Category: News

New Moodle LAE Releases for 2.7.10, 2.8.8, 2.9.2

There are three new CLAMP releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only. Moodle core introduced major changes to the gradebook beginning in Moodle 2.8. Please see CLAMP’s Moodle 2.8 and Moodle 2.9 recommendations for more information.

You can download the updates from their project pages:

The next stable releases on the 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 branches are slated for November 20, 2015. These releases were packaged and tested by Charles Fulton (Lafayette College) and Kevin Wiliarty (Hampshire College).

New Moodle LAE Releases for 2.7.9, 2.8.7, 2.9.1

There are three new CLAMP releases. This is the initial release on the 2.9 branch. The 2.8 and 2.7 releases now include the Ad-hoc database queries report.

Moodle core introduced major changes to the gradebook beginning in Moodle 2.8. Please see CLAMP’s Moodle 2.8 and Moodle 2.9 recommendations for more information.

You can download the updates from their project pages:

Core has deprecated the 2.6 branch and we do not anticipate further releases on it. The next stable releases on the 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 branches are slated for September 21.

Moodle 2.8 and 2.9 gradebook advisory follow-up

In late May CLAMP became aware of several critical bugs in the Moodle gradebook which were introduced in 2.8. After assessing, CLAMP issued an advisory recommending against upgrading to Moodle 2.8 or 2.9 until those bugs were mitigated. Since then Moodle core and members of the Moodle community have made considerable progress working on these issues, and CLAMP believes it is now safe to upgrade to 2.8 and 2.9. Please continue reading for a full explanation. Read more

CLAMP Recognition Award Winner Announcement for 2014-15

Congratulations to Doc'er Fritz Vandover from Macalester College and Hacker Ken Newquist from Lafayette College. The CLAMP Recognition Awards are awarded annually to one programmer (e.g.; hacker) and one instructional technologist (e.g.; doc’er) to acknowledge outstanding achievement as members of the organization. These achievements include work on Moodle development, Moodle documentation, CLAMP organization and/or recruitment to CLAMP.

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