UNSW Moodle - 2014 December Client Release 1
The 2014 December Client Release 1 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bugs
[UNSW2-871] - releasetask: Remove duplicate elluminate meeting IDs for course
Affects Staff – Remove duplicate IDs for specific rolled over Blackboard Collaborate sessions.
[UNSW2-882] - integ: Update deprecated function call
Affects System – Remove error messages in Cron jobs.
Improvements
[UNSW2-872] - mod_scheduler: lang: Help text for Grade under the 'add new scheduler' form
Affects Staff – Help text has been added to the Grade field of the Scheduler activity setup page.
[UNSW2-874] - mod_hsuforum: update default display mode
Affects Staff/Students – When using the Advanced Forum replies are now displayed in threaded form by default.
[UNSW2-876] - mod_dialogue: customisations to opening a conversation
Affects Staff/Students – Minor language changes have been made in the Dialogue activity to improve clarity.
[UNSW2-879] - config: Track some missed settings from upgrade
Affects System – Configuration changes have been made to track URLs for affiliated organisation logins on Moodle login page.
[UNSW2-883] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System – Applied system and security patches.
[UNSW2-884] - theme_unsw_new: Update to v2.0.11
Affects Staff/Students – Monthly minor theme updates.
[UNSW2-885] - Apply wip-MDL-46798: Don't show graded status before workflow released
Affects Student – Students will see the assignment status of “Not Graded” until the Instructor releases the grades irrespective of the actual workflow stage.
New Features
[UNSW2-869] - mod_assign: Enable bulk download of feedback files
Affects Staff – Instructors and Grading Tutors can now download all student feedback files for a particular assignment in a single .zip file.
[UNSW2-881] - Apply MDL-32870: No filepicker for Lesson questions answers and responses
Affects Staff – The TinyMCE editor was only available on for the first three questions when creating a multiple choice question in the Lesson activity. This is now available for all questions thus allowing easier formatting and images to be inserted using the file picker.
UNSW Moodle - 2014 December Emergency Release 1
The 2014 December Client Emergency Release 1 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The change in this update included:
Improvement
[UNSW2-878] - config: update auth_ldap and auth_cas LDAP server
Affects System – Update the hostname of our instance of Moodle.
UNSW Moodle - 2014 October Client Release 1
The 2014 October Client Release 1 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bugs
[UNSW2-858] - mod_assign: Do not send feedback notification if grades are not released (cf. MDL-45324)
Affects Staff/Students - Students will only receive a notification when the feedback/grades for an assignment have been released by the Instructor.
Improvements
[UNSW2-854] - theme_unsw_new: Update theme to v2.0.3
[UNSW2-860] - theme_unsw_new: unsw_three_col_new: Apply latest theme update (2.0.5)
Affects Staff/Students – Bug fixes for the bootstrap theme.
UNSW2-823] - config: local_userpolicy: Configure default privacy settings
Affects Students – Students can select the fields in their Moodle profile information to be viewable by other users.
[UNSW2-856] - theme_unsw_new: Make font-size normal for tooltips
Affects Students – Increases the font size of the help text in privacy settings.
[UNSW2-853] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System – Applies some minor updates and fixes to our instance of Moodle.
New Features
[UNSW2-744] - BASE-442: mod_scheduler: Add ability to have ics files attached to emails.
Affects Staff/Students – Instructors can now send meeting invitations, by attaching an .ics file to an email, to students from a Scheduler activity. The .ics file can be read by programs such as iCalendar, Outlook and Google Calendars.
Tasks
[UNSW2-843] - config: update enrol/database:unenrol and moodle/restore:viewautomatedfilearea
Affects TELT Administrators and Managers – TELT Administrators can no longer unerol students from courses for records keeping purpose. Managers can now access and restore automated course backups.
[UNSW2-857] - theme_unswglobal: update the logo UNSW Global
Affects UNSW Institute of Languages Staff and Students – Updates the UNSW logo to the latest version.
UNSW Moodle - 2014 September Client Release 1
The 2014 September Client Release 1 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bugs
[UNSW2-818] theme_unsw_new: disable the dock for mobile devices
Affects Staff/Students – Displays the blocks at the bottom of the page to maximize display for content in the Moodle Mobile app doc on mobile phone.
[UNSW2-820] mod_turnitintool: Fix alignment issue in Turnitin plugin
Affects Staff – Rectified an alignment issue when setting up a Turnitin assignment.
[UNSW2-826] integration: Fix SQL for deleting scar courses
Affects Moodle Managers - Allows SCAR courses to be deleted from the database.
[UNSW2-831] theme_unsw_three_col: Fix error, "Trying to reference an unknown block region side-pre"
Affects System – Rectified an error message for courses using the 3-column theme.
[UNSW2-833] Apply BASE-873: mod_turnitintool: fix missing parameter passed to activitylog
Affects System - Rectified incorrect data from being logged for Turnitin.
Improvements
[UNSW2-794] [CONFIG] block_rest: Enable Rest Block
Affects Manager – Enabled new Analytics Block to collate statistics in a course.
[UNSW2-819] ns_integration_scripts: fix bug with nss file syncing
Affects Manager – Cron jobs to reflect only the content in files that have changed.
[UNSW2-822] lang_en_local: Update mod_echolink modulename_help
Affects Staff – Improved the help information associated with the “modulename” help link when setting up the Echo Link tool.
[UNSW2-824] user: change 'Send an email' feature to use comma separated email addresses
Affects Staff/Students - The 'Send an email' feature now uses comma as the separator between email addresses.
[UNSW2-825] Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System – Applies some minor updates and fixes to our instance of Moodle.
[UNSW2-828] config: Enable forum_usermarksread
Affects Staff/Students - Forum posts remain as “unread” after the daily Moodle digest is sent.
[UNSW2-830] Config: Update 'Moodle Home' to 'Site Home' in menu
Affects Staff/Students - 'Moodle Home' has been renamed to 'Site Home' for consistency in naming convention.
[UNSW2-829] local_migration_request: Rename Blackboard Migration Request Form
Affects Staff - The Blackboard Migration Request Form has been renamed as the “Sandpit Request Form”.
New Features
[UNSW2-811] theme_unsw_new: Moodle Theme v2.0.1
[UNSW2-832] theme_unsw_new: Moodle Theme v2.0.2
Affects Staff/Students - Moodle theme updates (v2.0.1 & v2.0.2) have been introduced. The content will be displayed according to screen size of the device.
[UNSW2-827] Enable Formulas question type
Affects Staff/Students – A new formula quiz question type is now available.