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{{Deprecated|2.6. This release was too ambitious. Many of the features have been rolled in to releases 2.6 and release 2.7 }}
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<pre> WeBWorK
 
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Online Homework Delivery System
 
Online Homework Delivery System
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Beta release date: August, 2012
  
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Github repository: https://github.com/openwebwork/webwork2-dev (as of Sept 7, 2012)
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Modules: webwork2-dev pg-dev
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Modules: webwork2 pg
 
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{{Warning | The ww2.5.2 release is not yet ready for prime time!}}
   
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This repo is currently in openwebwork/webwork2-dev branch: ww2.5.2
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Upgrading from ww2.5.1 will require:
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* Replacing the current database.conf with database.conf.dist (assuming you have made no changes to your local database.conf version)
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** new tables and fields have been added for the essayQuestion feature.
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* Upgrading the tables by visiting the admin page -- which will create a showPastAnswers table
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** This replaces the showPastAnswers logs and also supports the essayQuestion feature.
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== New features for WW2.5.2 ==
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* Highlights
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== Release notes for PG 2.5.2 ==
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* Under the hood
   
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The beta version of release 2.5.2 can be downloaded
  
   
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from github.com/openwebwork by downloading the repos webwork2-dev
 
   
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== New features for 2.5.2 ==
  
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* Highlights
  
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** MathAchievements module added. When turned on it provides "gamefication" for WeBWorK.
  
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** New features for Admin courses editor page.
  
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** Experimental editor pages: HmwkEditor1,2;,ClasslistEditor1,2; PGProblemEditor1,2,3
  
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** Basic support for the ipad.
  
   
   
   
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* Configuration files
  
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** 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.
  
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** VERSION file indicates the current version of WeBWorK which is printed in the footer of each page.
  
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* MathAchievements module added.
  
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* Admin pages:
  
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** Ability to show/hide courses from the command line
  
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** Replace email registration of WeBWorK site with link to the MAA registration form.
  
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* Editor pages
 
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** There are new (beta) editors for homework, classlists, librarybrowser and PGproblemeditor.
  
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** 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.)
  
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** Homework editor pages
  
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** Classlist editor pages
  
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** PGProblemEditor pages
  
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** LibraryBrowser pages
  
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*** There are now three alternatives for browsing the collection of problems (WeBWorK Open Problem Library or OPL for short. Formerly called NPL)
  
   
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* 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.
  
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* Dates, Time and Timezones
  
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** pop up menu date entry for some (not all) date entry in HmwkEditor2
  
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* Localization
  
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* Authorization
  
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** Add module for authorizing using the shibboleth module.
  
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** LTI standard interface installed allowing for WeBWorK integration into Course Management Systems using that standard. (thanks to Bill Wheeler)
  
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* More changes under the hood
  
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** webwork webservice: Upgrades to the to serve LibraryBrowser
  
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** webwork webservice: Allow option to assign homework when user is added via web service (John Hsu at UBC)
  
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** webwork webservice: Allow course creation via webservice (John Hsu at UBC)
  
   
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== Release notes for PG 2.5.2 ==
  
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* Under the hood
  
   
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** Improvements to the PG warning and debug message channels
  
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[[Category:Release Notes]]

Latest revision as of 13:00, 22 April 2022


This article has been retained as a historical document. It is not up-to-date and the formatting may be lacking. Use the information herein with caution.
This deprecated feature should no longer be used, but is still available for reasons of backwards compatibility.

This feature was deprecated in version 2.6. This release was too ambitious. Many of the features have been rolled in to releases 2.6 and release 2.7 . 9 


                                     WeBWorK                                    
                         Online Homework Delivery System                        
                                  Version 2.5.2                                

                    Copyright 2000-2012, The WeBWorK Project                    
                              All rights reserved.                              

Details
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Beta release date: August, 2012

Github repository:  https://github.com/openwebwork/webwork2-dev (as of Sept 7, 2012)
Modules:    webwork2   pg


Warning : The ww2.5.2 release is not yet ready for prime time!



Software repo

This repo is currently in openwebwork/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 WW2.5.2

  • Highlights

Release notes for PG 2.5.2

  • Under the hood
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