UNSW Moodle - January 2016 Release Client Release 1
The 2016 January Release 1 changes have been successfully applied to the UNSW production Moodle environment with no downtime.
The changes in this update include:
Bug
[UNSW2-1088] - backup: Restoring a backup and merging to existing course appends _1 to shortname
Affects Staff - Fixes bug in the name of the new course when restoring a course backup.
[UNSW2-1089] - local_unsw_user_manager: Correct CSV Type to UNSWG
Affects UNSWG Administrator - Enables the UNSW Global Administrator to upload enrolment files successfully.
[UNSW2-1097] - users: Fix downloading of CSV in participants
Affects UNSWG Administrator - Enables the UNSW Global Administrator to download a CSV file of participants in a course.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1070] - mod_mediagallery: YouTube thumbnail alignment and long captions
Affects Staff and Students - Improves the appearance of thumbnails when editing YouTube galleries by maintaining the natural ratio of the image and adjusting the display of captions in the Media Collection activity.
[UNSW2-1078] - Implement guest course listing and auto login as guests
Affects System - Displays a list of course that allows guest course access without a user having to log in.
[UNSW2-1083] - Grade_report_overview: Hide courses in which the student are inactive
Affects Student - The Overview Report will only display the courses in which the student has an active enrolment.
[UNSW2-1085] - users: Implement search capability for Participants Group column
Affects Staff - Implements the option “No group” in the group dropdown menu in the Participants list so that instructor can search for students who are not in a group.
[UNSW2-1086] - Apply BASE-1786: local_mobile: Update to version 2.9.26 (2015050110)
Affects System - Applies Moodle Mobile additional features plugin for Moodle 2.9.
[UNSW2-1090] - theme_unsw_new: Update to v2.0.21
Affects System - Updates UNSW theme to latest version.
[UNSW2-1091] - theme_unswglobal: update theme to version 2015120800
Affects System - Updates UNSW Global theme to latest version.
[UNSW2-1093] - lang: add new line in LDAP cron entry report
Affects System - Improves formatting in system message.
[UNSW2-1095] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
[UNSW2-1098] - block_navigation: set default region to left
Affects Staff and Students - Sets the default region of the Navigation block to the left side.
New Feature
[UNSW2-1075] - task: Enable Pearson Direct integration plugins
Affects UNSW Business School Staff - Enables the Pearson Custom block for integration with Pearson applications.
Task
[UNSW2-1084] - config: track settings for user menu items customusermenuitems
Affects Staff and Students - Tracks the addition of “Privacy Settings” option in the user dashboard.
[UNSW2-1087] - config: Change grader user report show weightings and contribution to course
Affects Staff and Students - Restores the default settings to “Hide” for “Show weightings” and “Show contribution to course total” in the Course grade settings.
UNSW Moodle - February 2016 Client Release 2
Improvement
[UNSW2-1082] - repository_thebox: Use filters when searching for objects
Affects Staff - Improves return of results when searching for collections in the Media Collection activity. Collections from theBox are correctly filtered and searches with no results report appropriate error.
[UNSW2-1099] - config: remove capability report/completion:view for students role
Affects Students - Restricts activity completion reports available to students through the activity completion block. Students can only view reports on their own progress.
[UNSW2-1103] - theme_unsw_new: Update to v2.0.22
Affects System - Updated to the latest version of the UNSW Moodle theme.
[UNSW2-1105] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
Task
[UNSW2-1096] - task: gradebook: Enable hide Course Total for new courses
Affects Staff and Students - Sets the “course total” grade that students see in the gradebook to be hidden by default.
[UNSW2-1102] - config: Enable enrol/guest:config capability for UNSWG Administrator
Affects Administrators - Provides the UNSW Global Administrator role with the ability to make courses guest accessible.
UNSW Moodle - February 2016 Client Release 3
Bug
[UNSW2-1107] - local_migration_request: Add error message when no users are selected
Affects Staff - When creating a sandpit at least one user must be added, if no user is selected then an error will appear.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1048] - config: Update local_cargbextract sftp2 host and username
Affects System - Updating connection information and credentials to ensure new server runs correctly.
