Upgrading to Moodle 1.8

Moodle1.8

For understanding upgrading to 1.8, a small Moodle history lesson is required. Prior to Moodle 1.6, Moodle did not support UTF8 for all language packs and the encoding in which the data was stored in the database was depending of the language, used in a course. Moodle 1.6 and Moodle 1.7 are intended to work with UTF8 for every language in every course, so all languages can be mixed on one page. From Moodle 1.6 onwards, all language packs are converted to UTF8. Moodle 1.6 and Moodle 1.7 are shipped with a utility to migrate your database from any encoding to UTF8. From Moodle 1.8 onwards, this utility is not provided anymore and Moodle assumes you upgrade from a UTF8 encoded database (so from a Moodle 1.6 or a Moodle 1.7). This means that if you are upgrading from a 1.5 or earlier version, you should upgrade to 1.6 or 1.7, prior to upgrade to Moodle 1.8. Please read Upgrading to Moodle 1.6 first.

If you are upgrading from 1.6, please note that a major new feature is introduced in Moodle 1.7 onwards - Roles and capabilities.