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Moodle 3.2 release notes

2016-12-09T07:56:59Z

Joelschmid: /* Server requirements */

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Release date: 5 December 2016

Here is [https://tracker.moodle.org/secure/IssueNavigator!executeAdvanced.jspa?jqlQuery=project+%3D+mdl+AND+resolution+%3D+fixed+AND+fixVersion+in+%28%223.2%22%29+ORDER+BY+priority+DESC&runQuery=true&clear=true the full list of fixed issues in 3.2].

See our [https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/New_features New Features page] for a more user-friendly introduction to Moodle 3.2 with screenshots.

If you are upgrading from previous version, make sure you read the [https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/Upgrading Upgrading] documentation.

==Server requirements==

These are just the minimum supported versions. We recommend keeping all of your software up-to-date.

* Moodle upgrade: Moodle 2.7 or later (if upgrading from earlier versions, you must upgrade to 2.7.14 as a first step)
* PHP version: minimum PHP 5.6.5 ('''important!''' minimum PHP version has changed since Moodle 3.1). PHP 7.0 is supported but has some [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_and_PHP7#Can_I_use_PHP7_yet.3F engine limitations]. PHP 7.1 is supported (released 1.12.2016.

=== Database requirements ===

Moodle supports the following database servers. Again, version numbers are just the minimum supported version. We recommend running the latest stable version of any software.

{| class="nicetable"
|-
! Database
! Minimum version
! Recommended
|-
| [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL]
| 9.1
| Latest
|-
| [http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL]
| 5.5.31
| Latest
|-
| [https://mariadb.org/ MariaDB]
| 5.5.31
| Latest
|-
| [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server/ Microsoft SQL Server]
| 2008
| Latest
|-
| [http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/overview/index.html Oracle Database]
| 10.2
| Latest
|}

==Client requirements==

=== Browser support ===
Moodle is compatible with any standards compliant web browser. We regularly test Moodle with the following browsers:

Desktop:
* Chrome
* Firefox
* Safari
* Edge
* Internet Explorer

Mobile:
* MobileSafari
* Google Chrome

For the best experience and optimum security, we recommend that you keep your browser up to date. https://whatbrowser.org

Note: Legacy browsers with known compatibility issues with Moodle 3.2:
* Internet Explorer 10 and below
* Safari 7 and below

==Major features==

===Highlights===

* MDL-55071, MDL-55074 - New "Boost" Bootstrap 4 theme, usability improvements of the navigation
* MDL-54682 - [https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/Messaging Messaging] UI improvements
* MDL-52777 - [https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/User_tours User tours] - walkthoughs/instructional overlays for first time user on page
* MDL-38158 - Pluggable media players in Moodle; Video.JS player
* MDL-55324 - Easier embedding videos in audios in Atto editor with poster, subtitles and other attributes
* MDL-54987 - New chart API and library

===Mobile app===

* MDL-53870 - Support for offline quizzes in the Mobile app
* MDL-53777 - Include support for login via the browser in the new Moodle Mobile admin tool
* MDL-55059 - Support Smart App Banners for iOS
* MDL-56607 - Move mobile settings to top-level admin

===External tool (LTI)===

* MDL-49609 - Add LTI Content Item support
* MDL-47113 - Open LTI Tools in new Window, add link when popup is blocked
* MDL-53832 - LTI v2.0 support

===Assignment===

* MDL-38105 - Allow negative score for rubric and change default grade calculation method
* MDL-29795 - [https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/Using_Assignment#Overriding_assignment_deadlines Assignment deadline overrides] for an individual or group
* MDL-54872 - Sort blind marked assignment by blind ID instead of userid

===Quiz===

* MDL-48629 - Change the separator for matching correct answer feedback
* MDL-3782 - Allow multiple answers in cloze MULTICHOICE question type
* MDL-55200 - Show coordinates in ddmarker questions to simplify dropzone creation
* MDL-27072 - Quiz reports now work on very large courses, rather than running out of memory

===Choice===

* MDL-18592 - Allow teacher to make choices for students
* MDL-11369 - Show choice deadline in the course calendar
* MDL-55140 - Allow to specify open and close dates separately
* MDL-37946 - When choice display is set horizontal or vertical apply it to both options and results display

===Forum===

* MDL-18599 - Upon restore, association of "owner" of single simple discussion forum type defaults to user completing restore. Solution: hide author of the first post
* MDL-37669 - Forum: Make "Mark as read on notification" a user preference
* MDL-55982 - Add support for automatic locking of an individual forum discussion after a period of inactivity

===Other activity modules===

* MDL-55327 - Lesson: option to duplicate pages
* MDL-55868 - Book: various usability improvements
* MDL-56100 - Folder: Display in recent activity block
* MDL-54945 - Workshop: integrate with portfolio API
* MDL-48944 - Survey: activity completion condition on survey completion
* MDL-44712 - SCORM: improve Multi-SCO completion handing in activity completion
* MDL-55158 - Database activity: add start and end dates to the calendar
* MDL-14448, MDL-55464, MDL-55254, MDL-55251, MDL-49029 - Add standard capability "mod/xxxxx:view" to Lesson, Label, Database, Chat and Choice activities
* MDL-55866 - Remember editor disabled setting on a per-activity setting

