UNSW Moodle - 2015 January Client Release 1
The 2015 January Client Release 1 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-886] - mod_hsuforum: fix bugs with display of replies
Affects Staff/Students - Display the link for the parent post in an Advanced Forum when a reply is expanded.
[UNSW2-888] - mod_assign: Show submission feedback when workflow is in released phase with no grade
Affects Staff/Students - Release assignment feedback to student with no grade when grading workflow is enabled.
[UNSW2-895] - mod_assign: Prevent removal of grade overrides
Affects Staff - Prevent removal of grade overrides.
Improvement
[UNSW2-889] - config: Disable network server block and mahara Submission plugin
Affects Staff/Students - Retire the Mahara plugin.
[UNSW2-893] - theme_unsw_new: Update to v2.0.12
Affects Staff/Students - Monthly theme updates.
[UNSW2-896] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System - Apply system and security patches.
UNSW Moodle - 2015 February Client Release 2
The 2015 February Client Release 2 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-906] - group: Fix usage of deprecated function call
Affects Staff/Students - Updated Moodle code which would have presented users with an error message in certain tools.
Improvement
[UNSW2-899] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects Staff/Students - Apply system and security patches.
[UNSW2-902] - Add horizontal scrollbar to quiz attempts report
Affects Staff - Add a horizontal scrollbar to improve viewing of quiz attempts reports.
[UNSW2-903] - theme_unsw_new: Update theme to version 2.0.13
Affects Staff/Students - Monthly theme updates.
[UNSW2-908] - config: Enable TestStudent role to view hidden courses and categories
Affects Staff - Fixed a bug where instructors could not view the course as a test student when the course visibility was set to Hide.
Task
[UNSW2-898] - config: Enable doctonewwindow
Affects Staff- Updated the Moodle Docs link on the add Moodle assignment page to open in a new window.
[UNSW2-900] - config: Enable the ability to add Advanced forums for several roles.
Affects Staff - Updated the list of roles who can now add/edit Advanced Forums to include: Teaching Assistant, UNSWIL Administrator, Helpdesk andAGSM EE Administrator
UNSW Moodle - 2015 February Hosted Release
The 2015 February Hosted Release alphabetical sorting changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
UNSW Moodle - 2015 February "The Box" Non BAU Release
The 2015 February "The Box" Non BAU Release changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-916] - repository_thebox: Add search limiting and sync mapping issue
Affects Staff/Students - Limits search capability for theBox to only UNSW staff and update titles in Moodle from theBox.
New Feature
[UNSW2-880] - mediagallery/thebox: Updated plugin and thebox support
Affects Staff/Students - New integration between Moodle and theBox.
UNSW Moodle - 2015 March Hosted Emergency Release
The 2015 March Hosted Emergency Release changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-929] - Apply BASE-1369: mod_dialogue: Ensure filelib.php is included
Affects System - Resolves an issue with the Cron jobs not completing.
UNSW Moodle - 2015 March Client Release 3
The 2015 March Client Release 3 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-924] - filter_thebox: Allow embedded iframes to go fullscreen
Affects Staff/Students – Fixed an issue where videos linked from theBox could not be viewed in full screen.
[UNSW2-925] - mod_mediagallery: Display action links on smaller displays
Affects Staff/Students – Fixed an issue where links were not visible and therefore not clickable on smaller devices.
[UNSW2-931] - filter_mediagallery: Display nice message when gallery no longer exists
Affects Staff/Students – Display a friendly error message when a user has linked to a Media Collection gallery using the file picker and the gallery is deleted.
Improvement
[UNSW2-904] - Re-implement UNSW2-751 for updated autocreate_user block
Affects Staff – Renamed the Test Student block to Test User block.
[UNSW2-909] - mod_assign: Set default notify for students to no
Affects Staff/Students – Default assignment feedback notification when grading changed to ‘No’.
