From: moodler Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:22:43 +0000 (+0000) Subject: First draft of latest release information. Good enough for Beta, but I X-Git-Url: http://git.mjollnir.org/gw?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d0be2073f24de718c90f828afb6c8cb393c4e0d3;p=moodle.git First draft of latest release information. Good enough for Beta, but I will probably revise it further for the final release next Monday. --- diff --git a/lang/en/docs/release.html b/lang/en/docs/release.html index 49f3e77b23..13a45b18c0 100644 --- a/lang/en/docs/release.html +++ b/lang/en/docs/release.html @@ -16,397 +16,195 @@

Latest Release notes

New in Moodle 1.3.4 (11th August, 2004)

Moodle 1.4 BETA TEST (23rd August, 2004)

Updates

Headlines

Some compatibility was added for handling glossaries and resources from Moodle 1.4.
Forbid restricted users from changing enrolments
Compatibility with PHP 5
New easy installer wizard leads you through the creation of the initial config.php file
Installation is now completely localised to your preferred language
Completely revamped Resource module make it easier to add new resources and to send data to them.
New Enrolment system featuring modules such as completely automated Paypal payments, + flatfile scanning, or external database control.
Blocks now work on the front page, plus you can put a topic section above the middle part
Chat now includes a server-side daemon (in PHP) for scalable, instant chat
New Wiki module!
New support for editing text using the Markdown format
Many bug fixes in all areas

Bug fixes

Fixed a reported vulnerability involving arguments to forum/post.php file
Fixed a possible vulnerability involving strings in Moodle texts
Fixed a rare glitch with attempt numbers in quizzes
Fixed a bug with regular expression logic in short answers
Fixed a typo in the PostgreSQL install
Fixed some documentation links

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New in Moodle 1.3.3 (16th July, 2004)

Updates

The ADOdb library was upgraded to a version compatible with PHP 5.0
Improvements to the detection and conversion of URLs in backups

Bug fixes

Under the hood

A possible vulnerability involving arguments to the help.php file was fixed.
A possible vulnerability involving language setting was fixed.
Fixes for the editing of lang strings with double quotes in them
Several small problems fixed in Glossary
Some minor issues fixed in the Scorm module
Resource module has its own Add menu now, and uses class-based submodules, making it much + easier now to add new resource types to this menu
Quiz module has been refactored into class-based questiontype plugins.
Enrolment process has been refactored into class-based enrolment plugins.
Glossary display formats are now name-based, and it's easier to plugin new ones.
Improved behaviour of many modules when they are used on the site page.
Revised Filter structure is faster and now compatible with Turck MMcache.
Adding activities is now more forgiving of fields left empty
We can now alter PostgreSQL columns at will using table_column()
RSS generation has been sped up tremendously, putting much less load on cron
Some bigger modules have split lib.php into locallib.php for less memory usage

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New in Moodle 1.3.2 (9th July, 2004)

Updates

Languages and localisation

The SCORM module is now included as standard
Some new languages (Malaysian, Estonian)
Many more existing languages are now completed up to 1.3.x
Updates to nearly every language pack
Moodle can override the default character set in Apache, making languages more reliable
Multibyte languages now wrap properly
Better handling of locales and encodings on very multilingual sites (like moodle.org)

Bug fixes

A possible front page vulnerability with Moodle servers on some old PHP versions was fixed. If you are using a version of PHP previous to 4.3 then it might be a good idea to upgrade to this version of Moodle.
Important fixes to logic when forums are used for group activities
Editing teacher profiles are visible even to separated groups in a class
Subject lines in multibyte languages in recent activity are no longer broken by wrapping function
A few issues related to glossary export/import were fixed
Backup is now better at managing it's temporary files
Other small fixes here and there

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New in Moodle 1.3.1 (4th June, 2004)

