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Moodle Releases 2021

 

2021 Moodle 3.9 Release Dates

Ticket TitleRelease DateStatus
Client Release 1Wed, 13 Jan 2021" "
Hosted Release 1Wed, 20 Jan 2021" "
Hosted Release 2 (Emergency)Thu, 21 Jan 2021" "
Client Release 2Wed, 10 Feb 2021" "
Client Release 3Wed, 3 Mar 2021" "
Hosted Release 3 (Emergency)Thu, 18 Mar 2021" "
Client Release 4Wed, 7 Apr 2021" "
Hosted Release 4 (Emergency)Wed, 21 Apr 2021" "
Client Release 5Wed, 5 May 2021" "
Hosted Release 5 (Emergency)Mon, 10 May 2021" "
Client Release 6Wed, 2 Jun 2021" "
Client Release 7Wed, 7 Jul 2021" "
Hosted Release 6 (Emergency)Sun, 18 Jul 2021" "
Client Release 8Wed, 11 Aug 2021" "
Client Release 9Wed, 1 Sep 2021" "
Hosted Release 7 (Emergency)Tue, 9 Nov 2021" "
Moodle 3.11 UpgradeThu, 16 Dec 2021" "
Client Release 10 (Emergency)Mon, 20 Dec 2021" "

Moodle Release - December 2021 Client Release 10 (Emergency)

Bug

  • UNSW3-1819 - Apply BASE-4346: format_topcoll: Ability to disable course participant counting
    Affects Staff - Improves load time when courses use Collapsed Topics format for displaying the number of participants that have completed an assignment.
  • UNSW3-1820 - auth_ldapunsw: Correctly check scheduled task state during sync_users
    Affects System - Rectifies sync issues between LDAP user enrolments for UNSW Global and Moodle.

Moodle Release - December 2021 Moodle 3.11 Upgrade

Upgrade

  • UNSW3-1528 - UNSW 3.11 Upgrade
    Upgraded from Moodle version 3.9 to version 3.11

Further information about Moodle 3.11 is available at https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/moodle-upgrade

Moodle Release - November 2021 Hosted Release 7 (Emergency)

Bug

  • UNSW3-1759 - Apply security patches from 3.9.11
    Affects System - Applies recently announced urgent security patches from Moodle HQ.

Moodle Release - September 2021 Client Release 9

Bug

  • UNSW3-1527 - Inspera Quiz import and Export September fixes
    Affects Staff - Ensures marking in preview aligns with actual calculation and certain special characters are imported in Inspera.

  • UNSW3-1555 - report_lti_creation: Limit term matching by a trailing underscore
    Affects System - Ensures Bulk LTI creation tool only updates courses based on the termcode component of a Course ID Number.

  • UNSW3-1558 - Apply BASE-4186: WIP: MDL-71344: Drag and drop question type: The event handler was not init correctly for multiple questions on the same page
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures answers can be modified for Drag and Drop marker questions in Quiz.

  • UNSW3-1695 - format_remuiformat: Load course images quickly
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures RemUI format courses containing images displays quickly.

Task

  • UNSW3-1509 - config: Disable settings of PoodLL
    Affects System - Decommissions the PoodLL plugin.

  • UNSW3-1542 - config: Set and track additional attendance permissions for Grading Tutor
    Affects Grading Tutor - Ensures Grading Tutor can change attendance, manage temporary users and be subscribed to emails with absentee users for Attendance activity.

  • UNSW3-1544 - lang: Update atto word count strings
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures "Letters" is replaced with "Characters" in Atto Editor Word Count.

  • UNSW3-1545 - Plugin: Remove Echolink module
    Affects System - Decommissions the Echolink resource.

  • UNSW3-1546 - config: Set and track themelist setting
    Affects System - Ensures RemUI theme is added to theme list.

  • UNSW3-1559 - config: theme_remui: Set and track images and settings
    Affects System - Ensures new settings are applied and tracked for UNSW RemUI theme.

Improvement

  • UNSW3-1451 - Apply BASE-4021: mod_turnitintooltwo: Update to v2020111801 (3.5+)
    Affects Staff/Students - Updates Turnitin Direct v2 plugin to v2020111801.

  • UNSW3-1457 - theme_unsw_online: Update to v2021033000
    Affects System - Updates UNSW Online theme to version v2021033000.