[UNSW2-911] - mod_assign: default cutoff date to match due date
Affects Staff/Students – Set the cutoff date to match the due date when creating a Moodle assignment. This will prevent students from submitting past the deadline. However, instructors can still modify the cut-off date to allow late submissions.
[UNSW2-913] - Expand all posts in Advanced Forums when using threaded display mode
Affects Staff/Students – Display all subsequent replies when a forum post is selected.
[UNSW2-914] - backup: enable allow id number to be preserved when restoring using overwrite conf
Affects Staff – Implemented a fix which prevents the course ID number of a course in Moodle from being overwritten when using Restore.
[UNSW2-915] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects Staff/Students – Apply system and security patches.
[UNSW2-917] - mod_mediagallery: Set default gallery view for imported collections/galleries
Affects Staff – Fixed a bug where collections/galleries imported from theBox did not have a gallery view set. Default view of carousel is now chosen.
[UNSW2-919] - Dim names of suspended users in various activities
Affects Staff – Applied a fix to grey out suspended (unenrolled) students from various activities. These activities include: Attendance, Choice, Dialogue, Forum, Group Selection, Lesson, OUBlog, OUWiki, Scheduler, Turnitin, Workshop.
[UNSW2-921] - mod_mediagallery: Correctly enforce collection defaults
Affect Staff/Students – Applied a fix where gallery view defaults chosen by instructors were not applied to student created galleries.
[UNSW2-922] - Apply BASE-1157: block_progress: update to latest version
Affects Staff/Students – Applied a fix to the system to allow the progress bar block to read course logs and optimised the system for performance.
[UNSW2-923] - block_progress: Add oublog to trackable activities
Affects Staff/Students – Added the OUBlog as an activity that can be tracked in the Progress Bar block.
[UNSW2-926] - config: Enable showcourseenrolledusersrolesonly
Affects Staff – Applied a fix to remove unnecessary roles from instructor view when managing course users/participants.
[UNSW2-928] - repository_thebox: Make upload dialogue responsive
Affects Staff/Students – Update theBox upload interface in Moodle to be mobile friendly.
[UNSW2-933] - Apply BASE-1394: accesslib: make get_suspended_userids more efficient
Affects System – Optimise the system when searching for suspended users.
New Feature
[UNSW2-927] - theme: Add pix_core to unswglobal
Affects UNSW Institute of Languages – Apply a fix to the icon colours for UNSWIL Moodle theme.
Task
[UNSW2-910] - create_course: default summary should be blank.
Affects Staff/Students – Removed the default summary when a new course is created.
[UNSW2-918] - config: Update hsuforum permission for multiple roles.
Affects Staff – Applied various capabilities for different Moodle roles.
UNSW Moodle - 2015 April Client Release 4
The 2015 April Client Release 4 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-932] - mod_webpa: Fix error "course context (or contextid) is a required event property"
Affects Staff/Students – Fixed an issue which prevented WebPA activities listed in the Activities block from being launched.
[UNSW2-934] - mod_mediagallery: Accept all video filetypes in the box Galleries
Affects Staff/Students – Fixed an issue that caused some video files not to be displayed properly when the gallery focus was set to "Video".
[UNSW2-938] - mod_mediagallery: Remove dependence on being incourse when fetching galleries
Affects Staff - Fixed an issue where an error message would be displayed using the TinyMCE editor with the Media Gallery button outside a course context.
[UNSW2-939] - mod_mediagallery: Display action icons in collapsed media box
Affects Staff/Students – Fixed a bug where the action icons in a Media Collection lightbox are not displayed when the sidebar is collapsed.
[UNSW2-945] - Apply BASE-1415: accesslib: Fix user considered suspended when no enrolment present (BASE-1394)
[UNSW2-946] - Apply BASE-1419: accesslib: Fix users outside requested context included in suspended list
Affects Staff – Display suspended (unenrolled) students by greying them out in the various activities.
[UNSW2-947] - repository_thebox: Set cache definition to not use simplekeys
Affects System – Set the cache used by theBox repository to not use simplekeys.