Bug fixes

Security Fixes

Some HTML code affecting stability of HTML editor under IE6 on some pages was fixed
Some bugs were fixed in several auto-linking text filters
Improved-looking navigation bar (using the » character)
Flash files now have their own icon
Adding course links using HTML editor now fixed for teachers
Section links block now preserves focussed view
Sites files now respect forcelogin setting
Upgrading blocks without database functions now works
Language updates
Fixed a number of possible XSS entry points and path disclosures
Attributes of tags in HTML are now parsed even more thoroughly for naughty scripts
User profile pages are no longer availble by default to strangers
All text is now cleaned on output (not just input)
Email addresses are not used on outgoing mail if the user requests that
New setting $CFG->loginhttps will use secure https for the login, then switch back to http

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New in Moodle 1.3 (25th May, 2004)

Major new features

New Calendar feature (thanks to Jon Papaioannou and the Greek School Network!)
New Blocks feature, allowing blocks to be added and moved around on course pages (thanks to Jon Papaioannou, Eloy Lafuente and others!)
New RSS System allows Forums and Glossaries (and later other modules) to publish RSS feeds (Thanks, Eloy!)
Mediaplugin filter now supports auto-embedding of Quicktime, Flash, and Windows Media files.
A new Activity Names filter will automatically add hyperlinks to other activities in the same course whenever their name is mentioned.

Other new features

New resource type "Directory" will display a whole directory of uploaded files (including subdirectories)
Resources that are files (uploaded, or webpages) now show the relevant icon on the course page
Most internal HTML links within forums and resources are now preserved during backup/restores
It is now possible to pass normal http arguments to files in the Files section. This allows some fancier HTML and Flash in resources.
$CFG->forceloginforprofiles can be set to prevent guests from seeing site-level user profiles (including Google).
When Google access is enabled, then Google web page translations now work too.
Sessions are now stored privately in the Moodle data directory - this makes Moodle work better on clusters, and solves some session timeout problems when using Moodle on shared web hosts
User pictures can now be easily deleted from the profile editing page
Talking in Chat now appears in the main logs.
Hidden sections in courses can now be completely hidden from students (course setting)
Improvements to text inside graphs for some non-English languages, using Unicode fonts.
Improved interface for managing Scales, as well as better handling in mulitlingual sites
All students can now be unenrolled with one button (on the Students page)
Subscribers to forums can now be manually subscribed or unsubscribed in groups
Better handling of some European characters in filenames and usernames
Feedback notices for a hidden assignment aren't mailed out until it's unhidden
Expanded support for importing Blackboard quizzes
The cron script can now be run using a PHP binary from any directory
The HTML editor has been further improved and streamlined.
The default recent activity display is now calculated from the last access to that course (or two days, whichever is more recent). Previously it was from the last login to the site.
Confirmation emails are now in HTML and Text, to help prevent breaking of confirmation link.
New languages: Farsi, Latvian, Norwegian Primary School, Unicode version of Traditional Chinese.

Bug fixes

Administration

Hundreds of small bugs were fixed in all areas, generally improving appearance and robustness.
As always, if you find bugs in Moodle, please report them to our Bug Tracker!
Spiffy new interfaces for adding/removing students, creators and admins
Failed logins are now logged, and can be displayed to users upon a successful login
Logs now support viewing by group, and by errors

Finally, don't forget to look at some of the many optional modules under development, including the SCORM module, the Wiki module, the Hot Potatoes module and many other innovations.

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New in Moodle 1.2.1 (25th March, 2004)

Various small bug fixes

Administration

Fixed some bugs that were causing survey graphs and results not to display in some circumstances
Improved security in the cron script
Fixed WebCT quiz import to deal with missing images, shortanswers and escaped characters
Fixed formatting on editor dialog to insert links
Prevent glossary from adding links to activity names that are already links
Fixed some timezone calculations when user isn't present
Characters like :( in Javascript code within filtered HTML are no longer converted to a sad smiley
Improved handling of ratings for single forums when secureforms is on.
Multichoice question creation now defaults to a single correct answer format
Guests can no longer see email addresses if "show only to course participants" has been set by that user
Primary admin is now the lowest-numbered entry in user_admins, rather than the admin with the lowest userid.
Modified flash MP3 plugin to improve brightness of Play button on darker screens
Various polishing and improvements in many language packs
Email-sending can now be enabled/disabled on any user's profile page
Visitors can be automatically logged in as guest
Jump menu now always shows "Jump to" to help distribute clues about what it does
Jump menu now has a much clearer way of grouping activities into sections