[UNSW2-1106] - Display login page for guests accessing the site home page
Affects Staff and Students -This item ensures that the login page is shown when users access the site home page.
[UNSW2-1109] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects Staff and Students - System and security patches.
Task
[UNSW2-1101] - config: apply Pearson Custom Block site wide
Affects Staff and Students - Pearson block is now available site wide
UNSW Moodle - March 2016 Client Release 4
Bug
[UNSW2-1115] - mod_mediagallery: Remove Instructor Collection and rename Contributed to General collection
Affects Staff – The Instructor Collection in the Media Collection activity has been removed and the Contributed Collection has been renamed as the General Collection.
[UNSW2-1117] - gradereport_history: Remove students as graders in history views
Affects Staff – Remove non-graders from the list of Graders in Grade history report of the Gradebook.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1029] - repository_thebox: Update uploader widget
Affects Staff and Students – Embedded media using iframes will automatically resize to display the full error message.
[UNSW2-1110] - mod_mediagallery: Limit items per user in contributable galleries
Affects Staff and Students – Contributable galleries will have a setting that can limit the number of items each user can add.
[UNSW2-1116] - mod_mediagallery: Gallery visibility improvements
Affects Staff and Students – The visibility setting of Assignment collections have been removed and they will now obey the visibility rules of their linked assignment.
[UNSW2-1119] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects Staff and Students – Applies system and security patches.
New Feature
[UNSW2-1081] - users: Show Class ID to certain roles on the Participants page
Affects Staff – The Class ID data field from SiMs is now displayed to users with staff roles.
[UNSW2-1104] - config: Enable block_inactiveuseralert
Affects Staff – Instructors can set dates on which to send automated reminders to alert/remind enrolled users about a specific activity if a user has not viewed/completed the activity by the set deadline.
Task
[UNSW2-1121] - config: block_autocreate_user: change block_autocreate_user_enrol_start setting
Affects Staff – Test Students are actively enrolled when added to a course irrespective of the course’s start date.
[UNSW2-1122] - config: mod_mediagallery: additional permissions for tchasnt role
Affects Staff – The Teaching Assistant role can now add a Media Gallery activity.
UNSW Moodle - March 2016 Client Release 5 (Emergency)
Improvement
[UNSW2-1138] - integration: use Class ID for all staff and students
Affects Staff and Students – Export Class ID data from SiMs and PiMs to Participants list in NCAR (Non-course Academic Requirement) and SCAR (Staff Course Administrative Requirement) courses for students and staff respectively.
UNSW Moodle - April 2016 Client Release 6
Bug
[UNSW2-1125] - repository_thebox: Stop sending thumbnail field on video updates
Affects Staff and Students – Prevents thumbnail images becoming corrupted when updating an existing video in Moodle Media Gallery.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1113] - local_mobile: Change Type of Login setting and add User Permissions
Affects Staff and Students – Enables staff and students to login to Moodle using the mLearn app for mobile devices.
[UNSW2-1126] - repository_thebox: Migrate existing comments to theBox
Affects Staff and Students – As part of the new Media Comments functionality, existing comments in Moodle Media Collections will be migrated over to theBox as Private Feedback comments.
[UNSW2-1127] - mod_mediagallery: Remove download button in theBox collections
Affects Staff and Students - Video and audio files can only be streamed from theBox so the download button has been removed.
UNSW2-1128] - mod_mediagallery: Audio galleries should not display embedded players
Affects Staff and Students – Corrects a display issue. Embeded audio players were appearing at the Media Gallery level when they should only be available when viewing the media item itself.
[UNSW2-1129] - theme_unsw_new: Update to v2.0.23
Affects Staff and Students – Minor appearance updates to the UNSW Moodle theme.
[UNSW2-1130] - config: Disable external backpacks for badges
Affects Students – Prevents badges from being exported to external systems.
[UNSW2-1131] - config: Force login to view profile images
Affects Staff and Students – Prevents the viewing of profile pictures unless users are logged in to Moodle.