  • UNSW3-1513 - mod_lti: Implement custom role mapping for Membership services
    Affects System - Ensures shortname for custom roles can be returned when LTI tool is using Membership service request.

  • UNSW3-1548 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
    Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

  • UNSW3-1557 - format_remuiformat: Implement duplication of content sections
    Affects System - Ensures content sections can be duplicated in UNSW RemUI course format.

  • UNSW3-1690 - theme_remui: Customise v2021061600 part 2 (3.9.13)
    Affects System - Ensures further customisations are applied to UNSW RemUI theme v2021061600 (3.9.13).

  • UNSW3-1691 - format_remuiformat: Customise v2021061600 part 2 (3.9.13)
    Affects System - Ensures further customisations are applied to UNSW RemUI course format v2021061600 (3.9.13).

Moodle Release - August 2021 Client Release 8

Bug

  • UNSW3-1512 - Inspera Quiz import and Export August fixes
    Affects Staff – Ensures multiple choice questions exported from Moodle and imported in Inspera are shown as radio buttons at choice selection.

  • UNSW3-1525 – Apply BASE-4152: quiz_downloadsubmissions: Increase timeout downloading essay submissions
    Affects Staff – Ensures timeout increased to 5 minutes for downloading large number of submissions in quizzes.

  • UNSW3-1547 - theme_remui: Rebuild customisation to v2021061600 (3.9.13)
    Affects System – Installs the new UNSW RemUI theme with the UNSW customisations.

New Feature

  • UNSW3-1463 - theme: Install RemUI v2021032200 (3.9.10)
    Affects System – Installs the new UNSW RemUI theme.

  • UNSW3-1464 - format: Install RemUI v2020092900 (1.0.9)
    Affects System – Installs the new UNSW RemUI course format.

  • UNSW3-1521 - plugins: Enable atto word count
    Affects Staff/Students – Implements word count in the Atto editor.

  • UNSW3-1524 - plugins: Track and enable local_logshipper and local_azure_storage
    Affects System – Installs plugins for Azure Storage SDK and Ship logstore logs.

  • UNSW3-1543 - theme_remui: Ensure User Tours is enabled and installed before importing user tours
    Affects System – Ensures UNSW Remui theme can be correctly installed when User Tours is disabled.

Task

  • UNSW3-1486 - lang: Update suspended user to inactive user across the site
    Affects Staff/Students – Updates references in Moodle from “Suspended user” to “Inactive user”.

  • UNSW3-1516 - config: Update hosturl domain for echo360 atto plugin
    Affects System – Updates the domain of the Echo360 Atto plugin from echo360.org.au to echo360.net.au.

  • UNSW3-1517 - config: Set and track auth_ldapunsw contexts setting
    Affects UNSW Global Students – Updates settings in LDAP in order for new cohorts of UNSW Global students can login to Moodle.

  • UNSW3-1520 - config: Set and track attendance permission for Grading Tutor role
    Affects Grading Tutor – Ensures the Grading Tutor role can use the Attendance activity to take attendance in courses.

  • UNSW3-1531 - config: Set and track theme Remui
    Affects System – Ensures settings are applied and tracked for new UNSW RemUI theme.

Improvement

  • UNSW3-1450 - Apply BASE-4022/4065/4072/4086: plagiarism_turnitin: Update to v2020113001 (3.1+)
    Affects Staff/Students – Updates Turnitin Plagiarism plugin to v2020113001 (currently disabled from use).

  • UNSW3-1514 - theme: Update RemUI v2021061600 (3.9.13)
    Affects System – Updates UNSW RemUI theme to v2021061600 (3.9.13).

  • UNSW3-1515 - Apply BASE-4095: mod_questionnaire: Update to v2020111100
    Affects System – Updates the Questionnaire plugin to v2020111100.

  • UNSW3-1519 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
    Affects System – Applies system and security patches.

  • UNSW3-1523 - theme_remui: Customise v2021061600 (3.9.13)
    Affects System – Ensures latest customisations are applied to UNSW RemUI theme v2021061600 (3.9.13).

  • UNSW3-1526 - users: Update Participant Filter default condition to All
    Affects Staff/Students – Ensures the default for the filter in the Participants/Enrolled users page matches “All” rather than “Any”.

