My university is planning to upgrade from Webwork 2.15 to 2.19 by just installing 2.19 from scratch (as suggested by Alex Jordan). We will need to archive and import the courses that are currently being run in 2.15. I've heard this is a course update routine and I'm sure there are other pitfalls we must be ready for. Can anyone highlight and/or point me to the issues we must tackle in making such a big jump from 2.15 to 2.19? I will point them out to our tech admin team.
We also intend to update some of the course sets themselves to take advantage of the new features. When we look at problems in the Library Browser, is there a way to discriminate against problems written in the old versions of PG? We would like to take advantage of problems written in the latest PGML style.
Similar to the last question, we may also create new webwork courses for our courses in college algebra (and lab), college algebra for non-STEM, trig, precalc, and business calc. In addition to problems/sets in the newest style, we will also be interested in problems that take heavy advantage of the just-in-time sets, scaffolding, hints, etc. In other words, my coworkers are interested in sets that can help remediate students that need extra help or that utilize the emporium style. I would like to know if there is a good way to look at entire webwork course sets that different schools use so that I can see all the sets and problems so that we can determine if the features used would be a good fit for our school.
And if there are any other tips I should know about concerning all these topics, feel free to let me know. Thanks.