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  18. <h1>Dokeos Changelog</h1>
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  24. <h1>Dokeos 1.8.5 - May 2008</h1>
  25. <h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
  26. <p>Dokeos 1.8.5 is a major debugging release but includes interesting new features as well.&nbsp;</p>
  27. <h3>New Features</h3>
  28. <ul>
  29. <li>OpenID authentication support</li>
  30. <li>SCORM export improvement (now generates SCORM 1.2 compliant packages)</li>
  31. <li>Possibility to filter extension of submitted files all around Dokeos</li>
  32. <li>Possibility to import Word documents</li>
  33. <li>Possibility to import docx and pptx documents (new MS-Office format)</li>
  34. <li>Grades, evaluations and success certificates available thanks to full integration of the gradebook extension</li>
  35. <li>Coloured icons added to courses list in administration panel to show access permissions</li>
  36. <li>Logout button now shows the username of the current user</li>
  37. <li>Student view re-activated and fully-functional</li>
  38. <li>Searching the forum is now possible so you can use the forum as a knowledge base. The search results are highlighted throughout the forum and you can search on multiple words also. </li>
  39. <li>Group members are now displayed in a sortable table</li>
  40. <li>Possibility to export survey results in XLS format directly</li>
  41. <li>Documents, Works and Dropbox tools usability has been improved in many ways</li>
  42. <li>in the agenda you can display the X upcoming events (can be configured by the platform admin)</li>
  43. <li>The course agenda now has a month view like the my agenda</li>
  44. <li>In the user list of the platform administration you can now quickly see for what courses the user is subscribed by hovering over the courses icon</li>
  45. <li>The platform system announcements can now be sent through email also</li>
  46. <li>LDAP
  47. <ul>
  48. <li>The LDAP code has changed. If you had some customisations there, you might want to save them and re-apply them after the upgrade</li>
  49. <li>Functions renamed to respect coding conventions and use ldap_ namespace</li>
  50. <li>Most parameters moved to the administration panel. You will need to configure the administration panel with the settings that were previously in ldap_var.inc.php</li>
  51. <li>Added non-anonymous mode (just add a login and a password in the configuration panel)</li>
  52. <li>Added search domain configuration through panel</li>
  53. <li>Added customizable field-check for student-teacher switch</li>
  54. <li>The installation guide has been updated to help you find your way through the new LDAP configuration panel</li>
  55. <li>You still need to activate LDAP by uncommenting two lines in configuration.php</li>
  56. </ul>
  57. </li>
  58. </ul>
  59. <br />
  60. <h3>Debugging</h3>
  61. <ul>
  62. <li>Prerequisites management in learning paths fixed (includes quizzes, hotpotatoes and SCORM)</li>
  63. <li>Various minor bugs fixed in the learning path tool (scoring, copy, re-ordering)</li>
  64. <li>Various minor bugs fixed in the session handling</li>
  65. <li>Fixes to the survey tool (date management, questions order in export)</li>
  66. <li>Fixes to the calendar tool (access by students)</li>
  67. <li>Fixes to the announcement tool (access by students)</li>
  68. <li>Fixes to the group tool (default group settings)</li>
  69. <li>Bugfix: complete export in survey tool displayed the question of all the surveys and not only those of the selected survey</li>
  70. <li>Bugfix: registering a new user resulted in the language field of the user being empty which resulted in an english profile by default. This has now been changed to the platform language. </li>
  71. <li>Performance improvement in the user list of the platform administration </li>
  72. <li>Bugfix: group tutors were not migrated from 1.6 to 1.8</li>
  73. </ul>
  74. <h1>Dokeos 1.8.4 - September 2007</h1>
  75. <h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
  76. <p>Dokeos
  77. 1.8.4 is both a features and debuggingmajor release.&nbsp;</p>
  78. <h3>New Features</h3>
  79. <ul>
  80. <li>Templates. See <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/templates.php">http://www.dokeos.com/templates.php</a></li>
  81. <li>Wide Hotspots tests to allow real-life situations simulation</li>
  82. <li>Flash video import and streaming</li>
  83. <li>Installation guide renewed. See&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/doc/installation_guide.html">http://www.dokeos.com/doc/installation_guide.html</a></li>
  84. <li>Added animated Mr Dokeos character : <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/mrdokeos.php">http://www.dokeos.com/mrdokeos.php</a></li>
  85. <li>English and Dutch teacher manual added</li>