Improvement
[UNSW2-935] - theme_unsw_new: Update theme to version 2.0.14
Affects Staff/Students – Monthly minor theme updates.
[UNSW2-940] - config: Enable groupselect|enableshowdescription
Affects Staff – Implemented the option for an instructor to display the description on the course page in a Group Selection activity.
[UNSW2-941] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects Staff/Students – Apply system and security patches.
[UNSW2-942] - repository_thebox: Ensure action buttons are visible during bulk upload
Affects Staff/Students – Fixed an issue where the Cancel and Save buttons were being hidden in some cases when uploading files in bulk to theBox in a Media Collection.
Task
[UNSW2-937] - Fix UNSW System Announcements Block in My Moodle
Affects Staff/Students – Fixed an issue where system announcements were not being updated for some staff.
UNSW Moodle - 2015 May Client Release 5
The 2015 May Client Release 5 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-948] - mod_mediagallery: Allow extra memory for thumbnail generation
Affects Staff/Students – Increased the memory limit in order to generate a thumbnail in Media Collection when the source file is very large.
[UNSW2-954] - Apply HOSTED-410: tests: Clear local caches during reset between tests
Affects System – Cleared the Moodle local cache after each unit testing is completed.
Improvement
[UNSW2-943] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System – Apply system and security patches.
[UNSW2-951] - mod_mediagallery: Display collapsed action icons in safari
Affects Staff/Students – Displayed icons in collapsed sidebar when viewing the lightbox for a Media gallery when using the Safari browser.
[UNSW2-952] - theme_unsw_new: Update theme to version 2.0.15
Affects Staff/Students – Monthly minor theme updates.
Task
[UNSW2-953] - config: Enable mod/turnitintool:submitwhenloggedinas for TELT Admin and Manager
Affects Staff – Allows TELT Admin and Manager roles to submit assignments on behalf of a student when logged in as that student.
UNSW Moodle - 2015 June Client Release 6
The 2015 June Client Release 6 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-955] - login: Address fatal error in unswglobal logins terms.php page
Affects UNSW Institute of Languages only – Corrected a bug that prevented the UNSW Institute of Languages Terms of Use webpage from loading.
Improvement
[UNSW2-944] - qtype_multichoice: Enable replacing missing answers with text and associated grade
Affects Staff/Students – If an answer choice for a quiz has been deleted, the deleted choice is replaced by “This answer choice has been removed (do not select)”. There will be no marks allocated to that question.
[UNSW2-950] - Set email address values using Global UNSW LDAP _Contact records
Affects UNSW Institute of Languages Administrator only – The UNSWIL Administrator can update the email address in user profiles using a CSV file upload.
[UNSW2-958] - local_unsw_user_manager: Allow UNSWIL emails to be updated
Affects UNSW Institute of Languages Administrator only – The UNSWIL Administrator can set a user's email address by using a CSV file upload.
[UNSW2-959] - local_unsw_user_manager: Replace deprecated function call
Affects System – Minor update to replace deprecated code with a new function.
[UNSW2-962] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System – Apply system and security patches.
[UNSW2-963] - formats: Cast data to array in update_section_format_options
Affects System – Minor update to replace deprecated code with a new function.
[UNSW2-964] - config: Set YouTube Data API key
Affects Staff/Students – Updated the Youtube Repository API to support the latest version of youtube.
Task
[UNSW2-956] - Update email contact for error reporting for AAF
Affects System – Changed the support contact details for users logging into UNSW Moodle via the Australian Access Federation link.
Moodle Release - 2015 July Client Release 7
UNSW Moodle - 2015 July Hosted Emergency Release
The 2015 July Hosted Emergency Release changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Improvement
[UNSW2-972] - config: Enable local_groupselectmembervis
Affects Staff/Students – Enabled group members to be hidden or visible in the Group Selection activity. This functionality is enabled by default.
