Moodle Releases

Upgrade

• UNSW3-756 - Upgrade to Moodle 3.7
  Upgraded from Moodle version 3.5 to version 3.7

Further information about Moodle 3.7 is available at https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/moodle-upgrade

Bug

• UNSW3-877 - Apply security patches from M3.5.8
  Affects System – Applies security fixes.

Bug

• UNSW3-735 - mod_mediagallery: Fix submission issue with Assign Require Submit setting
  Affects Staff/Students - When a student submits a Media Collection assignment that has the setting 'Require Submit button' enabled, the assignment will no longer appear as a draft to the instructor.
• UNSW3-749 - Apply BASE-3350 / BASE-3364 / BASE-3370 / BASE-3396: mod_groupselect: Additional fixes to v2018051900
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements correct individual group limits in Group activity.

Improvement

• UNSW3-709 - mod_turnitintooltwo: BASE-3248: Upgrade to 2019050101
  Affects Staff/Students - Updates the Turnitin v2 plugin to version 2019050101.
• UNSW3-738 - theme_unsw_online: Update to v20190719
  Affects Staff/Students - Updates the UNSW Online theme to version v20190719.
• UNSW3-739 - format_unsw: Update to v20190719
  Affects Staff/Students - Updates the UNSW Online theme Course format plugin. 
• UNSW3-751 - mod_forum: Fix alignments issue of the columns headers in forums
  Affects Staff/Students - Ensures the headers in a Forum activity are correctly aligned.
• UNSW3-752 - lang: mod_readingame: Update modulename_help string
  Affects Staff - Updates information for the Reading Game acitvity.
• UNSW3-758 - Customisation to: BASE-3378: local_pld: Optionally sends email to student with suspended enrollment status
  Affects Staff/Students - Emails are no longer sent to suspended users who are suspended when using the Personalised Learning Designer tool.
• UNSW3-759 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

Task

• UNSW3-747 - DB: Delete block_echo360_echocenter and block_progress for courses with shortname containing 5196, 5199, or 5197
  Affects Staff - Automatically removes old Echo360 block and Progress Bar block from courses rolled over from previous teaching period.
• UNSW3-748 - config: Track value for alternativefullnameformat
  Affects Students - Allows student's alternative name to be displayed in all relevant pages.
• UNSW3-750 - config: Track atto toolbar setting
  Affects Staff/Students - Adds PoodLL plugin buttons to Atto toolbar
• UNSW3-754 - config: Create superteltadmin role
  Affects System - Creation of new Super TELT Admin role to manage some administrative functions for Moodle courses.
• UNSW3-767 - config: Track PoodLL Registration Key value
  Affects System - Adds and tracks PoodLL plugin registration key.

Bug

• UNSW3-755 : Apply BASE-3368 and BASE-3369 to address performance issues
  Affects System – Applies performance improvements.

Improvement

• UNSW3-724: Set "Status: Active" as the default course participants list filter
  Affects Staff - Displays only Active users by default in the Participants list.
• UNSW3-727: local_teameval: Update and apply new fixes 
  Affects Staff/Students - Applies fixes for Team Evaluation tool; invalid characters in report filenames, Gradebook feedback not updating and unnecessary user notifications during bulk upload in assignment.
• UNSW3-733: Apply BASE-3339/3343: grade: Implement grade id number validation check for category item form 
  Affects Staff - Prevents user from entering duplicate grade IDs in Gradebook’s grade category form. 
• UNSW3-741: Merge latest HOSTED branch 
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches. 
• UNSW3-742: mod_mediagallery: Always show all thumbnails for collections 
  Affects Staff/Students - Displays all thumbnails in a Media Collection.