===Global search===

* MDL-54794 - Add users to global search
* MDL-54973 - Add messages to global search
* MDL-55127 - Add database entries to global search
* MDL-53222 - Revise admin settings/report for global search for improved usability

===Other improvements===

* MDL-30179 - Allow teacher to toggle to/from "user view" in the User report in the gradebook (some items may be hidden for students but not teachers)
* MDL-53048 - New "password" fields that are not auto-filled by password managers
* MDL-55767 - [https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/Competency_frameworks Competency frameworks import]
* MDL-29110 - Specify welcome email sender in enrol_self, or send emails from system noreply address
* MDL-22078 - Store "End date" for each course to be used in reports and analytics
* MDL-53399 - 'Activity chooser off/on' option moved to user preferences
* MDL-54751 - Introduce asynchronous module deletion so that recycle bin backup does not slow down editing process for the teacher
* MDL-55981 - By default non-editing teacher should not be able to access all groups (roles in upgraded sites are not changed)
* MDL-31356 - IMS Enterprise enrol plugin added features
* MDL-43230 - Support revoking awarded badges
* MDL-50286 - Allow to filter report_log by origin : Logs clogged up with events listed as origin cli
* MDL-51749 - Add Ability to Export Calendar for user or group events
* MDL-50888 - Antivirus: Implement ClamAV virus scanning using unix sockets.
* MDL-54617 - Always show count of online users in the online users block
* MDL-54680 - Offer cartridges in LTI provider

=== For administrators ===

Please read carefully: [https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/Upgrading#Possible_issues_that_may_affect_you_in_Moodle_3.2 Possible issues that may affect you in Moodle 3.2]

* MDL-44467 - Return-Path should use no-reply address instead of support email; use only no-reply email or allowed domains in "From" header
* MDL-48468 - Add a Redis cache store to Moodle core
* MDL-39117 - Add a APCu cache store to Moodle core
* MDL-54947 - Update PostgreSQL binary (bytea) handling and improve connection performance
* MDL-48766 - Support IPv6 in IP lookup tool
* MDL-55124 - Support for connection pooler (pgbouncer) in PostgreSQL connection
* MDL-55916 - Maintenance mode should serve a http 503 instead of a 200
* MDL-54606 - Sessions: Add support for Redis as a session_class_handler
* MDL-53366 - Antivirus clamav: Remove "Quarantine directory" settings parameter.
* MDL-55791 - Add capability to allow certain users through Maintenance mode

==== Plugins removal ====

If you are using any of the following you need to download and install the plugins or otherwise they will be removed following 3.2 upgrade:

* MDL-55837 - Themes [https://moodle.org/plugins/theme_base Base] and [https://moodle.org/plugins/theme_canvas Canvas] - these themes can not be used by themselves but they may be used as parent themes
* MDL-49533 - Repository [https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-repository_alfresco Alfresco] for Alfresco 4.2 and below, see [https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/Alfresco_repository Alfresco repository documentation]
* MDL-55927 - Authentication method [https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-auth_radius Radius]. This plugin uses mcrypt library and is not compatible with PHP 7.1
* MDL-38158 - Media players [https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-media_flowplayerflash Flowplayer], [https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-media_wmp Windows media player], [https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-media_realplayer RealPlayer], [https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-media_quicktime Quicktime] - these media players were present in Moodle 3.1 but removed in 3.2. They need to be installed in media/player directory

=== Web services ===

* MDL-31465 - Incorporate user suspension into web services
* MDL-45639 - Web Service for SSO (auto-login from the app to the site)
* MDL-55923 - Improve the behavior of deleted tokens on password reset
* MDL-55928 - New Web Service gradereport_user_get_grade_items
* MDL-55100 - New Web Service core_course_get_courses_by_field

=== For developers ===

* MDL-55071, MDL-55074 - New "Boost" Bootstrap 4 theme, block and navigation changes (see [[Boost_Navigation]] and [[Themes|Themes]])
* MDL-38158 - Introduction of Media players plugin type (see [[Media_players|Media players]])
* MDL-50937 - JQuery updated to version 3.1 (see [[jQuery]])
* MDL-54987 - New chart API and library (see [[Charts_API]])
* MDL-55727 - AMD modal module introduced (see [[AMD_Modal|AMD Modal documentation]])
* MDL-52127 - Linting for Javascript with ESLint (see [[Linting#Javascript_.28ESLint.29|Linting Javascript]])
* MDL-55058 - Linting for CSS with stylelint (see [[Linting#CSS.2FSCSS.2FLESS_.28stylelint.29|Linting CSS]])
* MDL-48114 - Moodle can now be downloaded via composer (see [[Composer#Use_composer_to_download_moodle_code|Composer]])
* MDL-55091 - phpunit has been upgraded to 5.x
* MDL-55072 - Behat now supports different themes. (See [[Running_acceptance_test]])
* MDL-55048 - Grunt and npm build dependencies now require node version 4 or above
* MDL-31243 - New get_with_capability_sql function for retrieving SQL for finding users with capability in the given context
* MDL-49599 - Boxnet v1 API is now deprecated
* MDL-53306 - New authentication plugin method added which is called before user login
* MDL-47162 - Course ID is now required in message events
* MDL-55141 - Debugging option added for scheduled tasks from CLI (see [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Administration_via_command_line#Scheduled_tasks Scheduled tasks documentation])
* MDL-54941 - Add filesize as a new field returned in all the Web Services returning file information
* MDL-56082 - Expose external authentication methods (loginpage_idp_list) in login block (see [[Authentication_plugins#loginpage_idp_list.28.29|Authentication plugins]])