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New in Moodle 1.2 (20th March, 2004)

Major new features

New support for groups and cohorts within courses (with many options)
Text filters allow arbitrary processing on all text in Moodle, including automatic linking, mathematics support, multi-language content and infinitely more possibilities
A fantastic new Glossary module (thanks to Williams Castillo!) with many different ways to contruct learning activities based around collecting definitions
A great new Lesson module (thanks to Ray Kingdon!) easily creates active content with pathways and multiple-choice questions
A new Label module allows arbitrary HTML in the course page
An improved WYSIWYG editor, faster and more cross-platform than the old one
Automatic backups can be scheduled by the administrator for all courses at once

Courses

Activities can now be indented on the course outline, allowing more structure
A new report for Recent Activity makes it easier to see what's happened recently
A new logs button on every activity links to the logs page to show logs per-activity
Restore button now always functional
Improved "index" view for all modules
Improvements to participants display, including paging and initial searching
Excel downloads are more compatible with different operating systems
Better error reporting when adding/updating activities
Search box no longer auto-focuses (it was causing annoying auto-scrolling on long courses)
Self-unenrollment link on the course page for students
Change password link on the course page for students
Students can now be allowed to see their own activity reports (course setting)
Teachers can browse the course files for images when using the new editor
New image of empty box as destination when moving activities
Accesses are now recorded by course, so the participant listings make more sense
The activity navbar now has buttons for previous and next activities
File dates were incorrect on some systems - this is now fixed.
Old chat users are no longer shown in the recent activity

Site administration

Authentication

An important security fix preventing teachers from logging in as admins who are students in their course
New setting "forcelogin" can force people to log in before they can see any of the site
New setting "opentogoogle" allows Google and people referred by Google to get in as guest
New setting "timezone" allows a default timezone to be set for the whole site
New setting "deleteunconfirmed" specifies the time we'll wait for email accounts to be confirmed
New setting "allowunenroll" enables/disables students from unenrolling themselves from courses
New setting "fullnamedisplay" allows override for the formatting of user full names so students can only see "firstname lastname", "lastname firstname" or "firstname"
Individual users can have their email disabled by the teacher or admin (useful for dealing with broken mail accounts that are bouncing)
Upload sizes can now be controlled throughout Moodle using "maxbytes". There is a site limit (bounded by the current PHP limits), which itself is the upper bound for course limits, which is the upper bound for activity limits.
Moodle cookies can be customised (helps when running multiple Moodles on one site)
Included script for analysing database performance (admin/dbperformance.php)
Included standalone script to check a server for Moodle compatibility (lib/compatible.php)
If a file called cronextra.php exists in the dataroot then cron will run that too. This allows sites to have "special" maintenance features.
Course formats are now more like plugins, in separate directories
Users can now be uploaded from text files
If $CFG->disableuserimages is defined (in config.php) then user images can not be changed
If $CFG->admineditalways is defined then the administrator can edit ANY post at any time.
If $CFG->filterall is defined then even little things liks forum subjects and activity names are filtered
Support for restricted demo users (eg the teacher demo on Moodle.org) - usernames can be added to a list of names in config.php. eg $CFG->restrictusers = 'teacher,fred';
All authentication methods will now co-exist with internally-created accounts
New support for authenticating against First Class servers
Fixes for POP3 authentication

Themes

Fixes for Internet Explorer can be more robust at using the style sheet
Miscellaneous fixes and improvements to themes - custom themes need upgrading!

