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** This replaces the showPastAnswers logs and also supports the essayQuestion feature. |
** This replaces the showPastAnswers logs and also supports the essayQuestion feature. |
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| − | == New features for |
+ | == New features for WW2.5.2 == |
* Highlights |
* 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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| + | == New features for PG2.5.2 |
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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 == |
== Release notes for PG 2.5.2 == |
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Revision as of 23:03, 31 August 2012
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
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 WW2.5.2
- Highlights
== New features for PG2.5.2
Release notes for PG 2.5.2
- Under the hood
- Improvements to the PG warning and debug message channels