Moodle Release - July 2021 Hosted Release 6 (Emergency)

Bug

  • UNSW3-1518 - Apply security patches from 3.9.8
    Affects System - Applies recently announced urgent security patches from Moodle HQ.

Moodle Release - July 2021 Client Release 7

Bug

  • UNSW3-1493 - config: Update ID Number to based on SamAccountName
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures Optional ID Number matches zID Username in user profile.

  • UNSW3-1500 - Apply BASE-4082: quiz_downloadsubmissions: Update to v2020100700
    Affects Staff - Ensures "Download essay submission" link in a Quiz will download essays submitted by students.

  • UNSW3-1502 - report_lti_creation: Updates for Moodle 3.9
    Affects Staff - Updates the default settings when adding an External Tool activity to a course.

Task

  • UNSW3-1501 - config: Set and track permission for UNSWG admin role
    Affects UNSWG Administrator - Ensures permissions are enabled for accessing and using activities and resources as currently allowed for TELT Administrator and Instructor roles.

  • UNSW3-1510 - config: Set and track permission for AGSM EE admin role
    Affects AGSM EE Administrator - Ensures permissions are enabled for accessing and using activities and resources as currently allowed for TELT Administrator and Instructor roles.

  • UNSW3-1511 - config: Set and track auth_instructions
    Affects UNSW Global Staff/Students - Updates text under Alternative logins from "UNSW Institute of Languages only" to "UEEC, FEEC, EAE and Partner campuses".

Improvement

  • UNSW3-1490 - Inspera Quiz import and Export July fixes
    Affects Staff – Ensures media content in Inspera Quiz is displayed with full playback control as opposed to displayed as a link.

  • UNSW3-1503 - integration: Update default enrolment drop alert to 10% and 20% for < 500 enrolments
    Affects System - Implements bailing alerts for drop in enrolments at 10% as the default and 20% for less than 500 user enrolments when processing files from SiMs and PiMs.

  • UNSW3-1504 - block_inactiveuseralert: Implement Student capability for notifications
    Affects Students - Ensures alerts are only sent to students when "Students Only" option is selected in Inactive User Alerts block.

  • UNSW3-1508 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
    Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

Moodle Release - June 2021 Client Release 6

Bug

  • UNSW3-1475 - restore/import: Fix handling of checked optionally activity
    Affects Staff - Ensures backup, restore, and import of courses when Turnitin v2, grade item, and grade categories are checked.
     
  • UNSW3-1477 - Apply BASE-4061: Re-apply BASE-3175: block_course_contacts: Additional fix for displaying only users with active enrolments
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures suspended accounts are not displayed in the Course Contacts block.
     
  • UNSW3-1488 - Apply BASE-4067: local_course_template: Fix hiding of sections incorrectly
    Affects Staff/Students - Rectifies issue when courses created from course templates incorrectly have section 0 hidden.
     
  • UNSW3-1492 - Apply BASE-4070: local_o365: Optionally increase connection timeout for the login process or user sync with Azure
    Affects System Administrator - Implements a new "Connection Timeout" field to increase connection timeout with Azure AD on login or sync from 2 seconds to 5 seconds.

Task

  • UNSW3-1472 - config: Set and track permissions for UNSWG Admin and AGSM EE Admin roles
    Affects AGSM EE/UNSWG Admin - Displays suspended users on the Participants page in a course.
     
  • UNSW3-1481 - config: Allow all users to view profiles at the system level
    Affects Staff/Students - Allows users to view profiles and filter search results by user.

Improvement

  • UNSW3-1446 - Inspera Quiz import and Export June fixes
    Affects Staff - Rectifies issue with marks per correct answer when importing and exporting multiple choice and short answer questions.
     
  • UNSW3-1482 - integration: Ensure integration uses default ssh configuration if invalid settings
    Affects System - Rectifies issue when configuration in Stage environment is overwritten and cannot run synchronisation processes when refreshed from Moodle Production.
     
  • UNSW3-1483 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
    Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

Moodle Release - May 2021 Hosted Release 5 (Emergency)

Bug

  • UNSW3-1476 - Apply security patches from 3.9.7
    Affects System - Applies recently announced urgent security patches from Moodle HQ.