Translations

New languages: Galego and Lithuanian
Improved language editing interface - it allows the current language to be chosen and allows each file to be edited separately.
The list of country names can now be translated, as can the editor buttons, smiley names and file sizes (Mb, Gb etc)
Language packs can now define the default language direction (RTL or LTR)
Language packs can now define the order that people's names should be shown in
Language files are now written using slightly more efficient PHP code
Finally got rid of the final bogus linefeeds in the multi-line strings
Courses can now "force" a language on all users

Backup / Restore

Blocks

Automatic backups can be scheduled by the administrator for all courses at once
Logs are now fully restored
All needed users are now included in course backups (even if no longer enrolled)
Miscellaneous fixes and improvements
Block system can now cope with custom course formats and changes in format
New login block allows login from site front page
Online users block on home page shows users from the whole site

Text Filters and Formatting

Editor

Warning: the new text filters can increase the load on your server, particularly when used with complex filters. Use them with caution.
The new glossary filter can create links to glossary entries from matching words throughout Moodle.
The new TeX filter can convert TeX code found anywhere in Moodle into true Mathematics notation (GIF format image). There is also an algebra filter with a simpler input format (more like calculators).
The new censor filter can be enabled to filter out bad words.
The new multilang filter allows texts to be entered in multiple languages, and only the best one will be shown to each user (depending on their language setting)
The <nolink> tag can be used to prevent autolinking within a passage of text.
More tags are now allowed, including <acronym> and all <math> tags.
Some areas where text wasn't properly filtered before (security risk) have now been fixed.
New editor configuration screen for the admin
New support for anchors within pages
Spell-checking is now supported in the editor, it uses aspell on your server operating system

Developer API

Chat

A new coding guide is available
A new Philosophy guide is available ;-)
Improvements to the template for new modules
Modules should now specify the minimum version of Moodle they are compatible with
Scripts can specify to print_header() whether the page is pure XML
Any module can save and retrieve user preferences that stay around between logins
Chat now includes a server-side daemon (in PHP) for scalable, instant chat

Chats

Choice

Chat sessions can now be deleted
Scheduled chat times now show the timezone to make it clearer
Significantly revamped to make a lot more sense, with more options

Forums

Exercise

Forum viewing preferences are remembered between logins
"Show parent" link on all posts for faster navigation around forums
Anchor tags allow individual posts to be referenced in all views
Improvements to cron job when manually run, as well as logging of mailer errors
Only print the ratings button when there are ratings to be made
Vastly improved email text versions of HTML forum posts
When replying, an outline of other replies is shown.
When using the HTML editor to post, other formatting options are no longer provided.
Now supports groups
Many other changes

Journals

Forum

Journal questions can now use the HTML editor
Some fixes to the report page when assessing journal entries
Several fixes when dealing with groups
Users can choose to receive forum posts as daily digests of subject lines or whole posts.
Discussion listing is now paged
Teachers now have complete control over forum subscriptions, and can subscribe anyone at will
"Last post" date is shortened and linked to the last post
Forums now list RSS feeds on the index page
Better-looking HTML mail using the full stylesheet
Forum mail older than two days is never sent out (to prevent unwanted floods)
Blocked mail is logged so that teachers can see it
Discussion branches can be "split" from the main discussion, into a new discussion

Quizzes

Glossary

Questions and categories can now be edited without needing to open a quiz
All questions can now use any of the Moodle editing formats
New import format: GIFT format (this is the new default format)
New import format: Course Test Manager
New import format: WebCT format
New import format: Aiken format
Short-Answer questions can now use wildcards for matching eg wild*rds
Images now work in questions from external published categories
Improved the overview reports to show more info and allow deletion of attempts
Added a new detailed quiz report for statistical anaylsis
All question types can now have up to 10 answers each
Menus in quiz editing no longer need submit buttons (just select from menu)
Fixed bug that occurred when re-grading SOME quizzes with random questions in them
Fixed bug that occurred in backups of quizzes with random questions in them
Many other small bugs fixed
Glossary entries can be defined as "always editable"
Glossaries now list RSS feeds on the index page
Many fixes throughout