  86. <li>Assignments form now fills automatically with document title and user name</li>
  87. <li>Document authoring space now bigger</li>
  88. <li>IMS/QTI export of tests</li>
  89. <li>Export of media (images, Flash, Audio) and tests in SCORM export</li>
  90. <li>Agenda default time management for an event improved</li>
  91. <li>Oogie PowerPoint converter setup simplified</li>
  92. <li>Improved support for other character sets (enabling better support for
  93. UTF-8 and russian and asian fonts)</li>
  94. </ul>
  95. <br />
  96. <h3>Debugging</h3>
  97. <ul>
  98. <li>Upgrade script improved : now possible to upgrade direct from 1.6 to 1.8.4.&nbsp;</li>
  99. <li>Blogs user rights</li>
  100. <li>FCK Editor image import</li>
  101. <li>Videoconferencing slides now include Documents directory of course</li>
  102. <li>SCORM content can be displayed Full Screen</li>
  103. <li>SCORM interactions now properly running</li>
  104. <li>Hotspots tests redesigned and bigger hotspots zone</li>
  105. <li>Alphabetical sorting of lists fixed</li>
  106. <li>Excel export in reporting now removes HTML tags</li>
  107. <li>My profile page display layout</li>
  108. <li>Import HotPotatoes tests scoring</li>
  109. <li>Images gallery in Documents bad display</li>
  110. <li>Agenda default date now more relevant</li>
  111. <li>Tests random questions order option clarified</li>
  112. <li>Templates editing and media removal now easier</li>
  113. <li>Apostrophe bug in Learning path Build mode</li>
  114. <li>Table of contents wider in Learning path</li>
  115. <li>Audio player now autostarts</li>
  116. <li>Spelling mistakes in French and English</li>
  117. <li>Group features now related to group, not generic</li>
  118. <li>Blogs SQL errors fixed</li>
  119. <li>Introduction images were missing in tests reporting</li>
  120. <li>SCORM export now working</li>
  121. <li>My agenda Personal events editor bug fixed</li>
  122. <li>Oogie PowerPoint import installation easier</li>
  123. <li>Time spent on platform tracking improved</li>
  124. <li>Course Backup/restore bugs fixed</li>
  125. <li>Course copy bugs fixed</li>
  126. <li>Default visibility status of learning paths fixed</li>
  127. <li>Images gallery display reordering</li>
  128. <li>Agenda default time management for an event improved</li>
  129. <li>Groups display alphabetical sorting fixed</li>
  130. </ul>
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  133. <h1>Dokeos 1.8 - May 2007</h1>
  134. <h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
  135. <p>Dokeos 1.8 is a major release. The software becomes a complete suite
  136. including not only a learning management system and a learners
  137. administration dashboard, but also an easy-to-use authoring system and
  138. a simple videoconferencing interface.</p>
  139. <h3>New Features</h3>
  140. <ul>
  141. <li> Ms-PowerPoint&reg; to Learning Path conversion</li>
  142. <li>Integrated Live Conferencing&nbsp;</li>
  143. <li>Templates and styles for rapid online authoring</li>
  144. <li>Search engine&nbsp;</li>
  145. <li>New question types: hotspots and&nbsp;open answers</li>
  146. <li>Reporting dashboard with export to Ms-Excel</li>
  147. <li>Surveys</li>
  148. <li>Educational blogs</li>
  149. <li>Learning Path: better import and export of SCORM, IMS and AICC </li>
  150. <li>Documents tool: PowerPoint and Word into HTML file type conversion</li>
  151. <li>Tests tool: less sequential and more user-friendly</li>
  152. <li>Forum : better admin and content management</li>
  153. <li>code cleanup </li>
  154. <li>new nice looking icons</li>
  155. <li>new layout for the course homepage</li>
  156. <li>Version check: be informed when a new Dokeos release is available. </li>
  157. <li>Platform Statistics so you can boast with your campus. </li>
  158. </ul>
  159. <h1></h1>
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  161. <h1>Dokeos 1.6.5 - July 2006 </h1>
  162. <h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
  163. <p>Security Release. 1 bug has been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
  164. <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.5_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.5_release_notes_and_changelog</a></p>
  165. <h1>Dokeos 1.6.4 April 2006 </h1>
  166. <h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
  167. <p>Bugfix release. 2 bugs have been fixed. One security hole has been fixed <br />
  168. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
  169. <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.4_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.4_release_notes_and_changelog</a></p>
  170. <h1>Dokeos 1.6.3 February 2006 </h1>
  171. <h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
  172. <p>Bugfix release. 44 bugs have been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