==See also==
*[[Moodle 3.1 release notes]]

[[Category:Release notes]]
[[Category:Moodle 3.2]]

[[fr:Notes de mise à jour de Moodle 3.2]]
[[es:Notas de Moodle 3.2]]

Decimal separator

2016-11-09T07:48:11Z

Joelschmid: /* Problem fixing */

The [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Translation_langconfig langconfig] file is an important file in a language pack, dealing with all the configuration parameters of that language, including the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Translation_langconfig#decsep.2Ccore_langconfig decimal separator].

The original Moodle code in English uses a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark decimal point as a separator], but some countries (and their language packs) might use a decimal comma.

==Countries where a dot "." is used as decimal mark:==
* Australia
* Bangladesh
* Botswana
* British West Indies
* Brunei
* Canada (when using English)
* China, People's Republic of
* Dominican Republic
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Hong Kong
* India
* Ireland
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kenya
* Korea (both North and South)
* Lebanon
* Luxembourg (uses both marks officially)
* Macau (in Chinese and English text)
* Malaysia
* Malta
* Mexico
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Nigeria
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Panama
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Switzerland
* Taiwan
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Uganda
* United Kingdom
* United States (including insular areas)
* Zimbabwe

==Countries where a comma "," is used as decimal mark:==
* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Angola
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Cameroon
* Canada (when using French)
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Croatia (comma used officially, but both forms are in use)
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* East Timor
* Ecuador
* Estonia
* Faroes
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Georgia
* Greece
* Greenland
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Indonesia
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Kyrgyzstan
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg (uses both marks officially)
* Macau (in Portuguese text)
* Macedonia
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* The Netherlands
* Norway
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Sweden
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Venezuela
* Vietnam

If a language pack uses a comma (,) as a decimal separator, it '''must''' use a semicolon (;) as a [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Translation_langconfig#listsep.2Ccore_langconfig list separator], or serious errors might happen.

===Problems with language packs using a decimal comma===
* See all the reported issues (fixed and not-fixed) at [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-28238?jql=text%20~%20%22decimal%20comma%22 the Moodle Tracker]

* It is not uncommon for Moodle users with a language pack that has a comma used as a decimal separator to experience problems when using formulas copied from the Moodle English online and built-in documentation.

====Gradebook problems====
The [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Grader_report Gradebook] calculations might use "=average(item1, item2, item3, item4, item5, item6)" which is easy to understand and use in English, but a teacher with (for example) the international spanish (es) language pack will strugle until he/she realizes that this formula should be changed to "=average(item1; item2; item3; item4; item5; item6)"

====Cloze questions problems====
Cloze marks a correct numeric answer as a wrong one while using a comma as a decimal separator. See MDL-33744

====Pmatch and other Open University question types problems=====
[https://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Pattern-match_question_type Pmatch] (and other question types made by the Open University) was created for use in an English university. Therefore, all the special code for handing numbers just assumes the decimal separator is a full stop. See [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=340313 this forum thread]. The suggested fix is to only use a full stop as a decimal separator.

====Quiz problems====
As reported in [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=312003 this forum thread], there are no hints on interactive with multiple tries quiz when using comma on some languages that use a comma as decimal marker in the answer (as opposed to a full stop). The quiz does not show hints (using interactive with multiple attempts). The quiz instead regards the use of the comma as "incomplete" even though it will mark this answer as correct or incorrect on deferred feedback. The suggested fix is to never use a decimal comma as a thousand separator.

==Problem fixing==
A Moodle adminer who uses a language pack with a decimal comma must check the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Translation_langconfig langconfig file] and make sure that the decsep, listsep and thousandssep characters are properly set for the language or use the [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Language_customisationLanguage customization] to fix his/her server.

==Using English language pack with a decimal comma==
* If you want English text, but with non-english decimal separator, the way to achieve this is to make a new language pack en_commadecimal, or something like that.
* You should only need to create the langconfig.php part of the language pack, to say that the parent language is English, and what the decimal and thousands separators are.
* See https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Starting_a_new_language_pack and https://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Language_packs
* See [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=342323 this forum thread]

...to be continued...

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