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==Moodle 1.6== | ==Moodle 1.6== | ||
===Quiz=== | |||
*[[User:Gustav Delius|Gustav]] is handing over the [[Quiz module]] to the Open University on Tuesday 23rd May 2006 | *[[User:Gustav Delius|Gustav]] is handing over the [[Quiz module]] to the Open University on Tuesday 23rd May 2006 | ||
*Tim Hunt will be the main person working on quiz | *Tim Hunt will be the main person working on quiz | ||
*1.6 quiz is much cleaner, set up for growth, enabling questions in different modules, developing assessment type using questions | *1.6 quiz is much cleaner, set up for growth, enabling questions in different modules, developing assessment type using questions | ||
*Comment from Mike Churchward: Hopefully more modules will use questions in future e.g. [[Questionnaire module]] | *Comment from Mike Churchward: Hopefully more modules will use questions in future e.g. [[Questionnaire module]] | ||
===Themes=== | |||
*[[1.6 theme upgrade]] documentation | *[[1.6 theme upgrade]] documentation | ||
*Unfortunate that theme developments were reverted - better to have tested more before committing | *Unfortunate that theme developments were reverted - better to have tested more before committing | ||
*Currently problems with a "you are here" link and the jump link between blocks (see [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=42834 skip-block feature new in 1.6] forum discussion), images in navigation not so nice and the alternate icon set is incomplete | *Currently problems with a "you are here" link and the jump link between blocks (see [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=42834 skip-block feature new in 1.6] forum discussion), images in navigation not so nice and the alternate icon set is incomplete | ||
*Lots of deprecated tags still in 1.6 - these should be cleaned up for 1.7, using a page in Moodle Docs rather than the bug tracker | *Lots of deprecated tags still in 1.6 - these should be cleaned up for 1.7, using a page in Moodle Docs rather than the bug tracker | ||
===Moodle 1.6 code=== | |||
*Comment from [[User:Gustav Delius|Gustav]]: Lots of different styles of code - difficult for newcomers to know what to copy | *Comment from [[User:Gustav Delius|Gustav]]: Lots of different styles of code - difficult for newcomers to know what to copy | ||
*Reply from [[User:Martin Dougiamas|Martin]]: [[Database module]] should be a good example with classes, plugins etc. | *Reply from [[User:Martin Dougiamas|Martin]]: [[Database module]] should be a good example with classes, plugins etc. | ||
===Release=== | |||
*1.6 should be released as soon as possible | *1.6 should be released as soon as possible | ||
*Petr currently working on security bugs | *Petr currently working on security bugs | ||
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==Moodle 1.7== | ==Moodle 1.7== | ||
===Database schema=== | |||
*Database support to be extended to SQL server and Oracle | *Database support to be extended to SQL server and Oracle | ||
*Single system, one file in xml format; things more automated and regular | *Single system, one file in xml format; things more automated and regular | ||
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*[[User:Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)|Eloy]] working out the issues - see [[XML database schema]] | *[[User:Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)|Eloy]] working out the issues - see [[XML database schema]] | ||
*Comments from Tim Hunt: datalib is big, getting even bigger, should we split? Should have unit testing for each database. | *Comments from Tim Hunt: datalib is big, getting even bigger, should we split? Should have unit testing for each database. | ||
===Roles and permissions=== | |||
*permissions = capabilities | *permissions = capabilities | ||
*The Open University (OU) have extended Martin and Shane's initial ideas | *The Open University (OU) have extended Martin and Shane's initial ideas | ||
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*Please can everyone add hacks, plugins, modules etc. to the [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6009 Modules and plugins database] (just need to allow different people to edit database entries) | *Please can everyone add hacks, plugins, modules etc. to the [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6009 Modules and plugins database] (just need to allow different people to edit database entries) | ||
*SCORM 1.2 and AICC supported, but not yet SCORM 2004; new [[SCORM]] maintainer, Sadiel, a Moodle Partner | *SCORM 1.2 and AICC supported, but not yet SCORM 2004; new [[SCORM]] maintainer, Sadiel, a Moodle Partner | ||
[[Category:Developer]] | [[Category:Developer]] | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 20 May 2006
Developer conferences > May 2006 conference notes
Moodle 1.6
Quiz
- Gustav Delius is handing over the Quiz module to the Open University on Tuesday 23rd May 2006
- Tim Hunt will be the main person working on quiz
- 1.6 quiz is much cleaner, set up for growth, enabling questions in different modules, developing assessment type using questions
- Comment from Mike Churchward: Hopefully more modules will use questions in future e.g. Questionnaire module
Themes
- 1.6 theme upgrade documentation
- Unfortunate that theme developments were reverted - better to have tested more before committing
- Currently problems with a "you are here" link and the jump link between blocks (see skip-block feature new in 1.6 forum discussion), images in navigation not so nice and the alternate icon set is incomplete
- Lots of deprecated tags still in 1.6 - these should be cleaned up for 1.7, using a page in Moodle Docs rather than the bug tracker
Moodle 1.6 code
- Comment from Gustav Delius: Lots of different styles of code - difficult for newcomers to know what to copy
- Reply from Martin Dougiamas: Database module should be a good example with classes, plugins etc.
Release
- 1.6 should be released as soon as possible
- Petr currently working on security bugs
- The advice to backup everything before upgrading should be reinforced
- Big sites will take a long time to migrate the database to UTF-8
Moodle 1.7
Database schema
- Database support to be extended to SQL server and Oracle
- Single system, one file in xml format; things more automated and regular
- Explicit sql must be cleaned up, isolated in lib, pull out generalised sql and put in core file, may still need switch statements
- Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) working out the issues - see XML database schema
- Comments from Tim Hunt: datalib is big, getting even bigger, should we split? Should have unit testing for each database.
Roles and permissions
- permissions = capabilities
- The Open University (OU) have extended Martin and Shane's initial ideas
- Site, course and activity level roles
- Moodle HQ will do the work (funded by OU)
- Currently polishing the general spec, publishing it soon - see Roles
- Comments from Matt Oquist: OU proposal not generic enough, need ownership and permissions on a fine grained level, seems illogical to have separate permissions system for repository and roles - see Roles and Permissions architecture forum discussion
- Comment from Gustav: We should consider how Boddington handles roles - see flash movie demonstrating roles interface
Martin's comments
- Gradebook needs fixing (changing from 'pull' to 'push'), anyone interested please get in contact, would love it to be in 1.7
- Unfortunately dfwiki not in 1.6 - interface better but still needs work, hopefully it will be included in 1.7
- Please can everyone add hacks, plugins, modules etc. to the Modules and plugins database (just need to allow different people to edit database entries)
- SCORM 1.2 and AICC supported, but not yet SCORM 2004; new SCORM maintainer, Sadiel, a Moodle Partner