Moodle Release - May 2021 Client Release 5

Bug

  • UNSW3-1452 - local_nssdb: cron: Fix data feed issues when not configured
    Affects System - Rectifies an issue for scheduled tasks that output warnings when not configured on test environments.
  • UNSW3-1468 - local_lti_role_matrix: Fix saving of LTI edit form
    Affects Staff - Allows the default value of the LTI tool Privacy > Share LTI role shortname setting to be changed from 'Delegate to Teacher' and saved correctly when it is required.

Improvement

  • UNSW3-1456 - Integration: Ensure course creation uses newest category used
    Affects System - Ensures that courses are created in the newest category when there is more than one category with the same category code.
  • UNSW3-1462 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
    Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

Moodle Release - April 2021 Hosted Release 4 (Emergency)

Bug

  • UNSW3-1461 - Apply BASE-4049: mod_lti: Prevent xss on lti 1.3 authentication script
    Affects System - Addresses a XSS vulnerability in support for the LTI 1.3 specification.

Moodle Release - April 2021 Client Release 4

Bug

  • UNSW3-1403 - questions: Import/export of QTI format 2.2 fix
    Affects Staff - Rectifies issues when bulk exporting questions from Moodle to Inspera.
  • UNSW3-1419 - Inspera Quiz import and Export fixes
    Affects Staff - Rectifies issues for Short Answer, Multiple Choice and Drag and Drop questions in Moodle exported to Inspera.
  • UNSW3-1424 - Apply BASE-4000: Office 365: Fix association with old Moodle Accounts
    Affects System - Ensures no duplicated Moodle user accounts are created when a user logs in to Moodle.
  • UNSW3-1425 - Apply BASE-3972: mod_workshep: Fix adding/editing of Example Submissions
    Affects Staff - Ensures the title of the created UNSW Workshop activity can be edited/updated.
  • UNSW3-1431 - Apply BASE-4004: auth_oidc: Handle suspended user attempting to login
    Affects Staff/Students - Displays a user friendly message when a user with a disabled account attempts to log in to Moodle.

Task

  • UNSW3-1402 - db: Update mdl_user to match username and idnumber
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures optional ID number is the same as the zID in the User Profile.
  • UNSW3-1412 - config: tool_mobile: set and track qrcodetype and setuplink settings
    Affects Staff/Students - Removes the URL to the defunct Moodle Mobile app in the User Profile.
  • UNSW3-1444 - config: Track no value for default block layout setting
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures only the blocks contained in a course template are added to the course shell created from the course template.

Improvement

  • UNSW3-1430 - Re-Apply UNSW3-898: themes: Remove Pan tool from Poodll Canvas toolbar (M3.9)
    Affects Staff/Students - Removes the Pan tool from the PoodLL toolbar.
  • UNSW3-1437 - themes: unsw_new: Apply version v7.0.0
    Affects System - Updates UNSW New theme to version v7.0.0.
  • UNSW3-1438 - themes: unsw_canberra: Apply version v7.0.0
    Affects System - Updates UNSW Canberra theme to version v7.0.0.
  • UNSW3-1439 - themes: unsw_three_col_new: Apply version v7.0.0
    Affects System - Updates UNSW 3-column theme to version v7.0.0.
  • UNSW3-1440 - auth_oidc: Lock profile first, last name and email fields
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures a user's first name, last name and email cannot be changed by default in the User Profile.
  • UNSW3-1445 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
    Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

Moodle Release - March 2021 Hosted Release 3 (Emergency)

Bug

  • UNSW3-1441 - Apply security patches from 3.9.5
    Affects System - Applies recently announced urgent security patches from Moodle HQ.

Moodle Release - March 2021 Client Release 3

Bug

  • UNSW3-1416 mod_teambuilder: Fix saving issue with certain characters
    Affects Staff - Ensures a questionnaire with `"` or `/` characters can be created in Team Builder.
  • UNSW3-1411 Apply BASE-3983: block_configurable_reports: Fix issue with Bar Charts rendering 2
    Affects Staff - Ensures the Bar graph is displayed in Configurable Reports block.
  • UNSW3-1410 Apply BASE-3980: block_configurable_reports: Fix issues with Bar Charts rendering
    Affects Staff - Ensures the Bar graph is displayed in Configurable Reports block.
  • UNSW3-1404 Apply BASE-3973: mod_forum: Optionally limit to graded roles fixes
    Affects Staff - Ensures staff with multiple roles in a Moodle course can grade a Forum.
  • UNSW3-1418 Apply BASE-3987: tool_usertours: stack trace error in User Tour settings
    Affects System Administrator - Ensure no errors are displayed when selecting a User Tour.