Moodle Release - 2015 August Client Release 8
The 2015 August Client Release 8 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Improvement
[UNSW2-967] - config: Settings for course_overview_campus UNSW filter
Affects Staff/Students - This enables the Course Overview block to filter and display courses by semesters.
[UNSW2-979] - mod_mediagallery: Update description and maxbytes display
Affects Staff/Students - Remove "(beta)" from a reference to theBox in the activity description and remove upload size limit for theBox content.
[UNSW2-980] - mod_mediagallery: Remove 'sample' functionality, alter 'Add item' link
Affects Staff/Students - Removes the sample link and green tick / red cross for collections in theBox mode and amend wording of link for uploading multiple files.
[UNSW2-981] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System – Apply system and security patches.
[UNSW2-983] - theme_unsw_new: Update to v2.0.18
Affects Staff/Students – Monthly minor theme updates.
[UNSW2-985] - config: Update location for local_cargbextract keys and known_hosts
Affects System – Change a new RSA key pair for accessing the files in the SFTP servers.
[UNSW2-986] - local_staffsync: Include users with adfa.edu.au email addresses
Affects ADFA Staff – Enable ADFA staff with adfa.edu.au email addresses to access the Sandpit Request Form.
[UNSW2-987] - local_temporary_courses: Initial version to manage temporary courses
Affects Staff – Ability to restore a training course back to its original settings.
[UNSW2-988] - mod_workshep: Include submission dates in CSV downloads
Affects Staff – Submission date is now included in CSV file downloads for UNSW Workshop.
[UNSW2-991] - config: Enable Assign marker notifications
Affects Staff – Checkbox added on allocated marker form to send a marker an email with a link to the assignment, the course and the users the marker has been assigned to mark in the Moodle Assignment activity.
[UNSW2-992] - config: Enable 'hsuforum_coursehiddennoemail' to stop users receiving posts from hidden courses
Affects Students – Students will not receive forum post notifications from hidden courses using the advanced forum activity.
New Feature
[UNSW2-890] - block_course_overview_campus: enable the block
Affects Staff/Students – Course Overview (Campus) block added.
[UNSW2-984] - config: install configurable reports block
Affects System Administrator – Configurable reports block added.
Task
[UNSW2-989] - config: Add the the box repository viewing to the test student role
Affects Staff – The Test student role now has access to access theBox repository.
[UNSW2-990] - config: Update UNSWIL ldap context
Affects UNSW Institute of Languages only – Add context directory to context setting in Cron report.
Moodle Release - 2015 August Client Release 9
The 2015 August Client Release 9 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Improvement
[UNSW2-993] - mod_scheduler: Only list enrolled users to have 'attend schedule’ slots
Affects Staff – Only currently enrolled students will be listed in the Scheduler activity.
[UNSW2-997] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System – Apply system and security patches.
[UNSW2-1003] - Apply BASE-1616: block_progress: Update to version 2015051500
Affects Staff – Implemented the latest version of the Progress Bar block that enables an Instructor to send a message to the students from the block.
[UNSW2-1004] - local_staffsync: Include users with agsm.edu.au email addresses
Affects AGSM Staff – Users with an @AGSM email address have been added to the Moodle 'UNSW All Staff’ cohort. This allows AGSM staff to access the Sandpit Request Form.
[UNSW2-1005] - mod_mediagallery: Media size selector for grid view
Affects Staff – This change allows instructor to select different sizes to display an image within the Media Collection activity when using the grid view.
[UNSW2-1006] - config: Enable SCORM role filter
Affects Staff – The SCORM report now displays only enrolled users by default and there is an option to filter the report based on user roles.
[UNSW2-1007] - mod_mediagallery: Visual interface improvements
Affects Staff and Students – Icon and wording changes have been made to the Moodle Collection interfaces to enhance user friendliness.
[UNSW2-1008] - Apply BASE-1541: mod_echolink: Update to 2015031001
Affects Staff and Students – The EchoLink activity has been upgraded to the latest version.
