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CHANGELOG File

This is the Edventure Change Log file. Please enter the major differences between versions.

1.0.5

1.0.4

  1. Assignment Postings enhanced: responses, author "further reflections", preview

  2. Team names with team email support

  3. Fixed bug in not printing short answer when survey type exam

  4. Fixed bug in taking exams in MySQL

  5. Fixed bug in adding multiple people to a roster via their ID only

  6. Allow super user to add names/password/privs in one step

  7. Notify table added; Notify options in profile: daily, hourly, never

  8. notify.php added that goes through people, checking for updates and sends email

1.0.0

  1. added ability to delete files under "My Files"

  2. added wiki formatting to assignment posts, responses, and further reflections

  3. delete assignments will delete assignment entry, homework, and responses

  4. fixed bug in e-mailing: couldn't email outside of edventure, but now can

0.9.0

  1. added support for team names (ie, aliases for group email)

  2. fixed problem that didn't allow multiple names on to, cc, and bcc lines

  3. Added "further reflections" for postings

  4. Added "responses" in postings

  5. Added posting date on postings

  6. new table "ed_group"

  7. Added column to "course": "home" character(15) for determining homepage

  8. Added option on Course Setup to skip Edventure frontpage

  9. Added ability to link to places deep in edventure so that you can: click, login, then go to page

  10. Added new table: ed_reponse for responses to postings/uploads

  11. Added new field to table homework: updated, allows for "further reflections"

0.8.4

  1. Internationalization support added. See locale/ subdirectory for samples in English and mock French.

  2. Final report for grades. Shows estimated grades, if not assigned.

  3. Security measures added

  4. Clean up email, posting

  5. Bug fixes: edit links, exam preview

  6. Can now rename course ID.

  7. Picklist for courses owned (for admin) or enrolled in (student)

0.8.3

  1. New question types: multiple answer, short answer, survey types (agree-disagree, etc.)

  2. Now allows exam retake

  3. New Survey exam type (the full effect of this will be seen later)

  4. Exams are now properly graded, with explanations, check or X

  5. Summary of Exams/Surveys now breaks up multiple answer, and short answer for nice display

  6. Email niceties: "To Group" defaults to current course, if one; checkbox to email/cc to instructor; new email buttons for students and admin

0.8.2

  1. Changed SQL scheme so that people IDs are all 15 characters, and course IDs are 30.

0.8.1

  1. Added shortcut buttons to the instructor's course mainpage menu

Older Versions

PHP Version

Version 0.4.0 Planned Aug 30, 2002.

Version 0.3.7 Aug 25, 2002.

Fixed some bugs in posting and viewing assignments. Added some helpful comments (more to come). Share of questions working.

Version 0.3.6.19 Aug 24, 2002.

Exam and question editing complete (alpha).

Version 0.3.6.18 Aug 21, 2002.

Beginning of assessment module. Sharing function complete. Homework posting functional.

Version 0.3.6.4 Jan 14, 2002.

Moved Calendar, and discussion software into plugin category. Removed Babylon and other third-party code out of tarball.

Version 0.3.6.0 Jan 11, 2002.

Version submitted to GNU. Minor fixes required.

Version 0.3.5 Jan 8, 2002.

Last version with the name 'Webtron'. New name is now 'Edventure'.

Version 0.3.0 Fall 2001.

First beginings in PHP.

Perl Versions

Version 0.2.00 Fri Jan 28 13:30:00 CST 2000.

Complete rewrite of Webtron. Everything is different, and, hopefully, better.

Version 0.1.53 Mon Mar 8 16:51:24 CST 1999.

Fixed problem where edit of a Manager link caused overwrite of all links.

Version 0.1.52 Mon Mar 8 00:15:50 CST 1999.

Fixed Knowledge Unit Editing. Did save, but didn't reload when reediting.

Version 0.1.51 Sun Mar 7 15:27:21 CST 1999.

1. In Webtron Manager, if case matters on free-form entries, the system will take care of it for you.

2. Fixed ability to edit Locked/Open

3. Added third option: Practice, which is not yet implemented

4. Students now see computed values (formulas)

5. Roster view now shows computed values (formulas). You may sort on those too.

6. Students now have links to click on from their view of their grades.

7. "If errors, email dblank" changed to "If errors, please email {taname}"

Version 0.1.40, Jan 1999.

Added Pawel Wolinski's gradebook

Version 0.1.00, 1998.

First working prototype, all parts web editable

Version 0.01, Fall 1996.

First pieces coded. Final given in Blank's networking course. Java interactive game demoed.