Improvement

  • UNSW3-1420 mod_turnitintooltwo: Display notice within activity settings
    Affects Staff - Implements a configurable notice to be added to Turnitin V2 activity setting pages.
  • UNSW3-1413 Merge latest HOSTED branch
    Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
  • UNSW3-1409 themes: unsw_three_col_new: Apply version v7.0.0-beta.3
    Affects System - Updates UNSW 3-column theme to version v7.0.0-beta.3.
  • UNSW3-1408 themes: unsw_canberra: Apply version v7.0.0-beta.3
    Affects System - Updates UNSW Canberra theme to version v7.0.0-beta.3.
  • UNSW3-1407 themes: unsw_new: Apply version v7.0.0-beta.3
    Affects System - Updates UNSW New theme to version v7.0.0-beta.3.
  • UNSW3-1396 local_blackboard: Send email to active Instructors only when suspended users are removed from groups
    Affects Staff - Ensures email are not sent to suspended Instructors only when suspended students are removed from groups.

Task

  • UNSW3-1401 config: Set and track value for Use a custom field for authentication
    Affects System Administrator - Sets and tracks the value for the setting Use a custom field for authentication turnitintooltwo | customfieldforauth to UPN.
  • UNSW3-1393 config: Set and track value for Profile visible roles
    Affects Staff - Ensures 'Blind Marker' role is displayed in Participants list.
     

Moodle Release - February 2021 Client Release 2

Bug

  • UNSW3-1406 Apply HOSTED-583: asyncbackup: Use new lock for running automated backups
    Affects System - Ensures automated course backups can be successfully queued for processing.
  • UNSW3-1400 Apply BASE-3960: teameval: Fix adding questions in Moodle 3.9 fix
    Affects Staff - Enables instructor to add questions in a new or existing Assignment activity using Team Evaluation when there is a group without any student.
  • UNSW3-1395 Apply BASE-3955: teameval: Fix adding questions in Moodle 3.9
    Affects Staff - Enables instructor to add questions in a new or existing Assignment activity using Team Evaluation.
  • UNSW3-1394 Apply BASE-3953: teameval: Add sanity check to teameval to prevent problematic group setups
    Affects System - Ensures a group can have one or no students when marking using Team Evaluation.
  • UNSW3-1390 Integration: Hourly update suspension status from NSS Data feed
    Affects System - Ensures a user is able to authenticate with Moodle according to their status in Azure Active Directory.
  • UNSW3-1384 filepickerjs: modal selection error
    Affects Staff - Ensures clicking on the popup dialog box does not affect other content displayed on the page.
  • UNSW3-1383 Apply BASE-3929: mod_certificate: font added to tcpdf
    Affects Staff/Students - Displays special characters and non-English characters in Certificate for embedded Certificate Type.
  • UNSW3-1382 Apply BASE-3926: mod_checklist: Apply patch to CONTRIB-8344 wip to fix adding entries in calendar
    Affects Staff/Students - Enables completion date for Checklist to be added to Calendar.
  • UNSW3-1381 Apply BASE-3927: tool_usertours: export tour mime type fix
    Affects System - Rectifies the mimetype of the exported Tour file for download to an iOS device.
  • UNSW3-1380 Apply BASE-3928: qtype_freehanddrawing: canvas scroll fix on mobile devices
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures screen does not move when using Freehand Drawing Quiz question type on iOS device.
  • UNSW3-1379 Apply BASE-3923: mod_questionnaire: array offset error
    Affects System - Ensures no error are generated when adding a question in Questionnaire.
  • UNSW3-1375 Apply BASE-3925: block_course_contacts: the images in the field of the profile user are shown
    Affects Staff/Students - Displays images in the user description of Course Contacts block.
  • UNSW3-1369 questions: Import/export of QTI format 2.2 fixes
    Affects Staff - Rectifies visual issue in numerical question type and rounding issue when marking multiple responses.