[UNSW2-1014] - mod_scorm: Dim names of suspended users in reports
Affects Staff – In SCORM reports, suspended/unenrolled users will now appear greyed out.
[UNSW2-1016] - Disable MapleTA
Affects Staff and Students – The MapleTA block has been disabled.
New Feature
[UNSW2-982] - unswmedia: Insert media plugin with enhanced theBox support
Affects Staff and Students – A slider has been implemented to allow users to change the size of embedded videos, with a placeholder image being displayed in the preview pane and in the editor to give the user visual feedback of the final embedded video size.
Task
[UNSW2-1002] - configurable report: Add Online Users Peak reports
Affects UNSW System Administrators – Implement configurable monthly reports.
Moodle Release - 2015 September Client Release 10
The 2015 September Client Release 10 changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-1013] - repository_thebox: Handle extra error conditions
Affects Staff and Students - Moodle will no longer remove galleries from a collection without checking if there are existing galleries.
[UNSW2-1041] - mod_mediagallery: Ensure group selector appears
Affects Staff and Students - This change has the selector appear correctly when the activity is in-group mode and the user is in multiple groups (or can manage them like an instructor).
[UNSW2-1043] - mod_mediagallery: Let members of group in theBox galleries contribute
Affects staff and students - Members of the same group, and when a collection is in a group mode, everyone in the group will be allowed to upload to the same gallery.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1009] - mod_mediagallery: Assignment submission improvements
Affects Students - This change provides the ability to link media collections and assignments directly, allowing the submission and editing of assignments from the media collection.
[UNSW2-1010] - report_coursesize: Enable option to exclude backups sizes
Affects UNSW System Administrator - This item enables the option to exclude backups from all course reports.
[UNSW2-1012] - report_coursesize: Enable showing file component breakdown per course
Affects UNSW System Administrator - This change provides an overview of the size of files within a course in the ‘course size’ report.
[UNSW2-1022] - mod_mediagallery: Add completion tracking
Affects Staff and Students – Completion tracking settings can now be used on the Moodle media collection activity.
[UNSW2-1026] - mod_mediagallery: Add "All files" focus option
Affects Staff and Students – Within media galleries a new focus choice has been added called ‘All files’ which means all video, image and audio items will be displayed in the carousel/grid.
[UNSW2-1028] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System – Apply system and security patches.
[UNSW2-1030] - mod_mediagallery: Add support for long gallery and item names
Affects Staff and Students - Galleries and media items with long titles will no longer be cut short. This also adds resize detection for galleries to keep the borders all the same size.
[UNSW2-1031] - Apply BASE-1654: qtype_ddimageortext: Update to version 2015051000 (1.8)
[UNSW2-1032] - Apply BASE-1655: qtype_ddmarker: Update to version 2015031800 (1.8)
Affects Staff and Students – This version update resolves a bug where the answers in the Drag and Drop quiz question type overlap.
[UNSW2-1035] - mod_mediagallery: Adjust spacing on gallery actions
Affects Staff and Students - This change alters the gallery view spacing to match the spacing used on collections.
[UNSW2-1036] - mod_mediagallery: Make metainfo collapsible in mediabox
Affects Staff and Students - This change adds a collapse/expand toggle icon to the meta info area within the Moodle video player interface. By default, this section is collapsed.
[UNSW2-1038] - theme_unsw_new: Update to v2.0.19
Affects Staff and Students – Monthly minor theme updates.
[UNSW2-1042] - mod_mediagallery: Relabel download button
Affects Staff and Students - Change the title/hover text of the "view full size image" button to "Download" within galleries.
[UNSW2-1047] - mod_mediagallery: Prevent type switching for assessable collections
Affects Staff - Assignment and peer review assignment media collection types can no longer be changed once a gallery has been uploaded.
[UNSW2-1049] - mod_mediagallery: Exclude assessable collections from link search
Affects Staff - Assignment and peer review assignment media collections will no longer display in the search results when linking to collections.
