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Moodle LAE Beta Releases for 1.9.18, 2.2.3, 2.3

CLAMP is pleased to announce beta releases of the Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition based on work done at Moodle Hack/Doc Fest at Kalamazoo in mid-June 2012.

Moodle 1.9.18+Liberal Arts Edition v1.7

  • Code freeze: June 20, 2012
  • Beta release: June 20, 2012
  • Final release: June 27, 2012

Visit the project page to get the code.

Moodle 2.2.3+Liberal Arts Edition v2.2

  • Code freeze: June 20, 2012
  • Beta release: June 20, 2012
  • Final release: June 27, 2012

Visit the project page to get the code.

Moodle 2.3+Liberal Arts Edition v3.0*

  • Code freeze: July 2, 2012
  • Beta release: July 2, 2012
  • Final release: July 17, 2012

* This release is contingent upon Moodle Core’s final release of Moodle 2.3. There is currently a beta release of Moodle 2.3 available from moodle.org. A pre-release version of LAE 3.0 is available in CLAMP’s git repository.


New Moodle LAE releases: 1.9.16+1.6.1, 1.6.2

CLAMP is pleased to announce the release of Moodle 1.9.16+Liberal Arts Edition v1.6.2. This is a security release that backports security fixes from 1.9.18 to LAE 1.6.x. It also includes an updated version of TinyMCE to resolve conflicts with Firefox 11 (CLAMP #370), and a gradebook fix that solves with comments not saving if there were no grades (CLAMP #393)

Download the code from the Moodle 1.9.16+LAE v1.6.2 release page.  If you only want the security releases, use Moodle 1.9.16+LAE v1.6.1.

Day 3 at Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Winter 2012

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Winter 2012 concluded at Tulane on Friday, January 14. The event culminated with the release of Moodle 1.9.16+LAE1.6 Beta 1, which is a maintenance and security release that folds in fixes from Moodle 1.9.16. We also finalized plans for Moodle 2.2+LAE2.0 Beta 1, our first formal Moodle 2 release.

New releases

We are releasing betas for two new Liberal Arts Editions at the end of Hack/Doc: a maintenance release for Moodle 1.9 and our inaugural edition for Moodle 2.2.

  • Moodle 1.9.16+LAE1.6
  • Moodle 2.2+LAE2.0
    • Anonymous Forums: Allows for anonymous posting to Moodle forums.
    • Filtered Course List Block: Lets administrators to display a block with courses based on a particular search string (e.g. the current term)
    • Simple File Upload Course Import Fix: The 1.9 LAE had a streamlined upload interface called “Simple File Upload”; this created a new file upload type in the database. Moodle 2 doesn’t recognize this custom file type, which causes course restores to fail when upgrading or restoring a course. This fix changes Simple File Upload content into regular Moodle 2.x files.
    • Quickmail: The LSU implementation of the popular Quickmail block, which allows faculty to easily email students in their classes from Moodle.
    • File Interface Exit Warning: In our testing we found that Moodle’s file upload interface can be confusing — it requires users to upload files, then click a save button, but the interface itself makes it look as though the file has already been saved. This tweak displays a warning message if the user tries to surf away from the file interface without saving.
    • Moodle 2.2+LAEv2.0 Beta 1 will be released on Wednesday, January 18, 2011

Moodle 2.2 Status Report

  • The Moodle 2.0 status report was reviewed, and all outstanding blockers have been evaluated. We plan on releasing a Moodle 2.2 status report — which will include a review of popular Moodle 2 modules — in February 2012.

Presentations

  • Kaltura by Deb Sarlin, Bucknell University
    • Deb gave an overview of Kaltura, a streaming media solution that integrates with Moodle.
    • She should an example of how video can be recorded and added to an assignment in Moodle.
    • We discussed the new version of the plugin for Moodle 2.2.
  • eReserves by Daniel Landau, Reed College
    • Daniel presented on his home-grown eReserves system for Reed College, which was programmed in Ruby-on-Rails.