Improvement

  • UNSW3-1397 Merge latest HOSTED branch
    Affects System - Applies system and security patches.
  • UNSW3-1392 Apply BASE-3943: Office 365: Implement extra mapping fields and token management
    Affects System - Ensures the Username is the same as that in "ID number” field under Optional section in User profile.
  • UNSW3-1004 session: Unset institute and theme when not logged in
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures the UNSW Moodle login page is displayed by default after an alternative login page was used.

Task

  • UNSW3-1372 config: Set and track permissions for Grading Tutor role
    Affects Grading Tutor - Enables Grading Tutor to add a new discussion topic in Forum and add slots to Scheduler.
  • UNSW3-1370 config: media_videojs: Set useflash to False
    Affects System - Disables Flash Fallback in Moodle so that videos from theBox can be played.
  • UNSW3-1032 config: Track Poodll API licence values [M3.9]
    Affects System - Tracks the configurations details for PoodLL for the Moodle-PoodLL integration.

Moodle Release - January 2021 Hosted Release 2 (Emergency)

Bug

  • Revert HOSTED-581: xactpool: Ensure the xactpool is used when possible
    Affects Staff - Reverts performance patch, UNSW3-1371, as instructors are unable to duplicate activities and resources.

Moodle Release - January 2021 Hosted Release 1

Bug

  • UNSW3-1371 - Apply HOSTED-581: xactpool: Ensure the xactpool is used when possible
    Affects System - Improves performance by connecting to transaction pool rather than session pool.
  • UNSW3-1385 - groups: Fix Group Import customisation
    Affects Staff - Ensures groups can be created in Moodle via the import process.

Moodle Release - January 2021 Client Release 1

Bug

  • UNSW3-1301 - Apply BASE-3859: lib: Add table alias to fix SQL error
    Affects Staff/Students - Enables a user to return to the Moodle Dashboard after performing a search.
  • UNSW3-1314 - Apply BASE-3853: mod_forum: Prevent submitted flag if user clicks Post when required fields are blank.
    Affects Staff - Reminds the user to fill in the mandatory fields when adding a post to a Forum.
  • UNSW3-1315 - Apply BASE-3864: mod_checklist: fix handling of Save and Next and Next buttons
    Affects Staff - Displays record for the next student when viewing progress in Checklist.
  • UNSW3-1317 - Apply BASE-3895: block_sharing_cart: help text tooltip fix
    Affects Staff - Displays help text in tooltip for Sharing Cart block.
  • UNSW3-1318 - Apply BASE-3888: mod_checklist: Hide warning displayed to Students when Updates by is set to Teacher only
    Affects Students - Hides invalid message displayed to students when Instructor locks marks to prevent updaties in Checklist.
  • UNSW3-1319 - report_lti_creation: Set variable to fix error message when debugging is on
    Affects System Administrator - Fixes error messages when accessing LTI Creation report.
  • UNSW3-1320 - Apply BASE-3873: mod_studentquiz: Force use of atto editor for commenting
    Affects Students - Ensures comment can be uploaded when “enforce commenting” is enabled in StudentQuiz.
  • UNSW3-1335 - Apply BASE-3904: block_configurable_reports: suppression of PHP deprecation notice
    Affects Manager/System Administrator - Fixes error messages when adding Timeline Report in Configurable Reports block.
  • UNSW3-1336 - Apply BASE-3863: course: activitychooser: Favourited modules show their status correctly
    Affects Staff - Ensures starred activities in list of activities/resources appear with the correct status in search results.
  • UNSW3-1338 - Apply BASE-3900: mod_forum: Favourite button bug fix
    Affects Staff/Students - Ensures a starred post in Forum is displayed as such immediately.
  • UNSW3-1341 - Apply BASE-3912: tests: Turnitin: Optionally send custom profile field as authentication
    Affects System - When enabled, Moodle sends the user's User Principal Name (UPN) (e.g. [email protected]) instead of ‘vanity’ email (e.g. [email protected]) to Turnitin upon initial account creation.
  • UNSW3-1343 - Apply BASE-3862: Calendar: Fix for JS observer when clicking dates in block calendar
    Affects Students - Displays the events on the selected date in the Calendar block.
  • UNSW3-1344 - Apply BASE-3916: local_o365: Optionally increase timeout for the login process or user sync with Azure
    Affects Staff/Students - Increases the maximum login processing time to 10 seconds.
  • UNSW3-1351 - mod_mediagallery: graded gallery assignment output fix
    Affects Students - Ensures access to Media Collection Assignment feedback without any error.
  • UNSW3-1353 - repository_thebox: requirejs bug fix
    Affects Staff/Students - Enables user to upload image file from theBox via File picker.
  • UNSW3-1362 - theme_unsw_online: Update to v2020113000
    Affects System - Updates UNSW Online themes to version v2020113000.
  • UNSW3-1363 - theme_unsw_canberra: Update to v2020120800
    Affects System - Updates UNSW Canberra theme to version v7.0.0-beta.2.
  • UNSW3-1364 - theme_unsw_three_col_new: Update to v2020120800
    Affects System - Updates UNSW 3-column theme to version v7.0.0-beta.2.
  • UNSW3-1365 - theme_agsm: Update to v2020112500
    Affects System - Updates UNSW AGSM theme to version v7.0.0-beta.2.
  • UNSW3-1366 - theme_unsw_new: Update to v2020120800
    Affects System - Updates UNSW New theme to version v7.0.0-beta.2.
  • UNSW3-1367 - Apply BASE-3851: mod_ouwiki: Apply fix for Time allowed Edit save
    Affects Students - Ensures the time limit set in “Time allowed for edit” is enforced in OU Wiki.