[UNSW2-1051] - repository_thebox: Auto tag items
Affects Staff - Newly added items to theBox via Moodle will be automatically tagged with the course fullname and the names of each category in the category tree.
New Feature
[UNSW2-1027] - theme_unswglobal: update theme to be named UNSW Global Education
Affects UNSWIL Staff and Students - UNSWIL theme has been updated to change the name of ‘Institute of Languages’ to ‘UNSW Global Education’.
[UNSW2-1033] - mod_mediagallery: Add 'Contributable' flag to galleries
Affects Staff and Students - This change adds a 'contributable' checkbox to galleries which is managed by the gallery owner. It allows others to upload media items to the gallery.
[UNSW2-1034] - mod_mediagallery: Collection search
Affects Staff and Students - A Search button has been implemented on the collection view page to allow a user to search through the media items within the collection.
Task
[UNSW2-1039] - config: Update hsuforum help text
Affects Staff - This item updates the help text for the Advanced forum module to be more descriptive.
[UNSW2-1044] - config: allow TELT Admins to change course short names
Affects TELT Administrator - TELT Administrator role now has the ability to change course short names for courses that are within their Faculty category.
[UNSW2-1045] - config: rename the ‘Migrated Blackboard Courses’ category to ‘Sandpit’ category.
Affects Staff - The ‘Migrated Blackboard Courses’ category has been renamed to ‘Sandpit’.
[UNSW2-1046] - config: increase active user limit to 1800
Affects Staff and Students - Increases UNSW Production Active User limit from 1400 to 1800.
Moodle Release - Moodle 2.9 Upgrade November Release
The 2015 Moodle 2.9 Upgrade November Release changes have been successfully applied to UNSW's production Moodle environment with 5 hours and 50 minutes of downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-1055] - local_cargbextract: prevent run now from trying to upload to sftp
Affects UNSW System Administrator - A copy of the gradebook extract for all CAR courses can be downloaded successfully.
[UNSW2-1056] - mod_mediagallery: Let creator change collection type
Affects Staff - Enables instructor to change the Collection type in a Media Collection if no gallery has been created.
[UNSW2-1059] - mod_assign: Fix image links in online text assignments
Affects Staff - Ensures downloaded online text assignment contains the embedded images.
[UNSW2-1060] - blocks_course_menu: Fix display of custom links
Affects Staff and Students - Ensures custom links in the course menu block set to open in the same window display correctly.
Improvement
[UNSW2-994] - UNSW themes for 2.9
Affects System - Includes all current themes and updates for Moodle 2.9.
[UNSW2-995] - Authentication plugins for 2.9
Affects System - Updates authentication plugins for compatibility with M2.9.
[UNSW2-996] - mod_webpa & local_simplesso for 2.9
Affects System - Applys changes to the API to resolve error messages.
[UNSW2-998] - Config for Moodle 2.9
Affects System - Tracks updates to Moodle 2.9 configuration.
[UNSW2-999] - tests: Align unit tests with UNSW config
Affects System - Updates to testing parameters for automatic verification testing to work correctly.
[UNSW2-1000] - locallang: Language changes for M2.9
Affects System - Updates to various help text and error message texts.
[UNSW2-1001] - repository_thebox / filter_thebox: Latest version of theBox plugins
Affects System - Updates theBox plugin to latest version.
[UNSW2-1015] - mod_assign: Limit selectable markers to enrolled users
Affects Staff - Markers must be enrolled in the course to be assigned assignments to mark.
[UNSW2-1017] - mod_hsuforum: add AJAX loading of messages in threaded display
Affects Staff and Students - Improvements to appearance and behaviour of forum replies when using threaded display.
[UNSW2-1018] - filter_unswtv: Update for M2.9
Affects System - Improvements for handling links to legacy UNSWTV media.
[UNSW2-1019] - local_unsw_user_manager and local_user_checker for M2.9
Affects System - Moodle 2.9 compatibility updates for user manager and user checker plugins.
[UNSW2-1020] - user: 'Send an email' csv email separation changes
Affects System - Improvements to the emailing participants functionality.
