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<H2>Future</H2>\r
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+<P>Some notes from the main author: Martin Dougiamas.</p>\r
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<P>I'm committed to continuing my work on Moodle and on keeping it Open and Free. \r
I have a deeply-held belief in the importance of unrestricted education and \r
empowered teaching, and Moodle is the main way I can contribute to the realisation \r
of these ideals. \r
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-<P>As Moodle gains in maturity, I hope its directions are influenced by the community \r
+<P>As Moodle gains in maturity, its directions are increasingly 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
+ can be found at <A TARGET=_top HREF="http://moodle.org/bugs/">moodle.org/bugs</A>. \r
+ Your <A href="?file=developer.html">contributions</a> in the form of ideas, code, \r
feedback and promotion are all very welcome. \r
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-<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>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>Basic support for IMS and SCORM\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>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
- \r
+<P>Currently my own involvement has slowed while I finish writing my PhD thesis.\r
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+<P>Here is a rough map of the future as I currently see it (obviously this is \r
+ subject to change):\r
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+<DL>\r
+<DT>Version 1.1 - May 2003</DT>\r
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+<DD>This release will contain all the many new features and bug fixes accumulated \r
+ since 1.0.8.1, including new modules such peer-graded assignments.\r
+</DD>\r
+\r
+<DT>Version 1.2 - August 2003 ?</DT>\r
+<DD>This release will tie up some other loose ends and new modules such as 'chat' and 'issue tracker'.\r
+</DD>\r
+\r
+<DT>Version 2.0 - December 2003 ?</DT>\r
+<DD>This major release will include some major changes in internal structure\r
+ designed to add flexibility and scalability in many areas. Among the major \r
+ targets are:\r
+ <UL>\r
+ <LI> Stronger pedagogical support for both teachers and students\r
+ <LI> Rewritten display layer using XHTML-compatible code and complete implementation\r
+ of templates for increased standards-compliance, flexibility and accessibility.\r
+ <LI> Wider use of PHP classes in key areas of the Moodle code, to make things \r
+ easier for programmers writing new modules or integrating with external systems.\r
+ <LI> Support for groups and group work\r
+ <LI> New access-control system allowing finely-defined roles and rights.\r
+ <LI> Basic support for IMS and SCORM\r
+ <LI> Whatever else comes along :-)\r
+ </UL>\r
+</DD>\r
+</DL>\r
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