Bug 

• UNSW3-731: Apply BASE-3326: mod_mediagallery: Fix gallery display count issue when thumbnails per page is set 
  Affects Staff/Students - The correct number of thumbnails are displayed for every Media Collection.
• UNSW3-734: local_teameval: Fix question duplication issue 
  Affects Staff - Fixes an issue in Team Evaluation where split100 and comment questions are duplicated on reordering. 
• UNSW3-743: local_course_template: Improvements to restore PLD data and log restoration 
  Affects System - Includes all Personalized Learning Designer rules in a course restore.
• UNSW3-744: Apply BASE-3343: local_pld: Fix multiple course restoration process 
  Affects System - Includes all Personalized Learning Designer rules in multiple course restores.

Task 

• UNSW3-723: config: Enable tags for quiz questions and track permissions 
  Affects Staff - Enables the use of Moodle tags in quiz questions.
• UNSW3-726: config: Update setting grade_item_advanced 
  Affects Staff - Displays ID number field of grade items in the Gradebook Items Settings for user to add ASTRA code. 
• UNSW3-728: config: Track configurable reports block permissions 
  Affects TELT Administrator, AGSM EE Administrator and UNSWG Administrator - Prevents TELT Administrator, AGSM EE Administrator and UNSWG Administrator from accessing or running configurable reports. 
• UNSW3-729: config: Track capability for questionnaire message 
  Affects Staff - Updates permissions to allow users to send emails to non-respondents in questionnaire activity. 
• UNSW3-737: config: Disable Exclude empty grades in grade category settings 
  Affects Staff - Empty grades are regarded as zero by default in grade calculations.
• UNSW3-740: plugins: Enable PoodLL plugins 
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements 6 PoodLL plugins: assignfeedback_poodll, assignsubmission_onlinepoodll, qtype_poodllrecording, filter_poodll, tinymce_poodll and atto_poodll. 
• UNSW3-745: config: Track PoodLL plugins settings
  Affects System - Tracks various configuration changes to the PoodLL plugins. 
• UNSW3-746: config: Track value for additionalhtmlhead 
  Affects Students - Displays 2 selection buttons correctly in the drawing panel.

New Feature 

• UNSW3-725: mod_forum: Lock discussion posting when outside a date range 
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements forum settings to stop users from posting outside of a date range. 

Improvement

• UNSW3-708: course: Add a copy text for a duplicated activity.
  Affects Staff - When duplicating and activity the word “Copy” is placed in the name of the duplicated activity.
• UNSW3-719: theme_unsw_online: Update to v2019061410 
  Affects System - Updates to the UNSW Online theme to version 2019061410
• UNSW3-720: format_unsw: Update to v2019061420
  Affects System - Updates to the UNSW Online theme Course format plugin. 
• UNSW3-721: Merge latest HOSTED branch 
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
• UNSW3-722: lang: Change value for string sessionforceclean 
  Affects Staff - Adds link to teaching gateway page to the Login as feature. 

Bug

• UNSW3-715: local_course_template: Fix tracking of renamed or deleted course templates.
  Affects Staff - Fixes caching issue affecting renamed or deleted course templates where new courses were crated with outdated templates.
• UNSW3-716: mod_hsuforum: Fix sending private replies to all subscribed students via email digest. 
  Affects Staff/Students - Advanced Forum “Private Reply” option did not work correctly in daily digest emails. 
• UNSW3-717: mod_medigallery: Fix iPad scrolling issue in theBox items 
  Affects Staff/Students - Scrolling for IPad and IPhone when viewing theBox gallery items now works after rotating orientation of device. 

Task

• UNSW3-713: config: Set restore_general_users to untick
  Affects Staff - Sets the “Include enrolled users” option not to be set as the default option while restoring courses in Moodle.
• UNSW3-718: config: Update email recipients for local_cargbextract and nssintegrationemailrecipientslist
  Affects System - Updates to administrative accounts email addresses for course integration errors. 

New Feature

• UNSW3-712: local_blackboard: scheduled_task: Remove suspended users from groups 
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements a regular task to automatically remove suspended users from Moodle groups and notifies instructors with an e-mail.