Resources

Quiz

Teachers can browse files more directly when creating uploaded file
New settings to allow a default URL, a default search page and default popup settings
Uploaded files can appear in popups too.
Much better display of popups when using the navbar to go there
MP3 files are now streamed using a built-in Flash MP3 player
Video files (Media player, Quicktime) are embedded using local plugins
New floating timer for timed quizzes
Attempts may now be restricted to specific computers
Quizzes can now require a special password
New question type for Calculated Questions
Numerical questions now support units
Questions can be previewed in the editing pages
Questions can now be exported in several formats
More intelligent handling of category listing when editing questions
New (and incomplete) XML export format, will eventually be quiz-feature-complete
Shortanswers can now contain all sorts of strange characters

Workshops

Resource

Changes to handling of peer assessments
New assessment phase
New options for the league table
Adding resources is now a one-step process with more control
Web page, Web link, Uploaded file and Program resource all combined into one type!

Miscellaneous

SCORM

Moodle now ignores any folders that Frontpage may have added to it (_vti_cnf).
Improved HTML -> XHTML in many places
Many fixes for non-MySQL databases
A few hard-coded text strings around the place were made translatable
User profile data is now properly cleaned
FIxes for when Moodle is embedded within a frame (eg in Postnuke)
Bug fixes to Wiki mode
Admin can no longer edit external accounts
Qmail users can use "qmail" in the smtphosts field for better results
Multiple methods of redirecting, to work around some browser bugs
Small improvements to the display of grades in the gradebook
More student profile fields can be edited, such as department and institution, and these are also written to grade dumps in text or Excel.
When a student is added as a teacher, they are now automatically unenrolled from being a student
Upgraded ADOdb (database layer)
Many fixes and improvements - works with an even wider variety of packages

Old release information diff --git a/lang/en/docs/releaseold.html b/lang/en/docs/releaseold.html index 48ac5a4dea..d3017cc8c3 100644 --- a/lang/en/docs/releaseold.html +++ b/lang/en/docs/releaseold.html @@ -14,6 +14,396 @@

Old Release notes

New in Moodle 1.3.4 (11th August, 2004)

Updates

Some compatibility was added for handling glossaries and resources from Moodle 1.4.
Forbid restricted users from changing enrolments

Bug fixes

Fixed a reported vulnerability involving arguments to forum/post.php file
Fixed a possible vulnerability involving strings in Moodle texts
Fixed a rare glitch with attempt numbers in quizzes
Fixed a bug with regular expression logic in short answers
Fixed a typo in the PostgreSQL install
Fixed some documentation links

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+ +

New in Moodle 1.3.3 (16th July, 2004)

Updates

The ADOdb library was upgraded to a version compatible with PHP 5.0
Improvements to the detection and conversion of URLs in backups

Bug fixes

A possible vulnerability involving arguments to the help.php file was fixed.
A possible vulnerability involving language setting was fixed.
Fixes for the editing of lang strings with double quotes in them
Several small problems fixed in Glossary
Some minor issues fixed in the Scorm module

+ +
+ + +

New in Moodle 1.3.2 (9th July, 2004)

Updates

The SCORM module is now included as standard
Some new languages (Malaysian, Estonian)
Many more existing languages are now completed up to 1.3.x

Bug fixes

A possible front page vulnerability with Moodle servers on some old PHP versions was fixed. If you are using a version of PHP previous to 4.3 then it might be a good idea to upgrade to this version of Moodle.
Important fixes to logic when forums are used for group activities
Editing teacher profiles are visible even to separated groups in a class
Subject lines in multibyte languages in recent activity are no longer broken by wrapping function
A few issues related to glossary export/import were fixed
Backup is now better at managing it's temporary files
Other small fixes here and there

+ +
+ + +

New in Moodle 1.3.1 (4th June, 2004)