New Feature

  • UNSW3-1165 - questions: Import and Export of QTI format 2.2 part 2 (M3.9)
    Affects Staff - Implements import and export of the QTI format 2.2 standard that will be used with Inspera to export/import Moodle Quiz questions.
  • UNSW3-1168 - mod_lti: Customisation for role mapping [M3.9]
    Affects System - Enables LTI tools to send custom Moodle role names to LTI tool providers when configured to do so. 
  • UNSW3-1204 - Office 365: Implement custom profile field sync for UPN
    Affects System - Implements a custom profile field synchronisation for UPN in Office 365 so that it can be used by Moodle in other plugins.

Task

  • UNSW3-1081 - config: Track permission and archetype changes for teltadministrator [M3.9]
    Affects TELT Administrator - Removes the ability to enrol a user into a course and create self-enrolment key for a course.
  • UNSW3-1201 - config: Track updated value of MimeTeX URL for asciimath filter
    Affects Staff/Students - Prevents the display of security warning when viewing images generated by the asciimath filter.
  • UNSW3-1331 - config: Hide/disable mod_elluminate and block_elluminate
    Affects Staff - Hides the legacy Blackboard Collaborate activity when adding an activity/resource.
  • UNSW3-1334 - config: mod_checklist: Update permission for Teaching Assistant and Instructor
    Affects Teaching Assistant - Updates the permissions of the Teaching Assistant role to be the same as that for the Instructor role when setting up Checklist.

Improvement

  • UNSW3-995 - mod_hsuforum: Highlight anonymous posts to prevent confusion [M3.9]
    Affects Staff - Adds the word "Anonymous" under anonymous posts for instructors when a post is anonymous in Forum.
  • UNSW3-1018 - config: Implement Quiz Browser security as secure popup [M3.9]
    Affects Staff/Students - Enables the secure popup option for Quiz Browser security to prevent messaging access for students while using Safe Exam Browser.
  • UNSW3-1302 - local_teameval: Update and implement reset button
    Affects Students - Resolves an issue where the Team Evaluation reset button does nothing for iPad users.
  • UNSW3-1308 - Apply BASE-3881: auth_oidc: Sync user profile fields on login including UPN
    Affects Staff/Students - Implements the synchronisation of user profile fields from Azure so attributes can be mapped to user profile fields.
  • UNSW3-1309 - Apply BASE-3885: Turnitin: Optionally send custom profile field as authentication
    Affects System - Implements the ability to send custom profile field as authentication with Turnitin V2 and Turnitin Plagiarism plugin in a valid email.
  • UNSW3-1316 - Apply BASE-3894: badges: Avoid sub-optimal query plan when selecting potential award recipients
    Affects System - Improves the system performance relating to the award of Badges.
  • UNSW3-1342 - Apply BASE-3870: block_completion_progress: Update to v2020081000
    Affects Staff/Students - Updates the Completion Progress block to the latest version. Information on this block is available at https://docs.moodle.org/310/en/Completion_Progress_block.
  • UNSW3-1368 - Merge latest HOSTED branch
    Affects System - Applies system and security patches.

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