Bug

• UNSW3-703: mod_mediagallery: Fix cancel button redirection when submitting assignment
  Affects Staff/Students - Fixes an issue where the cancel button in a Media Collection Assignment will result in an error message. 
• UNSW3-706: assignsubmission_mediagallery: Fixed accidental deletion of submission 
  Affects Staff/Students – Removes the Delete Gallery button in a Media Collection after a submission has been made in a Media Collection Assignment activity.

Improvement

• UNSW3-693: mod_scheduler: Increase memory for scheduler slot constructor 
  Affects Staff – Fixes the issue where a blank page is shown when editing a Scheduler slot with many users. 
• UNSW3-696: local_teameval: Update grades and questions 
  Affects Staff/Students - Fixes an issue in the Team Evaluation tool where grades did not update properly.  
• UNSW3-700: local_assessments: Install v2019041100  
  Affects System - Updates the Assessments plugin of the UNSW Online theme to version 2019041100.  
• UNSW3-705: theme_unsw_online: Update to 2019051610 
  Affects System - Updates the UNSW Online theme to version 2019051610.
• UNSW3-707: Merge latest HOSTED branch 
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches. 
• UNSW3-711: format_unsw: Update to v2019051610 
  Affects System – Updates the UNSW Online theme (theme_unsw_online) to version v2019051610. 

Task

• UNSW3-702: config: Set course changeidnumber to Allow for TELT admin, Manager and Instructor 
  Affects Staff – Allows TELT Admins, Managers and Instructors to delete automatically generated groups created in Moodle courses. 
• UNSW3-704: config: Track Theme List 
  Affects TELT Administrators, UNSWG Administrators and AGSM EE Administrators – Removes the PVCE Theme from the list of themes available for use.

Bug

• UNSW3-685: theme_unsw_online: Set theme name to UNSW Online
  Affects Staff/Students - Changes the theme name from UNSW to UNSW Online.
• UNSW3-684: block_course_overview_campus: Fix handling of All, Other and Timeless terms
  Affects Staff/Students - The Course Overview on Campus block semester selections will be persistent on refresh of the page.
• UNSW3-689: Apply BASE-3214: tool_ally: Exception error related to Ally when deleting page in lesson module 
  Affects Staff - Fixes the error message that appears when deleting a page in the lesson activity.
• UNSW3-695: Apply BASE-3232: block_sharing_cart: Fix adding/restoring of activities to sharing cart with user data
  Affects Staff - This fixes the issue where user data is always included when adding/restoring to/from a Sharing Cart block for certain roles.
• UNSW3-699: Apply BASE-3238: tags: Case insensitive tag filtering
  Affects Staff - This allows case insensitive searches in the Manage Moodle Tags page.
• UNSW3-701: BASE-3240: mod_hvp: Trivial warning after update to 2019031301
  Affects Staff - This fixes a warning in the console log when adding/editing an activity related to H5P.

Improvement

• UNSW3-674: theme_unsw_online: Apply new theme 
  Affects Staff/Students - Applies the new UNSW Online theme. 
• UNSW3-659: mod_mediagallery: Retrieve count for likes and comments
  Affects Staff/Students - Retrieves the data of the number of likes and comments in a gallery item. 
• UNSW3-653: mod_mediagallery: Implement Media Collection assign submission form 
  Affects Students - Re-implements the submit/edit buttons for submitting galleries to the assignment activity which can now be hidden. 
• UNSW3-687: mod_mediagallery: Show submission message for a Media Collection Assignment 
  Affects Staff/Students - Submitted Media Gallery Assignment now shows 'Edit Assignment' button underneath and displays a submission message on assignment submission.
• UNSW3-686: lang: mod_forum/hsuforum: Update string for no news
  Affects Staff/Student - Updates the text when there are no posts in the Announcements Forum to “There are no announcements”.
• UNSW3-691: theme_unsw_new: Update theme to version 5.0.4
  Affects Staff/Students - Updates the UNSW New theme to version 5.0.4.
• UNSW3-692: theme_unsw_canberra: Update from theme dev 2.0.4
  Affects Staff/Student - This implements updates from the theme dev version 2.0.1.
• UNSW3-694: Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
• UNSW3-697: theme_unsw_online: Developer updates to v2019030501
  Affects Staff/Student - Updates the UNSW Online theme to version 2019030501.