Bug fixes

Some HTML code affecting stability of HTML editor under IE6 on some pages was fixed
Some bugs were fixed in several auto-linking text filters
Improved-looking navigation bar (using the » character)
Flash files now have their own icon
Adding course links using HTML editor now fixed for teachers
Section links block now preserves focussed view
Sites files now respect forcelogin setting
Upgrading blocks without database functions now works
Language updates

+ +
+ +

New in Moodle 1.3 (25th May, 2004)

Major new features

New Calendar feature (thanks to Jon Papaioannou and the Greek School Network!)
New Blocks feature, allowing blocks to be added and moved around on course pages (thanks to Jon Papaioannou, Eloy Lafuente and others!)
New RSS System allows Forums and Glossaries (and later other modules) to publish RSS feeds (Thanks, Eloy!)
Mediaplugin filter now supports auto-embedding of Quicktime, Flash, and Windows Media files.
A new Activity Names filter will automatically add hyperlinks to other activities in the same course whenever their name is mentioned.

Other new features

New resource type "Directory" will display a whole directory of uploaded files (including subdirectories)
Resources that are files (uploaded, or webpages) now show the relevant icon on the course page
Most internal HTML links within forums and resources are now preserved during backup/restores
It is now possible to pass normal http arguments to files in the Files section. This allows some fancier HTML and Flash in resources.
$CFG->forceloginforprofiles can be set to prevent guests from seeing site-level user profiles (including Google).
When Google access is enabled, then Google web page translations now work too.
Sessions are now stored privately in the Moodle data directory - this makes Moodle work better on clusters, and solves some session timeout problems when using Moodle on shared web hosts
User pictures can now be easily deleted from the profile editing page
Talking in Chat now appears in the main logs.
Hidden sections in courses can now be completely hidden from students (course setting)
Improvements to text inside graphs for some non-English languages, using Unicode fonts.
Improved interface for managing Scales, as well as better handling in mulitlingual sites
All students can now be unenrolled with one button (on the Students page)
Subscribers to forums can now be manually subscribed or unsubscribed in groups
Better handling of some European characters in filenames and usernames
Feedback notices for a hidden assignment aren't mailed out until it's unhidden
Expanded support for importing Blackboard quizzes
The cron script can now be run using a PHP binary from any directory
The HTML editor has been further improved and streamlined.
The default recent activity display is now calculated from the last access to that course (or two days, whichever is more recent). Previously it was from the last login to the site.
Confirmation emails are now in HTML and Text, to help prevent breaking of confirmation link.
New languages: Farsi, Latvian, Norwegian Primary School, Unicode version of Traditional Chinese.

Bug fixes

Hundreds of small bugs were fixed in all areas, generally improving appearance and robustness.
As always, if you find bugs in Moodle, please report them to our Bug Tracker!

Finally, don't forget to look at some of the many optional modules under development, including the SCORM module, the Wiki module, the Hot Potatoes module and many other innovations.

+ +

+ + +

New in Moodle 1.2.1 (25th March, 2004)

Various small bug fixes

Fixed some bugs that were causing survey graphs and results not to display in some circumstances
Improved security in the cron script
Fixed WebCT quiz import to deal with missing images, shortanswers and escaped characters
Fixed formatting on editor dialog to insert links
Prevent glossary from adding links to activity names that are already links
Fixed some timezone calculations when user isn't present
Characters like :( in Javascript code within filtered HTML are no longer converted to a sad smiley
Improved handling of ratings for single forums when secureforms is on.
Multichoice question creation now defaults to a single correct answer format
Guests can no longer see email addresses if "show only to course participants" has been set by that user
Primary admin is now the lowest-numbered entry in user_admins, rather than the admin with the lowest userid.
Modified flash MP3 plugin to improve brightness of Play button on darker screens
Various polishing and improvements in many language packs

+ +
+ + +

New in Moodle 1.2 (20th March, 2004)

