Release notes for WeBWorK 2.5.2

                                     WeBWorK                                    
                         Online Homework Delivery System                        
                                  Version 2.5.2                                

                    Copyright 2000-2012, The WeBWorK Project                    
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Beta release date: August, 2012

Github repository:  https://github.com/openwebwork
Modules:    webwork2   pg

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Software repo

This repo is currently in mgage/webwork2-dev branch: ww2.5.2

Upgrading from ww2.5.1 will require:

• Replacing the current database.conf with database.conf.dist (assuming you have made no changes to your local database.conf version)
  • new tables and fields have been added for the essayQuestion feature.
• Upgrading the tables by visiting the admin page -- which will create a showPastAnswers table

• • This replaces the showPastAnswers logs and also supports the essayQuestion feature.

New features for 2.5.2

• Highlights
  • MathAchievements module added. When turned on it provides "gamefication" for WeBWorK.
  • New features for Admin courses editor page.
  • Experimental editor pages: HmwkEditor1,2;,ClasslistEditor1,2; PGProblemEditor1,2,3
  • Basic support for the ipad.

• Configuration files
  • configuration files split into prelocal.conf, global.conf.dist,postlocal.conf ** this makes incremental upgrading of webwork2 much easier since the configuration files will not in general need to be rewritten.
  • VERSION file indicates the current version of WeBWorK which is printed in the footer of each page.
• MathAchievements module added.
• Admin pages:
  • Ability to show/hide courses from the command line
  • Replace email registration of WeBWorK site with link to the MAA registration form.
• Editor pages
  • There are new (beta) editors for homework, classlists, librarybrowser and PGproblemeditor.
  • There is a setting in postlocal.conf which allows you to determine which links to editors are displayed in the left margin. (You can hide the more experimental browsers if you wish.)
  • Homework editor pages
  • Classlist editor pages
  • PGProblemEditor pages
  • LibraryBrowser pages
    • There are now three alternatives for browsing the collection of problems (WeBWorK Open Problem Library or OPL for short. Formerly called NPL)

• Add basic support for using WeBWorK on the ipad. This makes WeBWorK useable on an ipad and iphone but it has not yet been optimized for ipad use.
• Dates, Time and Timezones
  • pop up menu date entry for some (not all) date entry in HmwkEditor2
• Localization
• Authorization
  • Add module for authorizing using the shibboleth module.
  • LTI standard interface installed allowing for WeBWorK integration into Course Management Systems using that standard. (thanks to Bill Wheeler)
• More changes under the hood
  • webwork webservice: Upgrades to the to serve LibraryBrowser
  • webwork webservice: Allow option to assign homework when user is added via web service (John Hsu at UBC)
  • webwork webservice: Allow course creation via webservice (John Hsu at UBC)

Release notes for PG 2.5.2

• Under the hood

• • Improvements to the PG warning and debug message channels