New Feature

• UNSW3-688: format_unsw: Install UNSW course format v2019030400 
  Affects Staff/Students - Install UNSW course format version 2019030400. 
• UNSW3-619: mod_mediagallery: Show edit assign link for each gallery 
  Affects Students - Adds an Edit Assignment link for each gallery associated with an assignment.

Task

• UNSW3-698: config: Track permission updates for TELT admin
  Affects Staff - Updates certain Backup and Restore permissions for TELT Administrators.

Bug

• UNSW3-677: Apply BASE-3152: mod_hvp: Fix adding and updating activities after MDL-64324
  Affects Staff – Fixes an issue with adding and editing H5P.
• UNSW3-680: Apply BASE-3162 and BASE-3175: block_course_contacts: Display only users with active enrolments
  Affects Staff/Students - Bug fix so users with suspended enrolments do not display in course contacts block.
• UNSW3-679: Apply BASE-3164: qtype_ddmarker/ddimageortext: Fix upload a file after MDL-64324
  Affects Staff/Students - Fixes an issue preventing uploading of files to ‘Drag and drop onto image’ and ‘drag and drop markers’ question types.

Improvement

• UNSW3-682: Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
• UNSW3-675: local_cargbextract: Migrate cron to scheduled task
  Affects System – This migrates the local_cargbextract cron to be a scheduled task.
• UNSW3-681: Apply BASE-3154 and enable: mod_hvp: Optionally generate a module download later configuration
  Affects Staff – Implements configuration to allow the generation of a module download to occur in the background.
• UNSW3-659: mod_mediagallery: Retrieve count for likes and comments
  Affects Staff/Students - Adds a display of the number of comments and likes on an item.
• UNSW3-643: block_course_overview_campus: Implement year based term names
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements settings to apply custom term names for the current or next year.

Task

• UNSW3-676: config: Enable Forum Timed Posts setting
  Affects Staff/Students - Adds a setting to control the display period of Announcement Forums.
• UNSW3-678: config: Track permissions for AGSM EE Administrator and UNSWG Administrator roles
  Affects AGSM EE Administrator and UNSWG Administrator - Enables 'AGSM EE Administrator' and 'UNSWG Administrator' roles to access and create configurable reports.

Bug

• UNSW3-683: Backport security fixes from M3.5.5 
  Affects System – Applies security fixes.

Bug 

• UNSW3-658 integration: Fix path for correct known_hosts files when fetching nssfiles
  Affects System – Fixes an error message that appears cron report.
• UNSW3-663 local_migration_request: Fix empty shortname and fullname when creating sandpit course
  Affects Staff – Resolves an issue with sandpit courses created with an empty shortname and fullname when the requestor chooses a user and adds them to the list before choosing the faculty/school.
• UNSW3-667 auth_ldapunsw: Remove old code when saving configuration
  Affects System – This item removes deprecated code when saving the configuration. No functional changes.
• UNSW3-668 Apply BASE-3134: block_sharing_cart: Fix the issue with retrieving the list of removed modules
  Affects System – This item filters out modules that have been removed or disabled which caused errors restoring courses containing the sharing cart block.
• UNSW3-671 Apply HOSTED-540: tool_analytics: Fix get_disabled check for analytics tasks
  Affects System – Fixes an issue generating warnings when attempting to configure the analytics cron tasks via the administration UI.
• UNSW3-673 repository_thebox: Fix Save issue when uploading items
  Affects Staff/Student –This fixes an issue with saving uploaded files to Media Gallery.