Major new features

New support for groups and cohorts within courses (with many options)
Text filters allow arbitrary processing on all text in Moodle, including automatic linking, mathematics support, multi-language content and infinitely more possibilities
A fantastic new Glossary module (thanks to Williams Castillo!) with many different ways to contruct learning activities based around collecting definitions
A great new Lesson module (thanks to Ray Kingdon!) easily creates active content with pathways and multiple-choice questions
A new Label module allows arbitrary HTML in the course page
An improved WYSIWYG editor, faster and more cross-platform than the old one
Automatic backups can be scheduled by the administrator for all courses at once

Courses

Activities can now be indented on the course outline, allowing more structure
A new report for Recent Activity makes it easier to see what's happened recently
A new logs button on every activity links to the logs page to show logs per-activity
Restore button now always functional
Improved "index" view for all modules
Improvements to participants display, including paging and initial searching
Excel downloads are more compatible with different operating systems
Better error reporting when adding/updating activities
Search box no longer auto-focuses (it was causing annoying auto-scrolling on long courses)
Self-unenrollment link on the course page for students
Change password link on the course page for students
Students can now be allowed to see their own activity reports (course setting)
Teachers can browse the course files for images when using the new editor
New image of empty box as destination when moving activities
Accesses are now recorded by course, so the participant listings make more sense
The activity navbar now has buttons for previous and next activities
File dates were incorrect on some systems - this is now fixed.
Old chat users are no longer shown in the recent activity

Site administration

An important security fix preventing teachers from logging in as admins who are students in their course
New setting "forcelogin" can force people to log in before they can see any of the site
New setting "opentogoogle" allows Google and people referred by Google to get in as guest
New setting "timezone" allows a default timezone to be set for the whole site
New setting "deleteunconfirmed" specifies the time we'll wait for email accounts to be confirmed
New setting "allowunenroll" enables/disables students from unenrolling themselves from courses
New setting "fullnamedisplay" allows override for the formatting of user full names so students can only see "firstname lastname", "lastname firstname" or "firstname"
Individual users can have their email disabled by the teacher or admin (useful for dealing with broken mail accounts that are bouncing)
Upload sizes can now be controlled throughout Moodle using "maxbytes". There is a site limit (bounded by the current PHP limits), which itself is the upper bound for course limits, which is the upper bound for activity limits.
Moodle cookies can be customised (helps when running multiple Moodles on one site)
Included script for analysing database performance (admin/dbperformance.php)
Included standalone script to check a server for Moodle compatibility (lib/compatible.php)
If a file called cronextra.php exists in the dataroot then cron will run that too. This allows sites to have "special" maintenance features.
Course formats are now more like plugins, in separate directories
Users can now be uploaded from text files
If $CFG->disableuserimages is defined (in config.php) then user images can not be changed
If $CFG->admineditalways is defined then the administrator can edit ANY post at any time.
If $CFG->filterall is defined then even little things liks forum subjects and activity names are filtered
Support for restricted demo users (eg the teacher demo on Moodle.org) - usernames can be added to a list of names in config.php. eg $CFG->restrictusers = 'teacher,fred';

Themes

Fixes for Internet Explorer can be more robust at using the style sheet
Miscellaneous fixes and improvements to themes - custom themes need upgrading!

Translations

New languages: Galego and Lithuanian
Improved language editing interface - it allows the current language to be chosen and allows each file to be edited separately.
The list of country names can now be translated, as can the editor buttons, smiley names and file sizes (Mb, Gb etc)
Language packs can now define the default language direction (RTL or LTR)
Language packs can now define the order that people's names should be shown in
Language files are now written using slightly more efficient PHP code
Finally got rid of the final bogus linefeeds in the multi-line strings
Courses can now "force" a language on all users

Backup / Restore

Automatic backups can be scheduled by the administrator for all courses at once
Logs are now fully restored
All needed users are now included in course backups (even if no longer enrolled)
Miscellaneous fixes and improvements