  173. <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.3_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.3_release_notes_and_changelog</a> </p>
  174. <h1>Dokeos 1.6.2 - September 2005</h1>
  175. <h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
  176. <p>Bugfix release. 14 bugs have been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
  177. <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.2_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.2_release_notes_and_changelog</a></p>
  178. <h1>Dokeos 1.6.1 - August 2005</h1>
  179. <h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
  180. <p>Bugfix release. 31 bugs have been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
  181. <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.1_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.1_release_notes_and_changelog</a></p>
  182. <h1>Dokeos 1.6 - July 2005</h1>
  183. <h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
  184. <p>In Dokeos 1.6, security and interoperability have been improved. Protection<br />
  185. for documents has improved, and courses have more accessibility options.<br />
  186. Password encryption is enabled by default. The php.ini setting <br />
  187. "register globals" does not have be on anymore.<br />
  188. <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6_release_notes">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6_release_notes </a></p>
  189. <h3>New Features</h3>
  190. <ul>
  191. <li>Campus home page can be edited online</li>
  192. <li> Improved translations, made with the new Dokeos translation tool</li>
  193. <li> Language switch - when you enter the portal, you can choose your language.</li>
  194. <li> Who is online: a list of users who are logged in, you can click to see
  195. their pictures and portfolio, or click to talk to them through our built-in web chat tool.</li>
  196. <li>Learning path - import and export of SCORM packages, improved layout,
  197. prerequisites based on score in tests</li>
  198. <li> Agenda - many new options, e.g. every user can add personal agenda items.</li>
  199. <li>Document tool - many new options, improved layout, improved HtmlArea</li>
  200. <li> Security - PHP register globals setting don't need to be on anymore</li>
  201. <li> Administration section - all functions are easier to access, you can
  202. configure many options through the web interface instead of by digging through the code. </li>
  203. <li> Improved course management - completely rewritten course import/export
  204. functions, easily copy content from one course to another</li>
  205. <li> Plugins and modularity - new system to add plugins to Dokeos more easily</li>
  206. <li> API libraries - our function libraries have been expanded and improved</li>
  207. <li>Interoperability: support for SCORM import/export, XML import/export for
  208. some features, IEEE LOM Metadata support in documents and groups, import of
  209. Hotpotatoes, connection with QuestionMark (this last one will be available
  210. as plugin).</li>
  211. </ul>
  212. <h3>Roadmap</h3>
  213. <p><a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Roadmap_1.6">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Roadmap_1.6</a></p>
  214. <h1>Dokeos 1.5.5 </h1>
  215. <ul>
  216. <li>Learning path : Scorm content import tool</li>
  217. <li> WYSIWYG editor : create content on the fly</li>
  218. <li> Table of contents : structure content on the fly</li>
  219. <li> Dropbox : peer2peer content sharing management</li>
  220. <li> Links categories : structure links catalogue</li>
  221. <li>New navigation : one click to tool</li>
  222. <li> Events since my last visit : be informed of what has changed since your last login</li>
  223. <li> My agenda : synthetic weekly view of all the events related to you</li>
  224. <li> Add a picture to my profile : see who is who</li>
  225. <li> Security : privacy and anti-cracking protection</li>
  226. <li> 5 more languages : russian, catalan, vietnamese, brazilian, thai and a revised chinese</li>
  227. <li> New chat tool : real-time textual discussion</li>
  228. <li> Audio &amp; video conference : real-time live broadcasting of events + textual interaction with ore than 200 people.</li>
  229. <li> Announcements to some users or some groups only</li>
  230. <li> Time-based learning management : add resources to time line in Agenda</li>
  231. <li> Audio &amp; video in Tests tool : create listening comprehensions, situation-based questions on the fly</li>
  232. <li> Forum thread/flat view : see discussions in more detail</li>
  233. <li>Forum email notification : get an email when your forum topic is active</li>
  234. <li> language revision : dokeos vocabulary has been generalised to be adapted
  235. to different types of organisations and not only universities</li>
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