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== Moodle Mobile 1.7 == | == Moodle Mobile 1.7 == | ||
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Revision as of 09:40, 10 October 2014
Moodle Mobile 1.7
10th October 2014 (Android and iOS)
New features:
- Forum activity support. Users can read the discussions and posts online and offline. Messages are periodically synchronized from the server.
- All the files of a directory, page or file resource can be downloaded with just one tap.
- Language translations updated
- New languages: Persian
Improvements:
- Upgraded Cordova lib to 3.6.1
- New icon for activities only viewable in the Moodle site
- New loading icons
- Calendar event right panels don't displayed in tablet view when there aren't events
- Animations performance improved
Fixes:
- Complete support for iOs 8 devices
- Files inside folders in resources and directories correctly downloaded
- Synchronization hooks for plugins fixed
- File names with German umlauts correctly downloaded in the "My files" plugin
- Images correctly stored for offline display in course labels
- File info pop-up correctly displayed in folder and multiple files resources view
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.7
Moodle Mobile 1.6.1
8th September 2014 (Android and iOS)
New features:
- Language translations updated
- New languages: Japanese, Russian and Hebrew
Improvements:
- Page titles displayed in “Tablet” view
- URL resources open in new browser (without requiring Moodle login)
- Files and resource contents visualization
Fixes:
- Invalid check of passwords incorrectly trimmed
- Files with spaces and German umlauts can’t be downloaded
- Login errors in sites nor returning release information
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.6.1
Moodle Mobile 1.6
7th August 2014 (Android, iOS, WP8, W8)
New features:
- View your total grade for each course
- New “My files” feature for browsing and downloading your private and course files
- New collapsible “Courses” menu for browsing courses
Improvements:
- Design polishing and optimization (notifications, calendar events and settings page)
- Grade retrieval optimized (faster with latest version of local_mobile plugin)
- Grade error handling improved
Fixes:
- Fixed display errors when browsing some types of activities
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.6
Moodle Mobile 1.5
18th July 2014 (Android and iOS)
New features:
- View your activity grades and outcomes (Requires configuration by the Moodle site administrator)
- New sign in and manage accounts page, quick access to all your sites
Improvements:
- The Site URL field now supports domains without the http/https protocol prefix
- Notifications page design improved
- Messages received can be replied in-line
- Refresh now updates all information related to the site
- The help link in the menu now points to documentation matching the current site version
- App design polished and optimized, improved support for site themes
Fixes:
- Menu scrolling bad positioning issue fixed
- Upload options are only available now if the service has the “Allow upload of files” setting enabled (for Moodle 2.6 and onwards)
Information for developers:
- New Moodle Mobile simulator for easier development
- New support for the Phonegap Developer App: Moodle Mobile Testing with Phonegap Developer app
- Themes creation documentation: Moodle Mobile Themes
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.5
Moodle Mobile 1.4.4
12th June 2014 (Android and iOS)
Added support for Moodle sites using SSO authentication methods like CAS or Shibboleth
Added support for the Moodle Mobile additional features add-on. Using that service all the app features are available for Moodle versions starting 2.4 (Including Push notifications)
New feature: Private messages and notifications retrieval
New language: Traditional Chinese
Relaxed validation rules for URLs so Moodle sites under private/internal networks can work
Improved support for remote styles
Improved offline and synchronization features
Fixed problem with photo uploading (it didn’t work correctly for some sites)
Fixed problem with settings plugins not begin displayed correctly in the settings menu
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.4.4
Moodle Mobile 1.4.3
12th May 2014 (Android and iOS)
Android only: Added support for Push notifications (requires Moodle 2.7)
iOs only: Push notifications improved
New language: Arabic
German language updated
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.4.3
Moodle Mobile 1.4.2
1st May 2014 (Android and iOS)
New language: German
Improved: Reduced the app size
Improved: Authentication security
Fixed: The app doesn't overlay the status bar any more
Fixed: Errors without proper information not displayed any more
Fixed: The app supports different locales
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.4.2
Moodle Mobile 1.4.1
10th April 2014 (Android and iOS)
New feature: Video record and upload to your private files area in Moodle
Improved: Error and exception handling (no more white screens)
Fixed: Labels with images are correctly displayed
Fixed: The app can download files from nginx servers
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.4.1
Moodle Mobile 1.4
3rd March 2014 (Android and iOS)
Notifications (iOS only): Supported by any Moodle 2.7 site or Moodle 2.6 with optional messaging output plugin
Calendar events (require Moodle 2.5.5 or Moodle 2.6.2 and onwards)
Alert when downloading too big files
Several bug fixes
New translations available:
- Mexican Spanish
- Euskara
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.4
Moodle Mobile 1.3.4
4th February 2014 (Android and iOS)
Contents/resources can be re-downloaded at any time
Application translated to these languages:
- Catalan
- Czech
- Spanish
- French
- Italian
- Hungarian
- Dutch
- Swedish
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.3.4
Moodle Mobile 1.3.3
22th January (Android and iOS)
- New "About" option in Settings
- New "Space usage" option in Settings
- Initial support for node-webkit
- Fixed bug that broke the app in Android 4.4
- Fixed scrolling bug in contents and participants section for Android 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.3.3
Moodle Mobile 1.3.2
12th December (Android and iOS)
- Fixed bug that prevents files with white spaces in their name to be displayed
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.3.2
Moodle Mobile 1.3.1
1st October (Android and iOS)
- Fixed the problem related to force log-in every time they opened the app (Android only)
- New quick logout option
- New splash screen
- Small fixes related to design
- Security fixes related to sites with certificates
Complete list of fixed issues in Moodle Mobile 1.3.1
Moodle Mobile 1.3
24th September (Android and iOS)
Moodle Mobile 1.3 Release Notes
Moodle Mobile 1.2.2
27 May 2013 Android
12 September 2013 iOS
Security release:
- MOBILE-413 bug fixed
- Improved security of user tokens
Moodle Mobile 1.2.1
15 April 2013 iOS
8 April 2013 Android
We’ve called it version 1.2 because the feature set is inherited from the deprecated iOS-only app “My Moodle” which was version 1.1.
Thanks to all the developers who’ve worked on this version of the app: Juan Leyva, Jerome Mouneyrac, Barbara Ramiro, Martin Dougiamas and Josep Gifreu.
The new app has been designed as a platform with the following strengths:
- It is secure
- It can work offline
- It can support notifications (coming soon)
- It can be branded and expanded by an institution
- It makes some Moodle operations faster and more convenient
Features
- Responsive design for phone and tablets
- Upload a picture into your private file area
- Record an audio file and upload it into your private file area
- Send a private message to a course participant (can be done offline)
- Take a personal note about a course participant (can be done offline)
- Add a course participant to your phone contact
- Call a course participant touching the phone number
- Locate a course participant address on Google map
- Download and view some resources
- Quick access to your course contents
- Remote translation (see bellow)
- Remote layout/style customization (see bellow)
Documentation
Requirements
Moodle 2.4
Download links:
Apps are available in Google Play and also Apple Store. You can install the app directly from your Mobile device, search for "Moodle Mobile" the author/owner must be "Moodle Pty Ltd"
You can find the app build for other Mobile OS (not supported officially) here:
https://build.phonegap.com/apps/314601/builds