[UNSW2-1132] - mod_mediagallery: Change CollType Help text to reflect UNSW2-1115
Affects Staff and Students – Updates the help text associated with General collections in Media Collections.
[UNSW2-1137] - filter_thebox: Display static thebox image in the assign grading page
Affects Staff – Removes embedded players from the Moodle Assignment grading page to prevent the grader from experiencing a long download time.
[UNSW2-1140] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects Staff and Students – Applies system and security patches.
New Feature
[UNSW2-1108] - mod_mediagallery: Enhanced thebox interface
Affects Staff and Students – Enables users to add comments to media files in the Moodle Collection activity.
Task
[UNSW2-1123] - config: changes for roles (allow_assign, allow_switch) and profileroles
Affects Staff – Enables TELT Administrators, Managers and Instructors to “Switch role to” Blind Marker role.
[UNSW2-1124] - config: block_progress: add block/progress:addinstance for tchasnt role
Affects Teaching Assistant role – Allows Teaching Assistant to add and administer the Progress Bar block.
[UNSW2-1134] - config: Remove allow_switch for auditor role
Affects Auditor role – Removes capability from Auditor role to "Switch role to" a Student role.
[UNSW2-1135] - config: mod_quiz: update shuffleanswers
Affects Staff – Changes the default setting in the Quiz activity for "Shuffle within questions" to "No”.
UNSW Moodle - May 2016 Client Release 7
Bug
[UNSW2-1144] - mod_oublog: exclude views counter for backup, restore, and import
Affects System - This resets the "views" counter for a OU Blog when backing up and restoring or importing a course.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1141] - config: Disable turnitin_studentemail
Affects Students - This turns off the emails students get directly from Turnitin regarding their Turnitin accounts.
[UNSW2-1146] - theme_unsw_new: Update to 2.0.24
Affects Staff and Students - Minor theme changes to Moodle.
[UNSW2-1151] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
[UNSW2-1153] - Apply BASE-1897: Apply MDL-53309: Remove unnecessary database writes on full gradebook recalculations
Affects System - Streamlines the processing of items in the Gradebook in order to improve the processing times.
Task
[UNSW2-1139] - config: update course fullname and shortname permissions for agsmeeadmin
Affects AGSM EE Administrator - Enables the AGSM EE administrator to edit the course's short name and full name.
[UNSW2-1148] - local_blackboard: Enable category moved event
Affects System - Implements logging capability to track movement of courses between categories.
UNSW Moodle - June 2016 Client Release 8
Bug
[UNSW2-1156] - repository_thebox: set fileupload widget file type to all files
Affects Staff and Student - Fixes a problem that in some browsers, the file picker did not display files for users to upload.
[UNSW2-1158] - mod_lesson: Fix essay answer text cleaning
Affects Staff and Student - Prevents HTML tags from being displayed in the "Essay" page in the Lesson activity.
[UNSW2-1161] - mod_assign: Update display marker details to students form submission
Affects Staff and Student - Ensures Grader details are shown/hidden from students when the "Display marker details to students" setting is toggled in a Moodle assignment.
[UNSW2-1162] - Apply MDL-54624: Selecting variants in a quiz can fail if later questions have less variants
Affects System - Limits the available number of datasets for the calculated questions in a quiz to the least number of datasets per question category to prevent the first calculated question from using a random dataset number that may not exist in other questions.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1136] - guest: Additional limitations to guest course navigation
[UNSW2-1152] - theme_unsw: Remove custom menu items
Affects Guest users - Remove links on guest access courses that are not applicable to guest users.
[UNSW2-1157] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
Task
[UNSW2-1150] - config: enable theme change on URL
Affects Staff and Student - Enables the ability to apply a different theme by adjusting course link. This functionality can be used to support accessible themes.
[UNSW2-1154] - config: set badge permissions for unswgadmin role
Affects UNSW Global Administrator - Enables UNSW Global Administrator to create, delete, award and manage badges for UNSW Global courses.
[UNSW2-1155] - config: block_course_overview_campus: update blocktitle
Affects Staff and Students - Updates the name of the Course Overview On Campus block.