[UNSW2-1021] - NSS integration for M2.9
Affects System - Updates to NSS integration including course creation settings.
[UNSW2-1023] - groups: Import functionality
Affects System - Updates to group import functionality to be compatible with Moodle 2.9.
[UNSW2-1024] - formats: Option to set empty section title
Affects Staff - The ability to set an empty topic heading for a section and to then have that heading displayed as empty on the course page.
[UNSW2-1025] - local_unswlogin: Login theme and page management
Affects System - Updates to the login plugin reducing the size of the package.
[UNSW2-1040] - Dim names of suspended users in various activities
Affects Staff - Displays suspended users in various activities as greyed out.
[UNSW2-1053] - mod_turnitintool: Log failed uploads to turnitin
Affects System - Whenever a submission upload to turnitin fails, an event is automatically logged for that submission.
[UNSW2-1061] - Config: Fix highlighting of hyperlinks caused by TinyMCE
Affects System - Resolves error where highlighted text using TinyMCE's highlight button is not displayed.
[UNSW2-1064] - Apply additional BASE patches for Moodle 2.9
Affects System - Resolves error messages being produced by minor bugs in the workshop, participants menu and navigation pane.
Moodle Release - 2015 December Post Upgrade Release
The 2015 December Post Upgrade Release changes have been successfully applied to the UNSW's production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update included:
Bug
[UNSW2-1063] - auth_ldap: Update _contact addresses after user created
Affects UNSW Global - Improves email address sync for new users.
[UNSW2-1065] - mod_lightboxgallery: Limit file uploading to internal repositories
Affects Staff and Students - Removes the ability to upload files from theBox to Lightbox Gallery.
[UNSW2-1068] - mod_scheduler: Send email alerts only when student correctly set
Affects Staff and Students - Fixes issue with scheduler notification when student books or cancels an appointment slot.
[UNSW2-1079] - mod_webpa: Fix WebPA Assessment new form dialog for Moodle 2.9
Affects Instructor - Allows instructor to create and save a new form in WebPA.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1057] - grade_export: Output Username field in export
Affects Staff - Exports the items in the Gradebook using the username (ie. zID) and import a CSV file with grades and feedback by mapping to the username.
[UNSW2-1058] - config: Enable Gravatar
Affects Staff and Students - Sets the image provided in Gravatar as the user’s Moodle profile picture.
[UNSW2-1062] - Apply BASE-1746: mod_turnitintool: Increase numeric grade accuracy to 2 decimal places
Affects Staff and Students - Corrects discrepancies between grading in Turnitin (1 decimal place) and Moodle Gradebook (2 decimal places).
[UNSW2-1066] - qtype: Remove duplication of headers from merge
Affects Staff - Fixes duplicate header sections appearing in Drag and Drop type questions that was affecting preview capability.
[UNSW2-1069] - mod_questionnaire: Non-respondents tab shows users not enrolled to the course
Affects Staff - Corrects issues with questionnaire showing users inherited from course category.
[UNSW2-1071] - theme_unsw_new: Update to v2.0.20
Affects Staff and Students - Minor theme updates.
[UNSW2-1074] - theme_unswglobal: Update to 2015112000
Affects UNSW Global Staff and Students - Minor theme updates.
[UNSW2-1076] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
[UNSW2-1080] - Apply BASE-1770: performance: Address slower login since MDL-28420
Affects System - Applies patch to improve the response time for log in.
Task
[UNSW2-1072] - Rename role UNSWIL Administrator to UNSWG Administrator
Affects UNSW Global System Administrator - Updates to current role names.
[UNSW2-1073] - Remove enrol/guest:config capability for all roles except Manager
Affects Manager - Only Manager role can enable guest access for a course in Moodle.
[UNSW2-1077] - Apply report/completion:view & moodle/course:isincompletionreports capabilities to all student roles
Affects Students - Enables students to view Activity Completion report via the Course Completion block.