<P>As Moodle gains in maturity, I hope its directions are influenced by the community \r
of developers and users. A dynamic database of proposed features and their status \r
can be found at <A TARGET=_top HREF="http://bugs.moodle.org/">bugs.moodle.org</A>. \r
- Your <a href="developer.html">contributions</a> in the form of ideas, code, \r
+ Your <A href="developer.html">contributions</a> in the form of ideas, code, \r
feedback and promotion are all very welcome. \r
\r
-<P>Now that 1.0.1 has been released, most of my efforts will concentrate on the \r
- macro level (supporting larger classes and integrating into larger institutions) \r
- and the micro level (improving support for decisions and processes, for both \r
- teachers and learners). \r
+<P>Until about April 2003, my own involvement will slow down while I finish my PhD thesis.\r
+ During this time there will still be releases, but they will only contain minor \r
+ new features and bug fixes. I will also be including modules and other code contributed \r
+ by others.\r
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-<P>The next 6 months or so I will have to slow down my own development a little \r
- (because I have a PhD thesis to finish). During this time there'll be a number \r
- of small upgrades 1.0.2, 1.0.3 etc that I expect will contain minor new features \r
- and polishing. I'll also be working with people adding new plugins (support for \r
- more databases, new modules and new themes).\r
+<P>After this time, by around June/July 2003, I am expecting a major release called Moodle 2.0\r
+ that will include major new features such as:\r
+ <UL>\r
+ <LI>Stronger pedagogical support for both teachers and students\r
+ <LI>Support for groups and group work\r
+ <LI>Rewritten display incorporating XML, XSL and CSS for full flexibility \r
+ and compatibility with all modern web standards.\r
+ <LI>A variety of new modules (chat, tracker etc)\r
+ <LI>Whatever else seems most important at the time :-)\r
+ </UL>\r
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-<P>Sometime in the first half of 2003 you can expect a major release (1.1, maybe 1.5) that has \r
- new features like:\r
-\r
- <UL>\r
- <LI>Full user account management (eg connection to external databases, import/export etc)\r
- <LI>Full grade management\r
- <LI>Ability to define groups and group work\r
- <LI>Automatic linking in texts to uploaded resources (like Wiki)\r
- <LI>Online support for teachers to design and maintain classes\r
- <LI>Online support for students in collaboration processes\r
- </UL>\r
+<P>About this time I will also be experimenting with ways of making \r
+ Moodle development more sustainable for the long term. This may \r
+ include offering services for payment - although the software itself \r
+ will always remain Free.\r
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