UNSW Moodle - July 2016 Client Release 9
Bug
[UNSW2-1159] - mod_echolink: Reapply UNSW2-808: Display echolink field as text field
Affects staff - Unhide required field needed when adding an Echo link to your course.
[UNSW2-1166] - grade_report: Prevent ID searching to display results for students not enrolled to the course
Affects staff - Fixes an issue where searching for students in the grade report includes unenrolled students.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1163] - config: Enable block update logging
Affects staff - Adds logging for the course menu block in the course reports.
[UNSW2-1165] - Merge latest NetSpot HOSTED branch
Affects System - Applies system and security patches
[UNSW2-1168] - mod_mediagallery: Gallery item responsive design
Affects Staff/Students - Improve the interface of the media collection activity. Specifically improvements made to adjust display of media when using desktop versus mobile devices.
[UNSW2-1169] - config: Disable SNAP theme
Affects System - Disable theme that is not used by UNSW Moodle.
[UNSW2-1172] - theme_unswglobal: Add column and change badge page styles
Affects UNSW Global Staff/Students - Add additional column of information and improve style of badge page.
Task
[UNSW2-1147] - mod_forum: Added release task, enable mark as read
Affects Staff/Students - Enables forum posts to be automatically marked as read when clicking on forum post.
[UNSW2-1160] - block_echo360_configuration: Enable detailed error logs
Affects System - Improve the ability to log errors for Echo360 within Moodle to assist with diagnostics.
[UNSW2-1164] - config: enable grade_report_showcalculations
Affects Staff - Add a visual indicator (calculator icon) to grade report columns that use a calculated grade.
UNSW Moodle - July 2016 Client Release 10 (Emergency)
Improvement
[UNSW2-1177] - Apply BASE-1992: qtype_stack: Cache generated plot images
Affects staff - Enables the the plotting of graphs in Stack quetsion type.
Task
[UNSW2-1118] - qtype_stack: Enable stack question type and associated behaviour plugins
Affects staff and students - Implements the new Stack question type in Moodle quiz.
Bug
[UNSW2-1143] - Apply BASE-1895: qtype_stack: Always generate maxima required files when generating question or quiz
Affects staff - Resolves a bug when displaying a Stack question.
UNSW Moodle - August 2016 Client Release 11
Improvement
[UNSW2-1175] - Merge latest HOSTED branch
Affects System – Applies system and security patches.
[UNSW2-1178] - Apply BASE-2017: block_echo360_echocenter: Secure Moodle Echo URLs
Affects Staff/Students - Apply a security patch to the Echo360 block.
[UNSW2-1180] - theme_unswglobal: Link badge recipients to course profile
Affects UNSW Global Staff/Students - This item links the name of the badge recipients to their course profile.
Task
[UNSW2-1176] - config: mod_survey: Set permission to Not Set for capability mod/survey:addinstance
Affects Staff – new surveys can no longer be added. Existing surveys can still be accessed.
UNSW Moodle - September 2016 Client Release 12
Bug
[UNSW2-1171] - mod_mediagallery: Fix gallery change buttons
Affects Staff/Students – This ticket partially resolves a bug where staff/students could not switch between adjacent galleries within a Media Collection activity when one of the galleries does not have a media file.
[UNSW2-1185] - mod_mediagallery: Fix max galleries per user/group setting
Affects Students – This ticket resolves two bugs which prevented the Instructor from controlling how many Media Galleries could be created per student. One bug allowed students to create more Media Galleries than the Instructor allowed, the other bug meant that the unlimited galleries setting only allowed one gallery.
[UNSW2-1187] - mod_lti: Remove UNSW2-317 restrictions
Affects Staff – This ticket allows prevents all roles, other than Manager role, from modifying the pre-configured General and Privacy settings for an External tool activity.
[[UNSW2-1190] - mod_mediagallery: Fix viewing of Youtube videos
Affects Staff/Students – This ticket corrected a recent bug that prevented staff and students from sharing a video via the Media Collection’s ‘Youtube Gallery’ type.