Improvement

• UNSW3-644 enrol_self: Add notification option for enrolled users only
  Affects Staff – Adds the option to notify enrolled users of upcoming expiry of self enrolment courses.
• UNSW3-670 Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System –  Applies system and security patches.

New Feature

• UNSW3-661 plugins: editor_atto: Enable bsgrid, hr, and fullscreen
  Affects System – Enables the following new Atto editor plugins; Bootstrap Grid, Horizontal rule and Full screen.

Task

• UNSW3-660 plugin: block_sharing_cart: Enable the Sharing Cart block
  Affects Staff – This item enables the Sharing Cart block and tracks the default settings for this plugin.
• UNSW3-662 config: auth_ldapunsw: Update contexts settings
  Affects System – Enrolment of an additional UNSW Global LDAP cohort
• UNSW3-665 config: editor_atto: Update toolbar setting
  Affects – toolbar configuration for Atto editor plugins; Bootstrap Grid, Horizontal rule and Full screen
• UNSW3-669 config: Track permissions and details for Staff Auditor role
  Affects System – Correct the permissions for the Staff Auditor role.
• UNSW3-672 DB: Delete block_echo360_echocenter and block_progress for courses with shortname containing _5193_ or _5194_
  Affects System – This deletes the block echo360_echocenter and block progress from courses with term codes 5193 or 5194.

Bug

• Apply BASE-3131: tool_ally: Only fetch course section records lazily edgecase
  Affects System – Fixes database locking errors sometimes displayed when adding or renaming course sections.

New Feature

• UNSW3-629: Enable and apply BASE-3075: block_xp: Apply version v2018112200
  Affects Staff/Students – Introduces the Level Up! plugin to support gamification efforts on Moodle.
• UNSW3-638: Apply BASE-3082: block_xp: Remove assumption about database object
  Affects System – Ensures the Level Up! activity can be backed up and restored during course rollovers.
• UNSW3-647: Apply BASE-3108: Ally Integration: Update to v3.5.2 + fixes
  Affects Staff – Upgrades to the suite of Ally plugins to the latest version.
• UNSW3-637: Apply BASE-3109: core_webservice: Search tokens by user
  Affects System Administrator – Provides a search capability for the System Administrator to search for a specific web service token after it has been created.
• UNSW3-650: Apply BASE-3114: core_webservice: Fixed pagination issues
  Affects System Administrator – Improves the layout of the search result of a web service token.

Task 

• UNSW3-648: config: tool_dataprivacy: track Contact the privacy officer setting
  Affects System Administrator – Disable the option for users to request an export of their data under the General Data Protection Regulation that is applicable in the European Union.
• UNSW3-645: config: Migrate SAML configuration for M3.5
  Affects System – Upgrade of SAML configuration to support the Moodle 3.5 upgrade. 

Improvement

• UNSW3-655: Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System – Applies system and security patches.
• UNSW3-636: theme_unsw_new: Update from theme dev 5.0.3
  Affects Staff/Students – Applies patches for the UNSW New theme.
• UNSW3-635: theme_unsw_canberra: Update from theme dev 2.0.3
  Affects Staff/Students – Applies patches for the UNSW Canberra Theme.
• UNSW3-615: block_mhaairs: Enable McGraw Hill AAIRS block
  Affects Staff/Students – Implements the McGraw Hill AAIRS block which integrates its educational services into Moodle.
• UNSW3-639: repository_thebox: Use placeholder for Search text
  Affects Staff/Students – Fixes the "search" placeholder in the file picker for theBox repository.
• UNSW3-642: local_course_template: Optionally enable PLD data and log restoration
  Affects Staff – Implements settings to restore Personalized Learning Designer (PLD) data and logs during course rollovers.
• UNSW3-654: mod_mediagallery: Hide description text when adding a YouTube item
  Affects Staff – Removed confusing instruction when adding a Youtube item to a Media Gallery.
• UNSW3-656: local_teameval: Add added did_submit_response function
  Affects Staff/Students – Bug fix to address the submission of a new response in the teamevaluation tool.
• UNSW3-657: local_teameval: Add Team evaluation grade release behat test
  Affects System – Improvement to the Team evaluation tool by fixing the cache invalidation issue.
• UNSW3-652: local_bulkassign: Upgrade to version 2018101900
  Affects Staff/Students – Improvements to the bulk assignment submission to support fast uploads and provide feedback via visual uploads.   