Text Filters and Formatting

Warning: the new text filters can increase the load on your server, particularly when used with complex filters. Use them with caution.
The new glossary filter can create links to glossary entries from matching words throughout Moodle.
The new TeX filter can convert TeX code found anywhere in Moodle into true Mathematics notation (GIF format image). There is also an algebra filter with a simpler input format (more like calculators).
The new censor filter can be enabled to filter out bad words.
The new multilang filter allows texts to be entered in multiple languages, and only the best one will be shown to each user (depending on their language setting)
The <nolink> tag can be used to prevent autolinking within a passage of text.
More tags are now allowed, including <acronym> and all <math> tags.
Some areas where text wasn't properly filtered before (security risk) have now been fixed.

Developer API

A new coding guide is available
A new Philosophy guide is available ;-)
Improvements to the template for new modules
Modules should now specify the minimum version of Moodle they are compatible with
Scripts can specify to print_header() whether the page is pure XML
Any module can save and retrieve user preferences that stay around between logins

Chats

Chat sessions can now be deleted
Scheduled chat times now show the timezone to make it clearer

Forums

Forum viewing preferences are remembered between logins
"Show parent" link on all posts for faster navigation around forums
Anchor tags allow individual posts to be referenced in all views
Improvements to cron job when manually run, as well as logging of mailer errors
Only print the ratings button when there are ratings to be made
Vastly improved email text versions of HTML forum posts
When replying, an outline of other replies is shown.
When using the HTML editor to post, other formatting options are no longer provided.

Journals

Journal questions can now use the HTML editor
Some fixes to the report page when assessing journal entries

Quizzes

Questions and categories can now be edited without needing to open a quiz
All questions can now use any of the Moodle editing formats
New import format: GIFT format (this is the new default format)
New import format: Course Test Manager
New import format: WebCT format
New import format: Aiken format
Short-Answer questions can now use wildcards for matching eg wild*rds
Images now work in questions from external published categories
Improved the overview reports to show more info and allow deletion of attempts
Added a new detailed quiz report for statistical anaylsis
All question types can now have up to 10 answers each
Menus in quiz editing no longer need submit buttons (just select from menu)
Fixed bug that occurred when re-grading SOME quizzes with random questions in them
Fixed bug that occurred in backups of quizzes with random questions in them
Many other small bugs fixed

Resources

Teachers can browse files more directly when creating uploaded file
New settings to allow a default URL, a default search page and default popup settings
Uploaded files can appear in popups too.
Much better display of popups when using the navbar to go there
MP3 files are now streamed using a built-in Flash MP3 player
Video files (Media player, Quicktime) are embedded using local plugins

Workshops

Changes to handling of peer assessments
New assessment phase
New options for the league table

Miscellaneous

Moodle now ignores any folders that Frontpage may have added to it (_vti_cnf).
Improved HTML -> XHTML in many places
Many fixes for non-MySQL databases
A few hard-coded text strings around the place were made translatable
User profile data is now properly cleaned
FIxes for when Moodle is embedded within a frame (eg in Postnuke)
Bug fixes to Wiki mode
Admin can no longer edit external accounts
Qmail users can use "qmail" in the smtphosts field for better results
Multiple methods of redirecting, to work around some browser bugs
Small improvements to the display of grades in the gradebook
More student profile fields can be edited, such as department and institution, and these are also written to grade dumps in text or Excel.
When a student is added as a teacher, they are now automatically unenrolled from being a student
Upgraded ADOdb (database layer)

Latest Release notes

New in Moodle 1.3.4 (11th August, 2004)

Moodle 1.4 BETA TEST (23rd August, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.3.3 (16th July, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.3.2 (9th July, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.3.1 (4th June, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.3 (25th May, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.2.1 (25th March, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.2 (20th March, 2004)

Old Release notes

New in Moodle 1.3.4 (11th August, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.3.3 (16th July, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.3.2 (9th July, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.3.1 (4th June, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.3 (25th May, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.2.1 (25th March, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.2 (20th March, 2004)

New in Moodle 1.1.1 (10 September, 2003):