Improvement
[UNSW2-1181] - mod_mediagallery: Treat all audio files as "audio" type
Affects Staff/Students – This ticket corrects a bug where the AAC audio file format is not recognised by the Media Collection as an audio file type, leading it to not be displayed within the carousel/grid view when using the audio filter.
[UNSW2-1186] - theme_agsm: Apply AGSM theme v2016080100
Affects AGSM EE Staff and Students – This patch replaces the UNSW logo on the AGSM EE Moodle login page.
[UNSW2-1188] - Merge latest HOSTED branch
Affects System – Applies system and security patches.
[UNSW2-1189] - mod_certificate: Send email notification to course based teachers only
Affects TELT Administrator and Manager – Corrects a bug where email notifications are sent to users (with higher roles but are not enrolled in the course) when a student obtains a certificate in a course.
UNSW Moodle - December 2016 Client Release 13
Bug
[UNSW3-47] - filter_asciimath: Fix deprecated warning for PHP7
Affects Staff/Students - removes a deprecated warning that is no longer relevant for users
[UNSW3-57] - repository_thebox: Fix uploader javascript drag and drop issue for Safari
Affects Staff/Students - fixes an issue where users could not drag and drop items to upload into theBox
[UNSW3-59] - repository_dropbox: Re-enable Legacy API
Affects Staff - fixes an issue where users could not access Dropbox repository from Moodle
[UNSW3-65] - mod_mediagallery: Fix YouTube Item URL
Affects Staff/Students - fixes an issue where users could not add YouTube videos to Media Collections
[UNSW3-66] - repository_thebox: Make documents downloadable when opening them
Affects Staff/Students - fixes an issue where users could not access PDF, DOCX files
Improvement
[UNSW3-48] - mod_hsuforum: Include the subject for a new post
Affects Staff/Students - update the Advanced Forum to automatically add the subject line of post you are replying to
[UNSW3-49] - lang: Replace all strings containing 'tags' with 'Moodle Tags'
Affects Staff - when adding a new activity/resource, the tags section of form is clearly identified as Moodle tags.
[UNSW3-50] - theme_unsw_new: Update theme to version 3.0.2
Affects Staff/Students - fixes various theme issues
[UNSW3-53] - lang: mod_hsuforum: Update error message when post is empty
Affects Staff/Students - modifies the error message to be more friendly when a post is empty
[UNSW3-55] - mod_mediagallery: Add borders to media gallery content
Affects Staff/Students - improves the visual look of media collection by adding borders
[UNSW3-56] - Merge latest HOSTED branch
Affects System - Applies system and security patches
[UNSW3-61] - nss_integration: Change email recipients list to be configurable and add recipient
Affects System - Modifies administration screens for Moodle and adds a recipient to system notifications
[UNSW3-63] - local_cargbextract: Update checking on uploading of CAR files
Affects System - Update error checking
[UNSW3-67] - mod_hsuforum: Show a warning when Anonymous posting is disabled
Affects Staff - Add a warning to staff if they change an anonymous forum to not-anonymous so that they are aware that anonymous posts will be revealed
Task
[UNSW3-51] - roles: Change email notifications for helpdesk role in the feedback module
Affects System - Changes email notifications for users with helpdesk role
[UNSW3-54] - config: change settings for mod_turnitintooltwo_notify_instructor_of_submission and mod_turnitintooltwo_submission_permitted
Affects Staff/Students - Changes default permissions for users so that instructors do not receive email notifications for student Turnitin submissions. Also changes permission to disallow students from disabling email notifications of Turnitin submissions.
[UNSW3-58] - config: mod_assign: Set assignment maximum per page to 100
Affects Staff - Updates assignment settings to allow users to view up to 100 submissions on the grading screen
[UNSW3-68] - qtype_stack: Update configuration for Test
Affects Staff/Students - Updates a setting on the the testing environment to match the setting in our production environment
[UNSW3-69] - config: Track Publish as LTI settings
Affects Staff - Enable Publish as LTI settings and restricts it to specific user roles