Bug

• UNSW3-599: Apply BASE-3033: filter_algebra: Make algebra2tex.pl executable
  Affects Staff – Implements the conversion of a text to an algebraic expression.
• UNSW3-649: Apply BASE-3111: block_course_overview_campus: Multiple term selections not saving
  Affects Staff/Students – Ensures multiple term codes are still selected in the dropdown list of the course overview block when the page is refreshed.
• UNSW3-640: block_course_overview_campus: Fixed the semester dropdown not displaying saved value
  Affects Staff/Students – Ensures the selected teaching period is still selected in the dropdown list of the course overview block when a user refreshes the page or logs in.
• UNSW3-641: tinymce_unswmedia: Fix displaying of MP4 video files
  Affects Staff/Students – Bug fix to properly display video files in mp4 format when using the UNSW Media "Insert Moodle Media" button in TinyMCE editor.
• UNSW3-646: mod_mediagallery: Fix youtube gallery add item text and link.
  Affects Staff/Students – Improvements to the Add an item option in the Media Collection Gallery
• UNSW3-651: Apply BASE-3086: mod_scheduler: Fix the Statistics tab views issue
  Affects Staff – Resolves the error message when viewing the Statistics tab in the Scheduler activity.

Bug

• UNSW3-604 mod_mediagallery: Fix mediabox/lightbox issue causing display format and unresponsive page
  Affects Staff/Students - This item fixes mediabox closing when clicking below the comment section or to the far right of the page, and correctly closed when the Escape key is pressed.
• UNSW3-623 Re-apply UNSW3-315: mediaplugin_html5audio/videojs: Disable right click and save option
  Affects Staff/Students - This item prevents a video in a label from being downloaded when right-clicking Save as.
• UNSW3-626 mod_forum: Fix loading of videos in threaded view for first time loading
  Affects Staff/Students - Threaded forum replies with media will now load properly the first time.
• UNSW3-628  user: Prevent sorting of Class ID
  Affects Staff - Corrects a sorting issue with the participants page in Moodle 3.5.
• UNSW3-630  Apply BASE-3077: user: Fix participants page for the front page
  Affects Staff - A fix for the participants page where only the first two pages of participants were being displayed.
• UNSW3-632  mod_workshep: Fix saving of grades using Team Eval
  Affects Staff - This item fixes the saving of grades when using UNSW Workshop.
• UNSW3-633  mod_workshep: Fix releasing of grades using Team Eval
  Affects Staff - This fixes the underlying issue of manually releasing grades to the gradebook when using Team Evaluation.

Improvement

• UNSW3-627 Merge latest HOSTED branch
  Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
• UNSW3-620 Apply BASE-3064: mod_mediagallery: Add missing collection help string
  Affects Staff/Students - This adds the help text/string needed by the Collection text box when using the block Media Gallery Search Advanced Search.
• UNSW3-622 config: mod_turnitintooltwo: Set default_allowlate to Yes
  Affects Staff - Changes the default setting for Turnitin Originality Report Options "Allow submissions after due date" to allow late submissions.
• UNSW3-625  config: Set moodle/course:setforcedlanguage to Allow for TELT Admin
  Affects TELT Administrator - Allows the TELT Administrator role to change the Force Language setting under Appearance in Course Settings.
• UNSW3-634 - theme_pvce: Update from theme dev 2.0.2
  Affects Staff/Students - Implements theme updates for PVCE theme.
• UNSW3-624  local_cargbextract: Increase memory and running time
  Affects System - Increases memory and running time for storing a CAR gradebook extract which would take longer than 30 seconds or consume more resources than previously.

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