.11.5
  Affects System - Applies security patches.

Task

• UNSW3-1816 - config: Track additional stack configuration [M3.11]
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures Stack questions in Quiz can be accessed without errors.

• UNSW3-1817 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

• UNSW3-1818 - config: Apply User capabilities self:enrolself and self:unenrolself [M3.11]
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures users can enrol and unenrol from self-enrolment courses.

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